Q. Consider the following 2 × 2 matrix A where two elements are unknown and are marked by a and b. The eigenvalues of this matrix are –1 and 7. What are the values of a and b?

A = | 1 4 |
| b a |

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Q. The larger of the two eigenvalues of the matrix

⎡ 4 5 ⎤
⎣ 2 1 ⎦

is ____

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Q. Perform the following operations on the matrix:

⎡ 3 4 45⎤
⎢ 7 8 105⎥
⎣13 2 195⎦

1. Add the third row to the second row.
2. Subtract the third column from the first column.

The determinant of the resultant matrix is _____________.

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Q. If the following system has non-trivial solution,

px + qy + rz = 0
qx + ry + pz = 0
rx + py + qz = 0

then which one of the following options is True?

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Q. Let a(x, y), b(x, y,) and c(x, y) be three statements with variables x and y chosen from some universe. Consider the following statement:

(∃x)(∀y)[(a(x, y) ∧ b(x, y)) ∧ ¬c(x, y)]

Which one of the following is its equivalent?  

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Q. Two eigenvalues of a 3 x 3 real matrix P are (2 + √ -1) and 3. The determinant of P is _____  

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Q. Let f (x) be a polynomial and g(x) = f (x) be its derivative. If the degree of (f(x) + f(−x)) is 10, then the degree of (g(x) − g(−x)) is _______________ .

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Q. Consider the systems, each consisting of m linear equations in n variables.

I. If m < n, then all such systems have a solution
II. If m > n, then none of these systems has a solution
III. If m = n, then there exists a system which has a solution

Which one of the following is CORRECT?

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Q. Suppose that the eigenvalues of matrix A are 1, 2, 4. The determinant of (A^−1)^T is _________

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Q. Consider the function f(x) = sin(x) in the interval [π/4, 7π/4]. The number and location(s) of the local minima of this function are

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Q. The bisection method is applied to compute a zero of the function f(x) = x^4 – x^3 – x^2 – 4 in the interval [1,9]. The method converges to a solution after _______ iterations.

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Q. Newton-Raphson method is used to compute a root of the equation x^2-13=0 with 3.5 as the initial value. The approximation after one iteration is

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Q. What is the value of Limn->∞(1-1/n)^2n ?

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Q. Two alternative packages A and B are available for processing a database having 10k records.Package A requires 0.0001n^2 time units and package B requires 10nlog10n time units to process n records.What is the smallest value of k for which package B will be preferred over A?

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Q. The minimum number of equal length subintervals needed to approximate the following expression to an accuracy of 1/3 * 10^-6 at least  using the trapezoidal rule is

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Q. A point on a curve is said to be an extremum if it is a local minimum or a local maximum. The number of distinct extrema for the curve 3x^4 - 16x^3 + 24x^2 + 37

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Q. Consider the following two statements about the function f(x)=|x|

P. f(x) is continuous for all real values of x
Q. f(x) is differentiable for all real values of x

Which of the following is TRUE?

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Q. Consider the series Xn+1 = Xn/2 + 9/(8 Xn), X0 = 0.5 obtained from the Newton-Raphson method. The series converges to

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Q. Consider the polynomial p(x) = a0 + a1x + a2x^2 + a3x^3 , where ai ≠ 0 ∀i. The minimum number of multiplications needed to evaluate p on an input x is:

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Q. Consider the following system of equations:

3x + 2y = 1
4x + 7z = 1
x + y + z = 3
x – 2y + 7z = 0

The number of solutions for this system is __________________

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