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CORE*, FUR2 2010 VCAA 1

The cash price of a large refrigerator is $2000.

  1. A customer buys the refrigerator under a hire-purchase agreement.
  2. She does not pay a deposit and will pay $55 per month for four years.
    1. Calculate the total amount, in dollars, the customer will pay.   (1 mark)

    2. Find the total interest the customer will pay over four years.   (1 mark)

    3. Determine the annual flat interest rate that is applied to this hire-purchase agreement.
    4. Write your answer as a percentage.   (1 mark)

  3. Next year the cash price of the refrigerator will rise by 2.5%.
  4. The following year it will rise by a further 2.0%.
  5. Calculate the cash price of the refrigerator after these two price rises.   (1 mark)

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GRAPHS, FUR2 2010 VCAA 3

Let be the number of Softsleep pillows that are sold each week and be the number of Resteasy pillows that are sold each week.

A constraint on the number of pillows that can be sold each week is given by

Inequality 1:  

  1. Explain the meaning of Inequality 1 in terms of the context of this problem.  (1 mark)

Each week, Anne sells at least 30 Softsleep pillows and at least Resteasy pillows.

These constraints may be written as

Inequality 2:  

 

Inequality 3:  

The graphs of    and    are shown below.

GRAPHS, FUR2 2010 VCAA 3

  1. State the value of .  (1 mark)
  2. On the axes above

     

    1. draw the graph of    (1 mark)
    2. shade the region that satisfies Inequalities 1, 2 and 3.  (1 mark)
  3. Softsleep pillows sell for $65 each and Resteasy pillows sell for $50 each.

     

    What is the maximum possible weekly revenue that Anne can obtain?  (2 marks)

Anne decides to sell a third type of pillow, the Snorestop.

She sells two Snorestop pillows for each Softsleep pillow sold. She cannot sell more than 150 pillows in total each week.

  1. Show that a new inequality for the number of pillows sold each week is given by

     

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    where      is the number of Softsleep pillows that are sold each week

     

        and      is the number of Resteasy pillows that are sold each week.  (1 mark)

Softsleep pillows sell for $65 each.

Resteasy pillows sell for $50 each.

Snorestop pillows sell for $55 each.

  1. Write an equation for the revenue, dollars, from the sale of all three types of pillows, in terms of the variables and .  (1 mark)
  2. Use Inequalities 2, 3 and 4 to calculate the maximum possible weekly revenue from the sale of all three types of pillow.  (2 marks) 
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GRAPHS, FUR2 2010 VCAA 2

Anne sells Resteasy pillows.

Last week she sold 35 Softsleep and Resteasy pillows.

The selling price per pillow is shown in Table 1 below.

 

GRAPHS, FUR2 2010 VCAA 2

The total revenue from pillow sales last week was $4275.

Find , the number of Resteasy pillows sold.  (1 mark)

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GRAPHS, FUR2 2010 VCAA 1

Anne sells Softsleep pillows for $65 each.

  1. Write an equation for the revenue, dollars, that Anne receives from the sale of Softsleep pillows.  (1 mark)
  2. The cost, dollars, of making Softsleep pillows is given by

Find the cost of making 30 Softsleep pillows.  (1 mark)

The revenue, , from the sale of Softsleep pillows is graphed below.

 

GRAPHS, FUR2 2010 VCAA 1

  1. Draw the graph of    on the axes above.  (1 mark)
  2. How many Softsleep pillows will Anne need to sell in order to break even?  (1 mark)
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GEOMETRY, FUR2 2010 VCAA 1

In the plan below, the entry gate of an adventure park is located at point .

A canoeing activity is located at point .

The straight path is 40 metres long.

The bearing of from is 060°.

 

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  1. Write down the size of the angle that is marked in the plan above.  (1 mark)
  2. What is the bearing of the entry gate from the canoeing activity?  (1 mark)
  3. How many metres north of the entry gate is the canoeing activity?  (1 mark)

 is a 90 metre straight path between the canoeing activity and a water slide located at point .

is a straight path between the entry gate and the water slide.

