MATH Questions and Answers

Pre-Calculus

1. Line A whose equation x/5 + y/a = 1 passes through (13, 32). Line B parallel to line A has an
equation of x/b + y/3 = 1. Find the distance between the two lines.
5.58 units

2. What is the angle between the tangents at the end points of the latus rectum of a parabola?
90 degrees
3. Suppose a satellite is in an elliptical orbit with a = 4420 and b = 4416 and with the center of the
Earth being at one of the foci of the ellipse. Assuming the Earth has a radius of about 3960 mi,
find the lowest altitude of the satellite above the Earth.
272 mi
4. The two points in the line 2x + 3y + 4 = 0 which are at a distance 2 from the line 3x + 4y – 6 = 0
are:
(64, -44) and (4, -4)

5. A line passes through point (2, 2). Find the equation of the line if the length of the line segment
intercepted by the coordinates axes is the square root of 5.
2x – y – 2 = 0
6. What is the length of the latus rectum of 4x² + 9y² + 8x – 32 = 0?
2.7

7. What is the locus of a point that moves in a plane so that the difference of the distances from
two fixed points of the locus is constant?
Hyperbola
8. How far from the x-axis is the focus F of the hyperbola x² – 2y² + 4x + 4y + 4 = 0?
2.7
9. The major axis of the elliptical path in which the earth moves around the sun is approximately
186,000,000 miles and the eccentricity of the ellipse is 1/60. Determine the apogee of the earth.
94,550,000 miles

10. A curve has a general equation of the form Ax² + By² + F = 0. If it passes through (4,0) and (0,3),
find the specific equation.
9x² + 16y² = 144

11. Identify what type of conic section is r = 5/(4 – 8sinθ).

Hyperbola

12. What is the angle between an asymptote of the hyperbola x² – 4y² – 2x – 63 = 0 and the x-axis?
26.6°
13. Find the eccentricity of the curve 9x² – 4y² – 36x + 8y = 4.
1.80

14. The equation 25x² + 16y² – 150 x + 128 y + 81 = 0 has its center at _____.
(3, -4)

15. Find the equation of the directrix of the parabola y² = 16x.

x=-4
16. Find the equation of the hyperbola with center at (4, -1), transverse axis parallel to the y-axis,
distance between foci 10, latus rectum 9/2.
(y + 1)² /16 – (x – 4)² /9 = 1

17. What is the acute angle between the lines y = 3x + 2 and y = 4x + 9?

4.4°

18. The line 2x – 3y + 2 = 0 is perpendicular to another line L₁ of unknown equation. Find the slope
of L₁.
–3/2
19. A parabola has its focus at (7,-4) and directrix y = 2. Find its equation.
x2 – 14x + 12y + 61 = 0

20. The vertices of the base of an isosceles triangle are at (-1,-2) and (1,4). Find the area of the
triangle if its third vertex lies on the line 4x + 3y – 12 = 0.
10 sq. units

21. Find the slope of the line having a parametric equation y = 4t + 6 and x = t + 1.
4
22. What is the equation of the line joining the points (3, -2) and (-7, 6)?
4x + 5y = 2

23. Find the equation of a straight line with a slope of 3 and a y-intercept of 1.
3x – y + 1 = 0

24. The equation 3x² + 2x – 5y + 7 = 0 represents what curve?

Parabola

25. A line with an inclination of 45° passes through (-5/2,-9/2). What is the x-coordinate of a point
on the line if its corresponding y-coordinate is 6?
8
Differential Calculus

1. If sin (xy) = y, then dy/dx equals _____.

ycos(xy)/[1 – x cos(xy)]

2. Evaluate lim (1 + 1/x)^x(ln 8) as x approaches infinity.

8

3. If, for all x, f’(x) = (x – 2)⁴(x – 1)³, it follows that the function f has:
A relative minimum at x = 1
4. Find the equation of the tangent line to y = (2x + 5)/(x² - 3) at x = 1.
2y = - 9x + 2

5. The altitude of a right circular cone is 15 in. and increases at the rate of 0.2 in./min. The radius
of the base is 10 in. and decreases at 0.3 in./min. How fast is the volume changing?
– 70π/3 in³/min

6. A businessman found out that his profit varies as the product of the amount spent
for production and the square root of the amount spent for advertisement. If his total budget
for these expenses is P 1.5 million, how much must be allocated for production to maximize his
profit?
₱1 Million
7. A farmer has 120 linear foot of fencing with which to enclose a rectangular plot of ground and to
divide it into three rectangular parts by partition parallel to an end as shown. What should the
dimensions be so that the area of the plot is a maximum?

