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Exercises 3.9 Multiple Choice Exercises

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<exercises xml:id="multiple-choice-exercises" groupwork="yes" groupsize="5" label="exercises-groupwork">
  <title>Multiple Choice Exercises</title>
  <introduction>
    <p>
      When this <tag>exercises</tag> division is hosted on Runestone Academy,
      it will be enabled for group work.
      See group selection and submission features are at the end of the division.
      See <xref ref="worksheet-groupwork" /> for more detail. (2024-07-24: experimental.)
    </p>
  </introduction>
  <exercise xml:id="multiple-choice-one" label="multiple-choice-not-randomized">
    <title>Multiple-Choice, Not Randomized, One Answer</title>
    <idx>stop signs</idx>
    <statement>
      <p>
        What color is a stop sign?
      </p>
    </statement>





    <choices>
    <choice>
    <statement>
      <p>
        Green
      </p>
    </statement>
    <feedback>
      <p>
        Green means
        <q>go!</q>.
      </p>
    </feedback>
    </choice>
    <choice correct="yes">
    <statement>
      <p>
        Red
      </p>
    </statement>
    <feedback>
      <p>
        Red is universally used for prohibited activities or serious warnings.
      </p>
    </feedback>
    </choice>
    <choice>
    <statement>
      <p>
        White
      </p>
    </statement>
    <feedback>
      <p>
        White might be hard to see.
      </p>
    </feedback>
    </choice>
    </choices>
    <hint>
      <p>
        What did you see last time you went driving?
      </p>
    </hint>
    <hint>
      <p>
        Maybe go out for a drive?
      </p>
    </hint>
  </exercise>
  <exercise label="multiple-choice-multiple-answers">
    <title>Multiple-Choice, Not Randomized, Multiple Answers</title>
    <idx>stop signs</idx>
    <statement>
      <p>
        Which colors might be found in a rainbow? (Note that the radio buttons now allow multiple buttons to be selected.)
      </p>
    </statement>
    <choices>
    <choice correct="yes">
    <statement>
      <p>
        Red
      </p>
    </statement>
    <feedback>
      <p>
        Red is a definitely one of the colors.
      </p>
    </feedback>
    </choice>
    <choice correct="yes">
    <statement>
      <p>
        Yellow
      </p>
    </statement>
    <feedback>
      <p>
        Yes, yellow is correct.
      </p>
    </feedback>
    </choice>
    <choice>
    <statement>
      <p>
        Black
      </p>
    </statement>
    <feedback>
      <p>
        Remember the acronym<ellipsis /><acro>ROY G BIV</acro>.
        <q>B</q>
        stands for blue.
      </p>
    </feedback>
    </choice>
    <choice correct="yes">
    <statement>
      <p>
        Green
      </p>
    </statement>
    <feedback>
      <p>
        Yes, green is one of the colors.
      </p>
    </feedback>
    </choice>
    </choices>
    <hint>
      <p>
        Do you know the acronym<ellipsis /><acro>ROY G BIV</acro> for the colors of a rainbow,
        and their order?
      </p>
    </hint>
  </exercise>
  <exercise label="multiple-choice-randomized">
    <title>Multiple-Choice, Randomized, One Answer</title>
    <idx>stop signs</idx>
    <statement>
      <p>
        What color is a stop sign? [Static versions retain the order as authored.]
      </p>
    </statement>
    <choices randomize="yes">
    <choice>
    <statement>
      <p>
        Green
      </p>
    </statement>
    <feedback>
      <p>
        Green means
        <q>go!</q>.
      </p>
    </feedback>
    </choice>
    <choice correct="yes">
    <statement>
      <p>
        Red
      </p>
    </statement>
    <feedback>
      <p>
        Red is universally used for prohibited activities or serious warnings.
      </p>
    </feedback>
    </choice>
    <choice>
    <statement>
      <p>
        White
      </p>
    </statement>
    <feedback>
      <p>
        White might be hard to see.
      </p>
    </feedback>
    </choice>
    </choices>
    <hint>
      <p>
        What did you see last time you went driving?
      </p>
    </hint>
    <hint>
      <p>
        Maybe go out for a drive?
      </p>
    </hint>
  </exercise>
  <exercise label="multiple-choice-randomized-multiple-answers">
    <title>Multiple-Choice, Randomized, Multiple Answers</title>
    <idx>stop signs</idx>
    <statement>
      <p>
        Which colors might be found in a rainbow? (Note that the radio buttons now allow multiple buttons to be selected.) [Static versions retain the order as authored.]
      </p>
    </statement>
    <choices randomize="yes">
    <choice correct="yes">
    <statement>
      <p>
        Red
      </p>
    </statement>
    <feedback>
      <p>
        Red is a definitely one of the colors.
      </p>
    </feedback>
    </choice>
    <choice correct="yes">
    <statement>
      <p>
        Yellow
      </p>
    </statement>
    <feedback>
      <p>
        Yes, yellow is correct.
      </p>
    </feedback>
    </choice>
    <choice>
    <statement>
      <p>
        Black
      </p>
    </statement>
    <feedback>
      <p>
        Remember the acronym<ellipsis /><acro>ROY G BIV</acro>.
        <q>B</q>
        stands for blue.
      </p>
    </feedback>
    </choice>
    <choice correct="yes">
    <statement>
      <p>
        Green
      </p>
    </statement>
    <feedback>
      <p>
        Yes, green is one of the colors.
      </p>
    </feedback>
    </choice>
    </choices>
    <hint>
      <p>
        Do you know the acronym<ellipsis /><acro>ROY G BIV</acro> for the colors of a rainbow,
        and their order?
      </p>
    </hint>
  </exercise>
  <exercise label="mathematical-multiple-choice-multiple-answers">
    <title>Mathematical Multiple-Choice, Not Randomized, Multiple Answers</title>
    <idx>stop signs</idx>
    <statement>
      <p>
        Which of the following is an antiderivative of <m>2\sin(x)\cos(x)</m>?
      </p>
    </statement>
    <choices>
    <choice correct="yes">
    <statement>
      <p>
        <m>\sin^2(x)+832</m>
      </p>
    </statement>
    <feedback>
      <p>
        Remember that when we write <m>+C</m> on an antiderivative that this is the way we communicate that there are <em>many</em>
        possible derivatives, but they all
        <q>differ by a constant</q>.
      </p>
    </feedback>
    </choice>
    <choice correct="yes">
    <statement>
      <p>
        <m>\sin^2(x)</m>
      </p>
    </statement>
    <feedback>
      <p>
        The derivative given in the statement of the problem looks exactly like an application of the chain rule to <m>\sin^2(x)</m>.
      </p>
    </feedback>
    </choice>
    <choice correct="yes">
    <statement>
      <p>
        <m>-\cos^2(x)</m>
      </p>
    </statement>
    <feedback>
      <p>
        Take a derivative on <m>-\cos^2(x)</m> to see that this answer is correct.
        Extra credit: does this answer
        <q>differ by a constant</q>
        when subtracted from either of the other two correct answers?
      </p>
    </feedback>
    </choice>
    <choice>
    <statement>
      <p>
        <m>-2\cos(x)\sin(x)</m>
      </p>
    </statement>
    <feedback>
      <p>
        The antiderivative of a product is not the product of the antiderivatives.
        Use the product rule to take a derivative and see that this answer is not correct.
      </p>
    </feedback>
    </choice>
    </choices>
    <hint>
      <p>
        You can take a derivative on any one of the choices to see if it is correct or not,
        rather than using techniques of integration to find
        <em>a single</em> correct answer.
      </p>
    </hint>
  </exercise>
</exercises>
When this <exercises> division is hosted on Runestone Academy, it will be enabled for group work. See group selection and submission features are at the end of the division. See [cross-reference to target(s) "worksheet-groupwork" missing or not unique] for more detail. (2024-07-24: experimental.)

