<p>Have any specifiv trig questinos ever been asked? Like what is the graph of sin(x) (as an example) or what is the period or amplitude of this function? I bought an AP calc review book and it said that they test your trig. I thought by that they meant there would be trig aspects like deriving sin or something, but have there ever been trig-specific questions?</p>
<p>Sure, why not? The graph of sin x should be purely common sense if you know what sin x is. As for period, rather obvious as well. As far as amplitude, that’s straight out Max/Min. I think they asked a question about that in the Nunn test, but that wasn’t AP Calc BC. In any case, I doubt they’d ask you directly “What’s the amplitude of this” or “what’s the period of this?”.</p>
<p>just using sin as an example. i wanted to clarify this because specific trig questions weren’t on my syllabus but it was in one of my princeton review book practice tests</p>
<p>Trig questions collegeboard asks are such what is the derivative of tan(3x) and you bubble the correct deriviation or the integral of an 1/2arctan(2x). They simply wanted to you recognized how you use u-substituion, chain-rule, and other integral or derivative tech, when given an trig problem.</p>
<p>Questions like asking “what is the graph of sin(x) (as an example) or what is the period or amplitude of this function” does not appear on AP calculus. These question more likely fit in for SAT II Math. IMO these are Pre-calculus type question, but collgeboard is testing you on Calculus Material. I’ve taken a real practice test given twice by my teacher, and those types of questions were never asked.</p>
<p>sweet. I’m a little rusty on the specific stuff, but I’m owning calc. 4 days left till me first AP exam =)</p>
<p>amplitudes and periods are not asked; you do need know the basic pi/2, pi/3 etc for trigs, however.</p>
<p>Oh and i remember last yr freaking out seeing “Arcsin x” on one of the MC’s… none of us had a clue, but it was only 1 question. so u dont have to know that.</p>