Maths GPT
Maths GPT
Maths GPT
1 Instructions
- You have 60 minutes to complete the test.
- Answer all 20 questions
- Please indicate one and only one response per question. Each question
is worth the marks indicated, and a wrong answer obtains a mark of -1. If
you indicate more than one response your mark for the question will be -1.
All the best and good luck!
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Question 1 (5 marks)
For what values of x does the following function have a positive slope?
2 2
f (x) = 3 ln(x) x for all x > 0
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A) f 0 (x) > 0 for all 0 < x < 4
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B) f 0 (x) > 0 for all 4
<x
3
C) f 0 (x) > 0 for all 0 < x < 2
3
D) f 0 (x) > 0 for all 2
<x
Question 2 (5 marks)
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Question 3 (5 marks)
Question 4 (5 marks)
3
Question 5 (5 marks)
Question 6 (5 marks)
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Question 7 (5 marks)
Question 8 (5 marks)
Find all the stationary points of the function in Question 7. Which of the
following statements holds for the x coordinate at all the stationary points
of f (x, y)?
A) 0 < x
B) 0 x 1
C) 1x0
D) x < 0
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Question 9 (5 marks)
Question 10 (5 marks)
Find the partial elasticity with respect to (w.r.t.) x2 of the following function
(assuming x1 > 0 and x2 > 0):
2x2
B) Elx2 h = 2x2 +1
4
C) Elx2 h = 2x2 +1
4x2
D) Elx2 h = 2x2 +1
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Question 11 (5 marks)
for all a > 0, b > 0. Compute the first order partial derivative ga0 .
8a 2b
A) ga0 = a2 +b
6abea
4a 2b
B) ga0 = a2 +b
6abea
8a 2b
C) ga0 = a2 +b
3abea
4a 2b
D) ga0 = a2 +b
3abea
Question 12 (5 marks)
00
What is the second order partial derivative gbb for the function in Question
11?
00 4 2b
A) gbb = (a2 +b)2
3a4 ea
00 4 2b
B) gbb = (a2 +b)2
3a4 b2 ea
00 4 2b
C) gbb = (a2 +b)2
3a4 ea
00 4 2b
D) gbb = (a2 +b)2
3a4 b2 ea
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Question 13 (5 marks)
f (L) = L3 + 48L
This function has a stationary point where L = 4. What ensures that this is
sufficient to guarantee that the stationary point at L = 4 is a maximum for
the function f (L) defined on L > 0?
A) f 00 = 3L < 0 given L > 0, so f (L) is concave continuous for L > 0
Question 14 (5 marks)
B) A line segment joining any two points on the graph always lies above
or on the graph.
C) A line segment joining any two points on the graph in either of the
fundamental directions (holding the other variable constant) always
lies below or on the graph.
D) A line segment joining any two points on the graph in either of the
fundamental directions (holding the other variable constant) always
lies above or on the graph.
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Question 15 (5 marks)
Question 16 (5 marks)
⇣ ⌘
e1 x 2x+1
Use L’Hôpital’s rule to find the following limit: limx !1 x2 1
⇣ ⌘
e1 x 2x+1 3
A) limx !1 x2 1
= 2
⇣ ⌘
e1 x 2x+1 3
B) limx !1 x2 1
= 2
⇣ ⌘
e1 x 2x+1 1
C) limx !1 x2 1
= 2
⇣ ⌘
e1 x 2x+1 1
D) limx !1 x2 1
= 2
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Question 17 (5 marks)
B) 5
C) 6
D) 8
Question 18 (5 marks)
Classify the stationary points from the function in Question 17. What holds
for the coordinates (g, h) at every local maximum of the function u(g, h)?
A) g > 0 and h = 0
C) g = 0 and h = 0
D) g = 0 and h < 0
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Question 19 (5 marks)
Classify the stationary points from the function in Question 17. What holds
for the coordinates (g, h) at every local minimum of the function u(g, h)?
3
A) |g| 2
and h = 1
3
B) |g| 2
and h = 1
3
C) |g| 2
and h = 1
3
D) |g| 2
and h = 1
Question 20 (5 marks)
(End of Test)
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