15 ft x 30 ft

8. If the highest power of x in a rational expression is the same in both the numerator and
denominator, then the limit as x approaches infinity is the ______.
Coefficient of the highest term in the numerator divided by the coefficient of the highest term in
the denominator.
9. Find dy/dx if y = cosh² (3x) – sinh (x²).
6 cosh (3x) sinh (3x) – 2x cosh (x²)

10. A point moves along a straight line with its distance S, in feet, from a fixed point given by S = 8t³
– 6t² + t + 3 with time t in seconds. Find the acceleration of the point at t = 10 sec.
468 ft/s²

11. If the highest power of x in a rational expression is in the numerator, then the limit as
x approaches infinity is ______.
Infinity
12. Build a rectangular pen with three parallel partitions using 500 m of fencing. What
dimensions will maximize the total area of the pen?
50 m x 125 m

13. A bouillon cube with side length 0.8 cm is placed into boiling water. Assuming it roughly
resembles a cube as it dissolves, at approximately what rate is its volume changing (in cm³/s)
when its side length is 0.25 cm and is decreasing at a rate of 0.12 cm/s?
0.0225

14. What type of discontinuity that occurs when you have a rational expression with common
factors in the numerator and denominator?
Removable Discontinuity
15. Find the equation of the tangent to the curve y = x² – 3x + 4 at x = 2.
y=x
16. Jan and Nicole on bikes are separated by 350 meters. Jan starts riding north at a rate of 5
m/sec and 7 minutes later Nicole starts riding south at 3 m/sec. At what rate is the distance
separating the two, Jan and Nicole changing 25 minutes after Jan starts riding?
7.9958

17. Find the lim of (sec x – cos x)/x² as x approaches 0.

1

18. What are the coordinates of the point of inflection on the graph of y = x³ – 15x² + 33x + 100?
(5, 15)
19. A stone dropped into a calm lake causes a series of circular ripples. The radius of the outer
one increases at 3 ft/sec. How rapidly is the disturbed area changing at the end of 4 seconds.
72π

20. An ellipse has major axis 20 and minor axis 10. What is the maximum area of an inscribed
rectangle?
100
21. Evaluate the limit of [ln (x + 1)] / [log₂ x] as x approaches infinity.
ln 2

22. Find the equation of the normal to the circle x² + y² = 25 at (3, -4).
y = - 4x/3

23. A cylinder with a closed top and bottom is to have a volume of 101in³. If the cost of the material
for the circular top and bottom costs three times as much as that for the curved surface, the
diameter of the cylinder to minimize cost should be?
3.5 in
24. Evaluate lim [cos x – 1)/(cos 2x – 1)] as x approaches 0.
¼

25. Find the slope of the parabola y = x² – 1 when it crosses the x axis.
±2
Integral Calculus 1

1. Evaluate the integral of sin x / sqrt (1 – cos x) dx from 0 to π/2.

2

2. Evaluate the integral of x sin x dx.

– x cos x + sin x

3. Evaluate the integral of dx/x ln x.

ln (ln x) + C

4. The integral of ln(x) dx with limits from 1 to e equals _____.

1

5. Evaluate the integral of 4/(2x – 1) dx.

ln(2x – 1)² + C

6. What is the average value of csc² x over the integral from x = π/6 to x = π/4?
2.8
7. Evaluate the integral of sin(2x)e^sin²x dx from 0 to π/2.
e–1

8. Evaluate the integral of x²eˣ dx with limits from 0 to 1.

e–2

9. Evaluate the integral of (5xdx)/sqrt (1 + x²) from 0 to 3.

10.81

10. Evaluate the integral of dθ/(1 + sin θ).

tan θ – sec θ + C
11. A particle moves along a line with acceleration 2 + 6t at time t. When t = 0, its velocity equals 3
and it is at position s = 2. When t = 1, it is at position s = ____.
7

12. Evaluate the integral of [cos(θ - 1)]/[sin²(θ - 1)].

– csc (θ – 1) + C

13. Evaluate the integral from 0 to 1 of the integral from 1 to 2 of y²dydx.

7/3

14. If the function y = 2x² is integrated between the limits of x = - 3 and x = + 3, the result is _____.
54
15. Evaluate the integral of cos (2t) dt with limits from π/4 to x.
[sin (2x) – 1)]/2

16. Evaluate the integral of (tan θ – 1)² dθ.

tan θ + 2 ln |cos θ| + C

17. Evaluate the integral of cos θ/(1 + 2 sin θ) dθ from 0 to π/6.

ln (sqrt 2)

2
18. Evaluate the integral of x e−x dx from 1 to infinity.
1/2e

19. Evaluate the integral of x sin 2x dx.

– (1/2)x cos 2x + (1/4) sin 2x + C

20. Evaluate the integral of sqrt (1 – 2 cos α) dα with limits from 0 to π/4.
0.414
21. The integral of sec²x tan²x dx from 0 to π/3 equals _____.
(Sqrt 3)/3

22. Evaluate the integral of x³ lnx dx.

(x⁴/4)ln x - x⁴/16 + C

23. Find the integral of cos² 2x sin x dx with limits from 0 to π/2.
1/3

24. The integral of dx/cube root (x – 3)² from limits – 24 to 4:

Converges to 12

25. Given y = x². Evaluate the integral from 0 to 3 of the integral from 0 to 4 of xdydx.
16
Integral Calculus 2

1. The area moment of inertia of the area bounded by the reference curve y = x² and the x axis
from x = 0 to x = 3 with respect to the x axis is:
104.14

