Numerical Methods
Numerical Methods
I BSc(Information Technology)[2017-2020]
Semester II
Allied:Numerical Methods-212C
Multiple Choice Questions.
2. If f(x) =0 has a root between a & b then f(a) & f(b) are of __________ signs.
A. opposite
B. same
C. negative
D. positive
ANSWER: A
3. If two of the roots are 1-i & 2, then the 3rd degree equation is __________.
A. x3 -21x2 +6x -4=0.
B. x3-4 x2+6x +4=0
C. x3-4 x2+6x -4=0
D. x3+4x2+6x -4=0
ANSWER: C
4. Which method gives a unique set of values to the constants in the equation of the fitting curves?
A. Horners method
B. Method of least squares
C. Interpolation
D. Newton's Method
ANSWER: B
6. The line obtained by the method of least square is known as the line of __________.
A. straight line
B. second degree equation
C. best fit
D. polynomial equation
ANSWER: C
7. The sum of deviation of the actual values of Y and the computed values of Y is_____.
A. 0
B. 1
C. Maximum
D. Minimum
ANSWER: A
15. The rate of convergence of Gauss Seidel Method is ___________ that of Gauss Jacobi Method.
A. once
B. twice
C. thrice
D. reciprocal
ANSWER: B
21. If alpha,beta,gamma are the roots of the equation x3-14x+8=0,then product of the roots is _______.
A. -8
B. -18
C. 28
D. 38
ANSWER: C
22. __________ method is used for finding the dominant Eigen-value of a matrix.
A. Gauss Elimination Method
B. Gauss Jordan Method
C. Newton Raphson Method
D. Power method
ANSWER: D
24. Let f is _________ on (a, b) and f(a)<f(b). Then bisection method generates a sequence {Pn} approximating a zero p
of f with |Pn-P|less than or equal to(b-a)/2n,n greater than or equal to1.
A. continuous function
B. discontinuous function
C. constant function
D. multivariate function
ANSWER: A
25. In Euler's method: Given initial value problem y'=dy/dx=f(x, y) with y(x0) = y0, then approximation is given
by_______.
A. yn+1=yn+hf(xn-1, yn-1)
B. yn+1=yn+hf(xn, yn)
C. yn+1=yn+hf(xn-1, yn)
D. yn+1=yn+hf(xn, yn-1)
ANSWER: B
27. When more than one value is involved then the problem is known as ____________.
A. initial Value Problem.
B. boundary Value Problem
C. interpolation
D. extrapolation
ANSWER: B
31. Simpson's 1/3rd rule of integration is exact for all polynomials of degree not exceeding ____________.
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
ANSWER: B
35. __________ method is used for finding the approximate solution either rational or irrational of numerical equation.
A. Euler
B. Taylor
C. Horner's
D. Modified Euler
ANSWER: C
36. The two segment trapezoidal rule of integration is exact for integrating at most ________ order polynomials.
A. first
B. second
C. third
D. fourth
ANSWER: A
37. The process of finding the equation of the curve of best fit, which may be most suitable for predicting the unknown
values, is known as_______.
A. curve fitting
B. theory of equations
C. interpolation
D. extrapolation
ANSWER: B
39. _____ is used to denote the process of finding the values inside the interval(X0, Xn).
A. Interpolation
B. Extrapolation
C. Iterative
D. Polynomial equation
ANSWER: A
42. In Newton's forward interpolation formula the first two terms will give the _________ interpolation.
A. linear
B. parabolic
C. hyperbolic
D. polynomial equation
ANSWER: A
43. Lagrange's interpolation formula is used to compute the values for _______ intervals.
A. equal
B. unequal
C. open
D. closed
ANSWER: B
46. Let the arithmetic mean of two numbers be 9 and the geometric mean be 4, then these numbers are the roots of the
quadratic equation_______.
A. x2 +18x +16=0
B. x2 -18x-16 =0
C. x2 +18x -16=0
D. x2-18x+16=0
ANSWER: D
47. If (1-p) is a root of quadratic equation x2+ px + (1-p) = 0 , then its roots are___.
A. (0, 1)
B. (-1, 2)
C. ( 0, -1)
D. ( -1, 1)
ANSWER: C
48. If one root of the equation x2 + px + 12 = 0 is 4 and the equation x2 + px + q = 0 have equal roots, then the value of q
is_______.
