OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS

1. The equation f(x) = 0 is called ________________if f(x) is a polynomial.

(a) Algebraic (b) Equation (c) Inequality

2. The equation f(x) = 0 is called _________if f(x) contains logarithmic, exponential and trigonometric
functions.
(a) transcendental (b)Algebraic (c) Equation

3. The formula for finding √N where N is a real number, by Newton’s method.

x 2n +Y x 2n + N

(a)
x n+1 =
1
2 [ ] xn
(b)
x n+1 =
[ ]
xn
(c)
x 2n + N
x n+1 =
1
2 [ ] 3
xn

4. The value of √N ,using Newton Raphson method.

2 x 3n + N x 3n + N 2 x 3n + N
x n+1 = x n+1 = x n+1 =
(a) 3 x 2n (b) 3 x 2n (c) x2n
1
5. The value of N where N≠0 using Newton Raphson method.
(a)xn(2-Nxn) (b)xn(1-Nxn) (c)xn(2-xn)

6. Write the formula for Newton Raphson method.

f ( xn ) f ( xn )
x n+1 =x n − '
x n+1 =x 0 −
(a) f ( xn ) (b) f ' ( xn ) (c)
f(xn )
xn+1=xn− ¿¿
f \( x rSub { size 8{n} } \) } } } {¿
7. When Iterative method is applicable to only __________system.
(a)diagonally dominant (b)direct (c)indirect

8. The condition for the convergence of ________scheme the absolute value of the largest coefficient
should be greater than the sum of the absolute values of all the remaining coefficients.
(a) Gauss – Seidel iteration (b) Gauss Elimination method (c)Gauss Jordan

9. Co – efficient matrix A of the system reduces into upper triangular matrix.

(a) Gauss Elimination method (b) Gauss Jordan method (c) Gauss – Seidel

10. Co – efficient matrix A of the system reduces into diagonal of unit matrix.
(a) Gauss Jordan method (b)Gauss Elimination method (c) Gauss – Seidel

11. Mention the order and condition for the convergence of Newton-Raphson method.
 1 1
2 2
(a) |f (x ).f '(x )| < |f ( x) | (b) |f ( x)| < |f ( x) | (c)
1
|f (x ).f '(x )| < |f (x)|
12. Say the two types of errors involving in the numerical computations
(a)(i) Round off error(ii) Truncation error (b)(i) Local error(ii) Cumulative error
(c) (i) Rounding Errors(ii) Round-off Errors

13. The error caused by using approximate formula in computations is known as ________
(a) Truncation error (b)Cumulative error (c) Round-off Errors

14. State the principle used in Gauss-Jordan method.

(a) Coefficient matrix is transformed into Diagonal matrix (b) Diagonal matrix into Coefficient
matrix is transformed (c) Equation into matrix

15. By Gauss-elimination, Solve x+y=2,2x+3y=5.

(a) x=y=1 (b) x=y=2 (c) x=y=3
16. Solve the system of equations x-2y=0 , 2x+y=5 by Gaussian Jordan method.
(a) y=1, x=2 (b) y=2, x=2 (c) y=1, x=1

17. Which method to find the smallest eigen value of a square matrix A?
(a) power method (b) Gauss Jordan method (c) Gauss – Seidel

18.Find the first approximation to the root lying between 0 and 1 x 3+3x-1=0.
(a)0.1111 (b)0.2222 (c)0.3333
19.Dominat eigen value1=
[Y k ] [ Y k +1]
lim .i=1,2 , .. . .. n lim . i=1,2 ,. . .. . n
k →∞ [ v k ] k →∞ [ v k ]
(a) (b) (c)
Y
[ k +1]
lim . i=1,2 ,. . .. . n
k →∞ [ v k +1 ]

20.Gauss-Jordan method to solve the system AX=B as augmented matrix [A,B]into___________

(a)[B,A] (b)[I,K] (c)[A,I]