The angle is 120°.

 

GEOMETRY, FUR2 2010 VCAA 12
 

    1. Find the area that is enclosed by the three paths, , and .

       

      Write your answer in square metres, correct to one decimal place.  (1 mark)

    2. Show that the length of path is 115.3 metres, correct to one decimal place.  (1 mark)

Straight paths and lead to the kiosk located at point .

These two paths are of equal length.

The angle is 10°.

 

GEOMETRY, FUR2 2010 VCAA 13

    1. Find the size of the angle .  (1 mark)
    2. Find the length of path , in metres, correct to one decimal place.  (1 mark)
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CORE*, FUR2 2011 VCAA 4

Tania takes out a reducing balance loan of $265 000 to pay for her house.

Her monthly repayments will be $1980.

Interest on the loan will be calculated and paid monthly at the rate of 7.62% per annum.

    1. How many monthly repayments are required to repay the loan? Write your answer to the nearest month.   (1 mark)
    2. Determine the amount that is paid off the principal of this loan in the first year. Write your answer to the nearest cent.   (1 mark)

Immediately after Tania made her twelfth payment, the interest rate on her loan increased to 8.2% per annum, compounding monthly.

Tania decided to increase her monthly repayment so that the loan would be repaid in a further nineteen years.

  1. Determine the new monthly repayment.
  2. Write your answer to the nearest cent.   (1 mark)

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CORE*, FUR2 2011 VCAA 3

Tania purchased a house for $300 000.

She will have to pay stamp duty based on this purchase price.

Stamp duty rates are listed in the table below. 

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  1. Calculate the amount of stamp duty that Tania will have to pay.   (1 mark)

  2. Assuming that her house will increase in value at a rate of 3.17% per annum, what will the value of Tania's house be after 5 years?

     

    Write your answer to the nearest thousand dollars.   (1 mark)

Tania bought her house at the start of 2011.

  1. If the rate of increase in value remains at 3.17% per annum, at the start of which year will the value of Tania's house first exceed $450 000?   (2 marks)

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CORE*, FUR2 2011 VCAA 2

Tom and Patty both decided to invest some money from their savings.

Each chose a different investment strategy.

Tom's investment strategy

•  Deposit $5600 into an account with an interest rate of 7.2% per annum, compounding monthly.

•  Immediately after interest is paid into his investment account on the last day of each month, deposit a further $200 into the account.

  1. Determine the total amount in Tom's investment account at the end of the first month.   (1 mark)

Patty's investment strategy

•  Invest $8000 at the start of the year at an interest rate of 7.2% per annum, compounding annually.

  1. The following expression can be used to determine the value of Patty's investment at the end of the first year. Complete the expression by filling in the box.  (1 mark)

BUSINESS, FUR2 2011 VCAA 2

At the end of twelve months, Patty has more money in her investment account than Tom.

  1. How much more does she have?
  2. Write your answer to the nearest cent.  (2 marks)

  3. What annual compounding rate of interest would Patty need in order to earn $1000 interest in one year on her $8000 investment?
  4. Write your answer correct to one decimal place.  (1 mark)

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CORE*, FUR2 2011 VCAA 1

Tony plans to take his family on a holiday.

The total cost of $3630 includes a 10% Goods and Services Tax (GST).

  1. Determine the amount of GST that is included in the total cost.  (1 mark)

During the holiday, the family plans to visit some theme parks.

The prices of family tickets for three theme parks are shown in the table below.

BUSINESS, FUR2 2011 VCAA 1

  1. What is the total cost for the family if it visits all three theme parks?  (1 mark)

If Tony purchases the Movie Journey family ticket online, the cost is discounted to $202.40

  1. Determine the percentage discount.  (1 mark)
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CORE*, FUR2 2012 VCAA 3

An area of a club needs to be refurbished.

$40 000 is borrowed at an interest rate of 7.8% per annum. 

Interest on the unpaid balance is charged to the loan account monthly. 

Suppose the $40 000 loan is to be fully repaid in equal monthly instalments over five years.

