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 2023 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   Not on exam
  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   Know formulas for integrals of odd functions and average value