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Computational Physics Test Questions

This document contains an 11 question test on computational physics topics like root finding algorithms. Questions cover identifying the bisection method, applying Newton's method, using bracketing to find roots, solving example equations numerically up to several iterations. The test was given to Wollega University Department of Physics students with a time limit of 1 hour and 30 total points possible.

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Computational Physics Test Questions

This document contains an 11 question test on computational physics topics like root finding algorithms. Questions cover identifying the bisection method, applying Newton's method, using bracketing to find roots, solving example equations numerically up to several iterations. The test was given to Wollega University Department of Physics students with a time limit of 1 hour and 30 total points possible.

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WOLLEGA UNIVERSITY

DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS
Introduction to computational physics-TEST-3,4
Instructor name: [Link] Sekhar

Name: ID. NO: TIME: 1 hour POINTS: 30 DATE: 31-05-18

Answer all the questions 1 0  2  20 p 

1. 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

2. If for a real continuous function f (x) , f (a) f (b) < 0 , then in the range of [a,b] for f (x)

= 0, there is (are)

(A) one root (B) an undeterminable number of roots (C) no root (D) at least one root

3. The interval that the root of function f ( x )  x 4  7 lies is:


(A) (0, 1) (B) (1, 2) (C) (2, 3) (D) none of the above

4. The Newton-Raphson method for finding the root for finding the root of an equation
f ( x )  0 is

' '
f ( xn ) f ( xn ) f ( xn ) f ( xn )
(A) x n 1  x n  (B) x n 1  x n  '
(c) x n 1  x n  '
(D) x n 1  x n 
f ( xn ) f ( xn ) f ( xn ) f ( xn )

5. Given an equation f (x)  0 and x1 , x 2 be two numbers such that f ( x1 ) and f ( x2 ) have
the same sign

(A) At least one root of the equation lies in ( x 1 , x 2 )


(B) No root lies in ( x1 , x 2 )

(C) Any number of roots may lie in ( x1 , x 2 )

(D) None of these

6. The root of an equation f (x)  0 in the interval (a, b) is given by

a f ( a )  b f (b ) b f ( a )  a f (b ) b f ( a )  a f (b )
(A) (B) (C) (d) None of these
f (b )  f (a ) f (a )  f (b ) f (b )  f (a )
x  9x 1  0
2
7. (3-points) Root of the equation up to 2 iterations by using bisection method

is

(A) 2.875 (B) 2.75 (C) 2.987 (D) none of these

x  18 x  6  9 x  20  7
3 2
8. (2-points) the solution of the equation lies between:…………
and The first estimate in bisection method is :......................

9. (2-points) Write the corresponding methods for the following figures

(A) (B) (C)

(A)……………………..
(B)……………………..
(C)……………………..
10. (3 points) calculate the population in 1985 year by using linear regression formula.

year Population(millions)
1960 22.15
1970 28.42
1980 35.26
1990 48.09
2000 66.54
2010 87.7

x  x6  0
2
11. (4 points) find the real root of the equation up to fifth estimate by using
bisection method?

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