  1. Determine the monthly payment, correct to the nearest cent.   (1 mark)
  2. If, instead, the monthly payment was $1000, how many months will it take to fully repay the $40 000?   (1 mark)
  3. Suppose no payments are made on the loan in the first 12 months.
    1. Write down a calculation that shows that the balance of the loan account after the first 12 months will be $43 234 correct to the nearest dollar.   (1 mark)
    2. After the first 12 months, only the interest on the loan is paid each month.
    3. Determine the monthly interest payment, correct to the nearest cent.   (1 mark)

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CORE*, FUR2 2012 VCAA 2

The value of the equipment will be depreciated using the unit cost method. 

The initial value of the equipment is $8360. It will depreciate by 22 cents per hour of use. 

On average, the equipment will be used for 3800 hours each year.

  1. Calculate the depreciated value of the equipment after three years.   (1 mark)

  2. Show that, in any one year, the flat rate method of depreciation with a depreciation rate of 10% per annum will give the same annual depreciation as the unit cost method.   (1 mark)

  3. After how many years will equipment be written off with a depreciated value of $0?   (1 mark)

  4. Suppose the reducing balance method is used to depreciate the equipment instead of the unit cost method.

     

    The initial value of the equipment is $8360. It will depreciate at a rate of 14% per annum of the reducing balance.

     

    Find, correct to the nearest dollar, the depreciated value of the equipment after ten years.   (1 mark)

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CORE*, FUR2 2012 VCAA 1

A club purchased new equipment priced at $8360. A 15% deposit was paid.

  1. Calculate the deposit.   (1 mark)

    1. Determine the amount of money that the club still owes on the equipment after the deposit is paid.   (1 mark)
    2. The amount owing will be fully repaid in 12 installments of $650.
    3. Determine the total interest paid.   (1 mark)

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NETWORKS, FUR1 2008 VCAA 8-9 MC

The network below shows the activities that are needed to finish a particular project and their completion times (in days).

 

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Part 1

The earliest start time for Activity , in days, is

A.     7

B.   15

C.   16

D.   19

E.   20

 

Part 2

This project currently has one critical path.

A second critical path, in addition to the first, would be created by

A.   increasing the completion time of by 7 days.

B.   increasing the completion time of by 1 day.

C.   increasing the completion time of by 2 days.

D.   decreasing the completion time of by 1 day.

E.   decreasing the completion time of by 2 days.

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NETWORKS, FUR1 2008 VCAA 4 MC

A simple connected graph with 3 edges has 4 vertices.

This graph must be

A.   a complete graph.

B.   a tree.

C.   a non-planar graph.

D.   a graph that contains a loop.

E.   a graph that contains a circuit.

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NETWORKS, FUR1 2010 VCAA 6-7 MC

In the network below, the values on the edges give the maximum flow possible between each pair of vertices. The arrows show the direction of flow. A cut that separates the source from the sink in the network is also shown.
 

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The capacity of this cut is

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The maximum flow between source and sink through the network is

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♦ Mean mark 50%.
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NETWORKS, FUR1 2010 VCAA 4 MC

A board game consists of nine labelled squares as shown.

A player must start at square  and, moving one square at a time, aim to finish at square .

Each move may only be to the right one square or down one square.

A player who lands on square must stay there and cannot move again.

A player can only stop moving when they reach or .
 

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A digraph that shows all the possible moves that a player could make to reach  or from is

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NETWORKS, FUR1 2006 VCAA 7 MC

A complete graph with six vertices is drawn.

This network would best represent

  1. the journey of a paper boy who delivers to six homes covering the minimum distance.
  2. the cables required to connect six houses to pay television that minimises the length of cables needed.
  3. a six-team basketball competition where all teams play each other once.
  4. a project where six tasks must be performed between the start and finish.
  5. the allocation of different assignments to a group of six students.  
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NETWORKS, FUR1 2006 VCAA 6 MC

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In the directed graph above the weight of each edge is non-zero.

