ENGINEERING QUALIFYING EXAM REVIEW

ANALYTICAL GEOMETRY
Introduction: Choose the letter of the best answer.
1. Find the inclination of the line 2x+5y=10.
A. -0.389050
B. 21.80
C. 158.20
D. 300
2. Find the distance from the point (5, -3) to the line 7x 4y 28 = 0.
A. 2.62
B. 2.36
C. 2.48
D.
2.54
3. What is the equation of the line that passes through (-3,5) and is parallel to
the line 4x-2y+2=0?
A. 4x-2y+22=0 B. 2x+y+10=0 C. 4x+2y-11=0 D. 2x-y+11=0
4. The line segment connecting (x,6) and (9,y) is bisected by point (7,3). Find
the value of x and y.
A. 5,0
B. 5,2
C. 4,0
D. 4,1
5. In Cartesian coordinates, the coordinates of the vertices of a quadrilateral
are (1,1),(0.8),(4,5), and (-3,4). What is the area?
A. 25 s.u.
B. 20 s.u.
C. 18 s.u.
D. 14 s.u.
6. Find the angle that the line 2y 9x 18 = 0 makes with the x-axis.
A. 74.770
B. 4.50
C. 47.770
D. 77.470
7. How far is the center of the ellipse
A.

/7

B. 9

from each of its directrices?

/7
2

C. 5

/7

D. 16

/7

8. What is the slope of the curve x +y -6x-10y+5=0 at (1,0)?

A. 2/5
B. -2/5
C. 5/2
-5/2
9. A line with an inclination of 45 passes thru (

D.

). What is the coordinate

of a point on the line if its corresponding y-coordinate is 6?

A. 4
B. 8
C. 7
D. -2
10. Determine the equation of the curve such that the sum of the distances of
any point curve from two points whose coordinates are (-3,0)and(3,0) is
always equal to 8.
A. 3x2+4y2-12=0
B. 7x2+16y2-112=0
C. 16x2+7y2-112=0
D.
4x2+3y2-12=0
11. In Washington DC, there is a large grassy area south of the White house
known as the ellipse. It is actually an ellipse with major axis of length 1048
ft and minor axis of length 898 ft. assuming that a coordinate system is
superimposed on the area in such a way that the center is at the origin and
the major and minor axes are on x and y-axes of the coordinate system,
respectively, find an equation of the ellipse.

A. 201601 x2 + 274576y2 =2352762

2352762
C. 449 x2 + 524 y2 = 235276
12.
Given the ellipse

B.

274576

x2 +

201601y2 =

D. 524 x2 + 449 y2 = 235276

Determine the distance between the foci.

A. 3
B. 4
C. 2
D. 8
13.
Find the eccentricity of the curve 9x2-4y2-36x+8y=4.
A. 1.8
B. 1.2
C. 1.7
D. 1.6
14. Determine B such that 3x + 2y 7 = 0 is perpendicular to 2x By +2 = 0.
A. 2
B. 3
C. 4
D. 5
15. Find the coordinates of the centroid of the plane area bounded by the
parabola
y = 4-x2 and the x-axis.
A. (0, 1)
B. (0, 1.6)
C. (0, 2)
D. (1, 0)
16. Each angle of a regular dodecagon is equal to
A. 135
B. 160
C. 150
D. 155
17.
Find the inclination of the line passing through (-5,3) and (10,7)
A. 14.73
B. 14.83
C. 14.63
D. 14.93
18.
Find the focus of the parabola y2+4x-4y-8=0
A. 2.5,-2
B. 3,1
C. -2.5,-2
D. 2,2
19.
An ellipse with the center at the origin has a length of major axis 20
units. If the distance from center of ellipse to its focus is 5, what is the
equation of the directrix?
A. x=18
B. x=20
C. x=15
D. x=16
20.
Find the area of the triangle which the line 2x-3y+6=0 form with the
coordinate axes.
A. 3
B. 4
C. 6
D. 2
21.
Lemuel found a wild function given by: 6x2 8. It is a/an:
A. Even function B. Odd function C. Neither
D. Cannot be Identified
22.
Rebecah found a wild function given by: f(x+6). Its graph is best
described by:
A. The graph of the function is shifted up 6 units.
B. The graph of the function is shifted left 6 units.
C. The graph of the function is shifted right 6 units.
D. The graph of the function is shifted down 6 units.
23.
Which information is needed to show that a parallelogram is a
rectangle?
A. The diagonals bisect each other
B. The diagonals are congruent
C. The diagonals are congruent and perpendicular
D. The diagonals bisect each other and are perpendicular
24.
Which equation will have 10 petals in its graph?

A. r = 1 + cos(10)
C. r = 10 + cos()
B. r = 1 + 5cos(2)
D. r = 1 + cos(5)
25.
Find the equation of a line which intercept y axes at -4 and also intercept x axes
at 2.
A. 2x y = -4
B. 2y x = 4

C. y + 2x = -4
D. 2x y = 4