QUEENS COLLEGE

Mock Examination, 2008-2009

MATHEMATICS

II

Date: 6 3 2009
Time: 11:00 a.m. 12:30 p.m.

Secondary 5

1.

PAPER

Read carefully the instructions on the Answer Sheet and insert the information required in the
spaces provided.

2.

When told to open this question paper, check that all the questions are there. Look for the words
END OF PAPER after the last question.

3.

All questions carry equal marks.

4.

Answer All Questions.

with a HB pencil.

5.

Note that you may mark only ONE answer for each question. Two or more answers will score

All the answers should be marked on the Multiple choice answer sheet

NO MARKS.
6. No marks will be deducted for wrong answers.
7. You are only allowed to use the calculators which have been approved by the Hong Kong
Examination Authority.
FORMULAS FOR REFERENCE

SPHERE

4r 2
4 3
r
3

Surface area

Volume

Area of curved surface

2rh

Volume

r 2 h

Area of curved surface

rl

Volume

1 2
r h
3

PRISM

Volume

= Base area x height

PYRAMID

Volume

CYLINDER

CONE

1
x base area x height
3
1

There are 36 questions in Section A and 18 questions in Section B.

The diagrams in this paper are not necessarily drawn to scale.
Section A
1.

2.

Simplify
A.
B.

0
1

C.
D.

x
x+1

B.
C.
D.

a4
b

If a : b = 1 : 2, b : c = 3 : 4, then

a bc

abc
A. 2.
B. 0.
C. 5.
D.

6.

a4
b5
a 2b

1
.
2

If x

1
1
and y , which of the
y
z

following is / are true?

xz
x 2 y 2 is a constant.
1
III. z
y
I.
II.

a2
b
A.

I only

If a

B.
C.

II only
I and III only

A.
B.

D.

I, II and III

C.
D.
4.

5.

a 3 b 2

a 1 b 3

A.

3.

x 2 5x 6 x 3
.

x2 x 2 x2 x

1
1
m , then a 2 2
a
a
2
m.
2m2.
m2 + 2.
m2 2.

7.

If a

If

( x 2 px q)( x 2 7 x 12)
x 2 5x 4 ,
2
x 5x 6
find the values of p and q.
p
q
A.
3
2
B.
3
2
C.
3
2
D.
3
2

1
3 2

b c

A.

2b
ab 3

B.

ab 3
2b

C.

2ab
3a b

D.

2ab
b 3a

, then c =

8.

10. Solve 6 x x 2 9 .
A. x 3 and x 3
B. No solution

1
1
2 2
a
b
Simplify
.
1 1

b a

C.
D.

All real values of x

All real values of x except 3

A.

ab
ab

B.

a b
ab

C.

ba
ab

B.
C.

(zy + x)(y + z)
(xy + z)(z y)

D.

a b
ab

D.

(xz y)(x + z)

11. Factorize z2 xy2 zy + xyz.

A. (zy x)(x y)

12. Which of the following represents the

graph of y = (x 3)2 + 2?
9.

A student solves the simultaneous

y mx p
equations
graphically as
y nx q

A.

shown in Figure 1.
Figure 2(a)
B.

Figure 2(b)
C.

Figure 1
Find the solution of these simultaneous
Figure 2(c)

equations.
x

A.
B.

0
1.8

4
0

C.

13

D.

14

D.

Figure 2(d)

13. In Figure 3, a piece of rectangular paper

A.

ABCD is folded along its diagonal. Let the

new position of C be C. If CBD = 25 ,

B.
C.

find CDE.

D.

2 cm
2 2 cm
3 2 cm
4 2 cm

16. Which of the following graphs represents

the solution of
Figure 3
A.
B.
C.
D.

25
40
50
60

3x 5 x
.
6
3

A.
Figure 5(a)
B.
Figure 5(b)

14. In Figure 4, ABCD is a square. DE = 5 and

EC = 7. The perpendicular bisector of AE

cuts AD, AE and BC at F, G and H

respectively. Find FG.

Figure 5(c)
D.
Figure 5(d)
17. In Figure 6, AD BC. If BD = a, then

Figure 4
A.
B.

AC =

3
2
3

C.

65
24

D.

21
8

Figure 6
A.
B.

15. A piece of wire with length 6 2 cm is

cut into two parts. Each part is bent into a
circle. The sum of the areas of the two
2

circles is 10 cm . Find the radius of the

larger circle.

