Self-Assessment of Chapter 1

Limits and Continuity

MATH 1591-Calculus I

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 10 points if correct

The limit lim sin x is equal to

x 0

(a) 1 (b) 0

(c) π (d) -1

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 10 points if correct

The limit lim ln x  e 2 x  x 2  1 is equal to

x 1

(a) 1 (b) 0

(c) e (d) -1

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 10 points if correct

3x
The limit lim (see the graph) is
x 2 x2

(a) 0 (b) 3

(c)  (d) 

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 10 points if correct

x2
The limit lim is equal to
x  2 x 2  4

(a) -1/4 (b) 1/4

(c)  (d) 0

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 10 points if correct

x 2
The limit lim is equal to
x4 x4

(a) -1/4 (b) 1/4

(c)  (d) 0

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 10 points if correct

1
All discontinuous points of f x   (see the graph) are
x2  4

(a) 2 and -2 (b) 2

(c) -2 (d) 0

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 10 points if correct

x
The intervals on which f x   is continuous are
x2  x

(a) (0,1) (b) [0,1]

(d)  , 0, 0,1, and 1,  

(c)  , 1

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 10 points if correct

 1 x, x  1
If f  x    then
 x 1 x  1

(a) lim f x   0 (b) lim f x   2

x 1 x 1

(c) lim f x   2 (d) lim f x   2

x 1 x 1

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 10 points if correct

x 3
For f x  
x  3 (see the graph), the correct statement is

(a) lim f x   0 (b) lim f x   1

x 3 x 3

(c) lim f x   1 (d) lim f x   1

x 3 x 3

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 10 points if correct

sin 2 x 
The limit lim is equal to
x 0 x

(a) 1 (b) 

(c) 0 (d) 2

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 10 points if correct

2
The limit lim x 2 sin is equal to
x 0 x

(a) 1 (b) 

(c) 0 (d) 2

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 10 points if correct

 x 4 cos x12 , x  0
The intervals on which f x    is continuous are
 0 x0

(a)  , 0 (b) -  ,  

(c)  ,   (d) 0,  

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 10 points if correct

The function f  x   x3  x  1 has a zero on [1,2]

(a) Yes (b) NO

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 10 points if correct

In   definition of the limit lim  2 x  1  3 , for a given   0.001

,
x 1

 can be taken to be

(a) 0.1 (b) 0.0005

(c) 1 (d) 0

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