MATHEMATICS OBJECTIVES MULTIVECTOR
1. A conic section whose eccentricity is less than one is known as _____.
Ans. Ellipse
2. A tangent to a conic is a line _____. Ans. Which touches the conic at only one point
3. In two intersecting lines, the angles opposite to each other are termed as _____.
Ans. Vertical angles
4. What do you call the integral divided by the difference of the abscissa?
Ans. Average value
5. In an ellipse, a chord which contains a focus and is in a line perpendicular to the major axis is a _____.
Ans. Latus rectum
6. When the ellipse is rotated about its longer axis, the ellipsoid is _____.
Ans. Prolate
7. The plane rectangular coordinate system is divided into four parts are known as _____.
Ans. Quadrants
8. In polar coordinate system, the distance from a point to the pole is known as _____.
Ans. Radius vector
9. In an ellipse, a chord which contains a focus and is in a line perpendicular to the major axis is a _____.
Ans. Latus rectum
10. The axis of the hyperbola through its foci is known as _____.
Ans. Transverse axis
11. Classify the graph of the equation x^2 + xy + y^2 – 6 = 0.
Ans. Ellipse
12. The locus of a point that moves so that the sum of its distances between two fixed points is constant
is called _____.
Ans. An ellipse
13. A conic section whose eccentricity is equal to one is known as _____.
Ans. Parabola
14. In a conic section, if the eccentricity is greater than one, the locus is _____.
Ans. Hyperbola
15. A line segment joining two points on a circle is called _____.
Ans. Chord
16. The axis of the hyperbola, which is parallel to its directrices is known as _____.
Ans. Conjugate axis
17. The symbol “/” used in division is called _____. Ans. Solidus
18. The number that is subtracted in subtraction. Ans. Minuend
19. The surface area of a spherical segment. Ans. Zone
20. If the equation is unchanged by the substitution of –x for x, its curve is symmetric with respect to the
_____.
Ans. Y axis
21. The integer part of a common logarithm is called the _____.
Ans. Characteristic
22. The constant “e” is named in honor of _____. Ans. Euler
23. Lines that intersect in a point are called _____. Ans. Intersecting lines
24. What conic section is represented by 2x^2 + y^2 – 8x + 4y = 16?
Ans. Ellipse
25. A point of the curve where the second the derivative of a function is equal to zero is called _____.
Ans. Point of inflection
26. A/an _____ triangle is a triangle having 3 unequal sides.
Ans. Scalene
27. What do you call a radical expressing an irrational number?
Ans. Surd
28. A sequence of numbers where the succeeding term is greater than the preceding term is called
_____.
Ans. Divergent series
29. A statement of the truth of which is admitted without proof is called _____.
Ans. An axiom
30. Two lines that are not coplanar. Ans. Skew lines
31. A quadrilateral with no pair of parallel sides. Ans. Trapezium
32. The graphical representation of the cumulative frequency distribution in a set of statistical data is
called _____.
Ans. Ogive
33. Naperian logarithm has a base of _____. Ans. 2.71828
34. The chord passing through the focus of the parabola and is perpendicular to its axis is termed as
_____.
Ans. Latus rectum
35. Describe the locus represented by │z – 3 │ - │z + 3 │ = 4.
Ans. Hyperbola
36. A conic section whose eccentricity is equal to one and the discriminant is equal to zero.
Ans. Parabola
37. When two lines are perpendicular, the slope of one is _____.
Ans. Equal to the negative reciprocal of the other
38. The sum of the distance from two foci to any point in an _____ is constant.
Ans. Ellipse
39. In polar coordinate system, the polar angle is positive when _____.
Ans. Measured counterclockwise
40. The locus of a point which moves so that the sum of its distances between two fixed points is
constant is called _____.
Ans. Ellipse
41. The point on a curve where the first derivative of a function is zero and the second derivative is
positive is called a _____.
Ans. Minima
42. In general solution of a conic section whose axis are parallel to x or y if either x squared or y squared
term is missing, the graph is _____.
Ans. Parabola
43. What do you call the chords of an ellipse that pass through the center?
Ans. Diameters
44. In the non-degenerate conic section 3 (x sq.) + 6xy + 5 (y sq.) – x + y = 0. Classify what kind?
Ans. Ellipse
45. In what quadrant may the angle theta terminate if sec theta is positive?
Ans. First and fourth
46. For a triangle whose sides are a, b and c with their respective angles A, B and C, which of the ff
equations gives the correct relationship?
a. a squared equals b squared minus 2bc sin A
b. a squared equals b squared plus c squared
c. a squared equals b squared plus c squared
minus 2bc cos A
d. a squared equals b squared plus c squared
minus 2bc sin A
Ans. C
47. The line passing through the focus and perpendicular to the directrix of a parabola is called _____.
Ans. Axis of the parabola
48. When the two columns of a matrix are interchanged the determinant of the first matrix is _____ to
the negative of the second matrix.
Ans. Equal
49. The apothem of a polygon is the _____ of its inscribed circle.
Ans. Radius
50. When the ellipse is rotated about its shorter axis, the ellipsoid is _____.
Ans. Oblate
51. The arc length is equal to the radius of a circle is called _____.
Ans. 1 radian
52. Classify the graph of the equation X sq. + xy + y sq. – 6 = 0.
Ans. Ellipse
53. Identify the generated conic 2xy – x + y + 6 = 0. Ans. Hyperbola
54. The second derivative of the function f(x) is – f(x). What is a characteristic of the function?
Ans. Trigonometric
55. The eccentricity of parabola is equal to _____. Ans. 1
56. 1 grad is how many mils? Ans. 16
57. What is the curve represented by the equation r2Θ = a2?
Ans. Lituus or trumpet
58. Determine the nature of the surface whose equation is 2 (x sq.) – 3 (y sq.) + (z sq.) + 8x + 16y – 2z =
30.
Ans. Hyperboloid
59. Find the most economical proportion for a box with an open top and a square base.
Ans. b = 2h