A. 49/4
B. 4
C. 3
D. 12
ANSWER: A
49. If the graph of the function y = f(x) is symmetrical about the line x = 2, then___.
A. f(x+2)=f(x-2)
B. f(2+x)=f(2-x)
C. f(x) = f(-x)
D. f(x) = - f(-x)
ANSWER: B
50. If the system of linear equations x + 2ay + az = 0; x + 3by + bz = 0; x + 4cy + cz = 0 have a non-zero solution, then a,
b, c_______.
A. are in Arithmetic Progression
B. are in Geometric Progression
C. are in Harmonic Progression
D. satisfy a+2b+3c=0
ANSWER: C
51. If the sum of the roots of the quadratic equation ax2 + bx + c = 0 is =the sum of the squares of their reciprocals, then
a/c, b/a, and c/b are in__________.
A. are in Arithmetic Progression
B. are in Geometric Progression
C. are in Harmonic Progression
D. are in Arithmetic and Geometric Progression
ANSWER: C
53. The first two terms of a GP add up to 12. The sum of the third and the fourth terms is 48. If the terms of the GP are
alternately positive and negative, then the first term is______________.
A. -2
B. -4
C. -12
D. 8
ANSWER: C
56. If the roots of the equation x2-bx+c=0are two consecutive integers, then b2-4ac = _________.
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. -2
ANSWER: A
57. A smooth curve that can be drawn to pass through near the plotted points is called _______.
A. curve fit
B. approximating curve
C. empirical curve
D. linear curve
ANSWER: B
58. The equation of approximate curve taken as an approximate relation between x and y is called _________.
A. curve fit
B. approximating curve
C. empirical relation
D. linear form
ANSWER: C
59. The general problem of finding equations of approximating curves which fit a given data is called __________.
A. curve fitting
B. approximating curve
C. empirical relation
D. linear form
ANSWER: A
60. The best representative curve to the given set of points for which the sum of the squares of the residuals is a minimum
is known as___________.
A. curve fitting
B. approximating curve
C. empirical relation
D. principles of least squares
ANSWER: D
62. If alpha,beta,gamma are the roots of x3 +px2 +qx+r = 0, then the values of sum of alpha=___and sum of
(alpha*beta)= ______.
A. -p and -q
B. -p and q
C. p and -q
D. p and q
ANSWER: B
63. If alpha,beta,gamma are the roots of the equation x4+px3 +qx2 +rx+s = 0, then the values of sum of
(alpha*beta)=_____and sum of(alpha*beta*gamma)=____.
A. -p and -q
B. q and -r
C. q and r
D. p and q
ANSWER: B
64. If alpha, beta, gamma are the roots of x3+px+q=0, then the vale of sum of (1/alpha)=______..
A. p/q
B. q\p
C. -p/q
D. p2/-q
ANSWER: C
65. If alpha, beta, gamma are the roots of x3-3x+1=0, then the value (alpha)2+(beta)2+2=_________.
A. 0
B. 2
C. 3
D. 6
ANSWER: D
66. If alpha, beta, gamma are the roots of x3+2x+1=0, then the value (alpha)2+(beta)2+2=_________.
A. 0
B. 2
C. 3
D. 6
ANSWER: C
67. In an equation with rational coefficients, _______ roots must occur in conjugate pairs.
A. irrational
B. imaginary
C. real
D. complex
ANSWER: A
68. In an equation with real coefficients, _______ roots must occur in conjugate pairs.
A. irrational.
B. imaginary
C. real
D. complex
ANSWER: D
69. A reciprocal equation of first class and odd degree has a root _________.
A. 1
B. 2
C. -1
D. -2
ANSWER: C
70. A reciprocal equation of second class and even degree has the roots _________.
A. 1 and -1
B. -1 and 2.
C. 2 and -2
D. -1 and 0
ANSWER: A
75. The number of __________ roots of f(x) =0 does not exceed the number of changes of sign in f(x).
A. negative
B. positive
C. imaginary
D. complex
ANSWER: B
76. As soon as a new value for a variable is found by iteration, it is used immediately in the following equation. This
method is called_______.
