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Instruction: Select the correct answer for each of the following A. t2 (4t – t2 ) u(t – 2) C. (4t – t2 ) u(t – 2)
questions. Mark only one answer for each item by shading the box
B. t2 + (4t – t2 ) u(t – 2) * D. t2 + 4t u(t – 2)
corresponding to the letter of your choice on the answer sheet provided.
1. The function 15. A box contains 20 electric bulbs, out of which 4 are defective. Two
𝑥 𝑥 bulbs are chosen at random from this box. The probability that at
𝑓(𝑥) = − least one of these is defective is:
1 − 2𝑥 2
A. 9/25 C. 5/19
A. an even but not odd function* C. both even and odd function B. 12/25 D. 7/19*
B. an odd but not even function D. neither even nor odd function
16. Find the radius of curvature at (1, –1) on the curve y = x2 – 3x + 1.
2. Z-score is also called: A. √2 * C. √3
A. Normal score C. Mean score B. √2/2 D. √3/2
B. Standard score* D. all of the above
17. Transformation used to convert discrete time signals to complex
3. Set A = {{1,2,3}, {4,5}, {6,7,8}}. Which of the following statement/s frequency domain.
is/are true? A. Fourier Transform C. Z Transform*
A. 𝟏 ∈ 𝑨 C. ∅ ⊆ 𝑨 * B. Laplace Transform D. all of the above
B. ∅ ∈ 𝑨 D. all of the above
18. What is the degree of the homogeneous function:
4. Find the absolute maximum value of f(x) = 2x3 – 15x2 + 36x on the
interval [1,5] . f(x,y) = xex/y √x2 + y2
A. 28 C. 27
B. 55* D. 32 A. 3 C. 1
B. 2* D. 0
5. The expression csc θ cos3 θ tan θ is equivalent to which of the
19. An operation Δ on the set of positive integers is defined by
following expressions?
A. sin θ C. 1 – sin2 θ *
𝑎Δ𝑏 = (𝑎 + 𝑏)𝑎−𝑏
Evaluate: 1024Δ(512Δ(256Δ(128Δ(64Δ(32Δ(16Δ(8Δ(4Δ(2Δ1)))))))))
B. cos θ D. 1 + sin2 θ A. 2028 C. 2027
B. 2047* D. 2048
6. Two 20 m diameter circles are placed so that the circumference of
each just touches the center of the other. What is the area common 20. Find the area of the parallelogram whose sides extend from (0, 1, –
to each circle?
2) to (1, 2, 2) and from (0, 1, –2) to (1, 4, 1).
A. 61.4 m2
B. 105 m2 A. √82 C. √84
C. 123 m2* B. √86 * D. √80
D. 166 m2
𝑑𝑧
21. Classify the differential equation = 1 + 𝑧 + 𝑡 + 𝑧𝑡
𝑑𝑡
A. Separable and non linear C. Both separable and linear*
B. Linear and not separable D. Neither separable nor linear
7. Given the function: f(x) = ln x on the interval [1, 3]. Find the value of
22. Find the inverse z-transform of
c that satisfies the conclusion of the Mean Value Theorem. (1 − 𝑒 −𝑎𝑥 ) 𝑧
A. log3 e C. 2log3 e * x(z) =
1 (𝑧 − 1)(𝑧 − 𝑒 −𝑎𝑥 )
B. loge 3 D. log e
2 3 2
A. 1 – 𝑒 −𝑎𝑥𝑡 * C. 1 – 𝑒 −𝑎𝑥 𝑡
2
8. In the binomial expansion the value of the constant term is: B. 1 + 𝑒 −𝑎𝑥𝑡 D. 1 + 𝑒 −𝑎𝑥 𝑡
6
𝑥2 3
( − 2) 23. Find the 4th term of the expansion of (a – 2x)7 ?
3 𝑥 A. -280a4x3 C. 280a4x3*
A. -10 C. -20 * B. 120a4x3 D. -120a4x3
B. 10 D. 20
24. Which of the following matrices is a singular matrix?
9. It is the transpose of the matrix formed by taking the cofactor of each 2 –3 –3 21
element of A. A. ( ) C. ( )*
21 4 4 –28
A. Cofactor matrix C. Minor matrix
5 –1 5 4
B. Adjugate* D. none of the above B. ( ) D. ( )
6 8 –12 –8
dy
10. Find given that tan(xy) = x. 25. The mean and standard deviation of a normal distribution is:
dx
sec2 (xy)–y cos2 (xy) A. 0, 0 C. 1, 0
A. C. B. 0, 1* D. 1, 1
x x
cos2 (xy) – y
B. cos2 (xy) D. *
x 26. The latus rectum of a hyperbola is a line passing through the _____
and parallel to the _______.
11. If y = 2x – 8, what is the minimum value of the product xy? A. focus; transverse axis C. focus; directix*
A. –16 C. –4 B. center; transverse axis D. center; directrix
B. –8 * D. 0
27. Two dice are thrown simultaneously. What is the probability of
⃑ = 2i + aj + k and B
12. Determine the value of a so that A ⃑ = 4i – 2j – 2k getting two numbers whose product is even ?
are perpendicular. A. 3/4* C. 7/4
A. 4 C. –2 B. 1/4 D. 1/2
B. 3* D. 0
28. Determine the Wronskian of the set {ex , e-x}.
13. Which of the following is the Laplace transform of the function A. 0 C. –2*
(2t – 1) u(t – 2)? B. 1 D. –1
2 3 2 1
A. e-2s { 2 + } * C. e-2s { 2 + } 29. Which of the following laws of the algebra of sets is the Involution
s s s s
2 3 2 1 law?
B. e2s { 2 + } D. e2s { 2 + } A. A∪A = A C. A∩A = A
s s s s
B. (A∪B)C = AC ∩ BC D. (AC)C = A*
14. Express the following function in terms of Heaviside’s unit step
function. 30. For any matrix X, if the A4 = A, what is the period of A?
2 A. 2 C. 4
f(t) = { t , 0 < t < 2 B. 3* D. 5
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31. A puppy weighs 2.0 lbs at birth and 3.5 lbs two months later. If the 45. Jean can paint a house in 10 hours, and Dan can paint the same
weight of the puppy during its first 6 months is increasing at a rate house in 12 hours. If Jean begins the job and does 1/3 of it and then
proportional to its weight, then how much will the puppy weigh when Dan takes over and finishes the job, what is the total time it takes
it is 3 months old? them to paint the house?
A. 4.2 lbs C. 4.8 lbs A. 10 hours, 40 minutes C. 11 hours, 20 minutes*
B. 4.6 lbs* D. 5.6 lbs B. 11 hours, 33 minutes D. 11 hours, 40 minutes

