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“A dream becomes a goal when action is taken toward its achievement

 MESL-05 ELEMENTS

INSTRUCTION: PLACE YOUR ANSWER IN "COLUMN C", USE ONLY A, B, C and D.

QUESTION / SELECTION
What is the term that describes a possible outcome of an experiment called?
A. a sample space
B. a random point
C. an event
D. a finite set
In probability theory, what is the set of all possible outcomes of an experiment called?
A. a set of random events
B. a cumulative distribution
C. a fuzzy set
D. a sample space
How can the values of a random variable defined over a sample space be described?
A. always continuous on
B. strictly nonzero
C. always numerical
D. defined only over a finite horizon
If two random variables are independently distributed, what is their relationship?
A. They are not identically distributed
B. They are mutually exclusive
C. They are uncorrelated
D. (A) or (B)
Which of the following properties of probability is not valid?
A. The probability of an event is always positive and less than or equal to one.
B. If E0 is an event which cannot occur in the sample space, the probability of E0 is zero.
C. If events E1 and E2 are mutually exclusive, then the probability of both events occurring is zero.
D. If events E1 and E2 are events from the same sample space, then P(E1 + E2) = P(E1) + P(E2) – P(E1E2).
If n is the number of trials and m is the number of successes. what is the frequency-based interpretation of the probability of e
A. 𝑃(𝐸) = lim 𝑛→∞
B. 𝑃(𝐸) = lim 𝑛→∞
C. 𝑃(𝐸) = lim 𝑛→∞
D. 𝑃(𝐸) = lim 𝑛→∞
If the discrete random variable X has a geometric distribution parameter P and smallest mass point O, what is the expected va
A. P
B. P-1
C. P1-P
D. 1-P / P
If the variable X has a Poisson distribution with parameter λ, what is the expected value of X?
A. λ2
B. λ(1 – λ)
C. λ-1
D. λ
It is the characteristic of a population which is measurable.
A. Sample
B. Frequency
C. Parameter
D. Distribution
The standard deviation is the ____ of the variance.
A. square
B. square root
C. reciprocal
D. cube
The number 1 followed by 100 zeros or 10100 is called
A. myriad
B. petallion
C. googol
D. centennial numbers
Measurements of the water content of soil from a borrow site arc normally distributed with a mean of 14.2% and a standard d
A. 0.13
B. 0.25
C. 0.37
D. 0.42
The ____ is stated in the magnitude of the absolute or relative error of the approximated value.
A. precision
B. accuracy
C. mistake
D. error
There are 3 bins containing integrated circuits. One bin has 2 premium IC’s, one has 2 regular IC’s and one has 1 premium IC a
A. 1/5
B. ¼
C. 2/3
D. 1/2
A triangle inscribed in a given triangle whose vertices are the feet of the three perpendiculars to the sides from same point ins
A. Inscribed triangle
B. Primitive triangle
C. Pedal triangle
D. Obtuse triangle
A right triangle whose length of sides may be expressed as a ratio of integral units.
A. Pedal triangle
B. Isosceles triangle
C. Scalene triangle
D. Primitive angle
The triangle with minimum perimeter but maximum area inscribed in another triangle is known as
A. Pedal triangle
B. Euclid’s triangle
C. Primitive triangle
D. None of the above
Given the sides of a triangle as 3 m and 5 m. The third side is
A. between 3 m and 8 m
B. from 3 m to 7 m
C. greater than 8 m
D. from 2 m to 8 m
The angle which the line of sight to the object makes with the horizontal is above the eye of an observer.
A. Angle of depression
B. Angle of elevation
C. Acute angle
D. Bearing
The intersection of the medians of the triangle is called:
A. midpoint
B. centerpoint
C. incenter
D. orthocenter
The angle which the line of sight to the object makes with the horizontal is below the eye of an observer.
