Math 17A Exams
EXAM 1 is Wednesday, October 21, 2015. It will cover handouts, lecture notes, and examples from class, homework assignments 1 through 10 and material from sections 1.1-1.3, 2.2 and 3.1-3.4 in the book which was presented in lecture notes through Wednesday, October 14, 2015. MOST of the exam questions will be homework type, in class type, and practice exam type questions.
TYPES OF QUESTIONS FOR EXAM 1 (THIS IS SUBJECT TO UNANNOUNCED CHANGES.)
- 1 -- In Class Definition of the Limit (Informal)
- 5 -- Compute Limits
- 1 -- Continuity
- 1 -- Forcing a Piece-wise Function to be Continuous
- 1 -- Find Fixed Points for Recursion
- 2 -- Find Formula for Sequence
- 1 -- Log-log or Semi-Log Plot and Transformation
- 2 -- Other
- 1 or 2 -- OPTIONAL EXTRA CREDIT
HERE ARE SOME RULES FOR EXAM 1.
- 1.) IT IS A VIOLATION OF THE UNIVERSITY HONOR CODE TO, IN ANY WAY, ASSIST ANOTHER PERSON IN THE COMPLETION OF THIS EXAM. IT IS A VIOLATION OF THE UNIVERSITY HONOR CODE TO COPY ANSWERS FROM ANOTHER STUDENT'S EXAM. PLEASE KEEP YOUR OWN WORK COVERED UP AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE DURING THE EXAM SO THAT OTHERS WILL NOT BE TEMPTED OR DISTRACTED. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COOPERATION.
- 2.) No notes, books, calculator, or classmates may be used as resources for this exam.
- 3.) You will be graded on proper use of limit and indeterminate form notation.
- 4.) You may NOT use L'Hopital's Rule to compute limits on this exam.
- 5.) You may NOT use shortcuts from the textbook for finding limits to infinity on this exam.
- 6.) Put units on answers where units are appropriate.
- 7.) Read directions to each problem carefully. Show all work for full credit. In most cases, a correct answer with no supporting work will NOT receive full credit. What you write down and how you write it are the most important means of your getting a good score on this exam. Neatness and organization are also important.
Exam 1 Practice and Solutions
Exam 1 Solutions
EXAM 2 is Wednesday, November 18th, 2015. It will cover handouts, lecture notes, and examples from class, homework assignments 11 through 19, and material from sections 3.5 and 4.1-4.8, which was presented in lecture notes through Monday, November 16th, 2015. MOST of the exam questions will be homework-type, in class type, and practice exam-type questions.
TYPES OF QUESTIONS FOR EXAM 2 (THIS IS SUBJECT TO UNANNOUNCED CHANGES.)
- 1 -- Limit Definition of Derivative
- 3 -- Compute Derivatives using Rules
- 1 -- Intermediate Value Theorem
- 1 -- Sketch Graph of f' Using Graph of f
- 1 -- Implicit Differentiation
- 1 -- Related Rates
- 1 -- Linearization/Differential
- 2 or 3 -- Other
- 1 -- OPTIONAL EXTRA CREDIT
HERE ARE SOME RULES FOR EXAM 2.
- 1.) IT IS A VIOLATION OF THE UNIVERSITY HONOR CODE TO, IN ANY WAY, ASSIST ANOTHER PERSON IN THE COMPLETION OF THIS EXAM. IT IS A VIOLATION OF THE UNIVERSITY HONOR CODE TO COPY ANSWERS FROM ANOTHER STUDENT'S EXAM. PLEASE KEEP YOUR OWN WORK COVERED UP AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE DURING THE EXAM SO THAT OTHERS WILL NOT BE TEMPTED OR DISTRACTED. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COOPERATION.
- 2.) No notes, books, calculator, or classmates may be used as resources for this exam.
- 3.) You will be graded on proper use of limit, indeterminate form, and derivative notation.
- 4.) You may NOT use L'Hopital's Rule to compute limits on this exam.
- 5.) You may NOT use shortcuts from the textbook for finding limits to infinity on this exam.
- 6.) Put units on answers where units are appropriate.
- 7.) Read directions to each problem carefully. Show all work for full credit. In most cases, a correct answer with no supporting work will NOT receive full credit. What you write down and how you write it are the most important means of your getting a good score on this exam. Neatness and organization are also important.
Exam 2 Practice and Solutions
Exam 2 Solutions
FINAL EXAM is Friday December 11, 2015 from 8-10am in Giedt 1001 (where lectures were held). It will cover handouts, lecture notes, and examples from class, homework assignments 1 through 24, and material from sections 1.1-1.3, 2.1-2.3, 3.1-3.5,4.1-4.8, and 5.1-5.5, 5.7 in the book which was presented in lecture. MOST of the exam questions will be homework-type, discussion sheet-type, practice exam-type questions.
TYPES OF QUESTIONS FOR FINAL (THIS IS SUBJECT TO UNANNOUNCED CHANGES.)
- 1 -- State Derivative Rules
- 3 -- Compute Limits
- 3 -- Compute Derivatives
- 1 -- Limit Definition of Derivative
- 1 -- Continuity
- 1 -- Related Rates
- 2 -- Applied Optimization
- 1 -- Linearization/Differential
- 1 -- Mean Value Theorem
- 1 -- Intermediate Value Theorem
- 1 -- Beverton-Holt Recursion
- 1 -- Detailed Graphing
- 3 or 4 -- Other
- 2 -- OPTIONAL EXTRA CREDIT
HERE ARE SOME RULES FOR FINAL.
- 1.) IT IS A VIOLATION OF THE UNIVERSITY HONOR CODE TO, IN ANY WAY, ASSIST ANOTHER PERSON IN THE COMPLETION OF THIS EXAM. IT IS A VIOLATION OF THE UNIVERSITY HONOR CODE TO COPY ANSWERS FROM ANOTHER STUDENT'S EXAM. PLEASE KEEP YOUR OWN WORK COVERED UP AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE DURING THE EXAM SO THAT OTHERS WILL NOT BE TEMPTED OR DISTRACTED. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COOPERATION.
- 2.) No notes, books, calculator, or classmates may be used as resources for this exam.
- 3.) You will be graded on proper use of limit, indeterminate form, and derivative notation.
- 4.) You may NOT use shortcuts from the textbook for finding limits to infinity.
- 5.) Put units on answers where units are appropriate.
- 6.) Make sure to include graphs and sketches when it is part of the problem-solving process.
- 7.) Read directions to each problem carefully. Show all work for full credit. In most cases, a correct answer with no supporting work will NOT receive full credit. What you write down and how you write it are the most important means of your getting a good score on this exam. Neatness and organization are also important.
Final Practice Exam
and Solutions
Thanks to Dr. Kouba for providing many problems and solutions to the practice exams.