This document appears to be a take-home exam covering concepts from differential and integral calculus, including: finding domains and points of discontinuity; evaluating limits; finding maximum/minimum points, points of inflection, and concavity; properties of derivatives; notation for derivatives; even and odd functions; and additional calculus concepts like rates of change, indeterminate forms, volumes of revolution, and centroids. It consists of 27 multiple choice questions testing understanding of these essential calculus topics.
This document appears to be a take-home exam covering concepts from differential and integral calculus, including: finding domains and points of discontinuity; evaluating limits; finding maximum/minimum points, points of inflection, and concavity; properties of derivatives; notation for derivatives; even and odd functions; and additional calculus concepts like rates of change, indeterminate forms, volumes of revolution, and centroids. It consists of 27 multiple choice questions testing understanding of these essential calculus topics.
This document appears to be a take-home exam covering concepts from differential and integral calculus, including: finding domains and points of discontinuity; evaluating limits; finding maximum/minimum points, points of inflection, and concavity; properties of derivatives; notation for derivatives; even and odd functions; and additional calculus concepts like rates of change, indeterminate forms, volumes of revolution, and centroids. It consists of 27 multiple choice questions testing understanding of these essential calculus topics.
1. Find the domain of y = (x + 3)/ (x – 3). b. Newton
a. x = 3 b. x ≠ 3 c. Wallis c. y=1 d. y ≠ 1 d. Lagrange 2. Find the point of discontinuity of the function y = (x + 16. At the inflection point of y = f(x) where x = a, 1)/(x2 -3x + 2). a. f”(a) < 0 a. 1&2 b. 1 or 2 b. f”(a) = 0 c. 1 only d. 2 only c. f”(a) > 0 3. lim 1−cos 𝜃 d. f”(a) = ∞ 𝜃→∞ 2𝜃 a. 1 b. 0 c. 3 d. 2 17. If a function f(x) is concave downward on the interval 4. Find the maximum point on the curve y = x 3 -3x2 – 9x + (1,10), then f(8) and f(3) 5. a. may be true a. (1, 15) b. (-1, 10) b. cannot be true c. (3,-22) d. (-3, 21) c. must be true 5. Find the area of the largest triangle that can be inscribed d. is never true in a circle of radius 10cm. 18. If a tangent to a curve y = f(x) is horizontal at x = a, then a. 100 b. 43.3 c. 129.9 d. 86.6 f’(a) is 6. At the minimum point, the slope of the tangent line to a a. positive curve is b. negative a. positive c. zero b. negative d. infinity c. zero 19. For a function y = f(x), if f”(x) = -f(x), then the function d. infinity is 7. A curve y = f(x) is concave downward if the value of y’’ a. logarithmic is b. exponential a. negative c. transcendental b. positive d. sinusoidal c. unity 20. Which of the following notations is an open interval? d. zero a. (-3,4) 8. The point where the concavity of a curve changes is b. [-3,4] called the c. [-3,∞) a. maximum point d. (-∞,4) b. minimum point 21. The graph of y = x5 – x will cross the x-axis c. inflection point a. twice d. tangent point b. 3 times 9. If the 1st derivative of a function is a constant, then its c. 4 times graph is d. 5 times a. a point 22. The derivative of an increasing function f(x) must be b. a line a. strictly positive c. a parabola b. always positive d. a circle c. nonnegative 10. At the minimum point of y = f(x), the value of d 2y/dx2 is d. negative a. zero 23. If the function f(x) increases at x = a, then which of the b. undefined following is definitely true? c. positive a. f'(a) = 0 or f’(a) > 0 d. negative b. f’(a) = 0 or f’(a) < 0 11. If at x = a, f’’(a) is positive, then f’(x) increases as x c. f’(a) ≠ 0 or f’(a) > 0 a. increases