2. Find the area enclosed by the cardioid r = 2(1 + cos θ).

6π

3. The base of a solid is the region bounded by the parabola y² = 4x and the line x = 2. Each plane
section perpendicular to the x-axis is a square. What is the volume of the solid?
32
4. Find the area bounded by the x-axis, the y-axis and the curve x + y² = 4.
16/3 sq. units

5. Find the average value of the amplitude of the half sine wave of y = A sin θ.
2A/π

6. The volume, in cubic feet, of an “inner tube” with inner diameter of 4 ft and outer diameter of 8
feet is _____.
6π²
7. Find the area of the region bounded by the curves y = x²/4 and y = x/2 + 2.
9 sq. units

8. Find surface area generated by revolving the curve a²y = x³ about the x-axis from x = 0 to x = a.
3.56a²
9. What is the area (in square units) bounded by the curve y² = 4x and x² = 4y?
5.33

10. Find the length of the curve (x – 2)² = 4y³ from y = 0 to y = 1.

2.268
11. Find the volume of the solid that results when the region bounded by the curve x = y² and the
curve x = y³, from y = 0 to y = 1, is revolved about the y–axis.
2π/35

12. Find the area bounded by the curve y = 6x², the x-axis, and the vertical lines x = 2 and x = 4.
112 sq. units

13. Find the area of the surface of revolution between x = 0 and x = a, generated by revolving the
arc of the semi–cubical parabola a²y = x³ about the x axis.
(π/27)(10 sqrt 10 – 1)a²
14. Find the volume (in cubic units) generated by rotating a circle x² + y² + 6x + 4y + 12 = 0 about the
y-axis.
59.22

15. Find the area of the region bounded by the graphs of sine, cosine and the x-axis for 0 ≤ x ≤ π/2.
Sqrt 2

16. What is the exact total area bounded by the curve f(x) = x³ – 4x² + 3x and the x-axis?
3.083
17. Find the area bounded by the curve r = a cos 2θ.
πa²/2

18. What is the area of the region in the xy-plane bounded by the curves y = e x , y = e− x, and x = 1?
e + 1/e – 2

19. Determine the area moment of inertia of the area (in feet⁴) bounded by y = x³, y = 0 and x = 1
with respect to the y-axis. All dimensions are in feet.
0.167
20. Find the area bounded by the parabola x² = - y + 2 and the line x = y.
4.5

21. The area bounded by y = x², x = 2 and y = 0 is rotated about the y–axis. Find the volume
generated.
8π

22. Find the volume generated by revolving about the x-axis, the area in the second quadrant under
the curve y = eˣ.
π/2
23. An area in Quadrant 1 is bounded by y = x³, x = 2, and the x-axis. What is the first moment of this
area with respect to the x-axis?
64/7

24. What is moment with respect to the y axis of the area bounded by the curves y = x² from x = 1 to
x = 2?
3.75

25. Find the volume obtained when the region bounded by y = x² and y = 2x is revolved about the x–
axis.
64π/15
Differential Equations 1

1. The solution of the differential equation dy/dx = 2xy² for which y = –1 when x = 1 is _____.
y = - 1/x²

2. Find the general solution of the differential equation dy/dx = 4y²/x² – y². Use B as an
arbitrary integration constant.
y = x/(x² + Bx + 4)

3. The equation y” + p(x)y’ + q(x)y = 0 is a _____ equation.

Second-Order Linear Homogeneous
4. Find the general solution of the differential equation y” – k²y = 0.
y = A cosh (kt) + B sinh (kt)

5. If dy/dx = (y²)/x and y(1) = 1/3, find an equation for y in terms of x.

y = - 1/(ln x – 3)

6. The orthogonal trajectories of the family of curves y = cx² are the general equation for a
family of ______.
Ellipses
7. The equation y’ + P(x)y = R(x) y ∞ is ______.
Bernoulli Equation
8. What type of differential equation is 8y = e¯²ˣ – 10y’ – 2y’’?
Second order linear, non-homogeneous DE

9. Find the general solution of the differential equation du/dv = e^(v – u).
u = ln (eᵛ + c)

10. What is the general solution of the differential equation ydx – y²dy = dy?
x = y² /2 + ln y + C
11. Find the general solution of d³y/dx³ – 12(dy/dx) + 16y = 32x – 8.
y = (A + Bx)e²ˣ + Ce¯⁴ˣ + 2x + 1
12. The differential equation in the form of y’ = P(x)y² + Q(x)y + R(x) is called a/an _____.
Ricatti Equation
13. The solutions of the differential equation ydy = xdx are of the form _____.
x² - y² = C

14. What is the general solution of the differential equation d²y/dx² – dy/dx – 12y = 0?
Ae⁴ˣ + Be¯³ˣ

15. The general solution of the differential equation xdy = ydx is a family of ______.
Straight lines passing through the origin.

