DIRECTIONS: Choose and write the letter of the best answer on your answer sheet.

1. ∆𝐴𝐵𝐶 with right angle at C. With ∠𝐵 as the reference, the ratio BC: AB will correspond to
A. Cosine B. Cotangent C. Sine D. Tangent

𝑐
2. In the figure, which of the following is INCORRECT?
A. TanƟ =
𝑎
C. SinƟ = 𝑎
𝑐
�
�
𝑏 �
𝑎
� D. sec Ɵ =
�
B. CosƟ =
𝑏 �
�
�

𝑏
3. In the right triangle, the hypotenuse is 20 cm and one of the acute angles is 300.

C. √3
What is sin 30?
A. 21 √
3
B. 2 D.

1 3
4. If cos 𝜃 = , what is the value of
2
?
A. 30 ° B. 45 ° C. 60 ° D. 90 °
5. In a right ΔMPN, right angle at P, NP = 12 and MP = 5, What is cos M?
A. 1 C. 13 D. 13
2 B. 15 12 5
1 3
3

6. What is the value of sin 30° + sin 60° ?

2
√3+1
√3 1
2 2 √3+1
D.
2
A. B.
C.

7. A kite held by 100 m of string makes an angle with the ground of 60 0. How

B. 50√2 m C. 50√3 m D. 100√2 m

high is the kite above the ground?
A. 50 m

For 8 – 9. A 24-foot ladder leans against a building. It forms a 60-degree angle with the
building.
8. What trigonometric ratio is needed to find the height of the wall reached by the ladder?
A. Cos 60º B. Cot 60º C. Sin 60º D. Tan 60º

A. √3 ft B. 6√3 ft D. 12 √3 ft
9. What is the height reached by the ladder?
C. 12 ft

10.A rectangular lot has a length of 15 m and a width of 12 m. What trigonometric ratio is needed
to find the angle formed by the length with the diagonal of the rectangle?
A. Cosine B. Secant C. Sine D. Tangent
11. The legs of a right triangle are 8cm and 14cm as shown. Find the
measure of tan A. A. 1/7 B. 4/7 C. 8
D. 14

12.Which of the following is the correct trigonometric ratio of sine?

hypotenuse adjacent
A. C.
adjacent opposite
hypotenuse opposite
B. D.
opposite hypotenuse

13.It is the line from the eyes of the observer to the object.

A. Angle of Elevation C. Line of Sight

B. Angle of Depression D. Horizontal line
For numbers 14-15, refer to the Figure below
 A. 𝑎 C. 𝑐
14.Which of the following is the angle of elevation?

B. 𝑏 D. 𝑑

A. 𝑎 C. 𝑐
15.Which of the following is the angle of depression?

B. 𝑏 D. 𝑑
16.The angle of elevation from a point 49 meters from the base of a flagpole to the top is 27°.

A. 𝑥 = (cos 27°)49 C. 𝑥 = (tan 27°)49

What equation represents the height of the flagpole? (Let x be the height of the flagpole.)

B. 𝑥 = 49
D. 𝑥 = 49
cos
27° tan
27°

17.A boat is 450 m away from a light house. The angle of depression of the boat from the top of the
lighthouse is
150. Which trigonometric function is appropriate to use in solving for the height of the lighthouse?
A. Cosine B. Secant C. Sine D. Tangent
18.A flagpole casts a shadow of 30 feet when the angle of elevation to the sun is 60 degrees.
How tall is the flagpole?
𝐴. 15 𝑓𝑡. B. 10√3𝑓𝑡. C. 30√3𝑓𝑡. D. 60√3 𝑓𝑡.

19.Refer to the given figure.

From an observation point 20 m high, the angle of elevation to the top of the tower is 30 0, while
the angle of depression to the base of the tower is 45 0. Which of the following is the best
question that can be asked using the given situation?
A. How high is the tower?
B. How high is the observation point?
C. How many degrees is the angle of elevation from the base of the tower?
D. What kind of angle was formed by the base of the observation point with the ground?
20.Find the shadow cast by a 10ft. lamp post when the angle of elevation
from the tip of the shadow to the sun is 58º. Round the answer to the
nearest feet.
(Hint: Use tan 58º = 1.6)
A. 5 ft. B. 6 ft. C. 8 ft. D. 10 ft.

21.A 25-foot ladder leans against a house. The top of the ladder is 13 feet above the ground.

ground? (Let 𝜃 be the angle.)

What equation is appropriate to use to solve for the angle that the ladder makes with the

13
A. Cos 𝜃 = B. Cos 𝜃 = C. Sin 𝜃 = D. Sin 𝜃 =
25 13 25 25
13 25 13

For numbers 22-23.

