Relations, Functions, and Rational Functions
April 1, 2026
Instructions: Choose the best answer for each of the following questions.
1. What is the range of the relation R1 = {(1, 0), (2, 2), (3, 2), (4, 5)}?
(a) {1, 2, 3, 4} (b) {0, 2, 5} (c) {0, 2, 2, 5} (d) {1, 2, 3, 4, 5}
2. What is the inverse of the function f (x) = 3x − 2?
(a) f −1 (x) = x+2
3
(b) f −1 (x) = x−2
3
(c) f −1 (x) = 3x + 2 (d) f −1 (x) = x
3
−2
3. What is the domain of the function f (x) = 3x4/5 ?
(a) x ≥ 0 (b) x > 0 (c) All real numbers(d) x ̸= 0
4. What is the range of the function g(x) = −2x5/4 ?
(a) y ≥ 0 (b) y ≤ 0 (c) All real numbers(d) y > 0
5. Evaluate f (−5) for f (x) = 3 + 2|x|.
(a) −7 (b) 13 (c) −13 (d) 7
6. What is the domain of the signum function f (x) = 2 − 3 sgn(x)?
(a) x ≥ 0 (b) x > 0 (c) x ̸= 0 (d) All real numbers
7. Evaluate f (−2) for f (x) = |x − 3|.
(a) 1 (b) −5 (c) 5 (d) −1
8. Which of the following pairs of functions are inverses of each other?
(a) f (x) = x − 1 and g(x) = x + 1 (b) f (x) = 2x − 3 and g(x) = 3 − 2x
2x+3 x+3
(c) f (x) = x−1
and g(x) = 2x+1
(d) None of the above
9. The area A of a square is directly proportional to the square of its side length s. If
the side length is doubled, the area becomes:
(a) Twice as large (b) Half as large (c) Four times as large
(d) Unchanged
10. What is the inverse of the relation R3 = {(x, y) | y = x − 1}?
1
(a) {(x, y) | y = x +(b) {(x, y) | y = 1 −(c) {(x, y) | y = −x−(d) {(x, y) | y = x}
1} x} 1}
11. What is the range of the function h(x) = x3/5 ?
(a) y ≥ 0 (b) y ≤ 0 (c) All real numbers(d) y > 0
12. What is the inverse of the function g(x) = x3 + 5?
√ √
(a) g −1 (x) = 3 x − 5(b) g −1 (x) = 3 x + 5(c) g −1 (x) = x3 − 5 (d) g −1 (x) = x−5
3
13. Evaluate f (0) for f (x) = 2 − 3 sgn(x).
(a) 2 (b) −1 (c) 5 (d) 0
14. The inverse of a function is itself a function if the original function is:
(a) One-to-one (b) Onto (c) A relation (d) A rational expression
x−1
15. What is the domain of the simplified expression x2 −1
?
(a) All real numbers(b) x ̸= 1 (c) x ̸= −1 (d) x ̸= 1, −1
x2 −5x+6
16. Simplify x2 −4
.
x−3 x−3 x+3 x+3
(a) x+2
(b) x−2
(c) x+2
(d) x−2
5x+6
17. What is the partial fraction decomposition of x2 −4
?
2 3 4 1 3 2 1 4
(a) x−2
+ x+2
(b) x−2
+ x+2
(c) x−2
+ x+2
(d) x−2
+ x+2
4
18. Solve the equation x + x+3
= 2.
(a) x = 1, −2 (b) x = 1, 2 (c) x = −1, 2 (d) x = −1, −2
x+3
19. Solve the inequality x−1
> 0.
(a) x < −3 or x > 1 (b) −3 < x < 1
(c) x > 1 (d) x < −3
1
20. What is the vertical asymptote of f (x) = x−4
?
(a) x = 4 (b) y = 4 (c) x = 0 (d) y = 0
x+2
21. What is the horizontal asymptote of g(x) = x2 +5x+6
?
1
(a) y = 1 (b) y = 0 (c) y = 2
(d) No horizontal asymptote
x2 +1
22. Find the x-intercept of h(x) = x2 −4x+4
.
(a) x = 2 (b) x = −2 (c) x = 0 (d) No x-intercept
2
x+6
23. What is the domain of k(x) = x2 +4
?
(a) x ̸= 2 (b) x ̸= −2 (c) All real numbers(d) x ̸= ±2
5 6
24. Solve the equation 1 − x
− x2
= 0.
(a) x = 1, 6 (b) x = −1, 6 (c) x = 1, −6 (d) x = −1, −6
2x
25. Solve the inequality x−4
≤ 1.
(a) x < 4 (b) −4 ≤ x < 4
(c) x ≤ −4 (d) x ≤ −4 or x > 4
4x2 −36
26. What is the simplified form of x2 −6x+9
?
4(x+3) 4(x−3) x+3 4(x+3)
(a) x−3
(b) x+3
(c) x−3
(d) x+3
27. A rational function has an oblique (slant) asymptote when:
(a) The degree of the numerator is less than(b) The degree of the numerator equals the
the degree of the denominator degree of the denominator
(c) The degree of the numerator is exactly(d) The numerator is constant
one more than the degree of the denominator
x2 +1
28. What is the vertical asymptote of h(x) = x2 −4x+4
?
(a) x = 2 (b) x = −2 (c) x = 4 (d) No vertical asymptote
29. The ratio of boys to girls in a school is 4 : 5. If there are 1260 students, how many
boys are there?
(a) 560 (b) 700 (c) 504 (d) 630
x2 +x+2
30. The partial fraction decomposition of x2 +6x+8
will include:
(a) Two linear factors (b) A repeated linear factor
(c) A constant term and a linear denominator
(d) A quadratic factor in the denominator