21. If all the eigen values of a matrix A are distinct then the corresponding eigen vectors are
(a) Linearly dependent (b) Linearly independent (c) Linearly dependent or
dependent
22. Which is the faster convergence method
(a) Gauss Seidal Method (b) Gauss Jacobi Method (c) Gauss Jordan Method
23. The order of convergence in Newton-Raphson method is
(a) 2 (b) 3 (c) 0
24.The Newton-Raphson method fails when
' '
( a) f ( x ) is negative (b) f ( x ) is too large (c) f ' (x) is zero
25.The inverse of a matrix A is written as A-1 so that AA-1=A-1A=
(a) Identity matrix (b) Null matrix (c) Singular matrix
Answers: 1.(a) 2.(a) 3.(c) 4.(a) 5.(a) 6.(a) 7.(a) 8.(a) 9.(a) 10.(a) 11.(a) 12.(a) 13.(a) 14.(a) 15.(a)
16.(a) 17.(a) 18.(c) 19.(b) 20.(b) 21.(b) 22.(a). 23.(a) 24.(c) 25. (a)

OBJECTIVE TYPE QUESTIONS

1. Given f(2)=5, f(2.5)=5.5, find the linear interpolating polynomial using Lagrange
interpolation.
(a)x4+x (b)x3+x (c)x+3
2.The estimation of values between the discrete points are calculated by _________and
_______method
(a) Runge-Kutta and Euler’s (b) Newton’s and Lagrange’s (c) Euler’s and Newton’s
3. The n divided difference of a polynomial of degree n are.
(a) constants (b)Variables (c)powers
4. The divided differences are symmetrical in all their arguments, that is, the value of any
difference is_______________ of the order of the arguments.
(a)dependent (b) independent (c)zero
5.The divided difference of the sum or difference of two functions is ____________the sum or
difference of the corresponding separate divided differences.
(a)not equal to (b) zero of (c)equal to
6. Write the Newton’s backward difference formula
p ( p−1 ) 2 ( p+1 ) 2
y= y n + p ∇ y n + ∇ yn y= y n −∇ y n + ∇ yn
(a) ∠2 (b) ∠2 (c)
y= y n + p ∇ y n + p( p−1 )
7. Find the sixth term in the sequence Newton’s forward difference

(a)
( 1+Δ )5 y
0 (b)
( 1−Δ )5 y 0 (c) ( 1+Δ )5
8. Write the Newton’s forward difference formula
u u(u−1) 2 u(u−1)(u−2) 3
Pn ( x )=1− Δy 0− Δ y 0− Δ y 0 +.....
(a) 1! 2! 3! (b)
u u(u−1) 2 u(u−1)(u−2) 3
Pn ( x )=1+ Δy0 + Δ y0 + Δ y 0 +.....
1! 2! 3!
u u(u+1) 2 u(u+1)(u+2) 3
Pn ( x )=1+ Δy 0+ Δ y 0+ Δ y 0 +.....
(c) 1! 2! 3!
9. Write the Trapezoidal rule.
x 0 +h
h
∫ f ( x ) dx= y + y 4 ) +2 ( y 1 + y 2 + y 3 ) ]
x0 2 [( 0
(a) (b)
x 0 +h
h
∫ f ( x ) dx= ( y − y 4 ) + 2 ( y 1− y 2 − y 3 ) ]
x0 2[ 0
 x 0 +h
h
∫ f ( x ) dx= y + y 4 ) −( y 1 + y 2 + y 3 ) ]
2 [( 0
(c) x0
10. State Simpson’s 1/3 rule formula
b

∫ ydx h
(a) a = 3 [( y0 +yn) - 4(y1+y3+..........+yn-1) -2(y2 + y4+......+yn-2)]
b

∫ ydx h
(b) a = 3 [( y0 +yn) + (y1+y3+..........+yn-1) + (y2 + y4+......+yn-2)]
b

