Kombolcha General and Preparatory Secondary School Grade

12th Maths Work sheet. May 2014

TIME ALLOWED 3:00 Hr.
INSTRUCTION I: CHOOSE THE CORRECT ANSWER FORM THE GIVEN ALTERNATIVES AND WRITE
THE ANSWER IN THE APPROPRIATE ANSWER SHEET.

1. Which relation is correct about signum, absolute value and greatest integer function?
A. ∣x∣=xsgn, ∀ x ∈ R , C. xsgnx≤⌊x⌋, ∀ x ∈ R
B. sgnx=±∣x∣, ∀ x ∈ R D. xsgnx is odd function
Given h(x)=ln(1+ x ) and f(x)=√ 2+ x ,then what is the value of (hof)(x) at x=−1?
2

A) 4 B) ln2 C) 1 D) -4ln2.
3x
2. The inverse of the function defined by f(x) = is equal to?
x+5
−3 x −5 x −x+5 x+5
A. f −1 (x) = B. f −1 ( x) = C. f −1 (x) = D. f −1 (x) =
x +5 x−3 3x 3x
∞
3. If { An }n=1is an arithmetic sequence with first term -5 and the fifth term 15, then what is the eleventh term?
A. 40 B. 50 C. 45 D. 55
4. What is the sum of all multiples 3 that are between 37 and 401?
A. 264990 B. 2699 C. 26499 D. 2649900
10 20 40
5. Which of the following is the sum of the series: 5- + - + -, +-------?
3 9 27
A) -5 B) 3 C) -5 D)-3
6. A ball is thrown vertically from a ground up to a height of 16m. Each time it drops h meters, it rebounds
0.80m. Nothing that the ball travels every height of h twice. What is the total vertical distance travelled by
the ball before it comes to rest? A. 40m B. 80m C. 160m D. 320m
5 x−1 1
7. What is the solution set of 1- = 2 - ? A ){ 2 }B) { 1 ,−1 } C) {−1 } D) { 1,2 ,−1 }
x + 4 x −x x
2

2
( ) 2 x −3 x +2
8. Which one of the following is not true about f x = ?
x 2+1
A.The graph of f has no vertical asymptote B. its graph has y-intercept at (0,2)
C. y = 2 is a horizontal asymptote to the graph of f D. y= x+2 is an oblique asymptote to the graph of f
π
9. What is the greatest lower bound and least upper bound of the sequence an= (-1) nsin respectively?
2n
A.0.5 and 1 B. -1 and 0 C. -1 and
√2 D. -1 and 1
2

( )
−x
1 2 1
10. What is the value of lim 1+ ? A. ∞ B. √ e C. e−2 D.
x→ ∞ x √e
11. Given the equation of the line
l : 2 x−3 Y =30 , what point on theline equidistance ¿the pointA ( 1,3 ) andB (1,9 ) ?

A)( 24,6 ) B¿ (−6 ,−24 ) C ¿ ( 6,24 ) D ¿ (−2 ,−6)

12. Find the equation of the Circle If two of its diameters are x + 4y = 5 and 7x – y = 6, and whose radius is A.
A. √ 7 .A. (x−2)2+( y −1)2= 7 C. (x +2)2 +( y +1)2=7
 B. (x−2)2+( y −1)2=7 D. (x−1)2+( y−1)2=7

13. The length of the major axis of the ellipse x 2+9 y 2-2x+18y+1=0 is? A) 3 B) 9 C)6 D ¿ √10
14. A parabola with focus at (-5, -1) has directrixx= 3, then the equation of the parabola is?
A. ( y +1)2=16 ( x−1 ) B. ( x−1)2=−16( y+ 1)
C. ( y +1)2=−16( x +1)D. ( y−1)2=−16 (x+ 1)
sin ⁡(3 x) 1
15. lim is equal to A. -3 B -1 C. D. 3
x →0 x 2−x 3

16. What is the lim

√1+ x− √1−x ? A. 5 B. 1 C. -1 D. 0
X→ 0 x 3
17. For what value of the constant c is the function f continuous on (−∞ , ∞ ),