32. Which of the following is an Skew-Hermitian matrix? 46. The Inverse Laplace transform of cot-1(s/a) is:
𝑖 1−𝑖 2 𝑖 1−𝑖 2 A. cos(at)/t C. sin(at)/t*
A. [−1 − 𝑖 3𝑖 𝑖 ]* C. [1 − 𝑖 3𝑖 −𝑖 ] B. cos(t)/at D. sin(t)/at
−2 𝑖 0 2 −𝑖 0
47. If when f(x) is divided by 3x + 1, the quotient is x2 – x + 3 and the
𝑖 1−𝑖 2 𝑖 −1 + 𝑖 −2 remainder is 2, then f(x) =
B. [1 + 𝑖 3 𝑖] D. [−1 + 𝑖 3𝑖 𝑖 ] A. 3x3 – 2x2 – 8x + 3 C. 3x3 + 4x2 + 8x + 1
2 −𝑖 0 −2 𝑖 0 B. 3x3 – 2x2 + 8x + 5* D. 3x3 – 4x2 + 8x – 1
33. A turkey is removed from an oven when it has reached an internal 48. Two students, Lemuel and Christine, each wrote down an arithmetic
temperature of 165 °F. After 20 minutes, the turkey probe reads 150 sequence on a piece of paper. Lemuel wrote down the sequence
°F. The temperature in the room is 65 °F. Assuming Newton's law of 2,9,16, 23,… while Christine wrote down the sequence 3, 7, 11,
cooling, after how many minutes will the turkey read 120 °F? 15,… After they have both written out 2010 terms of their respective
A. 60 C. 45 sequences, how many numbers have they written in common?
B. 74* D. 84 A. 728 C. 287*
B. 8 72 D. 827
2 3 4
34. If A = [5 –3 8 ] , then trace of A is:
9 2 16 49. Find the slope of the normal line to the curve x 2 + 2xy – 3y 2 = 9 at
the point (3,2).
A. 21 C. 10 A. 5/3 C. -3/5*
B. –96 D. 15* B. 1/2 D. -2

