Midterm 4 Information

Midterm 4 takes place in class on Friday, December 1. The exam lasts 45 minutes. Arrive early,
if possible. No notes, calculators, or electronics are permitted during the exam. The midterms in
this class are not cumulative. Midterm 4 is on the material covered in lecture from (the second half
of) October 27 through November 17, corresponding to Sections 16.1-16.7 in the textbook. Sections
16.8 and 16.9 are not covered on this exam.

Important concepts include:

1. Vector fields in 2d and 3d

2. Scalar and vector line integrals: geometric meaning and parametric formulas
3. Force fields and work
4. Conservative vector fields and potential functions
5. The Fundamental Theorem of Line Integrals
6. Green’s Theorem
7. Curl and Divergence: geometric meaning and computation
8. Parametric surfaces
9. Surface area
10. Vector and scalar surface integrals: geometric meaning and parametric formulas

The following formulas will be provided to you on the midterm:

Z Z b Z Z Z b
′
f ds = f (r(t)) |r (t)| dt F · dr = F · T ds = F(r(t)) · r′ (t) dt
C a C C a

ZZ ZZ ZZ ZZ ZZ
f dS = f (r(u, v)) |ru ×rv | dA F·dS = F·n dS = F(r(u, v))·(ru ×rv ) dA
S D S S D

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1. Match the following vector fields with their plots.

(a) F(x, y, z) = i + 2j + 3k
(b) F(x, y, z) = i + 2j + zk
(c) F(x, y, z) = xi + yj + 3k
(d) F(x, y, z) = xi + yj + zk

I. II.

III. IV.

2. Classify each of the following vector fields as conservative or not conservative. If the vector field
is conservative, find a potential function.
(a) F(x, y) = ⟨ey + sin(x), ex + cos(y)⟩
(b) F(x, y) = ⟨y, x⟩
(c) F(x, y, z) = ⟨4x, 2yz, y 2 ⟩
(d) F(x, y, z) = ⟨2x, 2z, y⟩

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3. Let C denote the oriented line segment from (1, 1) to (1, −1). Evaluate the line integral C
F·dr,
where F is the vector field F(x, y) = ⟨x10 exy sin(y 2 + x2 ), 3⟩.

4. A force field F(x, y) = ⟨x, x⟩ acts on an object that moves in a straight line from (0, 0) to (3, 2).
Find the work done by F on the object. (Concept check: Is “in a straight line” required in
this problem? Could the answer be different if the object moves from (0, 0) to (3, 2) some other
way?)

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5. Match the following functions with the plots of their gradient vector fields.
(a) f (x, y) = x2 + y 2
(b) f (x, y) = x(x + y)
(c) f (x, y) = (x + y)2
p
(d) f (x, y) = sin x2 + y 2

I. II.

III. IV.

6. In each of the following, F(x, y) = ⟨P (x, y), Q(x, y)⟩ denotes a two-dimensional vector field and
P and Q have continuous partial derivatives. True or False:
(a) If F is conservative then Qx (x, y) = Py (x, y).
(b) If F is conservative then the domain of F is simply connected.
(c) If Qx (x, y) = Py (x, y) then F is conservative.
(d) If F has a simply connected domain then F is path-independent.
(e) If F is conservative then F is path-independent.
(f) If Qx (x, y) = Py (x, y) and the domain of F is simply connected then F is conservative.

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7. Evaluate the line integral C F · dr where F is the vector field ⟨2x + y, x + ey ⟩ and C is the
oriented line segment from (−2, 1) to (0, 0).

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8. Let F beR the vector field depicted below. Let C be a small circle centered at P , oriented clock-
wise. Is C F · dr positive, negative, or zero? Based on your previous answer, is F conservative?

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9. Evaluate the line integral C
(x5 + xy) dx + (sin(y 2 ) − x) dy where C is the oriented curve shown
below.

10. F(x, y) = ⟨P (x, y), Q(x, y)⟩ is a vector field defined on R2 such that Px = Qy −2 and Py = Qx +3,
and Px , Py , Qx , and Qy are all continuous. Additionally, the line integral of F along the oriented
line segment from (−1, 0) to R(1, 0) is equal to 5. For each of the following curves C, either find
the value of the line integral C F · dr or state that not enough information is given to determine
the value:
(a) The oriented line segment from (1, 0) to (−1, 0).
(b) The top half of the unit circle x2 + y 2 = 1 oriented counterclockwise.
(c) The oriented line segment from (−1, 1) to (1, 1).
(d) The oriented path that starts from (−1, 0), moves in a straight line to (0, 1), then moves
in a straight line to (1, 0).
(e) The circle (x − 2)2 + (y − 1)2 = 9 oriented counterclockwise.

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11. Evaluate the line integral C
F · dr where F(x, y) = ⟨y + 2 cos(x), 3x + ey ⟩ and C is the oriented
curve shown below.

12. Let S be the surface parametrized by r(u, v) = ⟨u2 , v + u, v 2 ⟩ where −2 ≤ u ≤ 0 and 0 ≤ v ≤ 2.

(a) Which of the points (1, 0, 1) and (1, 2, 1) lies on the surface S?
(b) Find the an equation for the tangent plane of S at the point A, where A is the answer to
the previous part.
(c) Set up (but do not evaluate) a double integral that computes the surface area of S.

13. Find a parametrization for the surface defined by x2 y + z 2 y + x9 sin(z) + 3y = 0. (Hint: try to
solve for one of the variables and use the other two as parameters)

14. Consider the surface S parametrized by r(u, v) = ⟨v 2 , u, v⟩ RR

for 0 ≤ u ≤ 1 and 0 ≤ v ≤ 1. Mark
the correct picture for S below, then evaluate the integral S z dS.

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15. Find the inward pointing unit normal vector of the sphere x2 + y 2 + z 2 = 9 at any point (x, y, z)
on the sphere.

y, z⟩ and S the sphere x2 + z 2 + y 2 = 9 with inward orientation. Find the

16. Let F(x, y, z) = ⟨x,RR
flux of F across S, S F · dS.

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17. Evaluate the surface integral S xyz dS where S is the portion of the plane x + y − z = 0 that
lies above the triangle in the xy-plane with vertices (0, 0), (1, 0), and (0, 1).

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18. Evaluate the surface integral S F · dS where F(x, y, z) = ⟨x, 2y, 3z⟩, and S is the boundary of
the unit cube 0 ≤ x ≤ 1, 0 ≤ y ≤ 1, 0 ≤ z ≤ 1 with the outward orientation.

19. Find the surface area of the portion of cone x2 + y 2 = z 2 with 0 ≤ z ≤ 4.

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20. Let S be the surface enclosing the solid cone x2 + y 2 ≤ z ≤ 4 with outward orientation. Find
the flux of the vector field F(x, y, z) = ⟨0, 0, z⟩ across S.

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