{
2
where f ( x ) = cx + 2 x , x <2 A. 0 B. 1 C. 4 D. 2
2 x +4 , x ≥2
√
18. Given a function f(x)= 2−√ ( 5−x2 ) . On which interval is f continuous?
A. [-√ 5 , -1]∪¿] B. (-∞ ,-1]∪[1, ∞ ) C. [-√ 5 , , √ 5] D. [-1, 1]
19. What is the negation of the compound proportion of ¿ )[ ⇁ q ( x ) ⟹⇁ P ( x ) ] ?
A) ( ∃ x ) [ p (x) ∧⇁ q ( x ) ] C)( ∃ x ) [ p (x) ⟹ q ( x )]
B) ( ∃ x ) [q(x )⟹ p ( x )] D)¿ )[ ⇁ p ( x ) ⟹ q ( x ) ]?
20. Let p, q and r be prepositions such that p is false and q is true, then which of the following has a true truth
value? A. r˄q B. r q C. p  r D. none
21. In the argument ¬ R, P❑Q , ¿ are premises which one is valid?
A. P S B. ¬ S C. p❑ R D. ¬ P
1
22. Which one of the following is the equation of the line tangent to the graph of f ( x )= +cos x
x +1
at (0, f(0))? A. x + y = 1 B. x + 4y =2 C. x + y = 2 D. x – y = -2
23. let f(x)=x|x| ,then which one of the following is not true? A) f ' (x)=2|x| B) f ' ' (0) = 0
C) f is differentiable on(−∞ , ∞ ) D) f is differentiable at x=0
x '
24. Let f(x) =e sin x.Then what is f (0)? A. e B. 0 C. 1 D. 2
x −3 √ 2 −3 −√ 2
25. Let f ( x )= 2 then what is f '' ( 1 )? A. B. C. D. -√ 2
√ x +1 8 √2 8
26. .Let f(x)=e 3 x−1 and g(x)=tanx. If F(x)=x f(x) +f(g(x)) then ; F '(0) equal to?
A) 3e−1 B)e−1 C)4 D) 4 e−1
27. If f ( x )=ln ⁡( √ x 2−5), which one of the following is equal to f ' (x )?
x −x 2x −x
A. B. C. D.
2
x −5 √ x −5
2
√ x −5
2 2
x −5
28. There are three children in a room, ages four, five a and six. If a five years old child enters the room. Then
which one of the following is true?
A) Mean age will stay the same but the standard deviation will increase.
B) Mean age will stay the same but the standard deviation will decrease.
C) mean age and the standard deviation will increase.
D) Mean age and the standard deviation stay the same
29. If the standard deviation of x1, x2, …, xn is 3 then the standard deviation of 2x1+ 3, 2x2 + 3 …,2xn + 3 is
equal to? A. 3 B. 6 C. 4 D. 8
30. If the expansion of (3 x+ 2 y )5. What is the coefficient of the term x 2 y 3 ? A. 540 B. 970 C. 720 D. none
1 1
31. For two independent events A and B with p ( A )= ∧ p ( AnB )= then p ( B ) is ?
4 6
5 7 2 1
A. B. C. D.
12 12 3 3

32. How many possible 3 member committees can be selected from an organization that contains 10 members?
A) 120 B) 360 C) 240 D) 720
33. A box contains 10 white and 6 red balls, if two balls are drawn one after the other without replacement.
what is the probability of that first ball is white and the second ball is red?
15 1 25 1
A) B) C) D)
64 4 128 8
34. Which one of the following is the set of critical numbers of f(x) =|x 2−9| ?
A) { 3 } B) {−3 } C) {−3,0,3 } D) { 0 }
4
35. In which one of the following intervals does f ( x )=x + 4 x increase?
A. A. ¿ B. ¿ C. [ −1 , ∞ ¿ D. (−∞ , ∞ )
30,000
36. The total cost for ordering and storing x units given by C(x)=3x + birr . How many units must be
x
ordered to produce a minimum cost? A) 100 B) 200 C) 300 D) 1000
37. . let x 2 y + xy =6 , then what is the rate of change of x with respect to y?
−2 xy − y 2 xy + y −x 2−x x2 + x
A. B. C. D.
x2 + x x2+ x 2 xy + y 2 xy + y
3
cm
38. Air is being pumped in to a spherical balloon so that its volume increases at rate of 50 . how fast is the
sec
radius of the balloon increasing when the diameter is 5cm.
5 cm 1 cm 2 cm 1 cm
A B) C) D)
π sec 2 π sec π sec 50 π sec

