MESL ELEMENTS 1 10.

Given the polar equation r =3 /(1 + 3 cos

1. The graph of r = a + bcos0 is a (theta)) . This is a graph of a/an

A. cardioids A. hyperbola
B. Lemniscate B. circle
C. limacon C. ellipse
D. Lituus D. parabola

2. For any two rational number a/b and c/d, which 11. If a two digit number has x for its unit digit
of the following relations is true? and y for its tens digit, the number is represented
as
A. a/b + c/d=ab/cd
B. a/b + cd=(ab+cd)/ad A. 10x-y
C. a/b+c/d=(ad+bc)/bd B. y-x
D. ab +cd = ac/bd C. x+y
D. 10y+x
3. 4x2- 256 = 0 is the equation of a/an
12. An algebraic expression consisting of one
A. parallel lines term.
B. parabola
C. circle A. Binomial
D. ellipse B. linear
C. monomode
4. At the minimum point, the slope of the tangent D. Monomial
line is
13. The conjecture that every even number
A. positive (except 2) equals the sum of two prime numbers.
B. infinity
C. negative A. number conjecture
D. zero B. Fermat’s last theorem
C. Goldbach conjecture
5. A non-convex quadrilateral with two pairs of D. Fibonacci series
adjacent equal sides is called
14. A triangular array numbers forming the
A. diamond coefficient of the expansion of a binomial is called
B. trapezium.
C. deltroid A. Pascal’s triangle
D. kite B. Golden triangle
C. Egyptian triangle
6. What is the smallest perfect number possible? D. Bermuda triangle
A. 1 15. A polynomial which is exactly divisible by two
B. 6 or more polynomials is called
C. 12
D. 8 A. factors
B. binomial
7. Of what quadrant is A, if sec A is positive and C. Common multiple
csc A is negative? D. Least common denominator
A. IV. 16. All &the following statements about air
B. II entrained concrete are correct, EXCEPT:
C. I
D. III A. Air entrained is recommended when
concrete is exposed to severe frost action.
8. Numbers are used to describe a B. Air entrainment reduces resistance to the
A. Magnitude freeze thaw that occurs when salt is used
B. Position to melt ice or snow,
C. magnitude and position C. With air entrainment, the quantity of water
D. none of the above to produce a - specified 28 day
compressive strength is reduced.
9. An imaginary number is raised to an even
D. With air entrainment, the quantity of water
exponent, it
to produce a given consistency (slump) is
A. Becomes infinite reduced.
B. Becomes real number
17. The center of the inscribed circle of a triangle
C. Becomes negative imaginary number
is known as known as _____ of the triangle.
D. Becomes relatively small number
A. circumcenter
 B. incenter 26. In preparing a metallographic iron specimen,
C. orthocenter the grain boundaries are made most visible by
D. excenter which of the following steps?
18. Points of derivatives which do not exists (and A. etching the sample in a 2% solution of
so equals 'zero) are called nitric acid in alcohol
A. stationary points B. grinding the sample with silicon carbide
B. maximum points abrasive
C. minimum and maximum points C. polishing the sample with Al203
D. minimum points D. mounting the sample in an epoxy resin
mold
19. A oblique-angled parallelogram with four
sides equal is called 27. The second term of a ratio is called

A. lozenge A. extreme
B. rhombus B. Consequent
C. diamond C. Antecedent
D. all of the above D. mean

20. A statement that one mathematical expression 28. When f’(x) is negative the curve of y = f(x) is
is greater than or less than another is called concave _____

