Dr. V. Orestes Romualdez Educational Foundation, Inc. Senior High School Department

DR. V. ORESTES ROMUALDEZ EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION, INC.
SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL DEPARTMENT

Tacloban City, 6500 Philippines
MIDTERM (PRE-CALCULUS)
Name: _____________________________________ Score: __________

Strand & Section: ____________________________ Date: ________________
Read the following problems carefully. Write the letter of the correct answer. Show your
solutions. (2 points each)
1. The set of all points in a plane equidistant from a fixed point and a fixed line.
a. Circle c. Ellipse
b. Parabola d. Hyperbola
4
2. What is the type of conic with eccentricity 5 ?
a. Parabola c. Ellipse
b. Circle d. Hyperbola
𝑥2 𝑦2
3. What is the eccentricity of an ellipse given by 100 + 64 = 1?
a. 0.6 c. 1.2
b. 0.8 d. 1.3
4. A line passing through the focus and perpendicular to the directrix.
a. Axis of symmetry c. Latus Rectum
b. Directrix d. Minor axis
5. The line segment having the covertices of an ellipse as endpoints.
a. Focal axis c. Minor axis
b. Latus rectum d. Major axis
6. What is the equation of an ellipse with center at (0, 0) and focus at (0, 3) and vertex at
(0, 5)?
𝑥2 𝑦2 𝑥2 𝑦2
a. 25
+ 9
=1 c. 16 + 25 = 1
𝑥2 𝑦2 𝑥2 𝑦2
b. 9
+ 25
=1 d. 25 + 16 = 1
7. The line lying entirely on the cone is called
a. Principal axis c. Generator
b. Upper nappe cone d. Axis of the cone
8. Who discovered the conic sections?
a. Manaechmus c. Alexander the Great
b. Apollonius d. Aristotle
9. What is the length of the minor axis of an ellipse whose equation is 4𝑥 2 + 25𝑦 2 = 100?
a. 2 c. 6
b. 4 d. 8
10. Determine which of the following equation of a circle has a center at (3, -7) and with
radius of 8.
a. (𝑥 − 3)2 + (𝑦 − 7)2 = 64 c. (𝑥 − 3)2 + (𝑦 + 7)2 = 64
b. (𝑥 + 3) + (𝑦 − 7) = 64
2 2
d. (𝑥 + 3)2 + (𝑦 + 7)2 = 64
11. Which equation represents a circle?
(𝑥−1)2 (𝑦−3)2 (𝑥−2)2 (𝑦−3)2
a. 25
+ 169
=1 c. 144
− 64
=1
b. (𝑦 − 3)2 = 8𝑥 d. (𝑥 − 2)2 + (𝑦 − 5)2 = 100
12. What is the graph of the equation 4𝑥 + 2𝑦 − 6𝑥 − 8𝑦 + 9 = 0 ?
2 2
13. It is the amount of roundness of a curve.
a. Vertices c. Eccentricity
b. Foci d. Directrix
14. Which is the equation of a parabola with vertex at the origin and focus at (1, 0)?
a. 𝑥 2 = 𝑦 c. 𝑥 2 = 4𝑦
2
b. 𝑦 = 𝑥 d. 𝑦 2 = 4𝑥
15. Which conic has an eccentricity between 0 and 1?
16. Determine the standard equation of a circle whose center is at the origin with a radius of
3√3 .
a. 𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 = 27 c. 𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 = 3√3
b. 𝑥 − 𝑦 = 3√3
2 2
d. 𝑥 2 − 𝑦 2 = 27
17. The following are nondegenerate conics EXCEPT
a. Point c. Parabola
b. Ellipse d. Hyperbola
For items 18-21. Consider the parabola 𝑥 2 = −36𝑦.

18. What is the opening of the graph?
a. Right b. Left c. Upward d. Downward
19. What is the value of p in the equation?
a. -36 b. 9 c. -9 d. 36
20. What is the focus of parabola?
a. (0,6) c. (-6, 0)
b. (9,0) d. (0, -9)
21. The directrix is the line
a. y = 9 b. y = -9 c. x = 9 d. x = -9
22. The following values lie within the focal axis of an ellipse EXCEPT
a. Vertices c. Foci
b. Covertices d. Center
23. Determine which of the following are the coordinates of the foci of an ellipse with the
𝑥2 𝑦2
equation 169 + 25 = 1.
a. F1(-12, 0) and F2(12, 0) c. F1(0, -12) and F2(12, 0)
b. F1(12, 0) and F2(0, 12) d. F1(-11, 0) and F2(11, 0)
24. Which of the following is the axis of symmetry of a parabola whose equation is 5𝑥 2 =
24𝑦?
a. 𝑥 = 0 c. 𝑥 = 1
b. 𝑦 = 0 d. 𝑦 = 1
25. The equation 𝑥 + 𝑦 − 3𝑥 + 2𝑦 + 5 = 0 represents a/an
2 2
a. Circle c. No graph
b. Point Circle d. Ellipse
(𝑥+1)2 (𝑦−3)2
For items 26-28. Given the ellipse 49
+ 36
=1
26. The center of the ellipse is at

a. (0,0) b. (1, -3) c. (-1, 3) d. (3, -1)
27. The vertices are the line segment joining the endpoints
a. (-1, 10) & (-1, -4) c. (6, 3) & (-8, 3)
b. (1, -10) & (1, 4) d. (-6, -3) & (8, -3)
28. What is the length of the major axis?
a. 8 b. 10 c. 12 d. 14
29. It is formed if the cutting plane is parallel to no generators and also not perpendicular to
the axis of the cone.
a. Circle b. Parabola c. Ellipse d. Hyperbola
30. If the cutting plane is parallel to only one generator, the curve of intersection is called
a. Circle b. Parabola c. Ellipse d. Hyperbola

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SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL DEPARTMENT

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For items 18-21. Consider the parabola 𝑥 2 = −36𝑦.

26. The center of the ellipse is at

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