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Active Calculus 1st Ed

Activity 3.1.3.
Suppose that \(g\) is a function whose second derivative, \(g''\text{,}\) is given by the graph in the following figure.
(a)
Find the \(x\)-coordinates of all points of inflection of \(g\text{.}\)
(b)
Fully describe the concavity of \(g\) by making an appropriate sign chart.
(c)
Suppose you are given that \(g'(-1.67857351) = 0\text{.}\) Is there is a local maximum, local minimum, or neither (for the function \(g\)) at this critical number of \(g\text{,}\) or is it impossible to say? Why?
(d)
Assuming that \(g''(x)\) is a polynomial (and that all important behavior of \(g''\) is seen in the graph above), what degree polynomial do you think \(g(x)\) is? Why?