16. Solve dy/dx = 2y/(x + 1) + ( x +1 )5/2

y = C(x + 1)² + (2/3)(x + 1)2/2
17. Find the general solution of dy/dx = x/(y² + 1).
y³/3 + y = x²/2 + C

18. The correct general solution for the differential equation d²y/dx² + 2 dy/dx + 2y = 0 is:
y = e¯ˣ(C₁ cos bx + C₂ sin bx)

19. Solve the differential equation dy/dx + y/x = 2.

y = x + c/x

20. If dy/dx = 3 x²y and y(0) = 2, find an equation for y in terms of x.

3
y = 2 ex
 3
21. Find the solution y = y(x) of x(dy/dx) + y – (y²)/[ x 2 ] = 0 subject to y(1) = 1.
3 5
y = [5 x 2 ]/[2 + 3 x 2 ]

22. The general solution of the differential equation dy/dx = (1 – 2x)/y is a family of ______.
Ellipses

23. If dy/dx = eʸ and y = 0 when x = 1, then:

e¯ʸ = 2 – x

24. Solve the differential equation y” – y’ – 6y = 0.

y = C₁e³ˣ + C₂e¯²ˣ

2
25. Solve the differential equation x e x + yy’ = 0 subject to the initial condition y = 1 when x = 0.
2
y² = −e x + 2
Differential Equations 2

1. Because of limited food and space, a squirrel population cannot exceed 1000. It grows at a rate
proportional both to the existing population and to the attainable additional population. If there
were 100 squirrels 2 years ago, and 1 year ago the population was 400, about how many
squirrels are there now?
800

2. If the half-life of a radioactive substance is 8 years, how long will it take, in years, for two thirds
of the substance to decay?
12.68 years

3. Which of the following DE’s is not logistic?

dR/dt = 0.16(350 – R)
4. A tank initially contains 50 gal of pure water. A solution containing 2 lb/gal of salt is pumped into
the tank at 3 gal/min. The mixture is stirred constantly and flows out at the same rate of 3
gal/min. How much salt is in the tank after a long time?
100 lb

5. Find the orthogonal trajectories of the family of curves x² - y² = C².

xy = C

6. If 40 g of a radioactive substance decomposes to 20 g in 2 years, then to the nearest gram, the

amount left after 3 years is _____.
14 g
7. Solve the differential equation y” + 4y’= 10 sin2x.
y = c₁ + c₂e¯⁴ˣ - 0.5 sin 2x – cos 2x

8. Suppose a flu-like virus is spreading through a population of 50,000 at a rate proportional both
to the number of people already infected and to number of still uninfected. If 100 people were
infected yesterday and 130 are infected today, how many people will be infected for the virus to
spread the fastest?
25,000

9. Radium-226 decays at a rate proportional to the quantity present. Its half-life is 1612 years. How
long will it take for one quarter of a given quantity of radium-226 decay?
669 years
10. In a protected area (no predators, no hunters), the deer population increases at a rate of dP/dt =
k(1000 – P), where P(t) represents the population of deer at t years. If 300 deers were originally
placed in the area and a census showed the population had grown to 500 in 5 years, how many
deer will there be after 10 years?
643

11. Find the domain of the particular solution of dy/dx = 1 + y² that passes through the origin.
|x| < π/2
12. A 100-gal tank is filled with brine containing 60 lbs. of dissolved salt. Water runs into the tank at
the rate of 2 gal/per min and the mixture, kept uniform by stirring, runs out at the same rate.
How much salt is in the tank after 1 hour?
18 lbs.

13. Which of the following statements characterize(s) the logistic growth of a population whose
limiting value is L?
I. The rate of growth increases at first.
II. The growth rate attains a maximum when the population equals L/2.
III. The growth rate approaches 0 as the population approaches L.

I, II and III

14. According to Newton’s law of cooling, the temperature of an object decreases at a rate
proportional to the difference between its temperature and that of the surrounding air. Suppose
a corpse at a temperature of 32°C arrives at a mortuary where the temperature is kept at 10°C.
Then the differential equation satisfied by the temperature T of the corpse t hr later is?
dT/dt = - k(T – 10)
15. Advertisers generally assume that the rate at which people hear about a product
is proportional to the number of people who have not yet heard about it. Suppose that the size
of a community is 15,000, that to begin with no one has heard about a product, but that after 6
days 1500 people know about it. How long will it take for 2700 people to have heard of it?
11 days
16. Suppose a flu-like virus is spreading through a population of 50,000 at a rate proportional both
to the number of people already infected and to number of still uninfected. If 100 people were
infected yesterday and 130 are infected today, how many will be infected a week from today?
798

17. Police arrived at the scene of a murder at 12 a.m. They immediately take and record the body’s
temperature, which is 90°F and thoroughly inspect the area. By the time they finish the
inspection, it is 1:30 a.m. They again take the temperature of the body, which has dropped to
87°F, and have it sent to the morgue. The temperature at the crime scene has remained steady
at 82°F. At what time did the crime occur?
9:40 p.m.