39. Suppose A= ( ) 1 2
2 3
.if X is a 2x2 matrix such that AX- AT =2A ,then what is the value of X?

A) (
1 3)
B) (
0 3) (36 69) (33 33)
3 1 3 0
C) D)

[ ]
x 0
40. If A= 1 for x≠ 0 for what non-zero value of x is the det(3A) =x2
1
x
A. 9 B. 81 C. -9 D. 0
41. Suppose that A and B are3x3 matrices, I is identity matrix of order3 such that AB=2I.
4 1
If det B=6.What is det( AT ) ? A) B) C) 12 D) 48
3 3
42. Find a quadratic function y=ax 2+ bx+ c contains the point (1, 3) , (2, 3) and (0, 1)
A. x 2+ 6 x+ 4 =0 B. −x 2+ 3 x +1=0 C. x 2+ 3 x +1=0 D. x 2−3 x+ 1=0
1 3 3
e −1 e +1
43. The value of ∫ ( x+ 1) e
2
(x + 2 x) 4
dx is? A. e −e B. C. D. e 3 +2
0 2 2
 1 2x
44. ∫ e cos x dx is equal to?
2x
A. e ( cos x+ sin x ) +c B. e 2 x ( 2cos x +sin x ) +c
5
1
C.e 2 x ( cos x+ sin x ) +c D. ( 2 cos x+sin x ) +c
5
x2 −x+2
45. . An anti –derivative of f(x) = is?
x 2−1
A. ln |x−1|−ln |x +1| +c B. x +ln |x−1|−2 ln∨x +1 +c
1
C. x+ ln
2 | |
x+1
x −1
+c D.ln |x +1|−ln |x−1| +c
π
3 1 2√ 3
46. Which one of the following is equal to ∫ tanx dx ? A. B. -1 C. −1 D. 1
2 3
0 cosx

47. If f(0)=-1 , f(1)=2 and f ' (x) is continuous on[ 0 , 1 ] then∫ f (x)√ 2+f ( x) dxis equal to?
'

1
14 14 16 16
A) B) - C) D) -
3 3 3 3

48. Which one is the volume of the solid obtained by rotating the region bounded by y = x2and x-axis between
at x =1 andx = 4 about the x-axis?
126 1023 1046 1025
A . π B. . π C. . π D. . π
5 5 5 5
3−2 i
49. The simplify form of +1−2 i̇ A. 1−3 i B. 2−i C. 1+i D. 2−3 i
2+3 i
50. . If Z= (1+i) 10, then which of the following is equal to Z? A) 1+32i B) 32i C) 10i D) 1+10i

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51. If A = (1, 2) and B = (3, 5) be two points, then the unite vector along ⃗
BA is?
−3 −2 −2 −3 −2 3 2 −3
A. ( , ) B. . ( , ) C. .( , ) D. ( , )
√ 13 √ 13 √ 13 √ 13 √13 √ 13 √13 √ 13
⃗
52. If ⃗a =2i−3 j , b=3 i− j∧⃗c =i− j ,then which of the following is equals ¿ ⃗a ∙ ¿ )?
A) -10 B) 13 C) 7 D)10
53. Let (x, y) = (2, 5) + t(1, -2) is vector equation of L. What is the standard equation of L?
A. y + 2x = 9 B. 3y – 4x = 3 C. y = 3x – 5 D. -2y + x = 3
54. What is the image of the line given by ( x , y ) =( 2,1 )+t(3,4) under a translation that takes (1,0) to
4 2 3 2 −4 2 4 3
(0, 1)?A. y= x + B. y= x− C. y= x− D. y= x +
3 3 4 3 3 3 3 2
55. If one of the end point of the line segment is (3, 2,-4) and the mid-point is (4, 1,-2). Then the coordinate of
the other end point is ----. A) (5,0,0) B) (2,0,5) C) (5,1,2) D) (3,1,0)
56. A sphere with center (0,1,1) intersects the z - axis at point p (0,0,3) then the radius of the sphere is?
A. 5 B.3 C. √ 3 D. √ 5
57. Let a⃗ = −i⃗ +3 ⃗k and b=−
⃗ ¿ ¿ -b⃗ )?
i⃗ + ⃗j be vector in space which one is the cosine of the angle between a⃗ and ⃗
9 9 9 9
A. B. C. D.-
10 √10 √10 10
5 π 120 169 10 120
58. If sinθ = , for <θ< π , then sin2θ is equal to? A) B) C) D) -
13 2 169 120 3 169
 59. The exact value of cos (sin
−1
( 35 )+ cos −1
(
−4
5
)) is? A.
1
2
B.
−1
2
C. -1 D. 1

