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SECTION 2: MATHEMATICS PROFICIENCY NAME: ____________________________ Commented [acts1]:

50 Questions
Time -– 45 minutes SCHOOL: _________________________ 70% = from New Edition
50 Questions (61 – 110) SIMULATED EXAM – SET B 30% = from Old Edition

Breakdown:
For each question, decide which the best answer choice is, and darken the corresponding oval on the answer sheet.
Trigonometry = 7
Statistics & Probability = 9
Word Problems = 9
61. If 𝜃 is an angle in quadrant II, which of the 65. The domain of the trigonometric function 𝑦 = Algebra = 10
following is negative? tan 3𝑥 is the set of all real numbers except Geometry = 12
Remainder Theorem = 1
A. 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃 + 1 A. . . . . , −𝜋, −
2𝜋 𝜋 𝜋 2𝜋
,− , , , 𝜋, . . .. Logarithm = 1
3 3 3 3 Exponential Equation = 1
B. 𝑠𝑒𝑐𝜃𝑐𝑠𝑐𝜃
𝜋 𝜋 𝜋 𝜋 𝜋 𝜋 Commented [A2]:
C. 𝑠𝑖𝑛3 𝜃 B. ....,− ,− ,− , , , , . . ..
2 3 6 6 3 2
D. 𝑐𝑜𝑡𝜃𝑡𝑎𝑛𝜃
5𝜋 𝜋 𝜋 𝜋 𝜋 5𝜋 Commented [acts6]:
C. ....,− ,− ,− , , , ,....
E. 𝑐𝑜𝑠 2 𝜃 6 2 6 6 2 6

5𝜋 3𝜋 𝜋 𝜋 3𝜋 5𝜋
D. ....,− , − 2 , − 2 , 2 , 2 , 2 , . . ..
1 2
62. Simplify:
𝑐𝑜𝑡𝜃+𝑡𝑎𝑛𝜃
3𝜋 𝜋 𝜋 3𝜋
A. 𝑠𝑒𝑐𝜃𝑐𝑠𝑐𝜃 E. ....,− , −𝜋, − , , 𝜋, , . . ..
2 2 2 2

B. 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃𝑐𝑜𝑠𝜃 Commented [acts3]:

1
C. 66. Find the period of the trigonometric function 𝑦 =
𝑠𝑒𝑐𝜃𝑐𝑠𝑐𝜃
𝜋
D. 1 2 cos (3𝑥 − ).
2
2𝜋 Commented [acts7]:
E. −1 A.
3
𝜋
B.
3
63. Find the exact value of (sec 60° + tan 45°).
A. 2 + √2 C. 2𝜋

B. √2 + 0.5 D. 4𝜋
𝜋
C. √3 + 2 E.
4
D. 3 Commented [W14]: Dennis = D

E. 2 67. If 𝑥 is an angle in standard position and cos 𝑥 =

3
4
and sin 𝑥 < 0, find the exact value of tan 𝑥 .
64. If 𝜃 is an acute angle, which of the following is √7 Commented [acts8]:
A. −
equal to tan(180 − 𝜃)? 3
A. tan 𝜃 5
B. −
3
B. 1 + tan 𝜃
4
C. 1 − tan 𝜃 C. −
3
D. − tan 𝜃 5 Commented [acts5]:
D.
3
E. undefined
√7
E.
3

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68. A pair of dice is rolled. What is the probability of 71. Two balls are drawn in succession without
getting a sum of at least five? replacement from a bag containing 8 red, 7 blue,
5
A. and 10 yellow marbles. If the first ball drawn is Commented [A9]:
6
blue, then what is the probability that the second
1
B. marble drawn is red?
6
1 Commented [acts12]:
13 A.
C. 3
18
1
5 B.
D. 2
18
8
8 C.
E. 25
9
1
D.
4
69. A pair of dice is rolled. What is the probability of 13
E.
getting a sum of at most 10? 24
5
A.
6 72. The table below shows the scores of 5 students.
1
B. Student Scores
12
A 85
11 Commented [A10]:
C. B 89
12
1 C 78
D.
18 D 85
8
E. E 88
9
Which of the following is true?
A. mean = median = mode Commented [acts13]:
70. Three coins are tossed. What is the probability of
B. mean > median > mode
getting at most two heads?
C. median > mode > mean
1
A. D. median > mean > mode
8
3 E. mode > median > mean
B.
8
5 73. Mr. James, a History teacher, computed the mean
C.
8
grade of his 10 students in a certain class. If he
7 Commented [A11]:
D. would give each student a bonus of 2 points,
8
what would happen to the mean grade of the 10
1
E. students?
2
A. The mean grade would increase by 20 points.
B. The mean grade would increase by 2 points. Commented [A14]:

C. The mean grade would stay the same.

D. The mean grade would increase by 10 points.
E. There was no way of knowing exactly how
many points the mean increased.