18. According to Newton’s law of cooling, a hot object cools at a rate proportional to the difference
between its own temperature and that of its environment. If a roast at room temperature 68°F
is put into a 20°F freezer, and if, after 2 hours, the temperature of the roast is 40°F. How long
will it take for the temperature of the roast to fall to 21°F?
9 hr
19. In 2000 the yearly world petroleum consumption was about 77 billion barrels and the
yearly exponential rate of increase in use was 2%. How many years after 2000 are the world’s
total estimated oil reserves of 1020 billion barrels likely to last?
11.75 years

20. Find the integrating factor of (y² - x)dx + 2ydy = 0.

eˣ

21. A corporation invests part of its receipts at a rate of P pesos per year in a fund for future
corporate expansion. The fund earns r percent interest per year compounded continuously. The
rate of growth of the amount A in the fund is dA/dt = rA + P where t is the time in years. Solve
the differential equation for A as a function of time, where A = 0 when t = 0.
A = (P/r)(eʳᵗ - 1)
22. An official of the Environmental Protection Agency estimates that t years from now the level of a
particular pollutant in the air will be increasing at the rate of (0.3 + 0.4t) parts per million per
year (ppm/yr). According to this estimate, what will be the change in the pollutant level during
the second year?
0.9 ppm

23. A tank initially holds 10 gal of fresh water. At t =0, a brine solution containing 1/2 lb of salt per
gallon is poured into the tank at a rate of 2 gal/min, while the well-stirred mixture leaves the
tank at the same rate. Find the amount of salt at any time.
Q = 5 – 5 e 0.2 t

24. A hot pie that was cooked at a constant temperature of 325°F is taken directly from an oven and
placed outdoors in the shade to cool on a day when the air temperature in the shade is 85°F.
After 5 minutes in the shade, the temperature of the pie had been reduced to 250°F. Determine
the temperature of the pie after 20 minutes.
139°F
25. One important method of dating fossil remains is to determine what portion of carbon content
of a fossil is the radioactive isotope carbon-14. During life, any organism exchanges carbon with
its environment. Upon death this circulation ceases, and the carbon-14 in the organism then
decays at a rate proportional to the amount present. The proportionality factor is 0.012% per
year. When did an animal die, if an archaeologist determines that only 25% of the original
amount of carbon-14 is still present in its fossil remain?
11,550 yr
Advanced Math 1

1. Let w = f(z) = (1 + z)/(1 – z). Find f(i).

i

2. If z = sqrt (2x²y¯³), find ∂z/∂y.

– [(3 sqrt 2)/2] x y −5 /2

3. Describe the locus represented by |z + 2i| + |z – 2i| = 6.

Ellipse
4. Express z = - 1 – sqrt 3i in the trigonometric form.
2[cos (-2π/3) + isin(-2π/3)]

5. Express the complex number z = 8(cos 210° + i sin 210°) in rectangular form.
– 4 sqrt 3 – 4i

6. Evaluate the following determinant.

-45
7. Express the quotient (1 – 2i)/(1 + 2i) in rectangular form.
– 0.6 – 0.8i

8. If Z₁ = 1 – i and Z₂ = - 2 + 4i, evaluate Z₁² + 2Z₁ - 3.

– 1 – 4i

9. Find the area of a triangle having vertices at – 4 – i, 1 + 2i, 4 – 3i.

17

10. Solve the equation z² + (2i – 3)z + 5 – i = 0.

1+i

11. Describe the locus represented by |z – 3| - |z + 3| = 4.

Hyperbola
12. What is the sum x + y + z of the solution of the system of equation x – y + z = - 3, 2x + y = 1, y – 3
= 7?
-1

13. Express z = 1 – i sqrt 3 in polar form.

2(cos 300 + i sin 300)

14. Evaluate: lim (iz⁴ + 3z² - 10i) as z approaches 2i.

-12 +6i

15. Describe the locus represented by |z – i| = 2.

Circle
16. The equation |z + 1 – i| = |z – 1 + i| represents a _____.
Straight Line
17. Find the minor of element a₁₁ of the given matrix below:

-31

18. Given z = 3 + 3i. Find z⁴.

– 324
19. Find the square root of 8 – 15i.
± (5/sqrt 2) – 3i/sqrt 2)

20. Express the product [5 ( 1712π )i][sqrt 2 + i sqrt 2] in polar form.

e
10 ( )
5π
3
i
e

21. Express the complex number 2.65 + 7.91i in polar form.

8.34e 1.25 i

22. Evaluate the Lim [(2z + 3)(z – 1)]/(z² - 2z + 4) as z approaches – 2i.

– 1/2 + (11/4)i

23. Express the power (1 + i)⁸ in rectangular form.

16

24. Express (1 + 2i)²/(2 + i)² in the form of x + iy.

7/25 + (24/25)i

25. Simplify (sqrt 3 – i)⁹.

512i
Advanced Math 2

1. What are the first four terms of the Taylor series about x = 0 of sqrt of (1 + x)?
1 + x/2 + x²/8 + x³/16

2. Find the Laplace transform of F(t) = eᵃᵗ when t > 0.

1/(s – a)

3. What is the coefficient of x³ in the Taylor series of ln (1 – x) about x = 0?

– 1/3
4. What is the third term of the Maclaurin expansion for f(x) = eˣ?
x²/2!

5. Find L¯¹[k²/[s(s² + k²)].

1 – cos kt

6. What is the nth term of the Taylor series expansion about x = 0 of the function f(x) = 1/(1 + 2x)?
(-1)ⁿ¯¹(2x)ⁿ¯¹
7. The coefficient of x² in the Maclaurin series for e sinx is _____.
1/2!

