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The document contains a 50-question multiple choice precalculus diagnostic test covering topics such as: simplifying algebraic expressions, solving equations, factoring polynomials, trigonometric functions, logarithms, and basic geometry. The questions progress from simpler to more complex mathematical concepts and skills often found in an introductory precalculus course.

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Math Test

The document contains a 50-question multiple choice precalculus diagnostic test covering topics such as: simplifying algebraic expressions, solving equations, factoring polynomials, trigonometric functions, logarithms, and basic geometry. The questions progress from simpler to more complex mathematical concepts and skills often found in an introductory precalculus course.

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U0@Mac: PRECALCULUS MATHEMATICS DIAGNOSTIC TEST - 2 hours

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1. Simplify 2
·
3 8
(a) 5/2
(b) 5/6
(c) 5/12
(d) 16/15

2. Add 2
+ 5
3 8
(a) 5/24
(b) 5/12
(c) 7/11
(d) 31/24

3. Express 1
+ 1
+ 2
as a single fraction :
x 3 xy
(a) 0 x2y2
y +x y+2x
2 2

(b) x3y2
(c) −3 22
x y
(d) 3 4 2 2
x +xy+x y
2y3)3
4. Simplify (2x
(xy)3
(a) 2x2y3
(b) 2xy2
(c) 8x3y6
(d) 4x3
y 2 t )− 1
a
5. Simplify (a2b) ·
3 3
b
(a) a1/3
b2/3
(b) ab
(c) ab
1/3
(d) b2/3
a

6. Solve for x in x2 + 7x + 12 = 0
(a) -4, -3
(b) 4, 3
(c) 7, 2
(d) -12, 2

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7. Solve for x in 2
= 3

x−3 x−2
(a) x = 5/2
(b) x = 2
(c) x = 5
(d) x = 1

8. Solve for y in 4y2 − 1 = 9y − 3


(a) y = 4 and 1/2
(b) y = 3 and 1/9
(c) y = 1 and 1/4
(d) y = 2 and 1/4

9. Factor x2 − 2x − 3
(a) (x − 3)(x + 1)
(b) (x + 2)(x − 1)
(c) (x − 2)(x + 1)
(d) (x − 3)(x − 1)

10. What is the equation of the line with slope 1


3 passing through the point (x, y) = (3, 2)?
(a) y = 32 x + 3

(b) y = 2
3 x−2

(c) y = 13 x − 1

(d) y = 31 x + 1

11. At what point do the two lines x − y = 2 and y = 2x + 3 intersect?


(a) (1, 5)
(b) (−5, −7)
(c) (2, 9)
(d) (5, 7)

12. Consider the line y = x − 2 and the parabola y = x2. Do they intersect? If yes, where?
(a) Yes, at (2, 1)
(b) No
(c) Yes, at (1, -1)
(d) Yes, at (-1, -3)

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13. Convert the angles 60o and 210o to radians
(a) π/4 and 5π/4
(b) π/6 and 7π/6
(c) π/3 and 7π/6
(d) π/4 and 7π/4

14. An equivalent expression for cos θ is


(a) sin θ tan θ
(b) sin(tan θ)
sin θ
(c) tan θ
tan θ
(d) sin θ

15. What are √the values


√ of cos 0 , cos π/6 , cos π/4 , cos π/3 , cos π/2?
(a) 0 , 1/2 , 2/2 , 3/2 , 1
√ √
(b) 1 , 3/2 , 2/2, , 1/2 , 0
(c) 1 , − 3/2 √, − 1, √, − 1/2 0
(d) 0 ,, 1/4 , 2/2 , 3/4 , 1

16. What√ are the


√ values of sin π , sin 5π/6 , sin 3π/4 , sin 2π/3 , sin π/2?
(a) 1 , 3/2√, 2/2, , 1/2 , 0√
(b) 1 3 2 1 1 2 0
, − / √ , − √, , − /
(c) 0 , 1/4 , 2/2 , 3/4 , 1
√, √
(d) 0 , 1/2 , 2/2 , 3/2 , 1

17. Simplify e3x+2 ·e2x−4


(a) e5x−2
(b) e3x+2 + e2x−4
(c) e6x2−8
(d) ex−2

18. If y = f (x) = x2, what is the inverse function x = f−1(y)?


(a) x = y2
(b) x = y−2
√ √
(c) x = y or − y
(d) x = y−1

19. If log a = 3 and log b = 4, what is log(a2b)?


(a) log 36
(b) 13
(c) log 7
(d) 10

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20. If y = f (x) = ex, what is the inverse function x = f−1(y)?
(a) x = e−1
(b) x = ln y
(c) x = y−1
(d) x = 1/ey

