HONORATO C. PEREZ SR.

MEMORIAL SCIENCE HIGH SCHOOL

Mabini Extension, Cabanatuan City

FIRST QUARTER EXAMINATION IN PRE-CALCULUS 11

Name: _______________________________________ Date: __________________________

Grade & Section: _______________________________ Teacher: _______________________

Choose the letter of the correct answer. Write your answer on the space provided before each number.

______1. When a bullet is shot in air the path traversed by the bullet is called
A. cycloid C. parabola
B. semicircle D. any of these
______2. A right circular cone when cut by a plane parallel to its generator, the curve obtained is a
A. ellipse C. hyperbola
B. parabola D. circle
______3. What is the graph of (x – h)2 + (y – k)2 = r2 when r2 < 0?
A. point C. circle
B. parabola D. no graph
______4. The equation 5x2 – 3y2 + 15x – 6y – 1 = 0 is an example of a/an
A. ellipse C. hyperbola
B. circle D. parabola
______5. The equation that BEST represents the graph shown is
A.  x  4 2   y  4 2  16

B.  x  4    y  4   16
2 2

C.  x  2    y  2   16
2 2

D.  x  2    y  2   16
2 2

______6. Which equation represents a circle with a center at (7, 0) and radius of 4?
A. (x – 7)2 + y2 = 16 C. (x – 7)2 + y2 = 4
2 2
B. x + (y – 7) = 2 D. x2 + (y – 7)2 = 8
2 2
______7. The graph of 2x + 2y = 50 is a circle. Its center and radius are
A. C(0, 0), radius 5 C. C(0, 0), radius

B. C(2,2), radius D. C(2, 2), radius 5

2 2
______8. The equation x + y = 8 represents a circle with a radius of:
A. 4 B. 8 C. 2 D. 2
2 2
______9. If (x – 3) + (y + 5) = 9 is the equation of a circle, the coordinates of the center and the length of the radius
are:
A. (3, -5); 9 B. (-3, 5); 9 C. (-3, 5); 3 D. (3, -5); 3
x2 y2
______10. Which graph represents the equation   1?
4 4
(A) (B) (C) (D)

______11. Determine the center and the radius of the circle whose equation is 4x 2 + 4y2 – 8x + 16y = 0.
A. C(-1,2); r = 5 C. C(1, -2); r = 5
B. C(1, -2); r = D. C(-4, 8); r = 5
______12. A pizza delivery area can be represented by a circle, and extends to the points (0, 18) and (-6, 8) (these
points are on the diameter of this circle). Write an equation for the circle that models this delivery area.
A. (x – 3)2 - (y – 13)2 = 34 C. (x + 3)2 + (y + 13)2 = - 34
2 2
B. (x + 3) + (y – 13) = 34 D. none of these
______13. It is the midpoint of the focus and the directrix and the most extreme point on the parabola.
A. vertex C. focus
B. center D. eccentricity

______14. It is the set of points in a plane that are equidistant from a fixed point and a fixed line called the directrix.
A. circle C. ellipse
 B. parabola D. hyperbola
______15. Find the direction in which the parabola with vertex (0, 0) and focus at (0, 4) opens.
A. upward C. to the left
B. downward D. to the right
______16. The coordinates of vertex of a parabola are (0, 0) and equation of directrix is y = -2. Find the coordinates of
the focus.
A. F(0, 2) C. F(0, -2)
B. F(2, 0) D. F(-2, 0)

______17. Decide whether the parabola with equation x2 = opens up, down, left, or right.

A. Upward C. to the left

B. downward D. to the right
______18. The equation 7x2 + 7y2 = 252 represents a
A. Circle C. ellipse
B. parabola D. hyperbola
______19. Tell whether the graph of the quadratic function y = -x2 – 10x + 1 opens upward or downward. Explain.
A. because a > 0, the parabola opens downward
B. because a < 0, the parabola opens downward
C. because a < 0, the parabola opens upward
D. because a < 0, the parabola opens upward
______20. Determine the focus and directrix of y2 = 16x.
A. F( 4); x = -4 C. F( 4, 0); x = 4

B. F(0, 4); x = 4 D. F( 4, 0); x = -4

______21. What is the equation of the parabola determined by the given information?
Vertex at the origin, focus at (0, 10)

