Math 1014, Spring 2002
Practice Exam 1
Disclaimer: This is a practice exam only and contains many more
questions than the actual exam. The actual final will be close to this exam,
but may contain questions that are different from the questions in this
practice test. The final exam takes place as scheduled on Wed, Feb. 20.
1. State, in your own words, the definition of the following terms:
2. slope of a line through two points (x, y) and (x, y)
a) function
b) range and domain
c) linear function
d) monomial
e) polynomial
3. Find the slope and y-intercept of the following lines, if possible, and graph them
in the coordinate system provided:
4.
12
5
3
)( xxf
5. -5y – 2x = 7
6. y + 5 = 7
7. 3 = x - 1
8. Find the linear equation describing the following lines
9. line with slope 4 containing (-2, -4)
a) line through (3, -1) and (4, -2)
b) line containing (-3, 2) and parallel to the line 2x – 5y = 8
c) line containing (-3, 2) and perpendicular to the line 2x – 5y = 8
d) line through (1, 2) and perpendicular to the line through (-2, -2) and (3, 1)
e) line through (-2, -2) and (3, -2)
f) line through (-2, -2) and (-2, 3)
10. For the following problems, evaluate the given function at the indicated position.
11.
52
3
)(
x
x
xf
- find f(0), f(3), f(-1), and f(a + h)
