Calculus
Calculus
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Total Questions: 15
10 + 5
Total Marks: 20
10 + 10
Technical
4x2 −kx
Consider the function f (x) = 2 , where k is a constant.
x +12x+32
Find the value of k for which limx→−4 f (x) exists.
A. k = 16
B. k = −64
C. k = −16
D. k = 64
Your Answer: A Correct Answer: C Incorrect Time taken: 00min 49sec Discuss
lim
x→∞
( √x9 2
+ x − 3 x)
A. 1
3
B. 3
C. 0
D. 1
6
Your Answer: D Correct Answer: D Correct Time taken: 00min 48sec Discuss
lim ( x2 − ln(1x) )
x→1−
Your Answer: Correct Answer: C Not Attempted Time taken: 04min 27sec Discuss
⎧x − 7 2
if x < −2
f (x) = ⎨ mx + b
⎩5 if − 2 ≤ x ≤ 2
if x > 2
A. m = 2, b = 1
B. m = 1, b = 2
C. m = 2, b = −1
D. m = 1, b = −2
Your Answer: A Correct Answer: A Correct Time taken: 00min 53sec Discuss
A. 0
B. 1
C. 2
D. ∞
Your Answer: B Correct Answer: B Correct Time taken: 00min 46sec Discuss
A. −∞
B. 0
C. 3
D. −3
Your Answer: C Correct Answer: D Incorrect Time taken: 00min 34sec Discuss
You are given the following information about the function f (x)
(i) The domain of f (x) is the interval [−3, 1]
(ii) The function f (x) is continuous in the intervals [−3, −1) and (−1, 1] and it is not continuous at x = −1 .
(iii) f (−2) = −1.5
using this information. Which, if any, of the following limits must exists?
A. limx →−2 f ( x)
B. limx →−2
+f ( x)
C. limx →−1
+f ( x)
D. limx →−1 f ( x)
Your Answer: Correct Answer: A;B Not Attempted Time taken: 00min 57sec Discuss
x−2
What is the value of lim ( x − 5) x −6
?
x→6 −
A. 0
B. e −4
C. e 4
D. 1
Your Answer: Correct Answer: C Not Attempted Time taken: 02min 05sec Discuss
fx
Suppose limx→6 | ( )| = 2. Which of the following statements must be true about limx→6 ( ) ? fx
fx
A. limx→6 ( ) does not exist.
B. limx f (x) = 2.
C. limx f (x) exists and is equal to either 2 or −2 .
→6
D. There is not enough information about f (x) to determine whether limx f (x) exists.
→6
→6
Your Answer: Correct Answer: D Not Attempted Time taken: 01min 09sec Discuss
⎧ 3x − 2 0<x<4
f (x) = ⎨⎩ 18 x=4
x − 5x + 6 x > 4
2
A. 12
B. 40
C. 56
D. 144
Your Answer: B Correct Answer: B Correct Time taken: 00min 49sec Discuss
f (x) = { 10 xx =≠ 00
gx
and let ( ) = x . Compute limx f (g(x)).
2
→0
fgx
A. limx→0 ( ( )) = 0
B. limx→0 f (g(x)) = 1
C. limx→0 f (g(x)) does not exist
D. limx→0 f (g(x)) = −1
Your Answer: B Correct Answer: A Incorrect Time taken: 06min 44sec Discuss
x 2
x
− cos( ) − e x+
1
3
3 4
3
lim
x→0 ln(x + 1)
A. −1
B. 0
C. 1
D. ∞
Your Answer: B Correct Answer: A Incorrect Time taken: 02min 48sec Discuss
a√x+3−b
If limx→1 x−1 =
1
4
, then what are the values of a and b ?
A. a = 1; b = 2
B. a = 2; b = 1
C. a = 4; b = 2
D. a = 2; b = 1
Your Answer: A Correct Answer: A Correct Time taken: 02min 05sec Discuss
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3+0 2.67 + 0
Total Questions: 15
10 + 5
Total Marks: 20
10 + 10
Technical
fx
Let ( ) = AxB ln(x), where A and B are unspecified constants. Suppose that (e , 10) is a point of local 5
A.A = 2e , B = − 1
5
B. A = 2e, B = 1
5
C. A = e, B = −5
D. A = e, B = 5
Your Answer: Correct Answer: A Not Attempted Time taken: 00min 39sec Discuss
If a and b are positive numbers, what is the maximum value of f (x) = xa (1 − x)b for 0 ≤ x ≤ 1 ?