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74. Andrea computed the mean of her 8 scores in 77. The sum of the present ages of Alex and Ben is
Math. After she had computed the mean, her 39 years. In 5 years, Alex will be thrice as old as
teacher gave a bonus of 24 points to be added Ben was 4 years ago. How old will Ben be ten
on her total score. What was the effect of these years from now?
additional points on Andrea’s mean score? A. 14 years old
A. The mean increased by 12 points. B. 24 years old Commented [acts18]:

B. The mean remained the same. C. 25 years old

C. The mean increased by 3 points. D. 32 years old Commented [acts15]:

D. The mean increased thrice, E. 35 years old

E. There was no way of knowing exactly how
78. The present age of a mother is equal to the sum
many points the mean increased.
of the ages of her triplets. Thirty nine years
hence, the sum of the ages of the triplets will be
75. A statistics student computed the standard
twice the age of their mother. Find the present
deviation of 25 scores and he found it to be
age of the mother.
equal to 4. If 10 were subtracted from each
A. 32 years old
score, what would be the new standard
B. 39 years old Commented [acts19]:
deviation?
C. 41 years old
A. 2.5
D. 43 years old
B. 0 E. years old
C. 3.25
79. A mother was 27 years old when her eldest child
D. 6.5 was born. Ten years from now, the sum of the
E. None of these ages of the mother and her eldest child will be Commented [A16]:

equal to 57 years. How old is the mother now?

A. 27 years old
76. Eight different Chemistry books and ten different
B. 32 years old Commented [acts20]:
Physics books are to be arranged in a shelf. In
C. 42 years old
how many ways can such books be arranged if
D. 45 years old
books of the same subject shall be placed side by
E. 52 years old
side?
A. 18!
80. Two cargo vessels left the same port at the same
B. 8! 10! time and traveled in opposite directions. If the
C. 8! + 10! speed of the two vessels were 52 kph and 43
D. 2! 8! 10! kph, how long would it take them to be 190 km Commented [A17]:

E. 2! 18! apart?
A. 1 hour
B. 1.5 hours
C. 2 hours Commented [A21]:

D. 2.25 hours
E. 2.5 hours
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81. Maria, a laboratory assistant, receives a request 85. A man invested certain amounts in two different
of 400 milliliters of a 50% denatured alcohol accounts. The first account earned 6% simple
solution, but she only has 65% and 35% annual interest and the second account earned
denatured alcohol solutions on hand. In order to 4.5% simple annual interest. The amount the man
produce the request, how many milliliters of 65% invested in the first account was $6,000 more
and 35% alcohol solutions should she mix? than the second account. After a year, the first
A. 100 mL and 300 mL, respectively account earned twice as much as the second
B. 150 mL and 250 mL, respectively account. How much did the man invest in each
C. 200 mL of each account? Commented [acts22]:

D. 250 mL and 150 mL, respectively A. $10,000 at 6% and $4,000 at 4.5%

E. 300 mL and 100 mL, respectively B. $12,000 at 6% and $18,000 at 4.5%
C. $15,000 at 6% and $9,000 at 4.5%
82. Mon and Jacky together can do a job in 4 hours. D. $9,000 at 6% and $15,000 at 4.5%
If Mon can finish job in 9 hours, how long would E. $18,000 at 6% and $12,000 at 4.5% Commented [WU26]:

it take Jacky to finish the job by herself?

A. 5 hours 86. Which of the following is not true?
B. 7 hours A. If two angles are congruent and
C. 7.1 hours complementary, then the measure of each
D. 7.2 hours angle is 45°. Commented [WU23]:

E. 8 hours B. If two angles are congruent and

supplementary, then each angle is a right
83. A rectangular lot has an area of 32 square angle.
meters. Its perimeter is 24 meters. Find the C. Vertical angles are congruent.
dimensions of the rectangular lot. D. If two angles are supplementary, then the
A. 4 meters by 8 meters angles form a linear pair. Commented [acts24]:

