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Subject / Time ECE5(5:00PM-9:00PM) Friday Term FULL
Instructor ENGR. JJ ALMONTE Semester/AY 1st SEM / SY 2022 -2023

TEST I. MULTIPLE CHOICE. Identify the letter of your choice that represents your answers.
(2 points each)

__A__1. Have magnitudes which depend on the given vector but they each have a known and constant
direction.
a. Vector components c. Coordinate values
b. Unit Vectors d. Cartesian Coordinate system

__D__2. What is the name of French physicist that studied the magnitude of the force of attraction or
repulsion between two electric charges at rest?
a. Charles Barkley c. Charles Darwin
b. Charles Brown d. Charles Coulomb

__B__3. What is the constant value of permittivity of free space?

a. 9.984 x 10-12 c. 9.81 x 10-12
b. 8.854 x 10 -12
d. 8.984 x 10-12

__B__4. It is having unit magnitude by definition and directed the coordinate axis in the direction of the
increasing coordinate values.
a. Cartesian coordinate system c. Vector components
b. Unit Vectors d. Coordinate values

__A__5. Find which is not a scalar quantities?

a) Velocity c) Density
b) Area d.) Length

__A__ 6. The magnitude of component vectors is given by __?

a. [(Fx)2 + (Fy)2 + (Fz)2]1/2 c. [(Fx)2 - (Fy)2 - (Fz)2]1/2
b. [(Fx)2 + (Fy)2 + (Fz)2]2 d. [(Fx)2 - (Fy)2 - (Fz)2]2

__A__ 7. It provides a method of rendering graphs and indicating the positions of points on a two-
dimensional surface or in three-dimensional space.
a. Rectangular coordinates c. Coordinate axis
b. Polar coordinate system d. Coordinate system

__A__8. A unit vector in the direction of the vector F is given by __?

a. c.
b. F2 d.

__A__9. It is a cross between the two vectors as A cross B.

a. Vector product c. Vector algebra
b. Scalar product d. Vector field

__B__10. It is defined as the product of the magnitude of A, the magnitude of B and the cosine of the smaller
angle between them.
a. Mass product c. Vector product
b. Scalar product d. Cross product

__C__11. When two charges are on the same sign the force will be __?
a. Undefined c. Repulsive
b. 0 d. Attractive

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__B__12. What coordinate system is commonly used on graphing dimensional.
a. Right and Left handed coordinate system c. Left-handed coordinate system
b. x,y,z coordinate system d. Right-handed coordinate system

__A__13. It has both magnitude and direction.

a. Vector c. Scalar
b. Vector quantity d. Quantity

__A__14. Find which is not a Vector quantities?

a. Mass c. Force
b. Thrust d. Drag

__B__15. When three (3) axis x,y,z are zero (0), this means that the location is at __?
a. Intersect c. Across
b. Origin d. Perpendicular

__C__16. What is the unit of the electric field intensity?

a. Voltmeter c. Volt per meter
b. Amperes per Volt d. Amperes per meter

__D__17. What is the name of the mathematician who invented the Cartesian plane with a rectangular
coordinate system that associates each point in the plane with a pair of numbers?
a. George Boole c. John von Neumann
b. David Hilbert d. Rene Descartes

__C__18. The space around an electric charge in which its influence can be felt.
a. Electric charge c. Electric field
b. Sinusoidal wave d. Electricity

__D__19. Find which is not a Vector quantities?

a. Weight c. Momentum
b. Displacement d. Temperature

__B__20. A scalar quantity has only __?

a. Direction c. Magnitude and direction
b. Magnitude d. Vector

__D__21. At a point is the force experienced by a unit positive charge placed at that point.
a. Electric field c. Coulomb’s Law
b. Electric field intensity d. none of the above

_B___22. Vector algebra was invented by two scientists and mathematicians to calculate such things as
speed and direction.
a. Jacques and Jakob Bernoulli c. Hypatia and Leonhard Euler
b. J. Willard Gibbs and Oliver Heaviside d. Georg Cantor and Paul Erdos

__C__23. This equation provides an accurate description of the force between two objects whenever the
objects act as point charges.
a. Electric field c. Coulomb’s Law equation
b. Equation Law of motion d. Electric potential

__D__24. Find which is not applicable to Coulomb’s Law applications to modern life;
a. Xerox machines c. Powder coating
b. Laser printers d. none of the above

___D_25. This method is much easier to apply than geometry and requires knowledge of fewer rules.
a. Laplace c. Function
b. Algebraic functions d. Vector algebra

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TEST II. SOLVING. Show your solution, ( 5 points each required answer )

1.) Given A = 2ax + 4ay and B = 6a x - 4az, find the smaller angle between them using (a) the cross
product, (b) the dot product.

2.) Point A (-4, 2, 5) and the two vectors, RAM = 20ax + 18ay - 10az and RAN = - 10ax + 8ay + 15az, define a
triangle. (a) Find a unit vector perpendicular to the triangle. (b) Find a unit vector in the plane of the
triangle and perpendicular to RAN. (c) Find a unit vector in the plane of the triangle that bisects the
interior angle at A.

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 3.)
Given the electric field E = (4x – 2y) ax – (2x+4y) ay, find: (a) the equation of that streamline passing
through the point P (2, 3, -4); (b) a unit vector aE specifying the direction of E at Q (3, -2, 5).

4.) Given points M (-1, 2, 1), N (3, -3, 0), and P (-2, -3, -4), find: (a) RMN; (b) RMN + RMP; (c) aMP

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 JOEL J. ALMONTE
CEA Instructor

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