The capacity of the cut shown is

A.   a + b + c + d + e

B.   a + c + d + e

C.   a + b + c + e

D.   a + b + c – d + e

E.   a – b + c – d + e 

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MATRICES*, FUR1 2007 VCAA 8 MC

There are five teams, and , in a volleyball competition. Each team played each other team once in 2007.

The results are summarised in the directed graph below. An arrow from to signifies that defeated
 


 

In 2007, the team that had the highest number of two-step dominances was

A.   team

B.   team

C.   team

D.   team

E.   team

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NETWORKS, FUR1 2009 VCAA 7 MC

Four workers, Anna, Bill, Caitlin and David, are each to be assigned a different task.

The table below gives the time, in minutes, that each worker takes to complete each of the four tasks.
 

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The tasks are allocated so as to minimise the total time taken to complete the four tasks.

This total time, in minutes, is

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NETWORKS, FUR1 2009 VCAA 5-6 MC

The network shows the activities that are needed to complete a particular project.

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Part 1

The total number of activities that need to be completed before activity may begin is

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E.   

 

Part 2

The duration of every activity is initially 5 hours. For an extra cost, the completion times of both activity  and activity can be reduced to 3 hours each.

If this is done, the completion time for the project will be

A.   decreased by 2 hours.

B.   decreased by 3 hours.

C.   decreased by 4 hours.

D.   decreased by 6 hours.

E.   unchanged. 

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NETWORKS, FUR1 2011 VCAA 3-4 MC

The map of Australia shows the six states, the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory (ACT).
 

In the network diagram below, each of the vertices to represents one of the states or territories shown on the map of Australia. The edges represent a border shared between two states or between a state and a territory.
 

 
Part 1

In the network diagram, the order of the vertex that represents the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) is

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Part 2

In the network diagram, Queensland is represented by

A.   vertex A.

B.   vertex B.

C.   vertex C.

D.   vertex D.

E.   vertex E.

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MATRICES*, FUR1 2011 VCAA 2 MC

The graph below shows the one-step dominances between four farm dogs, Kip, Lab, Max, and Nim.

In this graph, an arrow from Lab to Kip indicates that Lab has a one-step dominance over Kip.
 

 
From this graph, it can be concluded that Kip has a two-step dominance over

A.   Max only.

B.   Nim only.

C.   Lab and Nim only.

D.   all of the other three dogs.

E.   none of the other three dogs.

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NETWORKS, FUR1 2012 VCAA 6 MC

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In the digraph above, all vertices are reachable from every other vertex.

All vertices would still be reachable from every other vertex if we remove the edge in the direction from

A.   to

B.   to

C.   to

D.   to

E.   to

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MATRICES*, FUR1 2013 VCAA 5 MC

Four people, Ash (A), Binh (B), Con (C) and Dan (D), competed in a table tennis tournament.

In this tournament, each competitor played each of the other competitors once.

The results of the tournament are summarised in the directed graph below.

Each arrow shows the winner of a game played in the tournament. For example, the arrow from to shows that Con defeated Ash.
 

 
In the tournament, each competitor was given a ranking that was determined by calculating the sum of their one-step and two-step dominances. The competitor with the highest sum is ranked number one (1). The competitor with the second-highest sum was ranked number two (2), and so on.

Using this method, the rankings of the competitors in this tournament were

A.   Dan (1), Ash (2), Con (3), Binh (4)

B.   Dan (1), Ash (2), Binh (3), Con (4)

C.   Con (1), Dan (2), Ash (3), Binh (4)

D.   Ash (1), Dan (2), Binh (3), Con (4)

E.   Ash (1), Dan (2), Con (3), Binh (4)

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NETWORKS, FUR2 2006 VCAA 3

The five musicians are to record an album. This will involve nine activities.

The activities and their immediate predecessors are shown in the following table.

The duration of each activity is not yet known.
 

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  1. Use the information in the table above to complete the network below by including activities ,  and .  (2 marks)

     

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There is only one critical path for this project.

  1. How many non-critical activities are there?   (1 mark)

The following table gives the earliest start times (EST) and latest start times (LST) for three of the activities only. All times are in hours.