A.
a a bb
( a + b) a
( + )b
a b
( + ) ( a + b)
B. a a bb
a
C. a+ b
a b a ( + )b
D.
( + )
a s bρ
Your Answer: Correct Answer: A Not Attempted Time taken: 02min 05sec Discuss
fx
Consider the function ( ) = ( − 5)( + 10)2 = x x x 3
+ 15 x 2
− 500.
f
Find where is concave up and find where is concave down. f
Which of the following statements is correct about the function ( ) ? fx
Your Answer: B Correct Answer: B Correct Time taken: 04min 52sec Discuss
f x C (x),
A. ( ) = f (x) = A(x),
′
f ′′
x B ( x)
( )=
B. f (x) = B(x), f (x) = C (x),
′
f ′′
( x) = A( x)
C. f (x) = A(x), f (x) = B(x),
′
f ′′
( x) = C ( x)
D. f (x) = C (x), f (x) = B(x),
′
f ′′
( x) = A( x)
Your Answer: Correct Answer: C Not Attempted Time taken: 00min 15sec Discuss
. Suppose f is differentiable everywhere. Which of the following formulas are equal to f (a), for every a ? ′
f (h)−f (a)
A. limh→0 h −a
f (x)−f (a)
B. limx→a x− a
f (a+h)−f (h)
C. limh→0 a
f (a+h)−f (a)
D. limh→0 h
Your Answer: A;B;C;D Correct Answer: B;D Incorrect Time taken: 00min 35sec Discuss
Let f (x) be continuous on [1, 5] and differentiable on (1, 5). Suppose that f ′ (x) > 3 for all x, and f (1) = 1.
According to the Mean Value Theorem (MVT), what can be concluded about f (5) ?
A. f (5) > 13
B. f (5) < 13
C. f (5) = 13
D. f (5) ≥ 12
Your Answer: A Correct Answer: A;D Incorrect Time taken: 02min 27sec Discuss
Which of the following completes the statement of the Mean Value Theorem applied to the function
x
f (x) = ex on the interval [1, 3] ?
"There is a point c in the interval (1, 3) such that ..."
xex −ex
1
ec −e
A. =
3
x2 2
cec −ec e3
B. = 9
c 2
c
1
e 3 −e
C. ec =
3
3−1
ec (c−1) e3 e
D. = 6 − 2
c2
Your Answer: Correct Answer: D Not Attempted Time taken: 02min 30sec Discuss
If f is a continuous function on the closed interval [a, b], which of the following must be true?
Your Answer: D Correct Answer: C Incorrect Time taken: 01min 17sec Discuss
Q #9 Numerical Type Award: 1 Penalty: 0 Calculus
Suppose that f is continuous and differentiable on the interval [1, 6]. Also suppose that f (1) = −8 and
f ′ (x) ≤ 4 for all x in the interval [1, 6]. What is the largest possible value for f (6) ?
Your Answer: 12 Correct Answer: 12 Correct Time taken: 01min 17sec Discuss
Let f (x) be a smooth function with exactly two inflection points at x = −1 and x = 2, and a local maximum
at x = 0. Which of the following must be true?
A. f ′′ (x) ≥ 0 on (−1, 2)
B. f ′′ (x) ≤ 0 on (−1, 2)
C. f (x) ≥ 0 on (−1, 2)
D. f (x) ≤ 0 on (−1, 2)
Your Answer: B Correct Answer: B Correct Time taken: 01min 30sec Discuss
Using the graph of y = g(x), determine the sign of g ′′ (−3) and h′ (x) for h(x) = [g(x)]2 .
Your Answer: Correct Answer: D Not Attempted Time taken: 00min 03sec Discuss
Suppose l(x) is a linear function of x, with l(4) = 0, and l′ (4) < f ′ (4). Which of the following statements
about l(x) is true? (Mark all that apply)
Your Answer: Correct Answer: B;D Not Attempted Time taken: 00min 09sec Discuss
S2: If a differentiable function f : [a, b] → R is not one-to-one, i.e., there exist points p, q ∈ [a, b] with p ≠ q
such that f (p) = f (q). By the Mean Value Theorem, there exists a point t between p and q such that
f ′ ( t) = 0.
Which of the following option is correct?
