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Evaluation Exam 1 – Algebra and Trigonometry (SET A)
SITUATION 1
In my class, the total number of students who take Geotechnical 16. Determine the absolute value of the complex roots of the
only, Theory only and Hydraulics only is 12. The total number of equation
students who takes Hydraulics only is twice the number of A. 1.333 B. 2.445 C. 2I D. 1.899
students who takes Geotechnical only and the number of
students who take Theory only is thrice the number of student 17. Determine .
who takes Geotechnical only. The number of students who take A. 2.445 + 7.88i C. 3 - 4i
Theory, Geotechnical, and Hydraulics is 3, the number of B. 1.609 + 0.9273i D. 5
students who take Theory and Geotechnical is 5, the number of
students who take Theory and Hydraulics is 8, and the number of 18. Given that 3+2i is a root of the equation
student who take Geotechnical and Hydraulics is 7. . Which of the following quadratic
1. Determine the total number of students who take Theory. equation gives the remaining roots?
A. 12 B. 16 C. 8 D. 13 A. C.
B. D.
2. Determine the total number of students who take
Geotechnical 19. An apartment complex contains 230 apartments, each
A. 18 B. 12 C. 19 D. 11 having one, two, or three bedrooms. The number of two-bedroom
apartments is 10 more than three times the number of three-
3. Determine the total number of students who take Hydraulics bedroom apartments. The number of one-bedroom apartments is
A. 16 B. 23 C. 20 D. 9 twice the number of two bedroom apartments. Determine the
number of one bedroom apartment
4. Which of the following is equivalent to A. 18 B. 200 C. 100 D. 138
A. C.
B. D. 20. The organizer for a church picnic ordered coleslaw, potato
salad, and beans amounting to 50 pounds. There was to be three
5. If , which of the following is equal to times as much potato salad as coleslaw. The number of pounds
is equal to of beans was to be 6 less than the number of pounds of potato
A. C. salad. Determine the number of pounds of Beans
B. D. A. 12 pounds C. 21 pounds
B. 24 pounds D. 18 pounds
SITUATION 2
For the equation shown below SITUATION 4
A certain diet consists of dishes A, B, and C. Each serving of A
has 1 gram of fat, 2 grams of carbohydrate, and 4 grams of
protein. Each serving of B has 2 grams of fat, 1 gram of
6. Which of the following is a possible value of x? carbohydrate, and 3 grams of protein. Each serving of C has 2
A. -1 B. 4 C. 2 D. 5 grams of fat, 4 grams of carbohydrate, and 3 grams of protein.
The diet allows 15 grams of fat, 24 grams of carbohydrate, and
7. Which of the following is a possible value of y? 30 grams of protein.
A. 6 B. 2 C. 7 D. 8
21. How many serving of dish A can be eaten
8. Which of the following is a possible value of z? A. 1 B. 4 C. 3 D. 6
A. 2 B. -3 C. 1 D. -9
22. How many serving of dish B can be eaten
SITUATION 3 A. 3 B. 2 C. 9 D. 4
For the equation shown below
23. How many serving of dish C can be eaten
A. 2 B. 5 C. 4 D. 7
9. Determine the value of B
24. At what time between 4 and 5’oclock are the hands of a
A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4
clock opposite each other
A. 4:45.66 B. 4:54.54 C. 4:50 D. 4:44.88
10. Determine the value of C
A. 4 B. 3 C. 2 D. 1 25. It is between 3 and 4o’clock, and in 20 minutes the minute
hand will be as much after the hour hand as it is now behind it.
11. Determine the value of D
What is the time?
A. 0 B. 2 C. 4 D. 3
A. 3:10.11 B. 3:06.36 C. 3:15 D. 3:00
12. Which of the following is the least upper limit for the real
26. On a 130-mile trip from Orlando to Sarasota, Roberto
roots of encountered a heavy thunderstorm for the last 40 miles of the
A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4 trip. During the thunderstorm, he drove an average of 20 miles
per hour slower than before the storm. The entire trip took hours.
13. Which of the following is the greatest lower limit for the real How fast did he drive before the storm?
roots of A. 30 mi/hr B. 60 mi/hr C. 15 mi/hr D. 20 mi/hr
A. -7 B. -8 C. -6 D. -9
27. Suppose that Arlene can mow the entire lawn in 40 minutes
14. Which of the following can be a possibility of the roots of less time with the power mower than she can with the push
mower. One day the power mower broke down after she had
A. 3 zero, 1 positive real number and 2 complex numbers been mowing for 30 minutes. She finished the lawn with the push
B. 2 zero, 2 positive real number and 2 complex numbers mower in 20 minutes. How long does it take Arlene to mow the
C. 1 zero, 3 positive real number and 2 complex numbers entire lawn with the power mower?
D. 6 zero A. 40 min B. 1 hr C. 80 min D. 30 min
15. Which of the following is equivalent to SITUATION 5
A. 0 B. I C. pi D. -ei
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28. Determine the total amount of tin to be added.
