Name: ___________________ Grade: 11th SAT/AP
Teacher: Haneen Hussain Date: Oct 26th, 2025
Subject: Precalculus Midterm Exam Total Points 40
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Scoring Rubric
Questions Points per Total points Student Score
Question
MCQ’s 1 20
FRQ’s
1 2points 10
5 questions
2 2 points – 5 10
questions
Total Score out of 40
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Part 1: Multiple Choice Questions : Only one answer is true for each question
1. The function 𝒇 is given by 𝒇(𝒙) = √𝟐 − 𝒙 + 𝟓 , what is 𝒇(−𝒂)?
a. √2 − 𝑎 +3
b. √2 + 𝑎 + 5
c. √2 + 𝑎 +5
d. √𝑎 + 7
2. The function 𝒈 is given by 𝒈(𝒙) = 𝟖 − 𝟑𝒙 , Solve for 𝒈(𝒙) = −𝟏 ?
a. 𝑥 = −1
b. 𝑥 = 3
c. 𝑥 = −3
7
d. 𝑥 =
3
3. Given the graph of any function, what is used to determine if it’s one-one?
a. The Horizontal Line Test
b. The vertical Line Test
c. Both tests work for one
d. none
𝒙𝟐 −𝟒
4. What is the domain of 𝒇, if 𝒇(𝒙) = ?
𝒙𝟐 −𝟖𝟏
a. 𝑥 = ± 9
b. 𝑥 = ±2
c. 𝑥 = −3
d. 𝑥 ≠ ±2
−𝒙, 𝒙 < 𝟐
5. The function 𝒇 is a piecewise function given by 𝒇(𝒙) = {
𝒙, 𝒙 ≥ 𝟑
what value of 𝒙 is not in the domain of 𝒇?
a. 𝑥 = −1
b. 𝑥 = 2
c. 𝑥 = 3
d. 2 < 𝑥 < 5
6. The function f. is given by 𝒇(𝒙) = 𝒙𝟐 + 𝟐𝒙 − 𝟒 What is the average rate of
change over the interval [𝟎, 𝒂]
a. (−𝑎)2 − 2𝑎 + 4
b. 𝑎2 + 2𝑎 − 4
(−𝑎)2 −2𝑎
c.
𝑎
(𝑎)2 +2𝑎
d.
𝑎
𝟑, 𝒙<𝟎
The function 𝒇 is a piecewise function given by 𝒇(𝒙) = {√𝒙, 𝟎 ≤ 𝒙 ≤ 𝟒
answer the questions from 7-9 accordingly.
7. Which graph to the f could be 𝒇’𝒔 graph ?
a.
b.
8. What is the value of 𝒇(𝟓)?
a. 3
b. √5
c. 5
d. Undefined
9. What is the value of 𝒇(−𝟒)?
a. 2
b. 3
c. -3
d. -2
10. What is the range of the function shown in the graph?
a. −4 < 𝑥 ≤ 0
b. −3 < 𝑥 ≤ 1
c. 0 ≤ 𝑦 ≤ −4
d. −4 ≤ 𝑦 ≤ 0
11. The function 𝒇 has the graph shown below, which equation describes the
transformation of 𝒇(𝒙) to 𝒉(𝒙)
a. ℎ(𝑥) = 𝑓(𝑥 − 5) + 2
b. ℎ(𝑥) = 𝑓(𝑥 + 5) + 2
c. ℎ(𝑥) = 𝑓(𝑥 − 5) − 2
d. ℎ(𝑥) = 𝑓(𝑥 + 2) − 5
12. For which interval is the absolute value function increasing?
a. (−∞, ∞)
b. (1, ∞)
c. (3, ∞)
d. (-∞, 3)
[Link] functions 𝒇 and 𝒈 are given by 𝒇(𝒙) = 𝒙𝟒 − 𝟓 and 𝒈(𝒙) = 𝟐𝒙 , what is the
composition (𝒇(𝒈(𝒙)) ?
a. 2𝑥 4 + 5
b. 8𝑥 4 − 5
c. 2𝑥 4 − 5
d. 16𝑥 4 − 5
14. The function 𝒇 , represents the profit a company is making in a year t , 𝒇 is given
by the table below ,What is the average rate of change of 𝒇 on the interval
[𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟎 − 𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟎]?
