Engineering Mathematics MCQs
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1: What is the symbol for the absolute value of a number?
A. N
B. A
C. |n|
D. -|n|
2: The absolute value of a negative number is...?
A. The number itself
B. The number squared
C. The opposite of the number
D. 0
3: What is an abundant number?
A. A counting number with no proper factors.
B. A counting number whose proper factors add to a number greater than itself.
C. A counting number whose proper factors add up to a number less than itself.
D. A counting number whose proper factors add up to the number itself.
4: What is an account balance?
A. An amount of money that you owe.
B. The amount of money in your savings account.
C. An amount of money that you have or that you owe.
D. An amount of money that you have.
5: Which of the following is not a correct meaning of the word "accurate"?
A. Correct
B. As correct as possible according to an accepted standard.
C. Precise
D. Exact
6: How many square feet are in an acre?
A. 43
B. 43560
C. 4357
D. 435600
7: What is an acute angle?
A. An angle with a measure equal to 90 °
B. An angle with a measure less than 90 °
C. An angle with no specific measure
D. An angle with a measure more than 90 °
8: Which of the following is an acute angle?
A. 225 °
B. 45 °
C. 135 °
D. 180 °
9: What does addend mean?
A. A number subtracted from another
B. Any one of a set of numbers that are added.
C. A number multiplied by another
D. A number divided by another
10: What is the sum of 9 and 7?
A. 15
B. 16
C. 17
D. 18
11: Which of the following is NOT an addition/subtraction use class?
A. Parts-and-total
B. Comparison
C. Multiplication
D. Change
12: Addition and subtraction belongs to which use class?
A. Comparison
B. Addition
C. Everyday Mathematics
D. Subtraction
13: What do you call two numbers whose sum is 0?
A. Identity functions
B. Multiplicative inverses
C. Inverse functions
D. Additive inverses
14: What is a letter-number pair used to locate a spreadsheet cell called?
A. Row
B. Column
C. Address
D. Cell
15: What is the address box?
A. A place where the address of a spreadsheet cell is shown when the cell is selected
B. A place to format data in a spreadsheet
C. A place to enter data into a spreadsheet
D. A place to store data in a spreadsheet
16: What is the definition of adjacent angles?
A. Two angles with a different side and vertex that overlap.
B. Two angles with a common side and vertex that overlap.
C. Two angles with a different side and vertex that do not overlap.
D. Two angles with a common side and vertex that do not otherwise overlap.
17: What does adjacent mean?
A. Sides next to each other
B. Lines that intersect
C. Angles next to each other
D. Congruent
18: What is the definition of adjacent sides?
A. Lines that intersect at a point
B. Same as consecutive sides
C. Sides that share a common endpoint
D. Non-coplanar lines
19: What is an algebraic expression?
A. An expression that contains a number.
B. An expression that contains a variable.
C. An expression that does not contain a variable.
D. An expression that contains a letter.
20: What is the algebraic order of operations?
A. Multiplication and division first, then addition and subtraction
B. Addition and subtraction first, then multiplication and division
C. Addition and multiplication first, then subtraction and division
D. Same as order of operations
21: What is an algorithm?
A. A set of step-by-step instructions for doing something, such as carrying out a computation or solving a problem.
B. A mathematical formula
C. A sequence of actions to be carried out
D. A computer program
22: What does altitude mean in Everyday Mathematics?
A. Same as height of a figure
B. Humidity
C. Air pressure
D. Temperature
23: What is the same as altitude?
A. Odd integers
B. Distance above sea level
C. Common logarithm of a number
D. Real numbers
24: What is an analog clock?
A. A clock that tells time using numbers
B. A device that shows time passing in a continuous manner, such as a sundial.
C. A clock that shows the time by the positions of the hour and minute hands.
D. A clock that runs on batteries
25: What does the suffix -angle mean?
A. Triangle
B. Angle
C. Pentagon
D. Quadrangle
26: What is the rotation image of one side of an angle through a number of degrees called?
