GENERAL MATHEMATICS

FIRST MAJOR EXAMINATION

(FIRST SEMESTER)

SY: 2017-2018

I. Read and understand each item carefully. Choose the letter of the best answer and write it on your answer sheets
1. Which of the following correspondence is a function?

i. one to one ii. one to many iii. many to one iv. No one
i only

ii only

ii and iii

i and iii
2. Which of the following is not a function?

a. The rule that assigns the name of the school to each student.

b. The rule that assigns to each person his/her surname.

c. The rule that assigns to each person his/her mobile number

d. The rule that assigns to each child his/her mother.

3. Which among the relations is not a function?

a. {(0,5) , (0,4) , (4,0) , (5,0) , (5,4)}

b. {(–2,5) , (0,5) , (2,5) , (4,5)}

c. {(–3,2) , (–2,5) , (–1,8) , (3,2)}

d. {(8,0) , (7,0) , (6,0) , (9,0)}

4. Which of the following describes a function?
5. Which of the following graphs does not belong to the group?

6. In the function f(x) =2x, what is the value of the function if x=0?
 a. 0

b. 1

c. 2

d. 4
7. Given f(x) = x98 –x50 + 1, what is f(-1)?

a. 0

b. 1

c. 48

d. 148

For numbers 8-11. If f(x) = x – 5 and g(x) = 3x + 1, what is;

8. The sum of the two functions f and g?

2x – 6

2x + 6

4x – 4

4x + 4
9. The difference of the two functions f and g?

–4x –6

4x +6

–2x –6

2x + 6
10. The product of the two functions f and g?

3x2 – 14x + 5
3x2 + 14x – 5

3x2 – 14x – 5

3x – 14x2 + 5
11. The quotient of the two functions f and g?

x – 5_

3x + 1
x+5

3x – 1
x__

5x – 1
5__

3x

12. Given g(x) = 3x and h(x) = –3x, what is ( gg ◦ h)(x)?

9x

–9x

6x

–6x

13. What is the composite function of (g ◦ g)(1)?

g(g( x ))

g(g(1 ))

g(g(–1))

g(–1(g))
14. What does the expression represent?
rational function

rational equation

rational inequality

rational expression
15. Which of the following ordered pairs is not a solution to
a. (0, 4)

b.
 c. (2, 6)

d. (1, 2)
16. What is the value of x in the equation 5 = 5 ?

a. 1 2x 2

b. 2

c. 3

d. 4

17. What is the value of x in the equation x – 4 = x?

2 3

8
18. What is the symbol for the inverse of a function?

a. f -1 (x)

b.

c. f(x) =

d. – f(x)
19. Which of the following is the test to determine if the graph is a one-to-one function?

Plumb line test

Diagonal line test

Horizontal line test

Overlapping line test

20. What is the inverse of f(x) = 4x + 1?

a. f -1 (x) = x – 1

4
b. f -1 (x) = x + 1
 4
c. f -1 (x) = __4__

x–1
d. f -1 (x) = __4__

x+1

21. What is the inverse of {(0, 2), (3, 5), (1, 6)}?
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