1. Which of the following is a conic section?
A) Line
B) Triangle
C) Ellipse
D) Cube
2. Which conic section is defined as the set of all points equidistant from a fixed point and a fixed line?
A) Circle
B) Ellipse
C) Parabola
D) Hyperbola
3. What is the standard form equation of a circle centered at the origin?
A) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝒓
B) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝒓𝟐
C) (𝒙 − 𝒉)𝟐 + (𝒚 − 𝒌)𝟐 = 𝒓𝟐
D) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 − 𝒓𝟐 = 𝟎
4. Which of the following represents a parabola opening upward?
A) 𝑥 2 = 4𝑎𝑦
B) 𝑦 2 = 4𝑎𝑥
C) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝒓𝟐
D) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟒
5. What is the value of the eccentricity for a circle?
A) 0
B) 1
C) 2
D) Greater than 1
6. What is the standard form of the equation of an ellipse centered at the origin?
𝒙𝟐 𝒚𝟐
A) + =𝟏
𝒂𝟐 𝒃𝟐
𝒙𝟐 𝒚𝟐
B) + =𝟏
𝒃𝟐 𝒂𝟐
𝒙𝟐 𝒚𝟐
C) + =𝟏
𝒂 𝒃
𝟐 𝒚𝟐
D) 𝒙 + 𝟐=𝟏
𝒂
𝒙𝟐 𝒚𝟐
7. Which of the following is the focal length of an ellipse with the equation + =𝟏
𝟐𝟓 𝟏𝟔
A) 3
B) 5
C) 4
D) 9√9
8. What is the general form of the equation of a conic section?
A) 𝐴𝑥 2 + 𝐵𝑥𝑦 + 𝐶𝑦 2 + 𝐷𝑥 + 𝐸𝑦 + 𝐹 = 0
B) 𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 + 𝐶𝑥 + 𝐷𝑦 + 𝐹 = 0
C) 𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 = 𝑟 2
D) 𝑎𝑥 + 𝑏𝑦 + 𝑐 = 0
9. If the center of a circle is at the origin and the radius is 5, which of the following is the correct equation?
A) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟓
B) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟏𝟎
C) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟐𝟓
D) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟏𝟓
10. Which term represents the distance between the center of a hyperbola and its focus?
A) Major axis
B) Minor axis
C) Eccentricity
D) Focal length
Answer: D) Focal length
11. What is the standard form of the equation of a parabola with vertex at the origin and directrix y=−2?
A) 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟖𝒙
B) 𝒙𝟐 = 𝟖𝒚
C) 𝒙𝟐 = −𝟖𝒚
D) 𝒚𝟐 = −𝟖𝒙
12. The set of all points (x, y) such that the distance to the focus is equal to the distance to the directrix is a:
A) Circle
B) Ellipse
C) Hyperbola
D) Parabola
13. The foci of an ellipse lie on:
A) The major axis
B) The minor axis
C) Both axes
D) Neither axis
14. The equation of the circle passing through (0, 0) and (4, 0) with center at (2, 0) is:
A) 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟒
B) (𝒙 − 𝟐)𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟒
C) (𝒙 + 𝟐)𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 = 𝟒
D) 𝒙𝟐 + (𝒚 − 𝟐)𝟐 = 𝟒
𝒙𝟐 𝒚𝟐
15. For the ellipse + , the coordinates of the foci are:
𝟒 𝟗
A) (0, ±√5)
B) (±√5, 0)
C) (0, ±3)
D) (±2, 0)
16. Find the equation of a circle with center at (3, -4) and radius 5.
A) (𝒙 + 𝟑)𝟐 + (𝒚 − 𝟒)𝟐 = 𝟐𝟓
B) (𝒙 − 𝟑)𝟐 + (𝒚 + 𝟒)𝟐 = 𝟐𝟓
C) (𝒙 + 𝟑)𝟐 + (𝒚 − 𝟒)𝟐 = 𝟓
D) (𝒙 − 𝟑)𝟐 + (𝒚 − 𝟒)𝟐 = 𝟓
17. Find the vertex of the parabola given by 𝒚 = 𝟐𝒙𝟐 − 𝟖𝒙 + 𝟓.
A) (2, -3)
B) (2, 3)
C) (-2, -3)
D) (-2, 3)
𝒙𝟐 𝒚𝟐
18. If the major axis of the ellipse + = 𝟏 is horizontal, find the length of the major axis.
𝟏𝟔 𝟗
A) 8
B) 4
C) 6
D) 3
𝒙𝟐 𝒚𝟐
19. For the ellipse + = 𝟏, find the distance between the foci.
𝟐𝟓 𝟏𝟔
A) 2
B) 3
C) 4
D) 6
20. Find the equation of a circle with diameter endpoints at (1, 2) and (7, 8).
A) (𝑥 − 4)2 + (𝑦 − 5)2 = 13
B) (𝑥 + 4)2 + (𝑦 + 5)2 = 13
C) (𝑥 − 5)2 + (𝑦 − 4)2 = 13
D) (𝑥 + 5)2 + (𝑦 + 4)2 = 13
𝒙𝟐 𝒚𝟐
21. For the ellipse + = 𝟏, find the length of the minor axis.
𝟏𝟔 𝟗
A) 6
B) 8
C) 4
D) 3
22. Find the equation of the parabola with vertex at the origin and focus at (0, 5).
A)𝑥 2 = 20𝑦
B) 𝑥 2 = 10𝑦
C) 𝑦 2 = 20𝑥
D) 𝑦 2 = 10𝑥
23. Find the standard form of the equation of the circle given 𝒙𝟐 + 𝒚𝟐 + 𝟔𝒙 − 𝟖𝒚 = 𝟎
A) (𝒙 + 𝟑)𝟐 + (𝒚 − 𝟒)𝟐 = 𝟐𝟓
B) (𝒙 − 𝟑)𝟐 + (𝒚 + 𝟒)𝟐 = 𝟐𝟓
C) (𝒙 + 𝟑)𝟐 + (𝒚 − 𝟒)𝟐 = 𝟏𝟔
D) (𝒙 − 𝟑)𝟐 + (𝒚 + 𝟒)𝟐 = 𝟏𝟔
𝒙𝟐 𝒚𝟐
24. Find the center, vertices, and foci of the ellipse + = 𝟏.
𝟏𝟔 𝟒
A) Center (0,0), vertices (0, ±4), foci (0, ±√12)
B) Center (0,0), vertices (±4, 0), foci (±√12, 0)
C) Center (0,0), vertices (±4, 0), foci (±√3, 0)
D) Center (0,0), vertices (±4, 0), foci (±3, 0)
25. Which of the following describes an ellipse?
A) A set of all points equidistant from two fixed points
B) A set of all points equidistant from a fixed point and a line
C) A set of all points such that the sum of distances from two fixed points is constant
D) A set of all points such that the difference of distances from two fixed points is constant