Plane and Spherical Trigonometry

Math and Physical Sciences Department

Midterm Examination
Name: Section:
Faculty Name: Engr. Merv Derek B. Camado Date of Examination: 5/12/2017

Pledge of Honor

I, _______________________________, a student of the FEU – Institute of Technology, pledge to exercise integrity and
honesty as I take this examination. I consider it dishonest to ask for, give, or receive help in this examination.

I pledge to do all that is in my power to live a life of dignity and credibility and to create that spirit in my environment.
5/12/2017

Student’s Signature Date

I. A. Multiple Choice Questions: (100pts.) Shade your answers to the given questions. If answers are not in the given choices,
shade E. Minimize the occurrence of erasures.

1. A triangle with two equal sides 14. The acute angle that the terminal side of an angle in standard
A. Scalene C. Complementary position makes with the x-axis
B. Equilateral D. Isosceles A. complementary C. supplementary
2. A triangle with a right angle
B. coterminal D. quadrantal
A. Acute triangle C. Right triangle
B. Obtuse triangle D. Oblique triangle 15. If  = 1171 is an angle in standard position, the terminal
3. In a right triangle, what do you call the side opposite side of  is in
the right angle? A. QI C. QII
A. Adjacent C. Hypotenuse B. QIII D. QIV
B. Leg D. Opposite 16. The exact value of cot (-3150)?
4. Which of the following set of numbers does not form a
A. 1 C. 0.5
Pythagorean triple?
A. 1, 2, 3 C. 3, 4, 5 B. D. -1
B. 5, 12, 13 D. 8, 15, 17 17. The measure of the central angle of a circle whose
5. Two angles whose sum is 180 intercepted arc is equal to the length of its radius is
A. Complementary C. Right angle
A. 1 radian C.  radian
B. Supplementary D. Straight
6. The complement of 2753’46’’ is B. 180 D. 1 degree
A. 6206’14’’ C. 15206’14’’ 18. 315 converted to radian is
B. 6227’55’’ D.15227’55’’ A. 3/4 C. 2/3
7. If the legs of a right triangle are 11 and 60, what is the length B. 7/4 D. 7/8
of the hypotenuse? 19. Evaluate: sec 1.25
A. 59 C. 61
A. 3.17 C. 1.0
B. 57 D. 63
8. If Sin  = 5/13, then Csc  is B. 0.432 D..0.673
A. 12/13 C. 13/12 20. The part of a circle bounded by two radii and an arc is called
B. 5/12 D. 13/5 A. central angle C. arc length
9. Sec 32 is equivalent to B. sector D. segment
A. Cos 32 C. Cos 58 21. It is an acute angle measured from due north or due south.
B. Csc 32 D. Csc 58 A. course C. bearing
10. The special angle whose tan is equal to 1 B. compass D. radian
A. 30 C. 45 22. It is the angle measured clockwise from north to the line of
B. 60 D. 90 travel
11. The angle formed between a horizontal line and the A. course C. bearing
observer’s line of sight if the observed object is above the B. compass D. radian
observer’s eye is called 23. If Sec  > 0 and Tan  < 0, then  is in
A. angle of elevation C. angle of depression A. Q I C. Q II
B. reference angle D. obtuse angle B. Q III D. Q IV
12. Two angles in standard position with the same terminal side 24. The reference angle of  = 4098 in standard position is
are called A. 42 C. 48
A. complementary C. supplementary B. 138 D. 222
B. coterminal D. quadrantal 25. If tan  = 2, and  is in Q III, what is sec ?
13. An angle in standard position whose terminal side coincides A. 5 C. 3
with one of the coordinate axes B. -5 D. - 3
A. complementary C. supplementary 26. Sec (- 240) is equal to
B. coterminal D. quadrantal
 A. Cos 240 C. – Cos 60 A. 21.5 ft C. 22.65 ft
B. Sec 30 D. – Sec 60 B. 19.56 ft D. 20.81 ft
27. What is 4 rad in degrees? 32. From the 102nd floor observation deck of the Empire State
A. 720 C. 229.18 Building, an observer spots his car at an angle of depression of
B.335.2 D. 116.2 5. If the observation deck is 1250 feet high, how far is his car
28. In two hours, the minute hand of a clock rotates through an from the building?
angle of A. 109.36 ft C. 108.94 ft
A. 45 C. 90 B. 14,287.57 ft D. 14,342.14 ft
B. 360 D. 720 33. What is the area of a sector of a circle with radius 10 inches
29. In a right triangle ABC with C = 90, if a = 5.32 cm and c = and central angle 50?
8.51 cm, then angle B is A. 43.63 sq. in. C.87.27 sq in.
A.3841’34’’ C. 3200’41’’ B. 2500 sq. in. D. 250 sq. in.
34. The minute hand on a clock is 15 inches long. In a 50-
B. 5118’25’’ D. 3549’06’’
minute class period, how far does its tip move?
30. What is the angle of elevation of the sun if a tree 6.73m tall
A. 13.09 in. C. 187.5 in.
casts a shadow 3.87m long?
B. 238.73 in. D. 78.54 in.
A. 35.10 C. 60.10
35. The arc of a circle 10.00 cm long makes an angle of 35.81
B. 29.90 D. 54.90
at the center. Find the radius.
31. The sides of a rectangle are 12 and 17 ft. What is the length
A. 6.25 cm C. 16 cm
of the diagonal?
B. 3.581 cm D. 0.279 cm

B. Matching Type.
Given Column A Column B

36. sin A = ? A.

37. cos A = ? B.

38. tan A = ? C.

XA= 962
39. sec A = ? D.
AJ = 62
40. csc A = ? E.

C. True or False. Shade A if the statement is true, otherwise shade E. (2pts. each)
1. Tangent and cotangent are reciprocals. 7.A tangent line or a tangent line segment has two common
2. The sum of the acute angles in a right triangle is always points with the circle it is tangent to.
equal to 180°. 8.Three revolutions is equal to 3π rad.
3. Both angles of elevation and depression are measured 9.A sector is a region bounded by two radii of the circle
from vertical lines. and their intercepted arc.
4.An angle in standard position is positive if the rotation 10.Given a radius length of 3 cm and a central angle of
of the generating ray is clockwise. 40 degrees, the arc length of the arc facing the
5.N 75° W is read as “75 degrees north of west. central angle is 120cm.
6.Isosceles triangles are triangles with no equal sides.

II.Problem Solving. Solve the following problems. 10 pts. each.

1. From the third floor window of a building, the angle of depression of an object on the ground is 35deg 58minutes, while from the sixth
floor window, 9.75m above the first point of observation the angle of depression is 58 degrees 35 minutes. How far is the object from the
building?
2. A man finds the angle of elevation of the top of a tower to be 30 degrees. He walks 85m. nearer the tower and finds its angle of
elevation to be 60 degrees. What is the height of the tower?