M9
Sci9
SS9
E9
M10-11
Sci10-11
SS10-11
E10-11
M12
Sci12
SS12
E12
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100
What are the coordinates of the vertex of the function f(x) = 3x2 + 6x - 2 ?
(-1, -5)
100
Two planes connected at an acute angle.
Wedge
100
What is the organization of European countries that tries to compete with and counterbalance the United States?
The European Union
(“EU” does not count.)
100
How many lines does an English Sonnet poem consist of?
14
100
(1 min.)
Write (in interval notation) the domain of
100
The change in matter that results in the formation of frost and snow?
Deposition
100
In the prisoners' dilemma, why is the cooperative outcome not a Nash equilibrium?
A) Players prefer the outcome because it is the best outcome for both.
B) Rational self-interest leads to sub-optimal outcomes.
C) It requires communication and the dilemma does not allow communication.
D) The payoffs are too low in the cooperative outcome.
B) Rational self-interest leads to sub-optimal outcomes.
100
White Fang is an example of what sub-genre of realism?
naturalism
100
(1 min.)
As part of a class project at a large university, Amber selected a random sample of 12 students in her major field of study. All students in the sample were asked to report their number of hours spent studying for the final exam and their score on the final exam. A regression analysis on the data produced the following partial computer output.
According to the results, students who spend another hour of study is expected to have . . . . more points of their test scores. (round to the nearest tenth)
2.7
100
Convex mirrors always produce what kind of image?
Virtual image
100
What characterizes a strictly dominated strategy?
A) It's always worse than some other strategy regardless of opponents' actions
B) It's the best choice no matter what the opponent does
C) It's part of a Nash equilibrium
D) It yields the highest possible payoff
A) It's always worse than some other strategy regardless of opponents' actions
100
Shelley's radicalism targeted which social system?
(Hint: Ozymandius)
Aristocracy/monarchy
100
What was the theme of the Spring chapel messages?
Faith
200
Factor 9x4 - 36x2 completely.
9x2(x+2)(x-2)
200
Electromagnetic waves that we can see.
Visible light
200
Andorra’s school system is supported by what two countries?
France and Spain
200
What is the rhyme scheme of the following poem?
True friends are by your side
Through it all
True friends are there
To catch you when you fall
ABCB
200
(1 min.)
Describe (in limit notation) the end behaviors of
200
Give three kinds of lipids.
(Any three)
Fatty acids, fats, oils, waxes, steroids
200
15. "Reason forward, look backward" as a strategic principle means:
A) Learning from past mistakes to make better decisions going forward
B) Analyzing the endgame for reasoning to make current decisions
C) Always making the first move so the opponent must think ahead
D) Considering historical precedents to learn from past mistakes
B) Analyzing the endgame for reasoning to make current decisions
200
In Much Madness is Divinest Sense, by Emily Dickinson, what does “madness” mean?
insanity/craziness
200
(1 min.)
Optometrists are interested in various causes of eye abnormalities. In a Philadelphia eye institute study, a random sample of parents were asked whether their children slept primarily in room light, darkness, or with a night-light before the age of two. They were also asked about each child’s eyesight diagnosis (nearsighted, far-sighted, or normal vision) from the child’s most recent examination.
When conducting the chi-square test, what degree of freedom should be used?
4
200
The amount of thermal energy needed to increase the temperature of 1 g of a substance by 1 °C.
Specific heat capacity
200
In the US-China trade war analysis, what type of game structure is suggested by the scenario where both countries have "patient" vs. "impatient" types?
A) Complete information game
B) Bayesian game with incomplete information
C) Zero-sum game
D) Coordination game
B) Bayesian game with incomplete information
200
The Enlightenment recaptured wisdom from which era?
Classical antiquity/Ancient Greece
200
Where did the WICS 2024 Christmas Concert take place?
Nakano ZERO
300
Factor 4a5b3 + 24a3b5 - 16a2b completely.
