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Multiple Choice Test
1) How many roots does the equation
x4 + 3x 4 = 0
have?
(a) 4
(c) 1
(e) I dont know

(b) 2
(d) 0

2) Which of the following groups of numbers could be the roots of a polynomial

equation with real coefficients?
(i) 3, 4, 5
(ii) 1 + j, 2, 4
(iii) 1 j, j, 1
(iv) 2, 1 + j, 1 j
(a) all of them
(c) (i), (iii) and (iv)
(e) I dont know

(b) (i) only

(d) (i) and (iv)

3) Which of the following polynomials, when multiplied out, has real coefficients?
(a) (z 2 j)(z 3)(z 4 + 2j)
(c) (z 3 + 4j)(z + 3 + 4j)
(e) I dont know

(b) (z 2 j)(z 4)(z 2 + j)

(d) (z j)(z + j)(z 1)(z + 1)(z 2j)

4) 1 2j and 3 + j are two roots of a quartic equation with real coefficients. The other
two roots are
(a) -1 + 2j and -3 j
(c) -1 2j and -3 + j
(e) I dont know

(b) 1 + 2j and 3 j
(d) 1 2j and 3 - j

5) The quartic equation referred to in Question 4 is

(a) z4 8z + 27z 50z + 50 = 0
(c) z4 8z + 12z + 50 = 0
(e) I dont know

(b) z4 8z + 17z + 2z 24 = 0
(d) z4 8z + 12z 24 = 0

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6) 2 + j is a root of z z 7z + 15 = 0. The other roots are
(a) 2 j, 3
(c) 2 + j, 3
(e) I dont know

(b) 2 j, 3
(d) 2 + j, 2 j

7) The real root of z 4z + 14z 20 = 0 is 2. The other roots are

(a) 2 + 3j, 2 3j
(c) 2 + 3j, 2 3j
(e) I dont know

(b) 1 + 3j, 1 3j
(d) 1 + 3j, 1 3j

8) 1 + 2j is a root of the cubic equation z + az + bz + 5.

The values of a and b are
(a) a = 1, b = 3
(c) a = 1, b = 3
(e) I dont know

(b) a = 1, b = 1
(d) a = 1, b = 1

9) 2 + j is a root of the equation z4 + 2z z 2z + 10 = 0.

The other roots are
(a) 2 j, 2 j, 2 + j
(c) 2 j, 1 + j, 1 j
(e) I dont know

10)

(b) 2 j, 1 + j, 1 j
(d) 2 j, 1 + 2j, 1 2j

The equation z4 + z + 2z + 4z 8 = 0 has two real roots.

The roots of the equation are

(a) 1, 2, 2j, 2j
(c) 1, 2, 1 + j, 1 j
(e) I dont know

(b) 1, 2, 1 + j, 1 j
(d) 1, 2, 2j, 2j

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