A. Gauss Seidal
B. Gauss Elimination
C. Gauss Jacobi
D. Gauss Jordan
ANSWER: A
79. A second order differential equation can be solved by reducing it to a lower ________ equation.
A. ordinary differential
B. partial differential
C. polynomial
D. interpolation
ANSWER: A
82. In which of the following methods proper choice of initial value is very important?
A. Newton Raphson Mehtod
B. Bisection Method
C. Iterative Method
D. Regula Falsi Method
ANSWER: A
83. An equation which expresses a relation between the independent and dependent variable is called ______ equation.
A. difference equation
B. ordinary differential equation
C. partial differential equation
D. quadratic equation
ANSWER: A
84. A function which satisfies the differential equations is called _____ of a differential equation.
A. solution
B. general solution
C. particular solution
D. complete solution
ANSWER: A
85. ______ of differential equation is a solution got form the general solution by giving particular values to the arbitrary
constant.
A. A solution
B. A general solution
C. A particular solution
D. A complete solution
ANSWER: C
86. For unequal intervals, we can use ____________ to get the derivative value.
A. Newton Forward Interpolation Formula
B. Newton Backward Interpolation Formula
C. Lagrange's Interpolation Formula
D. Newton Difference Formula
ANSWER: D
87. To find the derivative for the start value(lies between) of the table ______ formula is used.
A. Newton Forward Interpolation Formula
B. Newton Backward Interpolation Formula
C. Newton Forward Difference Formula
D. Newton Backward Difference Formula
ANSWER: A
88. To find the derivative for the end value(lies between) of the table ______ formula is used.
A. Newton Forward Interpolation Formula
B. Newton Backward Interpolation Formula
C. Newton Forward Difference Formula
D. Newton Backward Difference Formula
ANSWER: B
89. To find the derivative for the end value(lies on) of the table ______ formula is used.
A. Newton Forward Interpolation Formula
B. Newton Backward Interpolation Formula
C. Newton Forward Difference Formula
D. Newton Backward Difference Formula
ANSWER: D
90. To find the derivative for the start value(lies on) of the table ______ formula is used.
A. Newton Forward Interpolation Formula
B. Interpolation Formula Newton Backward Interpolation Formula
C. Newton Forward Difference Formula
D. Newton Backward Difference Formula
ANSWER: C
91. If the value of derivative is required near the middle of the table we use ________ formula.
A. Newton Forward Interpolation Formula
B. Newton Forward Difference Formula
C. Central Difference Formula
D. Lanrange's Interpolation Formula
ANSWER: C
99. The method used to find the dominant Eigen value is __________.
A. Gauss Method
B. Newton's Method
C. Euler's Method
D. Power Method
ANSWER: D
105. The power method for approximating Eigen value is _________ method.
A. iterative
B. point-wise
C. direct
D. indirect
ANSWER: A
108. If f(x) is continuous in (a, b) and if f(a) and f(b) are of opposite signs, then the equation f(x)=0 will have at least
___________ between a and b.
A. two real roots
B. one real root
C. three real roots
D. four roots
ANSWER: B
110. In the case of Newton-Raphson method the error at any stage is proportional to______.
A. the error in the previous stage
B. the square of the error in the previous stage
C. the cubic of the error in the previous stage
D. square root of the error in the previous stage
ANSWER: B
114. As soon as a new value for a variable is obtained by iteration, it is used immediately in the following equation. This
method is called ______________.
A. Gauss Elimination Method
B. Gauss Seidal Method
C. Gauss Jacobi Method
D. Gauss Jacobi Method
ANSWER: B
115. The algebraic sum of the errors in any difference column is ____________.
A. zero
B. one
C. constant
D. same value
ANSWER: A
116. Numerical differentiation can be used only when the difference of some order are ___________.
A. equally spaced
B. unequally spaced
C. constant
D. independent
ANSWER: C
117. Newton's divided difference formula is used only for ___________ intervals.
A. equal
B. unequal
C. open
D. closed
ANSWER: B
118. If a set of numerical values of a single valued integral function f(x), is applied to integral f(x) , then the process is
known as___________.
