MAT135 - Calculus 1 - Fall 2021

PRACTICE EXAM

Test Writing Instructions:

• Write clearly and concisely in a linear fashion. Explain all your reasoning. Do not submit messy scrapwork.

• Unsupported answers to the long answer questions will not receive full credit. A correct an-
swer without explanation will receive no credit unless otherwise noted; an incorrect answer supported by
substantially correct calculations and explanations may receive partial credit.

– Include units in your answers where appropriate.

– Organize your work in a reasonably neat and coherent way.
– You must use the methods learned in this course to solve all of the problems.

• For questions with a boxed area, ensure your answer is completely inside the box.
MULTIPLE CHOICE PRACTICE

1 A sociologist observes that the progress in a new research area P (t), measured by the cumulative number
of scientific publications, as a function of time is very fast at the beginning but then it becomes slower and
slower when the field becomes more mature until it essentially stagnates. Which of the following functions
could describe this behavior?

a
(a) P (t) = 1+be−ct

(b) P (t) = a log bt

(c) P (t) = aebt

√
(d) P (t) = a bt

2 Suppose that f (t) describes the quantity of bacteria in a Petri dish as a function of time in days and this
quantity doubles every 24 hours. Which of the following statements can be true in this situation?

More than one option can be correct.

(a) f 0 (t) > 0 for all t.

(b) f (t) = ae2t for all t.

(c) f (t) = a2t for all t.

(d) f 00 (t) > 0 for all t.

3 Suppose that f (t) and g(t) are continuous functions such that f (1) = g(1) and

 f (t+1)−g(t+1) , if t 6= 0;
sin t
h(t) =
0, if t = 0

is a differentiable function on the interval (−π, π). Consider the following expression

f (t + 1) − g(t + 1)
lim .
t→0 sin(t)

Which of the following is true?

(a) The limit above does not necesarily exist.

f (t + 1) − g(t + 1)
(b) lim = 0.
t→0 sin(t)
f (t + 1) − g(t + 1)
(c) lim = 1.
t→0 sin(t)
f (t + 1) − g(t + 1)
(d) lim is a number different from 0 and 1 but the limit exists.
t→0 sin(t)
4 Let f (x) and g(x) be functions such that f (x0 ) = g(x0 ) and f 0 (x0 ) = g 0 (x0 ). Then what can you say for
sure about the following limit?
f (x0 + t) − g(x0 + t)
lim
t→0 t
(a) It does not exist.
(b) It is equal to 1.
(c) It is equal to 0.
(d) None of the above.

5 Suppose that f (t) and g(t) are functions such that f 0 (t) = −4g(t) and g 0 (t) = 4f (t) for all t. Then which of
the following statements is true about the function h(t) = f (t)2 + g(t)2 ?

(a) h(t) is increasing.

(b) h(t) is decreasing.
(c) h(t) is constant.
(d) None of the above.

6 Let f (t) be the number of daily COVID cases registered in El Dorado (not a real place) as a function of
time in days since the appearance of the first case.

Choose among the following sentences the one that provides a practical description of the formula

Z 30
f (t)dt = 20000.
4

(a) The area under the graph of f (t) between 4 and 30 is 20000.
(b) The cumulative number of Covid cases registered between days 4 and 30 since the beginning of the
outbreak is 20000.
(c) The total number of Covid cases registered 30 days after the the first case is 20000.
(d) On day 30 since the beginning of the pandemic 20000 additional cases were recorded.
(e) On day 30 since the beginning of the pandemic 20000 more cases were registered than in day 4.

7 Suppose that we have 4kg of fusilli, 5kg of tomatoes and 1kg of Parmesan cheese for making pasta. However,
each portion requires approximately 60% of fusilli, 30% of tomatoes and 10% of cheese to be made.

The cost of 1kg of tomatoes is $3, each kg of fusilli costs $4 and 1kg of Parmesan cheese costs $20. Let
C(w) be the the total cost of the ingredients of a portion as a function of its weight w. Assuming that each
portion has to weigh at least 200g but its size is limited by the amount of ingredients at our disposal, what
is the best approximation for the maximum M and the minimum m for C in our situation?

(a) M = $35, m = $1.

(b) M = $6.6, m = $0.2.
 (c) M = $35, m = $0.2.
(d) M = $6.6, m = $1.

8 Consider the velocity v(t) in km/hour travelled by a boat from the harbor to open sea as a function of time
in hours

v 21 23 25 26 27 29 30 31
t 2 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 3

Which of the following expressions provides an approximation that overestimates the distance travelled by
the boat for half an hour starting two hours since its departure?

