AMAT November 2021

Instructions
1. You are not expected to answer all questions, unanswered questions are
not penalised. Each incorrect answer deducts half a mark from your
result.

2. The test consists of 30 questions — 20 are worth one mark, 10 are worth
two marks. You will be able to see how many marks each question is
worth during the test.

3. All questions are multiple choice. Each question presents four choices,
only one is correct.

4. You are allowed to use A4 papers for working out your answers.

5. This is a closed-book examination, any access to resources and calcu-

lators are not allowed.

0.1 Question 1
What is the value of the following expression?

log5 (64)
log5 (2)

(A) 32

(B) 3!

(C) 23

(D) log5 (62)

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0.2 Question 2
2x A B C
≡ + +
(x2 − 1)(x + 2) x−1 x+1 x+2
What is A + B + C?

(A) −2

(B) 0
8
(C) 3

(D) None of the above

0.3 Question 3
Evaluate the following:

log0.5 32 − log0.5 16 + log0.5 4

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(A) 3

(B) −3

(C) log0 .520

√
(D) 2 2

0.4 Question 4
Find all real solutions to this equation:
         
4 4 4 3 4 2 4 4
x − x + x − x+ =1
0 1 2 3 4

(A) x = 0

(B) x = 1

(C) x = 1, x = −1

(D) x = 0, x = 2

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0.5 Question 5
Find the gradient of the following function at x = −2:

f (x) = |x2 + 5x + 4|

(A) 1
(B) −1
(C) −2
(D) None of the above

0.6 Question 6
Evaluate the following:
Z 2a
2
ln(ex ) + ln(x2 ) + ln(1)dx
a

(A) 3a3 + 6a + a ln(16a6 )

7 3
(B) 3
a − 2a + a ln(16a2 )
7 3
(C) 3
a − 2a + 2a ln(4a)
(D) 3a3 + 6a + 2a ln(4a3 )

0.7 Question 7
A curve is defined by the parametric equations:

x = 2 arcsin(t), y = tan(2t), −π ≤ t ≤ π
dx
What is dy
?
√
(A) sec2 (2t) 1 − t2
4√
(B) sec2 (2t) 1−t2

4 cos2 (2t)
(C) √
1−t2

cos(4t)+1
(D) √
2 1−t2

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0.8 Question 8
Compute the following integral:
Z e5
1
dx
e3 x ln x

(A) ln 53

(B) ln 15

(C) ln 35
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(D) 3

0.9 Question 9
Consider the following vector equations and evaluate F~ at t = 0 and m = 2:

d~v
F~ = m
dt
d~s
~v = m
dt
 sin(t) 
e
~s =  2t 
3
t2
 
2
(A) 2 ln 2
0
 
1
(B) 2(ln 2)2 
0
 
2
(C) 2(ln 2)2 
0

(D) None of the above

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0.10 Question 10
What is the volume of revolution when the graph below has been rotated
360◦ about the x-axis?

256π
(A) 75
64π
(B) 3
32π
(C) 15
128π
(D) 15

0.11 Question 11
Given that:
1
cot(x) =
tan(x)
What is the exact value of:  
3π
cot
4
(A) 1

(B) −1

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 (C) √1
3

−1
(D) √
3

0.12 Question 12
What is the exact value of tan 15◦ ?
√
(A) 2 − 3
√
(B) 2 + 3
√
(C) −2 − 3
√ √
(D) − 3 + 2

0.13 Question 13
What are the first 3 terms of the Taylor series of the following function when
x = 0?
f (x) = cot(x)
x3 x5
(A) x − 3
+ 5
1 3 5
(B) x
+ x
+ x

1 x x3
(C) x
− 3
− 45

x3 2x5
(D) x + 3
+ 15

0.14 Question 14
√
Given that z = 3 − i, which of the following is equal to z 4 ?

(A) 16 (cos(120◦ ) + i sin(120◦ ))

(B) 16 (cos(120◦ ) − i sin(120◦ ))

(C) 16 (cos(−240◦ ) + i sin(−240◦ ))

(D) 16 (cos(240◦ ) − i sin(240◦ ))

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0.15 Question 15
√
7 5t 4t √5t k,
Given that a = 7ti − 4tj + 5tk and â = 15
i − √ j
3 5
+ 45
what are the
possible values of t?
√
2
(A) ± 2
q
45
(B) ± 58
√
(C) ± 2
(D) ± 21