C.
D.

tan sin .
a cos
.
tan
a
.
tan cos

a
.
tan sin

18. The greatest value of (2 sin 3x 1)2 + 4 is

A.

B.

C.

D.

13

22. Solve 2x2 9 = 0.

19. If x and y are multiples of 2 and 5

respectively, which of the following
statements must be true?
I.
II.

xy is divisible by 10.
(x + 1)y is an odd number.

III. x2 + y2 is an odd number.

A.
B.

I only
II only

C.
D.

I and II only
I, II and III

A.

B.

x=

C.

3
2

3 2
2
3
x=
2

3 2
2
23. If the y-intercept of the line 3x + ky + 6 = 0
is 3, find the x-intercept.
A. 2
B. 6
C. 3
D. 3
D.

x=

24. The annual turnover of a company was

$500 000 in 2002. Due to the outbreak of
20. Figure 7 shows a regular pentagon ABCDE.
Find x : y : z.

SARS, the turnover was decreased by 40%

in 2003. In 2004, the turnover was
increased by 20% due to the CEPA.
What is the turnover in 2004?

Figure 7
A.
B.

1:1:1
1:2:1

C.

2:3:2

D.

1:2:3

21. If n is one of the roots of x2 + mx + n = 0,

where n 0, then m + n =
A. 1.
B.
C.
D.

1.
1.

A.
B.

$320 000
$360 000

C.

$420 000

D.

$560 000

25. The four vertices of a square are formed by

rotating the point (4, 3) by 90o about the
origin successively. Find the equation of
the diagonal of the square with negative
slope.
A.
B.

3x + 4y = 0
4x + 3y = 0

C.
D.

x +y=0
x y=0

0.

26. When 3x 3 ax 2 8x 5 is divided by

x 1 , the remainder is 4. What is the
value of a?
A.
B.
C.
D.

29. In Figure 10, ABCD is a rectangle. The

area of the shaded region is

4
2
2
4
Figure 10

27. In the figure, cos

E
A.
B.
C.
D.

1
4
1
2
3
4
3
2

1
D

C
1

1
B
Figure 8

28.

A.

20 cm2.

B.
C.

25 cm2.
30 cm2.

D.

40 cm2.

30. The bearing of A from B is N 43E; the

bearing of B from A is
A.

N 43E

B.
C.

S 47W
S 43E

D.

S 43W

31. The cross section area of two similar

prisms I and II shown in Figure 11 are
16 cm2 and 256 cm2 respectively. If the
Figure 9
What is the probability that Amy is sitting
opposite to Charlie?
A.

1
3

B.

1
4

C.

1
6

D.

1
8

height of prism I is 3 cm, find the volume

of prism II.

Figure 11
3

A.

2304 cm

B.
C.

3072 cm3
4096 cm3

D.

12 288 cm3

32. Which of the following box-and-whisker

diagrams represents the marks
42, 72, 82, 46, 40, 80, 60 and 52?

33. Which of the following scatter diagrams

shows no obvious relation between two
sets of data x and y?
A.

A.

Figure 12(a)

Figure 13(a)
B.

B.

Figure 13(b)
Figure 12(b)

C.

C.

Figure 13(c)
Figure 12(c)

D.

D.

Figure 13(d)
Figure 12(d)

34. Find the number of lines of reflectional

symmetry and the order of rotational
symmetry of the following figure.

35. Find the 10th term of the sequence

2, 5, 10, 17, 26
A.

42

B.

68

C.
D.

85
101

36. A(1, 4) and B(10, 8) are two points on the

Figure 14
Reflectional

Rotational

A.
B.

4
4

4
8

C.
D.

8
8

4
8

coordinate plane and P is a point on x-axis.

Find the minimum value of
AP + BP.
A.
B.

9
8 2

C.

10 3

D.

15

Section B

37. If

x=

a
b
c

, then x =
bc ca ab

38. In Figure 15, the line y = 3x + 2 cuts the

curve y = ax2 + bx + 22 at x = 2 and x = 5.
Find the values of a and b.

A.
B.

1
.
2
1
.
2

C.

1.

D.

1 or

1
2

Figure 15
a

A.

B.

