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All mathematical problems have closed-form solution(i.e. they can be solved for a variable having
to make guesses) (T/F) - answerFalse
All variables that have been defined are fo
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MAE 284 FINAL EXAM 2022 LATEST
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All mathematical problems have closed-form solution(i.e. they can be solved for a variable having
to make guesses) (T/F) - answerFalse
All variables that have been defined are found in the command window, even empty ones(T/F) -
answerFalse
Anonymous functions need to be defined before being used(T/F) - answerTrue
Given two vectors a and b, which command would you use to calculate the cross product of a and
b? - answercross(a,b)
The bisection algorithm is an open method(T/F) - answerFalse
The bisection method is most effective when there are multiple roots inside a bracket (T/F) -
answerFalse
A false position method is based on the false assumption that the function can be approximated
by a(n) - answerstraight line
One disadvantage of the Newton-Raphson method is that it requires the user to analytically find
the derivative of the function(T/F) - answerTrue
For the fourth iteration in the Newton-Raphson method, you will use the estimated root location
from the third iteration as the new initial point(T/F) - answerTrue
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Which one of the following functions can be used to find the list of the lower bound and upper
bound that bracket a root? - answerincsearch
Quadrature is another name for integration(T/F) - answerTrue
The key to Guass Quadrature is to balance the function values(T/F) - answerFalse
The trapezoidal rule approximates the function by a: - answerstraight line
The Guass Quadrature formulas we discussed in class are called Guess-Legendre formulas.(T/F) -
answerTrue
Romberg's method is NOT a newton-Cotes method.(T/F) - answerFalse
Simpsons 3/8 rule approximates the function by a _____ order polynomial - answerThird
The composite Simpson's 1/3 rule requires the number of segments be: - answerEven
The key to Guass Quadrature is to balance the positive and negative errors.(T/F) - answerTrue
Naive Guass elimination ensures that division by zero is not possible(T/F) - answerFalse
If the determinant of a matrix is zero, the inverse of the matric is a scalar.(T/F) - answerFalse
If two rows of a matrix are identical, the determinant is zero.(T/F) - answerTrue
If one row of a matrix consists entirely of zeros, then the determinant is zero(T/F) - answerTrue
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A system of equations can be written in the form: Ax=b, where A is a square matrix, x is a vector of
unknowns, and b is a vector of constants (T/F) - answerTrue
The general form of a first order ODE is dy/dt = f(t,y) (T/F) - answerTrue
Which of the following affect the stability of numerical methods used to solve ODEs? - answerThe
differential equation, the step size, the numerical method
Which of the following is based on using the average for two slopes of the solution of the ODE to
calculate the value of the solution at the next point? - answerHuen
Multiple applications of the predictor and corrector steps will not improve the accuracy of the
solution(T/F) - answerFalse
In general, which of the following will take more time to calculate the solution for a stiff system? -
answerAn explicit adaptive algorithm(ode45)
Eigenvalues indicate how fast a stable mode decays since the response can be written as
x(t)=Ce^ht (T/F) - answerTrue
Which of the following corresponds to a system that oscillates? - answerUnderdamped
The domain of a finite difference problem with boundary conditions specified is divided into 10
sections. How many nodes are there? How many unknowns are there? - answer11,9
What technique did we use to solve nonlinear finite-difference equations? - answerGuass-Seidel
The finite difference method is based on converting continuous derivatives algebraic
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approximations(T/F) - answerTrue
Partial differential equations have more than one independent variable(T/F) - answerTrue
Initial value problems have all necessary conditions given at a single value of the independent
variable. (T/F) - answerTrue
The only way to increase the accuracy of a numerical approximation of a derivative is to add more
terms in the Taylor Series used to derive the approximation(T/F) - answerFalse
In general, ____________ the step size, h, will decrease the error in a numerical approximation of a
derivative. - answerDecreasing
There are three types of numerical derivative approximations: forward, backward, and
centered(T/F) - answerTrue
The equal sign, =, is used to assign data to a variable(T/F) - answerTrue
How many inputs are in the following function? [a,b] = quiz1(c,d,e,f,g) - answer5
The roots of a function f(x) are located at the points where the function crosses the x-axis(T/F) -
answerTrue
Bracketing methods always converge, but usually do so more slowly than open methods(T/F) -
answerTrue
The false position algorithm is identical to the bisection algorithm, except for the calculations for
the estimated root location(T/F) - answerTrue
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A bracket with opposite-signed function values always contains exactly one root(T/F) -
answerFalse
The secant method is similar to the Newton-Raphson method, but uses an approximation of the
derivative(T/F - answerTrue
The secant method requires two initial estimates, but they are not required to bracket the
root(T/F) - answerTrue
The main advantage of the secant method over the Newton-Raphson method is that the secant
method only requires analytically finding one derivative(T/F) - answerFalse
The main disadvantage of the newton raphson method is that it may not converge(T/F) -
answerTrue
MATLAB's built in fzero function can be used to find the roots, if any, of an equation of the form
f(x)=c (T/F) - answerTrue
Which of the following function will import a data file? - answerimportdata ...
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