A. a numerical integration
B. quadrature
C. interpolation
D. a numerical differentiation
ANSWER: A
119. In deriving the trapezoidal formula for the curve y=f(x), each sub-interval is replaced by its__________.
A. straight line
B. ellipse
C. chord
D. tangent line
ANSWER: C
120. Simpson's rule will give exact result if the entire curve y=f(x) is itself a _____
A. straight line
B. ellipse
C. parabola
D. tangent line
ANSWER: C
121. Taylor's series method will be very useful to give some initial starting values for powerful methods such as
_________.
A. Euler Method
B. Modified Euler Method
C. Newton Raphson Method
D. Runge Kutta Method
ANSWER: D
125. In divided difference formula, the value of any difference is _______of the order of their arguments.
A. independent
B. dependent
C. inverse
D. transpose
ANSWER: A
126. The word Eigen value is derived from a German word Eigen meaning _____.
A. characteristic
B. substitute
C. dominant
D. least
ANSWER: A
127. For a transition matrix the dominant eigen value is always _______.
A. 0
B. 1
C. 2
D. 3
ANSWER: B
129. Which of the following states If f(x) is three times differentiable and f', f''are not zero for a solution of f(x) = 0, then
x0 sufficiently close to s?
A. Newton's method of first order
B. Newton's method of second order
C. Newton's method of third order
D. Newton's divided difference method
ANSWER: B
130. In Newton-cotes formula, if f(x) is interpolated at equally spaced nodes by a polynomial of degree two then it
represents_____.
A. Trapezoidal rule
B. Simpson's one-third rule
C. Simpson's three-eigth rule
D. Euler's rule
ANSWER: B
131. In Newton-cotes formula, if f(x) is interpolated at equally spaced nodes by a polynomial of degree three then its
represents_____.
A. Trapezoidal rule.
B. Simpson's one-third rule
C. Simpson's three-eigth rule
D. Euler's rule
ANSWER: C
133. Let h be the finite difference, then forward difference operator is defined by ____.
A. f(x)=f(x+h)-f(x)
B. f(x)=f(x-h)-f(x)
C. f(x)=f(x*h)
D. f(x)=f(x)
ANSWER: A
134. There is at most one polynomial of degree less than or equal to n_______.
A. which interpolates f(x) at (n+1) distinct points x0,x1,...xn
B. which interpolates f(x) at (n-1) distinct points x0,x1,...xn-1
C. which interpolates f(x) at n distinct points x0,x1,...xn-2
D. which interpolates f(x) at (n-1) distinct points x0,x1,...xn-3
ANSWER: A
136. The solution of a differential equation which contains number of arbitrary constants equal to the order of the
differential equation is called the ______.
A. elementary solution
B. complementary function
C. particular solution
D. general solution
ANSWER: D
137. In the general solution of a differential equation, the arbitrary constants are ______.
A. dependent
B. independent
C. both dependent and independent
D. neither dependent nor independent
ANSWER: B
138. The simplest method in finding the approximate solutions to the first order equations is __________.
A. Euler's method
B. Modified Euler's Method
C. Runge-Kutta method
D. Taylor's Method
ANSWER: A
139. If a polynomial of degree n has more than n zeros, then the polynomial is _______.
A. oscillatory
B. zero everywhere
C. quadratic
D. not defined
ANSWER: B
140. To find the negative root of f(x)=0, we should find the corresponding positive root of _________and change the sign.
A. f(x)=0
B. f(x)=y
C. f(-x)=y
D. f(-x)=0
ANSWER: C
141. To find the real root of a polynomial equation we use __________ method.
A. Bisection
B. Newton's
C. Euler's
D. Horner's
ANSWER: D
145. The convergence rate of the _______method is poor, when two largest eigen values are nearly equal in magnitude.
A. Power
B. Newton's
C. Euler's
D. Bolzano's
ANSWER: A
146. ________are best suited for finding a set of interpolation polynomials for increasing values of r.
A. Newton forward and backward interpolation formula
B. Newton and Backward difference formula
C. Lagrange's interpolation formula
D. Taylor's formula
ANSWER: A
148. The process of numerical integration of a function of a two variable is called _____.
A. Trapezoidal Rule
B. Simpson'sRule
C. Cubature
D. Quadrature
ANSWER: C
149. Simpson's rule for evaluation of integral gives better result if f(x) = 0 represents_____.
A. a circle
B. a parabola
C. an ellipse
D. a hyperbola
ANSWER: B
150. The product and sum of the roots of the equation x power 5=2 are _____ and ______.
A. (1,2)
B. (5,2)
C. (2,5)
D. ( 2,0)
ANSWER: D
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