C.
D.

2
2

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39. If the polynomial x3 + 2x2 + kx 2 is

divisible by x + 2, find the remainder when
the polynomial is divided by x 2.
A.

B.
C.

4
8

D.

12

43. In the figure, O is the centre of the circle

and OED and ABC are straight lines.
If

CDE = 110, then

x=

Figure 17
40. In Figure 16, AD is a diameter of the circle
and
:
:
Find x + y + z.

= 3 : 1 : 2 : 2.

A.
B.

200
220

C.
D.

230
240

44. In Figure 18, AD is a median of ABC . F

is a point on AD such that
AF : FD = 1 : 4. CF is produced to meet AB
at E.
Figure 16
A.
B.
C.
D.

280
300
320
340

41. Convert 111 010 110(2) into hexadecimal

number.
A.

1C5(16)

B.
C.

1D6(16)
2E7(16)

D.

2F8(16)

42. If x + 1 is a factor of
f (x) = 3x3 + kx2 + 5x + 1,
factorize f (x) completely.
A.
B.

(3x + 1)(x + 1)2

(3x + 1)(x + 1)(x 1)

C.
D.

(3x 1)(x + 1)2

(3x 1)(x + 1)(x 1)

By considering the areas of AFC,

FDC, FBD, AEF and EBF,

find AE : EB.

Figure 18
A.

1:6

B.
C.

1:7
1:8

D.

1:9

3x 4 2 x 1
45. Solve
.
10

3
x

C.

x 5
x3
5 x 3

D.

No solution

A.
B.

46. In Figure 19, PA is a tangent to the circle with

centre O. If OB = 3 and BP = 2, then PA =

48. The sum to infinity of a geometric

sequence is 27. If the sum of the first two
terms is 15, find the common ratio of the
sequence.

2
3
5
B.
9
A.

Figure 19

2
2
or
3
3
5
5
D.
or
9
9
C.

A.

2 3.

B.

3.

C.

4.

6.

D.

49. The probability that a man will win a game

47. If a, b, c are in geometric sequence, which of

the following must be true?
I.

2a, 2b, 2c are in geometric

sequence.

II. log a, log b, log c are in arithmetic

sequence.
III.

a,

b,

is P and the probability that he will lose is

also the same. If the man plays two games,
find the probability that he will draw both
games.
A. (1 2P)2
B. (1 P)P
C. 1 P2
D. (1 P)2

c are in geometric

sequence.
A. I and II only

50. Consider the following data :

10, 18, 15, 38, 17, 32, k

B. II and III only

C. I and III only

If the inter-quartile range is 19, then k =

D. I, II and III

A.

13.

B.
C.

13 or 34.
13 or 32.

D.

19 or 36.

10

51. Find the constrains represented by the

shaded region in Figure 20.

52. Solve log2 (2x + 1) + log2 (3x + 1) = 1.

1
3
1
B.
6
A.

1
3
1
D. 1 or
6
C. 1 or

Figure 20

53. Solve the equation

3 cos 60 tan 3 sin 30

x 0
y 0

A.
x 2 y 4 0
3 x 2 y 6 0

for 0 360 .
A. 60 or 240
B. 60 or 120
C. 30 or 210
D. 30 or 330

x 0
y 0

B.
x 2 y 4 0
3 x 2 y 6 0

54. In the figure, if is the angle between the

diagonals AF and BE of the cuboid, then

x 0
y 0

C.
x 2 y 4 0
3 x 2 y 6 0

sin

A.

x 0
y 0

D.
x 2 y 4 0
3 x 2 y 6 0

B.
C.
D.

<<<

F
G

21

2
19
4
21

D
A

Figure 21

4
19

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Q.C. Mo ck Exam, 2007 2008, Maths Paper II

Answers :
MC Question -- Section A

36. D

1.

MC Question -- Section B

2.

37. D

3.
4.

D
A

38. C
39. D

5.
6.

C
D

40. B
41. B

7.
8.

D
B

42. A
43. B

9.

44. C

10. D
11. C

45. D
46. C

12. D
13. B

47. B
48. C

14. C
15. B

49. A
50. B

16. C

51. B

17. C
18. D

52. B
53. A

19. A
20. A

54. C

21. B
22. D

A 11

23. A

B 16

24. B
25. B

C 12

26. B
27. D

D 15

28. A
29. A
30. D
31. B
32. A
33. C
34. A
35. D

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