A. Angle of depression
B. Angle of elevation
C. Acute angle
D. Bearing
The line in which the midpoint, orthocenter, circumcenter and the ninepoint center lie.
A. bisector
B. perpendicular bisector
C. Euler’s line
D. median
What is the intersection of the angle bisectors of a triangle?
A. incenter
B. Circumcenter
c. orthocenter
D. midpoint
A triangle with no side equal is known as
A. acute triangle
B. oblique triangle
C. equilateral triangle
D. scalene triangle
If two triangles have congruent bases, then the ratio of their areas equals the ratio of
A. their perimeter
B. their sides
C. the lengths of their altitudes
D. none of the above
Which of the following cannot be an oblique angle?
A. acute
B. obtuse
C. reflex
D. right
In an isosceles right triangle, the hypotenuse is ___ times as long as each of the legs.
A. √2
B. √3
C. 2
D. 3
Which of the following is not a secondary part of a triangle?
A. Altitudes
B. Medians
C. Exterior angles
D. Sides
Which is true regarding the signs of the natural functions for angles between 90° and 180°.
A. The tangent is positive
B. The cotangent is positive
C. The cosine is negative
D. The sine is negative
Which of the following is not a property of a triangle?
A. The sum of the three angles is always equal to two right angles
B. The sum of two sides is less than the third side.
C. If the two sides are equal, the angles opposite are unequal.
D. The altitudes of the triangle meet in a point
It refers to the angle between any two radii.
A. central angle
B. polar angle
C. Azimuth
D. normal
The angle or inclination of ascend of a road having 8.25% grade is ___ degrees?
A. 1.72
B. 4.27
C. 5.12
D. 4.72
It refers to a geometric figure which is drawn around and enclosing another geometrical figure.
A. circumscribed
B. inscribed
C. escribed
D. secant
It refers to a continuous curve whose endpoints coincide.
A. Circle
B. Continuous curve
C. Convergence
D. Closed curve
It refers to a single line which forms a tangent to two or more separate curves.
A. common secant
B. common tangent
C. chord
D. axis
Any line segment joining a vertex of a triangle to a point on the opposite side.
A. median
B. secant line
C. cevian
D. Euclidian line
Each interior angle of an equilateral triangle is equal to
A. 30°
B. 60°
C. 90°
D. 45°
The series expansion for cos x contains which powers of x?
A. 0, 2, 4, 6, 8, …
B. 1, 3, 5, 9, …
C. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, …
D. ½, 3/2, 5/2, 7/2, …
In the curve 𝑦 = tan3𝑥, what is its period?
A. 3π
B. π/3
C. 2π/3
D. π
The trigonometric function equal to one minus the cosine function
A. versed sine
B. co-versed sine
C. arcsine
D. arccosine
Any line segment joining a vertex of a triangle to appoint on the opposite side.
A. median
B. secant line
C. cevian
D. Euclidian line
The perpendicular bisector of a line segment.
A. median
B. secant line
C. cevian
D. Euclidian line
What is the distance between two points of a sphere is the smaller arc of the great circle between them?
A. spherical arc
B. spherical polygon
C. spherical distance
D. spherical angle
The ___ of a polygon of n sides is the excess of the sum of the polygon over (n-2) 180
A. spherical distance
B. remainder
C. spherical excess
D. spherical polygon
If two dihedral angles have a common edge and a common face between them, they are:
A. common dihedral angles
B. adjacent dihedral angles
C. coplanar dihedral angles
D. polyhedral angles
A polyhedron is said to be ____, if every section of the polyhedron is a convex polygon.
A. common dihedral angles
B. adjacent dihedral angles
C. coplanar dihedral angles
D. polyhedral angles
Polyhedrons are classified according to their
A. bases
B. sides
C. faces
D. vertices
The ____ of a circle of a sphere is the spherical distance to any point of it from its nearer pole.
