Lagao National High School

Second Periodic Exam in Math 4

Name: _________________________ Score :____________________
Yr & Sec: ______ Date: ___________ Teacher:___________________

I. DIRECTIONS: Write the letter of the correct answer on the space provided before each
number. If there is no correct answer among the given choices, write the correct answer.

_____ 1. If P(x) = 2x4 + 3x2 – 6x2 - 5x + 6 is divided by D(x) = 2x +3 using synthetic division,
the result is shown below. What is the quotient Q(x)?

3 2 3 -6 -5 6
2
-3 0 9 -6

2 0 -6 4 0

a.2x3 – 6x +4 b. 2x2 - 6x + 4 c. 2x3 – 6x + 4 d. 2x3 – 6x - 4

 3
_____2. Using P(x) = 2x4 + 3x3 – 6x2 – 5x + 6, what is P  −  ?
 2
a. 1 b. -1 c. 2 d. 0
_____3.The polynomial function P(x) = (x2 – 4x + 4) (x – 2) (x – 3) has 2 as zero of multiplicity
a. 2 b. 3 c. 4 d. 5
_____4..What kind of function is illustrated by the situation “A 40 mg substance of carbon has
been reduced to 5 mg after three half-life”?
a. linear b. polynomial c. quadratic d. exponential
_____5. Which of the following tables represents an exponential function?
a. b.
x -2 -1 0 1 2 x -2 -1 0 1 2
y 1 1 1 3 9
y 5 2 1 2 5
9 3
c. d.

x -2 -1 0 1 2 x -2 -1 1 2 3

y -3 -1 1 3 5 y 5 5 5 5 5

_____6. What is the range of the function?

a. y > -3 b. y< -3 c. y ≥ 3 d. y ≤ 3
_____7. Which statement is true in the equation y = 5 x , x is an integer?
a. the graph of y = 5 x is discrete. c. y can be any real number.
b. the domain is the set of positive integers. d. the graph of y = 2 x is continuous
_____.8. Which set of numbers are arranged in ascending order?
1 −1
a. 2 3
,2 2
,2 2 c. 0.05, 0.25, 2 2

0
1 1
b. −3 d. 10 log 1 ,10 0.3010 ,10 2

3, 3
3,
_____9. Which statement describes the graph of y = a x , a > 1, then
a. the curve is always rising. c. the curve is always parabolic.
b. the curve is always falling. d. the curve is S-shaped.
_____10. If 3 x = 21, then
a. x < 3 b. x > 3 c. x = 2 d. x > 4
_____11. If P100 is invested at the rate of 2% compounded monthly, at the end of the
year, it is equal to a. P100 + 0.02 × 12
.02 12
b. P100 (1.02) 12 c. (P100 + 0.02) 12 d. P100 (1 + )
12
_____12. What is the value of k that will make x+2 a factor of 3x3 + 5x2 + kx- 10?
a. -7 b. 8 c. -10 d. 20
_____13. A certain car depreciates at an annual rate of 15%. How much would be its
value at the end of 3 years if it cost P750,000 when new?
a. P 460, 593 b. P 450, 594 c. P 540, 650 d. P 640, 935
_____14. How many possible rational roots does the equation 2x3 - 3x2 + 2x - 3?
a. 6 b. 7 c. 9 d. 8
1
_____15. If x = 3 3 , then a. x > . b. x > 3 2 . c. x > 3 2 d. all of the above
3
_____16. . How many integral zeros do P(x) = x3 – 64 have?
a. 3 b. 2 c. 1 d. none
_____17. Which of the following sets are the zeros of P(x) = x4 – 5x2 + 4?
a. 3,-3, 5, 1 b. 4, -4, 1, 1 c. 2, -2, 1, -1 d. 1, 2, 4
_____18. Which of the functions below is its own inverse?
1
a. {(x, y) │y = , x ∈ R c. {(x, y) │y = 1 + x, x ∈ R}
x
b. {(x, y) │y = │x│, x ∈ R d. {(x, y) │y = x 2 x ∈ R)
_____19. What is the inverse of y = 10x?
a. The function defined by y = antilog10x c. The function defined by y = x10
b. The function defined by y = log10x d. The function defined by y = 10-x
_____20. If log2 = a, log 3 =b, then which of the following is not correct?
a. log 5 = a + b c. log 54 = a + 3b
1
b. .log 16 = 4a d. log 6 = (a + b)
2
_____21. Which of the following cannot be equal to 3?
−1
1 1 1 9 2
a. ( ) 2 b. 27 3 c. 81 4 d. ( )
9 3
_____22. A certain culture of bacteria doubles every 3 hours. If initially there were
1000 bacteria culture at 9:00 A.M. How many of this culture will be raised at
3:00 P.M
a. 9000 b. 27000 c. 18000 d. 90000
_____23. Which of the following theorems say that “If P(x) = 0 at r, then x – r is a factor of P(x)”?
(a. Remainder b. Factor c. Integral Zero d. Gauss ) Theorem
_____24. If 4√2 is one of the zeros of P (x) = x3 - 4 √2 x2 – 2x + 8 √2. What are the
other zeros of P (x)?
a. √3, √-6 b. √5, √7 c. √2, - √2 d. √3, √-3
7 4 3 2
_____25. Find the value of k in P (x) = 3x – 155x – 97x + kx – 300 if the remainder
is 52 when divided by x – 4?.
a. -160 b. – 182 c. 182 d. -196
_____26. The polynomial f(x) = x4 – x3 + 2x – 2 has x – 1 as a factor. What is f (1)?