A. 27.5 kg B. 12.5 kg C. 38.5 kg D. 22.6 kg 40. A ship leaves port at 1:00 P.M. and travels S 35° E at the
rate of 24 mi/hr Another ship leaves the same port at 1:30 P.M.
29. Determine the total amount of iron to be added and travels S20 deg. W at 18 mi/hr Approximately how far apart
A. 50 kg B. 53.5 kg C. 45 kg D. 12.5 kg are the ships at 3:00 P.M.?
A. 12.12 mi. C. 45.66 mi.
30. A Civil Engineer desires to measure the height of a tower B. 39.32 mi. D. 20.99 mi.
observing a vertical angle at A. He then moves 54 m. further
towards the tower at B and observes another vertical angle which 41. An automobile wheel 2.5 ft. in outside diameter rolls along a
is twice that of the first. He again proceeds to move further road, the axle moving at the rate of 45 miles per hour; find the
towards the tower, still on the same line at distance of 21 m. The angular velocity in radians per second.
observed vertical angle of the tower at this point is three times A. 16.81 pi radians. C. 16.81 pi radians
that of the first. Determine the height of the tower. B. 16.81 pi radians D. 16.81 pi radians
A. 37.60 m B. 33.40 m C. 19.11 m D. 21.43 m
42. Assume that the earth moves around the sun in a circle of
31. Determine the domain of 93,000,000- mile radius. Find its rate per second, using 365.25
days for a revolution.
A. A. 12.55 mi/sec C. 12.55 mi/sec
B. 10.66 mi/sec D. 18.5 mi/sec
B.
C. 43. The legs supporting a tank tower are 50 ft. long and 18 ft.
apart at the base, forming a square. The angle which the legs
D. make with the horizontal line between the feet diagonally
opposite is 83° 30'. How far apart are the tops of the legs?
A. 10 ft B. 12 ft C. 8 ft D. 15 ft
32. Solve the inequality.
A. C. null set 44. A pile of logs has 24 logs in the bottom layer, 23 in the
B. D. all real numbers second layer, 22 in the third, and so on. The top layer contains
10 logs. Find the total number of logs in the pile.
A. 255 B. 122 C. 100 D. 144
33. Determine the domain of
A. C. 45. A contest will have five cash prizes totaling P 5000, and
B. D. there will be a P100 difference between successive prizes. Find
the first prize.
34. Two ships left the same port at the same time, one going in A. P 2200 B. P 1200 C. P 1500 D. P 1600
the direction N 63°30’ E, and the other sailing directly east. The
first ship travelled at the rate of 16 km/hr. After 45 minutes, the 46. Give the phase shift of the function y = sin (x – π/3).
second ship was observed to be directly south of the first ship. A. π/3 left B. π/3 down C. π/3 right D. π/3 up
What is the speed of the second ship?
A. 17.88 km/hr C. 14.32 km/hr 47. The bob of a pendulum swings through 24 centimeters long
B. 10.11 km/hr D. 8.12 km/hr on its first swing. If each successive swing is approximately five-
sixths the length of the preceding swing, use an infinite geometric
35. To measure the width of a stream, a line AB 200 m long, is series to approximate the total distance the bob travels.
measured on the stream’s bank, and C is a point on the opposite A. 266 cm B. 144 cm C. 211 cm D. 100 cm
bank. The angles ABC and BAC are measured 54°30’ and
71°24’, respectively. Find the width of the stream. 48. In the polynomial , the roots form
A. 200 m B. 190.5 m C. 180 m D. 100 m an arithmetic progression which of the following can be the
common difference?
36. At a point P on a level plain the angle of elevation of an A. 1/2 B. 1/3 C. 1/4 D. 2/5
airplane is southwest of P is 38° 35'. At a point Q, 2 miles due
south of P, the airplane appears in the northwest. What is the 49. What is the coefficient of the term involving in the
height of the airplane?
A. 2.11 miles C. 1.2 miles expansion of ?
C. 1.13 miles D. 1.66 miles A. -3099520 C. -2088720
B. -2099630 D. -2099520
37. Flagstaff stands upon the top of a building 150 ft. high. At a
horizontal distance of 225 ft. from the base of the building the 50. It states a constraint on rational solutions of a polynomial
flagstaff subtends an angle of 6° 30'. Find the height of the equation . If and , are nonzero,
flagstaff. then each rational solution can be written as a fraction x=p/q,
A. 12.55 ft B. 40.07 ft C. 44.55 ft D. 30.8 ft such that p is an integral factor of a0 and q is an integral factor of
an
38. A circle 12 in. in diameter is suspended from a point and A. quadratic surd
held in a horizontal position by 12 strings each 8 in. long and B. Fundamental theorem of algebra
equally spaced around the circumference. Find the angle C. Factor theorem
between two consecutive strings. D. Rational roots theorem
A. 20° 12.5' B. 30° 40' C. 22° 23.2' D. 12°
39. A straight road makes an angle of 22 degrees with the
horizontal. From a certain point P on the road, the angle of
elevation of an airplane at point A is 57 deg. At the same instant,
from another point Q, 100 meters farther up the road, the angle
of elevation is 63 deg. As indicated in the figure, the points P, Q,