4a2b (a3b2 + 6ab4 - 4)
300
When a wave bends as it passes into a new medium.
Refraction
300
What do glasnost and perestroika mean?
glasnost = openness
perestroika = restructuring
300
In the Adventure of the Beryl Coronet, what were the names of Mr. Holder’s son and niece?
Arthur, Mary
300
(2 mins.)
Find
DNE or undefined
300
The type of nuclear decay where the mass number remains the same, the atomic number is reduced, and a neutrino is released.
Electron capture
300
What makes repeated games different from one-shot games?
a. Players can establish reputations for cooperation
b. The threat of future punishment can maintain cooperation
c. Self-interest may not always lead to defection
d. All of the above
e. None of the above
d. All of the above
300
“...And the night-fires going out, and the lack of shelters,
And the cities hostile and the towns unfriendly
And the villages dirty and charging high prices…” is an example of what literary device?
polysyndeton
300
(2 mins.)
Data were collected from a longitudinal study designed to investigate the relationship between blood sugar levels and brain shrinkage. The results of an analysis of the data for 22 observations are shown in the table below.
Construct a 98 percent confidence interval for the slope of the least-squares regression line for brain shrinkage on blood sugar levels? Assume the conditions for inference are met.
Round each bound to the nearest thousandth
(-0.023, 0.345)
300
According to Coulomb’s law, doubling the distance between two charged bodies will reduce the force between them to ____ of the original value.
One-fourth or 1/4
300
According to Bayes' theorem, P(A|B) equals:
A) P(B|A) × P(A) × P(B)
B) P(B|A) × P(A) ÷ P(B)
C) P(A) × P(B) ÷ P(B|A)
D) P(B|A) ÷ P(A)
B) P(B|A) × P(A) ÷ P(B)
300
In Conrad's, The Heart of Darkness, the character of Kurtz is used to critique which literary movement?
Romanticism
300
What is Mr. Andrew’s full name?
Leandro Bondad
(misspellings do not count)
400
Simplify
2
400
Find the current in a circuit with a resistance of 3.5 Ω that is powered by an 9.0 V battery
2.57 A
400
What is the tendency of ethnically and religiously diverse territories to break up into small, hostile nations called?
Balkanization
400
Complete the following refrain from the poem ‘Bonnie George Campbell’:
“And ham cam his guid horse
__________________________”
But never cam he
OR
But never came he
400
(2 mins.)
Given the following rotation rules.
What is the mapping rule of the Tetris piece’s transformation from its current position to the position indicated by the blue outline?
400
For the following exothermic reaction, what (4) stresses placed on the reaction will favor product formation?
Increase Concentration of Reactant;
Decrease Concentration of Product;
Increase Pressure;
Decrease Temperature
400
Is there a Nash equilibrium? If so, what is it?
There is no Nash equilibrium.
400
Name the character and story that the following quote is from: “I cannot cry. I cannot care. That thing will come back no more.”
Dexter (Green) in Winter Dreams
400
(3 mins.)
The manager of a restaurant tracks the types of dinners that customers order from the menu to ensure that the correct amount of food is ordered from the supplier each week. Data from customers as per December 2024 suggest the following weekly distribution.
The manager believes that there has been a change in the distribution in 2025. A random sample of 200 orders was taken from all customer orders placed last week. The following table shows the results of the sample.
Name the type of dinner that contributes the greatest to the chi-square test statistic.
Pork
400
What are 4 measures for brightness?
Illuminance
Luminous flux
Luminance
Luminous intensity
400
A company initially believes there's a 40% chance a potential entrant is aggressive. After the entrant announces "considering entry" (aggressive types do this 70% of the time, passive types 30%), what's the updated probability they're aggressive?
0.609/60%/60.9%
400
Gray's famous elegy questions what social assumption underpinning who gets remembered and celebrated after passing?
Merit/worth
400
What ministry did we support for the Christmas concert?
Josiah Venture (Ukraine)