0.16 Question 16
Given that 3a − 2b is parallel to c, what is k?
a = ki − 2kj
b = 3i + 2j
c = i + 2j
10
(A) 3
7
(B) 3

(C) -1
2
(D) 3

0.17 Question 17
Two sides of triangle ABC are given as:
−→
AB = i − 2j
−−→
BC = 3i + 4j
−−→ −→ −→ −→
Point D is such that AD = 2AB and point E is such that AE = 2AC. What
is the area of ADE?
(A) 5units2
(B) 10units2
(C) 15units2
(D) 20units2

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0.18 Question 18
Matrix M is defined as:  
1 x
−1 2x
What value of x satisfies det(M 2 ) = det(I)?
(A) ± 19
(B) ± 13
(C) ±1
(D) ± 12

0.19 Question 19
 
x2 + 7x + 2 ex
A=
sin−1 x x!
Note: The inverse sine function produces an output in radians.
Find the determinant(s) of matrix A where
x3 − 2x + x = 0
(A) 1, eπ
2
− 10
eπ
(B) 2, 10 − 2
eπ
(C) 2, 10 + 2

(D) None of the above

0.20 Question 20
Find the range of values of k for which the following function has no real
roots.
f (x) = 2x2 + 3kx − 6k
16
(A) 0 < k < 3
16
(B) 0 ≤ k ≤ 3
−16
(C) 3
<k<0
−16
(D) 3
≤k≤0

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0.21 Question 21
Two functions are defined as:
f (x) =| x2 − 4 |, x ∈ R
g(x) = x + 2, x ∈ R
Which range of values satisfy the inequality f (x) < g(x)?
(A) −2 < x < 3
(B) −2 < x < 1
(C) 1 < x < 3
(D) x < 1 and x > 3

0.22 Question 22
Calculate the gradient of the line perpendicular to:
7
C3 2
y = (5 )x
C3
−4
(A) 49
49
(B) 16
−4
(C) 25
−36
(D) 49

0.23 Question 23
Find the value of x that satisfies :
∞ 
X √ r−1
3x =2
r=1
√
3
(A) 6

(B) √1
3
√
3
(C) 2

(D) √2
3

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0.24 Question 24
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The third term of an arithmetic series is 10 x and the sixth term is 32 x. What
is the difference between the sum of the first 50 terms and the sum of the
first 10 terms?

(A) 14x

(B) 256x

(C) 270x

(D) 284x

0.25 Question 25
1 1 1
1+1+ + + ...∞ = c
2! 3! 4!
Determine ln c ?

(A) 1

(B) e

(C) 0

(D) None of the above

0.26 Question 26
Estimate the value of 0.86 using the first four terms of the binomial expansion
of (1 − x2 )6 .
6
(A) 250
24
(B) 100

(C) 0.0024

(D) 0.026

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0.27 Question 27
In the expansion of (4 + kx)−2 , the coefficient of the x term is 1
16
. What is
the coefficient of the x3 term?
1
(A) 2
1
(B) 32

(C) 2
1
(D) 8

0.28 Question 28
(2n)!
f (n) =
2n n!
Which of the following is f (n) equivalent to?

(A) f (n) = (2n − 1)(2n − 3)(2n − 5)...1

(B) f (n) = (2n + 1)(2n − 1)(2n − 3)...1

(C) f (n) = (2n)(2n − 1)(2n − 2)...1

(D) f (n) = (2n)(2n − 2)(2n − 4)...1

0.29 Question 29
Evaluate the following expression:

ln 2(1 + ln 2(1 + ln 2(1 + ln 2(1 + ...∞ ))))

1
(A) 1−ln 2

ln 2
(B) 1−ln 2

(C) Does not converge

(D) None of the above

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 Figure 1: Question 30

0.30 Question 30
At places A and B, the elevation angles of a flying object are measured as α
and β. S is the distance between A and B.Find the altitude h.
Ignore the curvature of the Earth and take the drone as a point mass.
√
3 3
(A) 2
S
√
(B) 3S
√
3
(C) 2
S
√
3
(D) 3
S

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Question Score Choice
1 10 B
2 10 B
3 10 B
4 20 D
5 10 B
6 10 C
7 10 D
8 20 A
9 20 C
10 10 D
11 10 B
12 20 A
13 10 C
14 10 B
15 10 A
16 10 D
17 20 D
18 20 B
19 20 D
20 10 C
21 10 C
22 10 A
23 10 A
24 10 B
25 10 A
26 10 B
27 10 B
28 20 A
29 20 A
30 20 C
Table 1: Solutions

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