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1. The second order derivative of f (x) = x exp ( x) is
dx2
(A) e x x2 1 (B) e x (x 1) (C) f (x) + 2e x
(D) f (x) 2e x (E) f (x) e x
dy d2 y
2. Given y = ln j1 xj, …nd an expression for +x 2
dx dx
1 1 x 1
(A) (B) 2 (C) 2 (D) 1 x (E) 2
(1 x) (1 x) (1 x) (1 x2 )
3
(x + h) x3
3. What is the value of the limiting problem lim
h!0 h
2x + sin x
4. Calculate lim
x!0 x (x 1)
(A) 1 (B) 0 (C) 2 (D) 1 (E) 3
5. If Z 1
I= x exp x2 dx
0
Then I =
1 1
(A) 0 (B) 1 (C) 2 (D) (E)
2 2
Z 1
dx
6. Evaluate the integral
0 x2 + 3x + 2
(A) ln 23 (B) 1 (C) 0 (D) ln 34 (E) ln 43
1
7. What is the nth order term in the Taylor series expansion of the function
f (x) = exp x about x = 3
n n+1
e 3 n e 3 (x + 3) e (x 3)
(A) (x + 3) (B) (C)
n! 2n n! 2n+1 (n + 1)!
n 1 n 1
e 3 (x + 3) e 3 (x 3)
(D) (E)
2n n! 2n (n 1)!
Evaluate k
3 4 4 3
(A) 4 (B) 3 (C) 3 (D) 2 (E) 2
1
which a random variable X follows. Find the probability that 0 X 2
3 9 12 1 11
(A) 32 (B) 32 (C) 88 (D) 8 (E) 32
12. A random variable is uniformly distributed over [0; 1] : What is its skew?
(A) 3 (B) None of those listed (C) 6 (D) 2 (E) 4
2
13. A Normally distributed random variable with mean has a probability
density function given by
!
2 2
(x )
p exp
2 2
3
20. Consider the following problem
2x + y z = 1
x 2z = 5
x 2y + 3z = 6
2 2
25. Given the matrix ; the value of the largest eigenvalue is
1 3
(A) 4 (B) 1 (C) 1 (D) 4 (E) the eigenvalues are com-
plex
26. Evaluate Z 1
jxj dx
2
1 1 3 5 5
(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)
2 2 2 2 2