NCSSM placement test questions with
f f f f
complete solution
f f
binomial f- fANS-a fpolynomial fwith ftwo fterms
constant f- fANS-a fvalue fthat fdoes fnot fchange
factor f- fANS-a fnumber for fexpression fthat fis fmultiplied fby fanother fnumber for fexpression
fto fget fa fproduct
monomial f- fANS-a fnumber for fa fproduct fof fnumbers fand fvariables fwith fwhole-number
fexponents, for fa fpolynomial fwith fone fterm
polynomial f- fANS-a fmonomial for fa fsum for fdifference fof fmonomials
consistent fsystem f- fANS-a fsystem fof fequations for finequalities fthat fhas fat fleast fone
fsolution
dependent fsystem f- fANS-a fsystem fof fequations fthat fhas finfinitely fmany fsolutions
elimination fmethod f- fANS-a fmethod fused fto fsolve fsystems fof fequations fin fwhich fone
fvariable fis feliminated fby fadding for fsubtracting ftwo fequations fof fthe fsystem
inconsistent fsystem f- fANS-a fsystem fof fequations for finequalities fthat fhas fno fsolution
independent fsystem f- fANS-a fsystem fof fequations fthat fhas fexactly fone fsolution
substitution fmethod f- fANS-A fmethod fused fto fsolve fsystems fof fequations fby fsolving fan
fequation ffor fone fvariable fand fsubstituting fthe fresulting fexpression finto fthe fother
fequation(s)
system fof flinear fequations f- fANS-a fsystem fof fequations fin fwhich fall fof fthe fequations fare
flinear
correlation f- fANS-a fmeasure fof fthe fstrength fan fdirection fof fthe frelationship fbetween ftwo
fvariables for fdata fsets
correlation fcoefficient f- fANS-a fnumber fr fgreater fthan for fequal fto f-1 fand fless fthan for fequal
fto f1, fthat fdescribes fhow fclosely fthe fpoints fin fa fscatter fplot fcluster faround fthe fline fof fbest
ffit.
, linear fregression f- fANS-a fstatistical fmethod fused fto ffit fa flinear fmodel fto fa fgiven fdata fset
residual f- fANS-the fsigned fvertical fdistance fbetween fa fdata fpoint fand fa fline fof ffit
X-Intercept f- fANS-The fx-coordinate(s) fof fthe fpoint(s) fwhere fa fgraph fintersects fthe fx-axis.
Y-Intercept f- fANS-The fy-coordinate(s) fof fthe fpoint(s) fwhere fa fgraph fintersects fthe fy-axis.
Linear fFunction f- fANS-A ffunction fthat fcan fbe fwritten fin fthe fform fy=mx+b, fwhere fx fis fthe
findependent fvariable fand fm fand fb fare freal fnumbers. fIts fgraph fis fa fline.
Rate f- fANS-A fratio fthat fcompares ftwo fquantities fmeasured fin fdifferent funits.
Rate fof fChange f- fANS-A fratio fthat fcompares fthe famount fof fchange fin fa fdependent
fvariable fto fthe famount fof fchange fin fan findependent fvariable.
Slope f- fANS-A fmeasure fof fthe fsteepness fof fa fline.
Exponent f- fANS-The fnumber fthat findicates fhow fmany ftimes fthe fbase fin fa fpower fis fused
fas fa ffactor.
Exponential fExpressions f- fANS-An falgebraic fexpression fin fwhich fthe fvariable fis fin fan
fexponent fwith fa ffixed fnumber fas fthe fbase.
Exponential fFunction f- fANS-A ffunction fin fthe fform ff(x)=ab^x fwhere fa fand fb fare freal
fnumbers, fa fdoes fnot fequal fzero, fb>0, fand fb fdoes fnot fequal f1.
Perfect fSquare f- fANS-A fnumber fwhose fpositive fsquare froot fis fa fwhole fnumber.
Exponential fGrowth f- fANS-An fexponential ffunction fin fthe fform fy=a(1+r)^t, fwhere fr fis fthe
frate fof fgrowth, fa fis fthe finitial famount fand ft fis fthe ftime.
Exponential fDecay f- fANS-An fexponential ffunction fin fthis fform, fwhere fr fis fthe frate fof
fdecay, fa fis fthe finitial famount fand ft fis fthe ftime.
Base f- fANS-The fnumber fin fa fpower fthat fis fused fas fa ffactor.
