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FIFTH SEMESTER U.G. DEGREE EXAMINATION, NOVEMBER 2021
(CBCSS—UG)
Physics/Applied Physics
PHY 5B 06/APH 5B 06—COMPUTATIONAL PHYSICS
(2019 Admissions)
Time : Two Hours Maximum : 60 Marks
The symbols used in question paper have their usual meanings.
Section A (Short Answer Type)

Answer at least eight questions.
Each question carries 3 marks.
All questions can be attended.

Overall Ceiling 24.

1. Identify the functional differences of the Compiler and the Interpreter in the context of high-level
computer languages.

Write an algorithm to check whether a given number is odd or even.
List the different datatypes in Python.

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4, Write a Python program to print the multiplication table of 9 having 20 rows using while loop.
5. What is a tuple ? How it is different from list ?

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Discuss about the functional differences of break and continue statements in Python.
7. Write a Python program to plot the function + = sin x within the region 01௦ 2.

8. Write a Python program to create a3 x 2 matrix having random numbers ranging between 0 and
1 as elements.

9. Explain the least squares curve fitting procedures.
10. Construct a forward difference table for the following data :
x : 0 1 2 3 4
y : 1 3 9 27 81

11. How the subintervals width is associated with the error in Trapezoidal rule and Simpson’s 1/3 rule
for numerical integration ?

12. Discuss the advantages of numerical methods over analytical methods.

(8 x 3 = 24 marks)

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