4. Numerical Methods II
Numerical Integration — Quiz
Test your understanding of numerical integration with 5 practice questions.
Practice Questions
Question 1
What is the main purpose of numerical integration in engineering computation?
Question 2
In the trapezoidal rule, what shape is used to approximate the area under the curve on each subinterval?
Question 3
Which numerical integration method fits a parabola through the data points?
Question 4
For the composite Simpson's $1/3$ rule, what is the usual requirement on the number of subintervals?
Question 5
If the step size $h$ is made smaller in a numerical integration method, what usually happens to the approximation?