1. Multiple-Choice, Not Randomized, One Answer.

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<exercise xml:id="multiple-choice-one" label="multiple-choice-not-randomized">
  <title>Multiple-Choice, Not Randomized, One Answer</title>
  <idx>stop signs</idx>
  <statement>
    <p>
      What color is a stop sign?
    </p>
  </statement>





  <choices>
  <choice>
  <statement>
    <p>
      Green
    </p>
  </statement>
  <feedback>
    <p>
      Green means
      <q>go!</q>.
    </p>
  </feedback>
  </choice>
  <choice correct="yes">
  <statement>
    <p>
      Red
    </p>
  </statement>
  <feedback>
    <p>
      Red is universally used for prohibited activities or serious warnings.
    </p>
  </feedback>
  </choice>
  <choice>
  <statement>
    <p>
      White
    </p>
  </statement>
  <feedback>
    <p>
      White might be hard to see.
    </p>
  </feedback>
  </choice>
  </choices>
  <hint>
    <p>
      What did you see last time you went driving?
    </p>
  </hint>
  <hint>
    <p>
      Maybe go out for a drive?
    </p>
  </hint>
</exercise>
    What color is a stop sign?
  • Green
  • Green means “go!”.
  • Red
  • Red is universally used for prohibited activities or serious warnings.
  • White
  • White might be hard to see.
Hint 1.
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<hint>
  <p>
    What did you see last time you went driving?
  </p>
</hint>
What did you see last time you went driving?
Hint 2.
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<hint>
  <p>
    Maybe go out for a drive?
  </p>
</hint>
Maybe go out for a drive?

