MATH 200 Exam Guide

One of the best ways to study for the final exam is to work old finals.

Here is a sample MATH 200 final exam from my class in Spring 2021, and Here is the solved version. See the Test Archive for more.

Here is a sample MATH 200 final exam developed by the math department, and Here is a video of me solving it.

The list below indicates what material will be on our Fall 2024 exam. Content marked "Background material only" is important, but there will be no questions on the exam directly related to it. (But you will need some of this material to solve problems from other chapters.)

Lecture/Chapter
Topic Comments
1 Introduction Background material only
2 Function Review Background material only
3 A, B Trigonometric Functions Background material only
4 Inverse Functions Background material only
5 A, B, C, D Exponents and Logarithms Background material only
6 A, B Inverse Trig Functions Background material only
7
Motivation for Limits Not on Exam
8 Limit Laws Know this
9
Computing limits Know this
10 A
Limits of Trig Functions Know this
10 B
Squeeze theorem Not on exam
11 Continuity Know this
12 Infinite Limits Know this
13 A, B
Limits at Infinity Know this
15 Slopes of Tangents Background material only
16 The Derivative Know this
17 Derivative Rules Know this
18 A, B
Examples Background material only
19 Derivative of ex Know this
20 Product and Quotient rules Know this
21 Derivatives of Trig Functions Know this
22 Higher Derivatives Know this
23 A, B The Chain Rule Know this
24 Derivatives of Inverses and Logarithms Know this
25 Derivatives of Inverse Trig Functions Know this
26 Meanings of the Derivative Know this
27 Implicit Differentiation Know this
28 Logarithmic Differentiation Know this
29 Related Rates Know this
30 Increase/Decrease Know this
31 First Derivative Test Know this
32 Concavity & Second Derivative Test Know this
33 Absolute Extrema Know this
34 Applied Optimization Know this
35 Mean Value Theorem Not on exam
36 Linear Approximation Know this
37 A, B, C
L'Hopital's Rule Know this
38 Antiderivatives Know this
39 A
Initial Value Problems Know this
39 B, C
Differentials & Differential Equations Not on exam
40
Area Background material only
41 A
Definite Integrals Know this
41 B
Other Definitions of Definite Integrals Not on exam
42 Fundamental Theorem of Calculus Know this
43 More on the Fundamental Theorem Know this
44 A, B, C
Substitution Rule Know this
45
Working with Calculus Not on exam