A. conditional expression A. downward

B. inequality B. upward
C. Non-absolute condition C. to the left
D. Absolute condition D. to the right

21. In polar coordinates system, the length of the 29. “Every even integer greater than 2 can be
ray segment from a ' fixed origin Is known as written as the sum of two primes”. This is known
as
A. hypotenuse
B. minimum point A. Goldbach conjecture
C. radius vector B. Mersenne prime
D. amplitude C. Fermat’s last theorem
D. Prime number theorem
22. The principal nth root of a negative number is
the negative root if n is 30. Equations relating x and y that cannot readily
be solved explicitly for y as a function of x or for x
A. negative as a function of y. Such.,equations may
B. positive nonetheless determine y as a function of x or vice
C. Even versa, such function Is called
D. Odd
A. explicit function
23. If the means of a proportion are equal, their B. logarithmic function
common value is called C. continuous function
A. mean D. implicit function
B. Antecedent 31. An equation in x and y which is not easily
C. Consequent solved for y in terms of x is called
D. mean proportional
A. discontinuity
24. Given the equations 3x2 +2x - 5y +7 = 0 B. Implicit function
Determine the curve. C. quadratic
A. Parabola D. Explicit
B. Ellipse 32. All real numbers except zero have
C. Hyperbola multiplicative inverses, commonly called
D. Circle
A. Reciprocals
25. When two rows are interchanged in position, B. equivalent
the value of the determinant will C. addends
A. Be multiplied by -1 D. Opposites
B. become zero 33. Which of the following statements is false?
C. Remain unchanged
D. become infinite value A. Both copper and aluminum have a face-
centered crystal structure
 B. iron can have either a face-centered or a C. cosh u +c
body-centered cubic crystal structure. D. ln sinh u + c
C. Both magnesium and zinc have a 42. A theorem which states that if n>2, the
hexagonal close-packed crystal structure. equation xn+yn=zn cannot be solved in positive
D. Both lead and cadmium have a hexagonal integers x, y and z.
closed-packed crystal structure.
A. Fermat’s theorem
34. The number 0 such that 0 + a = a for all a is B. Pythagorean theorem
called the C. Goldbach conjecture
A. Additive identity D. Mersenne theorem
B. associative law of addition 43. What type of conic has equation of Ax2+Cy2+
C. Additive inverse Dx + Ey + F= 0?
D. commutative law of addition
A. parabola
35. The __________ is the square root of the B. circle
product of the extremes C. ellipse
A. mean proportional D. hyperbola
B. mean 44. A progression whose reciprocal forms an
C. Antecedent arithmetic progression
D. Consequent
A. geometric progression
36. A sequence having a defined first and last B. harmonic progression
terms is called C. Arithmetic means
A. Convergent sequence D. Harmonic means
B. Divergent sequence 45. To eliminate a surd, multiply it by its
C. Finite sequence
D. Infinite sequence A. conjugate
B. reciprocal
37. The numbers which are represented with C. Cube
letters. D. Square
A. Variables 46. In general quadratic equation, if the
B. terms discriminant is zero, the curve is a figure that
C. literal numbers represent a/an
D. Unknowns
A. parabola
38. What is the multiplicative inverse of a + bi? B. hyperbola
A. 1 C. ellipse
B. (a/(a2+b2) – bi/(a2+b2)) D. circle
C. 0 47. A polygon is ____ when no side, when
D. –a-bi extended, will pass through the interior of the
39. If the second derivative of the equation of a polygon.
curve is equal to the negative of the equation of A. isoperimetric
that same curve, the curve is B. similar
A. a sinusoid C. convex
B. a paraboloid D. equilateral
C. a cissoid 48. If an infinite series has no sum, it is referred to
D. an exponential as a
40. If the absolute value of the numerator of a A. Divergent series
fraction is smaller than the denominator, it is B. geometric series
called C. Convergent series
A. mixed number D. none of the above
B. decimal fraction 49. Any algebraic term is a/an ______ term in
C. Improper fraction certain representing numbers if it consists of the
D. Proper fraction product of possible integral powers of these
41. Evaluate the integral of tanh u du. numbers and a factor not containing them.
A. ln cos h u + c A. irrational
B. coth u + c B. Rational
 C. integral rational B. A/C
D. Integral C. –B/A
50. The symbol of equality (=) was introduced in D. –C/A
1557 by 58. A series is said to be _____ if it converges when
A. Robert Records the terms are replaced by their absolute value.
B. Bhaskara A. Finite convergent
C. Brahmagupta B. Absolute convergent
D. Leonhard Euler C. Infinite convergent
51. Division of a population or same into two D. Conditional convergent
groups based either on measurable variables (e.g. 59. Which of the following BEST describe the
age under 18, age over 180) or on attributes (e.g. Ptolemy’s theorem.
male, female). A. The sum of the square of the sides is
A. Denomination equals to the square of the diagonals of a
B. deviance given quadrilateral
C. Decomposition B. It is use at for quadrilaterals.
D. dichotomy C. It is just a modification of Brahmagupta's
52. The most significant digit of the number theorem.
0.2015 is D. It is used only for cyclic quadrilaterals.

