POST UTME CRAWFORD UNIVERSITY 2020 Mathematics | Objective

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Question 1 View Details
Determine the value of x in the equation \(\log_{10} x^2 \\)\(= 4 ).\)
A. 10
B. 100
C. 1000
Correct D. 10000

Correct Answer: D

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Question 2 View Details
Solve for y in the equation \(y = \frac{1}{2} \tan^{-1} \left \frac{2x}{1-x^2} \right \\) ).
A. \(\frac{1}{2}\)\) \\(\tan^{-1}\) (2x)
Correct B. \(\frac{1}{2}\)\) \\(\tan^{-1}\) \left\(\frac{2x}{1-x^2} \right\)
C. \\(\tan^{-1}\) (2x)
D. \\(\tan^{-1}\) \left\(\frac{2x}{1-x^2} \right\)

Correct Answer: B

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Question 3 View Details
Find the area of the triangle with vertices A(1, 2), B(3, 4), and C(5, 6).
A. 10
B. 20
Correct C. 30
D. 40

Correct Answer: C

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Question 4 View Details
A car travels from city A to city B at an average speed of 60 \((km/h\)\) and returns at an average speed of 40 \(km/h\\((km/h) and returns at an average speed of 40\). What is the average speed for the round trip?
A. 50
B. 60
C. 70
Correct D. 80

Correct Answer: D

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Question 5 View Details
A population of bacteria doubles every 2 hours. If there are initially 100 bacteria, how many bacteria will there be after 6 hours?
A. 1000
B. 2000
C. 4000
Correct D. 8000

Correct Answer: D

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Question 6 View Details
Find the volume of the frustum of a cone with height 6 cm, lower base radius 4 cm, and upper base radius 2 cm.
A. 24π cm³
Correct B. 48π cm³
C. 96π cm³
D. 192π cm³

Correct Answer: B

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Question 7 View Details
A histogram of exam scores has a mean of 75 and a standard deviation of 5. If the scores are normally distributed, what is the probability that a randomly selected score is between 70 and 80?
A. 0.135
B. 0.341
Correct C. 0.674
D. 0.954

Correct Answer: C

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Question 8 View Details
Find the determinant of the matrix [ egin{bmatrix} 2 & 1 & 3 \ 4 & 2 & 5 \ 6 & 3 & 7 \end{bmatrix} ].
Correct A. -10
B. 0
C. 10
D. 20

Correct Answer: A

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Question 9 View Details
Solve the quadratic equation \(x^2 + 4x + 4 = 0\).
Correct A. -2
B. -1
C. 0
D. 1

Correct Answer: A

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Question 10 View Details
A vector [ mathbf{a} = egin{bmatrix} 2 \ 3 \ 4 \end{bmatrix} ] is rotated by 90° about the x-axis. Find the new vector [ mathbf{a}' ].
Correct A. [ egin{bmatrix} 2 \ -3 \ 4 \end{bmatrix} ]
B. [ egin{bmatrix} 2 \ 3 \ -4 \end{bmatrix} ]
C. [ egin{bmatrix} 2 \ 4 \ 3 \end{bmatrix} ]
D. [ egin{bmatrix} 2 \ -4 \ 3 \end{bmatrix} ]

Correct Answer: A

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Question 11 View Details
Find the area under the curve \(y = \frac{1}{2}x^2 + 3x - 2\) from \(x = 0\) to \(x = 4\).
Correct A. \(\frac{1}{2} \left \frac{4^3}{3} + 3 \cdot 4^2 - 2 \cdot 4 \right \\) - \left\(\frac{1}{2} \cdot 0^2 + 3 \cdot 0 - 2 \right\)
B. \(\frac{1}{2} \left \frac{4^3}{3} + 3 \cdot 4^2 - 2 \cdot 4 \right \\) + \left\(\frac{1}{2} \cdot 0^2 + 3 \cdot 0 - 2 \right\)
C. \(\frac{1}{2} \left \frac{4^3}{3} + 3 \cdot 4^2 - 2 \cdot 4 \right \\)
D. \(\frac{1}{2} \left \frac{4^3}{3} + 3 \cdot 4^2 - 2 \cdot 4 \right \\) + 2 \)

Correct Answer: A

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Question 12 View Details
Solve for ( x ) in the equation \(\begin{vmatrix} 2 & 3 & 1 \ 4 & 1 & 3 \ 2 & 0 & 1 \ \end{vmatrix} = 0\).
Correct A. \(x = \frac{1}{2} \\)
B. \(x = -\frac{1}{2} \\)
C. \(x = 1 \\)
D. \(x = -1 \\)