8. Find the Taylor (Maclaurin) series generated by f(x) = sin x at x = 0.

x - x²/3! + x⁵/5! - …

9. Evaluate the inverse Laplace of {3/s⁵ - 1/(s² + 9)} .

t⁴/8 – 1/3 sin 3t

10. What are the first four terms of the Maclaurin series (the Taylor series about x = 0) for f(x) = 1/(1
– 2x)?
1 + 2x + 4x² + 8x³
11. Evaluate the inverse Laplace transform of [4/s + 5/s⁴ – 1/(2s + 8)].
4 + (5/6)t³ – (1/2)e⁴ᵗ

12. Find the 4th term of the Taylor (Maclaurin) series generated by the function f(x) = cos x at x = 0.
– x⁶/6!

13. What is the Laplace Transform of a step function of magnitude a?

a/s

14. L¯¹ {1/(s² +a²)} =?

1/a(sin at)

15. Evaluate L{(e¯³ᵗ + e³ᵗ)}².

1/(s + 6) + 1/s + 1/(s – 6)

16. The coefficient of (x – 1)⁵ in the Taylor series for x ln(x) about x = 1 is _____.
– 1/20
17. L¯¹ {a/[s(s + a)]} =?
1 – eᵃᵗ

18. Evaluate the Laplace transform of [5t² – 2sin3t].

10/s³ – 6/(s² + 9)

19. The coefficient of the (x – 8)² term in the Taylor polynomial for y = x^(2/3) around x = 8 is ____.
– 1/144

20. What is the third term of the power series in x expansion of (1 + x)¯¹?
x²

21. What is the inverse Laplace transform of F(s) = 20/[s(s + 10)]?

2 – 2e¯¹⁰ᵗ
22. Find L¯¹ [(s + 1)/(s² + 2s)].
½ + ½ e¯²ᵗ

23. Find the Laplace transform of the function f defined by:

(2e¯³ˢ)/s, s > 0

24. What is the Taylor series for ln (1 + 2x) about x = 0?

2x – (1/2)(2x)² + (1/3)(2x)³ - (1/4)(2x)⁴ + …

25. What is the 4th term of the Maclaurin series of the f(x) = tan¯¹x?
- x⁷/7
Engineering Data Analysis

1. How many different words can be formed by jumping the letters in the word MISSISSIPPI in
which no two S are adjacent?
7·₆C₄·₈C₄

2. What is a branch of mathematics that is concerned with the selection of objects, called elements
from a given set of elements?
Combinatorics
3. The probabilities are 0.80, 0.70, and 0.65 that a family, randomly chosen as part of a sample
survey in a large city, owns a flat screen television or a computer or both. What is the probability
that a family in this area own one or the other or both?
0.85
4. What type of skew distribution has its longer tail extends to the left?
Negatively Skewed
5. The area under the standard normal distribution lies within two standard deviations of the mean
is _____ %.
95
6. A range of values computed from data so that a specified percentage (often 95%) of all possible
random samples from the same population will give intervals that contain the true population
value is called ________.
Confidence Interval
7. _______ probability is one that uses sample spaces.
Classical
8. Find the probability of the event ABᶜ given that P(A) = 1/3, P(B) = 1/4 and P(AB) = 1/6.
1/6

9. Which of the following is a property of the normal distribution?

I. It is continuous.
II. It is bell-shaped.
III. The mean is at the center.
IV. It is not symmetrical about the mean.

I, II and III
10. The standard deviation of a binomial distribution can be calculated using what formula?
sqrt [np(1 – p)]
11. A man tosses 1 five-peso coin, 2 one-peso coins, 3 twenty-five centavo coins, 4 ten centavo
coins among 10 boys. In how many different ways can the boy’s profit if each is to get a coin?
12,600

12. There are two urns. Urn A has 3 distinct red balls and urn B has 9 distinct blue balls. From each
urn two balls are taken out at random and then transferred to the other. Find the number of
ways in which this can be done.
108

13. What type of error rejects a true null hypothesis?

Type I Error
14. On the East Coast, it is known from health records that the probability of selecting an adult over
40 years of age with cancer is 0.05. The probability of diagnosing a person with cancer as having
the disease is 0.78 and the probability of incorrectly diagnosing a person without cancer as
having the disease is 0.06. What is the probability that a person diagnosed as having cancer
actually has the disease?
0.40625

15. Which of the ff. are true statements?

I. If the sample has variance zero, the variance of the population is zero.
II. If the population has variance zero, the variance of the same is also zero.
III. If the sample has variance zero, the sample mean, and the sample median are equal.

