Adama Science and Technology University

School of Applied Natural Science

Department of Applied Mathematics
Partial Diffferential Equation Exit Exam

INSTRUCTION: CHOOSE THE BEST ANSWER FOR THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS.

1. Partial differential equations requires

(a) Exactly one independent variable

(b) two or more independent variables
(c) More than one dependent variables
(d) Equal number of independent and dependent variables

2. Which of the following Partial differential equations is linear?

∂2u ∂2u 2
(a) u ∂u
∂x
+ ∂y 2
=0 (c) ∂x2
+ ( ∂u
∂t
) −u=0
∂2u 2 ∂2u 2
(b) ∂x2
+ u2 ∂∂t2u = 0 (d) ∂x2
+ v ∂∂t2v = 0

1, −1 ≤ x ≤ 1

3. The Fourier integral for the function f (x) = is
0, otherwise


2
R∞ siny 2
R∞
(a) π 0 x
cos(yx)dy (c) π 0
sinycos(yx)dy
2
R∞ siny 2
R∞ sinx
(b) π 0 y
cos(yx)dy (d) π 0 x
cos(yx)dy

∂2u ∂2u
4. Given Partial differential equation ∂x2
+ ∂y 2
= 0 is called

(a) Wave Equation (c) Laplace Equation

(b) Heat Equation (d) None of the above

5. Using substitution, which of the following equations are the solution to partial
∂2u 2
differential equation? ∂x2
= 9 ∂∂yu2

(a) cos(3x − y) (c) sin(3x − y)

(b) x2 + y 2 (d) e−3πx sin(πy)

∂ z 2
∂ z 2
6. The partial differential equation xy ∂x 2 = 5 ∂y 2 is classified as
 (a) Elliptic (c) hyperbolic
(b) parabolic (d) none of the above.

7. Which of the following functions are Orthogonal functions on interval [−1, 1]

A. x & x2 B. x & x3 C. cosx & cosx D. sinx & cosx
∂2u ∂2u ∂2u
8. Classify the equation ∂x2
+ ∂y 2
+ ∂z 2
=0

(a) Elliptic (b) Hyperbolic (c) parabolic (d) None of these.

∂3z
9. The solution of ∂x3
=0

(a) z = (1 + x2 )f (y) (c) z = f1 (x) + yf2 (x) + y 2 f3 (x)

(b) z = (1 + y 2 )f (x) (d) z = f1 (x) + xf2 (y) + x2 f3 (y)

10. Which one of the following is not true about the convergence of Fourier series.

(a) The Fourier series of f (x) converges to f (x) at all points where f (x) is con-
tinuous.
(b) At a point of discontinuity x0 , the series converges to the average of the left
limit and right limit of f (x) at x0 .
(c) The sum of Fourier series of f (x) converges to the value f (x0 ) at the continuous
point x = x0 .
(d) At a point of discontinuity x0 , the series converges to right limit of f (x) at x0 .

11. The constant term a0 in the Fourier series corresponding to f (x) = x − x3 in

(−π, π) is

 π , when − π ≤ x ≤ 0

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12. In the Fourier expansion of f (x) = the value of bk
− π , when 0 ≤ x ≤ π

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coefficient of sinkx is

1
(a) 0 (c) 2k
(1 − sin(πk))
1 1
(b) 2k
(1 − cos(πk)) (d) k
(1 − cos(πk))

13. If f (x) is defined in −3 ≤ x ≤ 3. Then, which of the following is the correct value
of Fourier coefficients.

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R3 R3
(a) a0 = 3 0
f (x)dx (c) a0 = −3
f (x)dx
1 3
R R3
(b) ak = 3 −3
f (x)coskxdx (d) bk = −3
f (x)sinkxdx

P∞ (−1)k−1 sinka
14. The value of the series k=1 k
, using the Fourier expansion for f (x) = x
in [−π, π] is

a a a
(a) a (b) 2
(c) 3
(d) 4

1, −1 ≤ x ≤ 1

15. In the Fourier integral of the function f (x) = is
0,

Otherwise

R∞ R∞
(a) 1
π 0
( siny
y
cosxy + sinxy)dy (c) 1
π 0
siny
x
sinxydy
R∞ siny
R∞
(b) 1
π 0 y
cosxydy (d) 1
π 0
( siny
y
cosxy − sinxy)dy

