Answer key:

1. B

2. A

3. A

4. D

5. A

6. A

7. A

8. A

9. B

10. B

11. C

12. C

13. D

14. B

15. A

16. B

17. B

18. C

19. D

20. D.
Crisologo B. Fernandez BSE 4 MATH 2
Chot B. Gurdiel Competency Appraisal

1. In which number system, there is no symbol for zero?

a. Hindu Arabic system
b. Roman
c. Egyptian
d. Mesopotamia

2. The cube root of 27 connected with units of angle measurement will produce __________
musical act?
a. The Three Degrees
b. The Square
c. The Rule of Three
d. Quadrilateral

3. A number only divisible by itself and one has inspired Joe Mac Anthony to title one of his
works. What was the title of his work?
a. Prime Target
b. The Perfect Ten
c. The Amicable
d. The Pythagoras

4. Which of these could be either a circumference divided by π or a song written and

recorded by David Bouie?
a. The Tangents
b. John of Arc
c. In search of last chord
d. The width of a circle

5. This number’s irrationality property was first discovered by Pythagoras. What is its value?
a. 2
b. 3
c. 5
d. 7

6. A method of checking arithmetical calculation such as (+, –, ×, ÷) etc. is popularly known

as:
a. Casting out Nines
b. ARLC Test
c. QED
d. Hospital Rule

7. Any two consecutive primes which differ by 2 are known as

a. Twin Primes
b. Mersenne Prime
c. Goldbach Cayocture
d. Co-prime
8. The golden ratio is equivalent to 1.618… is denoted by a symbol Φ. What is the origin of
this symbol?
a. Greek
b. Egypt
c. India
d. Arab

9. A system of notation that uses the base 3 instead of base 10 is called:

a. Binary system
b. Ternery system
c. Hex system
d. Octagonal system

10. A system of notation that uses the base 2 instead of base 10 is called:
a. Binary system
b. Ternary system
c. Hex system
d. Hexagonal system

11. What set of positive integers satisfies the equation, a squared + b squared = c squared?
a. trigonometric identities
b. Cartesian coordinates
c. Pythagorean triples
d. Fibonacci sequences

12. Who deduced the heights of the pyramids from the lengths of their shadows and
measured the distance to a ship from shore by the method of similar triangles?
a. Plato
b. Galen
c. Thales
d. Pericles

13. Who collaborated with Alfred North Whitehead in writing "Principia Mathematica" and
later won the 1950 Nobel prize for literature?
a. M.C. Escher
b. Jean Wourier
c. Norbert Weiner
d. Bertrand Russell

14. Who was a mathematician and writer?

a. Pat Carroll
b. Lewis Carroll
c. Leo G. Carroll
d. Diahann Carroll
15. What concept was developed by ancient Hindu mathematicians?
a. zero
b. conic section
c. decimal point
d. 360-degree circle

16. Who invented the syllogism as the keystone of his system of deductive logic?
a. Ptolemy
b. Aristotle
c. George Boole
d. Sir Francis Bacon

17. The means of graphically representing functions of variables occurred with the
introduction of coordinates by what mathematician?
a. Isaac Newton
b. Rene Descartes
c. Norbert Wiener
d. Leonhard Euler

18. The Sieve of Eratosthenes is used to find ...

a. vectors
b. cube roots
c. prime numbers
d. irrational numbers

19. During what century did Newton and Leibnitz develop calculus and Descartes invent
analytic geometry?
a. 16th
b. 12th
c. 19th
d. 17th

20. Which is not one of the five Platonic solids?

a. hexahedron
b. octahedron
c. tetrahedron
d. pentahedron