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Computer Oriented Numerical Techniques: BCS-054 I

This document is a 5 page exam for the course BCS-054 Computer Oriented Numerical Techniques. It contains 10 questions testing various numerical computation techniques: 1) Questions 1a-1c require students to perform floating point arithmetic operations and define underflow. 2) Questions 1d-1f require writing systems of linear equations in matrix form, solving them using Gauss elimination, and finding intervals where an equation has roots. 3) Questions 1g-1j require explaining the bisection method, applying operators to functions, relating operators, and constructing difference tables.

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Computer Oriented Numerical Techniques: BCS-054 I

This document is a 5 page exam for the course BCS-054 Computer Oriented Numerical Techniques. It contains 10 questions testing various numerical computation techniques: 1) Questions 1a-1c require students to perform floating point arithmetic operations and define underflow. 2) Questions 1d-1f require writing systems of linear equations in matrix form, solving them using Gauss elimination, and finding intervals where an equation has roots. 3) Questions 1g-1j require explaining the bisection method, applying operators to functions, relating operators, and constructing difference tables.

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BACHELOR OF COMPUTER APPLICATIONS


(RCA) (Revised)
Term-End Examination
December, 2016
11-1E1* -1

BCS-054 : COMPUTER ORIENTED NUMERICAL


TECHNIQUES
Time : 3 hours Maximum Marks : 100

Note :
(i) Calculator, including scientific, is allowed
during examination. However, each step of
numerical calculation should be explicitly
carried out by the examinee.
(ii) Question no. 1 is compulsory. Attempt any
three from rest of the four questions.

1. (a) Find the sum of two floating point numbers


a= 0-5403 x 103 and b = 0-7182 x 104. 3

(b) Find the product of the two numbers a and


b given above.
(c) Define what is `underflow'. Give an
example of multiplication due to which
underflow occurs. 4

BCS-054 1 P.T.O.
(d) Write the following system of linear
equations in matrix form : 3
8x + lly = 19
12x + 5y = 17

(e) Solve the following system of linear


equations using Gauss elimination method : 4
5x — 3y = 7
— 2x + 9y = 5

(f) Find an interval in which the following


equation has a root : 3
x2 + X - 2 = 0

(g) Write briefly the steps of bisection method


to find out the roots of an equation. 4

(h) Write the expressions which are obtained


by applying each of the following operators
to f(x) : 4
(i) 8
(ii) V
(i) Write E in terms of each of V and 8
separately. 3

(j) Construct the difference table for the


following data :

x 1 5 9 13
f(x) 5 17 29 41

BCS-054 2
(k) State the following two formulae for
interpolation (for equal intervals) :
(i) Newton Forward Difference Formula
(ii) Bessel's Formula
(1) Explain the concept of 'Initial Value
Problem' with an example.

2. (a) Solve the following system of linear


equations, using partial pivoting : 15
4x1 — 5x2 + 6x3 = — 24
+ 3x2 — 5x3 = 22
— 2x1 + 8x2 + x3 = 11
(b) What are the relative advantages of
iterative methods over direct methods for
solving a system of linear equations ? 5

3. (a) For fix) = 3x3 + llx - 5, find V3 fix) in


terms of h, where h is an equally spaced
interval. 8
(b) Estimate the missing term in the following
data using backward difference assuming
that the data is a valid representation of
polynomial of degree 3 : 12
x 1.20 1.40 1.60 1.80 2.00
fix) 3.3201 4.0552 4.9530 ? 7.3891

BCS-054 3 P.T.O.
4. Attempt any two of (a), (b) and (c) below :

(a) Find f'(x) at x = 0.25 from the following


table of values : 10

x 0.2 0.3 0.4 0-5 0.6


f(x) 2.1082 2.8706 3.4013 3.9121 4.3012

(b) Find the approximate value of 1. . dx ,


3 + 4x
2
using Trapezoidal rule, with 5 equal parts
of [2, 3]. 10

(c) Using Euler's method to find the solution


of dy/dx = 3x + y, given y(0) = 3, find the
solution on the interval [0, 0.8] with
h = 0.2, where x is the independent
variable and y is the dependent variable. 10

5. (a) Using the 8-decimal digit floating point


representation (4 digits for mantissa,
2 digits for exponent, and one each for sign
of exponent and mantissa), represent the
following numbers in normalized floating
point form : 4
(i) — 98.37
(ii) 0.000893
(Use chopping, if required)
BCS-054 4
(b) Using the 8-decimal digit format stated in
Q5(a) above, briefly discuss how zero is
represented as a floating point number. 6

(c) Let a = 476.9 x 106, b = 657.2 x 104 and


c = — 5.342 x 104. Find out whether `+' is
associative for a, b and c (i.e., you are
required to find out whether
(a+b)+c=a+(b+c)ornot). 10

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