A wire on a telephone pole makes an angle of 40° with the ground. One end of the wire is 14
meters above the ground. How long is the wire?
22. Which of the following is the correct diagram for the given problem?

23.Which of the following information is needed to solve this problem?

A. The value of sin 40°. C. The value of tan 40°.
24.In the figure, 𝜃 = 35° and the tower is 40 m high. If the person’s
B. The value of cos 40°. D. The value of sec 40°.

height is 2 m, which trigonometric ratio should be applied to find

the horizontal distance of the observer to the base of the tower?
38
C. tan 35° =
(Let x be the horizontal distance)
𝑥
𝑥
D. cos 35° =
40
A. cos 35° = 38

B. tan 35° =
40

For numbers 25-26. The length of the base of an isosceles triangle is 36 inches. Each base angle is
35°.
25.If you want to solve for the lengths of the legs using trigonometric ratio, what should be done first?
A. Use the sine ratio.
B. Cut the isosceles triangle into two.
C. Give all the measures of the angles of the isosceles triangle, then use Pythagorean
Theorem.
D. Construct the perpendicular from the vertex angle to the base of the isosceles
triangle. This will divide the isosceles triangle into two congruent triangles.
26.Which of the following will solve for each leg of the isosceles triangle following the correct
18
A. cos 35° = cos 35° = sin 35° = D. tan 35° =
procedure from number 25? (Let x be the leg of the isosceles triangle.)
18 𝑥 18 𝑥
B. C.
𝑥 18 𝑥

For numbers 27-28

A ladder 8 ft long is leaning against the wall of building A. Its top makes a 43 0 angle with the
wall. If the ladder is turned on the other side and leaned against the wall of building B, it makes
an angle of 62 0 with the ground. (Refer to the given figure).

cos 62° = 8
27.Which of the following is the correct equation to find the distance from building B (x)?
𝑥
𝑥 C. tan 62° =
A.
8
8
8
cos 62° =
B. sin 62° =
D.

𝑥 𝑥

𝑦
cos 43° = tan 43° =
28.Which of the following is the correct equation to find the distance from building A (y)?
𝑦 8
A. C.
8 8
D. cos 43° =
B. sin 43° = 𝑦
𝑦

29.If P, B, and A are the angles of a triangle and p, b and a are the length of their
respective opposite sides. Which of the following is NOT defined by a sine law.
𝑖𝑛𝐴 sin 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑃 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝐴 𝑏
𝑃 = = = =
B. �
𝑎 sin
C. 𝐵
𝑎 𝑝 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝐵 sin 𝑝 𝑎 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝐵
�
A. D.
𝐴 𝑏
C
30.Given the triangle at the right. Which of the following can be used to find the 𝑚∠A?
A. Sine Law C. Cosine Law 12 20
B. Tangent Law D. Pythagorean Theorem 0
30 A
B
31.In #30, which equation should be used to solve for the measure of ∠𝐴?
𝑖𝑛 30 𝑆𝑖𝑛 𝐴 𝑠𝑖𝑛 30 𝑠𝑖𝑛 𝐴
A. 12 = 20 C. 20 = 12
sin 30
=
D. None of these
B.
20
12 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑒 𝐴

32. In #30, what is the ∠𝐴?

measure of
A.17.45 B. 47.450 C. 600 D.
0
520

33. ∆𝑃𝑄𝑅, 𝑝 = 16, 𝑚∠𝑃 = 40°, 𝑚∠𝑅 = 60°. What is the measure of side 𝑟?
A. 9.97 B. 11.87 C. 21.55 D. 25.66

34. Which DOES NOT SHOW cosine law if in triangle ABC, A, B, and C are their angles and a, b,
and c are the lengths of their respective opposite sides?
A. a2 = b2 + c2 – 2bc cosA C. c2 = a2 + b2 – 2ab cosC
2 2 2
B. b = a + c – 2ac cosB D. a2 = b2 + c2 – 2bc cosC

C
35. Which of the following is best suit to solve for x?
A. Sine Law C. Cosine Law 8 12
B. Tangent Law D. Pythagorean Theorem
B x0 A
14
36.In #35, which equation must use of solve for x?
A. 122 = 82 + 142 – 2(8)(14) cosx C. 142 = 82 + 122 – 2(8)(12) cosx
2 2 2
B. 8 = 14 + 12 – 2(14)(20) cosx D. 122 = 8 + 14 – 2(82) (142) cosx

37. In #35, what is the value of x?

A. 49.990 B. 56.320 C. 58.810 D. can’t solve
C
300 16
38. Which of the following is the value of c given the figure at 10
the right? A. 8.88 B. 15.10 C.18.81 D.
can’ solve B A
c
Q
P

PQ = 18 and PR = 24. Find the 𝑚∠𝑄𝑃𝑅?

