Quantitative Analysis for Management, 13/e

Self-Test

• Before taking the self-test, refer back to the learning objectives at the beginning of the module and the glossary at the end of the module.

• Use the key at the back of the book to correct your answers.

• Restudy pages that correspond to any questions that you answered incorrectly or material you feel uncertain about.

1. The slope of a curve at a particular point can be found

   1. by computing the first derivative of the function for that curve.

   2. by computing the second derivative of the function for that curve.

   3. by computing the change in X divided by the change in Y.

   4. by dividing the value of Y at that point by the value of X.

2. If the first derivative is set equal to zero and solved for X, at that point (X) the curve could be

   1. at a maximum. ...