GENERAL MATHEMATICS

FIRST QUARTER EXAMINATION

(FIRST SEMESTER)
SY: 2019-2020

Name: _____________________ _ Date: __ _______ Score: ______

I. Read and understand each item carefully. Choose the letter of the best answer and write it on your
answer sheets.

1. Which of the following correspondence is a

function? 6. In the function f(x) = 2x, what is the value of
i. one to one ii. one to many iii. many to one iv. the function if x = 0?
No one
a. 0
a. i only b. 1
b. ii only c. 2
c. ii and iii d. 4
d. i and iii
7. The local barangay received a budget of
2. Mark started selling snacks in the nearby P100,000 to provide medical checkups for the
school. In one day, he spends P200 for rent children in the barangay. The amount is to be
and P25 for each snack item he prepares. His allotted among all the children in the barangay.
expenses in a single day can be expressed as Write the equation representing the relationship
the function C( x )=25 x+200, where x is the of the allotted amount per child (y) versus the
number of items and C(x) is his daily expenses total number of children (x).
in pesos. How much are his expenses if he
prepares 100 snack items? a. y = 100000 x
b. y = 100000 + x
a. P2000 c. y = 100000 – x
b. P2700 100000
d. y=
c. P3000 x
d. P3500
For numbers 8-11. If f(x) = x – 5 and
3. Which among the relations is not a function? g(x) = 3x + 1, what is;

a. {(0,5), (0,4), (4,0), (5,0), (5,4)}

b. {(–2,5), (0,5), (2,5), (4,5)} 8. The sum of the two functions f and g?
c. {(–3,2), (–2,5), (–1,8), (3,2)}
d. {(8,0), (7,0), (6,0), (9,0)} a. 2x – 6
b. 2x + 6
4. Which of the following describes a function? c. 4x – 4
c d. 4x + 4

9. The difference of the two functions f and g?

a. –4x – 6
b. 4x + 6
c. –2x – 6
d. 2x + 6

10. The product of the two functions f and g?

a. 3 x 2−14 x +5
b. 3 x 2+14 x−5
c. 3 x 2−14 x−5
5. Which situation indicates a one-to-one d. 3 x−14 x 2−5
function?
11. The quotient of the two functions f and g?
a. pairing of an SSS member to his or her
SSS number
x−5 x
b. pairing a real number to its square a. c.
c. pairing a person to his or her citizenship 3 x +1 5 x−1
d. pairing a distance traveled along a given
jeepney route to the jeepney fare
x+5 5
b. d.
3 x −1 3x
12. Given g(x) = 3x and h(x) = –3x, what is d. Overlapping line test
(g̥ ◦ h)(x)?

a. 9x 20. What is the inverse of f(x) = 4x + 1?

b. –9x
c. 6x −1 x−1 −1 4
d. –6x a. f ( x )= 4 c. f ( x )= x−1
x−2
13. The intercepts of f(x) = are:
x+ 2 −1 x +1 −1 4
a. 2,1 b. f ( x )= 4 d. f ( x )= x +1
b. 2,-1
c. -2,-1
d. -1,-2 21. What is the inverse of {(0, 2), (3, 5), (1, 6)}?
x2 −1
14. What does the expression f(x) =
x−3 a. {(0, 2), (3, 5), (1, 6)}
represent? b. {(2, 0), (5, 3), (6, 1)}
c. {0, 3, 1}
a. rational function d. {2, 5, 6}
b. rational equation
c. rational inequality 22. What is a function that can be expressed
d. rational expression mathematically as f ( x )=bx ?

15. The form, A = P( 1+r )t is called: a. Linear function

b. Rational function
a. logarithmic c. Exponential function
b. exponential d. Inverse function
c. compound interest
d. piece-wise 23. Which of the following is exponential
function?
16. What is the value of x in the equation
5 5 a. f ( x )=2 x c. 625>5 x +8
= ?
2x 2
3

b. 22 (5¿¿ x +1)=500 ¿ d. f x =2 x
a. 1
b. 2
24. One strategy to solve exponential functions
c. 3
is to write both sides of the equation as powers
d. 4
of ____.
17. “Find all x values which do not make the
a. different base
denominator 0”, this is a rule to find the:
b. the same base
c. the same power
a. y-intercept
d. none of these
b. x-intercept
c. range
25. Logarithms with base e are called ______.
d. domain

a. common logarithms
18. What is the symbol for the inverse of a
b. natural logarithms
function?
c. common and natural logarithm
1 d. none of these
a. f −1 ( x ) c. f ( x )= x
26. Which of the following graphs does not
belong to the group?
1
b. fx d. −f ( x )

