Unit 3
THEOREY OF QUADRATIC
FUNTIONS
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS
1. The quadratic function is a polynomial function of degree:
(a) 0 (b) 1 (c) 2 (d) 3
2. The graph of quadratic function f ( x ) = ax + bx + c , where a,b,c R and a 0 is:
2
(a) Parabola (b) Circle (c) Straight Line (d) None of these
3. Which of the following represents a quadratic function?
1
(a) y = x 3 (b) y = x 2 + 2 x + 1 (c) y = x (d) y =
x
4. In quadratic function f ( x ) = ax 2 + bx + c , the graph opens upward if:
(a) a = 0 (b) a 0 (c) a 0 (d) a = b
5. In quadratic function f ( x ) = ax 2 + bx + c , the graph opens downward if:
(a) a = 0 (b) a 0 (c) a 0 (d) a = b
6. The graph of y = − x 2 + 4 opens:
(a) upwards (b) sideways (c) downwards (d) diagonally
7. A quadratic function f ( x ) = ax + bx + c has maximum value if:
2
(a) a = 0 (b) a 0 (c) a 0 (d) a = c
8. A quadratic function f ( x ) = ax 2 + bx + c has minimum value if:
(a) a = 0 (b) a 0 (c) a 0 (d) a = c
9. A quadratic function f ( x ) = ax 2 + bx + c has maximum or minimum value at:
b b b b
(a) x = (b) x = − (c) x = (d) x = −
2a 2a a a
10. The axis of symmetry of a parabola y = ax 2 + bx + c is:
b
(a) x = a (b) x = −b (c) x = − (d) x = c
2a
11. The axis of symmetry of y = 2 x 2 − 4 x + 1 is:
(a) x = 1 (b) x = −1 (c) x = 2 (d) x = −2
12. The vertex of the parabola y = ax 2 + bx + c is:
b b b2 b
(a) − ,c (b) − ,c − (c) − ,c (d) ( a,b )
2a 2a 4a a
The function y = ( x − 2 ) + 3 has its vertex at:
2
13.
(a) ( −2,3) (b) ( 2,−3) (c) ( 3,−2 ) (d) ( −3, 2 )
14. The maximum or minimum value of a quadratic function occurs at the:
(a) origin (b) x-axis (c) y-axis (d) vertex
15. The quadratic function f ( x ) = x 2 + 6 x + 9 has a:
(a) maximum at ( −3,0 ) (b) minimum at ( −3,0 )
(c) maximum at ( 3,0 ) (d) minimum at ( 3,0 )
16. The y-intercept of y = − x 2 − 2 x + 3 is:
(a) 1 (b) – 3 (c) 3 (d) 2
17. How many x-intercepts can a quadratic function have?
(a) 1 only (b) 2 only (c) 0, 1 or 2 (d) infinite
18. If f (x) = x2, then domain of f is:
(a) real number (b) integer
(c) rational number (d) irrational number
19. Domain of the function f ( x ) = x 2 + 6 x + 4, x −3 is:
(a) (−, ) (b) (−, 3) (c) (−, −3) (d) (−3, )
20. The range of f(x) = x2 is:
(a) (−, ) (b) (−, 0) (c) [0, ) (d) (−1, 0)
If f ( x ) = ( x − 5) ,x 5 then domain of f −1
2
21. is:
(a) 5, ) (b) 0, ) (c) ( − , ) (d) ( 5, )
22. If f ( x ) = x2 − 3, x 0 then:
(a) f −1 ( x ) = x + 3 (b) f −1 ( x ) = + x + 3
(c) f −1 ( x ) = − x + 3 (d) f −1 ( x ) = 3 − x 2
23. If f ( x ) = x , x 0 then:
(a) f ( x ) = x (b) f ( x ) = − x (c) f ( x ) = 0 (d) None of these
24. If x 3 then:
(a) − x −3 (b) − x 3 (c) −3 x 3 (d) −3 x
25. The solution set of x 2 − 4 = 5 is:
(a) 5 (b) 4 (c) 3 (d) does not exist
1 4x
26. The solution set of + = 1, x 0 is:
3x 6
1 1 1 1
(a) 1, (b) −1, (c) 1,− (d) −1,−
2 2 2 2
27. Equation involving radical expressions of the variables is called ______ equation.
(a) Radical (b) Reciprocal (c) Exponential (d) Linear
28. A radical equation has some solutions which do not satisfy the equation are called
(a) Complex roots (b) Real roots (c) Extraneous roots (d) None of these
29. Which one is the solution of x + 8 + x + 3 = 12 x + 13 :
(a) x = 1 (b) x = −1 (c) x = 2 (d) x = −2
30. The number of roots of quadratic equation is:
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 3 (d) 4
ANSWERS
(1) c (2) a (3) b (4) b (5) c
(6) c (7) c (8) b (9) b (10) c
(11) a (12) b (13) b (14) d (15) b
(16) c (17) c (18) a (19) c (20) c
(21) b (22) c (23) a (24) c (25) c
(26) a (27) a (28) c (29) a (30) b