TECHNOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF THE PHILIPPINES

MANILA
DIFFERENTIAL CALCULUS COMPETENCY EXAM
STUDENT NAME__________________________________________________DATE_____________________________
DIRECTIONS: PROVIDE THE SOLUTIONS TO SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER FROM THE GIVEN CHOICES.
1. The height and base radius of a right circular cylinder are 20 cm and 8 cm respectively. If the height decreases at the rate of
3 cm/s and its base radius increases at the rate of 2 cm/s, at what rate is its volume changing?
A 448 pi C 428 pi
B 438 pi D 418 pi

2. Find the approximate change in the volume of a cube of side x caused by increasing its side by 2 percent.
A 0.04 x3 C 0.06 x3
3
B 0.05 x D 0.03 x3

3. The velocity of an automobile starting from rest is given by t, ds/dt =90t/(t+10) fps. Determine the acceleration after an
interval of 10 s.
A 1.10 f/s2 C 2.25 f/s2
2
B 1.71 f/s D 2.75 f/s2

4. A particle moves so in a straight line according to the equation S=t3+at2+bt. If the initial velocity (at t=0) is 5, find the value
of a such that when t = 1, it is moving with four times its initial velocity.
A 5 C 7
B 6 D 4

5. The sum of the base and altitude of an isosceles triangle is 36 cm. Find the altitude of the triangle if its area is to be a
maximum.
A 16 cm C 18 cm
B 17 cm D 9 cm

6. The volume of a cube is increasing at the rate of 6 cm3/min. How fast is the surface area increasing when the length of the
edge of the cube is 12 cm?
A 3 cm2/min C 2.5 cm2/min
2
B 2 cm /min D 3.5 cm2/min

7. Find the value of x for which y = 4 + 3x – x3 will have a maximum value.

A 0 C -2
B -3 D 1

8. A man wants to fence a rectangular area as inexpensively as possible. If the fencing material cost Php 38 per meter and
Php 1,520 is available for the project, how much area can be enclosed?
A 100 m2 C 110 m2
2
B 105 m D 115 m2

9. Find a point in the parabola y2=4x at which the rates of change of the ordinate and abscissa are equal.
A (4,4) C (0,0)
B (1,2) D (3,2)

10. Find the value of x for which the tangent to y = 4x – x2 is parallel to the x – axis.
A 2 C 1
B -1 D -2

11. At what points does the curve y = 4x – x2 have a slope of 4.

A (0,0) C (3,2)
B (1,2) D (-1,2)

12. Find the point on the curve y = 7x – 3x2 where the inclination of the tangent line is 450.
A (1,3) C (3,2)
B (1,4) D (0,-1)

13. Find the equation of the normal line; given y = 3 + 2x – x2 at (2,3).

A 2x + y = 7 C x – 2y = -4
B 2x - y = 7 D x + 2y = 4

14. The dimension of a box are a, a – 1, a + 4 inches, Find how fast the total surface area S increases as a increases.
A 15(a + 1) C 15(a – 1)
B 12(a + 1) D 12(a – 1)

15. A man 5.5 ft tall walks away from a lamppost 10 feet high at a rate of 8 feet per second. How fast does his shadow
lengthen?
A 88/9 fps C 9/88 fps
 B 160/9 fps D 9/160 fps

16. A balloon leaves the ground 80 feet from an observer and rises vertically upward at 5 feet per second. How fast does the
balloon receding from the observer after 12 seconds?
A 3 fps C 5 fps
B 4 fps D 5.5 fps

17. Water escapes from the bottom of an inverted conical funnel at the rate of 15 cu. in. per min. The funnel is 20 inches deep
and has a radius of 5 inches at the top. How fast is the water level sinking when the depth is 8 inches?
A - 15 / 4pi in per min C - 15 / pi in per min
B - 17 / 4pi in per min D - 17 / pi in per min

18. A dry cell has a voltage E of 1.5 volts. If the resistor R of the circuit is increasing at 0.05 ohm/sec., at what ate is the current
I in amperes, changing when the resistance R is 5 ohms?
A -0.003 amp/sec C 0.003 amp/sec
B 0.333 amp/sec D -0.333 amp/sec

19. A right triangle has a fixed hypotenuse of 30 cm. And the other two sides are allowed to vary. Determine the largest
possible area of the triangle.

A 225 sq.cm C 243 sq.cm

B 234 sq.cm D 216 sq.cm

20. Find the length and width of the largest rectangular building that can be built facing the perpendicular sides 90 m and 120 m
of the triangle.
A 60 m, 45 m C 80 m, 60 m
B 90 m, 40 m D 75 m, 36 m