B. 3 meters by 9 meters E. All right angles are congruent. Commented [acts27]:

C. 2 meters by 16 meters
D. 1 meter by 32 meters 87. Refer to the figure below. Which of the following
E. 3 meters by 7 meters will make ∆𝑀𝑁𝑂 ≅ ∆𝑄𝑃𝑂 by 𝑆𝐴𝑆 𝑃𝑜𝑠𝑡𝑢𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑒?
M
84. Two numbers differ by 13. When the smaller
N
number is doubled and the larger is increased by
7, their sum would be 59. What is the larger O

number? P
A. 12
Q
B. 13 A. 𝑁 ≅ 𝑃; ̅̅̅̅
𝑁𝑂 ≅ ̅̅̅̅
𝑃𝑂
C. 18 B. 𝑄𝑃; 𝑀𝑁
̅̅̅̅̅ ≅ ̅̅̅̅
𝑀𝑁 ̅̅̅̅̅//𝑄𝑃
̅̅̅̅
D. 21 C. 𝑀𝑄
̅̅̅̅̅ and ̅̅̅̅
𝑁𝑃 bisects each other. Commented [acts28]:

E. 26 D. ̅̅̅̅̅
𝑀𝑁//𝑄𝑃 ̅̅̅̅ Commented [A25]:
E. 𝑂 is the midpoint of 𝑀𝑄
̅̅̅̅̅ .

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88. The length of the side of an equilateral triangle is 92. Refer to the figure below.
6 cm. Find the altitude of the triangle. A X B
A. 3
B. 6√3
C. 3√2
D. 3√3 Commented [acts29]:
E. 12
D Y C

89. What is the area of the parallelogram if the base

Which of the following is true about the area of
and the altitude were both equal to 2𝑥 + 3?
rectangle ABCD and parallelogram DXBY?
A. 2
4𝑥 + 12𝑥 + 9 1 Commented [acts30]:
A. 𝐴𝑟𝑒𝑎𝐴𝐵𝐶𝐷 = 𝐴𝑟𝑒𝑎𝐷𝑋𝐵𝑌
1 2
B. (4𝑥 2 + 12𝑥 + 9) 1
2
B. 𝐴𝑟𝑒𝑎𝐴𝐵𝐶𝐷 = 𝐴𝑟𝑒𝑎𝐷𝑋𝐵𝑌
4
C. 4𝑥 − 9 2
C. 𝐴𝑟𝑒𝑎𝐴𝐵𝐶𝐷 = 2𝐴𝑟𝑒𝑎𝐷𝑋𝐵𝑌 Commented [acts33]:
1
D. (4𝑥 2 − 9)
2 D. 𝐴𝑟𝑒𝑎𝐴𝐵𝐶𝐷 = 3𝐴𝑟𝑒𝑎𝐷𝑋𝐵𝑌
E. 4𝑥 2 + 9 E. 𝐴𝑟𝑒𝑎𝐴𝐵𝐶𝐷 = 4𝐴𝑟𝑒𝑎𝐷𝑋𝐵𝑌

90. Refer to the figure below. 93. Find the area of the shaded region.

7
5

4 3 2 1

Which of the following is false?

A. 𝑚3 = 𝑚4 A. 49(1 − 𝜋)
B. 𝑚4 + 𝑚5 = 𝑚1 + 𝑚2 B. 14(4 − 𝜋)
C. 𝑚1 = 𝑚4 C. 49 (1 − )
𝜋
Commented [WU31]:
4
D. 2𝑚1 + 𝑚3 = 180° Commented [acts34]:
D. 49 − 7𝜋
E. 2𝑚1 = 𝑚4 + 𝑚5 𝜋
E. 49 −
4

91. The length of the longest side of a right triangle

94. In a parallelogram, which of the following is
is 50. If one of the acute angles of the right
always true?
triangle is 30°, find the length of the other two
A. Adjacent sides are congruent.
sides.
B. Opposite angles are supplementary.
A. 30 and 40
C. Diagonals are congruent.
B. 25√3 and 30
D. Opposite sides are perpendicular.
C. 30 and 60
E. Adjacent angles are supplementary. Commented [acts35]:
D. 25 and 25√3
Commented [acts32]:
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95. Find the area of a sector of a circle whose radius 99. What value(s) of k could make the expression
is 5 units and whose central angle is 54°. below a perfect square trinomial?
5𝜋 3
A. 𝑥2 − 𝑥 + 𝑘
2 2
15𝜋 A. 9 Commented [acts36]:
B.
4 9
B.
20𝜋 4
C.
3 9
C. Commented [A40]:
18𝜋 16
D.
5 1
D.
25𝜋 9
E.
4
E. No values of k could make the expression a
perfect square trinomial.
96. In circle P, BC is a diameter and AB and CD are
parallel chords. Find the value of x. 100. Solve for x:
B 1 −2
A 55° 492𝑥−1 = ( )
7
A. 𝑥 =1 Commented [A41]:
P
B. 𝑥 =0
C. 𝑥 = −3
D
D. 𝑥 = −1
C E. 𝑥 =4
x°
A. 125°
B. 70° Commented [acts37]:
101. Which of the following is a factor of 8𝑥 3 + 27𝑦 3 ?
C. 110°
A. 2𝑥 − 3𝑦
D. 75°
E. 95° B. 4𝑥 2 − 6𝑥𝑦 + 9𝑦 2 Commented [A42]:

C. 4𝑥 2 − 12𝑥𝑦 + 9𝑦 2
3 3
97. 7 √56 − 7√56 − √189 + √126 = D. 4𝑥 2 + 6𝑥𝑦 + 9𝑦 2
A. 0 E. 8𝑥 + 27𝑦
3
B. 11√14 − 11 √7
3
C. 11( √7 − √14) 102. What is the square of 4𝑥 − 2𝑦 − 𝑧 + 4? Commented [acts38]:
3 A. 16𝑥 2 + 4𝑦 2 + 𝑧 2 + 16
D. 29 √7 − 24√14
B. 16𝑥 2 + 4𝑦 2 + 𝑧 2 + 16 − 4𝑥𝑦 − 4𝑥𝑧 − 16𝑥 +
E. −√7 2𝑦𝑧 − 8𝑦 − 4𝑧
C. 16𝑥 2 − 4𝑦 2 − 𝑧 2 + 16 − 8𝑥𝑦 − 8𝑥𝑧 − 32𝑥 +
4𝑦𝑧 − 16𝑦 − 8𝑧
98. Which of the following shows additive identity
D. 16𝑥 2 + 4𝑦 2 + 𝑧 2 + 16 − 16𝑥𝑦 − 8𝑥𝑧 + 32𝑥 +
property?
4𝑦𝑧 − 16𝑦 − 8𝑧 Commented [acts43]:
A. – 𝑎𝑏 + 𝑎𝑏 = 0
E. 16𝑥 2 − 4𝑦 2 − 𝑧 2 + 16
B. 0 + (−𝑎𝑏) = −𝑎𝑏 Commented [acts39]:
C. 0 + (−𝑎𝑏) = (−𝑎𝑏) + 0
D. (1)(−𝑎𝑏) = −𝑎𝑏
E. (𝑐)(−𝑎𝑏) = (−𝑎𝑏)(𝑐)

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103. The volume of a 10-cm high cylinder is 640𝜋 cm3. 107. Determine the greatest integer in the solution set
What is the radius of the base of the cylinder? of the inequality 3(𝑥 − 4) − 5(4𝑥 − 1) > 10.
A. 4 cm A. −8
B. 6 cm B. −1
C. 0
C. 8 cm Commented [acts44]:
D. 3
D. 12 cm E. −2 Commented [acts48]:
E. 16 cm
𝑥
108. The domain of the function 𝑓(𝑥) = is
𝑥 2 +1
104. The sum and product of the roots of a quadratic
3 A. the set of all real numbers except 1 and −1
equation are −5 and , respectively. Find the
4 B. the set of all real numbers Commented [A49]:

quadratic equation. C. the set of all real numbers except −1

A. 4𝑥 2 − 20𝑥 + 3 = 0 D. the set of all real number greater than 1
B. 4𝑥 2 + 20𝑥 + 3 = 0 Commented [acts45]:
E. the set of all real number greater than 0
C. 4𝑥 2 + 5𝑥 + 3 = 0
D. 4𝑥 2 − 5𝑥 + 3 = 0
109. If 𝑥 varies directly as the square of 𝑦 and
E. 4𝑥 2 − 5𝑥 − 3 = 0
inversely as the square root of 𝑧, and 𝑥 = 60
1 when 𝑦 = 6 and 𝑧 = 81, find 𝑥 when 𝑦 = 8 and
105. Solve for 𝑥 : log 2𝑥−3 9 =
2
𝑧 = 144.
A. 3 A. 45
B. 7 B. 60
C. 24
C. 75
D. 42 Commented [acts46]:
D. 80
E. 50 Commented [W150]: Dennis - D
E. 90

106. The roots of the (𝑥 − 3)(𝑥 + 1) = 2 are

110. Find the equation of the line perpendicular to the
A. rational and unequal.
line 𝑦 = 4 − 3𝑥 and whose 𝑥 − 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑐𝑒𝑝𝑡 is −7.
B. rational and equal.
A. 𝑥 − 3𝑦 = 21
C. irrational and unequal. B. 3𝑥 + 𝑦 = −7
Commented [acts47]:

D. irrational and equal. C. 𝑥 − 3𝑦 = −7 Commented [acts51]:

E. imaginary. D. 𝑥 + 3𝑦 = 21
E. 𝑥 − 3𝑦 =7

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