𝒀𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝒕 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010
𝑷𝒓𝒐𝒇𝒊𝒕 25 K 26K 29K 24 K 23 K 24 K
𝒇(𝒕)
a. 100 $/𝑦𝑒𝑎𝑟
b. −100 $/𝑦𝑒𝑎𝑟
10
c. – ) $/𝑦𝑒𝑎𝑟
100
10
d. ( ) $/𝑦𝑒𝑎𝑟
1000
15. The function 𝒇 is given by 𝒇(𝒙) = |𝟐𝒙 + 𝟔| , what is the solution set of 𝒇?
a. ±6
b. ±3
c. ±2
d. 0
[Link] function 𝒇 and 𝒑 are given by 𝒇(𝒙) = |𝒙|, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒑(𝒙) = |𝒙 + 𝟕| − 𝟔 , which
of the following describes the transformation of 𝒇 to 𝒑 ?
a. 𝒇 is shifted 7 units right and 6 up
b. 𝒇 is shifted 7 units left and 6 right
c. 𝒇 is shifted 7 units left and 6 up
d. 𝒇 is shifted 7 units left and 6 down
17. Which is a true solution set / interval for the inequality |−𝒙 + 𝟓| + 𝟒 ≥ 𝟖 ?
a. 1 ≤ 𝑥 ≤ 9
b. 𝑥 ≤ 1 and 𝑥 ≥ 9
c. 𝑥 < 1 and 𝑥 ≥ 9
d. 𝑥 ≤ 1 and 𝑥 > 9
18. The function 𝒇 is given by 𝒇(𝒙) = 𝟐𝒙𝟒 + 𝟔𝒙𝟐 , what is a true statement about 𝒇 ?
a. 𝑓 is Even
b. 𝑓 is Odd
c. 𝑓 is neither Even nor Odd
d. No enough information
19. The function 𝒇 is a polynomial shown below, what is a possible degree of 𝒇?
a. 3
b. 2
c. 4
d. Can’t be defined
20. Given the functions:
I . 𝒇(𝒙) = 𝒙𝟐
II𝒈(𝒙) = 𝒙𝟑
III. 𝒓(𝒙) = 𝒙𝟒
Which of the following is a true statement?
a. 𝑓 and 𝑔 are even functions
b. 𝑓 and 𝑔 are odd functions
c. 𝑔 and 𝑟 are even functions
d. 𝑔 and 𝑟 are odd functions
Part 2: Free Response Questions ( 20 points)
FRQ 1: ( 10 points)
Given the functions 𝒇(𝒙) = 𝒙𝟐 − 𝟓𝒙 + 𝟔 , and 𝒈(𝒙) = (𝒙 − 𝟐)
𝑔(𝑥)
A. (i) Let the function 𝑝(𝑥) = , find 𝑝(𝑥).
𝑓(𝑥)
(Ii) Referring your answer of part (i) what is the domain of 𝑝(𝑥)?
B. The graph of 𝑓 is shown below:
(i) Determine the behavior of the graph on the intervals [−∞, 3) and (3, ∞).
(ii) Determine the End behavior of the graph using the limit notation.
(iii) What are the solutions of the function?
(iv) What is the y-intercept of the function?
(v) Evaluate 𝑓(4)?
FRQ 2: (10 Points)
The function 𝒈 is given by the table of values, below. Answer the questions
accordingly.
𝒙 −𝟑 −𝟐 −𝟏 𝟎 𝟏 𝟐 𝟑
𝒈(𝒙) 𝒃 −𝟏𝟑 −𝟏 𝟎 −𝟏 −𝟏𝟑 −𝟐𝟕
A. (i) Evaluate the average rate of change over the interval −2 ≤ 𝑥 ≤ 3.
(ii) Find the value of b such that the average rate of change over the interval −3 ≤ 𝑥 < 1
1
is .
2
(iii) If the functions g can be represented by the equation 𝑔(𝑥) = 𝑎𝑥 2 + 𝑏𝑥 + 𝑐 Write 3
expressions to find the values of a, b and c.
Hint: Use any 3 pairs of (𝑥, 𝑔(𝑥)) to construct the equations
(iv) Express the end behavior of the function as x approaches ∞ using limit notation.
(v) Complete the table of g(x) – 3 below, show how each value of g is affected.
𝒙 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3
𝒈(𝒙) − 𝟑
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