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251.

A continuous function f(x) is defined. If the third derivative at xi is to be computed by using he fourth order central finite divided difference scheme (with step length = h) the correct formula is

A. \(f'''\left( {{x_i}} \right) = \frac{{ - f\left( {{x_{i + 3}}} \right) + 8f\left( {{x_{i + 2}}} \right) - 13f\left( {{x_{i + 1}}} \right) + 13f\left( {{x_{i - 1}}} \right) - 8f\left( {{x_{i - 2}}} \right) + f\left( {{x_{i - 3}}} \right)}}{{8{h^3}}}\)
B. \(f'''\left( {{x_i}} \right) = \frac{{f\left( {{x_{i + 3}}} \right) - 8f\left( {{x_{i + 2}}} \right) - 13f\left( {{x_{i + 1}}} \right) + 13f\left( {{x_{i - 1}}} \right) + 8f\left( {{x_{i - 2}}} \right) + f\left( {{x_{i - 3}}} \right)}}{{8{h^3}}}\)
C. \(f'''\left( {{x_i}} \right) = \frac{{ - f\left( {{x_{i + 3}}} \right) - 8f\left( {{x_{i + 2}}} \right) - 13f\left( {{x_{i + 1}}} \right) + 13f\left( {{x_{i - 1}}} \right) + 8f\left( {{x_{i - 2}}} \right) + f\left( {{x_{i - 3}}} \right)}}{{8{h^3}}}\)
D. \(f'''\left( {{x_i}} \right) = \frac{{f\left( {{x_{i + 3}}} \right) + 8f\left( {{x_{i + 2}}} \right) - 13f\left( {{x_{i + 1}}} \right) + 13f\left( {{x_{i - 1}}} \right) - 8f\left( {{x_{i - 2}}} \right) + f\left( {{x_{i - 3}}} \right)}}{{8{h^3}}}\)
Answer» B. \(f'''\left( {{x_i}} \right) = \frac{{f\left( {{x_{i + 3}}} \right) - 8f\left( {{x_{i + 2}}} \right) - 13f\left( {{x_{i + 1}}} \right) + 13f\left( {{x_{i - 1}}} \right) + 8f\left( {{x_{i - 2}}} \right) + f\left( {{x_{i - 3}}} \right)}}{{8{h^3}}}\)
252.

If f(x) = x2, then the second order divided difference for the points x0, x1, x2 will be:

A. -1
B. \(\dfrac{-1}{x_1 - x_0}\)
C. 1
D. \(\dfrac{1}{x_2-x_1}\)
Answer» D. \(\dfrac{1}{x_2-x_1}\)
253.

If f(0) = 3, f(1) = 5, f(3) = 21, then the unique polynomial of degree 2 or less using Newton divided difference interpolation will be:

A. 2x2 + 2x + 1
B. 2x2 - 3x + 1
C. 2x2 + 3
D. x2 + 3x - 2
Answer» D. x2 + 3x - 2
254.

A Class III student performs multiplication of 16 × 25 as follows: 16 × 25 = 8 × 2 × 5 × 516 × 25 = 8 × 5 × 2 × 516 × 25 = 40 × 1016 × 25 = 400Which property of multiplication has the student used in this question?

A. Associative law
B. Repeated addition
C. Inverse multiplication law
D. Distributive law
Answer» B. Repeated addition
255.

Match the items in columns I and II.Column IColumn II(P) Gauss-Seidel method(1) Interpolation(Q) Forward Newton-Gauss method(2) Non-linear differential equations(R) Runge-Kutta method(3) Numerical integration(S) Trapezoidal Rule(4) Linear algebraic equations

A. P - 1 Q - 4 R - 3 S – 2
B. P - 1 Q - 4 R - 2 S – 3
C. P - 1 Q - 3 R - 2 S – 4
D. P - 4 Q - 1 R - 2 S – 3
Answer» E.
256.

