EIT Review - Spring 2009 Sample Questions

Scott Strong March 23, 2009

Notes
Morning Session
- 120 Questions - Four Hours Maximum - Mathematics/Statistics Comprise 24% - Average Two Minutes Per-Question

Afternoon Session
- 60 Questions - Four Hours Maximum - Mathematics/Statistics Comprise 19% - Average Four Minutes Per-Question

Outline
Questions 1-40 Multiple Choice Two-Minute Questions 41-47 Not Multiple Choice Four-Minute

In reviewing for the mathematics portion of the exam I found that there were quite a few problems that were straightforward and simple. However, there were problems that were:

More intensive Difcult

I recommend that you make two passes through the material. The rst pass should be used to knock off the straightforward or easy problems and mark problems, which will require more intensive calculations. These problems can then be dealt with in the second pass. If there is any time then the difcult problems can be addressed.

1. Find one root to the following equation y 4 + y 2 12 = 0.

(a) 3 (b) i (c) 2i (d) 32

2. Express tions.

4 x2(x2 4x + 4)

as the sum of frac-

1 1 1 (a) + x x 2 (x 2)2 1 1 1 1 (b) + 2 + x x x 2 (x 2)2 1 1 (c) 2 + x (x 2)2 1 1 1 1 (d) + 2 + + x x x 2 (x 2)2

3. If log5 x = 1.8, nd x.
(a) 0.00483 (b) 0.0169 (c) 0.0552 (d) 0.0783

4. (1 2i)1 can be written as:

1 2 (a) i 5 5 1 2 (b) + i 5 5 1 2 (c) i 3 3 1 2 (d) + i 3 3

5. Calculate (1 + i)4.
(a) 4 (b) 4i (c) 4 (d) 4i

6. Determine the adjoint of

(a) 1
1 3 1 2 1 4

1 2 3 4

1 3 (b) 2 4 4 3 (c) 2 1 4 2 (d) 3 1

7. The rst few terms of the series expansion of sin(2x).

x2 x4 (a) 1 + + . . . 2 24 4 2 x (b) 1 2x2 + +. . . 3 4 x3 4 x5 (c) 2x + +. . . 3 15 5 x (d) 2x 4x3 + +. . . 5

8. Calculate

x sin(x)dx.

(a) x sin(x) + cos(x) + C (b) x sin(x) cos(x) + C (c) sin(x) + x cos(x) + C (d) sin(x) x cos(x) + C

9. The solution to the following differential equation y 2y + 1y = e2t is

(a) C1et + C2tet + te2t (b) C1et + C2tet + e2t (c) C1et + C2et + e2t (d) C1et + e2t

10. Find the scalar projection of y in the direc. and x = 6 2k tion of x if y = 14 i 7j i + 3j

(a) 12 i 3j (b) 9 (c) 0 (d) 15

11. Find the inverse of

1 2 (a) 1 3 1 1 (b) 2 3 3 1 (c) 2 1 3 2 (d) 1 1

1 2 1 3

12. Find an eigenvector of

(a) 2 1

0 2 2 0

1 (b) 2 1 (c) 1 (d) 2 .5

13. Find an eigenvalue of

(a) = 4 + 6i (b) = 2 + 3i (c) = 4 6i (d) = 3i

4 13 1 0

14. Calculate
19 43 (a) 22 50 19 22 (b) 43 50 19 (c) 43 22 (d) 50

1 2 3 4

5 6 7 8

15. Given
xy+z = 2 xz = 0 x + y = 3

(1) (2) (3)

Solve for y.
2 (a) 3 (b) 8 4 (c) 3 8 (d) 3

16. Using the alphabet how many possible four letter words can be made?
(a) 112358 (b) 14950 (c) 358800 (d) 456976

17. Using the alphabet how many possible four letter words can be made assuming letters cannot be reused?
(a) 112358 (b) 14950 (c) 358800 (d) 456976

18. Given 120 cyclists, how many different ways can the rst, second and third place be arranged?
(a) 1728000 (b) 1685040 (c) 280840 (d) 8214570

19. Given 120 cyclists, how many different ways can three of them be given certicates of participation?
(a) 1728000 (b) 1685040 (c) 280840 (d) 8214570

20. Express cos2(x) sin2(x) as a function of cos(2x).

(a) 1 (b) 2 cos(2x) (c) cos(2) (d) cos(2x)

21. Estimate the area of the parallelogram and +k with sides dened by y = 2 ij . x= i+j
(a) (b) 3 11 (c) 7 (d) 5

 at (1, 1, 1) + z 3k 22. The divergence of u = x i + y 2j is +k (a) i+j (b) 0 + 3k (c) i + 2j (d) 6

 at (1, 1, 1) is + z 3k 23. The curl of u = x i + y 2j +k (a) i+j (b) 0 + 3k (c) i + 2j (d) 6

24. Given the following frequency data associated with course grades
f requency 2 5 1 3 4 1 score 53 65 70 73 80 98

What is the mode?

