MCR3U Exam Review

MCR3U Exam Review

Multiple Choice - Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.

____ 1. Which of the following relations is not a function?

a. The relation between height and time if a tree grows 4 cm/yr
b. The relation between money earned and time if interest for a bank account is 5% per
month
c. The relation between distance and time if a car travels 85 km/h
d. The relation between students’ ages and points scored on a test
____ 2. Which of the following relations is a function?
a. c.

b. d.

____ 3. Dwayne walked 8.41 km. He then ran at a rate of 11.2 km/h. Which function can be used to show the distance
Dwayne walked and ran?
a. c.
b. d.

____ 4. Simplify.

a. c.
b. d.

____ 5. Simplify.

a. c.

b. d.

____ 6. Which of the following is true about the parabola for the function ?
a. The y-intercept is 0. c. The axis of symmetry is x = –4.
b. The vertex is (4, 5). d. The parabola opens down.
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____ 7. What is the function for the graph shown?
–5 –4 –3 –2 –1 1 2 3 4 5 x
–1
a. c. b. d.
–2

–3
____ 8. The cost, c(x), in dollars per hour of running a trolley at an
–4
amusement park is modelled by the function
–5
, where x is the speed in kilometres –6
per hour. At what approximate speed should the trolley travel to
–7
achieve minimum cost?
a. about 2 km/h c. about 4 km/h b. about 3 km/h d.–8 about 5 km/h
–9

____ 9. Evaluate .
a. c.

b. d.

____ 10. Evaluate the expression for x = 4, y = 7, n = –2.

a. c.

b. d. 3136

____ 11. Which of the following is equivalent to the expression ?

a. c.

b. d.

y
____ 12. The graph shown represents a transformation of the function 3

. What is the equation for the transformation? 2

1
a. c. b. d.
–8 –7 –6 –5 –4 –3 –2 –1 1 2 x
–1

____ 13. A ladder is leaning against a 3.4 m tall building at an angle of –2

elevation of . Determine the length of the ladder to the –3

nearest tenth of a metre. –4
a. 3.9 m c. 4.4 m b. 3.0 m d. 5.3 m
–5

–6

–7
____ 14. Which of the following expressions is equivalent to ?
a. c.
b. d.

a = 3.3 m, b = 6.2m,
____ 15. Determine to the nearest degree for the a. c.
triangle with the given information. b. d.
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____ 16. A triangular plot of land is enclosed by a fence.

One side of the fence is 45.3 m long and an
adjacent side of the fence is 29.0 m long. The
inclusive angle between the two sides is .
Determine the third side of the fence to the nearest
tenth of a metre.
a. 26.9 m c. 19.7 m
b. 23.1 m d. 30.8 m
____ 17. Frank wants to know the height of a sign across a
road. He stands directly across from the sign and
notices the angle of elevation to the top of the sign
is . Frank then walks 20 m parallel to the road
and observes the angle between the base of the
sign and Frank’s previous spot is . What is the
height, h, of the sign to the nearest tenth of a
metre?
a. 8.8 m c. 11.0 m
b. 9.5 m d. 12.6 m
____ 18. Which of the following situations would not
produce a periodic graph?
a. A nail is stuck in the wheel of a car moving at a constant velocity.
• independent variable: time
• dependent variable: height of nail above ground
b. Waves move past a dock post in the ocean during stormy weather.
• independent variable: time
• dependent variable: height of water on post
c. A pendulum swings in a grandfather clock.
• independent variable: time
• dependent variable: horizontal distance of pendulum from center of clock
d. A piston moves back and forth in the engine of a train travelling at a constant velocity.
• independent variable: time
• dependent variable: horizontal position of piston

____ 19. If , determine .

a. c.
b. d.
dist ( m)
____ 20. Tasha is swinging back and forth on a swing. Her 8

motion is given by the following graph, where 6

positive numbers refer to her being in front of the
starting position and negative numbers refer to her 4

being behind the starting position. 2

If Tasha starts at the resting position, how long
does it take her to return to that spot? 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 time ( s)
–2

–4

–6

–8
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a. 1.5 s c. 4.5 s
b. 3 s d. 6 s
y
____ 21. Determine the amplitude of graph A and graph B.
5

a. A: 5; B: 3 c. A: 10; B: 6 b. A: 3; B: 5 d. 4A: 6; AB: 10

3

____ 22. What is the 10th term of the sequence: 1, 4, 7, 10, 13, … ? 2
a. 27 c. 28 1
b. 31 d. 25
–5 –4 –3 –2 –1 1 2 3 4 5 x
–1

–2

–3

–4

–5

B
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____ 23. What is the 6th term of the sequence:

a. c.

b. d.

