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Limits and Continuity

Question 1
college-boardCalculus AB/BCAPExam Style
1 mark

What type of discontinuity does a function have if it approaches a vertical asymptote at a certain point?

Question 2
college-boardCalculus AB/BCAPExam Style
1 mark

For the function h(x)=eaxh(x)=e^{-|ax|} where aa is a positive constant, what is the effect on the horizontal asymptote when aa is incrementally increased?

Question 3
college-boardCalculus AB/BCAPExam Style
1 mark

What type of discontinuity does the function have if the left and right-handed limits are not equal?

Question 4
college-boardCalculus AB/BCAPExam Style
1 mark

If the left-handed limit of a function at a certain point is 5 and the right-handed limit is 3, what type of discontinuity does the function have at that point?

Question 5
college-boardCalculus AB/BCAPExam Style
1 mark

What type of discontinuity is present at a point where the left and right-hand limits exist and are equal, but the function value is not defined?

Question 6
college-boardCalculus AB/BCAPExam Style
1 mark

The piecewise function defined by h(x)={x+1x<0x2x0h(x) = \begin{cases} x + 1 & x < 0 \\ x^2 & x \geq 0 \end{cases} exhibits which kind of behavior as it approaches zero from both sides?

Question 7
college-boardCalculus AB/BCAPExam Style
1 mark

Which type of singularity might arise in real analysis such that near this singular point, despite being able to define values arbitrarily close on either side, a unique tangent cannot be determined due to erratic oscillation?

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Question 8
college-boardCalculus AB/BCAPExam Style
1 mark

If a function approaches closer and closer to a certain value but never reaches it, what type of discontinuity does it have?

Question 9
college-boardCalculus AB/BCAPExam Style
1 mark

For a rational function with a removable discontinuity at x=ax=a, what will be the effect on this discontinuity if we multiply our function by sin(πx)\sin(\pi x)?

Question 10
college-boardCalculus AB/BCAPExam Style
1 mark

The graph of a rational function has a vertical asymptote at x=4x=-4. Which type of discontinuity is represented by this vertical asymptote?