II and III

16. A dice is rolled 9 times. Find the probability of having a 4 upwards less than 4 times.
0.9520
17. What type of experiment is tossing a coin or rolling a fair die?
Probability Experiment
18. Three newspapers A, B and C are published in Cebu City. It is known that for the adult
population 20% read A, 16% read B and 14% read C, 8% read both A and B, 5% read both A and
C, 4% read both B and C and 2% read all the three. What is the probability that an adult read A
given that it is known that he reads at least one paper?
0.571

19. If a die is rolled 5 times, what is the probability of obtaining five 6s in a row?
0.000129

20. What is the method of drawing samples from a population such that every possible sample of a
particular size has an equal chance of being selected?
Random Sampling
21. Mrs. Emelie Roe plants three maple trees, four oak trees and five birch trees in a row. She plants
all the trees in random order, each arrangement being equally likely. The probability that no two
birch trees are next to one another is _____.
7/99
22. A box of candy hearts contains 52 hearts of which 19 are white, 10 are tan, 7 are pink, 3 are
purple, 5 are yellow, 2 are orange, and 7 are green. If you select 9 pieces candy randomly from
the box, without replacement, give the probability that three are white, two are tan, one is pink,
one is yellow, and two are green.
0.87%

23. What is the standard deviation for the data 7, 9, 11, 13, 15?
2.8

24. What refers to the procedure for determining how much of the total variability among scores to
attribute to a range of sources of variation and for testing hypotheses concerning some of the
sources?
Analysis of variance (ANOVA)
25. It is known that 60% of a class is female, 50% is majoring in chemical or electrical engineering,
and 25% is female and majoring in chemical or electrical engineering. What percentage of class
is female or majoring in chemical or electrical engineering?
85%
Electromagnetics

1. Vector potential is a vector _____.

Whose curl is equal to the magnetic flux density.
2. A charge Q₀ located at the origin in free space produces a field for which Ez = 1 kV/m at point P(-
2, 1, -1). Find Q₀.
– 1.63 μC

3. In the xy plane, Q₁ = 200 μC, at (2, 4) m, experiences a repulsive force of 7.2 N because of Q₂, at
(10, 7) m. Determine Q₂.
292 μC

4. A circular disk of radius R has a surface charge density that increases linearly away from the
center. The constant of proportionality being k. Determine the total charge on the disk.
(1/3)2πkR³

5. In vector analysis, the equation ▽²φ = 0 is called ______.

Laplace’s Equation
6. Find the value of ▽ x r.
0

7. A vector field is solenoidal if it’s _______ is zero.

Divergent
8. An electric field is given by E = xy² a x – xz² a y + xyz a z . Calculate the x component of its curl at (2,
1, 3) in rectangular coordinates.
18
9. Two positive charges Q and 4Q are separated by a distance d, in air. A third charge is so placed
that the entire system is in equilibrium. Determine the magnitude and location of the third
charge.

q = (– 4/9)Q, x = (2/3)d

10. The unit of ▽ x H is _____.

ampere/meter²
11. Find the angle between A = 3i + 6j + 9k and B = −2i + 3j + k.
60°

12. Sources of electric (E-) fields are electric charges, measured in coulombs (C). Various space
distributions of charge are: line, surface, and volume distributions. These are respectively
described by density functions ρl (C/m), ρs (C/m²) and ρv (C/m³). Find the total charge on the x
axis from 0 to 10 m if ρl = 3x² (μC/m).
1 mC

13. Two infinitely long wires carrying current are as shown in the Figure below. One wire is in the y-z
plane and parallel to the y-axis. The other wire is in the x-y plane and parallel to the x-axis.
Which components of the resulting magnetic field are non-zero at the origin?
x, z Components
14. If A = 3i + 6j + 9k and B = -2i + 3j + k, find the projection of A on B.
21/sqrt 14

15. Given the vectors A = 2i – 5k and B = j. Find A x B.

5i + 2k

16. The curl of a conservative vector function is ________.

Always Zero
17. What theorem shows that the vector field is uniquely determined by its divergence and curl?
Helmholtz’s Theorem
18. Express Gauss’ law in point form.
Ρ

19. Electrons are in random motion in a fixed region in space. During any 1 μs interval, the
probability of finding an electron in a subregion of volume 10ˉ¹⁵ m² is 0.27. What volume charge
density in μC/m³, appropriate for such time durations, should be assigned to that subregion?
– 43.3
20. Find the magnitude of the electrostatic force between a 100 μC charge at (-1, 1, -3) m and a 20
μC at (3, 1, 0) m.
0.72 N

21. When three vectors are added graphically and form a closed triangle, the largest enclosed angle
between any two of the vectors cannot be greater than ______.
180 degrees
22. Vector A is 3 m long and vector B is 4 m long. The length of the sum of the vectors is _____.
Some value from 1 m to 7 m
23. On either side of a charge – free interface between two media:
I. The normal components of the electric field are equal.
II. The tangential components of the electric field are equal.
III. The normal components of the electric flux density are equal.
IV. The tangential components of the electric flux density are equal.
II and III
24. Find the value of ▽ • r.
3

25. Consider a pair of point charges in free space. Charge q = - 300 μC is located at (2, 4, 5) m and
charge Q = 10 μC is located at (1, 1, 3) m. What is the force (magnitude and direction) on q?
1.93 N directed from q to Q
Signals, Spectra and Signal Processing

1. Find the convolution of f(t) = tu(t) and g(t) = sin t u(t).

t – sin t

2. Find the z-transform of x[n] = δ[n – 5].

z¯⁵

3. The product of two even signals or two odd signals is a/an _______.
Even Signal
4. What is the even component of x(t) = e jt ?
Cos t