Half-life f- fANS-The fhalf-life fof fa fsubstance fis fthe ftime fit ftakes ffor fone-half fof fthe
fsubstance fto fdecay finto fanother fsubstance.
arithmetic fsequence f- fANS-A fsequence fwhose fsuccessive fterms fdiffer fby fthe fsame
fnonzero fnumber, fcalled fthe f"common fdifference".
common fdifference f- fANS-In fan farithmetic fsequence, fthe fnonzero fconstant fdifference fof
fany fterm fand fthe fprevious fterm.
f f f f
complete solution
f f
binomial f- fANS-a fpolynomial fwith ftwo fterms
constant f- fANS-a fvalue fthat fdoes fnot fchange
factor f- fANS-a fnumber for fexpression fthat fis fmultiplied fby fanother fnumber for fexpression
fto fget fa fproduct
monomial f- fANS-a fnumber for fa fproduct fof fnumbers fand fvariables fwith fwhole-number
fexponents, for fa fpolynomial fwith fone fterm
polynomial f- fANS-a fmonomial for fa fsum for fdifference fof fmonomials
consistent fsystem f- fANS-a fsystem fof fequations for finequalities fthat fhas fat fleast fone
fsolution
dependent fsystem f- fANS-a fsystem fof fequations fthat fhas finfinitely fmany fsolutions
elimination fmethod f- fANS-a fmethod fused fto fsolve fsystems fof fequations fin fwhich fone
fvariable fis feliminated fby fadding for fsubtracting ftwo fequations fof fthe fsystem
inconsistent fsystem f- fANS-a fsystem fof fequations for finequalities fthat fhas fno fsolution
independent fsystem f- fANS-a fsystem fof fequations fthat fhas fexactly fone fsolution
substitution fmethod f- fANS-A fmethod fused fto fsolve fsystems fof fequations fby fsolving fan
fequation ffor fone fvariable fand fsubstituting fthe fresulting fexpression finto fthe fother
fequation(s)
system fof flinear fequations f- fANS-a fsystem fof fequations fin fwhich fall fof fthe fequations fare
flinear
correlation f- fANS-a fmeasure fof fthe fstrength fan fdirection fof fthe frelationship fbetween ftwo
fvariables for fdata fsets
correlation fcoefficient f- fANS-a fnumber fr fgreater fthan for fequal fto f-1 fand fless fthan for fequal
fto f1, fthat fdescribes fhow fclosely fthe fpoints fin fa fscatter fplot fcluster faround fthe fline fof fbest
ffit.
, linear fregression f- fANS-a fstatistical fmethod fused fto ffit fa flinear fmodel fto fa fgiven fdata fset
residual f- fANS-the fsigned fvertical fdistance fbetween fa fdata fpoint fand fa fline fof ffit
X-Intercept f- fANS-The fx-coordinate(s) fof fthe fpoint(s) fwhere fa fgraph fintersects fthe fx-axis.
Y-Intercept f- fANS-The fy-coordinate(s) fof fthe fpoint(s) fwhere fa fgraph fintersects fthe fy-axis.
Linear fFunction f- fANS-A ffunction fthat fcan fbe fwritten fin fthe fform fy=mx+b, fwhere fx fis fthe
findependent fvariable fand fm fand fb fare freal fnumbers. fIts fgraph fis fa fline.
Rate f- fANS-A fratio fthat fcompares ftwo fquantities fmeasured fin fdifferent funits.
Rate fof fChange f- fANS-A fratio fthat fcompares fthe famount fof fchange fin fa fdependent
fvariable fto fthe famount fof fchange fin fan findependent fvariable.
Slope f- fANS-A fmeasure fof fthe fsteepness fof fa fline.
Exponent f- fANS-The fnumber fthat findicates fhow fmany ftimes fthe fbase fin fa fpower fis fused
fas fa ffactor.
Exponential fExpressions f- fANS-An falgebraic fexpression fin fwhich fthe fvariable fis fin fan
fexponent fwith fa ffixed fnumber fas fthe fbase.
Exponential fFunction f- fANS-A ffunction fin fthe fform ff(x)=ab^x fwhere fa fand fb fare freal
fnumbers, fa fdoes fnot fequal fzero, fb>0, fand fb fdoes fnot fequal f1.
Perfect fSquare f- fANS-A fnumber fwhose fpositive fsquare froot fis fa fwhole fnumber.
Exponential fGrowth f- fANS-An fexponential ffunction fin fthe fform fy=a(1+r)^t, fwhere fr fis fthe
frate fof fgrowth, fa fis fthe finitial famount fand ft fis fthe ftime.
Exponential fDecay f- fANS-An fexponential ffunction fin fthis fform, fwhere fr fis fthe frate fof
fdecay, fa fis fthe finitial famount fand ft fis fthe ftime.
Base f- fANS-The fnumber fin fa fpower fthat fis fused fas fa ffactor.
Half-life f- fANS-The fhalf-life fof fa fsubstance fis fthe ftime fit ftakes ffor fone-half fof fthe
fsubstance fto fdecay finto fanother fsubstance.
arithmetic fsequence f- fANS-A fsequence fwhose fsuccessive fterms fdiffer fby fthe fsame
fnonzero fnumber, fcalled fthe f"common fdifference".
common fdifference f- fANS-In fan farithmetic fsequence, fthe fnonzero fconstant fdifference fof
fany fterm fand fthe fprevious fterm.