21. If y = f (x) = sin x, what is the inverse function x = f−1(y)?


(a) x = sin(y−1)
(b) x = arcsin y = sin−1 y
(c) x = sin y−1
(d) x = 1/ sin y

22. What is the value of cos−1(1/2)?


(a) π/6
(b) π/3
(c) 30o
(d) 45o

23. What is the value of arctan(1)?


(a) 0
(b) π/6
(c) π/4
(d) 30o

24. If x = 3 and y = 4, calculate yx − yx :


(a) -52
(b) 0
(c) 11
(d) -36
n
25. Simplify 2(22n−2)
(a) 1/2
(b) 2n−1
(c) 2
(d) 1/2n−1

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26. Solve for x if log3 x = 2
(a) 2/ log 3
(b) 104/3
(c) 9
(d) 6/ log 3
3−2x2−5x+6
27. Use polynomial long division to calculate x
x−3
(a) x2 − 2x + 2
(b) x2 + x − 2
(c) x2 + 2x − 2
(d) x2 − x/2 + 2

28. If f (x) = x2 + 2x − 3, determine f (4):


(a) 0
(b) 9
(c) 1/21
(d) 21

29. Simplify 3 log4 2 + 2 log4 3


(a) log4 72
(b) log4 12
(c) log4 1
(d) 5 log4 5

30. Expand (a + b)3


(a) 3a + 3b
(b) a2 + abx + b2
(c) a3 + 3a2b + 3ab2 + b3
(d) a3 + b3

31. What are the circumference and area of a circle of radius R?


(a) 4πR , 43 πR3
(b) 2πR , πR2
(c) 4πR2 , πR2
(d) 2πR , 43 πR3

32. If 3y = x, then y can be expressed as:


(a) y = x/3
(b) y = x/ log3
(c) y = logx 3
(d) y = log3 x

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33. What is the area of a triangle with base 2 and height 3?
(a) 6
(b) 2
(c) 3
(d) 12

34. Solve the following pair of equations for x and y: x + 2y = 4 and 4x − 5y = 3


(a) x = 1 , y = 2
(b) x = −1 , y = 1
(c) x = 2 , y = 1
(d) x = −2 , y = −1

35. Find an equation for the line passing through the point (2, 1) and perpendicular to the
line 2x + y = 5 :
(a) 2x − 2y = 0
(b) x + 2y = 0
(c) x − 2y = 0
(d) 2x − y = 0
√
36. √
If f(x) = x and g(x) = 1 − x2, find f (g(x))
(a) 1 − x
2 −√
(b) 1 x
−
(c) 1 x
(d) 1 + x2
37. The lines 2x + 3y = 5 and 6x − 4y = 14 are:
(a) parallel
(b) perpendicular
(c) neither
(d) both

38. During the first and second year a business had earnings of $150,000 and $184,000 re-
spectively. If the growth in sales follows a linear pattern, what will be the earnings during
the third year?
(a) $196,000
(b) $334,000
(c) $234,000
(d) $218,000

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39. The curve described by the equation x2y4 + 2x4y − 2 = 0 is symmetric about
(a) both the x-axis and the y-axis
(b) the y-axis
(c) the x-axis
(d) neither the x-axis nor the y-axis

40. Solve the equation ln(x − 3) − ln x = 1 for x


(a) x = e1/3
(b) ln 3 = 1
(c) x = ln 3−1
(d) x = 1−e
3

41. Find the values of x which satisfy |x + 4| = 2


(a) x = 2 or x = −4
(b) x = −2 or x = −6
(c) x = −2 or x = −4
(d) x = 2 or x = −6
3 3
−
42. Express as a single fraction and simplify x+a x
a
−3a
(a) x(x+a)
3h
(b) x2+a
−3
(c) xa+x 2
a
(d) x(x+a)

43. Solve x2 + 3 ≤ 7
(a) x ≤ 2; x ≥ −2
(b) x ≤ −4; x ≥ 4
(c) x ≤ 4; x ≥ −4
(d) x ≥ 2; x ≤ −2

44. The graph of x + y − 3 = 0 is a


(a) plane
(b) circle
(c) parabola
(d) line

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45. The graph of x2 + y2 = 4 is a
(a) circle of radius 2
(b) circle of radius 4
(c) ellipse of eccentricity 1
(d) parabola

46. The graph of x2 + y = 4 is a


(a) circle centered at origin
(b) parabola opening upward
(c) ellipse
(d) parabola opening downward

47. The absolute value of -8 is


(a) 1/8
(b) 8
(c) -8
(d) -1/8

48. Simplify −3/4 ÷ 5/6


(a) -15/24
(b) 5/8
(c) -9/10
(d) 10/9

49. For an isosceles triangle of base 2b, height a and hypotenuse c, the Pythagorean The-
orem states that
(a) c2 = a2 + b2
(b) a2 = c2 + b2
(c) b2 = a2 + c2
(d) c2 = −a2 − b2

50. If the interior angles in a triangle are labelled A, B, and C, then


(a) A + B + C ≤ 180o
(b) A + B + C = 180o
(c) A + B + C < 180o
(d) A + B + C = 90o

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