AP Calculus AB Scoring Guide

Unit 3 Progress Check: MCQ

1. If and is a differentiable function of , which of the following is equivalent to the

derivative of with respect to ?

2. For which of the following functions is the chain rule an appropriate method to find the derivative
with respect to ?
1.
2.
3.

A I only

B II only

C III only

D I and III only

3. Let be a differentiable function. If , which of the following gives a correct

process for finding ?

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4. What is the slope of the line tangent to the curve at the point ?

5. If , then

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6.

The point lies on the curve in the -plane given by the equation ,
where is a differentiable function of and is a differentiable function of . Selected values of ,
, , and are given in the table above. What is the value of at the point ?

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7.

The graph of the decreasing differentiable function is shown above. Also shown is the line
tangent to the graph of at the point . Let be the inverse of . Which of the following
statements about is true?

8. Let be the increasing function defined by , where . If is the

inverse function of , which of the following is a correct expression for ?

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9.

The table above gives selected values for a differentiable and decreasing function and its
derivative. If for all , which of the following is a correct expression for ?

10.

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11.

12. Which of the following methods can be used to find the derivative of with respect to
?
1. Use the quotient rule to differentiate .
2. Use the chain rule to differentiate .
3. Use implicit differentiation to differentiate the function in the relation with respect to .

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A I only

B III only

C II and III only

D I, II, and III

13. Which of the following expressions can be differentiated using the product rule?

14. Which of the following requires the use of implicit differentiation to find ?

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15. For which of the following functions would the quotient rule be considered the best method for
finding the derivative?

16. If , then

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17.

The figure above shows the graph of , the derivative of the function . At which of the four
indicated values of is greatest?

18. Let be a twice-differentiable function such that and . What is

the value of at ?

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A 10

B 23

C 55

D 160

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