Gauss elimination method fails if

A. any one of the pivots is zero or very small
B. any one of the pivots is non zero or very large
C. any two of the pivots are zero and one pivot is large
D. any three of the pivots are non zero and others are non zero
Answer» B. any one of the pivots is non zero or very large
257.

If, \(\frac{{dy}}{{dx}} = x + y,y\left( 0 \right) = 1\) using Runge’s method the value of y at x = 0.2, when h = 0.2 is

A. 1.2
B. 1.4
C. 1
D. 1.48
Answer» B. 1.4
258.

Consider the below data:\(\begin{array}{*{20}{c}} x&:&0&1&2\\ {f\left( x \right)}&:&4&3&{12} \end{array}\)The value of\(\mathop \smallint \nolimits_0^2 f\left( x \right)dx\) by Trapezoidal rule will be:

A. 11
B. 12
C. 15
D. 9
Answer» B. 12
259.

Match of the following:aNewton- RaphsonII. f(x) is a linear function of ‘x’bSimpson’s 1/3rd ruleIIII. The number of intervals; must be evencTrapezoidal ruleIIIIII. Diagonal matrixdGauss EliminationIVIV. Solution of algebraic and transcendental equationseGauss-Jordan methodVV. Forward elimination and Backward substitutionSelect the correct response.

A. a - I, b – II, c – III, d – IV, e - V
B. a - II, b – III, c – I, d – V, e - IV
C. a - III, b – I, c – II, d – V, e - IV
D. a - IV, b – II, c – I, d – V, e - III
Answer» E.
260.

An iterative formula to find √y (where Y is a positive number) by the Newton-Raphson technique is given by the expression

A. \({X_{i + 1}} = \frac{1}{4}\left( {{X_i} + \frac{Y}{{{X_i}}}} \right)\)
B. \({X_{i + 1}} = \frac{1}{3}\left( {{X_i} + \frac{Y}{{{X_i}}}} \right)\)
C. \({X_{i + 1}} = \frac{1}{2}\left( {{X_i} + \frac{Y}{{{X_i}}}} \right)\)
D. \({X_{i + 1}} = \frac{1}{4}\left( {{X_i} - \frac{Y}{{{X_i}}}} \right)\)
Answer» D. \({X_{i + 1}} = \frac{1}{4}\left( {{X_i} - \frac{Y}{{{X_i}}}} \right)\)
261.

For the data,\(\begin{array}{*{20}{c}} {x:}\\ {f\left( x \right):} \end{array}\begin{array}{*{20}{c}} 0\\ 5 \end{array}\begin{array}{*{20}{c}} 1\\ 2 \end{array}\begin{array}{*{20}{c}} 2\\ 1 \end{array}\begin{array}{*{20}{c}} 3\\ 3 \end{array}\begin{array}{*{20}{c}} 4\\ 7 \end{array}\)the value of \(\mathop \smallint \nolimits_0^4 2f\left( x \right)dx\) will be:

A. 24
B. 21
C. 42
D. 12
Answer» E.
262.

In the Newton-Raphson method, an initial guess of x0 = 2 is made and the sequence x0, x1, x2 …is obtained for the function0.75x3 – 2x2 – 2x + 4 = 0Consider the statements(I) x3 = 0.(II) The method converges to a solution in a finite number of iterations.Which of the following is TRUE?

A. Only I
B. Only II
C. Both I and II
D. Neither I nor II
Answer» B. Only II
263.

Consider the recursive equation Xn+1 = Xn – h (F(Xn)-Xn), with initial condition X0 = 1 and h > 0 being a very small valued scalar. This recursion numerically solves the ordinary differential equation

A. Ẋ = -F(X), X(0) = 1
B. Ẋ = -F(X) + X, X(0) = 1
C. Ẋ = F(X), X(0) = 1
D. Ẋ = F(X) + X, X(0) = 1
Answer» C. Ẋ = F(X), X(0) = 1
264.

