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FINALTERM EXAMINATION
Spring 2010
MTH603- Numerical Analysis (Session - 2)

Question No: 1 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Symbol used for forward differences is

► 

► 
►

► 

Question No: 2 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

The relationship between central difference operator and the shift operator is
given by

►      1
►      1
1 1
►    2   2
1 1

►    
2 2

Question No: 3 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Muller’s method requires --------starting points

►1
►2
►3
►4

Question No: 4 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

If S is an identity matrix, then

1
► S S

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► S S
t

► All aretrue
1
► S S
t

Question No: 5 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

If we retain r+1 terms in Newton’s forward difference formula, we obtain a

polynomial of degree ---- agreeing with yx at x0, x1 ,..., xr

► r+2
► r+1
►r
► r-1

Question No: 6 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

P in Newton’s forward difference formula is defined as

x  x0
► p( )
h

x  x0
► p( )
h
x  xn
► p( )
h
x  xn
► p( )
h

Question No: 7 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Octal number system has the base ---------------

►2
►8
► 10
► 16

Question No: 8 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Newton’s divided difference interpolation formula is used when the values of the
independent variable are

► Equally spaced

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► Not equally spaced

► Constant
► None of the above

Question No: 9 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Given the following data

x 0 1 2 4
f ( x) 1 1 2 5

Value of f (2, 4) is

► 1.5

►3
►2

►1

Question No: 10 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

If y ( x) is approximated by a polynomial pn ( x) of degree n then the error is given

by

►  ( x)  y ( x)  Pn ( x)
►  ( x)  y ( x)  Pn ( x)
►  ( x)  Pn ( x)  y ( x )
►  ( x)  y ( x)  Pn ( x)

Question No: 11 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Let I denotes the closed interval spanned by x0 , x1 , x2 , x3 , x4 , x5 , x6 , x7 , x . Then

F ( x) vanishes ------times in the interval I .

► n-1
► n+2
►n
► n+1

Question No: 12 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Differential operator in terms of forward difference operator is given by

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1 2 3  4 5
► D (      ...)
h 2! 3! 4! 5!
1 2 3  4 5
► D  (      ...)
h 2 3 4 5
1 2 3  4 5
► D  (      ...)
h 2 3 4 5
1 2 3  4 5
► D  (      ...)
h 2! 3! 4! 5!

Question No: 13 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Finding the first derivative of f ( x) at x =0.4 from the following table:

x 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4

f ( x) 1.10517 1.22140 1.34986 1.49182

Differential operator in terms of ----------------will be used.

► Forward difference operator

► Backward difference operator
► Central difference operator
► None of the given choices

Question No: 14 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

For the given table of values

x 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6
f ( x) 0.425 0.475 0.400 0.452 0.525 0.575

f / (0.1) , using two-point equation will be calculated as.............

► -0.5
► 0.5
► 0.75
► -0.75

Question No: 15 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

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In Simpson’s 1/3 rule, f ( x) is of the form

► ax  b
► ax 2  bx  c
► ax 3  bx 2  cx  d
► ax 4  bx3  cx 2  dx  e

Question No: 16 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

While integrating I   f ( x)dx , h , width of the interval, is found by the

a
formula-----.

ba
►
n
ba
►
n
a b
►
n
► None of the given choices

Question No: 17 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

To apply Simpson’s 1/3 rule, valid number of intervals are.....

►7
►8
►5
►3

Question No: 18 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

For the given table of values

x 02 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7
f ( x) 0.425 0.475 0.400 0.452 0.525 0.575

f / / (0.2) , using three-point equation will be calculated as ……

► 17.5
► 12.5
► 7.5
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► -12.5

Question No: 19 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

To apply Simpson’s 1/3 rule, the number of intervals in the following must be

►2
►3
►5
►7

Question No: 20 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

To apply Simpson’s 3/8 rule, the number of intervals in the following must be

► 10
► 11
► 12
► 13

Question No: 21 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

If the root of the given equation lies between a and b, then the first
approximation to the root of the equation by bisection method is ……

( a  b)
► 2
( a  b)
► 2
(b  a)
► 2
► None of the given choices

Question No: 22 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

............lies in the category of iterative method.

► Bisection Method
► Regula Falsi Method
► Secant Method
► None of the given choices

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Question No: 23 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

For the equation x 3  3x  1  0 , the root of the equation lies in the interval......

► (1, 3)
► (1, 2)
► (0, 1)
► (1, 2)

Question No: 24 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Rate of change of any quantity with respect to another can be modeled by

► An ordinary differential equation

► A partial differential equation

► A polynomial equation

► None of the given choices

Question No: 25 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

If
dy
 f ( x, y )
dx
Then the integral of this equation is a curve in

► None of the given choices

► xt-plane
► yt-plane
► xy-plane

Question No: 26 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

In solving the differential equation

y /  x  y ; y (0.1)  1.1
h  0.1 , By Euler’s method y (0.2) is calculated as

► 1.44
► 1.11
► 1.22
► 1.33

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Question No: 27 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

In second order Runge-Kutta method

k1 is given by

► k1  hf ( xn , yn )
► k1  2hf ( xn , yn )
► k1  3hf ( xn , yn )
► None of the given choices

Question No: 28 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

In fourth order Runge-Kutta method, k2 is given by

h k
► k2  hf ( xn  , yn  1 )
2 2
h k1
► k2  hf ( xn  , yn  )
3 3
h k1
► k2  hf ( xn  , yn  )
3 3
h k
► k2  hf ( xn  , yn  1 )
2 2

Question No: 29 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

In fourth order Runge-Kutta method, k4 is given by

► k3  hf ( xn  2h, yn  2k3 )
► k3  hf ( xn  h, yn  k3 )
► k3  hf ( xn  h, yn  k3 )
► None of the given choices

Question No: 30 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one

Adam-Moulton P-C method is derived by employing

► Newton’s backward difference interpolation formula

► Newton’s forward difference interpolation formula

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► Newton’s divided difference interpolation formula
► None of the given choices

Question No: 31 ( Marks: 2 )

h h
If F (h)  256.2354 and F ( )  257.1379 , then find F1 ( ) using Richardson’s
2 2
extrapolation limit.

Question No: 32 ( Marks: 2 )

Evaluate the integral


2

 (cos x  2)dx
0

Using Simpson’s 3/8 rule


Take h=
4

Question No: 33 ( Marks: 2 )

Write a general formula for Modified Euler’s method of solving the given
differential equation.

Question No: 34 ( Marks: 3 )

Evaluate the integral

4

 x dx
2

Using Trapezoidal rule

Take h=1

Question No: 35 ( Marks: 3 )

Evaluate the integral

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5

 (log x  2)dx
3

Using Simpson’s 3/8 rule

Take h=1

Question No: 36 ( Marks: 3 )

Write a formula for finding the value of k3 in Fourth-order R-K method.

Question No: 37 ( Marks: 5 )

Find Newton’s forward difference table from the following data.

x 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4

f ( x) 1 0.9048 0.8187 0.7408 0.6703

Question No: 38 ( Marks: 5 )

Evaluate the integral

3

 (x  x)dx
2

Using Simpson’s 3/8 rule

Take h=1

Question No: 39 ( Marks: 5 )

Use Runge-Kutta Method of order four to find the values of

k1 , k2 , k3 and k4 for the initial value problem

1
y /  (2 x 3  y ), y (1)  2 taking h  0.1
2

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