Trial Questions P1

Solomon Bennin
July 15, 2021

1. Which of the following properties doesnt justify F to be a field?

(a) Commutativity of both operations

(b) Associativity of both operations
(c) Addition is distributive over multiplication
(d) Multplication is distributive over addition

2. Consider the polynomial xa + 3x16 − 2x5 + x − 1, then for what value(s)

of a will the polynomial be monic?

(a) a = 17
(b) a ≥ 17
(c) a > 17
(d) a ≤ 17

3. For what value of c will −1 be a root of the polynomial f (x) = x12 −

6x7 − cx2 + 14

(a) c = 12
(b) c = 20
(c) c = 14
(d) c = 21

4. Find the remainder when the polynomial x4 − 2x3 + 12x − 5 is divided

by x − 2

(a) 19
(b) 29
(c) 17

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 (d) 27

5. Let P 12 be the matrix formed from interchanging the first and second
row of the identity 3 × 3 matrix and let B be any 3 × 2 matrix. Then
the resulting matrix obtained by P 12 B is :

(a) The same 3 × 2 matrix

(b) A 2 × 3 matrix whose first and second rows have interchanged.
(c) A 3 × 2 matrix whose first and second rows have interchanged.
(d) A 3 × 2 matrix whose first and third rows have interchanged.

6. An example of a matrix such that A−1 = AT is :

(a) A diagonal matrix

(b) An identity matrix
(c) A skew-symmetric matrix
(d) A symmetric matrix

7. A polynomial is said to be irreducible if it cannot be expressed as

a product of two other polynomials of lesser degree. Which of the
following polynomials is not irreducible

(a) x2 + 1 over R
(b) x2 + 4 over N
(c) x2 + 4 over Q
(d) x2 + 1 over C

8. A matrix is said to be idempotent if F 2 = F for any matrix F .What

will be the most trivial example of an idempotent matrix

(a) A Hermitian matrix

(b) An identity matrix
(c) A symmetric matrix
(d) A diagonal matrix

9. What will be the roots of the polynomial f (x) = x3 + 9x2 + 4x + 36

(a) −9, ±2i

(b) 9, ±2i

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 (c) −9, ±2
(d) 9, ±2
 
cos θ − sin θ
10. Let the matrix A(θ) = . Then A2 (θ) is equivalent to
sin θ cos θ

(a) A(θ)
(b) A(−θ)
(c) A(2θ)
(d) A(−2θ)