60. Which one of the following is false about a function f ( x )=−3sin ( 12 x) .

A. Period = 4 π C. decrease in {-2 π , 0}
B. Amplitude = 3 D. Increase in { π , 3 π }

61. What is the amplitude and period, respectively, of the graph f(x) = 4sin ( 3x ) cos( 3x )?
π 2π
A) 4, B) 2, 3 π C) 2, D) 4,3 π
3 3

62. If the universal set is the set of real number which one has a true truth value?
A. ( ∃ x ) ( x2 =−2 ) B. ( ∃ x ) ( ∃ y ) ( x 2− y 2=−2 ) C. ( ∀ x ) ( x 2−2 ≥−1 ) D. ( ∀ x ) ( x 2 ≥ 1 )
63. Which of the following is not a tautology?
A. p(q p) B. (pq)  (p q) C. (p  q)  (p q) D. p  (p  q)
64. Which one of the following is valid assertion that can be proved by the principle of mathematical
indication?
A. The sum of any two positive real numbers is positive
B. r2≥ 1for every real number r≥ 1
C .n2≥ 4 n for every integer n≥ 4
D. 2n≤ 4 n for every integer n ≤ 100

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52. let R={(x, y): 2x+3y≤ 24, x-y≤ 7, y≤ 6 , x≥ 0, y≥ 0} which one of the following points is in R?
A. (-2, 2) B. (2, 2) C. (2, -2) D. (8, -1)
53. what is the maximum value of z = 3x+2y,
Subject to: x +2y ≤ 4
x-y≤ 1
x≥ 0
y≥ 0
A. 6 B.10 C.8 D. 12

54. Which one of the following is different from the rest?

A. Histogram B. Bar chart C. Frequency polygon D. Frequency curve
55. consider the following data on the mean and standard derivation of the gross in comes of two schools A and B
School Mean income(in birr) Standard deviation
A 5000 100
B 5000 150
Which of the measured values (school A or school B) has the higher variability?
A. School A have greater variability
B. School B have greater variability
C. School A and school B have the same variability
D. The coefficient of variation of school A greater than the coefficient of variation of school B.

56. Which one of the following is not an absolute measure of variation?

A. Mean deviation B. Range C. standard deviation D. Coefficient of quartile deviation

57. if the mean, median and mode of the data are 2, 3 and 4 respectively then which of the following is true about
the distribution.
A. the distribution is positively skewed
B. the distribution is negatively skewed
C. the distribution is symmetrical
D. the coefficient of variation is 30, if standard deviation of the data is 0.5

58. If 25% of a number is 70. What is the number? A) 180 B) 600 C) 280 D) 495

59. Calculate the regular price of a television set, assuming that a 20% discount would have been worth birr400?
A. 1000 B. 2000 C. 3000 D. 4000
60. If Alemitu bought a shoe for Birr 400 and wants to sell it at 20% mark-up retail. What is the selling price of the
shoe? A. 480 B. 420 C. 500 D. 440

61. Allocate Birr 1500 in the ratio 2:3:7 respectively.

A. 250,370 &375 B. 250, 375 & 875 C. 255, 875 & 370 D.250, 385 &375

62. The fixed rate of annual depreciation changes of the car is 8%. If the original cost of the car 15,000 birr. Find
the depreciated value of the car at the end of 10 years?( (0.92)10 =0.43439).
A. 6515.85 birr B. 6015.83 C. 55515.83 D. 150,000.83
63. The population snow town was 4500 in 1990. In 1994, it had decrease to 3600. Find the percent decrease in
population during those four years? A. 80% B. 90% C.16.2% D. 20%
64. A mobile phone is bought for birr 1,400 and solid for birr 1,900. What is the percentage profit?
A) 36.7% B) 36.8% C) 45.5 % D) 35.7%
65. W/o Belainesh bought a house from Ayat real estate by paying 30% of purchase, which is Birr 450,000 Then
which of the following is correct?
A. down payment is 585,000 C. it’s closing cost is 3375
B. Mortage is315,000 D. loan origination fee is 135,000