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  1. Write down the critical path for this project.   (1 mark)

The minimum time required for this project to be completed is 19 hours.

  1. What is the duration of activity ?   (1 mark)

The duration of activity is 3 hours.

  1. Determine the maximum combined duration of activities and .   (1 mark) 
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MATRICES*, FUR2 2006 VCAA 2

The five musicians, George, Harriet, Ian, Josie and Keith, compete in a music trivia game.

Each musician competes once against every other musician.

In each game there is a winner and a loser.

The results are represented in the dominance matrix, Matrix 1, and also in the incomplete directed graph below.

On the directed graph an arrow from Harriet to George shows that Harriet won against George.
 

NETWORKS, FUR2 2006 VCAA 2

  1. Explain why the figures in bold in Matrix 1 are all zero.   (1 mark)

One of the edges on the directed graph is missing.

  1. Using the information in Matrix 1, draw in the missing edge on the directed graph above and clearly show its direction.   (1 mark)

The results of each trivia contest (one-step dominances) are summarised as follows.

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In order to rank the musicians from first to last in the trivia contest, two-step (two-edge) dominances will be considered.

The following incomplete matrix, Matrix 2, shows two-step dominances.
 


 

  1. Explain the two-step dominance that George has over Ian.   (1 mark)

  2. Determine the value of the entry in Matrix 2.   (1 mark)

  3. Taking into consideration both the one-step and two-step dominances, determine which musician was ranked first and which was ranked last in the trivia contest.   (2 marks)

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NETWORKS, FUR2 2007 VCAA 4

A community centre is to be built on the new housing estate.

Nine activities have been identified for this building project.

The directed network below shows the activities and their completion times in weeks.
 

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  1. Determine the minimum time, in weeks, to complete this project.   (1 mark)

  2. Determine the slack time, in weeks, for activity .   (2 marks)

The builders of the community centre are able to speed up the project.

Some of the activities can be reduced in time at an additional cost.

The activities that can be reduced in time are , , , and .

  1. Which of these activities, if reduced in time individually, would not result in an earlier completion of the project?   (1 mark)

The owner of the estate is prepared to pay the additional cost to achieve early completion.

The cost of reducing the time of each activity is $5000 per week.

The maximum reduction in time for each one of the five activities, , , , , , is 2 weeks.

  1. Determine the minimum time, in weeks, for the project to be completed now that certain activities can be reduced in time.   (1 mark)

  2. Determine the minimum additional cost of completing the project in this reduced time.   (1 mark)

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NETWORKS, FUR2 2007 VCAA 2

The estate has large open parklands that contain seven large trees.

The trees are denoted as vertices to on the network diagram below.

Walking paths link the trees as shown.

The numbers on the edges represent the lengths of the paths in metres.
 

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  1. Determine the sum of the degrees of the vertices of this network.   (1 mark)

  2. One day Jamie decides to go for a walk that will take him along each of the paths between the trees.

    He wishes to walk the minimum possible distance.


    i.     State a vertex at which Jamie could begin his walk?   (1 mark)

  3. ii. Determine the total distance, in metres, that Jamie will walk.   (1 mark)

Michelle is currently at .

She wishes to follow a route that can be described as the shortest Hamiltonian circuit.

  1. Write down a route that Michelle can take.   (1 mark) 
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NETWORKS, FUR2 2007 VCAA 1

A new housing estate is being developed.

There are five houses under construction in one location.

These houses are numbered as points 1 to 5 below.
 

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The builders require the five houses to be connected by electrical cables to enable the workers to have a supply of power on each site.

  1. What is the minimum number of edges needed to connect the five houses?  (1 mark)

  2. On the diagram above, draw a connected graph with this number of edges.  (1 mark) 

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NETWORKS, FUR1 2014 VCAA 6-7 MC

Consider the following four graphs.
 


 

Part 1

How many of these four graphs have an Eulerian circuit?

A. 

B. 

C. 

D. 

E. 

 

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How many of these four graphs are planar?

