Multiple choice questions on commutative

algebra
Ali Akbar Alijani
Department of Mathematics, University of Guilan
e-mail: aliakbaralijani@yahoo.com
Hossein Sahleh
Department of Mathematics, University of Guilan
e-mail: sahleh@guilan.ac.ir
In all questions, R is a commutative ring with identity.
Question 1. Let M be a f.g. Rmodule with only one maximal submodule. Which of the following statements is true?
1. M is noetherian.
2. every submodule of M is cyclic.
3. M is cyclic.
4. R is a PID.
Question 2. Which of the following statements is true?
1. every artinian ring is noetherian.
2. every artinian module is noetherian.
3. in a noetherian ring, every prime ideal is maximal.
4. every noetherian ring is artinian.

Question 3. Under which of the following conditions, the nil and jacobson radical of R are equal?
1. R is artinian.
2. R is a boolean ring.
3. R is a PID.
4. 1 and 2 are true.
Question 4. Suppose that R be a ring such that for every x R, there
exists n N such that xn = x. Then:
1. R is noetherian.
2. R is artinian.
3. NR = J(R).
4. R has only one prime ideal.
Question
5. Suppose that I be a non-trivial ideal of R. Under what
conditions I = I?
1. R is noetherian.
2. R is artinian.
3. I be a intersection of prime ideals.
4. R is a boolean ring.
Question 6. Suppose that M be a Rmodule and J an ideal of R such
that JM = 0. Which of the following statements is true?
1. If M be an injective R/Jmodule, then M is an injective Rmodule.
2. If M be a projective R/Jmodule, then M is a projective Rmodule.
3. If M be an injective Rmodule, then M is an injective R/Jmodule.
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4. None.
Question 7. Suppose that M be a Rmodule and I the annihilator of
M in R. Which of the following statements is true?
1. If M is noetherian, then R/I is a noetherian ring.
2. If M is artinian, then R/I is an artinan ring.
3. If M is a f.g. artinian module, then R/I has finite length.
4. 1 and 3 are true.
Question 8. Which of the following statements is true?
1. The nil radical of an artinian ring is nilpotent.
2. The nil radical of an noetherian ring is nilpotent.
3. Every artinian, PID ring is a field.
4. All are correct.
Question 9. Under what conditions on R, every non-zero prime ideal of
R is maximal?
1. R is artinian.
2. R is a PID.
3. For every x R, there exists n N such that xn = x.
4. All are correct.
Question 10. Suppose that R be a PID and I an ideal of R. Which of
the following statements is true?
1. R/I is a noetherian and artinian ring.
2. R/I is a noetherian ring but not necessary artinian.
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3. If I be a non-zero ideal of R, then R/I is an artinian ring.

4. 2 and 3 are true.
Question 11. Under what conditions, an integral domain R is PID?
1. Every integral domain is a PID.
2. R be a noetherian ring.
3. Every prime ideal of R is principal.
4. Every prime ideal of R is finitely generated.
Question 12. Suppose that F is a field. Which of the following statements is true about a F module?
1. Every F module is free.
2. Every F module is projective.
3. Every F module is injective.
4. All are correct.
Question 13. Which of the following module is projective but is not free?
1. Q as a Zmodule
2. Z2 as a Z6 module.
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3. The dual module of iI Zi which Zi
= Z.
4. Every projective module is free.
Question 14. Which of the following statements is false about an injective Zmodule?
1. Every injective Zmodule is divisible.
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2. There is no finite injective Zmodule.

3. Q is a injective Zmodule.
4. There is a f.g. injective Zmodule.
Question 15. Which of the following statements is true?
1. Every artinian Rmodule is noetherian.
2. Every cyclic artinian Rmodule is noetherian.
3. There is an artinian Rmodule M such that M contains a non-trivial
submodule which is not f.g.
4. 2 and 3 are true.
Question 16. Suppose that R be a ring such that every submodule of a
free Rmodule is free. Then:
1. R is noetherian.
2. R is artinian.
3. R is integral domain.
4. 1 and 3 are true.
Question 17. Which of the following statements is true?
1. The intersection of two disjoint maximal ideals of a ring is a prime
ideal.
2. If R and S were two integral domains and f : R S be a ring homomorphism with kerf 6= 0, then kerf is a maximal ideal.
3. If every prime ideal of a ring R is f.g., then R is noetherian.
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4. There is no non-zero Rmodule M such that M R M = 0.