A. 2 60. A surd which contains at least one rational

B. 5 number, that is, all its factors or terms are surds,
C. 1 example: sqrt of 3 or sqrt of 3 + sqrt of 2
D. 0 A. Pure surd
53. The field of mathematics which rest on upon B. binomial surd
the fundaments concept of limits and was created C. Mixed surd
by Newton and Leibniz D. conjugate surd

A. Calculus 61. A prime number has exactly how many

B. Physics divisors?
C. Boolean Algebra A. 3
D. Quantum Mectiartics B. 2
54. Refers exclusively to equations with integer C. 1
solutions. D. 4

A. L’Hospital’s equations 62. What is the length of the latus rectum of.the
B. Diophantine equations curve x2 = 20y?
C. Determinate equations A. sqrt(20)
D. Indeterminate equations B. sqrt(5)
55. A sequence of numbers where the number is C. 5
equal to the sum of the two preceding numbers D. 20
such as 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21 … is called 63. If every elements of a row (or column) are
A. Gaussian numbers multiplied by a constant, k, then the value of the
B. Fibonacci numbers determinant is
C. Archimedean numbers A. Zero
D. Fermat’s numbers B. multiplied by k
56. The geometric figure remaining after a C. one
parallelogram has been removed from one corner D. Multiplied by –k
of a larger similar polygon. 64. What type of curve is generated by a point
A. Google which moves in uniform circular motion about an
B. Gaussian plane axis, while traveling with a constant speed parallel
C. Gnomon to the axis?
D. Lozenge A. Epicycloid
57. In the quadratic equation Ax2 + Bx + C = 0, B. Cycloid
when the two roots are added, the result is C. Helix
D. Spiral of Archimedes
A. C/A
65. Supplementary chords are two chords which A. Rhomboid
join a point on the circle to the endpoints of a B. Rectangle
diameter. The supplemental chords subtend a/an C. Quadrangle
____ angle. D. Diamond
A. reflex 74. The sum of the first n terms of a series is
B. obtuse called the nth ____________.
C. right A. Sequence
D. acute B. Sum
66. Prisms are classified according to their C. arrangement
A. prism D. partial sum
B. prismatoid 75. How is a number in the Pascal’s triangle
C. bases obtained?
D. truncated prism A. By getting the difference of the two
67. If an infinite series has a finite sum, it is numbers directly above it
referred to as a B. By getting the product of the two
A. geometric series numbers directly above it
B. Convergent series C. By getting the sum of the two numbers
C. Divergent series directly above it
D. none of the above D. By getting the mean of the two numbers
directly above it
68. Entropy is the measure of
76. An equation which is satisfied by all values of
A. the heat capacity of a substance the variable for which the members of the
B. the change in enthalpy of a system equation defined is known as
C. the internal energy of gas
D. randomness or disorder A. Rational equation
B. irrational equation
69. All of the following groups of plastics are C. Linear equation
thermoplastic, EXCEPT: D. conditional equation
A. Tetrafluoroethylene (Teflon) and other 77. The value of the probability of any outcome
fluorocarbons will never be equal to nor exceed
B. Polyethylene, polypropylene, and
polysterene A. 1
C. Phenolics, melamine and epoxy B. 0.75
D. Polyvinylchloride (PVC) and polyvinyl C. 0.1
acetate D. 0.5

