CHINMAYA DEGREE COLLEGE, BHEL, HARIDWAR

SESSIONAL EXAM-2018
Computer science
B.Sc. IInd Year (3rd Semester)
Numerical Computing

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Time: 1 Hour Max. Marks: 30

Min. Marks: 12

Note: Attempt all questions, each question carry equal marks.

Section A- Multiple Choice Questions

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S No. Questions Answers

Q1 The number of significant digits in the number 204.020050 is d) 9

a) 5 b) 6 c) 4 d) 9

Q2 The convergence of which of the following method is sensitive to C -Newton-Raphson

starting value? method
a) False position b) Gauss seidal method
c) Newton-Raphson method d) All
Q3 Taylor’s series method is the - - - - b) initial value problem
a) boundary value problem b) initial value problem
c) valued problem d) none of these
Q4 Which of the following is not the iterative method of solution of b) Gauss-seidal iteration
linear homogeneous equations? method
a) Jacobi iteration b) Gauss-seidal iteration method
c) Relaxation method d) LU decomposition method
Q5 The inverse of a matrix A is written as A-1 so that AA-1=A-1A= a) Identity matrix
a) Identity matrix b) Null matrix
c) Singular matrix d) Inverse matrix
Q6 In which of the following method, we approximate the curve of b) Euler’s method
solution by the tangent in each interval.
a) Picard’s method b) Euler’s method
c) Newton’s method d) Runge Kutta method
Q7 In Gauss elimination the given system of simultaneous equations d) Upper triangular matrix
is transformed into
a) Lower triangular matrix b) Unit matrix
c) Transpose matrix d) Upper triangular matrix
Q8 Newton-Raphson method is applicable to the solution of a) Both algebraic and
a) Both algebraic and transcendental Equations transcendental Equations
b) Both algebraic and transcendental and also used when the roots
are complex
c) Algebraic equations only
d) Transcendental equations only
Q9 By Gauss Elimination method the value of x and y for the c) x = 2 and y = 1
equations x + y =3, 3x - 2y = 4
a) x = 2 and y = 3 b) x = 3 and y = 4
c) x = 2 and y = 1 d) x = 2 and y = 5
Q 10 The process of computing the value of a function outside the b) Extrapolation
given range is called.
a) Interpolation b) Extrapolation
c) Interval d) None of the above
Q 11 The bisection method has... a) linear convergence

a) linear convergence b) Quadratic convergence

 c) Cubic convergence d) None of the above
Q 12 Interpolation formulae are based on the fundamental assumption c) A polynomial function
that the data can be expressed as
a) A linear function b) A quadratic function
c) A polynomial function d) None of the above
Q 13 Which one is not the central difference formula? c) Newton Formula
a) Bessel Formula b) Stirling2Formula
c) Newton Formula d) None of the above
Q 14 Lagrange’s polynomial for interpolation can be used even if a) unequally spaced
 Section B Fill in the Blanks

In the Newton’s Backward difference formula, what is v

Q1
_________
N = even
Q2 Simpson’s 1/3rd rule is used only when __________

Q3 Formula for Newton Raphson method is ___________

In Regular-falsi method, the first approximation is given by

Q4
________
Numerical integration when applied to a single variable Quadrature
Q5
function, is called ______________

Section C - True/False

Q1 Bisection method only finds the positive root of equation. F

Q2 A null matrix has all zero elements. T

Q3 Jacobi’s method is also known as Displacement method F

F
Q4 Taylors method is called step by step method

The function on which we want to use the bisection method must be T

Q5
continuous on the interval we choose