Set Theory Qualifying Exam
Set Theory Qualifying Exam
Set Theory Qualifying Exam
City of Olongapo
GORDON COLLEGE
COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, ARTS AND SCIENCES
Olongapo City Sports Complex, Donor St. East Tapinac, Olongapo 2200
QUALIFYING EXAMINATION
MIDTERMS
1. These refer to the collection of objects, and in mathematical discourse these objects are
mathematical ones such as numbers, points in space, or even other sets.
a. Venn Diagrams b. Sets c. Null Sets d. Elements
2. Which of the following diagrams best describes the set operation A ∩(B ∩C ' ) ?
a. b. c. d.
For item numbers 3-4, Let U= {1,2, 3,…8,9} A={1,3,5,7} B={2,3,6,8} C={3,4,8,9}; find
'
A ∪B
3. ¿
¿
¿
a. {8} b. {3,8} c. {1,2,3,4,5,6} d. {1,3,4,6,8,9}
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4. B −A
a. {2,6} b. {4,9} c. {3} d. {1,3,4,5,7,8,9}
For item numbers 5-6, Let A={a,b,c,d,e} B={a,b,d,f,g} C={b,c,e,g,h} D={d,e,f,g,h}; find
¿
5. A )∩(B ∩ D)
¿
a. {} b. {a,b,d,e} c. {a,b,c,d,e,f,g} d. {d}
¿
6. ( A ∩ D) ∪ C ¿
a. {a,d,g,h} b. {g} d. {b,g} d. {}
QUALIFYING EXAMINATION
FINALS
1. It is a sentence or mathematical expression that is either true or false but not both.
a. Logic b. Proposition c. Conjunction d. Negation
2. This refers to the science that deals with the principles and criteria of validity of inference and
demonstration and denoted as the science of the formal principles of reasoning.
a. Logic b. Proposition c. Conjunction d. Negation
3. Which of the following statements is TRUE?
a. Paris is in France and 2+2=4. c. Paris is in France and 2+2=5.
b. Paris is in England and 2+2=4. d. Paris is in England and 2+2=5.
4. Which of the following statements is FALSE?
a. Paris is in France or 2+2=4. c. Paris is in France or 2+2=5.
b. Paris is in England or 2+2=4. d. Paris is in England or 2+2=5.
5. Which set best describes the interval [-3, 5)?
a. A={x :−3 ≤ x ≤5 } c. A={x :−3 ≤ x <5 }
b. A={x :−3< x ≤5 } d. A={x :−3< x <5 }
6. Determine the truth value of this statement: It is not true that if 2+2=4, then 3+3=5 or 1+1=2.
a. True b. False c. both A and B d. either A or B
7. Which of the following statements is a tautology?
a. [( p → q ) ∧ ( q → r ) ]→( p →r )
b. [ p ∨ ( q → r ) ] ∧[( p ∨r )↔ q ]
c. [ p ∧ ( q → p ) ] ∧ [ ( p ↔ q) → ( q ∨ p) ]
d. p∨(q ∨r )
8. Which of the following statements is NOT equivalent?
a. [ ( p ∧ q ) ∧r ] ≅ [ p ∧ ( q ∧r ) ]
b. [ p ∨ ( p ∧ r ) ] ≅[( p ∨ q)∧ ( p ∨ r ) ]
c. [ ∼ ( p ↔ q ) ] ≅ [ p ↔ q ] ≅[ p ↔q ]
d. none of the above
9. What is the truth value of this propositional statement? T → ( F ∨T )
a. True b. False c. both A and B d. either A or B
10. Which set best describes the interval [0,4]?
a. A={x :0 ≤ x ≤ 4 } c. A={x : 0 ≤ x< 4 }
b. A={x :0< x ≤ 4 } d. A={x :0< x< 4 }
11. Which of the following sets is NOT bounded?
a. A={x :0< x ≤ 4 }
b. A={x : x=2n , n ∈ Z }
c. A={x :|x|<6 }
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d. A={x : x= , n∈ P }
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QUALIFYING EXAMINATION
For item number 12-13, let p be “Erik reads Newsweek”, let q be “Erik reads The New Yorker”
and let r be “Erik reads Time”.
12. What is the translation of the statement “Erik reads Newsweek and The New Yorker, or he does not
read Newsweek and Time” in symbolic form?
a. [ p ∨ ( p ∧ r )] b. [ ( p ∧ q ) ∨∼( p ∧ r ) ] c. [( p ∨q) ∧ ( p ∨r ) ] d.
[ p ∧ ( q ∧∼r ) ]
13. What is the translation of [ ( p ∨ q ) ∧∼ r ] into a statement?
a. Erik reads The New Yorker and Newsweek but not Time.
b. Erik reads Newsweek, The New Yorker and Time.
c. Erik reads Newsweek and The New Yorker, or he does not read Time.
d. Erik reads Newsweek or The New Yorker but not Time.
Answers:
Midterms
1. B
2. C
3. A
4. B
5. D
6. D
7. B
8. C
9. B
10. A
11. C
12. D
Finals
1. B
2. A
3. A
4. D
5. C
6. B
7. A
8. D
9. A
10. A
11. B
12. B
13. D