35. Determine the solution of the differential equation 50. The differential equation shown below represents the:
(2x cos y + y2 cos x) dx + (2y sin x – x2 sin y) dy = 0. 𝜕𝑢 𝜕𝑢 𝜕2𝑢
A. x2 cos y + y2 sin x = C* C. x2 cos2 y + y2 sin2 x = C + 𝑐(𝑢) =𝑣 2
𝜕𝑡 𝜕𝑥 𝜕𝑥
B. x cos y – y sin x = C D. x2 cos x + y2 sin y = C A. Cauchy’s equation C. Angel’s equation
B. Burger’s equation* D. Katakuri’s equation
36. Find the average value of the function 𝑓(𝑥) = √𝑥 + 1 from 𝑥 = 0 to
𝑥 = 3. 51. Solve the inequality: x2 + 2x – 3 > 0.
A. 17/9 C. 14/9 * A. –3 < x > 1 C. –3 > x > 1 *
B. 11/9 D. 13/9 B. 1 < x < 3 D. –3 < x < 1

37. The proposition (𝑝 ∨ ¬𝑞) → 𝑝 is a: 52. An operation ‘&’ is defined for all real numbers c and d by the
A. Tautology C. Contingency* equation:
B. Contradiction D. none of the above 𝑐 𝑑+1
𝑐&𝑑 = −
4 5
38. Determine the range of the function f(x) = √5 – 4x – x2 . If 6&d = 1.7, what is the value of d?
A. (0, 3) C. (0, 3] A. -5 C. 0
B. [0, 3] * D. [0, 3) B. -2* D. 0.283

39. Find the determinant of the given Matrix: 53. A radioactive substance decreases from 10 grams to 9 grams in 2
2 -3 4 -2 hours. Find its half- life?
A. 814
B. -814* 3 4 2 5 A. 13.16 hrs* C. 15.16 hrs
C. 841 -5 -2 3 -4 B. 14.16 hrs D. 16.16 hrs
D. -841 -3 2 0 -5
54. Given sets A = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6}, B = {2, 4, 6, 8} and C = {2, 3, 4, 5},
40. Evaluate: what is the intersection of the three sets?
5 1 1 A. {2, 4} * C. {2, 3, 4}
∫ ∫ ∫ (5𝑥 + 1)𝑧 2 𝑑𝑧𝑑𝑦𝑑𝑥 B. {2, 4, 5} D. {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8}
0 0 −4

A. 1853/2 C. 3855/2 55. Determine the work done by a force of F Newtons acting at a point A
B. 2925/2* D. 4287/2 on a body, when A is displaced to point B, the co–ordinates of A and
B being (2, 5,−3) and (1,−3, 0) meters respectively, and when F = 2i
41. In a benefit show, a number of wealthy men agreed that the first one − 5j + 4k Newtons.
to arrive would pay 10 centavos to enter and each latter arrival would A. 54 J C. 48 J
pay twice as much as the preceding man. The total amount collected B. 65 J D. 50 J *
from all of them was 104,857.50 dollars. How many wealthy men
paid? 56. Find the z-transform of f(t) = 2 – 2cos(0.2πt)
0.38𝑧 (𝑧+1) (𝑧+1)
A. 10 C. 18 A. * C.
B. 15 D. 20* (𝑧−1)(𝑧 2 −1.618𝑧+1) (𝑧 2 −1)(𝑧 2 −1.618𝑧+1)

0.38𝑧 (𝑧−1) (𝑧−1)

42. Find the rate of change with respect to x of the slope of the tangent B. D.
(𝑧+1)(𝑧 2 −1.618𝑧+1) (𝑧 2 +1)(𝑧 2 −1.618𝑧+1)
line to the curve x2 – xy + y2 = 3 at the point (1, 2).
A. –1/3 C. –2/3 * 57. What is the magnitude of the gradient of the function f = xyz3 at (1,
B. 2/3 D. 1/3 0, 2).
A. 0 C. 8 *
43. What is the cardinality of a set containing all Harshad positive
B. 3 D. ∞
integers less than 20?
A. 10 C. 12 4 1
B. 11 D. 13* 58. For the matrix [ ] the eigen values are:
1 4
A. 3 and –3 C. 3 and 5 *
44. Martin loves chocolate milk so he visits a plant everyday. However, B. –3 and –5 D. 5 and 0
each day the plant has a 2/3 chance of bottling chocolate milk. What
is the probability that the bottling plant bottles chocolate milk at most 59. Which of the following figures has the greatest number of lines of
4 of the 5 days Martin visits? symmetry?
A. 1/2 C. 112/243 A. Equilateral triangle C. Rhombus
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60. A survey produced the following results: 285 watch football games, 2 3⁄2
75. Find the length of the curve y = x between x = 0 and x = 1.
195 watch hockey games, 115 watch basketball games, 45 watch 3
A. 0.27 C. 1
football and basketball games, 70 watch football and hockey games,
B. 0.67 D. 1.22*
50 watch hockey and basketball games and 20 watch all of these
three games. A people is randomly selected, wht is the probability 2
∂ f
that he/she watch football only? 76. Let f = yx . What is at x = 2, y = 1?
∂x∂y
A. 16/45 C. 18/45 A. 0 C. 1 *
B. 17/45 D. 19/45* B. ln 2 D. 1/ln 2