(a) 53 (b) 70 (c) 98 (d) 65

25. Given the following frequency data associated with course grades
f requency 2 5 1 3 4 1 score 53 65 70 73 80 98

Roughly, what is the arithmetic mean?

(a) 70.1 (b) 71.1 (c) 72.3 (d) 69.8

26. Given the following frequency data associated with course grades
f requency 2 5 1 3 4 1 score 53 65 70 73 80 98

Roughly, what is the standard deviation?

(a) 5522.3 (b) 75.9 (c) 2.2 (d) 11.2

 is + xk 27. The vector function u = y i + zj (a) conservative only (b) solenoidal only (c) neither conservative nor solenoidal (d) conservative and solenoidal

28. Find the unit vector normal to the surface x2 + y 2 + z 2 = 3 at (1, 1, 1).
+ 2k (a) 2 i + 2j +k (b) i+j
+k i+ j (c) 3 +2k 2 i+2 j (d) 3

s 4s + 13 (a) e3t cos(2t) e3t sin(2t) (c) e2t cos(3t) e2t sin(3t) (d) e2t cos(3t) + e2t sin(3t)

What function y(t) has the Laplace transs3 . form 2

(b) e2t cos(3t) 31e2t sin(3t)

29. The differential equation y + sin(x)y + y 2 = 2 is

(a) Linear, Homogenous, Constant Coefcient (b) Nonlinear, Homogeneous, Constant Coefcient (c) Nonlinear, Variable Coefcient (d) Linear, Nonhomogenous, Variable Coefcient

 + 4G = 0 is 30. The harmonic oscillator G (a) Damped (b) Critically Damped (c) Undamped (d) Overdamped

31. What is the particular solution to the har + 4G = 5et? monic oscillator G
1 t (a) e 5 1 2t (b) e 5 (c) e2t (d) et

32. Given the forced harmonic oscillator + 4G = f (t). Which function f (t) would G not lead to resonance.
(a) f (t) = 5 cos(2t) (b) f (t) = sin(2t) (c) f (t) = 3e2it (d) f (t) = e2t

 with x is zero. 33. The cross product of y = i+j The dot product y x = 1 nd x. (a) x = (b) x = (c) x = (d) x =
ij 2 i+ j 2 ij 2 i+ j 2

34. Calculate the following limit

(a) (b) 0 (c) 1 (d) 2

2 sin(x) lim . x x0

35. Determine the rst inection point for f (x) = ex cos(x) for x > 0.
(a) 2 (b) (c) 4 3 (d) 2

36. Find the area between the y -axis and y = x3 from y = 1 to y = 8.

12 (a) 3 45 (b) 4 60 (c) 3 28 (d) 3

37. The equation 8x2 + 10xy + 3y2 7x 58 = 0 corresponds to which conic?

(a) Circle (b) Hyperbola (c) Ellipse (d) Parabola

38. Expand the following binomial (x + 3)6.

39. Determine the rst few terms of the Taylors series expansion of f (x) = ex cos x.

40. Determine the solution to the following linear system of equations:

xy+z = 2 xz = 0 x + y = 3

(4) (5) (6)

41. Solve the following ODE via Laplace Transforms

y + 3y + 2y = 0, y (0) = 1, y (0) = 1

(7)

42. Determine the region in the rst quadrant bounded by f (x) = x and g(x) = x2.

 and G = + x2 k 43. Given that F = (x2 y) i + 4z j xyexyz calculate: (a) Divergence of F (b) Gradient of G (c) Curl of F

44. Find the volume of the solid generated by revolving the region bounded by y = x and the lines y = 1, x = 4 about the line y = 1.

45. A box of bolts contains 8 thick bolts, 5 medium bolts, and 3 thin bolts. A box of nuts contains 6 that t the thick bolts, 4 that t the medium bolts and 2 that t the thin bolts. One bolt and one nut are chosen at random. What is the probability that the nut ts the bolt?

46. An urn contains three red balls and one blue ball. Two balls are selected without replacement. What is the probability that they are both red?

47. How many people must you ask in order to have a fty-fty chance of nding someone who shares your birthday?

Good luck!