National Tsing Hua University

Calculus Pre-Test

 Name ________________________________________
Phyo Thet Naing
 Applied Department _____________________________
College of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

This is a pre-test of basic Calculus for university fundamental level.

This test contains 20 multiple choice questions and you should finish
the test by yourself. Please complete and upload the pretest before the
application deadline. Please note that this will be attached to your
application file as the reference for the admission committee.
 Pre-Calculus test

1. Assume that a1 , a2 , a3 ," , ak form an arithmetic sequence. If we have

a5 + a8 + a11 = 10 , a7 + a10 + a13 = 12 , and ak = 11 , then k =
(a) 17 (b) 19 (c) 23 (d) 29 (e) 31

2. Given two lines L：1 x + ay + b = 0 and

2 x + cy + d = 0 as shown on the right,

L：
How many among the real numbers a, b, c,
d, a–c are positive ?
O
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4 (e) 5

3. Let O be the origin of coordinate plane, A, B lie on the upper half plane satisfying
OA = OB . If line OA has slope 1, line OB has slope −7 , what is the slope of line AB?
1 1 1 1 1
(a) (b) (c) − (d) − (e) −
2 3 2 3 4

4. If f(x)= x5 + x 4 − 5x3 − 2x 2 + 6 x − 2 , g(x)= x5 − 3x3 + 2x 2 − 4x + 2 . How many distinct

real numbers a satisfy f(a)= g(a)=0?
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4 (e) 0

5. If f ( x) = x3 − 2 x 2 − x + 5 , then the remainder of g ( x) = f ( f ( x)) divided by ( x − 2) is

(a) 3 (b) 5 (c) 7 (d) 9 (e) 11

6. How many lines on the coordinate plane that has distance 1 to the origin O(0 ,0) and
distance 2 to the point A(3,0) ？
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4 (e) infinitely many

7. If the maximum and minimum of f (t ) = −t 2 + 10t + 11 for 1 ≤ t ≤ 10 are M and m

respectively, then M–m is
(a) 9 (b) 16 (c) 20 (d) 25 (e) 36

8. How many solutions does the equation sin(x) sin(2x) sin(3x)" sin(11x) sin(12x) = 0
 have in the interval (0, π ] ?
(a) 11 (b) 12 (c) 24 (d) 46 (e) 68
9. Let a = cos(π 2 ) ，Which of the following is true？
1 1 1 1
(a) a = −1 (b) −1 < a ≤ − (c) − < a ≤ 0 (d) 0 < a ≤ (e) < a ≤1
2 2 2 2

10. If 270° < m° < 360° , and 3 sin m° + cos m° = 2sin 2011° . then m =
(a) 299 (b) 301 (c) 331 (d) 359 (e) none of the above

11. The vertices of a triangle ΔABC are A( p, q) , B(r , s ) , C (u , v) . Assume that these
⎧2 p + 3r + 4u = 0
coordinates satisfy ⎨ and the origin O(0, 0) lies in the interior
⎩ 2q + 3s + 4v = 0
of ΔABC . If (area of ΔOBC )=r(area of ΔABC ), then r =
2 4 2 3 4
(a) (b) (c) (d) (e)
9 9 7 7 7

2an + 3
12. Given a sequence of positive real numbers an such that an +1 = holds
an + 2
for all n. Consider the following statements:
(I) If a1 is a rational number, then so are all an .
(II) If a1 > 3 , then a2 > 3 .
(III) If a1 > 3 , then a1 < a2 .
(IV) If a101 ≠ 3 , then a100 ≠ 3 .
(V) If a1 < 3 , then a2 < 3 .
How many of the above 5 statements are true ?
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4 (e) 5

13. The set A={(x, y, z)| x, y, z are integers,1 ≤ x ≤ y ≤ z ≤ 4 } has n elements, then n =
(a) 10 (b) 16 (c) 20 (d) 27 (e) 64

3
14. In a triangle ΔABC , it is known that AB = 10 , AC = 9 , cos∠BAC = . Points P, Q on
8
sides AB , AC such that the area of ΔAPQ is half of the area of ΔABC . For all
points P, Q satisfying the above, the smallest possible value of PQ is
15 17 19
(a) 7 (b) (c) 8 (d) (e)
2 2 2

15. A positive real number x lies between positive integers k and k+1 satisfying
 x ⋅ 3x = 318 , then k = (a) 14 (b) 15 (c) 16 (d) 17 (e) 18

16. Which of the following is true about the real solutions for 4 − x 2 − x + 1 = 0 ?

(a) it has no real solutions

(b) it has exactly one real solution c, and c>0
(c) it has exactly one real solution c, and c<0
(d) it has two real solutions a, b, and ab>0
(e) it has two real solutions a, b, and ab<0

17. Let S be a nonempty subset of plane \ 2 , it is known that every point ( x, y ) in S

satisfies “if x > 0 , then y > 0 ”. Consider the following properties possibly satisfied
by points ( x, y ) in S :
(I) If x ≤ 0 , then y ≤ 0 .
(II) If y ≤ 0 , then x ≤ 0 .
(III) If y > 0 , then x > 0 .
Which of the above properties will have to be satisfied by all points ( x, y ) in S?
(a) (II) only
(b) (III) only
(c) (I) and (II)
(d) (I) and (III)
(e) (II) and (III)

18. Given two points A (1,2,3), B (7,6,5), let S be the set of all points in (x, y)–plane
X X
such that PA is orthogonal to PB , then
(a) S is empty
(b) S contains exactly one point
(c) S contains exactly two points
(d) S is a line segment
(e) S is a circle

x2 y 2 ( x + 1) 2 y 2
19. How many points lie on plane curves + = 1 and − = 1?
9 4 16 9
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4 (e) 0

20. If z = 1 − i , where i = −1 , then 1 + z + z 2 + ⋅⋅ ⋅ + z 9 ＝

(a) 1 − 10i (b) 1 + 10i (c) 1 − 32i (d) 32 − i (e) 32 + i