A. The angle
B. One of the sides
C. The other side
D. The vertex
27: What is the name of the endpoint of two rays or line segments that form an angle?
A. Origin
B. Ray
C. Vertex
D. Endpoint
28: What is the study of human body sizes and proportions called?
A. Aesthetics
B. Anatomy
C. Androgyny
D. Anthropometry
29: What is the apex?
A. One of the faces
B. The vertex at the top
C. The vertex opposite the base
D. The base
30: What does the symbol "≈" mean?
A. The value is less than or equal to the approximate value
B. An estimate or approximation to an exact value
C. The value is greater than or equal to the approximate value
D. The value is exactly equal to the approximate value
31: What is the name for a part of a circle between and including two endpoints on the circle?
A. Segment of a circle
B. Sector of a circle
C. Chord of a circle
D. Arc of a circle
32: How is area commonly measured?
A. In %
B. In square units
C. In cubic units
D. In linear units
33: What is the formula for finding the area of a circle?
A. Area = l x w
B. Area = πr^2
C. Area = πd
D. Area = s^2
34: What does the area model represent in multiplication?
A. The factors
B. The whole
C. A fraction
D. The product
35: How many multiplication facts are there?
A. 10
B. 60
C. 100
D. 1000
36: How many arithmetic facts are there in total?
A. 400
B. 500
C. 600
D. 300
37: What is the "arm span" equal to?
A. Meter
B. Fathom
C. Inch
D. Light-year
38: What is the meaning of arm span?
A. A unit of volume
B. Same as fathom
C. A unit of length
D. A unit of area
39: An array is a(n) _______
A. Freeform
B. Arrangement of objects in a regular pattern
C. Square
D. Circle
40: Addition is not associative.
A. It is associative only for whole numbers
B. False
C. True
D. It is associative only for some numbers
41: What is the Associative Property of Addition?
A. A property of addition that three numbers can be added in any order without changing the sum.
B. Addition is not associative.
C. For any numbers a, b, and c, (a - b) - c = a - (b - c).
D. A property of addition that states that the order of the addends does not matter.
42: What is the Associative Property of Multiplication?
A. The property of multiplication that two numbers can be multiplied in any order without changing the product.
B. The property of multiplication that three numbers can be multiplied in any order without changing the product.
C. The property of division that two numbers can be divided in any order without changing the quotient.
D. The property of division that three numbers can be divided in any order without changing the quotient.
43: What does astronomical unit measure?
A. Distances in space
B. Time
C. Speed
D. Mass
44: What does AU stand for?
A. Always up
B. Astronomical unit
C. Atomic units
D. Average units
45: What is an attribute?
A. A feature of an object or common feature of a set of objects.
B. A type of object.
C. A measure of an object's worth.
D. A color.
46: What is the meaning of "Equinox"?
A. First day of autumn
B. 12 hours of daylight
C. First day of spring
D. Equal night
47: From which language is the word "Equinox" derived?
A. French
B. Spanish
C. Italian
D. Latin
48: What is the mean of the set found by adding all the numbers and dividing by the number of numbers?
A. Mode
B. Average
C. Mean
D. Median
49: What is the plural of "axis"?
A. Axes
B. Axis
C. Axises
D. Axi
50: What is the definition of an axis of rotation?
A. A line about which a solid figure translates.
B. A point about which a solid figure rotates.
C. A solid figure that rotates about a line.
D. A line about which a solid figure rotates.
51: What is the definition of a "ballpark estimate?"
A. A value obtained through some other procedure
B. A value that is unnecessary or impossible to obtain
C. A rough estimate
D. An exact value
52: What is a bank draft?
A. A check
B. A bill
C. An order
D. A written order for the exchange of money
53: What does a bar graph represent?
A. Shapes
B. Data
C. Pictures
D. Graphs
54: What is a number that is raised to a power called?
A. Root
B. Exponent
C. Power
D. Base
55: What is the base of a number system?
