Diagnostic Examination

Georgia O'Keeffe's Line and Curve

1. The remainder of dividing the polynomial   x3-x2+x-1   by   x-1   is
(a) 2
(b) x
(c) 3
(d) 1
(e) 0
2.
Simplify
(3 a2 b-3)-4

(12ab3)-5
(a) 96a-13b27
(b) 48a-13b-27
(c) 96a-3b27
(d) All of the other answers are incorrect.
(e) 48a-3b27
3.
Evaluate
( 1

x
+ 3 ) ( 5 + 2

x2
).
(a)
5

x
+ 6

x2
(b) All of the other answers are incorrect.
(c)
5

x
+ 15 + 2

x3
+ 6

x2
(d)
11

x
+ 15 + 2

x2
(e)
4

x
+ 6

x2
4. The area of a right triangle with sides 3, 4, and 5 is
(a) 12
(b) 6
(c) 10
(d) 20
(e) 15
5. The parabola with equation y = x2 +1 intersects the line y = mx if and only if
(a) m = 2
(b) m < 0
(c) 4 less than or equal m2
(d) 2 less than or equal m
(e) m > 0
6. A circle contains the four vertices of a square with diagonal of length 6. The area of the region outside the square and inside the circle is
(a) 36
(b) 36pi - 36
(c) 36 pi
(d) 9pi - 18
(e) 9pi - 9
7. Let f(x) = 3x + 2. For which x is f(x) = -2?
(a) 4/3
(b) -3/2
(c) 0
(d) -2/3
(e) -4/3
8. If x = 3, find the smallest value of y which satisfies y2x + 3yx2 + 54 = 0.
(a) There is no smallest value.
(b) -6
(c) 3
(d) 0
(e) -3
9. How many real solutions for x are there to the equation x2 + 3x + 8 = 0?
(a) 1
(b) 2
(c) 3
(d) It cannot be determined.
(e) 0
10. log(6) equals
(a) log(2) + log(3)
(b) 3
(c) 2
(d) 2 log(3)
(e) 3 log(2)
11. log(x) < log(2) reduces to
(a) 10 < x
(b) x is not equal to 2
(c) x < 10
(d) x < 2
(e) 0 < x < 2
12. Which of the following values of x satisfies log2(3x) + log2(2x) = 3?
(a) x = (4/3)1/2
(b) x = (3/2)1/2
(c) x = 4
(d) x = 3/5
(e) x = 5
13. If f(x) = x2 + 1 and g(x) = 2x - 1, then f(g(2)) =
(a) 9
(b) 10
(c) 5
(d) 11
(e) 26
14. If f(x) = 3x + 3 and g(y) = 2y + 5, what is f(g(2))?
(a) 23
(b) 7
(c) 3
(d) 30
(e) 9
15. If f(x) = 3x + 3 what is f(f(2))?
(a) 9
(b) Not defined.
(c) 81
(d) 30
(e) All of the other answers are incorrect.
16. The expression -18 < -6x < 12 is equivalent to which of the following?
(a) 3 > x > 2
(b) 2 > x > -3
(c) All of the other answers are incorrect.
(d) -2 > x > -3
(e) 3 > x > -2
17. The inequality x3 < 2x2 -x reduces to
(a) x > 0
(b) x > 1
(c) x < 1
(d) x < 0 or x is not equal to 1
(e) x < 0
18. The expression ( x + 1)(x + 2) > 0 is equivalent to which of the following?
(a) x > -1
(b) x < -2
(c) x < -2 or x > -1
(d) -1 > x > -2
(e) All of the other answers are incorrect.
19. If 4x - y = 1 and 2x + y = 5, find x and y.
(a) x = 0 and y = 3
(b) x = 0 and y = 6
(c) x = 4 and y = 1
(d) x = 1 and y = 3
(e) x = -1 and y = 5
20. If x - y = 4 and 4x - y = 1, then 3xy is
(a) 6
(b) Cannot be determined
(c) 9
(d) 12
(e) 15
21. If y + 3x + 2 = 0 and y = x2, then there is a solution with x given by
(a) Cannot be determined
(b) x = 1
(c) x = -1
(d) x = 2
(e) x = 0
22. If a circle has radius 2, then what is the radian measure of an angle whose vertex is at the center of circle and which cuts an arc of length 1 along the circle?
(a) pi/2
(b) 2pi
(c) 1/2
(d) 1/(4pi)
(e) 2
23. If sin(a) = 1, cos(b) > 0, and sin(b) = 1/2, then sin(a + b) is
(a) 31/2/2
(b) 1/2
(c) 3/2
(d) 2/(31/2)
(e) 2/3
24. Two lines each contain the point (0,0). One line has slope 3 and the other line has slope 5. The tangent of the angle interior to the lines is
(a) 8
(b) 1
(c) 2
(d) 0
(e) 1/8