Your Answer: Correct Answer: C Not Attempted Time taken: 00min 02sec Discuss
Your Answer: Correct Answer: B;D Not Attempted Time taken: 00min 03sec Discuss
Let f (x) be de defined for all x. Suppose f (x) is continuous and differentiable whenever x ≠ 0 and satisfies
f (0) = 1 lim f ( x) = 1
x→0+
lim f ( x) = a lim f ′ ( x) = b
x→0 −
x→0 +
Under what conditions on the constants a and b does f (0) guarantee to be a local maximum?
Your Answer: Correct Answer: B Not Attempted Time taken: 00min 06sec Discuss
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Let f be a function having derivatives of all orders for all real numbers. The third-degree Taylor polynomial for
f about x = 2 is given by:
T (x) = 7 − 9(x − 2)2 − 3(x − 2)3
Your Answer: C Correct Answer: C Correct Time taken: 01min 29sec Discuss
x
Consider the function g(x) = 2 + x2 + .
(4+x2 )
2
Your Answer: Correct Answer: D Not Attempted Time taken: 01min 32sec Discuss
Let f : R → R be a function such that f (0) = 0 for some points but not for all points. Suppose that f and its
first derivative exist and are differentiable at all points. Suppose also that the second derivative f ′′ (x) = 0 for
all x ∈ R.
Which of the following statements is true?
Your Answer: C Correct Answer: C Correct Time taken: 00min 57sec Discuss
Selected values of a function f and its first three derivatives are indicated in the table above. What is the
third-degree Taylor polynomial for f about x = 1 ?
A. 2 − 3x + x2 − 13 x3
3
2
B. 2 − 3(x − 1) + 32 (x − 1)2 − 13 (x − 1)3
C. 2 − 3(x − 1) + 32 (x − 1)2 − 23 (x − 1)3
D. 2 − 3(x − 1) + 3(x − 1)2 − 2(x − 1)3
Your Answer: Correct Answer: B Not Attempted Time taken: 02min 11sec Discuss
Suppose the functions f (x) and g(x) have Taylor series expansions at zero, up to second-degree terms, given
by
f ( x) = a 0 + a 1 x + a 2 x2 + …
g ( x) = b 0 + b 1 x + b 2 x2 + …
Find the Taylor series for h(x) = f (x)g(x) at zero, up to second-degree terms.
C. h(x) = a b 0 0 + (a b 1 0 + a b ) x + (a b
0 1 1 1 + a b )x 0 2
2
+…
D. h(x) = a b 0 0 + (a b 1 0 + a b ) x + (a b
0 1 1 2 + a b )x 2 0
2
+…
Your Answer: Correct Answer: A Not Attempted Time taken: 02min 49sec Discuss
Let f (x) = √ x. The second Taylor polynomial p (x) of f (x) at x = 1 is given. Find p 2 2 (3) . (Choose the
nearest answer.)
A. 1.1
B. 1.2
C. 1.3
D. 1.5
Your Answer: Correct Answer: D Not Attempted Time taken: 01min 42sec Discuss
f ( x) f ( x)
A. f (x + h) f ( x) + f ( x) h + h h
′′ ′′′
′ 2 3
= + +⋯
2! 3!
f (x f (x
B. f (x)
′′ ′′′
f (x ) + f (x ) (x − x ) +
= 0
′
0 0
2!
0)
( x−x 0)
2
+
3!
0)
( x−x 0)
3
+⋯
f f
C. f (x) = f (0) + f (0)x + x + x
′′ ′′′
(0) (0)
′ 2 3
+⋯
2! 3!
f (x f (x
D. f (x)
′′ ′′′
= f (x 0) + f (x ) x +
′
0
2!
0)
x 2
+
3!
0)
x 3
+⋯
Your Answer: C Correct Answer: D Incorrect Time taken: 00min 21sec Discuss
Which is the Taylor series for the function ln(x) at the point a = 1 ?
A. (x − 1) − x − 1) x − 1) x − 1)
1 2 1 3 1 4
( + ( − ( +⋯
2 3 4
B. (x − 1) − (x − 1)2 + 2( x − 1) − 6(x − 1) + ⋯ 3 4
C. ln(x) + x1 (x − 1) − (x − 1) + (x − 1) − (x − 1) + ⋯
1 2 2 3 6 4
x 2
x x 3 4
D. ln(x) + x1 (x − 1) − 2x
(x − 1) +
1
2
x
(x − 1) −
x
(x − 1) + ⋯
2
3
1
3
3 1
4 4
4
Your Answer: Correct Answer: A Not Attempted Time taken: 00min 54sec Discuss
Let T5 (x) = 3 x x2
−5
3
+7 x 4
+3 x 5
be the fifth-degree Taylor polynomial for the function f about x = 0.
