Numerical Methods

1) One of the roots of the equation 0 3 3

2 3
= + x x x is
(a) -1
(b) 1
(c) 3
(d) 3

2) The solution to the set of equations
25 25 = + + c b a
71 8 64 = + + c b a
155 12 144 = + + c b a
most nearly is ( ) = c b a , ,
(a) (1,1,1)
(b) (1,-1,1)
(c) (1,1,-1)
(d) does not have a unique solution.

3) The exact integral of
}
4
0
2 cos 2
t
xdx
is most nearly
(a) -1.000
(b) 1.000
(c) 0.000
(d) 2.000

4) The value of ( ) 0 . 1
dx
dy
, given ( ) x y 3 sin 2 = most nearly is
(a) -5.9399
(b) -1.980
(c) 0.31402
(d) 5.9918

5) The value of x that satisfies ( ) 0 = x f is called the
(a) root of an equation ( ) 0 = x f
(b) root of a function ( ) x f
(c) zero of an equation ( ) 0 = x f
(d) none of the above

6) A quadratic equation has ________ root(s).
(a) one
(b) two
(c) three
(d) four

7) For a certain cubic equation, at least one of the roots is known to be a complex root.
How many total complex roots does the cubic equation have?
(a) one
(b) two
(c) three
(d) cannot be determined

8) An equation such as x x = tan has _________ root(s).
(a) zero
(b) one
(c) two
(d) infinite

9) A polynomial of order n has __________ zeros.
(a) 1 n
(b) n
(c) 1 + n
(d) 2 + n

10) The velocity of a body is given by 4 5 ) ( + =
t
e t v , where t is in seconds and v is in s m .
The velocity of the body is 6 s m at t = _____ seconds.
(a) 0.1823
(b) 0.3979
(c) 0.9163
(d) 1.609

11) The bisection method of finding roots of nonlinear equations falls under the category of a
(an) _________ method.
(a) open
(b) bracketing
(c) random
(d) graphical

12) If ) (x f is a real continuous function in ] , [ b a , and ( ) 0 ) ( < b f a f , then for ( ) 0 = x f ,
there is (are) ____________ in the domain ] , [ b a .
(a) one root
(b) an undeterminable number of roots
(c) no root
(d) at least one root

13) Assuming an initial bracket of | | 5 , 1 , the second (at the end of 2 iterations) iterative value
of the root of 0 3 . 0 =
t
te using the bisection method is
(a) 0
(b) 1.5
(c) 2
(d) 3

14) To find the root of 0 ) ( = x f , a scientist is using the bisection method. At the beginning
of an iteration, the lower and upper guesses of the root are
l
x and
u
x . At the end of the
iteration, the absolute relative approximate error in the estimated value of the root would
be
(a)

x x
x
u
u
+

(b)

x x
x
u
+

(c)

x x
x x
u
u
+

(d)

x x
x x
u
u

+


15) For an equation like 0
2
= x , a root exists at 0 = x . The bisection method cannot be
adopted to solve this equation in spite of the root existing at 0 = x because the function
( )
2
x x f =
(a) is a polynomial
(b) has repeated roots at 0 = x
(c) is always non-negative
(d) has a slope equal to zero at 0 = x


16) The Newton-Raphson method of finding roots of nonlinear equations falls under the
category of _____________ methods.
(a) bracketing
(b) open
(c) random
(d) graphical

17) The Newton-Raphson method formula for finding the square root of a real number R
from the equation 0
2
= R x is,
(a)
2
1
i
i
x
x =
+

(b)
2
3
1
i
i
x
x =
+

(c)
|
|
.
|

\
|
+ =
+
i
i i
x
R
x x
2
1
1

(d)
|
|
.
|

\
|
=
+
i
i i
x
R
x x 3
2
1
1


18) The next iterative value of the root of 0 4
2
= x using the Newton-Raphson method, if
the initial guess is 3, is
(a) 1.5
(b) 2.067
(c) 2.167
(d) 3.000

19) The root of the equation 0 ) ( = x f is found by using the Newton-Raphson method. The
initial estimate of the root is 3
0
= x , ( ) 5 3 = f . The angle the line tangent to the function
) (x f makes at 3 = x is 57 with respect to the x-axis. The next estimate of the root,
1
x
most nearly is
(a) 3.2470
(b) 0.2470
(c) 3.2470
(d) 6.2470

20) The root of 4
3
= x is found by using the Newton-Raphson method. The successive
iterative values of the root are given in the table below.
Iteration
Number
Value of Root
0 2.0000
1 1.6667
2 1.5911
3 1.5874
4 1.5874

The iteration number at which I would first trust at least two significant digits in the
answer is
(a) 1
(b) 2
(c) 3
(d) 4