61. Find the determinant: [2, 3, 1: 4, -5, 7: 10, 0, 3] ̅ = AT .

77. An n x n complex matrix A is _____ if and only if A
A. 194* C. 205 A. Unitary C. Singular
B. -194 D. -205 B. Hermitian * D. Skew–Hermitian
62. Find the first term of the fourier series corresponding to the function 78. Write the dual of the set equation
0, − 5 < 𝑥 < 0
𝑓(𝑥) = {
3, 0 < 𝑥 < 5 (𝑼∩𝑨)∪(𝑩∩𝑨)
A. 1 C. 2
B. 1.5* D. 2.5 A. (ϕ∪𝑨)∩(𝑩∪𝑨)* C. (ϕ∪𝑨)C∪𝑨
π B. (ϕ∪𝑨)∪(𝑼∩𝑨C) D. (ϕ∪𝑨)∩(𝑼∩𝑨C)
63. Assuming i = √–1 and t is a real number, ∫03 eit dt is:
√3 1 1 √3 79. Evaluate: ∫ arctan x dx
A. +i * C. +i
2 2 2 2
A. arctan x – 0.5 ln(x2 + 1) + C C. x arctan x – 0.5 ln(x2 + 1) + C*
√3 1 1 √3
B. –i D. + i (1 – ) B. arctan x + 0.5 ln(x2 + 1) + C D. x arctan x + 0.5 ln(x2 + 1) + C
2 2 2 2

64. Find the remainder if we divide 4y3 + 18y2 + 8y - 4 by (2y+3). 80. At the maximum point, the second derivative of the curve is
A. 10 C. 12 A. 0 C. Undefined
B. 11* D. 13 B. Negative * D. Positive

65. Radium decomposes at a rate proportional to the amount at any 81. Which of the following functions from Z to itself is a bijection?
instant. In 100 yrs., 100 mg of radium decomposes to 96 mg. How A. f(x) = x3 C. f(x) = 3x + 1
many mg will be left at after 200 yrs? B. f(x) = x + 2 * D. f(x) = x2 + 2x
A. 62.16 mg C. 82.16 mg
B. 72.16 mg D. 92.16 mg* 82. A speaks truth in 75% of cases and B in 80% of cases. In what
percentage of cases are they likely to contradict each other,
𝑐−𝑎 narrating the same incident
66. If a = 4b, c = 8b2 and b  0, then =
4𝑏 A. 30% C. 40%
A. 2b C. 2b + 1 B. 35%* D. 45%
B. 1 – 2b D. 2b – 1*
83. The particular integral of (𝐷3 + 2𝐷2 + 𝐷)𝑦 = 𝑒 2𝑥 is
67. Given that ẍ + 3x = 0, and x(0) = 1, ẋ (0) = 0, what is x(1)? 1 1
A. 𝑒 𝑥 C. 𝑒 2𝑥 *
A. –0.99 C. 0.16 18 18
B. –0.16 * D. 0.99 1 2𝑥 1
B. 𝑒 D. 𝑒 2𝑥
9 3
68. An automatic garden spray produces a spray to a distance of 1.8m
and revolves through an angle α which may be varied. If the desired 84. An equation of the line tangent to y = x3 + 3x2 + 2 at its point of
spray catchment area is to be 2.5m2, to what should angle α be set? inflection is
A. 88°* C. 76° A. y = – 6x – 6 C. y = 2x + 10
B. 65° D. 85° B. y = – 3x + 1 * D. y = 3x – 1

