known as _____. A. LHopitals rule C. chain rule B. recursion formula * D. all of these
9. The evolute of a hyperbola is a _____.
A. Lemniscate of Bernoulli B. Lame curve * C. Limacon of Pascal D. Hyperboloid
2. What differential equation involves a function
and their partial derivatives? A. Logarithmic DE C. Linear DE B. Ordinary DE D. Partial DE *
10. If two random variables are
independently distributed, what is their relationship? A. They are not identically distributed. B. They are uncorrelated * C. They are correlated. D. They are mutually exclusive.
3. ____ solution contains a number of
arbitrary constants equal to the order of the differential equaiton. A. Particular C. Partial B. General * D. Arbitrary 4. When can we say that an expression has no solution? A. When the absolute value of an expression is less than a negative number * 5. ______ is a certain subset of a probability space A. Event * C. Outcome B. Experiment D. Trial 6. If a variable x satisfies both inequalities a x and x b, where a and b are constants, the a x b and x is said to be located in the _____ a and b. A. half-open interval C. open interval B. close interval * D. any of the above 7. The set of all possible outcomes of a probability experiment is called the ___ space. A. sample * C. event B. outcome D. experimental 8. What is the locus of a point on the rim of a circle rolling along a perfectly straight line called? A. Hypocycloid C. Cycloid * B. Epicycloid D. Cuboid
11. The versine, written versine (z) or vers
(z) and also known as the "versed sine," is a little-used trigonometric function defined by A. vers(z) 1 cosz B. vers(z) 1 cscz C.vers(z) = 1 - cosz * D. vers(z) 1 cscz 12. A cardioid can also be described as: A. epicycloid with two cusps B. epicycloid with one cusp * C. hypocycloid with two cusps D. hypocycloid with one cusps 13. Every sufficiently large odd number can be expressed as the sum of three prime numbers. What is this theorem called? A. Vivianis theorem B. Von Neumanns theorem C. Van Exels theorem D. Vinogradovs theorem * 14. What is the polar coordinates equation of the hyperbolic spiral? A. r = a* B. ra C. ra D. ar
15 . For all real numbers a and b, one and
only one of the following statements is true: a > b, a = b or a < b. What is this property called? A. Transitive property B. Trichotomy property * C. Reflexive property D. Substitution property 16. A method for fitting a curve (not necessarily a straight line) through a set of points using some goodness-of-fit criterion is called ______ A. regression * B. run C. replicate D. plot 17. The number of data points which fall within a given class in a frequency distribution is called ______. A. absolute frequency * B. cumulative count C. cumulative frequency D. relative frequency 18. Napiers rule states that the sine of any middle part is equal to the product of the ______ of the adjacent parts. A. sine B. cosine C. tangent * D. cotangent 19. Matrix X has r row and c columns, and matrix Y has c rows and d columns, where r, c and d are different. Which of the following statements must be false I. The product of YX exists. II. The product of XY exists and has r rows and d columns. III. The product of XY exists and has c rows and c columns. A. I only C. II only * B. III only D. I and II
20. A point moves in a plane so that its
distance from the origin is always twice its distance from point (1,1). All such points form _______. A. a line C. a circle * B. an ellipse D. a parabola 21. The real roots of a cubic equation are The A. points of inflection of the graph of the equation B. points of intersection of the graph of the equation with the x-axis * C. points of intersection of the graph of the equation with the y-axis D. obtained by using the quadratic formula 22. The element x in some algebraic structures is called ______ if x time x equal x. A. multiplicative identity B. multiplicative inverse C. idempotent * D. associative 23. Which of the following statements is false about spherical trigonometry? A. If two angles of a spherical triangle are equal, the sides opposite are equal and conversely. B. If two angles of a spherical triangle are unequal, the sides opposite are unequal, and the greater side lies opposite the greater angle, and conversely. C. The sum of two sides of a spherical triangle is greater than the third side. D. The sum of all interior angles of a spherical triangle is 360 * 24. What is a weak inequality? A. An inequality that permits the equality case. * B. An inequality that permits the inequality case.
C. An inequality that is not true always.
D. An inequality that is true always. 25. The sum of any two angles of a spherical triangle is: A. greater than 180 B. less than 180 C. less than 180 + the third angle* D. greater than 180 + the third angle 26. In numerical analysis, _____ is a process that begins with an initial guess and finds successive approximation. A. bisection method B. iterative method * C. convergence method D. Newtons method 27. In any square matrix, when the elements of any two rows are exactly the same (i.e. row 1 = row 2 or row 1 = row 3, or row 2 = row 3), the determinant is A. B. C. D.
Zero * positive integer negative integer unity
28. The elements in the domain are called
____ and those in the range are called _____. A. inputs, outputs * C. set, subset B. outputs, inputs D. subset, set 29. What is the simplest method of numerical analysis, which requires that the function f be continuous on an interval [a,b] where f(a) and f(b) have opposite signs? A. Newtons method B. Bisection method * C. Convergence method D. Iterative method
30. A _______ is an expansion of a periodic
function f(x) in terms of an infinite sum of sines and cosines. A. Gibb series B. Taylor series C. McLaurin series D. Fourier series 31. The ______ of a circle is the least distance on a sphere from a point on the circle to its poles. A. declination B. colatitude C. longitude D. polar distance * 32. When the hypotenuse of a right spherical triangle is less than 90, A. the two legs are on the same quadrant * B. the two legs are on different quadrant C. one leg is one the first quadrant and the other on the second quadrant D. none of the above