16. The odd and even composition of the function f (x) = ex is

(a) ex + e−x (b) ex − e−x ex +e−x ex −e−x

(c) 2
(d) 2

∂3z ∂ z 3 ∂ z 3 1
17. The root of of auxiliary equations for PDE ∂x3
− 3 ∂x∂y 2 + 2 ∂y 3 = (x + y)
2

(a) 1,2 (b) 1,-2 (c) 1,1,2 (d) 1,1,-2

18. The solution of xp + yq = z is

(a) f (x2 , y 2 ) = 0 (b) f (xy, yz) = 0 (c) f (x, y) = 0 (d) f ( xy , yz ) = 0

19. If m1 and m2 are complex roots of the auxiliary equation of the homogeneous lin-
ear partial differential equation with constant coefficients the the complementary
function is can be written as

(a) f1 (y + m1 x) + f2 (y + m2 x) (c) f1 (y + m1 x) + if2 (y + m2 x)

(b) f1 (y + m1 x) + xf2 (y + m2 x) (d) f1 (y + m1 x) + ixf2 (y + m2 x)

20. The partial differential equation by eliminating arbitrary constants from

z = (x − a)2 + (y − b)2 is

(a) z = px + qy + p2 + q 2 p2 +q 2
(c) z = 4
(b) z = px − qy + p2 + q 2 (d) z = p2 + q 2

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21. If f (x) is odd, then Fourier transform of f (x) is

(a) Fourier cosine Transform (c) Inverse Fourier cosine Transform

(b) Fourier sine Transform (d) Inverse Fourier sine Transform

22. The Fourier sine transform of e−ax is

q q q q
2 2 2
(a) ( a )
π s2 +a2
(b) 2
( s )
π s2 +a2
(c) 2
( a )
π s2 +a2
(d) 2
( s )
π s2 +a2

23. If a is a constant, then u(x, t) = sin(at)cos(at) is a solution to

∂2u 2 ∂2u ∂2u ∂u

= a2 ∂u ∂2u 2
(a) ∂x2
= a2 ∂∂t2u (b) ∂x2
= ∂t2
(c) ∂t ∂x (d) ∂t2
= a2 ∂∂xu2

24. The complete integral of p = q is

(a) z = ax + by (b) z = a(x+y)+b (c) z = ax + by + c (d) z = ax − by + a

25. The solution to pq = x is

y2 (c) z = x + y + 1
(a) z = 2a
+ ay + c
y2
(b) z = 2a
+ ax + c (d) z = x − ay

26. The partial differential equation formed by eliminating arbitrary function in

f (x2 + y 2 ) is

(a) xp = yq (b) xy = pq (c) xq = yp (d) x + p = y + q

27. If the complete integral is z = ax + by − 3ab, the singular integral is

x
(a) z = x + y (b) z = y
(c) z = xy (d) 3z = xy

28. The partial differential equation is elliptic if B 2 − 4AC

(a) > 0 (b) ≥ 0 (c) ≤ 0 (d) < 0

∂2u 2
∂ u 2
29. The degree and order of ∂x2
+ ( ∂x∂y ) − u = sin(x + 2y) is

(a) 2, 4 (b) 2, 3 (c) 4, 2 (d) 2, 2

30. Which of the following is not a standard method for finding the solutions for
differential equations?

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 (a) Variable Separable (c) Orthogonal Method
(b) Homogenous Equation (d) Bernoulli’s Equation

31. The following is true for the following partial differential equation used in nonlinear
∂w ∂3w
mechanics known as the Korteweg-de Vries equation. ∂t
+ ∂x3
− 6w ∂w
∂x
=0

(a) linear; 3rd order (c) linear; 1st order

(b) nonlinear; 3rd order (d) nonlinear; 1st order

32. x2 uxx + (1 − y 2 )uyy = 0 is elliptic in the region

(a) x ̸= 0, |y| < 1 (b) x ̸= 0, |y| > 1 (c) x = 0 (d) |y| < 1

33. The solution which has a number of arbitrary constants equal to the number of
independent variables is

(a) general integral (c) particular integral

(b) complete integral (d) singular integral

34. Which of the following functions has no Fourier transform.


(a) sin( x1 ) 1, if x is rational

(c) f (x) =
0, if x is irrational


(b) ex (d) All

35. If F (λ) is Fourier transforms of f (x) , then F (f (ax)) is

(a) F ( λa ) (b) a1 F ( λa ) (c) aF ( λa ) (d) aF (aλ)