Wef-Argif General secondary school 2nd Semester math’s pre-model examination for Grade 12th Students
in 2017 E.c .
1. Find the value of cos153 ° if cos27° =0.8910. A. -0.8910 B. 0.8910 C. 0.1682 D. -0.910
2. Given matrix A= ( 4 −1
−2 6 )
, then the cofactor and minor of 6 are------&----- respectively.
A. 4,-4 B. -4,4 C. -4,-4 D. 4,4
3. W/c one of the f/g is not true about the determinant of a given square matrix A?
A. If A has identical rows, then its determinant is zero. B. If A contains a row of zeros, , then its determinant is zero.
C. Interchanging two rows of A gives the same determinant. D. The determinant of A is equal to the determinant of
its transpose.
4. Which quadratic equation has one real root?
A. (x+2)(x+3)=0 B. x2-4x+4=0 C. x2-4=0 D. x2-6x+9=0
5. Let ax2+5x+c=0 if the sum of the roots are -5 and the product is 1 ,then what is the value of leading
coefficient and constant term respectively?
A.2 and 1 B. 3 and 1 C. 1 and 3 D. 1 and 2
−3
6. W/c one of the f/g is power function? A. f(x) = x 4 B. g(x) =xx C. h(x) =x2+1 D. p(X) = 2x
7. If Abebe and Daniel can do a piece works in 10 days. Abebe alone can do it in 15 days. Then in how many
days can Daniel do it? A. 15 days B. 25 days C. 30 days D. 35 days
1
a− 2
a a −2 a+1
8. the Simplified form of ÷ , a≠ 0 , 1is A. a+1 B. a-1 C. 1-a D. –a-1
a a
1+
1−a
9. Suppose a be a matrix of order 2 x 2, then what is the order of A2?
A. 2x2 B. 4x4 C. 4x2 D. 2x4
10. W/c one of the f/g relations defines function?
A. R= {(x,y): x is a mother of y} B. R={(x,y): x2+y2=1}
C.R= {(x,y): y is a mother of x} D. R={(1,0),(2,-1),(2,3)}
6 x +2 A B
11. If 2 = + then what are the value of A&B respectively?
x +6 x +5 x+1 x+2
A. 6,2 B. -1,7 C. 3,4 D. 2,-5
12. W/c one of the f/g matrices are in Reduced Row Echelon Form (RREF)?
( ) ( ) ( ) ( )
1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0
A. 0 1 1 B. 0 0 1 C. 0 1 1 D. 0 1 2
0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2x
13 The inverse of the function defined by g(x)¿ is equal to
x+3
2x −3 x x+3 x+2
A. g-1(x) = B. g-1(x) = C. g-1(x) = D. g-1(x) =
x−3 x−2 2x 3x
14. What is the solution set of |2x+1|=7? A. {3, 4} B. {3,-4} C. {-3,-4} D. {}
3 2
2 x +2 x +3 x
15 W/c one of the f/g is true about the graph of f(x)¿ 2 ?
x +x
A. The vertical asymptote of the graph is only x=-1 and its oblique asymptote is y=2x
B. The graph has y intercept at (0,3)
C. The graph has at least one x intercept
D. The vertical asymptotes of the graph are at x=0 & x=-1 but it has no horizontal asymptote
16. a regular pyramid has hexagonal base whose side length is 12cm, what the lateral surface area of the pyramid
in square centimeter if the length of each later edge 10cm?
A. 72 B. 360 C. 720 D. 288
17. What is the area of a regular octagon inscribed in a circle of radius 6cm?
A. 72cm B. 72√ 2 C. 54√ 3 D. 5
18. From the following sequences, which one is not a geometric?
A) 5, 5, 5… B) 1, -2, 4,-8… C) -2, 0, 4, 8, 16… D) 9, -3, 1, -1/3 …
6
19. The value of the partial sum ∑ log 8 2 is equals to-----. A) 7
k
B) 14 C) 1/3 D) 3
k =1
π
20. Which one of the following is the equation of tangent line to the graph of f ( x )=tanx at x= ?
3
4 4 4 4 4 π
A) y= x− π + √ 3 B) y= x− π C) y= x−π D) y=x −
3 6 3 3 3 3