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PRELIM EXAMINATION IN VECTOR ANALYSIS
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS (2 points each)
Shade the letter which corresponds to your answer in the answer sheet provided. Use CAPITAL LETTERS and strictly no
erasures and/or alterations. NOTE: There can be more than 1 answer in one item.

1. Given the points A(-2, 0, 7) and B(-1, 2, 4) , AB is:

(a) (−3, 2, 11) (b) (2, 0, 28) (c) (−1, −2, 3) (d) (1, 2, −3)*
2. Given the vectors OC = (4, 2, 8) and OD = (0,1,-3), CD is:
(a) 9.2 (b) 10 (c) 11.7 * (d) 138
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3. The unit vector parallel to vector a = (-6 , 8) is:
(a) (24, -32) (b) (-60, 80) (c) (6, -8) (d) (-0.6, 0.8)*
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4. Given the vectors a = (3, -7, 1) and b = (-5, 9, 0) , find a • b
(a) (−15, −63, 0) (b) (8, −16, 1) (c) -78* (d) -23
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5. For any vector u , u ´ u =
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(a) u 2 (b) u (c) 2u (d) 0 *
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6. For any vector u , u • u =
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(a) u 2 (b) u * (c) 2u (d) 0
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7. The angle between vectors u =(1, 3, -7) and v =(2, -3, 4) is
(a) 32° (b) 74° (c) 76° (d) 148°*
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8. Given a = (1, 2, 5) and b =(6, 0, 3), a ´ b =
(a) (2, 9, −4) (b) (6, 27, −12)* (c) (−2, −9, 4) (d) 21
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9. Given c = (4, 9) and d =(3, -1), the scalar projection of c on d is:
(a) 0.30 (b) 0.949* (c) (0.9, 0.3) (d) (0.12, 0.28)
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10. Is the expression c ´ d • a ´ b , a vector, scalar or meaningless:
(a) vector (b) scalar (c) meaningless*
11. The following points are 3 of the 4 vertices of a parallelogram, F(3, 2, 1), G( 9,8,-1) and
H(-2, -1, 0). The coordinates of the fourth vertex, point E are:
(a) (−8, −7, 2)* (b) (8, 7, −2) (c) (3, 8, 5) (d) (−3, −8, −5)
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12. What is k ´ i ?
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(a) i (b) - i (c) j * (d) k
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13. The simplified form of a + b ´ a + b is: )
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(a) a + b ) ! ! 2
(b) a + b ( ) (! ! )
(c) 2 a + b
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(d) 0 *
14. If C is the midpoint of AB and P is any point outside AB, then
(a) PA33333⃗ + 33333⃗
PB = 2PC 3333⃗* (b) 33333⃗
PA + PB 33333⃗ = 3333⃗
PC (c) 33333⃗
PA + PB 33333⃗ + 2PC
3333⃗ = 0 (d) 33333⃗
PA + 33333⃗
PB + 3333⃗
PC = 0
15. If the angel between two vectors 𝑎: + 𝑎; and 𝑎: + 𝑎< + A𝑎; is 𝜋/3, then the value of A is
(a) 2 (b) 4 (c) – 2 (d) 0 *
16. Which of the following expressions are meaningful?
(a) 𝑢3⃗ ∙ (𝑣⃗ × 𝑤 33⃗)* (b) (𝑢 3⃗ ∙ 𝑣⃗) ∙ 𝑤 33⃗ (c) (𝑢 3⃗ ∙ 𝑣⃗)𝑤33⃗* 3⃗ × (𝑣⃗ ∙ 𝑤
(d) 𝑢 33⃗)
17. If a, b and c are unit coplanar vectors, then the scalar triple product [2𝑎 − 𝑏, 2𝑏 − 𝑐, 2𝑐 − 𝑎] =
(a) 0* (b) 1 (c) −√3 (d) √3
18. The value of A so that the volume of parallelepiped formed by vectors 𝑎: + A𝑎< + 𝑎; , 𝑎< + A𝑎; and
A𝑎: + 𝑎;
(a) √3 (b) 2 (c) 1/√3 * (d) 3
19. The angle between any two diagonals of a cube is
(a) 45° (b) 60° (c) 90° (d) tanMN 2/√2*
20. If A = 𝑎: + 2𝑎< − 3𝑎; and B = 3𝑎: − 𝑎< + 2𝑎; , then the angle between (A + B) and (A − B) is
(a) 0° (b) 30° (c) 60° (d) 90° *

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ECE DEPARTMENT PRELIM EXAMINATION IN VECTOR ANALYSIS

PROBLEM SOLVING

Express numerical answers in 4 decimal places without rounding off. Cheating in any form is strictly prohibited and subject
to consequences.

(20 points) Two vector fields are 𝐅 = −10𝑎𝑥 + 20𝑥(𝑦 − 1)𝑎𝑦 and 𝐆 = 2𝑥 S 𝑦𝑎: + 4𝑎< + 𝑧𝑎; . For the point
𝑃(2,3, −4), find: (a) |𝐅|; (b) |𝐆|; (c) a unit vector in the direction of 𝐅 − 𝐆; (d) a unit vector in the
direction of 𝐅 + 𝐆.