A. polar distance
B. poles
C. oblique
D. chordal distance
The volume of a right circular cone is equal to one - third the product of its base by its altitude
A. axiom
B. postulate
C. theorem
D. corollary
If two points of a straight line lie in a plane, every point of the line lies on the plane.
A. axiom
B. postulate
C. theorem
D. corollary
The portion of a sphere lying between two semi – circles of great circles.
A. zone
B. lune
C. sector
D. segment
The portion of a sphere included between two parallel planes.
A. spherical wedge
B. spherical pyramid
C. spherical segment
D. spherical sector
The portion of a sphere generated by the revolution of a circular sector about any diameter of the circle of which the sector is
A. spherical wedge
B. spherical pyramid
C. spherical segment
D. spherical sector
The intersection of a sphere and a plane passing through the center.
A. great circle
B. small circle
C. poles of a circle
D. half circle
The portion of a sphere bounded by a spherical polygon and the planes of its sides.
A. spherical wedge
B. spherical pyramid
C. spherical segment
D. spherical sector
The equation 𝑦 = 𝑎1 + 𝑎2𝑥 is an algebraic expression for which of the following choices?
A. a cosine expansion
B. projectile motion
C. potential energy
D. a straight line
The intercept form of the algebraic straight-line equation is:
A. 𝑥 𝑎 =1
B. 𝑦 = 𝑚𝑥+𝑏
C. 𝐴𝑥 + 𝐵𝑦 +𝐶 = 0
D. 𝑎 𝑥 +𝑏 𝑦 =1
A vertical line passing through the origin has an equation
A. x = 0
B. y = 0
C. x = x1
D. y = y1
If an equation is unchanged by the substitution of -y for y, its curve is symmetric with respect to the
A. x-axis
B. origin
C. y-axis
D. 45 deg. line
If an equation is unchanged by the substitution of -x for x, its curve is symmetric with respect to the
A. x-axis
B. origin
C. y-axis
D. 45 deg. line
If an equation is unchanged by the substitution of -x and -y for y simultaneously, its curve is symmetric with respect to the
A. x-axis
B. origin
C. y-axis
D. 45 deg. line
If the constant B in the equation of the line 𝐴𝑥 + 𝐵𝑦 + 𝐶 = 0 is zero, then the line is
A. vertical
B. 45° with the axis
C. horizontal
D. along the origin
The values of the abscissas of the points where the curve crosses the x-axis
A. asymptotes
B. y-intercepts
C. x-intercepts
D. abscissa
The x-intercepts are found by setting
A. y = x
B. x = 0
C. y = 0
D. x = ∞
If all the y-terms have even exponents the curve is symmetric with respect to the
A. x-axis
B. origin
C. y-axis
D. 45 deg. line
If all the x-terms have even exponents the curve is symmetric with respect to the
A. x-axis
B. origin
C. y-axis
D. 45 deg. line
A straight line is said to be a/an _____ of a curve if the curve approaches such a line more and more closely but never really to
A. skew
B. intersection
C. tangent
D. asymptote
If the line is parallel to and at a directed distance x1, from the y-axis, the equation is
A. x = x1
B. y = y1
C. y = x1
D. x = y1
If the line is parallel to and at a directed distance y1 from the x-axis, its equation is
A. x = x1
B. y = x1
C. y = y1
D. x = y1
If in two linear equations, the x-coefficient of the first is equal to the y-coefficient of the second and the y coefficient of the fir
A. parallel
B. intersecting
C. perpendicular
D. vertical
If m1 and m2 are the respective slopes of two parallel lines, then
A. 𝑚1 −𝑚2 =0
B. 𝑚1𝑚2 = 1
C. 𝑚1 + 𝑚2 = 0
D. 𝑚1𝑚2 = −1
The rectangular coordinate system used to represent a complex number.
A. Complex plane
B. Cartesian plane
C. Argand diagram
D. Venn-Euler diagram
A line with equation 𝑥 = 𝑥1 has a slope of
A. zero
B. infinity
C. one
D. 90°
The _____ of the points is the perpendicular bisector of the line joining them.