A. 

B. 

C. 

D. 

E. 

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♦♦♦ Mean mark part 2: 7%!
MARKER’S COMMENT: A majority of students chose option A, not understanding that a graph with intersecting edges can still be planar.

 

 

MATRICES*, FUR1 2014 VCAA 4 MC

The directed graph below shows the results of a chess competition between five players: Alex, Ben, Cindi, Donna and Elise.
 

 
Each arrow indicates the winner of individual games. For example, the arrow from Alex to Donna indicates that Alex beat Donna in their game.

The sum of their one-step and two-step dominances is calculated to give each player a dominance score. The dominance scores are then used to rank the players.

The ranking of the players in this competition, from highest to lowest dominance score, is

A. Ben, Elise, Donna, Alex, Cindi

B. Ben, Elise, Cindi, Donna, Alex

C. Ben, Elise, Donna, Cindi, Alex

D. Elise, Ben, Donna, Alex, Cindi

E. Elise, Ben, Donna, Cindi, Alex

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NETWORKS, FUR1 2014 VCAA 3 MC

The diagram below shows the network of roads that Stephanie can use to travel between home and school.
 

 
The numbers on the roads show the time, in minutes, that it takes her to ride a bicycle along each road.

Using this network of roads, the shortest time that it will take Stephanie to ride her bicycle from home to school is 

A. 

B. 

C. 

D. 

E. 

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NETWORKS, FUR1 2015 VCAA 9 MC

The table below shows, in minutes, the duration, the earliest starting time (EST) and the latest starting time (LST) of eight activities needed to complete a project.
 

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Which one of the following directed graphs shows the sequence of these activities?

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NETWORKS, FUR1 2015 VCAA 6 MC

The map below shows all road connections between five towns, , , , and .
 

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A graph, shown below, was constructed to represent this map.


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A mistake has been made in constructing this graph.

This mistake can be corrected by

A.   drawing another edge between and .

B.   drawing a loop at .

C.   removing the loop at .

D.   removing one edge between and .

E.   removing one edge between and .

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NETWORKS, FUR2 2013 VCAA 3

The rangers at the wildlife park restrict access to the walking tracks through areas where the animals breed.

The edges on the directed network diagram below represent one-way tracks through the breeding areas. The direction of travel on each track is shown by an arrow. The numbers on the edges indicate the maximum number of people who are permitted to walk along each track each day.
 

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  1. Starting at , how many people, in total, are permitted to walk to each day?   (1 mark)

One day, all the available walking tracks will be used by students on a school excursion.

The students will start at and walk in four separate groups to .

Students must remain in the same groups throughout the walk.

  1. i. Group 1 will have 17 students. This is the maximum group size that can walk together from to .
    Write down the path that group 1 will take.  (1 mark)

  2. ii. Groups 2, 3 and 4 will each take different paths from to .
    Complete the six missing entries shaded in the table below.   (2 marks)

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A project will be undertaken in the wildlife park. This project involves the 13 activities shown in the table below. The duration, in hours, and predecessor(s) of each activity are also included in the table.
 
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Activity is missing from the network diagram for this project, which is shown below.

 
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  1. Complete the network diagram above by inserting activity .   (1 mark)

  2. Determine the earliest starting time of activity .   (1 mark)

  3. Given that activity is not on the critical path:
    i.     Write down the activities that are on the critical path in the order that they are completed.   (1 mark)

  4. ii. Find the latest starting time for activity .   (1 mark)

  5. Consider the following statement.
     
    ‘If just one of the activities in this project is crashed by one hour, then the minimum time to complete the entire project will be reduced by one hour.’

    Explain the circumstances under which this statement will be true for this project.   (1 mark)

  6. Assume activity is crashed by two hours.

    What will be the minimum completion time for the project?   (1 mark) 

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♦♦ Mean mark of parts (c)-(e) (combined) was 40%.