Question
18. Suppose that M be a non-zero simple Rmodule and
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J = I I which I is a nilpotent ideal of R. Which of the following statements
is not true?
1. J + Ann(M ) 6= R.
2. M is a simple R/Jmodule.
3. M need not to be a R/Jmodule.
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4. R/J R M
= M.
Question 19. What is the annihilator of ideal 2Z in the Zmodule
Z24 Z15 Z50 ?
1. Z2
2. Z2 Z3 Z2
3. Z3 Z15 Z2
4. Z2 Z2
Question 20. Suppose that R =
following statements is true?

K[[x,y]]
(xy)

which K is a field. Which of the

1. R is a local ring.
2. If N
m is a maximal ideal of R, then x
m R m.
N
N
3. x y is a torsion element of R R R.

y is a non-zero element of

4. All are correct.

Question 21. Suppose that M be a noetherian Rmodule and J the
radical jacobson of R. If for every n N, J n M 6= 0, then:
1. M is an artinian Rmodule.
2. M is not an artinian Rmodule.
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3. M has finite length.

4. If R is a PID, then M is an artinian Rmodule.
Question 22. Consider the ring R =

Z2 [x]
.
(x2 +1)

Then:

1. R
= Z4
2. R
= Z2 Z2 .
3. x + 1 is a nilpotent element of R.
4. 1 and 3 are true.
Question 23. Suppose that M be a Rmodule and f : R M a injective
Rmodule homomorphism. Which of the following statements is true?
1. If M is artinian, then f is an isomorphism.
2. If M is noetherian, then f is an isomorphism.
3. If M is artinian and noetherian, then R is artinian and noetherian too.
4. 1 and 3 are true.
Question 24. Under which of the following conditions,R is a noetherian
ring?
1. R is boolean.
2. Every prime ideal of R is maximal.
3. Every maximal ideal of R is generated by a idempotent element.
4. J(R) = N (R).
Question 25. Suppose that P be a f.g. projective Rmodule. Then:
1. P is free.
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2. There are a positive integer n and a Rmodule homomorphism f :

Rn P such that f 2 = f .
3. P is a homomorphic image of a free Rmodule.
4. 2 and 3 are true.
Question 26. The number of Zmodule homomorphisms from Z30 to
Z21 is equal:
1. 1
2. 2
3. 3
4. 4
Question 27. Suppose that M and N be two Rmodules,f : M N a
Rmodule homomorphism and I an ideal of R. Then:
1. If I is nilpotent and induced homomorphism f :
then f is surjective too.
2. If I = J(R) and induced homomorphism f :
f is surjective too.
3. If induced homomorphism f :
tive too.

M
IM

N
IN

M
IM

M
IM

N
IN

N
IN

surjective,

surjective, then

is surjective, then f is surjec-

4. 1 and 2 are true.

Question 28. Which of the following statements is not true?
1. If I and J are two nilpotent ideals of a noetherian ring R, then
is nilpotent.
2. If R[x] is a noetherian ring, then R is noetherian.
3. The only cyclic, projective Zmodule is Z.
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I+ J

4. If R be an arbitrary ring, then there exist a f.g. projective Rmodule

which is not free.
Question 29. Suppose that M be a noetherian Rmodule. Then:
1. R is a noetherian ring.
2. For every ideal I of R, R/I is a noetherian ring.
3. R/Ann(M ) is a noetherian ring.
4. 1 and 3 are true.
Question 30. Suppose that R is an artinian ring and M a f.g. Rmodule.
Which of the following statements is true?
1. M is artinian.
2. M is noetherian.
3. R is noetherian.
4. All are true.