United International University

School of Science and Engineering

Sample Questions for MID, Summer-2023
Course Code: Math 1151, Course Title: Fundamental Calculus

Solve all questions.

1. Determine whether the equation defines y as a function of x.

(a) 2x − 5y = 7 (c) x2 + (y − 3)2 = 5

(b) (y + 3)3 + 1 = 2x (d) 2x − |y| = 0

2. Determine whether the curve is the graph (Figure 1) of a function of x. If it is,

sketch the domain and range of the function along with the corresponding function.

Figure 1:
3. The graph (Figure 2) of function f and g are given.
Figure 2:

(a) State the values of f (−4) and g(3).

(b) Which is larger, f (−3) or g(−3) ?
(c) For what values of x is f (x) = g(x) ?
(d) On what interval(s) is f (x) ≤ g(x)?
(e) State the solution of the equation f (x) = −1.
(f) On what interval(s) is g decreasing?
(g) State the domain and range of f.
(h) Sketch the domain and the range of the function g.
(i) On what interval(s) is f increasing?

4. Find the domain of the following functions.

x+4
√
(a) f (x) = x2 −9
(c) h(x) = x2 − 4x − 5
x2 +1
√ √
(b) g(x) = x2 +4x−21
(d) k(x) = 3 − x − 2 + x

5. Evaluate f (−4), f (0), and f (2) for the piecewise defined function. Then sketch the
graph of the function.
 
x2 + 2 if x ≤ 0 
 −1 if x < −2
(a) f (x) =

√
x + 1 if x > 0 (b) f (x) = 4 − x2 if − 2 ≤ x < 2



x if x ≥ 2

6. Sketch the graph of the following functions and also find their domain and range.
Don’t use the graphing calculator or online tool.

x2 −9
(a) f (x) = x + |x| (c) f (x) = x+3
(e) y = 4x − x2

|x|
(b) f (x) = x
(d) y = 2(x − 1)2 + 3 (f) y = 1 + 4x − x2

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 √ √
(g) y = 2 − 3−x (k) y = 1 + 3
2−x (o) y = 12 sin( x2 )
(h) y = x
x+1
(l) y = 1 + sin x (p) y = 2 − 3−x
3
(i) y = 2 + 1−x
(m) y = cos(2x + π) (q) g(x) = 2 + ex−1
(j) y = 2 − 3|x + 1| (n) y = −2 cos(2x) (r) g(x) = − ln(3 − x)

7. Use the given graph (Figure 3) of y = f (x) to sketch the following functions:
Figure 3:

(a) y = |f (x)| − 2; (b) y = 2f (x + 1); (c) y = f ( x2 ) − 1; (d) y = 1 − f (2 − x)

8. The given graph (Figure 4) of the function is defined for x ≥ 0. Complete the graph
for x < 0 to make it as (a) an odd function, and (b) an even function:
Figure 4:

9. Determine whether f is even, odd, or neither. You may use a graphing calculator to
verify your answer:
√ x3 2
(a) y = 3
x−1 (b) y = x4 −1
(c) y = x−3

10. Sketch the graph of the following set of functions on a common screen. How are
these graphs related?

(a) y = 2ex , y = 2e−x (b) y = 4x , y = −4x (c) y = 8x , y = −8−x

11. Complete the accompanying table so that the graph of y = f (x) (Figure 5) is
symmetric (a) about y axis, and (b) about origin.

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 Figure 5:

12. The following graphs in (Figure 6) are functions of y = 5x, y = x5 , y = x5 , y =

√
5
x, y = 1 + ex and y = ln (x − 1). Identify the graph of the functions and determine
which graph is inverse of the other graph.
Figure 6:

13. Starting with the graph of y = 3x , write the equation of the graph that results from

(a) shifting 2 units downward. (d) reflecting about the y-axis.

(b) shifting 2 units to the right. (e) about the x-axis and then about the
(c) reflecting about the x-axis. y-axis.

14. Determine whether the following functions are one-to-one, or many-to-one. Find the
inverse of each function (if possible).
(a) f (x) = 1 + 2−x
(b) f (x) = (x − 3)2 , x ≥ 3

15. Find the inverse of the following functions, draw the graph of the function and its
inverse in the same diagram. Also, state the domain and range of the inverse.
(a) f (x) = (x − 2)3 + 1
(b) f (x) = 2 + e−x

16. Use the following graph (Figure 7) of the function f (x) to complete the table and
sketch the graph of f −1 (x).

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 x -4 -2 2 3
f −1 (x)

Figure 7:

17. Determine whether the following graph in (Figure 8) has inverse or not. If so, write
down the equation of the graph. Sketch the graph of its inverse in the same diagram.
Also, write down the equation of the inverse graph.
Figure 8:

18. Determine whether the following graph in (Figure 9) has an inverse or not. If there
has no inverse, determine an interval from the graph on which the graph has an
inverse. Sketch the graph of its inverse in the same diagram.
Figure 9:

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19. Consider the following graph in (Figure 10) of a function y = f (x).
Figure 10:

From the figure write the following answers:

(a) limx→−1− f (x) (e) f (−2), f (−1), f (2), f (3)

(b) limx→0+ f (x) (f) check the continuity at x = −2, 0, 2.
(c) limx→−1 f (x) (g) Find the vertical and horizontal
(d) limx→1 f (x) asymptotes of f (x).

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20. Check the continuity at x = 2 for the function f (x) = (x−5)
−2

21. Find the numbers at which f (x) is discontinuous. At which of these numbers is f (x)
continuous from the right, from the left, or neither? Sketch the graph of f (x).
 


 x2 if x < −1 

 2x if x ≤ 1
 
(a) f (x) = x if − 1 ≤ x < 1 (b) f (x) = 3 − x if 1 < x ≤ 4
√ x

 

1

if x ≥ 1

if x > 4
x

22. Show that, f (x) = 2 − |x − 1| is continuous at x = 1.

23. Suppose that the following functions are the position function of a particle, where s
is in meters and t is in seconds.

(a) s = f (t) = 3 − 6t − 4t2 (b) s = g(t) = 8 − 4t + 2t2

i. Find the average velocities of the particle over the time interval [0, 2] for
f (t) and g(t).
ii. Find the particle’s instantaneous velocity at time t = 2 s for f (t) and g(t).

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 iii. Draw the function f (t) and g(t) and the tangents at t = 2.
iv. What do the instantaneous velocities mean?

24. Consider the following functions:

(a) f (x) = x3 + 2 (b) g(x) = 4x − x2

i. Find the instantaneous rate of change of f (x) and g(x) with respect to x
at an arbitrary value of x.
ii. Use (i) to find the slope of the tangent lines for x = 1.
iii. Find the equation of the tangent lines to the graphs at x = 1.
iv. Find the equation of the secant lines in the interval [−1, 1].
v. Draw the graph of f (x) and g(x) together with the tangent lines and secant
lines.

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