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Data Science for Engineers

Week 4 assignment

1. Let f (x) = x3 + 3x2 − 24x + 7. Select the correct options from the following: [3 marks]

(a) x = 2 will give the maximum for f (x).


(b) x = 2 will give the minimum for f (x).
(c) Maximum value of f (x) is 87.
(d) The stationary points for f (x) are 2 and 4.

Answer: (b), (c)

2. Find the gradient of f (x, y) = x2 y at (x, y) = (1, 3). [2 marks]


 
1
(a) ∇f =
6
 
6
(b) ∇f =
1
 
6
(c) ∇f =
9
 
3
(d) ∇f =
3

Answer: (b)

3. Find the Hessian matrix for f (x, y) = x2 y at (x, y) = (1, 3). [2 marks]
 
2 3 2
(a) ∇ f =
2 0
 
2 3 3
(b) ∇ f =
3 0
 
2 6 2
(c) ∇ f =
2 0
 
6 3
(d) ∇2 f =
3 0
Answer: c

4. Let f (x, y) = −3x2 − 6xy − 6y 2 . The point (0, 0) is a

1
(a) saddle point
(b) maxima
(c) minima

Answer:(b)
 
1 b
5. For which numbers b is the matrix A = positive definite?
b 9

(a) −3 < b < 3


(b) b = 3
(c) b = −3
(d) −3 ≤ b ≤ 3

Answer: (a)

6. Consider f (x) = x3 − 12x − 5. Which among the following statements are true?

(a) f (x) is increasing in the interval (−2, 2).


(b) f (x) is increasing in the interval (2, ∞).
(c) f (x) is decreasing in the interval (−∞, −2).
(d) f (x) is decreasing in the interval (−2, 2).

Answer: (b, d)

7. Consider the following optimization problem:

max f (x)
x∈R

, where
f (x) = x4 + 7x3 + 5x2 − 17x + 3
Let x∗ be the maximizer of f (x). What is the second order sufficient condition for x∗
to be the maximizer of the function f (x)?

(a) 4x3 + 21x2 + 10x − 17 = 0


(b) 12x2 + 42x + 10 = 0
(c) 12x2 + 42x + 10 > 0
(d) 12x2 + 42x + 10 < 0

Answer: (d)

8. In optimization problem, the function that we want to optimize is called

2
(a) Decision function
(b) Constraints function
(c) Optimal function
(d) Objective function

Answer: (d)

9. The optimization problem minx f (x) can also be written as maxx f (x).

(a) True
(b) False

Answer: b

10. Gradient descent algorithm converges to the local minimum.

(a) True
(b) False

Answer: a

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