19. Which of the following is the test to

determine if the graph is a one-to-one function?

a. Plumb line test

b. Diagonal line test
c. Horizontal line test
27. What is the value of x in the equation
x
x – 4 = 3? 34. What is the logarithmic form of the
a. 2 exponential equation 53 = 125?
b. 4
c. 6 a. log5 3 = 125
d. 8 b. log5 125 = 3
c. log3 5 = 125
28. What is the composite function of d. log3 125 = 5
(g ◦ g)(1)?
35. The decibel level of sound in a church is
a. g(g( x )) 10−7 watts/m2. What is the corresponding sound
b. g(g(1 )) intensity in decibels?
c. g(g(–1))
d. g(–1(g)) a. 40
b. 50
29. Given f(x) = x 98−x 50+1 , what is f(-1)? c. 60
d. 70
a. 0
b. 1 36. Which of the following can be classified as
c. 2 a rational equation?
d. 3
a. f ( x )=x 2 +2 x+1
2 3 1
30. Solve for x: − = .
x 2x 5 b. √ x−2=4
a. 5/2 x+ 1
b. 2/5 c. =x 2
x−2
c. 5.2
d. 2.5 x +3
d. y=
2
31. What is the single logarithm of
1 1
log x− log y ?
2 4 37. “Find the values of x where the numerator
is zero but the denominator is non-zero”, is a
rule to find the:
xy √ y
a. log √ c. log 3 a. y-intercept
24 √x
b. x-intercept
c. range
x √ x d. domain
b. log y d. log 4
√y
38. Given: f(x)= √ x−3 , what is the value of f(x-
P3 Q 4 3)?
32. What is the expanded form of log2
R2
? ( ) a. √x
a. log2 P3+ log2Q 4 + log2 R2 b. √ x+ 9
c. √ x−6
d. √ x+ 6
b. 3log2 P + 4log2Q - 2log2 R
For numbers 39-40. Find the value of x of each
c. log2√ P + log2√ Q - log2√ R
3 4 2
function.

d. log23 P + log24 Q - log22 R 39. 3 x+2=27

33. Which among the following is a logarithmic a. x=1

function? b. x=2
c. x=3
a. logx 2 = 4 d. x=4
b. ln x2 > (ln x)2 = 3
c. g(x) =log3 x 40. log2( 3 x−2 )=2
d. log2 64 = 8
a. x=4
b. x=5
c. x=6
d. x=7
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c.
2
d. 2
For numbers 41-42. Find the solutions of the 48. Find its x – intercept
following inequalities.
1
41. 22 x +1 ≥ 4 2 x a.
2
b. 0
a. 1≥0 c. 1
b. 1>0 d. 2
c. 1=0
d. 1<0 49. Find its y – intercept
42. log4( 3 x−5 ) >2 1
a.
a. ( 5,3/3 ) 8
1
b.( 5,3 ) b.
4
c. ( 5 ∕ 3 ) 1
d. ( 5 ∕ 3,3 ) c.
2
d. 1
43. A population starts with 1,000 individuals
and triples every 80 years.
50. A culture of 15 bacteria in a petri dish
What is the population after 100 years?
doubles every hour. How many bacteria will
there be after 4 hours?
a. 2549
b. 3250 a. 210
c. 2958 b. 220
d. 3948 c. 230
d. 240
44. Which of the following situations illustrate
an exponential function?

a. The population of bacteria doubles

every three days. “To give anything less than your best is to
b. The number of students increases by sacrifice the gift”
500 annually. Steve Prefontaine
c. The price of the house depreciates
yearly.
d. The amount to be paid for computer
rentals is P20 per hour.
GOD BLESS US ALL!
45. Some of the applications in real-life of
exponential functions are (1) population growth
(2) exponential decay, (3) interest, (4) carbon
dating and (5) growth of an epidemic.

a.Only 1,2,3 and 4 are true

b.Only 1,3, 4 and 5 are true
c.Only 1, 2, 4, and 5 are true
d.All are real life application in exponential
function
2 x−1
For numbers 46-49. Given f ( x )= 2 ,
x −4
determine the value of each of the following
properties of the graph of the given rational
function.
46. Find its domain.

a. { x ε |R| x ≠ 2 }
b. { x ε |R| x ≠−2 }
c. { x ε |R| x ≠+2 }
d. { x ε |R| x ≠ ± 2 }

47. Find its zero/es.

a. 0
b. 1