 

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MATRICES*, FUR2 2008 VCAA 4

The children are taken to the zoo where they observe the behaviour of five young male lion cubs. The lion cubs are named Arnold, Barnaby, Cedric, Darcy and Edgar. A dominance hierarchy has emerged within this group of lion cubs. In the directed graph below, the directions of the arrows show which lions are dominant over others.
 

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  1. Name the two pairs of lion cubs who have equal totals of one-step dominances.   (2 marks)

  2. Over which lion does Cedric have both a one-step dominance and a two-step dominance?   (1 mark)

In determining the final order of dominance, the number of one-step dominances and two-step dominances are added together.

  1. Complete the table below for the final order of dominance.   (1 mark)


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Over time, the pattern of dominance changes until each lion cub has a one-step dominance over two other lion cubs.

  1. Determine the total number of two-step dominances for this group of five lion cubs.   (1 mark)

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NETWORKS, FUR2 2008 VCAA 3

Each of four children is to be driven by his or her parents to one of four different concerts. The following table shows the distance that each car would have to travel, in kilometres, to each of the four concerts. 

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The concerts will be allocated so as to minimise the total distance that must be travelled to take the children to the concerts. The hungarian algorithm is to be used to find this minimum value.

  1. Step 1 of the hungarian algorithm is to subtract the minimum entry in each row from each element in the row. Complete step 1 for Tahlia by writing the missing values in the table below.   (1 mark)

     

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After further steps of the hungarian algorithm have been applied, the table is as follows.
 
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It is now possible to allocate each child to a concert.

  1. Explain why this table shows that Tahlia should attend Concert 2.   (1 mark)

  2. Determine the concerts that could be attended by James, Dante and Chanel to minimise the total distance travelled. Write your answers in the table below.   (1 mark)

     


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  3. Determine the minimum total distance, in kilometres, travelled by the four cars.   (1 mark)

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NETWORKS, FUR2 2008 VCAA 2

Four children, James, Dante, Tahlia and Chanel each live in a different town. 

The following is a map of the roads that link the four towns, , , and .
 

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  1. How many different ways may a vehicle travel from town to town without travelling along any road more than once?   (1 mark)

James’ father has begun to draw a network diagram that represents all the routes between the four towns on the map. This is shown below.


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In this network, vertices represent towns and edges represent routes between tow

  1. i. One more edge needs to be added to complete this network. Draw in this edge clearly on the diagram above.   (1 mark)

  2. ii. With reference to the network diagram, explain why a motorist at could not drive each of these routes once only and arrive back at .   (1 mark)

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NETWORKS, FUR2 2008 VCAA 1

James, Dante, Tahlia and Chanel are four children playing a game.

In this children’s game, seven posts are placed in the ground.

The network below shows distances, in metres, between the seven posts.

The aim of the game is to connect the posts with ribbon using the shortest length of ribbon.

This will be a minimal spanning tree.

 

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  1. Draw in a minimal spanning tree for this network on the diagram below.   (1 mark)


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  1. Determine the length, in metres, of this minimal spanning tree.   (1 mark)

  2. How many different minimal spanning trees can be drawn for this network?   (1 mark)

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NETWORKS, FUR2 2009 VCAA 4

A walkway is to be built across the lake.

Eleven activities must be completed for this building project.

The directed network below shows the activities and their completion times in weeks.
 

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  1. What is the earliest start time for activity ?   (1 mark)

  2. Write down the critical path for this project.   (1 mark)

  3. The project supervisor correctly writes down the float time for each activity that can be delayed and makes a list of these times.

     

    Determine the longest float time, in weeks, on the supervisor’s list.   (1 mark)

A twelfth activity, , with duration three weeks, is to be added without altering the critical path.

Activity has an earliest start time of four weeks and a latest start time of five weeks.

 

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  1. Draw in activity on the network diagram above.   (1 mark)

  2. Activity starts, but then takes four weeks longer than originally planned.

     

    Determine the total overall time, in weeks, for the completion of this building project.   (1 mark)

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NETWORKS, FUR2 2009 VCAA 3

The city of Robville contains eight landmarks denoted as vertices to on the network diagram below. The edges on this network represent the roads that link the eight landmarks.
 


