Multiple Choice: Write only the letter that correspond BEST to your answer.

Write E if ALL
the options are either correct or incorrect.

1. Which of the following is TRUE about a tangent line to the graph of a function f(x)?
a. line that touches at only one point of the graph
b. line that is perpendicular to a secant line
c. line that passes to two or more points of the graph
d. line that passes to all the roots of the graph

2. What is the equation of tangent line to the graph of f(x) = x 2, parallel to the line y= x+2?
a. 4y= 4x+ 1 b. 4y= 4x – 1 c. 4y = -4x + 1 d. 4y= -4x – 1

3. At what point of the graph f(x) = 2x2 does the tangent line with slope m= 4 passes through?
a. ( 1, 2) b.( ½, 1) c. (-1, 2) d. (-1, -2)

4. The derivative of a function denotes;

a. the function’s limit as x approaches infinity c. the slope of a tangent line to the graph of f(x)
b. the limit of function’s undefined lines d. the discontinuous interval to the function f(x)

5. Which function has derivative equal to a positive constant?

a. f(x) = 1 b. f(x) = x +e1 c. f(x) = ex d. f(x) = cos2 x + sin2 x

6. What is the derivative of f(x) = 2x, at xo = 5?

a. 2 b. 3 c. 5 d. 10

7. Which expression shows the slope of tangent line passing through a point (a, f(a)) of a
function f(x)?
f ( x+ a ) + f ( a ) f ( x )−f ( a ) f ( x ) −f ( a ) f ( x + a )−f ( a )
a. lim b. lim c. lim d. lim
x →a x →a
x →a x −a x →a x−a

8. Which function has the slope of tangent line to its graph equals 1?
a. f(x) = 1 b. f(x) = x +e1 c. f(x) = e1 d. f(x) = cos2 x + sin2 x

9. If xo = 2, which slope of tangent line has higher absolute value?

a. f(x) = 3x2-4x b. f(x) = 2x – x3 c. f(x)= 3 + 2x2 d. f(x) = 4x2 – 5
10. Which of the following expressions is TRUE?
(note that m(xo) = slope of tangent line, and f ’(xo) = derivative of f(x) at x= xo)

a. m(xo) > f ’(xo) b. m(xo) = f ’(xo) c. m(xo) < f ’(xo) d. m(xo) ≠ f ’(xo)

11. If f(x) = 3x + 2, what is the slope of tangent line to the graph of f(x) at x o= 5?
a. 0 b. 3 c. 5 d. 17

12. The slope of a tangent line to the graph of f(x) is defined by m(x) = 2x+3. What is the
derivative of f(x)?
a. 2 b. 2x c. 2x+ 3 d. x 2 +3x

13. Which of the following is equal to the given equation, f’(x) = D x( x2ex)
a. f’(x) = Dx( x2 ) + Dx( ex) c. f’(x) = Dx( x2) + Dx(ex)
b. f’(x) = x2 Dx(ex) + ex Dx( x2) d. f’(x) = 2xex

14. What is Dxf(x) if f(x) is a constant?

a. 4 b. 2 c. 1 d. 0

15. Which theorem describe a chain rule f’(x) = Dx( xn )?

a. f’(x) = nx + xn b. f’(x) =nx(n-1) c. f’(x) = (nx2n) d. f’(x) = (n-1) xn-1

16. Which function will give a derivative equal to the function itself?
a. f(x) = x b. f(x) = sin x c. f(x) = e x d. f(x)= ln x

17. Which of the following is the derivative of f(x) = 1/x?

a. -1/x2 b. -x c. -1/x d. 1- x 2

18. What is the Dx(cos2 2x +sin2 2x)?

a. 4 cos 2x - 4sin 2x b. 2(cos2 2x +sin2 2x) c. 0 d. 4

19. Given a f(x) =( x2ex), what is f’(1)?

a. 2e b. 3e c. 4e d. 5e

20. The derivative of f(x) is 4x3, what is f(x)?

a. 2x2 b. 12x2 c. x4 d. 0.75x4

21. What is the derivative of f(x) = sin x • cos x?

a. 2cos 2x b. cos 2x c. cos x + sin x d. 2(cos x – sin x)

22. Which function does not utilize chain rule for its derivative?
a. Dx(8x3) b. Dx(x+1)2 c. Dx(xex) d. Dx( 1/x3)

23. Given f ’(x) = x2 + 2x, what is the f ’’’(x)?

a. 2x + 2 b. 2x c. 2 d. 0

24. What does the fourth-order derivative of f(x) means?

a. It is the derivative of f(x) raise to the fourth power c. It is the square of the second-order
derivative of f(x)
b. It is the derivative of the third-order derivative of f(x) d. It is the derivative of f(x 4)

25. Acceleration (a) is defined as the second order derivative of displacement(r) with respect
to time. If r(t ) = 2t3-5t, what then is a(t)?
a. a(t) = 6t2 – 5 b. a(t) = 6t – 5 c. a(t) = 12t – 5 d. a(t) = 12t

