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UNIVERSITY OF RIZAL SYSTEM
Morong, Rizal
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
CE MATH: Numerical Solutions to CE Problems
1st Semester A.Y. 2025-2026
Module 1: Numerical Differentiation
Problem Set
Directions. Select the correct answer from the choices provided. Shade the corresponding
letter of your chosen answer on the answer sheet available in Google Classroom. If none of
the given choices seem correct, select option E.
For submission, you are required to upload two files:
❖ The completed answer sheet.
❖ The solution sheets showing your complete solutions.
Part A: Conceptual Understanding c. Smoothness of curve
1. Numerical differentiation is mainly d. Computational simplicity
used when: Part B: Procedural Questions
a. The function is easy to Dataset 1 (5-8):
integrate 𝑥 𝑓(𝑥)
b. The derivative is difficult or 1.0 2.718
impossible to compute 1.1 3.004
analytically 1.2 3.320
1.3 3.669
c. Only exact values are
5. Which numerical differentiation
required
formula is most appropriate to
d. Approximations are not
approximate 𝑓 ′ (1.0) using the given
acceptable
data?
2. The error term in the forward
a. Forward difference
difference approximation of 𝑓 ′ (𝑥)
b. Backward difference
involves:
c. Central difference
a. 𝑓 ′′ (𝑥)
d. Richardson Extrapolation
b. 𝑓 ′′′ (𝑥)
6. Approximate 𝑓’(1.0):
c. 𝑓 (4) (𝑥)
a. 2.86
d. 𝑓 ′ (𝑥)
b. 2.68
3. Which finite difference
c. 3.14
approximation generally provides
d. 3.00
the best accuracy for a given step
7. What is the truncation error order
size?
of this approximation?
a. Forward difference
a. 𝑂(ℎ)
b. Backward difference
b. 𝑂(ℎ2 )
c. Central difference
c. 𝑂(ℎ3 )
d. Jett difference
d. 𝑂(ℎ4 )
4. A smaller step size ℎ generally
8. If instead the central difference
reduces truncation error but
formula was applied at 𝑥 = 1.1,
increases:
which points are required?
a. Accuracy
a. 𝑓(1.0) , 𝑓(1.2)
b. Round-off error
b. 𝑓(1.1) , 𝑓(1.2)
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c. 𝑓(1.0), 𝑓(1.1), 𝑓(1.2) 15. If ℎ = 0.01, 𝑓’(2) is?
d. 𝑓(1.2), 𝑓(1.3) a. 55.75759
Dataset 2 (9-11): b. 55.75559
𝑥 𝑓(𝑥) c. 55.95957
0.0 1.000 d. 55.97555
0.1 1.105 16. Using Central Differencing 𝑂(ℎ4 ) if
0.2 1.221 ℎ = 0.1, 𝑓’(2) is?
0.3 1.350
a. 55.74980
b. 55.49807
9. Which formula is best to
c. 55.98074
approximate 𝑓′(0.3)?
d. 55.80749
a. Forward difference
17. If ℎ = 0.01, 𝑓’(2) is?
b. Backward difference
a. 55.51747
c. Central difference
b. 55.17575
d. Richardson Extrapolation
c. 55.74751
10. Approximate 𝑓’(0.3):
d. 55.75174
a. 1.15
Function 2 (18-20):
b. 1.29
𝑓(𝑥) = tan(𝑥 2 + 𝑒 𝑥 )
c. 1.50
ℎ = 10−7
d. 1.10
18. Use the Forward Difference
11. What is the error order of this
Quotient in approximating 𝑓 ′ (𝜋):
approximation?
a. 53021.20714
a. 𝑂(ℎ)
b. 52889.08595
b. 𝑂(ℎ2 )
c. 52955.14655
c. 𝑂(ℎ3 )
d. 52955.06475
d. 𝑂(ℎ4 )
19. Use the Backward Difference
Function 1 (12-17):
Quotient in approximating 𝑓 ′ (𝜋):
𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑥 2 ln 𝑥 𝑒 𝑥
a. 53021.20714
12. Using Central Differencing 𝑂(ℎ2 ) if
b. 52889.08595
ℎ = 1, 𝑓’(2) is?
c. 52955.14655
a. 99.92789
d. 52955.06475
b. 99.29798
20. Use the Central Difference Quotient
c. 99.27998
in approximating 𝑓 ′ (𝜋):
d. 99.79789
a. 53021.20714
13. If ℎ = 0.5, 𝑓’(2) is?
b. 52889.08595
a. 65.76289
c. 52955.14655
b. 65.68972
d. 52955.06475
c. 65.67829
d. 65.72896
14. If ℎ = 0.1, 𝑓’(2) is?
a. 56.37061
b. 56.70613
c. 56.61370
d. 56.13706