MATH 206: MULTIVARIABLE CALCULUS PRACTICE FINAL EXAM

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Instructions:

This is an 80-minute examination. Answer all questions in the space provided. Write
clearly and show all of your work. Use complete sentences to justify your answers. Answers
with no work shown may receive no credit.

This is a closed book, closed notes examination. You may neither give nor receive any
aid on this exam. All questions should be directed to your instructor. Use of calculators
is NOT permitted during the exam.

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Problem 1. Multiple choice and True/False [12 pts (2 pts each)]. Circle the correct answer.
(a) If F is continuous and path-independent, then F is conservative.
(i) True
(ii) False
(iii) True if the domain of F is open and connected.

(b) ∇(div(F)) = 0 for a vector field F.

(i) True
(ii) False
(iii) True if F is conservative.

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(c) Given a vector field F, C
F · dr = 0 for any simple closed curve C lying in the domain
of F.
(i) True
(ii) False
(iii) True only if F is conservative.

(d) If F is conservative, then curl(F) = 0.

(i) True
(ii) False
(iii) True only if the domain of F is simply-connected.

(e) When converting to polar coordinates, dA =

(i) r
(ii) rdrdθ
(iii) drdθ

(f) If div(F) = 3, there may be another vector field G such that curl(G) = F.
(i) True
(ii) False
(iii) True only if F is conservative.

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Problem 2. [10 pts] Let C be the curve given by the portion of the unit circe above the
x-axis (i.e., the part of the circle from (1, 0) to (−1, 0)), oriented counterclockwise.

(a) Sketch the curve C.

(b) Find a parameterization r(t) = hx(t), y(t)i for C.

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(c) Compute F · dr, where F(x, y) = hey + y, xey + xi. Hint: you do not need part (b)
C
for this.

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Problem 3. [10 pts] Let F(x, y, z) = heyz , x + z, sin(z)i.

(a) Compute div(F).

(b) Compute curl(F)

(c) Is F conservative? If not, explain why. If so, find a potential function for F and show
that ∇f = F.

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Problem 4. [10 pts] Let F(x, y) = h−xy + x, −2(x + y)i.

(a) Sketch the vector field F (draw a vector at every point with integer coordinates in
[0, 1] × [0, 1].

(b) Is F conservative? Explain.

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(c) Compute F · dr, where C is the line segment from (2, 0) to (4, 4).
C

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Problem 5. [10 pts] Compute the following integrals. Hint: they should be nice. Use the
theorems provided at the beginning of the exam.

(a) Let F(x, y) = hx+y +2xy, x2 y +x2 i. Let C be the curve given by the boundary of the
triangle with vertices (0, 0), (0, 2), and (2, 0) oriented counterclockwise. Compute
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F · dr.
C

(b) Let F = h2xz + y, z + xy, −z 2 i. Let S be the surface of the box [−1, 1] × [2, 5] × [0, 3],
oriented with outward-pointing normal vectors (note: S contains all 6 sides of the
box). Compute ZZ
F · dS.
S

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Problem 6. [10 pts] Let S be the surface given by the cylinder x2 + y 2 = 9 and −1 ≤ z ≤ 5,
oriented with outward-pointing normal vectors.

(a) Find a parameterization r(u, v) = hx(u, v), y(u, v), z(u, v)i. Be sure to include bounds
for u and v.

ZZ
(b) Compute the scalar surface integral (x2 + 2y)dS.
S

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(c) Compute the vector surface integral F · dS, where F(x, y, z) = hx, z 2 y, −yi.
S

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Problem 7. [10 pts] Let D be the region above the graph of y = x and in the circle
x2 + y 2 = 9.

(a) Sketch the region D.

(b) Describe D in polar coordinates r and θ.

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(c) Compute thep volume of the region E above D and below the graph of z = x2 + y 2 ;
i.e., 0 ≤ z ≤ x2 + y 2 .

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Problem 8. Let T be the trapezoid with vertices (0, 0), (2, 2), (2, 1), and (4, 3).

(a) Find a function G(u, v) = (Au + Bv, Cu + Dv) such that G(S) = T , where S is the
unit square [0, 1] × [0, 1].

(b) Compute Jac(G). Make it clear what your function G is.

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(c) Compute cos(x − y)dA.
T

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Problem 9. [10 pts] Let f (x, y) = x cos(y) + x2 y 2 + x.

(a) Compute fx and fy .

(b) Find the equation for the tangent plane to the graph of z = f (x, y) at the point
(x0 , y0 , z0 ) = (1, 0, 2).

(c) Approximate the value of f (1.2, −0.1), using your answer from part (b).

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