5. Find Z(n).
z/(z – 1)²

6. Generally, the convolution process associated with Laplace transform in time domain results
into _____.
Simple division in complex frequency domain
7. A system is called ________ if we can determine its input signal x uniquely by observing its
output signa y.
Invertible
8. A system is called anticipative if its output at the present time depends on future values of the
input. What is another term for this system?
Non-Causal System
9. Determine the z-transform of x[n] = nu[n].
z¯¹/(1 - z¯¹)²

10. Find Z{e¯ᵃⁿ}.

z/(z - e¯ᵃ), where a = e¯ᵃ

11. Find Z¯¹[z²/(z – 1)(z – 3)]

[3n +1 – 1]/2

12. What is the fundamental period of the following signal? (x)t = cos²t
π
13. Find the convolution of f and g if f(t) = tu(t) and g(t) = t² u(t).
t⁴/12
14. Find Z[e¯ᵗt²].
T 2 z e T ( z eT +1 )
3
( z eT – 1)

15. Find Z[aⁿ¯¹].

(1/a)[z/(z – a)]

16. Find z{a^|n|}.

(z - a²z)/(1 – az)(z - a)

17. Find z[1/n(n + 1)].

(1 – z)log[z/(z – 1)]
18. A system is called _______ if its output at the present time depends on only the present and/or
past values of the input.
Causal
19. Find Z(n²).
(z² + z)/(z – 1)³

20. Find the Z-transform of {nCk}.

(1 + z¯¹)n

21. Find Z[aⁿ/n!].

a
ez

22. What is the odd component of x(t) = e jt ?

j sin t

23. Find Z[nf(n)].

– z (d/dz) F(Z)
24. Find Z[aⁿ cos nθ]
z[z – a cos θ]/(z² - 2az cos θ + a²)

25. Find Z[aⁿ].

z/(z – a), |z| > |a|
Feedback and Control Systems

1. What is the control system where the desired values of the controlled outputs are more or less
fixed and the main problem is to reject disturbances effect?
Regulator
2. Steady state accuracy is determined by suitable choice of _______.
Error Constants
3. Zeroes are defined as:
Roots of the numerator of the closed loop transfer function
4. If rise time is also taken into consideration, it should be _____ to the settling time.
Consistent
5. A control system is generally met with what time response specifications?
I. Steady state accuracy
II. Damping factor
III. Setting time
I, II and III
6. In signal flow path, what refers to the path from output node or a node near output node to a
node near input node without repeating any of the nodes in between them?
Feedback Path
7. Determine the initial value of the time-domain response of the following equation using the
initial-value theorem. Y(s) = (2s + 1)/(s + 1 + j)(s + 1 – j).
2

8. Which of the following is TRUE?

I. As zero moves sufficiently left from the origin the effect of zero becomes less
pronounced.
II. Addition of zero increases the stability.
III. The zeroes on the real axis near the origin are generally avoided in design.
IV. In a sluggish system introduction of zeroes can improve the transient response.
I, II, III and IV
9. For the block diagram given in the figure, the expression of C/R is:

G1G2G3/1 – G2G1

10. Damping factor specifies _______.

 Peak overshot to step input.
11. Oscillations in the output response is due to:
Positive Feedback
12. The overall transfer function of two blocks in parallel are:
Sum of individual gain

13. The overall transfer function from block diagram reduction for cascaded blocks is:
Product of individual gain

14. Expand the following equation of Laplace transform in terms of its partial fraction and obtain its
time-domain response. Y(s) = (2s + 1)/(s + 1 + j)(s + 1 – j).
y(t) = 2e¯ᵗ cos t + e¯ᵗ sin t

15. A control system whose step response is -0.5(1+e¯²ᵗ) is cascaded to another control block whose
impulse response is e¯ᵗ. What is the transfer function of the cascaded combination?
1/(s+2)(s+1)

16. In signal flow graph, what refers to the node that has both income and outgoing branches?
Chain Node
17. Expand the following equation of Laplace transform in terms of its partial fraction and obtain the
time domain response. Y(s) = 2s/(s + 1)²(s + 2).
y(t) = - 2te¯ᵗ + 4e¯ᵗ - 4e¯²ᵗ

18. In signal flow graph, what refers to the product of gains or transmittances of all branches of a
loop?
Loop Gain
19. Expand the following equation of Laplace transform in terms of its partial fraction and obtain its
time-domain response. Y(s) = 2s/(s + 1)(s + 2).
y(t) = - 2e¯ᵗ + 4e¯²ᵗ
20. Consider the block diagram shown, if the transfer function of the system is given by T(s) = G1G2
+ G2G1/1 + X, then X is:

G2G4

21. The output of the feedback control system must be a function of:
Input and Feedback Signal

22. If the number of poles are greater than number of zeroes then the system is known as _______.
Minimum Phase System
23. Transfer function of the system is defined as the ratio of Laplace output to Laplace input
considering initial conditions _______.
0

24. Steady state accuracy specified in terms of _______.

Steady State Error
25. The transfer function from D(s) to Y(s) is:

2/3s + 7