A. -30
B. -15
C. -5
D. − 56
Your Answer: A Correct Answer: A Correct Time taken: 00min 30sec Discuss
The function f (x) is approximated near x = 0 by the second-degree Taylor polynomial T2 (x) =
5−7 x + 8x2 . Which of the following statements is true?
A. f (0) = 5, f ′ (0) = −7, f ′′ (0) = 8, f ′′′ (0) = 0
B. f (0) = 5, f ′ (0) = 7, f ′′ (0) = −8, f ′′′ (0) = 0
C. f (0) = 5, f ′ (0) = −7, f ′′ (0) = 16, f ′′′ (0) = 0
D. f (0) = 5, f ′ (0) = 7, f ′′ (0) = 8, f ′′′ (0) = 0
Your Answer: C Correct Answer: C Correct Time taken: 00min 26sec Discuss
The graph of y = f (x) is given below. Assume that f is infinitely differentiable everywhere. The Taylor series
for f (x) about x = 0 is given by:
f ( x) = ∑c x
∞
n=0
n
n= c 0 + c 1 x + c 2 x2 + c 3 x3 + ⋯
Your Answer: Correct Answer: A Not Attempted Time taken: 00min 16sec Discuss
Let f be a twice differentiable function at x = 3. Let P1 (x) be the local linearization of f at x = 3 and
P2 (x) = 1 − 2(x − 3) + 2(x − 3)2 be the second Taylor polynomial of f at x = 3.
Which of the following statements MUST be true?
A. P1 (x) = 1 − 2(x − 3)
B. f ′′ (3) = 2
C. f (3) < P1 (3)
D. f (3) = P1 (3)
Your Answer: Correct Answer: A;D Not Attempted Time taken: 00min 58sec Discuss
Let f be a real-valued function defined on R. Suppose that f has continuous first and second derivatives, and
at some point x = a, the first derivative f (a) is zero, and the second derivative f ′′ (x) is positive for all x.
′
Your Answer: Correct Answer: C Not Attempted Time taken: 00min 13sec Discuss
The polynomial P2 (x) = 1 + 3(x − a) − 2(x − a)2 is the second degree Taylor polynomial approximating
the function f for x near a. The graph of f is given in the figure. Which of the points A, B, C, or D on the x-
axis has a as its x-coordinate?
A. A
B. B
C. C
D. D
Your Answer: Correct Answer: D Not Attempted Time taken: 00min 31sec Discuss
Given that the Taylor polynomial of degree four for f (x) about x = 0 is
2−3 x + 5 x3 + 7 x4
f (x2 )−2
what is the Taylor polynomial of degree five for g(x) = x about x = 0 ?
A. 5x5 − 3x
B. −3x + 5x3 − 3x5
C. 5x5 − 3x2
D. 5x5 − 3x + 2x2
Your Answer: Correct Answer: A Not Attempted Time taken: 02min 36sec Discuss
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Total Questions: 20
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lim 1 − cos x
x→0 sin2 x
A. 1
B. 1
2
C. 2
D. 0
Your Answer: B Correct Answer: B Correct Time taken: 00min 30sec Discuss
lim ( √ x2 + 4 x + 1 − x)
x→∞
A. 2
B. 4
C. 1
2
D. 3
Your Answer: A Correct Answer: A Correct Time taken: 00min 49sec Discuss
Your Answer: D Correct Answer: D Correct Time taken: 03min 21sec Discuss
A. is an even function
B. is an odd function
C. is neither an even nor an odd function
D. None of these
Your Answer: C Correct Answer: C Correct Time taken: 00min 08sec Discuss
Which of the following functions satisfy the conditions of Rolle's Theorem on the interval [−1, 1]?
f (x) = 1 − x2/3
g ( x) = x3 − 2 x2 − x + 2
π
h(x) = cos( (x + 1))
4
A. both f and g
B. both g and h
C. g only
D. h only
Your Answer: C Correct Answer: C Correct Time taken: 03min 36sec Discuss
A. (−∞, 0)
B. (−∞, 0) and (2, ∞)
C. (0, 2)
D. (0, 1) and (2, ∞)
Your Answer: D Correct Answer: B Incorrect Time taken: 01min 13sec Discuss
Let q(x) be a continuous function which is defined for all real numbers. A portion of the graph of q ′ (x), the
derivative of q(x), is shown below.