∫ ydx h
(c) a = 3 [( y0 +yn) + 4(y1+y3+..........+yn-1) + 2(y2 + y4+......+yn-2)]
11. What is the order of error in Simpson’s formula?
(a)h4 (b)h3 (c)h2
12. What is the error term in Trapezoidal formula?
(b−a )h2 '' (b−a )h2 ''
y (ξ ) y (ξ )
(a) E= 12 (b) E+ 12 (c)E<
(b−a )h2 ''
y (ξ )
12
13.What is the error term in Simpson’s rule?
−h4 −h4 −h4
(b−a) (b−a) (b−a)
(a) E+ 180 (b) E> 180 (c) E< 180
14. What is the order of error in Trapezoidal Rule?
(a) h2 (b)h (c)h4
15. In Trapezoidal Rule number of intervals may be ________
(a)Odd only (b) even or odd (c)Even only
16. In Simpson’s 1/3 rule number of intervals is _________
(a)Odd only (b) even or odd (c)Even only
17. Trapezoidal Rule Principal part of the error in the interval(x 1,x2) =
h2 h2 h2
(a) - 12 y1” (b) 12 y1” (c) - 12
18. Simpson’s 1/3 rule Principal part of the error in the interval(x 1,x2) =
h5 h5 h5
(a) 90 y1iv (b) - 90 (c) - 90 y1iv
19.Direct methods involve a certain amount of _________________computation.
(a)small (b) fixed (c)large
20.Indirect methods the solution is obtained by _______________approximations.
(a) successive (b)continuous (c)discrete
21. 1. Interpolation formulae are based on the fundamental assumption that the data can be expressed
as
(a) A linear function (b) A quadratic function (c) A polynomial
function
22. Which of the following symbol is called forward difference operator
 (a) Δ (b) ∇ (c) δ
23. The first divided differences of f(x) for the arguments
x0 , x1 is
f ( x 2 ) −f ( x 1 ) f ( x1 ) −f ( x0 )
Δ f ( x1 ) = Δ f ( x0 ) =
(a) x2 x1 −x 0 (b) x1 x 1−x 0 (c)
f ( x 3 ) −f ( x 2 )
Δ f ( x2 ) =
x3 x3 −x 2
24. Lagrange’s polynomial for interpolation can be used even if
(a) The given arguments are not equally spaced
(b) Inverse interpolation is to be done (c) Both (a) and (b)
25. If (n+1) pairs of arguments and entries are given, Lagrange’s formula is
(a) A polynomial of degree n in x
(b) A polynomial in x in which each term has degree n (c) A polynomial with highest degree 1
Answers:
1.(a) 2 .(c) 3(b) 4.(a) 5.(b) 6.(c) 7.(a) 8.(a) 9.(b) 10.(a) 11.(c) 12.(a) 13.(c) 14.(c) 15.(a)
16.(b) 17.(c) 18.(a) 19.(c) 20.(b) 21.(c) 22. (a) 23. (b) 24. (c) 25. (a)

OBJECTIVE TYPE QUESTIONS

1. Taylor series method will be very useful to give some ______ for powerful numerical methods.
a) Initial value b) finial value c) intial starting value

2. Find (x0,y0) ,given that y’ = x +y , y(0) = 2 using Taylor’s formula

a) (1, 2)
b) (2,1)
c) (0, 2)

3. Which method requires prior calculations of higher derivatives?

a) Taylor’s b) Euler c) Adam’s

4. Which of the following methods does not require starting values

a) Euler’s method b)Milne’s method c)Adam’s method

5. In the geometrical meaning of Euler’s algorithm , the curve is approximated as a

a) Straight line b)Circle c) Parabola

6. yn+1 = yn + h f (xn , yn) is the iterative formula for

a) Euler’s method b)Taylor’s method c) Adam’s method

7. Which of the following formulas is a particular case of Runge-Kutta formula of the second order?
a) Taylor’s series b) Picard’s formula c) Euler’s modified

dy 2x
= y− , y (0 )=1
8. Using Euler’s method dx y the value of y(0.1) is
a) 1.1182 b) 1.1818 c) 1.09548

9. From the following which one gives the more accurate value
 a)Modified Euler’s method b) Euler’s method c)Both a) and b)
10. Single step methods are --------- a) Euler, Adam, Milne b) Euler, RK method, Milne
c) Euler, Modified Euler, RK method, Taylor

11. Varies types of Runge-Kutta methods are classified according to their

a) Degree
b) Order
c) Rank

12. The method which do not require the calculations of higher order derivatives is
a) Taylor’s method b) R-K method c) Both a) and b)

13. Which of the following method, does not require prior calculations of higher derivatives as the
Taylor series method does
a) RK method b) Modified Euler method c) Simpsons

