MDTP Precalculus Diagnostic Sample Test

Calculators are not allowed for the test.

1. a 2  a 1  a 4  

1 1 1 1
(A) a 7 (B) (C)  (D) (E) a 2  a 8
a  a6
3
a3 a6 a  a6
3

x
2. 3

3

x3 6 x3 9 3
3x x3 9 x3 3
(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)
3 9 3 3 3

3. If f  x   2 x  7 and g  x   2 x 2  3, then f  g  3  

(A) 2 (B) 1 (C) 15 (D) -7 (E) 23

4. The graph of y  f  x  is shown in the figure to the right.

Which of the following is the graph of y  f  x   1 ?

(A) (B)

(C ) (D) (E)

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 5. The inequality 7  x  8 is equivalent to

(A) 1  x  15 (B) x  15 (C) 15  x or  1  x (D) 1  x or 15  x (E) x  1

2
6. If  x  1  3  5 x, then x 
3
9 7 1 7
(A) (B) (C) (D) (E) 12
13 3 13 13

7. If 7  5s then s 

7 7
(A) (B) 35 (C) s (D) log 7 5 (E) log5 7
5 5

8. If log 4 x  log 4  x  5   log 4 24, then x 

(A) 19 (B) 6 (C) 3 (D) 8 (E) 3

9. One of the roots of 3 x 2  11x  4 is

1 1
(A) 4 (B) 1 (C) (D) 3 (E)
3 3

10. The inequality x 2  9 is equivalent to

(A) x  3 (B) x  3 (C) x  3 or x  3 (D) 3  x  3 (E) x  9

3 1
11. if sin x   , cos x  and 0  x  2 , then x 
2 2

2 7 5 5 
(A) (B) (C) (D) (E) 
3 3 6 3 6

14  7 x
12. x2  x 
x2
x 1

14 x  7 x 2 14  7x 7 2 x 7
(A) (B) 2 (C)  (D) (E) 
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13. If is of of a certain number, then that number is
3 6 2

1 5 4
(A) 4 (B) (C) (D) (E) 12
6 12 5

14. In the figure shown to the right, x 

12 10
(A) (B) 3 (C) (D) 5 (E) 30
5 3

15. For how many different values of  between 0 and 2 radians is sec x  csc x ?

(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 3 (E) 4

KEY- Precalculus Diagnostic Sample Test

Question Correct Answer Topic

1 C EXPR
2 D EXPR
3 E FUNCT
4 B FUNCT
5 C LINR
6 D LINR
7 E LOGX
8 D LOGX
9 C POLY
10 D POLY
11 D TRIG
12 E RATL
13 D WORD
14 D WORD
15 C TRIG

EXPR Exponents and Radicals

FUNCTFunctions
LINR Linear Equations and Inequalities, and Absolute Values
LOGX Logarithmic and Exponential Functions
POLY Polynomials and Polynomial Functions
RATL Rational Expressions and their Graphs
TRIG Trigonometry
WORD Word Problems

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