A. altitude
B. divider
C. axis or line of symmetry
D. median
Which of the following best describes the given lines 4 𝑥 − 𝑦+3=0 and 8 𝑥−2 𝑦+6=0?
A. Coincident lines
B. Parallel lines
C. Perpendicular lines
D. Intersecting lines
The median of a triangle is the line connecting the vertex and the midpoint of the opposite side. For a given triangle, these me
A. orthocenter
B. circumcenter
C. centroid
D. incenter
The altitudes of the sides of the triangle intersects at the point known as:
A. orthocenter
B. circumcenter
C. incenter
D. centroid
The point of concurrency of the altitude of the triangle
A. orthocenter
B. centroid
C. metacenter
D. incenter
The point of concurrency of the perpendicular bisector of the sides of the triangle
A. orthocenter
B. circumcenter
C. centroid
D. incenter
The point of concurrency of the angle bisector of the triangle is called
A. orthocenter
B. circumcenter
C. centroid
D. incenter
In general quadratic equation, if the discriminant is zero, the curve is a figure that represent a/an
A. Parabola
B. Circle
C. Ellipse
D. Hyperbola
In polar coordinate system, the length of the ray segment from a fixed origin is known as _______.
A. Amplitude
B. Radius vector
C. Hypotenuse
D. Minimum point
If eccentricity is less than one, then the curve is
A. Parabola
B. Ellipse
C. Hyperbola
D. Circle
Of what quadrant is A, if sec A is positive and csc A is negative?
A. IV
B. I
C. III
D. II
What type of conic has equation of Ax² + Cy² + Dx + Ey + F = 0?
A. Circle
B. Parabola
C. Ellipse
D. Hyperbola
Equations relating x and y that cannot readily be solved explicitly for y as a function of x or for x as a function of x or vice versa
A. Logarithmic function
B. Implicit function
C. Explicit function
D. Continuous function
The graph of r = a + b cos Ø is a
A. Lemniscate
B. Lituus
C. Limacon
D. Cardiod
In an ellipse, a chord which contains a focus and is in line perpendicular to the major axis is called
A. focal width
B. conjugate axis
C. focal chord
D. latus rectum
If all the y-terms have even exponents, the curve is symmetric with respect to the ___
A. x-axis
B. origin
C. y-axis
D. line 45° with the-axis
If can be defined as the set of all points in the plane the sum of whose distances from two fixed points is a constant.
A. Circle
B. Hyperbola
C. Parabola
D. Ellipse
If the equation is unchanged by the substitution of –x for x, its curve is symmetric with respect to the
A. x-axis
B. y-axis
C. origin
D. line 45° with the axes
What type of curve is generated by a point which moves in uniform circular motion about an axis, while travelling with a const
A. Spiral of Archimedes
B Epicycloid
C. Cycloid
D. Helix
It represents the distance of a point from y-axis
A. Ordinate
B. Abscissa
C. Coordinates
D. Polar distance
A line passing through the focus and perpendicular to the directrix of a parabola
A. axis of parabola tum
B. tangent line
C. secant line
D. latus rec
Locus of points on a side which rolls along a fixed line
A. cardiod
B. epicycloid
C. cycloid
D. hypocycloid
If the product of the slopes of any two straight lines is negative 1, one of these is said to be ___ to the other
A. parallel ar
B. skew
C. non-intersecting
D. perpendicul
What is the curve represented by the equation r = aθ?
A. Spiral of Archimedes
B. Rosette
C. Cardiod
D. Lemniscate
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 consta
A. Ellipse
B. Circle
C. Parabola
D. Hyperbola
The tangent function is negative in what quadrants?
A. I and III
B. IV
C. II and IV
D. III
Also known as the x-coordinate
A. Abscissa
B. Ordinate
C. Polar ordinate
D. Radius vector

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