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Calculus Exam I
- Part 1: No support materials allowed -

1. Through exercises 1.1 to 1.5 exactly one of the answers is correct. Mark the correct one with a
cross.

1.1 How many real zeroes does the in R defined function f (x) = x · (x − 7) · (x2 + 4) have?

□ 0 □ 1 □ 2 □ 3 □ 4

1.2 The following graph shows the first derivative f ′ of f on an interval I ⊂ Df . The zero of f ′ is
denoted by x0 . Which of the following statements holds for f on I?

□ f is strictly decreasing.

□ f is strictly increasing.

□ f is strictly increasing for all x < x0 .

□ f is strictly decreasing for all x < x0 .

□ f does not have an extremum.

1.3 For which of the following functions f holds, that lim f (x) = −1 ?
x→∞

x+1 1+x 1
□ f (x) = □ f (x) = □ f (x) = −
x−1 1−x x

1 + x2 1+x
□ f (x) = □ f (x) =
1−x 1 − x2
1.4 Shown is the graph of the first derivative f ′ of a polynomial function f . Which of the following
statements is true for f on the following interval:

□ f is decreasing for 1 ≤ x ≤ 2.

□ f has two extrema.

□ f has two inflection points.

□ The graph of f has a horizontal

tangent at x = 1.

□ f is a quadratic function.

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1.5 The first derivative f ′ of f (x) = − can be expressed as:
x3

2 3 18
□ f ′ (x) = − □ f ′ (x) = □ f ′ (x) =
x2 x2 x2

2 18
□ f ′ (x) = − □ f ′ (x) =
x4 x4
2. The following image shows the graph of a third degree polynomial f . Point W represents the
inflection point of f .

a) Sketch the graph of f ′ of f into the above coordinate system on the shown interval!

b) Explain, why the following statement is true:

The graph of the second derivative f ′′ of f is a straight line.

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Calculus Exam I
- Part 2: Support materials allowed -

1. Let Gf ′ be the graph of the first derivative f ′ of the function f defined in R. The function f ′ is
a third degree polynomial, for which the tangent at its inflection point W (4|1) of Gf ′ has the slope
−0.75 .

a) Explain, why the graph of f can have at most one extremum!

b) Name the values of all the critical points of f !

c) Explain, why the extremum of f must be a minimum!

d) The graph of f ′ has two critical points. Explain the importance of these points for the graph
of f !
 e) Draw the graph of the second derivative f ′′ of f into the above coordinate system!

f) Calculate the slope of the tangent t and its normal n of the graph of f at xw = 2 !

g) Explain, using Gf ′ , why the graph of f is increasing for all x > 0 !

Bonus) Draw a sketch of one possible graph of f !

2. Let na be the normal to the graph of the straight line g, where na (x) = −2x + a , a ∈ R.

a) Find the equation of the function g(x), which passes through the point (0| − 2) !

b) Draw the graphs of both functions g(x) und n0 (x) into one coordinate system!

Let pa = g · na be defined as the product of the functions g and na .

c) Calculate the equation of the function pa (x) !

d) Calculate the real zeroes of pa !

e) Draw the graph of the function p0 !

f) Show, that the extremum of the graph of pa is always a maximum for all a ∈ R !

g) Calculate the one value of a for which the maximum of the graph of pa will lie exactly on the
y-axis!

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