If an actual indirect cost incurred is $25000 and the indirect cost allocated is $23000, then the over allocated indirect cost would be

A. $48,000
B. −$2000
C. $2,000
D. −$48000
Answer» D. −$48000
265.

In normal costing, the situation in which the allocated amount of indirect cost is greater than the incurred cost, is considered as

A. incurred indirect cost
B. over allocated indirect cost
C. applied indirect cost
D. applied direct cost
Answer» C. applied indirect cost
266.

If an actual manufacturing overhead costs is $225000 and actual total quantity of cost allocation base is 2500 labor hours, then the overhead rate will be

A. $60
B. $90
C. $80
D. $70
Answer» C. $80
267.

A group of individual indirect cost item is defined as

A. direct pool
B. cost pool
C. indirect pool
D. item pool
Answer» C. indirect pool
268.

The total indirect cost in the pool by an actual quantity of cost allocation base, is used to calculate

A. actual manufacturing overhead rate
B. manufacturing overhead costs
C. overhead rate
D. direct rate
Answer» B. manufacturing overhead costs
269.

The manufacturing overhead cost allocated to individual jobs is classified as

A. manufacturing overhead allocated
B. cost overhead applied
C. manufacturing overhead applied
D. both a and c
Answer» E.
270.

If an overhead cost of operating a machine is $500000 for 1000 hours, then the cost allocation rate will be

A. $1500 per machine hour
B. $250 per machine hour
C. $500 per machine hour
D. $1000 per machine hour
Answer» D. $1000 per machine hour
271.

In a normal accounting period, an allocated amount of indirect cost is $700 and an actual amount is $800, then this can be classified as

A. under allocated indirect cost
B. over allocated direct cost
C. over allocated budget
D. under allocated budget
Answer» B. over allocated direct cost
272.

The process of assigning the direct or indirect cost to any cost object is known as

A. cost assignment
B. cost expectation
C. event assignment
D. probability assignment
Answer» B. cost expectation
273.

If the budgeted direct labor hours are 4550 and direct labor cost rate is $600 per labor hour then, total direct labor cost would be

A. $4,730,000
B. $3,730,000
C. $2,730,000
D. $1,730,000
Answer» D. $1,730,000
274.

If the budgeted cost in indirect cost pool is $144500 and total quantity of cost allocation base is $165500, then the budgeted indirect cost rate will be

A. 67.30%
B. 87.31%
C. 55.50%
D. 45.50%
Answer» C. 55.50%
275.

An allocation approach, in which all the overhead entries are restated using actual cost rates in place of budgeted rates is called

A. unadjusted budget rate approach
B. adjusted allocation rate approach
C. unadjusted allocation rate approach
D. adjusted budget rate approach
Answer» C. unadjusted allocation rate approach
276.

An average inventory in units is multiplied with annual relevant carrying cost of each unit to calculate

A. annual irrelevant ordering costs
B. annual relevant carrying costs
C. annual relevant ordering costs
D. annual irrelevant carrying costs
Answer» C. annual relevant ordering costs
277.

If the required rate of return is 12% and the per unit cost of units purchased is $35, then the relevant opportunity cost of capital will be

A. $6.20
B. $7.20
C. $4.20
D. $5.20
Answer» D. $5.20
278.

The decision model to calculate optimal quantity of inventory to be ordered is called

A. efficient order quantity
B. economic order quantity
C. rational order quantity
D. optimized order quantity
Answer» C. rational order quantity
279.

The number of purchase orders for each year is multiplied to relevant ordering cost for each purchase order to calculate

A. annual irrelevant ordering costs
B. annual relevant carrying costs
C. annual relevant ordering costs
D. annual irrelevant carrying costs
Answer» D. annual irrelevant carrying costs
280.

