TECHNOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF THE

PHILIPPINES
MANILA
DIFFRENTIAL CALCULUS COMPETENCY
EXAM
STUDENT
NAME___________________________________
DATE_____________________________
DIRECTIONS: PROVIDE THE COMPLETE STEP
BY STEP SOLUTIONS TO SELECT THE BEST
ANSWER.
1. A right triangle has a fixed hypotenuse of 30 cm. And
the other two sides are allowed to vary. Determine the
largest possible area of the triangle.
a. 225 sq.cm
b. 234 sq.cm
c. 243 sq.cm
d. 216 sq.cm
2. Find the area of the largest rectangle that can be
inscribed in a semicircle of radius r.
a. 2r2
b. r2
c. r2
d. r2
3. An open box is made from a square piece of cardboard
(of side 1) by cutting out four equal (small squares) at
the corners and then folding. How big should the small
squares be in order that the volume of the box be as large
as possible?
a. 1/8
b. 1/10
c. 1/6
d. NOTG
4. A boy 5 feet tall walks at a rate of 3 feet/sec toward a
streetlamp that is 12 feet above the ground. a) What is
the rate of change of the tip of his shadow?
a. 15/7 fps
b. 36/7 fps
c. 12/5 fps
d. 7/15 fps
5. A conical tank 20 feet in diameter and 30 feet tall
(with vertex down) leaks water at a rate of 5 cubic feet
per hour. At what rate is the water level dropping when
the water is 15 feet deep?
a. 1/9
b. 1/5
c. 3/7
d. 4/7
6. The dimension of a box are a, a 1, a + 4 inches, Find
how fast the total surface area S increases as a increases.
a. 15(a + 1)
b. 12(a + 1)
c. 15(a 1)
d. 12(a 1)
7. Find the minimum of the function f(x) = 2x 3 + 3x2
12x + 17.
a. (1, 10)
b (-1, 5)
c. (-2, 10)
d.(-2, 37)
8. A farmer is to make a rectangular paddock. The
farmer has 100 metres of fencing and wants to make the
rectangle that will enclose the greatest area. What
dimensions should the rectangle be?
a. 25 x 25
b. 10 x 30
c. 15 x 35
d. 16 x 34
9. What is the radius of an
moment when the rate of
numerically twice as large as
radius?
a. 1 /
b. 2 /

expanding circle at the

change of its area is
the rate of change of its
c. 3 /

d. 4 /

10. If the parabola y=x 2+C is tangent to the line y=4x+3,

find the value of C.

a. 4

b. 7

c. 6

d. 5

11. A rectangular yard is to be built which encloses 400

sq. ft. Two opposite sides are to be made from fencing
which costs 10 peso per foot, while the opposite sides
are made from fencing which cost 20 peso per foot. Find
the least possible cost?
a. 1031.3 peso
b. 1131.3 peso
c. 1231.3 peso
d. 1331.3 peso
12. The volume of a cube is increasing at the rate of 6
cm3/min. How fast is the surface area is increasing when
the length of the edge of the cube is 12 cm?
a. 3 cm2/min
b. 2 cm2/min
2
c. 2.5 cm /min
d. 3.5 cm2/min
13. A balloon leaving the ground, 18 m from the
observer, rises vertically at a steady rate of 3 m/s. How
fast is the angle of elevation of the line of sight
increasing after 8 s.
a. 0.12 rad/s
b. 0.08 rad/s
c. 0.03 rad/s
d. 0.06 rad/s
14. Find the point on parabola y=12x 2 that is closest to
the point (-4,1).
a. (2,-2)
b. (-2, 2)
c.(1, -1)
d. (-1,1)
15. If s = t2 - t3, find the velocity when the acceleration
is zero.
a. v = 1/3
b.v =
c. v = 1/5
d.v = 1/6
16. A spherical balloon is being filled with air at the rate
of 1 cfs. Compute the time rate of change of the surface
area of the balloon at the instant when its volume is
113.1 cubic feet.
a. 0.67 ft2/sec
b. 1.73 ft2/sec
2
c. 3.0 ft /sec
d. 3.7 ft2/sec
17. Find the local maxima of the function f(x) = 2x3
9x2 + 12x 5.
a. x =2
b. x = 1
c. x = -1
d. NOTG
18. At what points does the curve y = 4x x2 have a
slope of 4.
a. (0,0)
b. (1,2)
c. (3,2)
d. (-1,2)
19. A particle moves so in a straight line according to the
equation S=t3+at2+bt. If the initial velocity (at t=0) is 5,
find the value of a such that when t = 1, it is moving
with four times its initial velocity.
a. 5
b. 6
c. 7
d. 4
20. The height and base radius of a right circular
cylinder are 20 cm and 8 cm respectively. If the height
decreases at the rate of 3 cm/s and its base radius
increases at the rate of 2 cm/s, at what rate is its volume
changing?
a.448 pi
b.428 pi
c.438 pi
d. 418 pi