A. (0, 2)
B. (2, 4)
C. (7, 9)
D. None of these
Your Answer: A;B Correct Answer: B;C Incorrect Time taken: 00min 23sec Discuss
Your Answer: A Correct Answer: A;D Incorrect Time taken: 01min 47sec Discuss
A. 0
B. 1
C. e2
D. e
Your Answer: C Correct Answer: C Correct Time taken: 04min 09sec Discuss
Which of the above statements are required in order to guarantee a c ∈ (a, b) such that
f ′ (c)(b − a) = f (b) − f (a)?
A. I only
B. I and II only
C. I, II, and III
D. I and III only
Your Answer: B Correct Answer: B Correct Time taken: 00min 57sec Discuss
Let I = (a, b) be an open interval and let f be a function which is differentiable on I . Which of the followings
is/are true statements -
A. If f ′ (x) = 0 for all x ∈ I , then there is a constant r such that f (x) = r for all x ∈ I .
B. If f ′ (x) > 0 for all x ∈ I , then f (x) is strictly increasing on I .
C. If f ′ (x) < 0 for all x ∈ I , then f (x) is strictly decreasing on I .
D. If f ′ (x) > 0 for all x ∈ I , then f (x) is strictly decreasing on I .
Your Answer: A;B;C Correct Answer: A;B;C Correct Time taken: 00min 31sec Discuss
1
A. The absolute maximum value of f (x) = on the interval [2, 4] is 2.
x
B. If f (x) is a continuous function and f (3) = 2 and f (5) = −1, then f (x) has a root between 3 and 5.
C. The function g(x) = 2x3 − 12x + 5 has 5 real roots.
D. If h(x) is a continuous function and h(1) = 4 and h(2) = 5, then h(x) has no roots between 1 and 2.
Your Answer: A;C Correct Answer: A;C;D Incorrect Time taken: 02min 03sec Discuss
Q #13 Multiple Choice Type Award: 2 Penalty: 0.67 Calculus
Suppose g(x) is a polynomial function such that g(−1) = 4 and g(2) = 7. Then there is a number c between
−1 and 2 such that
A. g(c) = 1
B. g ′ (c) = 1
C. g(c) = 0
D. g ′ (c) = 0
Your Answer: B Correct Answer: B Correct Time taken: 01min 30sec Discuss
A. lim √
x
x=1
x→∞
B. lim √
x
x=e
x→∞
x
2
C. lim
x→∞
(1 + x ) = e2
x
2
D. lim
x→∞
(1 + x ) =e
Your Answer: A;C Correct Answer: A;C Correct Time taken: 00min 49sec Discuss
Find f (0).
A. −337/6
B. −74/3
C. 23/9
D. 37/4
Your Answer: B Correct Answer: B Correct Time taken: 11min 08sec Discuss
The sum of three positive numbers is 12 and two of them are equal. Find the largest possible product.
A. 86
B. 64
C. 48
D. 72
Your Answer: B Correct Answer: B Correct Time taken: 01min 54sec Discuss
Q #17 Multiple Choice Type Award: 2 Penalty: 0.67 Calculus
fx egx g
If ( ) = x ( ), (0) = 2 and g (0) = 1, then f (0) is
′ ′
A. 1
B. 3
C. 2
D. 0
Your Answer: B Correct Answer: B Correct Time taken: 00min 56sec Discuss
Let f be differentiable for all x. If f (1) = −2 and f (x) ≥ 2 for x ∈ [1, 6], then
′
fA. (6) ≥ 8
B. f (6) < 8
C. f (6) < 5
D. f (6) = 5
Your Answer: A Correct Answer: A Correct Time taken: 01min 21sec Discuss
The equation x 5
+ x + 1 = 0 has a solution in the interval
A. [0, 1]
B. [−1, 0]
C. [−2, −1]
D. [1, 2]
Your Answer: B Correct Answer: B Correct Time taken: 01min 24sec Discuss
x
ln(ln )
∫
x ln x dx
ln x
A.
x + C
B. 1
2
x
(ln ln )2 + C
x
C. (ln )2 + C
D. (ln ln ) + x C
Your Answer: B Correct Answer: B Correct Time taken: 01min 29sec Discuss
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1+4 5+4
Total Questions: 30
15 + 15
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15 + 30
Technical
6
1
Find ∫ f ( t) dt
3
3
Your Answer: Correct Answer: 21 Not Attempted Time taken: 00min 38sec Discuss
e ln(x)
Which of the following represents the value of ∫ dx?
