AB Calculus
Midterm Review Problems
A 15 foot ladder is resting against the wall. The
bottom is initially 10 feet away from the wall and is
being pushed towards the wall at a rate of ¼ ft/sec.
How fast is the top of the ladder moving up the wall 12
seconds after we start pushing?
A tank of water in the shape of a cone is leaking water
at a constant rate of 2 ft3/hr. The base radius of the
tank is 5 ft and the height of the tank is 14 ft.
a) At what rate the depth of the water in the tank
changing when the depth of the water is 6 ft?
b) At what rate is the radius of the top of the water in
the tank changing when the depth of the water is 6
ft?
A manufacturer wants to design an open box having a
square base and a surface area of 108 square inches.
What dimensions will produce a box with maximum
volume?
If y = (x3 + 1)2, then dy/dx =
a) (3x2)2
b) 2(x3 + 1) c) 2(3x2 + 1)
d) 3x2 (x3 + 1)
e) 6x2 (x3 + 1)
The graph of a function f is shown above. At
which value of x is f continuous, but not
differentiable?
If the line tangent to the graph of the function f
at the point (1, 7) passes through the point (-2, 2), then f ‘(1) is
a) -5
b) 1
c) 3
d) 7
e) undefined
Let f be the function given by f(x) = 2xex.
The graph of f is concave down when
a) x < -2
b) x > -2
d) x > -1
e) x < 0
c) x < -1
The derivative g’ of a function g is continuous and has
exactly two zeros. Selected values of g’ are given in the
table above. If the domain of g is the set of all real
numbers, then g is decreasing on which of the following
intervals?
A curve has a slope 2x + 3 at each point (x, y) on
the curve. Which of the following in an equation
for this curve if it passes through the point (1, 2)?
The second derivative of the function f is given by
f ‘’ (x) = x(x – a)(x – b)2. The graph of f ‘’ is shown below.
For what values of x does the graph of f have a point of
inflection?
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
0 and a only
0 and m only
b and j only
0, a, and b
b, j, and k
Let f be the function defined by f(x) = 4x3 – 5x
+ 3. Which of the following is an equation of
the line tangent to the graph of f at the point
where x = -1?
a)y = 7x – 3
b)y = 7x + 7
c)y = 7x + 11
d)y = -5x – 1
e)y = -5x – 5
A particle moves along the x-axis so that at time t ≥
0 its position is given by x(t) = 2t3 – 21t2 + 72t – 53.
At what time t is the particle at rest?
What is the slope of the line tangent to the
curve 3y2 – 2x2 = 6 – 2xy at the point (3, 2)?
Let f be the function defined by f(x) = x3 + x. If
g(x) = f -1 (x) and g(2) = 1, what is the value of
g’(2)?
A particle moves along the x-axis so that at any
time t ≥ 0, its velocity is given by
v(t) = 3 + 4.1cos(0.9t). What is the
accelerations of the particle at time t = 4?
a)-2.016
b)-0.677
c)1.633
d)1.814
e)2.978
The radius of a circle is increasing at a constant
rate of 0.2 m/s. What is the rate of increase in
the area of the circle at the instant when the
circumference of the circle is 20π m.
The function f is continuous for -2 ≤ x ≤ 1 and
differentiable for -2 < x < 1. If f(-2) = -5 and f(1) = 4,
which of the following statements could be false?
a) There exists c, where -2 < c < 1, such that f(c) = 0.
b)There exists c, where -2 < c < 1, such that f ‘ (c) = 0.
c) There exists c, where -2 < c < 1, such that f(c) = 3.
d)There exists c, where -2 < c < 1, such that f ‘ (c) = 3.
e) There exists c, where -2 ≤ c ≤ 1, such that f(c) ≥ f(x)
for all x on the closed interval -2 ≤ x ≤ 1.
For which of the following does lim 𝑓(𝑥) exist?
𝑥→4
A) I only
B) II only
C) III only
D) I and II only
E) I and III only
Let f be the function with derivative given by
f ‘ (x) = sin(x2 + 1). How many relative extrema
does f have on the interval 2 < x < 4?
a) One
d) four
b) two
e) five
c) three
The rate of change of the
altitude of a hot-air balloon is
given by 𝑟 𝑡 = 𝑡 3 − 4𝑡 2 + 6
for 0 ≤ t ≤ 8. Which of the
following expressions gives the
change in altitude of the
balloon during the time the
altitude is decreasing?
The function f has the first derivative given by 𝑓 ′ 𝑥
𝑥
.
3
1+𝑥+𝑥
=
What is the x-coordinate of the
inflection point of the graph of f ?
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
1.008
0.473
0
-0.278
the graph of f has no inflection point
Let f be a differentiable function with f(2) = 3
and f ‘(2)= -5, and let g be the function
defined by g(x) = x f(x). Which of the
following is an equation of the line tangent to
the graph of g at the point where x = 2?
For all x in the closed interval [2, 5], the function f has a
positive first derivative and a negative second derivative.
Which of the following could be a table of values for f ?