a.-2 b. 2 c. 1 d. 0
_____27. Find the polynomial function with the integral coefficients that has -1, 0, 1, 2
as roots a. x4 - 2x3 - x2 + 2x b. 2x3 - 5x2 + 8 c. 10x4 - 2x3 d. x4 - x3 - x2 + x
2
_____28 What kind of zeros will f(x) = x + 5x + 2 have?
a. integral b. rational c. irrational d. imaginary numbers
_____29. Which of the following graphs pass through (1, 0)?

a. The graph of y = log2x c. The graph of y = log10x.

b. The graph of y = log 1
x *d. All of the above
2
_____30. What is f ( 27 ) in f (x) = 3x – 81x2 + x - 27?
3

a. 0 b. 1 c. 2 d. 3
_____31. If log2 = a, log 3 =b, then which of the following is not correct?

a. log 5 = a + b c. log 54 = a + 3b
1
b. .log 16 = 4a d. log 6 = (a + b)
2
27 1 1
_____32. Log3 9 is equal to a.- 2 b. 2 log3 27-2
c. log3 3 3 - log3 9 d. all of the above
_____33.. Which of the following has the same graph as y = log 1 x?
2

2 1
a. y = log2 x b. y = log2x c. a. y = log2 x d. y = log 2 2x
_____34 .Log2 2 + log3 3 is equal to a. 2 b. log 6 c. log5 6 d. log5 5

_____35. If the half-life of a radioactive substance is 1 year, how many years will it be a quarter
1
of its mass now? (a. 2 years b. 3 years c.4 years d. year) from now
4
II. Solve the following with complete solutions: Prepared by:
A Evaluate: B. Solve for X: Zaida N. Abiera
1. log 4 64 –log2 8 + log 2 4 1. 3x = 27 2-3x Gina B. Acuesta
2.log 6 36 _ Log 10 0.01 2. 72x = 49
1. Which of the following is a polynomial?
1
a. 4x5 – 3x4 + 2x3 - x2 + x + 2x 5 + 6
b. 6x3 + 2x2 + 5 + 3x2
2 7
*c. x – x2 + 8
3
d. 10x2 + 3x - 4 x -7

2. In the polynomial 6x3 + 7x4 + 10 + 4x2 – 3x, what is the leading coefficient?
a. 6 *b. 7 c. 4 d. -3

3. What is the degree of the polynomial 3x5 + x + x3 + 7x6 – 4?

a. 0 b. 5 *c. 6 d. 7
4. What figure describe the graph of f(x) = -3x + 5?
 a. a straight line that rise to the right
*b. a straight line that falls to the right
c. a parabola that opens upward
d. a parabola that opens downward

5. What figure describes the graph of f(x) = -3x2 + 5?

a. a straight line that rise to the right
b. a straight line that falls to the right
c. a parabola that opens upward
*d. a parabola that opens downward

6. What kind of zeros of f(x) = x2 + 3x + 2?

a. 2 and 1 *b. -2 and -1 c. 2 and -1 d. -2 and 1

7. real

8. What is the value of the polynomial f(x) = x4 + 3x3 + x2 – 1 for x = -2?

a. -45 b. 43 c. 5 *d. -5

9. What does the notational P (-1) mean given P(x) = x3 – 8?

*a. the value of P(x) for x = -1
b. the zero of P(x)
c. the remainder when P(x) is divided by x – 1
d. the turning point for the graph of P(x)

10. What is the quotient when x3 + 5x2 – x – 5 is divided by x + 5?

a. x – 1 b. x + 1 *c. x2 – 1 d. x2 + 1

11. What is the remainder when P(x) = x3 – x2 – 5x -5 is divided by x – 3?

a. 0 b. 2 *c. -2 d. 26

12. To find the value of the polynomial P(x) = x3 + 4x2 + x + 4 for x = -4, for the following
computation shown below is done.
4 1 4 1 4
-4 0 4

1 0 1 -4

What is the value of the polynomial?

a. 4 b. -4 c. 1 *d. 0
13. In the computation shown above for number 12, what does the third row 0 1
0 stand for?
a. x3 + 1 *b. x2 + 1 c. the remainder d. the divisor

