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AP Calc - Vectors Sample Exam Questions 2023 PDF

This document contains a sample exam for AP Calculus that focuses on vectors. It includes 14 multi-part questions testing skills like determining quadrant bearings and true bearings from vectors, adding and subtracting vectors, determining if vectors are equivalent, opposite, orthogonal or unrelated, calculating dot and cross products of vectors, finding vectors that satisfy given conditions, solving word problems involving work, velocity and forces represented as vectors, and more. Diagrams are required for some questions involving vector representations of physical scenarios.

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AP Calc - Vectors Sample Exam Questions 2023 PDF

This document contains a sample exam for AP Calculus that focuses on vectors. It includes 14 multi-part questions testing skills like determining quadrant bearings and true bearings from vectors, adding and subtracting vectors, determining if vectors are equivalent, opposite, orthogonal or unrelated, calculating dot and cross products of vectors, finding vectors that satisfy given conditions, solving word problems involving work, velocity and forces represented as vectors, and more. Diagrams are required for some questions involving vector representations of physical scenarios.

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Name: ______________________

Date: ______________________

AP Calculus: Vectors – Sample Exam Questions


Answer each of the following questions in the spaces provided.

1. Determine the quadrant bearing for a true bearing of 330 0 . ____________

2. Determine true bearing for a quadrant bearing of S 20 0 W. ____________

3. Draw and label a vector to represent a velocity of 120 km/h bearing 110 0

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4. Given the vectors a and b below, accurately draw and label each of the following vectors.
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(a) a+b (b) b − a (c) −2b (d) 3a − b

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! b
a
5. A rectangular prism is shown below and the following information is provided:

• The ends of the prism are squares.


• The sides of the prism are rectangles such that the length of the rectangle is twice the width.
• A is the midpoint of PV.

A
•

Express each of the following as single vectors. (Final answers only, except for part (e) where
you must show at least one step.)
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(a) UT + TS = ________________________
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(b) RT + WS = ________________________
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(c) PQ − PV = _________________________
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(d) WR − TS = _________________________

(e) QP - SP - PR = _________________________

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Let AV = a and RV = b .
Express the following vectors in terms of vectors a and b .
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(f) RQ = ______________________________
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(g) TW = ______________________________
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6. Given that a = b , which of the following statements could be true?
I) !⃗ and #$⃗ are equivalent vectors

II) !⃗ and #$⃗ are opposite vectors

III) !⃗ and #$⃗ are neither equivalent or opposite vectors

IV) both I) and II) from above could be true

V) I), II) and III) from above could be true

7. Choose one of the following words to correctly complete the sentence below:

equivalent opposite collinear unrelated scalar

"⃗ = −3(⃗ then !"⃗ and (⃗ are _________________ vectors


If !

8. Identify the two expressions below that do not have meaning and explain why not

(a) !⃑&#$⃑ ∙ (⃑) (b) !⃑ ∙ &#$⃑ ∙ (⃑) (c) !⃑! (d) |!⃑|!

9. Determine a such that vectors [ 2, − 6, a ] and [ 2, − 4,1 ] are orthogonal.


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10. Given the following vectors: a = [ 3, −1, 3], b = [−2, − 4,1] and c = [ 0, 2, −1] . Determine
the following:
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(a) 3a − 2b +c

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(b) a • b

ur
(c) a unit vector in the opposite direction to b .

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(d) a vector orthogonal to a

11. Given the triangle defined by A(2, 3, -1), B(4, -1, 0), and C(1, -5, -5)
(a) Determine the measure of ÐBAD .
(b) Find a point, D, that makes ABCD a parallelogram
12. A box with weight 575 N is initially located 12.5 meters up a ramp inclined at an angle of
150 to the horizontal.
Determine the work done by gravity, if the box slides to the bottom of the ramp. Include a
vector diagram with your solution.

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13. A force of 250 N acts in the direction of a = [ 5, 3] . This force moves an object from point
(-7,0) to (-1,4), with distance in meters. Determine the mechanical work done.
14. An airplane is on a heading of 070° at 425 km/h (air velocity) and an 75 km/h wind is
blowing from 270°. Determine the resultant velocity (ie; ground velocity) of the airplane,
using Geometric or Cartesian vectors. Be sure to include a diagram in your solution.

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