d. f’(a) ≠ 0 or f’(a) < 0 b. decreases 24. At the maximum point, the value of the 2 nd derivative of c. becomes infinite a function is d. becomes zero a. positive 12. If the first derivative of a function is a constant, then the b. negative function is c. zero a. sinusoidal d. infinite b. exponential 25. At the inflection point, the value of y” is c. linear a. zero d. quadratic b. positive 13. A function f(x) is said to be an even function if its graph c. negative is symmetric with respect to d. unity a. the x-axis 26. Which of the following functions will have an inflection b. the y-axis point? c. the origin a. y = x4 d. both axes b. y = x3 c. y = x2 14. Which of the following is an odd function? d. y=x a. f(x) = xcosx 27. The function y = f(x) has a maximum value of x = 2 if b. f(x) = xsinx f’(2) = 0 and f”(2) is c. f(x) = ecosx a. equal to zero d. f(x) = sin2x b. less than zero 15. The notation f’(x) was invented by c. greater than zero a. Leibniz d. unity 28. At the maximum point, the tangent line is b. 0.3434 a.slanting upward c. 0.3344 b.oblique d. 0.4343 c.horizontal 42. If N(x) = sin x – sin θ and D(x) = x – θ, find the limit of d.vertical N(x)/D(x) as x approaches θ. 29. Which of the following is true? a. sinθ a.∞ – ∞ = 0 b. cosθ b.∞ + ∞ = ∞ c. zero c.∞/∞ = ∞ d. no limit d.both a and b 43. Given z2 + x2 + y2 = 0, find 30. Which of the following functions is neither even nor a. x/z odd? b. –x/z a. h(x) = x2 c. z/x b. g(x) = x3 d. –z/x c. f(x) = x2 + x 44. Find the centroid of the volume of a cone formed by d. t(x) = x3 + x 31. Find the rate of change of the volume of a cube with revolving about the y-axis the part of the line respect to its side when the side is 6 cm. intercepted between the coordinate axes. a. 108 cm3/cm a. (0,1) b. 107 cm3/cm b. (0,2) c. 106 cm3/cm c. (0,3) d. 105 cm3/cm d. (0,4) –x+1 32. If f(x) = e , then f’(1) is equal to 45. A barrel has the shape of an ellipsoid of revolution with a. 0 equal pieces but off ends. If the barrel is 10 units long b. 1 with circular ends of radius 2 units and the midsection of c. -1 radius 4 units, find the volume of the barrel with or d. ∞ without integration. 33. If f(x) = Aekx, f(0) = 5 and f(3) = 10, find k. a. 100π a. 0.1184 b. 110π b. 0.1285 c. 120π c. 0.1386 d. 130π d. 0.1487 46. Each of the vertical ends of a trough is a parabolic 34. The function is discontinuous at x = segment with base 4 m and altitude 1 m. Find the force against one of the trough if it is full of water. a. 1 or -3 a. 11.43 kN b. 1 or -2 b. 12.44 kN c. -1 or 2 c. 11.45 kN d. -1 or 3 d. 10.46 kN 35. Find the slope of the line tangent to y = 4/x at x = 2. 47. If the trough in problem 444 is 5 m long, how long will a. 1 it take a 0.50-hp pump to empty the trough by pumping b. -1 all of the water to the top of the trough? c. 2 a. 2.1 min d. -2 b. 1.2 min 36. If y = cos24x, find dy/dx. c. 1.4 min a. 2cos4x d. 2.4 min b. 2sin4x 48. Find the centroid of a semicircular arc of radius r by c. -4sin8x placing its diameter along the y-axis. d. -8sin4x a. (r/π,0) 37. Evaluate the limit of ln(1 – x)/x as x approaches zero. b. (3r/π,0) a. 0 c. (2r/π,0) b. -1 d. (4r/π,0) c. 1 49. Find the moment of inertia of the semicircular arc in d. ∞ problem 446 with respect to its diameter. 38. Evaluate . a. r5 a. ∞ b. 0 b. r4 c. ½ c. r3 d. 2 39. The rate of change of the area of a circle with respect to d. r2 its radius when the diameter is 6cm is a. 4π cm2/cm 50. If , find the value of m. b. 5π cm2/cm c. 6π cm2/cm a. 2 d. 7π cm2/cm b. 3 40. At what point of the curve y = x3 + 3x are the values of c. 4 y’ and y” equal? d. 5 a. (0,0) b. (-1,-4) PREPARED BY: c. (2,14) d. (1,4) 41. If f(x) = ln x and g(x) = log x and if g(x) = kf(x), find k. ENGR. MAY ANNE C. VALENCIA a. 0.4433 Instructor