GENERAL MATHEMATICS

FIRST MAJOR EXAMINATION

(FIRST SEMESTER)
SY: 2017-2018

I. Read and understand each item carefully. Choose the letter of the best answer and write it on your answer
sheets

1. Which of the following correspondence is a function?

i. one to one ii. one to many iii. many to one iv. No one
a. i only
b. ii only
c. ii and iii
d. i and iii
2. Which of the following is not a function?
a. The rule that assigns the name of the school to each student.
b. The rule that assigns to each person his/her surname.
c. The rule that assigns to each person his/her mobile number
d. The rule that assigns to each child his/her mother.
3. Which among the relations is not a function?
a. {(0,5) , (0,4) , (4,0) , (5,0) , (5,4)}
b. {(2,5) , (0,5) , (2,5) , (4,5)}
c. {(3,2) , (2,5) , (1,8) , (3,2)}
d. {(8,0) , (7,0) , (6,0) , (9,0)}
4. Which of the following describes a function?

5. Which of the following graphs does not belong to the group?

6. In the function f(x) =2x, what is the value of the function if x=0?
a. 0
b. 1
c. 2
d. 4
7. Given f(x) = x98 x50 + 1, what is f(-1)?
a. 0
b. 1
c. 48
d. 148

For numbers 8-11. If f(x) = x 5 and g(x) = 3x + 1, what is;

8. The sum of the two functions f and g?

a. 2x 6
b. 2x + 6
c. 4x 4
d. 4x + 4
9. The difference of the two functions f and g?
a. 4x 6
b. 4x +6
c. 2x 6
d. 2x + 6
10. The product of the two functions f and g?
a. 3x2 14x + 5
b. 3x2 + 14x 5
c. 3x2 14x 5
d. 3x 14x2 + 5
11. The quotient of the two functions f and g?
a. x 5_
3x + 1
b. x + 5
3x 1
c. x__
5x 1
d. 5__
3x

12. Given g(x) = 3x and h(x) = 3x, what is ( g h)(x)?

a. 9x
b. 9x
c. 6x
 d. 6x
13. What is the composite function of (g g)(1)?
a. g(g( x ))
b. g(g(1 ))
c. g(g(1))
d. g(1(g))
x 21
14. What does the expression f ( x )= represent?
x3
a. rational function
b. rational equation
c. rational inequality
d. rational expression
15. Which of the following ordered pairs is not a solution to f ( x )=x +4 ?
a. (0, 4)
b. (5,1)
c. (2, 6)
d. (1, 2)
16. What is the value of x in the equation 5 = 5 ?
a. 1 2x 2
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4
17. What is the value of x in the equation x 4 = x?
a. 2 3
b. 4
c. 6
d. 8
18. What is the symbol for the inverse of a function?
a. f -1 (x)
1
b.
fx
1
c. f(x) =
x
d. f(x)
19. Which of the following is the test to determine if the graph is a one-to-one function?
a. Plumb line test
b. Diagonal line test
c. Horizontal line test
d. Overlapping line test
20. What is the inverse of f(x) = 4x + 1?
a. f -1 (x) = x 1
4
b. f -1 (x) = x + 1
4
c. f -1 (x) = __4__
x1
d. f -1 (x) = __4__
x+1
21. What is the inverse of {(0, 2), (3, 5), (1, 6)}?
a. {(0, 2), (3, 5), (1, 6)}
 b. {(2, 0), (5, 3), (6, 1)}
c. { 0, 3, 1 }
d. {2, 5, 6}
22. What is a function that can be expressed mathematically as f(x) =b x?
a. Linear function
b. Rational function
c. Exponential function
d. Inverse function
23. Which of the following is exponential function?
a. f(x) = 2x
b. 22 ( 5 x+1) = 500
c. 625 > 5x + 8
d. f (x) = 2x3

24. Which of the following makes the asymptote of the graph of exponential function y = a x , where a >
1?
a. x axis
b. y axis
c. y = x
d. y = 1
25. What is the common point of all the graphs of logarithmic function?
a. (0,0)
b. (0,1)
c. (1,0)
d. (1,1)
26. What is the single logarithm of log x log y ?

log
xy
a.
24
x
b. log
y

log 3
y
c.
x
log
x
d. 4
y
P3 Q 4
27. What is the expanded form of log 2 ( )?
R2
3 4 2
a. log 2 P + log 2 Q +log 2 R

b. 3 log 2 P+ 4 log 2 Q2 log 2 R

c. log 2 3 P+ log 2 4Qlog 2 2 R

d. log 2 3 P+ log 2 4 Qlog 2 2 R

28. Which among the following is a logarithmic function?

a. logx 2 = 4
b. ln x2 > (ln x)2 = 3
c. g(x) =log3 x
d. log2 64 = 8
29. What is the logarithmic form of the exponential equation 53 = 125?
 a. log5 3 = 125
b. log5 125 = 3
c. log3 5 = 125
d. log3 125 = 5
30. The decibel level of sound in a church is 107 watts/m2. What is the corresponding sound intensity in
decibels?
a. 40
b. 50
c. 60
d. 70

2 x 1
II. Given f ( x )= 2 , determine the value of each of the following properties of the graph of the given rational
x 4
function.
a. y intercept
b. vertical asymptotes
c. horizontal asymptotes
d. zeroes

III. Answer the following.(2 points each)

1. Determine the domain and range of each rational function.
x
a. f ( x )= +3
2
2
b. f ( x)=
x3

2. Find the value of x of each function.

a. 3 x+2=27
b. log 3 ( 3 x2 )=2
3. Find the solutions of the following inequalities.
2 x+1 x
a. 2 2
b. log 4 (3 x5)>1

IV. Problem Solving.(2 points each)

1. A culture of 15 bacteria in a petri dish doubles every hour. How many bacteria will there be after 4
hours?
2. A certain barrio in San Luis has a population of 10, 500 that is increasing at the rate of 4% each year.
Find the population of that barrio after 3 years.