Correct Answer: A

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Question 13 View Details
Find the value of \($1\left \frac{3\pi}{4} \right \\) \cos \left\(\frac{\pi}{4} \right\) + \cos \left\(\frac{3\pi}{4} \right\) \sin \left\(\frac{\pi}{4} \right\) ).
Correct A. \(\frac{1}{2} \\)
B. \(\frac{\sqrt{2}}{2} \\)
C. \(\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}} \\)
D. \(\frac{\sqrt{2}}{\sqrt{2}} \\\)

Correct Answer: A

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Question 14 View Details
Solve the inequality \(\frac{1}{x+1} + \frac{1}{x-1} \geq \frac{1}{2} \\).
Correct A. \(x \leq -1 \\) or \(x \geq 1 \\)
B. \(x > -1 \\) and \(x < 1 \\)
C. \(x < -1 \\) or \(x > 1 \\)
D. \(x \geq -1 \\) and \(x \leq 1 \\)

Correct Answer: A

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Question 15 View Details
Find the value of \(\log_{10} \left \frac{1000}{100} \right \\).
Correct A. \(2 \\)
B. \(1 \\)
C. \(3 \\)
D. \(4 \\)

Correct Answer: A

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Question 16 View Details
Solve the equation \(\sqrt{x+1} + \sqrt{x-1} = 2 \\).
A. \(x = 1 \\)
Correct B. \(x = 3 \\)
C. \(x = 5 \\)
D. \(x = 7 \\)

Correct Answer: B

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Question 17 View Details
Find the value of \($1\left \frac{\pi}{6} \right \\) \cos \left\(\frac{\pi}{3} \right\) - \cos \left\(\frac{\pi}{6} \right\) \sin \left\(\frac{\pi}{3} \right\) ).
A. \(-\frac{1}{2} \\)
B. \(\frac{1}{2} \\)
C. \(\frac{\sqrt{3}}{2} \\)
D. \(\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}} \\)

Correct Answer: VIEW ANSWER

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Question 18 View Details
Find the volume of the frustum of the cone with height 8 cm, lower base radius 4 cm, and upper base radius 2 cm.
A. 64π cm³
Correct B. 128π cm³
C. 256π cm³
D. 512π cm³

Correct Answer: B

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Question 19 View Details
Solve for x in the equation \(\sin^2 x + \cos^2 x = 1\).
Correct A. \(x = \frac{\pi}{4}\)
B. \(x = \frac{\pi}{2}\)
C. \(x = \frac{3\pi}{4}\)
D. \(x = \frac{5\pi}{4}\)

Correct Answer: A

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Question 20 View Details
A bag contains 5 red balls and 3 blue balls. If a ball is drawn at random, what is the probability that it is not blue?
Correct A. \(\frac{2}{3}\)
B. \(\frac{3}{4}\)
C. \(\frac{4}{5}\)
D. \(\frac{5}{6}\)

Correct Answer: A

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Question 21 View Details
Find the equation of the circle with center \(-2, 3\) and radius 4.
Correct A. \(x + 2 \\)^2 + \(y - 3\)^\(2 = 16\) )
B. \(x - 2 \\)^2 + \(y + 3\)^\(2 = 16\) )
C. \(x + 2 \\)^2 + \(y + 3\)^\(2 = 16\) )
D. \(x - 2 \\)^2 + \(y - 3\)^\(2 = 16\) )

Correct Answer: A

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Question 22 View Details
Solve for x in the equation \(2^x = 16\).
A. \(x = 2\)
Correct B. \(x = 4\)
C. \(x = 8\)
D. \(x = 16\)

Correct Answer: B

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Question 23 View Details
Find the equation of the circle with center at (2, 3) and radius 4.
Correct A. \boxed{ x - 2 ^2 + y - \(3 ^2 = 16\)}
B. \(x - 2\)^2 + \(y - 3\)^\(2 = 20\)
C. \(x - 2\)^2 + \(y - 3\)^\(2 = 12\)
D. \(x - 2\)^2 + \(y - 3\)^\(2 = 8\)

Correct Answer: A

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Question 24 View Details
Solve for x in the equation \(\frac{1}{2}\)\) \log_{10} \\((x^2\)\(= 3.\)\)
Correct A. \boxed{\(x = 1000\)}
B. \(x = 100\)
C. \(x = 10\)
D. \(x = 1\)

Correct Answer: A

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Question 25 View Details
Find the derivative of the function f(x) = \(\frac{1}{x^2}\)\)\) using the chain rule.
Correct A. \boxed{f'\((x) = -\)\(\frac{2}{x^3}\)\)\)}
B. f'\((x) =\)\(\frac{2}{x^3}\)\)\)
C. f'\((x) = -\)\(\frac{1}{x^3}\)\)\)
D. f'\((x) =\)\(\frac{1}{x^3}\)\)\)

Correct Answer: A

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