Practice Exam to Midterm I of MAT21A-Sections C01-C05

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Instructions. This is a closed book/notes/friends exam. No calculator is allowed.

Problem I: Multiple Choices. (60 points total, 4 points each). Please fill in
your answers in the following table:
Problems #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 # 8 #9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Answers

1. Find the following limit

x2 + x − 2
lim
x→1 x2 − x
A. 0
B. 1
C. 3
D. does not exist.

2. Find the limit of

(x − 2) − |x − 2|
lim−
x→2 x2 − 4

A. − 12
1
B. 2
C. 0
D. does not exist

3. Find the limit of

(x − 2) − |x − 2|
lim
x→1 |4x − 3| + x2 + 4

A. − 13
B. − 12
C. 0
D. does not exist

4. Find the limit of

7 sin 3x + 9x
lim
x→0 3 sin 4x − 2x
A. −3
7
B. 3
C. − 92
D. 3

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5. Below is the graph of a function f (x). What is the limit of f (x) as x approaches 2?

A. 2
B. 1
C. 4
D. does not exist.

6. Locate and classify all the discontinuities of the function f defined by

 sin 2x
x
, x 6= 0
f (x) =
2, x=0

A. f is continuous everywhere.
B. f has jump discontinuity at x = 0.
C. f has oscillating discontinuity at x = 0.
D. f has removable discontinuity at x = 0.

7. The equation of the oblique (or slant line) asymptote of the graph of

4x2 − 5
f (x) =
2x + 3
is

A. y = 2x + 3
B. y = 2x
C. y = 2x − 3
D. does not exist

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 8. Evaluate the limit

lim 2x2 + 1 + 3x sin cos (3x) + ln x2




x→0

A. 0
B. 1
C. 2
D. does not exist

9. Suppose  
x2 , x > 0 x − 2, x > 1
f (x) = and g (x) = .
2 − x, x ≤ 0 x2 − 1, x ≤ 1
Then
lim f (g (x))
x→1−

is

A. 0
B. 1
C. 2
D. 3

10. If 
 4x, x<1
f (x) = 5, x=1 ,
 2
2x + 3, x > 1
then at x = 1, f (x) is

A. continuous
B. left side continuous, but not right side continuous
C. right side continuous, but not left side continuous
D. neither left side continuous nor right side continuous

11. Evaluate
3x2 + 5x + 7
lim
x→∞ 4x2 − 10x + π

3
A. 4
7
B. π
C. − 12
D. does not exist

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12. For what value of a is 
ax2 − 2a, x ≥ 2
f (x) =
12 x<2
continuous at every x?

A. a = 2
B. a = 6
C. a = 12
D. does not exist

13. Let
x2 − 16
g (x) = 2 .
x − 3x − 4
To extend g (x) to be continuous at x = 4, one needs to define g (4) as
8
A. 3
B. 2
8
C. 5
D. There is no way to make g (x) continuous at x = 4.

14. Find the limit  √ 

lim x − x2 + 9
x→∞

A. 0
B. 9
C. −3
D. does not exist

15. Evaluate √
x2 + 9
lim
x→−∞ x
A. 0
B. ∞
C. 1
D. −1

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 Part II. (40 points total, 10 points for each problem) Please provide details for the
following problems.

1. Evaluate √
x2 + 25 − 5
lim
x→0 x2

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2. For the function f defined by
 2
 6x − 2x, x < 1
f (x) = 5, x=1
2
2x + 2, x > 1


(a) Find limx→1− f (x).

(b) Find limx→1+ f (x).

(c) Does f (x) have a limit as x approaches 1? If ”yes”, what is the limit?

(d) Is f (x) continuous at x = 1? If not, what is the type of the discontinuity?

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3. For the limit √
lim 1 − 5x = 4,
x→−3

find a δ > 0 that works for  = 1.

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4. Find all asymptotes of the graph of

3x2 − 10x + 8
y=
x2 − 5x + 6