A. The number 10.
B. A base of 2, 8, 16, or other powers of 2
C. The foundation number for a numeration system.
D. A way of writing numbers
56: In which base is the place value system of our usual way of writing numbers?
A. Base 2
B. Base 8
C. Base 10
D. Base 16
57: What is the base of a parallelogram?
A. The length of this side
B. The side of a parallelogram to which an altitude is drawn
C. The area of a parallelogram
D. The height of a parallelogram
58: What is the base of a prism or cylinder?
A. One of the two parallel and congruent faces that define the shape of a prism or cylinder.
B. The face of a prism or cylinder that is not congruent to the other faces.
C. The face of a prism or cylinder that is not parallel to the other faces.
D. The face of a prism or cylinder that is not perpendicular to the other faces.
59: What is the face of a pyramid or cone that is opposite its apex called?
A. Curved surface
B. Apex
C. Base
D. Height
60: What is the base of a rectangle?
A. The height of the rectangle
B. One of the sides of the rectangle.
C. The area of the rectangle
D. The length of the side
61: What is the base of a triangle?
A. The length of this side.
B. The area of a triangle is half the base times the altitude or height.
C. Any side of a triangle to which an altitude is drawn.
D. See height of a triangle and Section 13.4.2: Polygons (n-gons).
62: What is the place value of the digit 9 in the number 1,234?
A. 30
B. 9
C. 900
D. 90
63: What is the name for our number system that uses only the 10 symbols 0-9?
A. Decimal
B. Binary
C. Hexadecimal
D. Base Ten
64: Base-10 blocks are used to represent which place value system?
A. Base-10
B. Base-8
C. Base-4
D. Base-2
65: What is base-10 shorthand?
A. A mathematical way of representing numbers using only the digits 0-9.
B. A way of representing numbers using a combination of symbols and digits.
C. A method of representing numbers using exponential notation.
D. A written notation for base-10 blocks.
66: What is the definition of baseline data?
A. The data that is collected last
B. A set of data used for comparison with subsequent data
C. The data that is collected in the middle
D. The data that is collected first
67: What does "benchmark" mean?
A. A plan to achieve success
B. A count or measure that can be used to evaluate the reasonableness of other counts, measures, or estimates.
C. A person who is a role model
D. A goal to reach
68: What is a biased sample?
A. A sample that does not fairly represent the total population from which it was selected.
B. A sample that is randomly selected from the population.
C. A sample that every member of the population has the same chance of being selected for.
D. A sample that represents the total population from which it was selected.
69: What is the volume of a big cube?
A. 1 cm3
B. 100 cm3
C. 1000 cm3
D. 10 cm3
70: What is the measurement of a big cube?
A. 20-cm by 20-cm by 20-cm
B. 5-cm by 5-cm by 5-cm
C. 10-cm by 10-cm by 10-cm
D. 15-cm by 15-cm by 15-cm
71: How many zeros are in 1 billion by British custom?
A. 11
B. 10
C. 12
D. 9
72: What is 1 billion by U.S. custom?
A. 1,000,000
B. 10,000,000,000
C. 1,000,000,000
D. 100,000,000,000
73: What does it mean to bisect?
A. To divide a segment, angle, or figure into two parts of equal measure
B. To cut in half
C. To reflect
D. To rotate
74: What does a bisector do?
A. Adds two segments, angles, or figures together
B. Multiplies two segments, angles, or figures together
C. Divides a segment, an angle, or a figure into two parts of equal measure
D. Subtracts one segment, angle, or figure from another
75: What is the name of theplot that displays the spread of a data set using 5 landmarks?
A. Bar graph
B. Line graph
C. Scatter plot
D. Box-and-whiskers plot
76: What is another name for grouping symbols?
A. Semicolons
B. Quotation marks
C. Parentheses
D. Braces
77: What is the meaning of "braces"?
A. Grouping symbols
B. Support structures used to prevent injuries
C. Mathematical symbols used to denote a set
D. Metal strips used to improve dental alignment
78: What is the name for symbols "[ ]" used to group things together?
