PCAT Quantitative Practice Questions -9

Pharmacy College Admission Test

1. If $x=9$, then $3(x-3)^{2}=$
   
   
   1. $108$
   2. $112$
   3. $84$
   4. $94$
   
   
2. $(a^{7})^{6}$
   
   
   1. $a^{13}$
   2. $a^{42}$
   3. $a^{7}$
   4. $a^{6}$
   
   
3. What is the slop of the line that passes through $(-5,7)$ and $(2,-2)$?
   
   
   1. $\frac{9}{7}$
   2. $\frac{3}{7} $
   3. $-\frac{3}{7} $
   4. $\frac{-9}{7} $
   
   
4. Factor: $x^{2}-4x-5$
   
   
   1. $(x-1)(x+5)$
   2. $(x+1)(x-5)$
   3. $(x+4)(x+1)$
   4. $(x-3)(x+4)$
   
   
5. What is the y-intercept of the line expressed in the equation $2x+3y=6$?
   
   
   1. $3$
   2. $2 $
   3. $-2 $
   4. $\frac{2}{3} $
   
   
6. Find the domain for the given function.
   $f(x)=\log(x+5)$
   
   
   1. $(-5,\infty)$
   2. $[-5,\infty)$
   3. $(-\infty,5)$
   4. $[-\infty,5)$
   
   
7. Which line is perpendicular to the y-axis?
   
   
   1. $x=6$
   2. $x=y-1$
   3. $y=x+1 $
   4. $y=1$
   
   
8. $\lim_{x \to \infty}(\frac{9x^{5}-9x^{4}+3x^{3}+6x^{2}-x}{3x^{5}-5x^{2}})$
   
   
   1. $3$
   2. $ 0$
   3. $-3 $
   4. $\infty $
   
   
9. $x^{2}+5=149$, $x=$
   
   
   1. $11,-11$
   2. $12,-12 $
   3. $14,-14 $
   4. None of the above
   
   
10. $\lim_{x \to 3}(\frac{x^{2}-9}{x-3})$
    
    
    1. $0$
    2. $ \infty$
    3. $6 $
    4. $1 $
    
    

Answer Key

1	A
2	B
3	D
4	B
5	B
6	A
7	D
8	A
9	B
10	C

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