  

  1. Write down the degree of vertex .  (1 mark)

  2. Steven wants to visit each landmark, but drive along each road only once. He will begin his journey at landmark .
    1. Michael was the best player in 2014 and he considered purchasing cricket equipment that was valued at $750.
    2. At which landmark must he finish his journey?   (1 mark)
    3. Regardless of which route Steven decides to take, how many of the landmarks (including those at the start and finish) will he see on exactly two occasions?   (1 mark)
  3. Cathy decides to visit each landmark only once.
    1. Suppose she starts at , then visits and finishes at .
    2. Write down the order Cathy will visit the landmarks.   (1 mark)

    3. Suppose Cathy starts at , then visits but does not finish at .
    4. List three different ways that she can visit the landmarks.   (1 mark)

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NETWORKS, FUR2 2009 VCAA 1

The city of Robville is divided into five suburbs labelled as to on the map below. 

A lake which is situated in the city is shaded on the map.

 

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An adjacency matrix is constructed to represent the number of land borders between suburbs.

 

  1. Explain why all values in the final row and final column are zero.   (1 mark)

In the network diagram below, vertices represent suburbs and edges represent land borders between suburbs. 

The diagram has been started but is not finished.

 

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  1. The network diagram is missing one edge and one vertex. 

     

    On the diagram

  2.  i. draw the missing edge.   (1 mark)

  3. ii. draw and label the missing vertex.   (1 mark)

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NETWORKS, FUR2 2010 VCAA 4

In the final challenge, each of four teams has to complete a construction project that involves activities to .
 

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Table 1 shows the earliest start time (EST), latest start time (LST) and duration, in minutes, for each activity. 

The immediate predecessor is also shown. The earliest start time for activity is missing.

  1. What is the least number of activities that must be completed before activity can commence?   (1 mark)

  2. What is the earliest start time for activity ?   (1 mark)

  3. Write down all the activities that must be completed before activity can commence.   (1 mark)

  4. What is the float time, in minutes, for activity ?   (1 mark)

  5. What is the shortest time, in minutes, in which this construction project can be completed?   (1 mark)

  6. Write down the critical path for this network.   (1 mark)

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NETWORKS, FUR2 2010 VCAA 3

The following network diagram shows the distances, in kilometres, along the roads that connect six intersections , , , , and .
 

  1. If a cyclist started at intersection and cycled along every road in this network once only, at which intersection would she finish?  (1 mark)

  2. The next challenge involves cycling along every road in this network at least once.

     

    Teams have to start and finish at intersection .

     

    The blue team does this and cycles the shortest possible total distance.

     

    i. Apart from intersection , through which intersections does the blue team pass more than once?   (1 mark)

  3. ii. How many kilometres does the blue team cycle?   (1 mark)

  4. The red team does not follow the rules and cycles along a bush path that connects two of the intersections.

     

    This route allows the red team to ride along every road only once.

     

    Which two intersections does the bush path connect?   (1 mark)

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NETWORKS, FUR2 2011 VCAA 4

Stormwater enters a network of pipes at either Dunlop North (Source 1) or Dunlop South (Source 2) and flows into the ocean at either Outlet 1 or Outlet 2.

On the network diagram below, the pipes are represented by straight lines with arrows that indicate the direction of the flow of water. Water cannot flow through a pipe in the opposite direction.

The numbers next to the arrows represent the maximum rate, in kilolitres per minute, at which stormwater can flow through each pipe.

 

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  1. Complete the following sentence for this network of pipes by writing either the number 1 or 2 in each box.  (1 mark)

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  1. Determine the maximum rate, in kilolitres per minute, that water can flow from these pipes into the ocean at Outlet 1 and Outlet 2.  (2 marks)

A length of pipe, show in bold on the network diagram below, has been damaged and will be replaced with a larger pipe.

 

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  1. The new pipe must enable the greatest possible rate of flow of stormwater into the ocean from Outlet 2.
  2. What minimum rate of flow through the pipe, in kilolitres per minute, will achieve this?  (1 mark)

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