2. Multiple-Choice, Not Randomized, Multiple Answers.

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<exercise label="multiple-choice-multiple-answers">
  <title>Multiple-Choice, Not Randomized, Multiple Answers</title>
  <idx>stop signs</idx>
  <statement>
    <p>
      Which colors might be found in a rainbow? (Note that the radio buttons now allow multiple buttons to be selected.)
    </p>
  </statement>
  <choices>
  <choice correct="yes">
  <statement>
    <p>
      Red
    </p>
  </statement>
  <feedback>
    <p>
      Red is a definitely one of the colors.
    </p>
  </feedback>
  </choice>
  <choice correct="yes">
  <statement>
    <p>
      Yellow
    </p>
  </statement>
  <feedback>
    <p>
      Yes, yellow is correct.
    </p>
  </feedback>
  </choice>
  <choice>
  <statement>
    <p>
      Black
    </p>
  </statement>
  <feedback>
    <p>
      Remember the acronym<ellipsis /><acro>ROY G BIV</acro>.
      <q>B</q>
      stands for blue.
    </p>
  </feedback>
  </choice>
  <choice correct="yes">
  <statement>
    <p>
      Green
    </p>
  </statement>
  <feedback>
    <p>
      Yes, green is one of the colors.
    </p>
  </feedback>
  </choice>
  </choices>
  <hint>
    <p>
      Do you know the acronym<ellipsis /><acro>ROY G BIV</acro> for the colors of a rainbow,
      and their order?
    </p>
  </hint>
</exercise>
    Which colors might be found in a rainbow? (Note that the radio buttons now allow multiple buttons to be selected.)
  • Red
  • Red is a definitely one of the colors.
  • Yellow
  • Yes, yellow is correct.
  • Black
  • Remember the acronym…ROY G BIV. “B” stands for blue.
  • Green
  • Yes, green is one of the colors.
Hint.
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<hint>
  <p>
    Do you know the acronym<ellipsis /><acro>ROY G BIV</acro> for the colors of a rainbow,
    and their order?
  </p>
</hint>
Do you know the acronym…ROY G BIV for the colors of a rainbow, and their order?

3. Multiple-Choice, Randomized, One Answer.

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<exercise label="multiple-choice-randomized">
  <title>Multiple-Choice, Randomized, One Answer</title>
  <idx>stop signs</idx>
  <statement>
    <p>
      What color is a stop sign? [Static versions retain the order as authored.]
    </p>
  </statement>
  <choices randomize="yes">
  <choice>
  <statement>
    <p>
      Green
    </p>
  </statement>
  <feedback>
    <p>
      Green means
      <q>go!</q>.
    </p>
  </feedback>
  </choice>
  <choice correct="yes">
  <statement>
    <p>
      Red
    </p>
  </statement>
  <feedback>
    <p>
      Red is universally used for prohibited activities or serious warnings.
    </p>
  </feedback>
  </choice>
  <choice>
  <statement>
    <p>
      White
    </p>
  </statement>
  <feedback>
    <p>
      White might be hard to see.
    </p>
  </feedback>
  </choice>
  </choices>
  <hint>
    <p>
      What did you see last time you went driving?
    </p>
  </hint>
  <hint>
    <p>
      Maybe go out for a drive?
    </p>
  </hint>
</exercise>
    What color is a stop sign? [Static versions retain the order as authored.]
  • Green
  • Green means “go!”.
  • Red
  • Red is universally used for prohibited activities or serious warnings.
  • White
  • White might be hard to see.
Hint 1.
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<hint>
  <p>
    What did you see last time you went driving?
  </p>
</hint>
What did you see last time you went driving?
Hint 2.
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<hint>
  <p>
    Maybe go out for a drive?
  </p>
</hint>
Maybe go out for a drive?