14. Runge-Kutta method is better than Taylor’s method because

a) it does not require prior calculations of higher derivatives
b) it require at most first order derivatives
c) it require prior calculations of higher derivatives
dy
3 + xy 2 =sin x , y ( 0 )=5
15. To solve the ordinary differential equation dx , by Runge-Kutta 4th order
method, you need to rewrite the equation as
dy dy 1
=sin x −xy 2 , y ( 0 ) =5 = ( sin x−xy 2 ) , y ( 0 )=5
a) dx b) dx 3
3
dy 1 xy
c) dx 3 (
= −cos x−
3
, y ( 0 )=5 )
16. Which of the following method is called step by step method
a) Taylor’s method b) RK method c) Milne’s
17. For finding the value of y at x i+1 in the corrector method, the number of prior values are required
a) 1 b) 2 c) 4
18. A predictor formula is used to predict the value of y at
a) x
b) xi
c) xi+1

19. To find a better value of y1, got by predictor formula, we use

a) Adam’s predictor formula
b) Corrector formula
c) Improved formula

20. Milne’s predictor formula is

h h h
y4 = y2 + ( f + 4 f 3+ f 4 ) y 4 = y2− ( f +f +4 f 4 ) y2 = y4 + f + 4 f 3+ f 4 )
a) 3 2 b) 3 2 3 c) 3( 2
21. Which of the following method is called step by step method
a) Taylor’s method b) RK method c) Adam’s method

h
y 1= y 0+ (9 f 1 +19 f 0 −5 f −1 + f −2 )
22. 24 is the formula for?
a) Milne’s predictor b) Milne’s corrector c) Adam’s predictor

23. The corrector formula is applied to

a) correct the value b) improve the value c) adjust the value
10. State Simpson’s 1/3 rule formula
b

∫ ydx h
(a) a = 3 [( y0 +yn) - 4(y1+y3+..........+yn-1) -2(y2 + y4+......+yn-2)]
b

∫ ydx h
(b) a = 3 [( y0 +yn) + (y1+y3+..........+yn-1) + (y2 + y4+......+yn-2)]
b

∫ ydx h
(c) a = 3 [( y0 +yn) + 4(y1+y3+..........+yn-1) + 2(y2 + y4+......+yn-2)]
11. What is the order of error in Simpson’s formula?
(a)h4
(b)h3
(c)h2
12. What is the error term in Trapezoidal formula?
(b−a )h2 '' (b−a )h2 ''
y (ξ ) y (ξ )
(a) E= 12 (b) E+ 12 (c)E<
(b−a )h2 ''
y (ξ )
12
13.What is the error term in Simpson’s rule?
−h4 −h4 −h4
(b−a) (b−a) (b−a)
(a) E+ 180 (b) E> 180 (c) E< 180
14. What is the order of error in Trapezoidal Rule?
(a) h2 (b)h (c)h4
15. In Trapezoidal Rule number of intervals may be ________
(a)Odd only (b) even or odd (c)Even only
16. In Simpson’s 1/3 rule number of intervals is _________
(a)Odd only (b) even or odd (c)Even only
17. Trapezoidal Rule Principal part of the error in the interval(x 1,x2) =
h2 h2 h2
(a) - 12 y1” (b) 12 y1” (c) - 12
18. Simpson’s 1/3 rule Principal part of the error in the interval(x 1,x2) =
h5 h5 h5
(a) 90 y1iv (b) - 90 (c) - 90 y1iv
19.Direct methods involve a certain amount of _________________computation.
 (a)small (b) fixed (c)large
20.Indirect methods the solution is obtained by _______________approximations.
(a) successive
(b)continuous
(c)discrete
21. 1. Interpolation formulae are based on the fundamental assumption that the data can be expressed
as
(a) A linear function (b) A quadratic function (c) A polynomial
function
22. Which of the following symbol is called forward difference operator
(a) Δ (b) ∇ (c) δ
23. The first divided differences of f(x) for the arguments
x0 , x1 is
f ( x 2 ) −f ( x 1 ) f ( x1 ) −f ( x0 )
Δ f ( x1 ) = Δ f ( x0 ) =
(a) x2 x1 −x 0 (b) x1 x 1−x 0 (c)
f ( x 3 ) −f ( x 2 )
Δ f ( x2 ) =
x3 x3 −x 2
24. Lagrange’s polynomial for interpolation can be used even if
(a) The given arguments are not equally spaced
(b) Inverse interpolation is to be done (c) Both (a) and (b)
25. If (n+1) pairs of arguments and entries are given, Lagrange’s formula is
(a) A polynomial of degree n in x
(b) A polynomial in x in which each term has degree n (c) A polynomial with highest degree 1
Answers:
1.(a) 2 .(c) 3(b) 4.(a) 5.(b) 6.(c) 7.(a) 8.(a) 9.(b) 10.(a) 11.(c) 12.(a) 13.(c) 14.(c) 15.(a)
16.(b) 17.(c) 18.(a) 19.(c) 20.(b) 21.(c) 22. (a) 23. (b) 24. (c) 25. (a)

