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Question 1.

Determine all inflection points of function f defined by, f(x) = x 4 + x 3 + 2

Answer:

A. (0, 1) and (1/2, 15/31) B. (0, 1) and (1/3, 12/32) C. (0, 2) and (-1/2, 31/16) D. None of these

Question 2.

The volume of a cube is increasing at a rate of 9 cubic centimeters per second. How fast is the surface area
increasing when the length of an edge is 4 centimeters?

Answer: A. 9 cm 2 /s B. 8 cm 2 /s C. 6 cm 2 /s D. None of these

Question 3.

Answer: A. 0 B. 1/e C. 1 D. None of these

Question 4. If a line has the direction ratios -17, 11, -4, then what are its direction cosines?

Answer: A. 0.7, 0.4, 0.05 B. 0.6, 0.3, 0.1 C. 0.9, 0.6, 02 D. None of these

Question 5.

In the given figure C and D are points on a semicircle described on AB as diameter. If

Angle ABC = 70° and CAD = 30°, Calculate angle BAC and ACD.

Answer: A. 10° and 30° B. 50° and 20° C. None of these D. 20° and 40°

Question 6.

Two friends who take metro to their jobs from the same station arrive to the station uniformly randomly between 7
and 7:20 in the morning. They are willing to wait for one another for 5 minutes, after which they take a train
whether together or alone. What is the probability of their meeting at the station?

Answer: A. 7/16 B. 5/16 C. 3/16 D. None of these

Question 7.
A doctor is called to see a sick child. The doctor has prior information that 90% of sick children in that
neighborhood have the flu, while the other 10% are sick with measles. Let F stand for an event of a child being
sick with flu and M stand for an event of a child being sick with measles. Assume for simplicity that F ∪ M = Ω, i.e.,
that there no other maladies in that neighborhood.
A well-known symptom of measles is a rash (the event of having which we denote R). P(R|M) = .95. However,
occasionally children with flu also develop rash, so that P (R|F) = 0.08.
Upon examining the child, the doctor finds a rash. What is the probability that the child has measles?
Answer: A. 0.48 B. 0.47 C. 0.67 D. 0.57

Question 8. A man who is 2 m tall stands on horizontal ground 30 m from a tree. The angle of elevation of the top
of the tree from his eyes is 28°. Estimate the height of the tree.

Answer: A. 12 m B. 18 m C. 19 m D. 22 m

Question 9.

The shadow of a vertical tower on a level ground increases by 10 m when the altitude of the sun changes from 45°
to 30°. Find the height of the tower, correct to two decimal places.

Answer: A. 11 m B. 12 m C. 14 m D. 16 m

Question 10. John is twice as old as his friend Peter. Peter is 5 years older than Alice. In 5 years, John will be
three times as old as Alice. How old is Peter now?

Answer: A. 5 years B. 10 years C. 12 years D. 20 years

Question 11. A bus traveling at an average rate of 50 kilometers per hour made the trip to town in 6 hours. If it
had traveled at 45 kilometers per hour, how many more minutes would it have taken to make the trip?

Answer: A. 20 min B. 30 min C. 60 min D. 40 min

Question 12. How many necklace of 12 beads each can be made from 18 beads of different colours?

Answer: A. 18!/ 144 B. 17!/121 C. 20!/ 144 D. None of these

Question 13. Find the number of different choices that can be made from 3 apples, 4 bananas and 5 mangoes, if
at least one fruit is to be chosen.

Answer: A. 110 B. 119 C. 121 D. 125

Question 14. All the students at Monte Vista must take at least one elective, choosing from art or drama. There
are a total of 35 students, with 15 students enrolled in drama and 26 students enrolled in art. How many students
are simultaneously enrolled in both art and science?

Answer: A. 2 B. 5 C. 7 D. 6