4. Multiple-Choice, Randomized, Multiple Answers.

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<exercise label="multiple-choice-randomized-multiple-answers">
  <title>Multiple-Choice, Randomized, Multiple Answers</title>
  <idx>stop signs</idx>
  <statement>
    <p>
      Which colors might be found in a rainbow? (Note that the radio buttons now allow multiple buttons to be selected.) [Static versions retain the order as authored.]
    </p>
  </statement>
  <choices randomize="yes">
  <choice correct="yes">
  <statement>
    <p>
      Red
    </p>
  </statement>
  <feedback>
    <p>
      Red is a definitely one of the colors.
    </p>
  </feedback>
  </choice>
  <choice correct="yes">
  <statement>
    <p>
      Yellow
    </p>
  </statement>
  <feedback>
    <p>
      Yes, yellow is correct.
    </p>
  </feedback>
  </choice>
  <choice>
  <statement>
    <p>
      Black
    </p>
  </statement>
  <feedback>
    <p>
      Remember the acronym<ellipsis /><acro>ROY G BIV</acro>.
      <q>B</q>
      stands for blue.
    </p>
  </feedback>
  </choice>
  <choice correct="yes">
  <statement>
    <p>
      Green
    </p>
  </statement>
  <feedback>
    <p>
      Yes, green is one of the colors.
    </p>
  </feedback>
  </choice>
  </choices>
  <hint>
    <p>
      Do you know the acronym<ellipsis /><acro>ROY G BIV</acro> for the colors of a rainbow,
      and their order?
    </p>
  </hint>
</exercise>
    Which colors might be found in a rainbow? (Note that the radio buttons now allow multiple buttons to be selected.) [Static versions retain the order as authored.]
  • Red
  • Red is a definitely one of the colors.
  • Yellow
  • Yes, yellow is correct.
  • Black
  • Remember the acronym…ROY G BIV. “B” stands for blue.
  • Green
  • Yes, green is one of the colors.
Hint.
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<hint>
  <p>
    Do you know the acronym<ellipsis /><acro>ROY G BIV</acro> for the colors of a rainbow,
    and their order?
  </p>
</hint>
Do you know the acronym…ROY G BIV for the colors of a rainbow, and their order?

5. Mathematical Multiple-Choice, Not Randomized, Multiple Answers.

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<exercise label="mathematical-multiple-choice-multiple-answers">
  <title>Mathematical Multiple-Choice, Not Randomized, Multiple Answers</title>
  <idx>stop signs</idx>
  <statement>
    <p>
      Which of the following is an antiderivative of <m>2\sin(x)\cos(x)</m>?
    </p>
  </statement>
  <choices>
  <choice correct="yes">
  <statement>
    <p>
      <m>\sin^2(x)+832</m>
    </p>
  </statement>
  <feedback>
    <p>
      Remember that when we write <m>+C</m> on an antiderivative that this is the way we communicate that there are <em>many</em>
      possible derivatives, but they all
      <q>differ by a constant</q>.
    </p>
  </feedback>
  </choice>
  <choice correct="yes">
  <statement>
    <p>
      <m>\sin^2(x)</m>
    </p>
  </statement>
  <feedback>
    <p>
      The derivative given in the statement of the problem looks exactly like an application of the chain rule to <m>\sin^2(x)</m>.
    </p>
  </feedback>
  </choice>
  <choice correct="yes">
  <statement>
    <p>
      <m>-\cos^2(x)</m>
    </p>
  </statement>
  <feedback>
    <p>
      Take a derivative on <m>-\cos^2(x)</m> to see that this answer is correct.
      Extra credit: does this answer
      <q>differ by a constant</q>
      when subtracted from either of the other two correct answers?
    </p>
  </feedback>
  </choice>
  <choice>
  <statement>
    <p>
      <m>-2\cos(x)\sin(x)</m>
    </p>
  </statement>
  <feedback>
    <p>
      The antiderivative of a product is not the product of the antiderivatives.
      Use the product rule to take a derivative and see that this answer is not correct.
    </p>
  </feedback>
  </choice>
  </choices>
  <hint>
    <p>
      You can take a derivative on any one of the choices to see if it is correct or not,
      rather than using techniques of integration to find
      <em>a single</em> correct answer.
    </p>
  </hint>
</exercise>
    Which of the following is an antiderivative of \(2\sin(x)\cos(x)\text{?}\)
  • \(\sin^2(x)+832\)
  • Remember that when we write \(+C\) on an antiderivative that this is the way we communicate that there are many possible derivatives, but they all “differ by a constant”.
  • \(\sin^2(x)\)
  • The derivative given in the statement of the problem looks exactly like an application of the chain rule to \(\sin^2(x)\text{.}\)
  • \(-\cos^2(x)\)
  • Take a derivative on \(-\cos^2(x)\) to see that this answer is correct. Extra credit: does this answer “differ by a constant” when subtracted from either of the other two correct answers?
  • \(-2\cos(x)\sin(x)\)
  • The antiderivative of a product is not the product of the antiderivatives. Use the product rule to take a derivative and see that this answer is not correct.
Hint.
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<hint>
  <p>
    You can take a derivative on any one of the choices to see if it is correct or not,
    rather than using techniques of integration to find
    <em>a single</em> correct answer.
  </p>
</hint>
You can take a derivative on any one of the choices to see if it is correct or not, rather than using techniques of integration to find a single correct answer.