Trigonometry Practice Questions - Part 2

These practice questions are similar to those in your Compass trigonometry exam. If you do not know how to answer a question click on "Hint" to get help on how to solve it. When you finish answering all the questions, click on "Submit" at the bottom of the page to know which questions you answered incorrectly, then go to those questions and try again.


Q1) Which of the following graphs corresponds to the graph of $y = \sin x \cos x$

A.

B.

C.

D.

E.

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Q2) If $A$ and $B$ are angles in quadrant I and $\sin A = \dfrac{1}{5}$ and $\sin B = \dfrac{1}{4}$, then $\sin(A+B)=$

A. $\dfrac{9}{20}$

B. $-\dfrac{\sqrt 15 + 2\sqrt 6}{20}$

C. $\dfrac{\sqrt 15 + 2\sqrt 6}{20}$

D. $\dfrac{1}{20}$

E. $\dfrac{\sqrt 15 - 2\sqrt 6}{20}$

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Q3) $\sin(2x)+\cos (2x) + 2\sin ^2 x$ is equivalent to

A. $2\sin(x)\cos(x)$

B. $2\sin(x)\cos (x)-\sin ^2x + 1$

C. $2\sin (2x+\dfrac{\pi}{4})$

D. $2\sin (2x-\dfrac{\pi}{4})$

E. $2\sin(x)\sin(x) + 1$

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Q4) What is the exact value of $\sin (2x)$ if $\sin x = \dfrac{1}{5}$ and $x$ is in quadrant $I$?

A. $\dfrac{8}{25}$

B. $\dfrac{2}{5}$

C. $\dfrac {-1}{5}$

D. $\dfrac{4 \sqrt 6}{25}$

E. $\dfrac {2 \sqrt 6}{5}$

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Q5) Over which of the following intervals is $\cos x \lt \sin x$?

A.   $(0 , \dfrac{\pi}{4})$

B.   $(\dfrac{\pi}{4}, \dfrac{5\pi}{4})$

C.   $(\dfrac{5\pi}{4} , \dfrac{3\pi}{2})$

D.   $(\dfrac{3\pi}{2} , \dfrac{7\pi}{4})$

E.   $(\dfrac{7\pi}{4} , 2\pi)$

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Q6) If $f(\theta)=sin(2\theta+\dfrac{\pi}{2})$ and $h(\theta)=\tan(\theta + \dfrac{3\pi}{4})$, then $f(h(\dfrac{\pi}{4}))=$

A. $0$

B. $1$

C. $-1$

D. $\dfrac{1}{2}$

E. $-\dfrac{1}{2}$

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Q7) What is the solution set for the equation $-\sin ^2 x=-2(\cos x+1)$ for $0 \lt x \lt 2\pi$ ?

A. $\{\pi \}$

B. $\{0, \pi \}$

C. $\{0, \pi , 2\pi \}$

D. $\{0, \dfrac{\pi}{2} , 2\pi \}$

E. $\{\dfrac{\pi}{2} , 2\pi \}$

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Q8) Which function corresponds to the graph shown below?

A. $y=\dfrac{1}{2}cos(4x)$

B. $y=-\dfrac{1}{2}cos(x)$

C. $y=\dfrac{1}{2}sin(4x)$

D. $y=-\dfrac{1}{2}sin(4x+\pi/2)$

E. $y=-\dfrac{1}{2}cos(4x+\pi)$

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Q9) What is $\cos \theta$ if $2 \cot \theta + 2 = 5$ and $0 \lt \theta \lt \dfrac{\pi}{2}$

A. $\dfrac{3}{\sqrt {13}}$

B. $\dfrac{2}{\sqrt {13}}$

C. $\dfrac{1}{\sqrt {3}}$

D. $\dfrac{2}{\sqrt {3}}$

E. $\dfrac{1}{5}$

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Q10) What is $\cos x$ if $-3 \cos(-x) + 4 = 5$?

A. $\dfrac{1}{3}$

B. $1$

C. $-\dfrac{1}{3}$

D. $-1$

E. $0$

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