69. What is the value of the following integral? 85. Let a = 444…444 and b = 999…999 (both have 2010 digits). What is
∞
1 x2 the 2010th digit of the product ab?
I= ∫ exp (– ) dx A. 3* C. 5
√2π 8 B. 4 D. 6
0
A. 1* C. 2
86. A tourist covers half of his journey by train at 60 km/h, half of the
B. π D. 2π
remainder by bus at 30 km/h and the rest by cycle at 10 km/h. What
2t for 0 ≤ t ≤ 2 is the average speed of the tourist in km/h during the entire journey?
70. For the given periodic function f(t) = { with period T = A. 36 C. 24*
4 for 2 ≤ t ≤ 6
6. The Fourier coefficient a1 can be computed as B. 30 D. 18
A. – 9.2642 C. – 0.9119 *
B. – 8.1275 D. – 0. 5116 87. Evaluate:
𝜋 2

71. A “periodic function” is given by a function which: ∫ ∫ 𝑥 2 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑦 𝑑𝑦 𝑑𝑥

0 0
A. repeats every 2π C. satisfies f(t + T) = –f(t)
B. satisfies f(t + T) = f(t) * D. repeats every π A. 13.46 C. 14.64*
B. 14.41 D. 16.43
72. The mean of a set of 5 numbers is 90. If one of the numbers is
88. Determine the range of the function
removed, the mean of the remaining numbers is 92. What number
was removed? 1 + 𝑥2
𝑓(𝑥) =
A. 82* C. 87 𝑥2
B. 84 D. 90 A. (1, 2] C. (0,1)
B. (1, ∞)* D. [1, ∞)
3 + 4i
73. The modulus of the complex number ( ) is 89. Evaluate:
1 –2i
∞
A. 5 C. 1/√5 𝑡2
∫ 𝑑𝑡
B. √5 * D. 1/5 0 (𝑡 2 + 1)2
A. π/2 C. π/4*
74. Points A and B are 100 m apart and are of the same elevation as the B. π/3 D. π/6
foot of a building. The angles of elevation of the top of the building
from points A and B are 21̊ and 32̊ respectively. What is the height of 90. Given three vectors, A = 3i + 4j – 6k, B = 4i + j + 7k, C = -7i – 9j + 2k
the building in meters? as sides of the parallelepiped. Find the volume of the parallelepiped
A. 89.53 m C. 79.53 m described by A, B, C.
B. 99.53 m* D. 69.53 m A. 141* C. 143
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91. A fair dice is rolled twice. What is the probability that an odd number
will follow an even number?
A. 1/2 C. 1/3
B. 1/6 D. 1/4 *

92. If f(x) = ax2 + bx + c and c = b2/4a, then the graph y = f(x) will
certainly:
A. have a minimum C. have a maximum
B. be tangent to the x-axis* D. be tangent to the y- axis

93. How many four digit numbers less than 4321 and made of digits 1, 2,
3, 4 are there?
A. 4320 C. 228*
B. 1920 D. 311

94. The ______ of a vector is equal to 0 if it is conservative.

A. Divergent C. Gradient
B. Curl* D. all of the above

95. The Laplace transform of:

𝑡
sin(𝑡)
∫ 𝑑𝑡
0 𝑡
A. cot-1(s) C. tan-1(s)
B. scot-1(s) D. cot-1(s)/s*

96. Find the equation of the parabola passing through the points (1, 5),
(3, 6) and (5, 2).
A. 3x^2 + 4y + 6x – 29 = 0 C. 6x^2 - 3y + 8x – 11 = 0
B. 5x^2 + 8y – 24x - 21 = 0* D. 10x^2 – 4y + 18x + 12 = 0

97. Find the second derivative of x^2 - 4y^2 = 12 at point (4,1).

A. 0.5 C. -0.5
B. -0.25 D. -0.75*

98. Solve the equation a2x + 4c2x – 10c = 5a–4acx for x.

5 5
A. C. *
𝑎−2𝑐 𝑎+2𝑐

5 5
B. D.
2𝑎+𝑐 𝑎+2𝑐

99. Find the determinant of the given Matrix:

A. 35,745
-1 0 3 4 10
B. 37,554
C. 35,574* 3 2 4 -1 0
D. 37,545 5 10 2 -17 5
-3 4 -5 4 3
9 5 8 21 2

100.Suppose that f is a function with the property that for all x and y,
𝑓(𝑥 + 𝑦) = 𝑓(𝑥) + 𝑓(𝑦) + 1 and 𝑓(1) = 2 . What is the value
of 𝑓(3)?
A. 7 C. 6
B. 8* D. 5

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