(a) 21 ∗ 0.1 + 23 ∗ 0.1 + 25 ∗ 0.1

(b) 23 ∗ 0.1 + 25 ∗ 0.1 + 26 ∗ 0.1
(c) 21 ∗ 0.1 + 23 ∗ 0.1 + 25 ∗ 0.1 + 26 ∗ 0.1 + 27 ∗ 0.1
(d) 23 ∗ 0.1 + 25 ∗ 0.1 + 26 ∗ 0.1 + 27 ∗ 0.1 + 29 ∗ 0.1

9 Find the best approximation for the value of

Z 1 p
− 1 − x2 dx
0

among the following options.

(a) -2
(b) -3/4
(c) -1/2
(d) -1

10 What is the correct arrangement among the following:

Z 2π Z 2π
(a) 2π < | sin x|dx < (sin x)dx
0 0
Z 2π Z 2π
(b) (sin x)dx < | sin x|dx < 2π
0 0
Z 2π Z 2π
(c) | sin x|dx < (sin x)dx < 2π
0 0
GRAPHING PRACTICE – You need to add numbers to unnumbered axes. You don’t need to justify
these questions.

11 Consider a function g defined for all x with the graph below.

y

2
quarter circle

1 2 3 4 5 x

−1

−2

Fill in the boxes with the following properties of g.

(a) lim g(x) = (e) g 00 (2) 0

x→0−

(b) lim g(x) = (f ) At x = 4, g has a point of

x→0+

g(x + 2) − g(x)
(c) lim = (g) g 0 (5) =
x→1 x+2−x

Z 4
(d) lim g(x) = (h) g(x) dx =
x→∞ 0
12 Garfield sets a cold oven to a temperature of 200 degrees Celsius. After the oven warms up to 200◦ C, he
opens its door to insert a tray of lasagna. Thirty minutes later, he takes the lasagna out and turns off the
oven. Sketch the oven temperature as a function of time.

temperature (in ◦ C)

Room Temp
time (in minutes)
15 30 45 60 75 90

13 Due to the absence of sharks, there is an abundant supply of fish in the area. Sensing a plentiful supply of
fish, sharks appear and eat many fish until the fish population becomes insufficient. The sharks then leave
and, with few sharks around, the fish population increases once again. The area now contains enough food
to support more sharks, so they return and begin to eat fish until...

Let x be the number of fish (in thousands) and y be the number of sharks.

Sketch a reasonable implicit relationship between x and y assuming that x(0) = 4 and y(0) = 2.

Hint. Consider first the graphs of x and y as functions of t and then take the second coordinates of those
two graphs in order to get the implicit relation for x and y.

y (number of sharks)

x (fish population in thousands)

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14 Draw the log-graph of the function y = eln(10) 2 x in the following space.

log10 y

15 Draw the graph of a function g(x) which satisfies the following conditions.

• g(x) has asymptotes at the lines y = 1 and x = 1

• g(x) has a local maximum at x = 2
• g(x) has a global minimum at x = 1
• g(x) has a local maximum at 0.5
• g(x) > 0 for x > 2.5.

x
LONG ANSWER PRACTICE – Unsupported answers to these questions will not receive full credit.

16 An open-top box is to be made from a 20 inches by 30 inches piece of cardboard by removing a square from
each corner of the box and folding up the flaps on each side. What size square should be cut out of each
corner to get a box with the maximum volume?

17 An island is 2 miles north of its closest point along a straight shoreline. A visitor is staying at a cabin on the
shore that is 6 miles west of that point. The visitor is planning to go from the cabin to the island. Suppose
the visitor runs at a rate of 8 mph and swims at a rate of 3 mph. How far should the visitor run before
swimming to minimize the time it takes to reach the island?

18 Consider the function

2(x − 2)2
f (x) = +1
ex−2
defined for 1.5 6 x 6 6.

(a) Find its critical points and determine whether they are maxima, minima or neither of these things.
(b) Find the global maximum and the global minimum of f .
(c) If we consider f (x) on the interval 1.5 6 x, does f (x) still have global maxima, minima and what are
these values (if they do exist)?

19 Consider a right triangle which is changing shape in the following way. The horizontal leg is increasing at the
rate of 5 in/min. and the vertical leg is decreasing at the rate of 6 in/min. At what rate is the hypotenuse
changing when the horizontal leg is 12 in and the vertical leg is 9 in?

20 Suppose that the graph of the daily covid cases function f (t) in thousands recorded in El Dorado has roughly
the shape of a Bell curve
2
e−(x−2) 1
f (t) = −4
− ,
30e 30
where t is the time in months since the first recorded case. Consider the total cases function
Z T
F (T ) = f (t)dt,
0

where T lies between 0 and 4.

(a) What are the global maximum and minimum of F (T )?

(b) A version of the fundamental theorem of Calculus tells us that F 0 (T ) = f (T ). How many inflection
points does F have?
(c) How can you interpret the meaning of an inflection point in practical terms which are related to our
situation?