1. A statement made about a population for testing purpose is called?

a) Statistic
b) Hypothesis
c) Level of Significance
d) Test-Statistic
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2. If the assumed hypothesis is tested for rejection considering it to be true is called?
a) Null Hypothesis
b) Statistical Hypothesis
c) Simple Hypothesis
d) Composite Hypothesis
A statement whose validity is tested on the basis of a sample is called?
a) Null Hypothesis
b) Statistical Hypothesis
c) Simple Hypothesis
d) Composite Hypothesis
4. A hypothesis which defines the population distribution is called?
a) Null Hypothesis
b) Statistical Hypothesis
c) Simple Hypothesis
d) Composite Hypothesis
6. The rejection probability of Null Hypothesis when it is true is called as?
a) Level of Confidence
b) Level of Significance
c) Level of Margin
d) Level of Rejection
6. The rejection probability of Null Hypothesis when it is true is called as?
a) Level of Confidence
b) Level of Significance
c) Level of Margin
d) Level of Rejection
9. The type of test is defined by which of the following?
a) Null Hypothesis
b) Simple Hypothesis
c) Alternative Hypothesis
d) Composite Hypothesis
10. Which of the following is defined as the rule or formula to test a Null Hypothesis?
a) Test statistic
b) Population statistic
c) Variance statistic
d) Null statistic
11. Consider a hypothesis H0 where ϕ0 = 5 against H1 where ϕ1 > 5. The test is?
a) Right tailed
b) Left tailed
c) Center tailed
d) Cross tailed
12. Consider a hypothesis where H0 where ϕ0 = 23 against H1 where ϕ1 < 23. The test is?
a) Right tailed
b) Left tailed
c) Center tailed
d) Cross tailed
13. Type 1 error occurs when?
a) We reject H0 if it is True
b) We reject H0 if it is False
c) We accept H0 if it is True
d) We accept H0 if it is False
14. The probability of Type 1 error is referred as?
a) 1-α
b) β
c) α
d) 1-β
15. Alternative Hypothesis is also called as?
a) Composite hypothesis
b) Research Hypothesis
c) Simple Hypothesis
d) Null Hypothesis
 1. The mean of the f – distribution is equal to ___________
a) v2 / (v2 – 2) for v2 > 2
b) v2 / (v2 – 2)2 for v2 > 2
c) v2 / (v2 – 2)3 for v2 > 2
d) v2 / (v2 – 2)-1 for v2 > 2
2. 2. Variance is equal to [(v1 + v2 – 2)] / [v1 * (v2 – 2)2 * (v2 – 4)] for v2 > 4 for a f-
Distribution.
a) True
b) False
3. 3. Which of the following distributions is Continuous?
a) Binomial Distribution
b) Hyper-geometric Distribution
c) F-Distribution
d) Poisson Distribution
4. 4. Which of the following distributions is used to compare two variances?
a) T – Distribution
b) F – Distribution
c) Normal Distribution
d) Poisson Distribution
5. 5. F-Distribution cannot take negative values.
a) True
b) False
6. 6. Find Variance for an F-Distribution with v 1=5 and v2=9.
a) 1.587
b) 1.378
c) 1.578
d) 1.498
7. 7. The table shows the standard Deviation and Sample Standard Deviation for both
men and women. Find the f statistic considering the Men population in numerator.
Population Population Standard Deviation Sample Standard Deviation

Men 30 35

Women 50 45
8. a)2.68
b)1.34
c)1.68
d) 1.34
9. 8. Calculate the value of f-statistic having a cumulative probability of 0.95.
a)0.55
b)0.5
c)0.05
d) 0.05
10. There is only 1 parameter in F-Distribution.
a)True
b) False
11. 10. Find the Expectation for a F- Distribution variable with v 1 = 7 and v2 = 8.
a)4/7
b)4/6
c)4/3
d) 4/5