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1ZC3 - Extra Exam Practice Problems

(Challenging variants)

*Note: these questions are for practice, only. The mixture of problems presented here does not represent the
proportions of the examination, only the frequencies of recently asked questions from the students.

1. Consider the set of complex numbers, U, of the form:

u∈ U ⇒ u = eiθ , θ ∈ R
with the addition and multiplication:
u = eiθ , v = eiφ ⇒ u + v = ei (θ + φ )
k∈ R ⇒ ku = e ikθ
which of the following axioms hold:
v) For each u  U, there exists a −u such that u + ( −u ) = 0
vii) k(u + v) = ku + kv
ix) (kl) u = k ( l (u))

a) v), vii) b) vii), xi) c) xi), vi) d) vii) only e) All of them
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2. For each of the given subsets of common vector spaces, which of the following is a true
statement:
a) Closed under scalar multiplication, but not addition, and not a subspace
b) Closed under addition, but not scalar multiplication, and not a subspace
c) Closed under addition and scalar multiplication and not a subspace
d) Closed under neither addition nor multiplication and not a subspace
e) Closed under addition, scalar multiplication and a subspace

i) Differentiable real functions that satisfy: y ' + ky = sin x

ii) Differentiable real functions that satisfy: y ' + ky = 0
iii) Differentiable real functions that satisfy: y ' + ky = 0, y (0) = 1
iv) Differentiable real functions that satisfy: y ' + ky = 0, y (0) = 0
v) Subset of R2: (x,y) such that x,y > 0
vi) Subset of R2: (x,y) such that xy > 0
vii) Subset of R2: (x,y) such that x = y = 0
viii) Subset of 4x4 matricies such that A = −AT (Skew symmetric)

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3. Which of the following sets of functions is a basis for a 4-dimensional subspace of the
set of continuous functions on the interval [0,1]?
a) 1, x − 1, x 2 − 1, x 2 − x, x3 b) 1, e x , e − x , cosh ( x ) c) sin(4 x ), cos(4 x ), sinh( x ), cosh( x )
1 1 1 1
d) 0, x, x 2 , x3 e) , , ,
x x 2 x3 x 4
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4. What is the dimension of the row space of the matrix:

1 1 1 0
2 −1 2 0 

3 3 1 2
 
4 2 3 1

a) 0 b) 1 c) 2 d) 3 e) 4
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5. What is the rank of the matrix:

 1 0
 2 1
 
 4 1
 
 1 5
 3 2
 
 1 27 
−1 4 
 

a) 1 b) 2 c) 4 d) 6 e) 7
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6. Use Cramer's rule to find x3 (the third element of x) if Ax = b, and given:

1 4 23 4 41  41
 3 12 7 3 24   24 
  
A = 2 8 3 2 16  b =  16 
   
 4 37 44 43 16   16 
 6 4 6 13 2   2 

a) 0 b) 1 c) 2 d) 3 e) 4
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7. A matrix, B is constructed of four (4) linearly independent column vectors. How many parameters
does the solution to Bx = a possess, given:

a = [ 1, 3, 0, 5, 9]
T

a) 0 b) 1 c) 2 d) 3 e) 4

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8. Given that:
a b c
d e f = 7
g h i

compute M34 for the matrix:

d e f 2m
g h i 2n
j k l 0
a b c 2p

a) 0 b) 14 c) 7 d) −7 e) c
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9. Given that
a b c
det A = d e f = 4
g h i
compute det(adj(A))

a) 0 b) 4 c) 16 d) 8 e) 1/4
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10. Given the equation:

T ( x, y , z ) = x 2 + y 2 z
and given x, y and z are functions of p, q, r:
x = f ( p, q, r ) = pr cos(q ), y = g ( p, q, r ) = pr sin(q ), z = h( p, r , q ) = r
∂T
evaluate at ( p, q, r ) = (2, 0,1).
∂q

a) −8 b) −4 c) −2 d) 0 e) 4
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11. Which of the following are true statements:

` i) All singular matrices are non-invertible

ii) det(AB-1) = 1/det(A-1B)
iii) Only trivial solutions exist for a linear homogeneous system with invertible coefficient
matrix.
iv) If the element aij = 0 for a matrix, the corresponding minor determinant, Mij = 0
v) If the element aij = 0 for a matrix, the corresponding cofactor, Cij = 0
vi) If i+j is even, then the matrix cofactor Cij is positive (if defined).
viii) If A,B are invertible, then AT B is invertible
viii) (ABT)-1 = ((A-1)T B -1)T
ix) If a matrix has a row of zeros, then it has a determinant, with value 0.
x) If A, B are non-singular then B2A = B means B = A-1
xi) det(AB) = 0 means at least one of det(A) or det(B) = 0
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12. If we express the function 3x2 − x + 1 as an element of the span of the functions:
x2 −1, x2 + 2x, x − 1
what is the coefficient of x2 +2x?
a) −8 b) 1 c) −2 d) 0 e) 4
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13. Which of the following is a graph of the function:

z = h ( x, y ) = y 2 e x

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14. For what value of k does the limit fail to exist at (1,−2)

( x + y + k )2
f ( x, y ) = 2
x − 2x + y2 + 4 y + 5

a) 1 b) 3 c) 4 d) −5 e) None
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15. Find the slope of the line orthogonal to the level set of the function:

f ( x, y ) = x 2 − 2 x + 3 y
at the point (1,2)
a) 1 b) 3 c) 4 d) −5 e) ∞

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16. Find the diagonal entries of A-1 if

1 0 0 0
 21 2 0 0 
A= 
 4 35 3 0
 
 0 4 −2 4

a) 1, 1/2, 1/3, 1/4 b) 1,13/24, 1/12, 3/12 c) 5/24, 1/12, 2/24, −5/24
d) 7/24, 13/12, −1/24, −3/24 e) 1, 2, 3, 4
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17. Evaluate the integral:

π 3 π
∫ ∫ sin( x 2 ) dx dy
0 3y

a)
1
3
b) −
1
6
c) 0 d) π ( cos(9 y 2 ) + 1) e)
6
π
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18. The vector u1 = < 1, 1, 2, 3, 7 > is one element of an orthogonal basis, { u1, u2, u3, u4, u5} of R5,
what is s if s,t,p,q,r are real values, and:
< 2, 2, 3,−3, 1> = s u1 + t u2 + p u3 + q u4+ r u5

a) 1 b) 1/8 c) 0 d) 1/64 e) Unknown

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Answers:

1) e 2) i) d ii) e iii) d iv) e v) b vi) a vii) e viii) e 3) c 4) d 5) b 6) a 7) b 8) d

10 ) i) T ii) T iii) T iv) F v) F vi) F vii) T viii) T ix) F x) T xi) T 11) d 12) b 13) b 14) a 15) b
16) a 17) a) 18) b)