İTÜ MAT 1 0 3 E 2 4 B V 1st MIDTERM EXAM A March 16, 2024

1. Fill in the blank with the best fit: 5. Which of the following transformations is required to
obtain the graph of y = f (3(x + 4)) from the graph
The graph of an even function is of y = f (x) ?
symmetric about the .
(a) Shift the graph 4 units to the right, then
(a) line x = y compress it horizontally by a factor of 3.
(b) line x = −y (b) Shift the graph 4 units to the left, then stretch
(c) origin it horizontally by a factor of 3.
(d) x−axis (c) Shift the graph 4 units to the right, then
(e) y−axis stretch it horizontally by a factor of 3.
(d) Shift the graph 4 units to the left, then
compress it horizontally by a factor of 3.
(e) Shift the graph 4 units to the left, then
1
compress it horizontally by a factor of .
√ 3
2. What is the domain of f (x) = −x + ln(x + 1) ?

(a) (−1, 0]
(b) [−1, 0]
(c) [0, 1)
x
(d) [0, 1]
6. What is the period of the function f (x) = cos ?
(e) (−∞, ∞) 2
(a) −4π
(b) −π
(c) 0
(d) π
x2 (e) 4π
3. What is the range of f (x) = −1 + ?
x2 +1
(a) (−1, 0)
(b) (−1, 0]
(c) [−1, 0)
(d) [0, 1)
sin(x − 3)
(e) [0, 1] 7. lim =?
x→3 sin(x2 + x − 12)
1
(a)
9
1
(b)
7
4. Let f (x) = |x + 3| and g(x) = |2x − 5|. What is the 1
(c)
sum of all the values of x that satisfy (f ◦ g)(x) = 4 ? 5
1
(d)
(a) 0 3
(b) 1 (e) 1
(c) 2
(d) 4
(e) 5

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 x−2 11. Fill in the blank with the best fit:
8. lim √ =?
x→2 1 − 3x − 5
A line of the graph of a function
2
(a) − y = f (x) if either lim f (x) = ±∞ or
3 x→a+
1 lim f (x) = ±∞.
(b) − x→a−
3
(c) 0 (a) x = a is a vertical asymptote
1 (b) y = a is a horizontal asymptote
(d)
3 (c) y = a is a vertical asymptote
2
(e) (d) y = ax is an oblique asymptote
3
(e) x = a is a normal

9. If f (x) = sin(x), g(x) = cos(πx) and 12. Which of the following is true for the function
|x2 − 1|

h(x) = − x, then lim (h ◦ g ◦ f )(x) = ? 
 x+2 , x ≤ −2
x+1 x→ π2 +
 p
2
 4− x , −2<x≤0



(a) −3 f (x) = 1 1 ?
sin , 0<x<
x π


−2

(b) 
 1
πx − 2

, ≤x
(c) 0 π
(d) 2 (a) It has a removable discontinuity at x = −2.
(e) 3 1
(b) It has an infinite discontinuity at x = .
π
(c) It has an oscillating discontinuity at x = 0.
(d) It has a jump discontinuity at x = −2.
 
1
(e) It is continuous on 0, .
π

10. For which values of a and b is the function


5 + ax
 , x < −1
f (x) = b2 x3 − bx − 4 , −1≤x<1

5x − a , 1≤x

√
2x + 4x2 + 3x − 2
continuous on R ? 13. lim =?
x→−∞ x+1
(a) a = −9 , b = 1 (a) −∞
(b) a = 9, b = 1 (b) −4
(c) a = 5, b = 0 (c) 0
(d) a = 9 , b = −1 (d) 4
(e) a = −5 , b = 0 (e) ∞

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 π 
14. If the line y = 2x − 9 is tangent to the parabola 17. If f (x) = cos(x) cos(2x) cos(4x), then f ′ =?
y = x2 + ax + b at the point (4, −1), what are the 4
√
values of a and b ? (a) −2 2
√
(a) a = −6 , b = 7 (b) − 2

(b) a = −6 , b = 9 (c) 0
√
(c) a = 6 , b = −41 (d) 2
√
(d) a = 6 , b = −6 (e) 2 2

(e) a = 6 , b = 39

18. If f (x) = xg(h(x)) where h(2) = 3, h′ (2) = −2,

g(3) = −4 and g ′ (3) = −2 , then f ′ (2) =?

( (a) −6
1 − x2 , x≤0
15. Let f (x) = √ . (b) −4
x+1 , x>0
(c) 0
df
What is the value of at x = 0 ? (d) 4
dx
(a) −2 (e) 6

(b) 0
1
(c)
2
(d) 1 √
19. For the curve 4 − xy = sin(π x + y), what is the
(e) f is not differentiable at x = 0. dy
value of at the point (2, 2) ?
dx
π
(a) − −1
8
(b) −1
(c) 0
16. Find the point(s) at which the graph of the function (d) 1
f (x) = 4x3 − 7x2 − 6x + 4 has horizontal tangent(s). π
(e) +1
   8
2 2
(a) − ,f −
3 3
     
1 1 3 3
(b) − ,f − and ,f
3 3 2 2
20. In which of the following intervals does the function
     
1 1 1 1
(c) ,f and ,f f (x) = x3 − 2x + 2 have at least one real root?
3 3 2 2
(d) (2, f (2)) and (−2, f (−2)) (a) [−3, −2]
(e) (−1, f (−1)) and (−3, f (−3)) (b) [−2, −1]
(c) [−1, 1]
(d) [1, 2]
(e) [2, 3]

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 Answers

1. (e) 11. (a)

2. (a) 12. (c)

3. (c) 13. (c)

4. (e) 14. (a)

5. (d) 15. (e)

6. (e) 16. (b)

7. (b) 17. (d)

8. (a) 18. (d)

9. (e) 19. (b)

10. (b) 20. (b)

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