MATH 101 Calculus I OCT 2013

MIDTERM EXAM

1. Evaluate the limit

tan (x)
lim =
x0 sin (x)

(A) -1 (B) 0 (C) 1 (D) the limit does not exist

(E) none of the other choices is correct

2. Let f : R R be defined by f (x) = 3x + 1. The largest open interval for

which |f (x) f (1)| < 1 is given by the inequality

(A) |x + 1| < 1/3 (B) |x 1| < 1/3 (C) |x + 3| < 3 (D) |x 3| < 3

(E) none of the other choices is correct

3. Let f be defined by f (x) = x 1 for all reals x  1.

x+1
Then f (1) is

(A) 1/2 (B) -1/2 (C) 1 (D) 2

(E) none of the other choices is correct

sin (x3 + x2 + 2x)

4. limx0 x
is

(A) 2 (B) 1 (C) 0 (D) not defined

(E) none of the other choices is correct

5. Consider the graph of the curve defined by the equation

y 3 + y 2 5y x2 = 4
What is the slope(gradient) of the tangent line to the curve at the point (1,-3)?

(A) 1/16 (B) 1/8 (C) 1 (D) 2

(E) none of the other choices is correct

6. Consider the function defined by

1
, for x < 0





x

f (x) = |x 3| , for 0 6 x < 4






x + 3, for x > 4

1
All of the points where f is not differentiable are:

(A) x = 0 (B) x = 0 and x = 4 (C) x = 0 and x = 3 (D) x = 4

(E) none of the other choices is correct

7. Find all values of x at which the graph of f defined by

x2
f (x) =
x+1

has a horizontal tangent line.

(A) 0 (B) 3/4 (C) -4/3 (D) 0 and -4/3

(E) none of the other choices is correct

8. Find the values of a and b that make f continuous everywhere.

x5 1
, x<1


x1





f (x) =

a x2 b x + 3, 1 x < 2




2 x a + b, 2x

(A) a = 0, b = 3/2 (B) a = 5/2, b = 9/2 (C) a = 1, b = 3

(D) there is not enough information to answer this question

(E) none of the other answers is correct

9. If f is differentiable at x = 1 and f (1) = 1 and f (1) = 3 and

f (x)
g(x) =
x2
then g (1) =

(A) -1 (B) 1/2 (C) 1 (D) 3/2 (E) none of the other choices is correct

10. Let f : R R be defined by

x2sin(1/x) , for x  0

f (x) =
0, for x = 0

Suppose that h is a function such that

h (x) = sin2 [sin (x + 1)]

2
and
h(0) = 3
Then
(h f ) (0) =

(A) 9 sin (1/3)sin2(sin (1))

(B) 9 sin (3)sin2(sin (1/3))

(C) 1

(D) 0

(E) none of the other choices is correct

11. Consider the function f : R R defined by f (x) = x3. The values of x for
which the value of the derivative equals the value of the function, f (x) = f (x)
are

(A) 0, 1 (B) 0, -1 (C) 0, 1/3 (D) 0, -1/3

(E) none of the other choices is correct

12. Let y: R R be defined by

y(x) = |cos (x)|

Then

(A) y (/2) = 0 and y () does not exist

(B) y (/2) does not exist and y () = 0

(C) y (/2) does not exist and y () does not exist

(D) y (/2) = 0 and y () = 1

(E) none of the other choices is correct

13. Using a linear approximation, the approximate value of (17)1/4 is closest to

(A) 2.0008 (B) 2.0078 (C) 2.0982 (D) 2.0312 (E) 2.1124

14. Evaluate the limit

p p
1 + sin (x) 1 sin (x)
lim
x0 x
The limit equals

3

(A) 2 (B) 1/ 2 (C) 1 (D) 0 (E) none of the other choices is correct

15. Look at the graphs on the next page. The top graph is that of a function
f . Which of the lower graphs is the graph of the derivative f ?

(A) (B) (C) (D) (E) none of the graphs is the graph of f