Find acceleration from position or velocity

A short-answer or multiple-choice question asking for acceleration at a specific time or as a general expression, obtained by differentiating a given velocity or twice-differentiating a given position function.

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The distance travelled by a body moving along a line in time $t$ is proportional to $t^{3}$. The acceleration-time $(a, t)$ graph for the motion of the body will be
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