1
x
A. 1
B. 2
C. 1/2
D. e
Your Answer: Correct Answer: C Not Attempted Time taken: 00min 02sec Discuss
Find ∫ xe x dx
−3
1
A.
2
e −3 x (x − 3) + C
1
B. −
9
e −3 x (3x + 1) + C
1
C. −
6
xe 2 −3 x+C
1
D. −
3
e −3 x (x + 1) + C
Your Answer: Correct Answer: B Not Attempted Time taken: 00min 53sec Discuss
fx
Below is a portion of the graph of an even function ( ), which has domain (−∞, ∞) even though the
fx
graph below only shows the function on the interval [0, 5]. Note that ( ) has a vertical asymptote at x = 1.
Find
f (1.5 + h) − f (1.5)
lim
h→0 h
Your Answer: Correct Answer: 4 Not Attempted Time taken: 00min 03sec Discuss
Some information about the derivative p (x) and the second derivative p (x) of a function p(x) is provided
′ ′′
Your Answer: Correct Answer: D Not Attempted Time taken: 00min 03sec Discuss
Your Answer: Correct Answer: 0 Not Attempted Time taken: 00min 08sec Discuss
gx
The function ( ) is given by the equation
g(x) = { ax x≤12
b − ln(3x) x > 1
a b
where and are constants.
a
Find the value of such that function is differentiable at x = 1.
A. 1/2
B. −1/2
C. 2
D. −2
Your Answer: Correct Answer: B Not Attempted Time taken: 03min 41sec Discuss
b
g(x) = a ln(x) + x
Your Answer: A Correct Answer: A Correct Time taken: 01min 28sec Discuss
The following are tables of values for two differentiable functions f (x) and g(x) and their derivatives.
Missing values are denoted by a “?". Assume that each of these functions is defined for all real numbers, that
f ′ (x) and g ′ (x) are continuous.
x 0 2 3 6 9 x −1 1 3 7 11
f (x) −1 ? 0 −2 ? g(x) −4 1 2 6 7
f ′ (x) 1 4 −1 ? 1 g ′ ( x) 7 ? 3 4 ?
Your Answer: Correct Answer: 12 Not Attempted Time taken: 00min 00sec Discuss
f ( x)
A. If lim f (x) = 0 and lim g(x) = 0, then lim does not exist.
x→5 x→5 x→5 g(x)
f
B. If f , g, are any two functions which are continuous for all x, then is continuous for all x.
g
C. It is possible that functions f and g are not continuous at a point x0 , but f + g is continuous at x0 .
D. If f ′ (c) = 0 then f (x) has a local maximum or a local minimum at x = c.
Your Answer: A;C;D Correct Answer: C Incorrect Time taken: 00min 51sec Discuss
Your Answer: Correct Answer: B Not Attempted Time taken: 00min 07sec Discuss
A. √ xe √ −1x
B. 2 e xx
√ −0.5
C.
0.5 ex √
√x
D. e √ x
Your Answer: C Correct Answer: C Correct Time taken: 00min 21sec Discuss
The function
Your Answer: A Correct Answer: A Correct Time taken: 01min 20sec Discuss
Given F (x) = (f (g(x))) , g(1) = 2, g (1) = 3, f (2) = 4, and f (2) = 5, find F (1)
2 ′ ′ ′
Your Answer: 120 Correct Answer: 120 Correct Time taken: 01min 31sec Discuss
differentiable at x = 0.
A. A = 0, B = 1
B. A = 1, B = 0
C. A = 0, B = −1
D. A = −1, B = 0
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bx2 + 15x + 15 + b
Is there a number b such that lim exists? If so, find the value of b and the value of the
x→−2 x2 + x − 2
limit.
A. −1
B. −2
C. 1
D. There is no such b for that above limit exist
Your Answer: Correct Answer: A Not Attempted Time taken: 01min 00sec Discuss
1
lim (x + sin x) x
x→∞
Your Answer: 1 Correct Answer: 1 Correct Time taken: 00min 45sec Discuss
If g is continuous (but not differentiable) at x = 0, g(0) = 8, and f (x) = xg(x), find f ′ (0).