70. An inequality is reversed if both sides are 78. An expression of two terms is called
multiplied by A. Polynomial
A. a negative number B. Duomial
B. a positive number C. binomial
C. Zero D. all of the above
D. -1 79. A number represented by a non-terminating,
71. The five pointed star described by the non-repeating decimal
diagonals of a regular pentagon. A. Rational number
A. Pentegram B. Irrational number
B. Penacle C. natural number
C. Pentegram or penacle D. integer
D. Perigon 80. Which of the following is NOT a property of a
72. A _______ is an ancillary theorem whose result binomial expansion of (x + y)n?
is not target for the proof. A. sum of exponents in each term=n
A. conclusion B. Power of y is increasing
B. hypothesis C. Power of x is decreasing
C. lemma D. number of terms = n-1
D. Postulate 81. What is the multiplicative inverse of the
73. What is another term for a Parallelogram? integer 5?
 A. 1 complex crystals like the hexagonal close-
B. -5 packed structure.
C. 5 B. X-ray diffraction can be used to
D. 1/5 determine&the *grain size of a specimen.
82. The first non-zero digit from the left of the C. The geometrical structure factor F(hkl) is
number. the ratio of the amplitude of the X-ray
reflected from a plane in a crystal to the
A. Leading digit amplitude of the X-ray scattered from a
B. units digit single electron.
C. Whole number D. X-ray diffraction can. be used to detect
D. tens digit micro-stresses in a crystal.
83. All numbers multiplied by _______ equals unity. 90. If eccentricity is less than one, then the curve
A. conjugate is
B. its reciprocal A. ellipse
C. Negative of the number B. parabola
D. One C. circle
84. The difference between the highest score and D. hyperbola
the lowest score in the distribution. 91. In the absence of the Pascal’s triangle, the
A. Deviation coefficient of any term of the binomial expansion
B. median can be obtained by dividing the product of
C. Range coefficient of the preceding term and exponent of
D. mode x of the preceding term by _______ of the
preceding term.
85. The operation of raising to the integral power
known as A. the square root of y
B. The exponent of y+1
A. Involution
C. The exponent of y
B. indexing
D. the exponent of y-1
C. revolution
D. Evolution 92. Refers to a value which is not exact but might
be accurate enough for some specific
86. A relation in which every ordered pair (x,y) has
considerations.
one and only one value of y that corresponds to
the value of x is called A. Absolute value
B. Approximate value
A. function
C. relative value
B. Coordinates
D. accurate value
C. domain
D. Term 93. At the point of inflection where x = a,
87. Every positive number has _________ nth root A. f’’(a) = 0
B. F’’(a) < 0
A. Zero
C. f’’(a) > 0
B. Two
D. f’’(a) =0
C. three
D. one 94. The second power of the standard deviation is
called
88. A method of solving linear equation with
several unknowns simultaneously using A. dispersion
determinants B. variance
C. Mode
A. Cramer’s rule
D. Central tendency
B. Simpson’s rule
C. trapezoidal rule 95. What is the point where the second derivative
D. chain rule is zero?
89. Which of the following statements is not true A. Maxima
regarding X-ray diffraction? B. Point of intersection
C. Inflection point
A. X-ray diffraction is only useful, for
D. Minima
studying simpler crystal such as' the body-
centered cubic structure, rather than more 96. The point on the curve where the second
derivative of a function is equal to zero is called
 A. maxima
B. point of inflection
C. minima
D. critical point
97. Modes- of extinguishing obligations when
auditor abandons his right to coiled:
A. debt cancellation
B. forfeiture
C. condonation
D. liquidated damages
98. If the general equation of the conic is Ax2 +
2Bxy + Cy2 + Ey + F = 0 and B2 -4AC > 0, then
the conic is a/an
A. circle
B. parabola
C. hyperbola
D. ellipse
99. The point of the curve where the first
derivative of a function is zero and the second
derivative is positive is called
A. point of inflection
B. minima
C. critical point
D. maxima
100. An inequality is preserved if both sides are
multiplied by
A. a negative number
B. a positive number
C. Zero
D. -1