MATH 101 Calculus I 19 Nov 2011

MIDTERM EXAM

Problem 1. Suppose that f is defined by f (x) = 1 − 3x. Which of the following is

the largest interval containing x so that |f (x) − ( − 5)| < 1?

(A) (2 − 3, 2 + 3) (B) (2 − 1, 2 + 1) (C) (2 − 1/2, 2 + 1/2)

(D) (2 − 1/4, 2 + 1/4) (E) (2 − 1/3, 2 + 1/3)

Answer: (E)
Topic: limits, formal definition

1 − cos 2(3x)
Problem 2. limx→0 x2
=

(A) 3 (B) 9 (C) 0 (D) limit does not exist

(E) none of the other choices is correct

Answer: (B)
Topic: limits, sin(x)/x

   9
1 1
9 3 +h −9 3
Problem 3. The limit limh→0 h
is
1
(A) 0 (B) 81
(C) 3 (D) not defined

(E) none of the other choices is correct

Answer: (D) or (E) are both acceptable.

Topic: differentiation, limit definition

Problem 4. If f is a continuous function defined for all real numbers x, and the
maximum value that f takes is 6 and the minimum value take f takes is -9, then
which of the following statments must be true?

I. The maximum value of f (|x|) is 6.

II. The maximum value of |f (x)| is 9.
III. The maximum value of f (|x|) is 0

(A) I only (B) II only (C) I and II only (D) II and III only

(E) none of the other choices is correct

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Answer: (B)
Topic: functions, continuity, extreme value theorem

Problem 5. If 3x2 + 2x y + y 2 = 2, then y ′ when x = 1 is

(A) -2 (B) 0 (C) 2 (D) 3

(E) none of the other choices is correct

Answer: (E)
Topics: derivatives, implicit differentiation

Problem 6. If u = (x2 + 9)1/2 and v = 3x2 − 2x, then what is d u/d v as a function of
x?

A. 1/[4(3x − 1)(x2 + 9)1/2]

B. (3x − 1)/[2(x2 + 9)1/2]
C. [2x(3x − 1)]/(x2 + 9)1/2
D. x/[2(3x − 1)(x2 + 9)1/2]
E. none of the other answers is correct

Answer: D.
du
dx
=
du
dv
dv
· dx  1
2
du
(x2 + 9)−1/2 · 2x = d v · (6x − 2)  du
dv
=
x
√
(6x − 2) x2 − 9

Topics: derivatives, chain rule

Problem 7. If f is defined by f (x) = x − 1 for all x  1, then f ′( − 1) =

x+1

1 1
(A) − 1 (B) − 2 (C) 0 (D) 2

(E) none of the other choices is correct

Answer: (B)
Topics: derivatives, quotient rule

Problem 8. If f is defined by f (x) = cos2(4x) then f ′(x) =

(A) − 8sin (4x)cos (4x) (B) − 2sin (4x) (C) 2cos (4x) (D) 8cos (4x)

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(E) none of the other choices is correct

Answer: (A)
Topic: derivatives, trig functions, chain rule

Problem 9. If f ′(x) and g ′(x) exist for all x, and f ′(x) > g ′(x) for all x, then the
graphs of y = f (x) and y = g(x)

(A) intersect exactly once

(B) intersect no more than once
(C) do not intersect
(D) could intersect more than once
(E) none of the other choices is correct

Answer: (B)
Topic: derivatives, increasing/decreasing functions

Problem 10. If f is defined by f (x) = x3 − 3x2 + 12 on the interval [ − 2, 4] then the

global minimum value of f occurs at x =

(A) − 2 (B) 0 (C) 2 (D) 4

(E) none of the other choices is correct

Answer: (A)
Topic: derivatives, extrema

Problem 11. An equation for a tangent line to the graph of y = sin−1(x/4) at the
origin is

(A) x − 4y = 0 (B) x − y = 0 (C) x = 1 (D) y = 0

(E) none of the other choices is correct

Answer: (A)
Topic: derivatives, inverse trig functions, tangent lines

Problem 12. For small x, (55 + x)1/5 can be approximated best by

3
 x x x x x
(A) 5 − 55 (B) 5 + 55 (C) 55
(D) 55 − 55 (E) 55 + 55

Answer: (B)
Topic: derivatives, linear approximation

x sin (2x)
Problem 13. limx→0 1 − cos (x) =

(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) 4

(E) none of the other choices is correct

Answer: D. Apply l’Hopital twice

Topic: derivatives, l’Hopital

Problem 14. Consider the function f defined by



 sin (x) + 1 forx < 0
 2
x +1 for0 6 x < 1
f (x) =

 3 − x for1 6 x < 2
x−2 forx > 2


f is not continuous at x =

(A) 0 only (B) 1 only (C) 2 only (D) 0 and 2 only

(E) none of the other choices is correct

Answer: (C)
Topic: continuity

dy
Problem 15. If x = t2 + 1 and y = sin (t) then dx
=

2t cos (t) 2t · sin (t) − cos (t)(t2 + 1) cos (t)

(A) cos (t)
(B) 2t
(C) sin 2(t)
(D) t2 + 1

(E) none of the other choices is correct

Answer: (B)
Topic: derivatives, chain rule, related rates