The Calculus examination covers skills and concepts that are usually taught in a one-semester college course in calculus. The content of each examination is approximately 60% limits and differential calculus and 40% integral calculus. Algebraic, trigonometric, exponential, logarithmic, and general functions are included. The examination is primarily covered with an intuitive understanding of calculus and experience with its methods and applications. Knowledge of preparatory mathematics, including algebra, plane and solid geometry, trigonometry, and analytic geometry is assumed. Students are not permitted to use a calculator during the CLEP Calculus examination. The examination contains 45 questions to be answered in 90 minutes. Any time candidates spend on tutorials and providing personal information is in addition to the actual testing time.
Questions on the test require candidates to demonstrate the following abilities: Solving routine problems involving the techniques of calculus (about 50% of the examination)Solving no routine problems involving an understanding of the concepts and applications of calculus (about 50% of the examination).The subject matter of the calculus examination is drawn from the following topics:5% Limits - Statement of properties, e.g., limit of a constant, sum, product, or quotient; Limits that involve infinity; Continuity55% Differential Calculus - The derivative, concepts, and applications40% Integral Calculus - Antiderivatives and Techniques of Integration