Limits & Continuity
Derivatives
Applications of Derivatives

Integrals

AP Style Questions

100

What is lim x→2 (3x+1)?

What is 7?

100

What is the derivative of x^2?

What is 2x?

100

What does the first derivative tell you about a function?

What is increasing/decreasing behavior?

100

What is the integral of x^2?

What is (1/3)x^3+C?

100

What does a removable discontinuity look like on a graph?

What is a hole?

200

What does it mean for a function to be continuous at a point?

What is the limit exists, the function is defined, and the limit equals the function value?

200

Differentiate sin⁡(x)

What is cos(x)?

200

If f′(x)=0, what kind of point could this be?

What is a critical point?

200

What is the area under the curve f(x)=3 from 0 to 4?

What is 12?

200

If a function is differentiable, is it always continuous?

What is yes?

300

What is lim x→0 (sinx)/x?

What is 1?

300

What rule do you use to differentiate f(x)g(x)?

What is the product rule?

300

What test can you use to find relative extrema using the second derivative?

What is the second derivative test?

300

What does the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus Part 1 say?

What is that the derivative of an integral gives you the original function?

300

A function f is increasing when f′(x)>0
True or False?

What is true?

400

True or False: A function can be continuous but not differentiable.

What is true?

400

Find the derivative of ln⁡(x^2+1).

What is 2x/(x^2+1)?

400

A particle's position is given by s(t)=t^3−3t^2. When is the particle at rest?

What is when s′(t)=0, so t=0 and t=2?

400

Evaluate the integral from x=1 to 2 of (2x+1)dx.

What is 4.5?

400

A Riemann sum with equal subintervals uses which values for a right endpoint approximation?

What are the rightmost x-values of each subinterval?

500

Evaluate lim x→∞ (3x^2 +4)/(5x^2 x-2)

What is 3/5?

500

Differentiate (x^2 + 1)/x

What is (x^2 - 1)/x^2

500

A function has a local maximum x=3 and f′(x)=(x−3)2(x+2). 

True or False: This supports the local max at x=3.

What is false? (Because derivative doesn’t change sign.)

500

If f(x)=∫0->x (cos⁡(t2)dt), what is f′(x)?

What is cos⁡(x^2)?

500

Let fff be a twice-differentiable function such that:

  • f(2)=4

  • f′(2)=−3

  • and f′′(x)>0 for all x in the interval (1,3)

Is the linear approximation of f(x) at x=2 an underestimate or an overestimate of the actual value of f(2.5)?


What is an underestimate?