A. 0
B. 8
C. 1
D. f (x) is also not differentiable at x = 0.
Your Answer: B Correct Answer: B Correct Time taken: 03min 19sec Discuss
Suppose that f (x) and g(x) are differentiable functions and that h(x) = f (x)g(x). You are given the
following table of values:
h(1) 24
g(1) 6
f ′ (1) −2
h′ (1) 20
Your Answer: Correct Answer: 8 Not Attempted Time taken: 01min 48sec Discuss
A. f (5) ≤ f (3) + 6
B. f (5) ≥ f (3) − 2
C. f (5) ≤ f (3) + 10
D. f (5) ≥ f (3) − 10
Your Answer: Correct Answer: A;B;C;D Not Attempted Time taken: 00min 52sec Discuss
Define
−6x + 2 x≤2
g ( x) = {
x−2 x>2
4
Find ∫ g(x)dx.
1
Your Answer: -11 Correct Answer: -5 Incorrect Time taken: 01min 53sec Discuss
A. ∫ (ax + bx + c) dx = 2 ∫
2
(ax2 + c) dx
−5 0
d
[f (g(x))] = f (g(x))g (x)
′ ′
dx
d f ′ ( x)
D. If f is differentiable, then √ f ( x) = .
dx 2 √ f ( x)
Your Answer: A;B;C;D Correct Answer: A;B;C Incorrect Time taken: 00min 57sec Discuss
Shown below are portions of the graphs of y = f (x), y = f ′ (x), and y = f ′′ (x).
Determine which graph is which.
A. A − f (x), B − f (x), C − f (x)
′ ′′
Your Answer: Correct Answer: B Not Attempted Time taken: 00min 09sec Discuss
fx
The function ( ) is defined as follows:
⎧ x x+ 1 x ≤ 0
f ( x) = ⎨
⎩ ? x>0
2
all x ≥ 0.
Which of the following option is/are TRUE?
Your Answer: Correct Answer: D Not Attempted Time taken: 00min 19sec Discuss
hx hx
Suppose ( ) is a function such that ( ) has exactly three critical point. Two of which are shown in the table
below.
Assume that both ( ) and hx h (x) are differentiable on (−∞, ∞)
′
x 0 3 5 7
h ( x) 2 ? 4 4
h ( x)
′
−1 0 0 ?
Further using Lagrange mean value theorem in the interval [5, 7], we can determine the interval of the third
critical point.
On which of the following intervals must h(x) be increasing on the entire interval?
A. (0, 3)
B. (3, 5)
C. (5, 6)
D. (6, 7)
Your Answer: Correct Answer: B Not Attempted Time taken: 00min 03sec Discuss
Let q(x) be a continuous function which is defined for all real numbers. A portion of the graph of q ′ (x), the
derivative of q(x), is shown below.
A. (0, 2)
B. (2, 4)
C. (7, 9)
D. (5, 7)
Your Answer: Correct Answer: A;B;D Not Attempted Time taken: 00min 03sec Discuss
We consider a function f (x) defined for all real numbers. We suppose that the first and second derivatives
f ′ (x) and f ′′ (x) are also defined for all real numbers. Below we show the graph of the second derivative of f
. You may assume that f ′′ (x) is decreasing outside of the region shown.
Suppose that f (0) = 5. How many critical points does f have?
′
Your Answer: Correct Answer: 2 Not Attempted Time taken: 00min 10sec Discuss
fx
Consider a continuous function ( ), and suppose that ( ) and its first derivative fx f (x) are differentiable
′
fx
everywhere. Suppose we know the following information about ( ) and its first and second derivatives.
f (x) < 0 on the intervals −1 < x < 0 and 3 < x < 5, and not on any other interval.
′′
Find the global minimum of f (x) on (−∞, ∞)? (minimum value of f (x))
Your Answer: Correct Answer: -5 Not Attempted Time taken: 00min 02sec Discuss
fx
If ( ) = (1 + ) (1 + x x ) (1 + x ) (1 + x ) , then f (0) =?
2 3 4 ′
Your Answer: 2 Correct Answer: 1 Incorrect Time taken: 01min 24sec Discuss
Your Answer: 3 Correct Answer: 4 Incorrect Time taken: 00min 37sec Discuss
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Incorrect
Attempts:
1 Resultant Marks: 2.67
1+0 2.67 + 0
Total Questions: 15
10 + 5
Total Marks: 20
10 + 10
Technical
Two 3D surface graphs and two contour plots are shown below. Each graph corresponds to one contour plot.
Match each surface graph (A or B) with the correct contour plot (A or B).