A. Parentheses
B. Quoting
C. Underlining
D. Brackets
79: What is the name of the symbols used to group things together?
A. Mathematical symbols
B. Symbols of affection
C. Musical symbols
D. Grouping symbols
80: What is a broken-line graph?
A. A graph with discontinuous points
B. Same as line graph
C. Quadrants on a coordinate plane
D. A graph with lines that intersect at right angles
81: What does it mean to calibrate something?
A. To make a measuring tool
B. To test and adjust the accuracy of a measuring tool
C. To use a measuring tool
D. To find the measurements of something
82: How much energy is required to raise the temperature of 1 liter of water 1° Celsius?
A. 2 calories
B. 1 calorie
C. 4 calories
D. 0.5 calories
83: What is the unit of capacity?
A. Miles
B. Millimeters
C. Quarts, gallons, cups, or liters
D. Kilograms
84: What is a cartographer?
A. A person who sells maps
B. A person who reads maps
C. A person who makes maps
D. A person who collects maps
85: What is the address of a cell in a spreadsheet?
A. The column letter followed by the row number
B. The row number followed by the column letter
C. The row letter followed by the column number
D. The column number followed by the row letter
86: On which temperature scale does pure water at sea level freezes at 0° and boils at 100°?
A. Celsius
B. Fahrenheit
C. Rankine
D. Kelvin
87: What is a census?
A. A geographical area
B. A method of taxation
C. An official count of population and the recording of other demographic data such as age, gender, income, and education.
D. The study of animals
88: How many cents are in a dollar?
A. 10
B. 100
C. 1,000
D. 1
89: What is the center of a circle called?
A. The midpoint of a chord.
B. The point of intersection of the secants of a circle.
C. The point of intersection of the perpendicular bisectors of a chord.
D. The point in the plane of a circle equally distant from all points on the circle.
90: What is the center of a sphere called?
A. The center of a sphere is the point on the sphere that is farthest from the center of the universe.
B. The point equally distant from all points on a sphere.
C. The center of a sphere is not well defined.
D. The center of a sphere is the point on the sphere that is closest to the center of the universe.
91: What does the prefix "centi" mean?
A. 1
B. 1 thousandth
C. 1 hundredth
D. 1 millionth
92: What is the equivalent of a centimeter in the metric system?
A. 1000 millimeters
B. 100 millimeters
C. 1 millimeter
D. 10 millimeters
93: What does the word "chance" mean?
A. The possibility that an outcome will occur in an uncertain event.
B. Possibility
C. Event
D. Certainty
94: What is a change diagram used to model?
A. Addition and Subtraction
B. Situations in which quantities are either increased or decreased by addition or subtraction.
C. Everyday Mathematics
D. Diagrams that include a starting quantity, an ending quantity, and an amount of change.
95: What is a change-to-less story?
A. A number story about a change situation in which the starting quantity is more than the ending quantity.
B. A number story about a change situation in which the ending quantity is less than the starting quantity.
C. A number story about a change situation in which the ending quantity is more than the starting quantity.
D. A number story about a change situation in which the starting quantity is less than the ending quantity.
96: What is a change-to-more story?
A. A story about a change situation that does not involve numbers.
B. A number story about a change situation in which the ending quantity is more than the starting quantity.
C. A number story about a change situation in which the ending quantity is less than the starting quantity.
D. A number story about a change situation in which the starting quantity and the ending quantity are the same.
97: What is the diameter of a circle?
A. Twice the radius
B. The radius
C. The circumference
D. The center
98: What is the set of all points in a plane that are equally distant from a fixed point called?
A. Fixed point
B. Plane
C. Circle
D. Center
99: What is a circle graph also called?
A. Line graph
B. Scatter plot
C. Pie graph
D. Bar graph
100: What is the circumference of a sphere?
A. The distance around the outside of the sphere.
B. The sum of the diameters of the sphere.
C. The circumference of a circle on the sphere with the same center as the sphere.
D. The sum of the radii of the sphere.
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