15. Which binomial is a factor of x3 + 5x2 + 2x + 10?

a. x + 2 b. x – 2 *c. x + 5 d. x – 5

16. The polynomial f(x) = x4 – x3 + 2x – 2 has x – 1 as a factor. What is f (1)?

a.-2 b. 2 c. 1 *d. 0

17. How many integral zeros does P(x) = x4 + 1 have?

a. 4 b.2 c. 1 *d. none

18. How many integral zeros does P(x) = x3 – 8 have?

a. 3 b. 2 *c. 1 d. none
19. What are the integral zeros of P(x) = x3 – 8?

a. 2 and 2 *b. 2 only c. -2 only d. none

20. Which of the following sets are the zeros of P(x) = x4 – 5x2 + 4?
a. 3,-3, 5, 1 b. 4, -4, 1, 1 *c. 2, -2, 1, -1 d. 1, 2, 4

2. If y = 2 x , x is an integer, then
*a. the graph of y = 2 x is discrete.
b. the domain is the set of positive integers.
c. y can be any real number.
d. the graph of y = 2 x is continuous.

3. If y = 3 x , then
a. the graph is entirely above c. x = log 3 y.
the x-axis.
−x1
b. y = ( ) . *d. all of the above
3

4. If y = a x , a > 1, then

*a. the curve is always rising. c. the curve is always parabolic.

b. the curve is always falling. d. the curve is S-shaped.

5. For which function is the graph rising?

x1 1
−x
a. y = ( ) *c. y = ( )
3 3
b. y = 10 −x d. y = (0.05) x

6. Which set of numbers are arranged in ascending order?

1 −1
a. 2 3
,2 2
,2 2 c. 0.05, 0.25, 2 2

0
1 1
b. −3 *d. 10 log 1 ,10 0.3010 ,10 2

3, 3
3,
7. What is the next term in this sequence?
1, 3, 7, 15, 31, 63 …
a. 128 *c. 127
b. 64 d. none of the above
8. If x = 3 3 , then
1
a. x > . c. x > 3 2
3
b. x > 3 2 . *d. all of the above.

9. Which of the following cannot be equal to 3?

−1
1 1
a. ( ) 2 c. 81 4
9
1 9 2
b. 27 3 *d. ( )
3
10. If 3 x = 21, then
*a. x < 3 c. x = 2
b. x > 3 d. x > 4

11. If P100 is invested at the rate of 2% compounded monthly, at the end of the year, it
is equal to
a. P100 + 0.02 × 12 c. (P100 + 0.02) 12
.02 12
*b. P100 (1.02) 12 d. P100 (1 + )
12

12. If money is invested at 10% quarterly, what is the effective interest rate at the end of
the year?
a. 10% (approx.) *c. 10.4% (approx.)
b. 12% (approx.) d. 11% (approx.)

13. If the population of a town doubles in 30 years, when will it quadruple?

 a. in 45 years c. in 90 years
*b. in 60 years d. none of the above
2 t
14. A radioactive substance decays according to the formula m = M 0 ( ) its half-life is
2
a. 4 years c. 1 year
*b. 2 years d. It has no half-life

15. For the radioactive substance in number 14, when t = 4 , what is m ?

m
a. 4 years *c. m = 0
4
2
b. m = M0 d. none of the above
2
Write the letter of the best answer. (The letter with the asterisk is the correct answer.)

1. Which of the following has an inverse variation?

a. {(1, 1), (2, 1), (3, 1)
b. {(x, y) │y = x2, y is a real number}

c. 1
x
2
1
y
2
1
z
2

*d.{(x, y) │ y =2x, x is an integer}

2. Which of the functions below it its own inverse?

1
*a. {(x, y) │y =
x
∈R
,x c. {(x, y) │y = 1 + x, x ∈ R}
b. {(x, y) │y = │x│, x ∈ R d. {(x, y) │y = x2 x ∈ R)

3. What is the inverse of y = 10x?

a. The function defined by y = antilog10x

*b. The function defined by y = log10x
c. The function defined by y = x10
d. The function defined by y = 10-x

1
4. If N = , then
2.34
a. N = -log 2.34 *c. N = 10-log 2.34
b. N = -antilog 2.34 d. log N = -1 + log 2.34

5. If log 3 = 0.4771, then which of the following is not true?

1
a. = 10-0.4771 *c. log 0.003 = -3.4771
3
b. log 300 = 2.4771 d. antilog (0.4771) =3

6. If log N = -0.4771, then

1 1
a. N = 0.4771 . b. log
= 0.4771 c. log N = (1 – 0.4771) – 1. *d. all of the above
10 N
1
7. What is the characteristic of log ?
25

a.-1 c. 1
*b.-2 d. none of the above