Graph B
Graph A
Your Answer: Correct Answer: A Not Attempted Time taken: 00min 07sec Discuss
You are applying gradient descent with a fixed learning rate γ. The following table shows the function values
at each step of gradient descent over 10 iterations for three different functions.
Match each function in Column 1 with the most appropriate explanation in Column 2.
Column 1 Column 2
f 1 : 100, 99, 98, 97, 96, 95, 94, 93, 92, 91 (i) Too high
f 2 : 100, 50, 75, 60, 65, 45, 75, 110, 90, 85 (ii) Too low
f 3 : 100, 80, 65, 50, 40, 35, 31, 29, 28, 27.5, 27.3 (iii) About right
A. f 1 − (ii), f
2 − (i), f 3 − (iii)
Your Answer: Correct Answer: B Not Attempted Time taken: 00min 25sec Discuss
Minimize f ( x, y )
Subject to g(x, y) = 0
Your Answer: Correct Answer: C Not Attempted Time taken: 00min 08sec Discuss
Q #4 Multiple Choice Type Award: 1 Penalty: 0.33 Calculus
Which of the following is a necessary and sufficient condition for a twice differentiable function f : R → R to
be convex?
Your Answer: Correct Answer: C Not Attempted Time taken: 00min 03sec Discuss
Your Answer: Correct Answer: A Not Attempted Time taken: 00min 11sec Discuss
Let f (x, y) = x2 + y 2 . What is the direction of steepest descent at point (1, −1) ?
A. (2, −2)
B. (−2, 2)
C. (−1, 1)
D. (1, −1)
Your Answer: D Correct Answer: B Incorrect Time taken: 01min 10sec Discuss
Let f : R 2
→ R be a twice continuously differentiable function. Suppose:
∂f ∂f
= y and = x2
∂x ∂y
Your Answer: Correct Answer: B Not Attempted Time taken: 00min 05sec Discuss
Let
f ( x) = e x
A. 1 + x +
x2
2
B. 1 + x + x3
6
C. 1 + x2
2
D. x + x2
2
Your Answer: A Correct Answer: A Correct Time taken: 01min 19sec Discuss
Let f (x) e−x , and consider its Taylor polynomial of degree 4 centered at x = 0.
=
A. − 4!
1
B. 1
4!
C. − 12
D.
1
Your Answer: B Correct Answer: B Correct Time taken: 01min 50sec Discuss
Let
2 x + y2
∇ (f x, y ) = [ ]
2 y + 2xy
2 2y
B. [ ]
2y 2 + 2x
2 2y
C. [ ]
2x 2 + 2x
2 y
D. [ ]
y 2
Your Answer: B Correct Answer: B Correct Time taken: 00min 40sec Discuss
Which of the following are true about gradient descent? (select all statements that are true.)
A. After each iteration, we modify the weight vector in the direction of the gradient.
C. After each iteration, we modify the weight vector in the direction of the negative gradient.
D. In the gradient descent algorithm, each update of the weight vector depends on all the training
examples.
Your Answer: Correct Answer: C;D Not Attempted Time taken: 00min 18sec Discuss
x−1
∇f ( x, y ) = [ ]
2y + x
Starting at the point ( x = 1, y = 2 ), and using a learning rate γ = 1, perform one step of gradient descent.
What is the updated point (x′ , y ′ ) ?
A. (1, −3)
B. (0, −4)
C. (2, −2)
D. (1, 0)
Your Answer: Correct Answer: A Not Attempted Time taken: 00min 44sec Discuss
f ( x, y ) = x2 + 2 y 2
subject to the constraint
x 2
+ y 2
≤ 4.
fxy
A. The global minimum of ( , ) on the region occurs at (0, 0) with value f = 0.
B. The global maximum occurs on the boundary at points (0, 2) and (0, −2).
C. The Lagrange multiplier method gives the candidate points (±2, 0), (0, ±2).
Your Answer: Correct Answer: A;B;C Not Attempted Time taken: 00min 07sec Discuss
a convex function?
A. β≥α 2
B. β>α 2
C. β≥α
D. β ≥ 0 and α = 0
Your Answer: Correct Answer: A Not Attempted Time taken: 00min 12sec Discuss
f (x, y, z) = 3xy + z 2
Compute the rate of change of f at the point (1, −2, 2) in the direction of the vector
v→ = ⟨−1, 2, −2⟩
A. 2/3
B. 4/3
C. 8/3
D. 2
Your Answer: Correct Answer: B Not Attempted Time taken: 00min 04sec Discuss
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