26. The derivative of momentum (p) with respect to time(t) can be equated to the amount of
force (F) applied. If p(t) = 3(t-2)2, what is the amount of force applied at t = 2s?
a. F(2) = 0 b. F(2) = 2 c. F(2) = 6 d. F(2) = 12

27. If w(x) is the derivative of f(x), and f(x) = (4x2+3)3, what is w(x)?
a. 12x(4x2+3)2 b. 16x(4x2+3)2 c. 20x(4x2+3)2 d. 24x(4x2+3)2

28. Which is FALSE about chain rule of differentiation?

a. It is applied to a binomial raise to a power of 2 or greater than 2.
b. It is applied to exponential functions with polynomial exponents
c. It is applied to rational functions with indeterminate values
d. It is applied to trigonometric functions, where angle is another function

29. cot x = 1/tan x, Dx(tan x) = sec2x, and Dx(tan2x) = 2tan x sec2x. How about Dx(cot2x)?
a. 2cot x csc2 x b. -2cot x csc2 x c. 2 cot x csc x d. 2sec 2x /(cot x)

30. Let u(x) = 2x2-7, and f(u)= 2u2, what is Dx f(u)?

a. 16x(2x2-7) b. 8x(2x2-7) c. 4x(2x2-7) d. 2x(2x2-7)

31. What is the slope (m) of tangent line to the circle x 2 +y2 = 25 at the point (3, 4)?
a. 3/4 b. -3/4 c. 4/3 d. - 4/3

32. If d(2x)/dx = 2x ln 2, then what is dy/dx of 5x – y = 0?

a. 5x ln 2 b. 5x ln 5 c. 5x ln 2 d. 5xln 5

33. Using the implicit differentiation, what is the dy/dx of x = e y ?

a. 1/x b. ln x c. e x d. (1 + e)x

34. It is presumed that speed(v) is a rate of change in object’s distance covered. If distance (r)
of a car is defined by r(t) = 2t2+5, What expression defines the speed of the car?

a. v(t) = 4t + 5 b. v(t) = 4t -5 c. v(t) = 4t d. v(t) = 20t

35. Which of the following is TRUE?

a. Rate denotes a function y differentiated with respect to x

b. Rate involves maximum and minimum values of a function

c. Rate is a differentiation of a function with respect to time

d. Rate does not involve implicit differentiation

36. In related rates, what does the negative dy/dt means?

a. y increases with time c. y has negative value
b. y decreases with time d. y has negative slope

37. Given the equation x + y2 = 100, where x and y are functions of time. If dy/dt =5, and y = -5,
what is the rate of x changing with respect to time?
a. 10 b. 20 c. 40 d. 50

38. Given that momentum (p) = m• v, and a = dv/dt. If mass remains constant, and force is the
rate of change in momentum, what then is the expression of force in terms of mass and
acceleration?
a. F= v dm/dt + a b. F= vdm + mdv c. F = ma d. F = m + a
INTEGRATION

39. The derivative of f(x) is f’(x) = 2x + 2, what then is f(x)?

a. x2 + 2 b. 2(x2 + x) c. x2 + 2x d. x2/2 + 2x

40. The anti-derivative of f(x) is F(x) = ex, what then is f(x)?

a. ex b. ln x c. x e d. e(x+1)

41. If f ’(x) is the derivative of f(x), what is anti-derivative of f ’(x)?

a. f ’(x) b. f(x) c. f ’’(x) d. f ’(x)- f(x)

42. Given f(x) = 3x2, what is its anti-derivative F(x)?

a. F(x) = x3+ C b. F(x) = x3/3+ C c. F(x) = x2/3 + C d. F(x) = 6x + C

43. Which theorem describes a power rule ∫ x dx ?

n

a. xn+1 +C b.( xn+1/n+1) + C c. (-1/xn) +C d. x2n +C

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44. Which of the following is equal to ∫ x 2 dx ?

a. -1/x + C b. – x +C c. -1/x 3 + C d. 1/x + C

45. Which of the following shows the correct integral of f(x) = ex ?

a. ln x + C b. ex + C c. -1/ex + C d. e(x+1) + C

46. If∫ sin x dx = −cos x +C , what is∫ ¿ ¿ ¿

a. cos2 x + C b. −¿ c. −cos x +sin x +C d. −sin x +cos x +C

47. Knowing that d(ax)/dx = axln a, what is ∫ a dx ?

x

x
a
a. a x +C b. +C c. xln a+C d. a ∙ ln x+ C
ln a

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48. Using the substitution rule, what is ∫ x+ 2 dx if ∫ u du=lnu+ C ?
 1 1 u
a. +C b. ln u+ C c. ln +C d. ln |x +2|+C
x+2 x+2 x+ 2

49. Using the substitution rule, what is∫ (2 x+1) dx ?

2

3 2
(2 x+ 1) (2 x+ 1)
a. +¿ C b. (2 x+ 1)3 +C c. +C d. 3(2 x +1)3 + C
6 3

50. If derivative represents the slope of tangent line to the graph of f(x), what then the anti-
derivative represents?

a. the graph of tangent line c. the graph of a function f(x)

c. the area of region bounded by f(x) d. the slope of secant line