A. y = x2 C. y2 = 10x

B. y = x2 D. y2 = 40x

______22. What is the equation of the parabola whose focus is at (0, -2) and whose directrix is y = 2?
A. y2 =-2x C. y2 = - 8x
2
B. y= - ½ x D. y = - 1/8x
______23. Find the equation of a parabola with focus at (-4, 0) and whose directrix is the line x = 4.
A. y2 = -4x C. x2 = -16y
2
B. y = 16x D. y2 = - 16x
______24. An ellipse has _______ foci.
A. 0 B. 1 C. 2 D. 3
______25. The figure in the graph shown is an example of a/an

A. ellipse C. parabola
B. hyperbola D. circle

______26. Which of the following represents the equation of an ellipse?

A. x2 + y2 = 400 C. xy = 400
B. 25x2 + 16y2 = 400 D. x2 – y2 = 400z

______27. will have a minor and major axis with length _________

A. 3, 4 B. 6, 8 C. 9, 16 D. 18, 32
______28. The major and minor axes of an ellipse are 100mm and 60mm respectively. What will be the distance of its
foci from the end of the minor axis?
A. 30 mm C. 50 mm
B. 40 mm D. 60 mm
______29. The equation of the ellipse having center at (0, 0), x-intercepts at ±6, and y – intercepts at ±3 is

A. C.

B. D.

______30. Name the curve traced out by a point moving in a plane such that the difference between its distances from
two fixed points is constant
A. ellipse C. hyperbola
B. parabola D. any of these

______31. The standard form of 9x2 – 4y2 = 36 is

 A. C.

B. D.

______32. The equations of the asymptotes for the hyperbola defined by are

A. y = ± C. y = ±

B. y = ± D. y = ±

______33. The equation x2 - 8y2 = 16 represents which conic section?

A. circle C. hyperbola
B. parabola D. ellipse
______34. Which of the following represents the equation of a hyperbola?
A. x + y = 16 C. x2 – y2 = 16
2 2
B. x + y = 16 D. 2x2 + y2 = 16

______35. has a major axis of length

A. 2 B. 3 C. 4 D. 5
______36. Systems consisting of at least one nonlinear equation are called
A. linear systems C. quadratic systems
B. nonlinear systems D. none of these
______37. Which ordered pair is in the solution set of the system of equations y = -x + 1 and y = x 2 + 5x + 6?
A. (-5, -1) B. (-5, 6) C. (5, -4) D. (5, 2)
______38. Find the dimensions of a rectangle with perimeter 20 units and area 24 square units.
A. l =6 and w = 4 B. l =12 and w = 2 C. l = 3 and w = 8 D. none of these
______39. Find two positive numbers whose difference is 4 and whose product is 32.
A. 8 and 4 B. 12 and 2 C. 6 and 6 D none of these
______40. What is the sum of the first five terms of the geometric sequence 4, 8, 16, 32, …
A. 134 B. 124 C. 122 D. 126
______41. What is the common difference for the arithmetic sequence 2, 3, 4, 5, …?
A. 0.01 B. -1 C. 1 D. 3
______42. The common ratio of geometric sequence 4, 2, 1, … is
A. 2 B. ¼ C. 4 D. ½
______43. The common difference in the sequence -9, -10, -11, -12, … is
A. -2 B. -1 C. -2.6 D. -3
______44. Which of the following is not an arithmetic sequence?
A. 11, 2, -8, -19 C. 57, 51, 45, 39
B. 4, 7, 10, 13 D. -3, -5, -7, -9
______45. If the given sequence is a geometric sequence, find the common ratio.

A. 4 B. 2 C. 6 D. not a geometric sequence

______46. Write the first four terms of the sequence whose general term is an = 2n.
A. 4, 8, 16, 32 B. 1, 4, 9, 16 C. 1, 2, 4, 8 D. 2, 4, 8, 16
______47. Write a formula for the general term (the nth term) of the geometric sequence 14, 2, 6, 18, 54, 162, …
A. an = 2(3)n B. an = 2(3)n – 1 C. an = a1 + 3n D. an = 2(3n)
______48. How many terms are in the binomial expansion of (2x – y) 4?
A. 2 B. 3 C. 4 D. 5
______49. What is the binomial expansion of the expression (2x + 3)3?
A. 4x6 + 6x3 + 729 C. 8x3 + 36x2 + 54x + 27
2
B. 4x + 12x + 9 D. 8x3 + 36x2 + 36x + 27
______50. Write the 3 term of the binomial expansion. (6x + 9)3
rd

A. 81 B. 2916x C. 972x2 D. 1458x

Prepared by:

MARILEN C. PARUNGAO
Teacher III
Checked by: Noted:

MA. MINISA A. CABUAL ALBERTO R. SANTOS

Head Teacher III Principal II