39.In the figure, PQRS is a parallelogram. PS = 12,

R
0 0
A. 20 C. 35 S
B. 29º D. 450

For numbers 40-42

A tree grew so that it was leaning 6° from the vertical. At a point 40 feet from the tree, the angle of
elevation to the top of the tree is 25°. Find the height of the tree.

40.In the diagram, AB is the vertical line. How will you get the degree measure of ∠𝐷𝐵𝐶?
A. Add 25° and 6°
B. Subtract 6° from 25°
C. Subtract ∠𝐷 from 180°
D. Subtract 6° from 90°

41.What is the measure of ∠𝐷𝐵𝐶 based on the answer in #40

A. 31° B. 19° C. 180° − ∠𝐷 D. 84°
42.How can you find the height of the tree if the measure of ∠𝐷𝐵𝐶 is already known from # 40?
A. Find the measure of angle D, then use sine law.
 B. Find the measure of angle D, then use cosine law
C. Find the measure of angle D, then use SOH-CAH-TOA
D. Find the measure of angle D, then use Pythagorean Theorem

For numbers 43-44. A triangular lot is bounded by three roads AB, BC, and AC with measures 15
m, 20 m, and 26 m, respectively. A surveyor needs to find the measure of the angle connecting
Road AB to Road BC

43.Which of the following can solve the problem?

A. Sine Law C. SOH-CAH-TOA
B. Cosine Law D. CHO-SHA-CAO

44. Which of the following equations will solve for the value of the needed angle?
15
26
sin 15 C. cot 𝐵 =
= sin
A.
𝐵 26
𝐶
26
2 𝐶𝑜𝑠
2 𝐵 = D. tan 𝐵 =
𝑎 +𝑐 −𝑏
2
15
B.

2𝑎𝑐

For numbers 45-46

A ship is sighted at sea from two observation points on the coastline, which are 30 miles apart. The
angle between the coastline and the line between the ship and the first observation point (Pt A)
measures 35. The angle between the coastline and the line between the ship and the second
observation point (Pt B) measures 45°. How far is the ship from the second observation point?

45. Which of the following procedures will solve the given problem?
A. Find the measure of the 3rd angle, then use cosine law.
B. Find the measure of the 3rd angle, then use sine law.
C. Use Pythagorean Theorem
D. Use SOH-CAH-TOA

46.Which of the following is the correct equation to solve the problem?

A. 302 = 𝑎2 + 𝑏2 − 2𝑎𝑐𝐶𝑜𝑠𝐶 B. C. 302 = a2+b2 D. tan 45 °=
30 a 30
=
sinc sin 35 a

For numbers 47-48

The length of the diagonals of a parallelogram are 24 cm and 32 cm. They intersect at an angle of
100 0.

47.Which of the following is the best question that can be asked applying the oblique triangle?
A. What is the property of the parallelogram shown in the given figure?
B. What is the measure of the other angle formed by the intersection of the diagonals?
C. How long is each side of the parallelogram?
D. What is the area of the parallelogram?

48.Which of the following diagram shows the correct oblique triangle from the figure?
For numbers 49-50
Two ranger stations located 10 km apart receive a distress call from a camper. Electronic
equipment allows them to determine that the camper is at an angle of 60º from the 1st station and
45º from the second. Each of these angles has a line segment connecting the stations. Which of the
stations is closer to the camper?
49. Give the equation to get the distance of 1st station from the camper.
𝑖𝑛 60º 𝑠𝑖𝑛 75º
A. tan𝑥 45º
10 𝑥 10
= C. =
B. cos 60º =
10 D. cot 45º + tan 60
𝑥
50. Which of the two stations is closer to the camper?
A. 1st station B. 2nd station C. both have the same distance D. cannot be determined
ANSWER KEY
1. A 11. B 21. D 31. C 41. D
2. D 12. D 22. C 32. A 42. A
3. A 13. C 23. A 33. C 43. B
4. C 14. C 24. D 34. D 44. B
5. B 15. B 25. D 35. C 45. B
6. C 16. C 26. A 36. A 46. B
7. C 17. D 27. D 37. C 47. C
8. A 18. C 28. B 38. A 48. A
9. C 19. A 29. D 39. B 49. C
10. D 20. B 30. A 40. D 50. B