____ 24. If the 10th term of a geometric sequence is 243 times larger than the 5th term, then what is the common ratio
of the sequence?
a. 2 c. 4
b. 3 d. 5
____ 25. Determine the sum of the geometric series 3 + 15 + 75 + 375 + ... + 46 875.
a. 58 593 c. 19 531
b. 11 718 d. 292 968
____ 26. A population of rabbits if left unchecked will triple every three months. If there are initially only 2 rabbits,
how many will there be in a year and a half?
a. 1458 c. 729
b. 486 d. 2187

____ 27. What are the last three terms of the binomial expansion ?
a. c.
b. d.

____ 28. What binomial power does the expansion represent?

a. c.

b. d.

____ 29. Which word or phrase cannot be used to describe the total amount for an investment that is calculated by
applying the interest rate to the principal and any interest already earned?
a. geometric series c. linear function
b. exponential growth d. compound
____ 30. Zola wants to save $10 000. How much will she have to put away every 6 months at 6.6%/a compounded
semi-annually in order to have enough money in 11 years?
a. $316.48 c. $646.48
b. $428.85 d. $768.81
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MULTIPLE CHOICE - Answer Section

1. ANS: D PTS: 1 REF: Application OBJ: 1.1 - Relations and Functions
2. ANS: A PTS: 1 REF: Knowledge and UnderstandingOBJ: 1.1 - Relations and
3. ANS: D PTS: 1 REF: Application OBJ: 1.2 - Function Notation
4. ANS: B PTS: 1 REF: Knowledge and UnderstandingOBJ: 2.1 - Adding and
5. ANS: C PTS: 1 REF: Knowledge and UnderstandingOBJ: 2.7 - Adding and
6. ANS: B PTS: 1 REF: Knowledge and UnderstandingOBJ: 3.1 - Properties of
7. ANS: C PTS: 1 REF: Knowledge and UnderstandingOBJ: 3.1 - Properties of
8. ANS: B PTS: 1 REF: Application OBJ: 3.2 - Determining Maximum and
9. ANS: D PTS: 1 REF: Knowledge and UnderstandingOBJ: 4.2 - Working with
10. ANS: A PTS: 1 REF: Application OBJ: 4.2 - Working with Integer
11. ANS: A PTS: 1 REF: Knowledge and UnderstandingOBJ: 4.4 - Simplifying
12. ANS: D PTS: 1 REF: Knowledge and UnderstandingOBJ: 4.6 -
13. ANS: C PTS: 1 REF: Application OBJ: 5.1 - Trigonometric Ratios of Acute
14. ANS: A PTS: 1 REF: Thinking OBJ: 5.5 - Trigonometric Identities
15. ANS: A PTS: 1 REF: Knowledge and UnderstandingOBJ: 5.6 - The Sine Law
16. ANS: B PTS: 1 REF: Application OBJ: 5.7 - The Cosine Law
17. ANS: A PTS: 1 REF: Application OBJ: 5.8 - Solving Three-Dimensional
18. ANS: B PTS: 1 REF: Knowledge and UnderstandingOBJ: 6.1 - Periodic
19. ANS: C PTS: 1 REF: Knowledge and UnderstandingOBJ: 6.2 - Investigating
20. ANS: A PTS: 1 REF: Application OBJ: 6.3 - Interpreting Sinusoidal
21. ANS: A PTS: 1 REF: Knowledge and UnderstandingOBJ: 6.3 - Interpreting
22. ANS: C PTS: 1 REF: Knowledge and UnderstandingOBJ: 7.1 - Arithmetic
23. ANS: D PTS: 1 REF: Knowledge and UnderstandingOBJ: 7.2 - Geometric
24. ANS: B PTS: 1 REF: Thinking OBJ: 7.2 - Geometric Sequences
25. ANS: A PTS: 1 REF: Knowledge and UnderstandingOBJ: 7.6 - Geometric
26. ANS: A PTS: 1 REF: Application OBJ: 7.6 - Geometric Series
27. ANS: A PTS: 1 REF: Thinking OBJ: 7.7 - Pascal's Triangle and Binomial
28. ANS: D PTS: 1 REF: Thinking OBJ: 7.7 - Pascal's Triangle and Binomial
29. ANS: C PTS: 1 REF: CommunicationOBJ: 8.2 - Compound Interest: Future
30. ANS: A PTS: 1 REF: Knowledge and UnderstandingOBJ: 8.6 - Using