The systematic way of linking group of indirect cost to a cost object is classified as

A. linked allocation base
B. direct allocation base
C. indirect allocation base
D. cost allocation base
Answer» E.
281.

An under allocated indirect cost is also called

A. under applied indirect cost
B. under absorbed indirect cost
C. absorbed indirect cost
D. both a and b
Answer» E.
282.

The costing technique, in which the actual direct rates are multiplied to quantity of direct cost inputs is classified as

A. priced costing
B. actual costing
C. direct costing
D. indirect costing
Answer» C. direct costing
283.

If an actual manufacturing overhead costs is $485000 and actual total quantity of cost allocation base is 4500 labor hours, then the overhead rate would be

A. 109.87
B. $107.78
C. $106.56
D. $104.34
Answer» C. $106.56
284.

The costs of goods acquired from suppliers are classified as

A. stock-out costs
B. ordering costs
C. carrying costs
D. purchasing costs
Answer» E.
285.

The sum of beginning work in process inventory units and started units, is subtracted from the sum of ending work in process inventory units and transferred out units of goods, to calculate

A. Gross weighted spoilage
B. inventoriable spoilage
C. partial spoilage
D. total spoilage
Answer» E.
286.

An amount of spoilage that is not natural in a specific production process is categorized as

A. normal scrap
B. normal spoilage
C. abnormal spoilage
D. weighted spoilage
Answer» D. weighted spoilage
287.

Which one of the following is an example of spoilage?

A. short lengths from wood work
B. defective aluminum cans recycled by manufacturer
C. detection of defective pieces before shipment
D. all of above
Answer» C. detection of defective pieces before shipment
288.

The units of normal spoilage are divided to total completed units, rather than total actual produced units to calculate

A. normal spoilage rates
B. abnormal spoilage rates
C. normal scrap rates
D. abnormal scrap rates
Answer» B. abnormal spoilage rates
289.

In accounting system, a document which consists of all assigned cost for specific job is classified as

A. job cost record
B. job cost sheet
C. source document
D. both a and b
Answer» E.
290.

An average unit cost, applicable to each similar produced unit is classified as

A. per unit cost
B. per post cost
C. per price cost
D. application cost
Answer» B. per post cost
291.

In normal costing, the manufacturing overhead allocated is also called

A. manufacturing overhead applied
B. labor overhead applied
C. cost overhead applied
D. budget overhead applied
Answer» B. labor overhead applied
292.

The relevant ordering costs are added into relevant carrying costs to calculate

A. relevant total costs
B. contribution costs
C. throughput costs
D. optimized costs
Answer» B. contribution costs
293.

The third step in process costing system is to

A. summarize flow of output
B. compute output in units
C. summarize total costs
D. compute cost for each equivalent unit
Answer» D. compute cost for each equivalent unit
294.

An example of shrinkage costs is

A. incoming freight
B. storage costs
C. insurance
D. clerical errors
Answer» E.
295.

If the cost incurred for work in process inventory is $350000 and total equivalent units completed till date are 3500, then weighted average cost will be

A. $10
B. $100
C. $1,000
D. $1,200
Answer» C. $1,000
296.

If the total incurred cost in a production process are $30000 and the number of output units are 5000 units, then the units cost will be

A. $16
B. $60
C. $6
D. $26
Answer» D. $26
297.

The hybrid costing system, which is applied to batches of similar products, but are not identical is classified as

A. incremental costing system
B. split off costing system
C. inventoriable costing system
D. operation costing system
Answer» E.
298.

An approach which yields the benefits of normal costing and the actual manufacturing overhead is classified as

A. unadjusted allocation rate approach
B. adjusted budget rate approach
C. unadjusted budget rate approach
D. adjusted allocation rate approach
Answer» E.
299.

The relevant incremental costs are added into the relevant opportunity cost of capital to calculate

A. purchase order costs
B. relevant inventory carrying costs
C. irrelevant inventory carrying costs
D. relevant ordering costs
Answer» C. irrelevant inventory carrying costs
300.

The costing and allocating situation, in which the indirect cost allocated amount is less than actually incurred amount is known as

A. over allocated budget
B. under allocated budget
C. under allocated indirect cost
D. over allocated direct cost
Answer» D. over allocated direct cost