MCQ Bank
Let $W$ be a subspace of $R^n$, then each $y$ in $R^n$ can be written uniquely in the form
- A) none of the above
- B) $y=\widehat y +z$
- C) $y=\widehat y /z$
- D) $y=\widehat y -z$
If u=(3, 1, 1) and v=(-1, 2, 1) be two vectors then which of the following step is true to show that it is an orthogonal set?
- A) Norm of v=1+4+1 = 6
- B) u/v= (3+1+1)/( -1+2+1)= 5/2
- C) Norm of u=9+1+1 = 11
- D) u.v=-3+2+1 = 0
7x + 2y = 16
–21x – 6y = 24
The above system has a ___________ solution.
- A) consistent
- B) trivial
- C) inconsistent
- D) unique
The norm of $v$ is the non-negative scalar$||v||$ defined by
- A) $||v||=v_{1}^{2}+v_{2}^{2}+...v_{n}^{2}$
- B) $||v||=\sqrt{v_{1}^{2}+v_{2}^{2}+...v_{n}^{2}}$
- C)
- D)
Suppose x,y,z are some vectors in an inner product space (v,<,>) such that <x,y>=<x,z> for all x∈V, then y=z
- A) False
- B) True
- C)
- D)
Suppose that $A^{T}A$ is invertible then the equation $Ax=b$ has only one least-squares solution $\widehat x$ and it is given by
- A) $\widehat x =(A^{T}A)A^{T}b$
- B) $\widehat x =(A^{T}A)^(-1)A^{T}b$
- C)
- D)
The set of least-square solutions of $Ax=b$ coincides with the nonempty set of solutions of the normal equation
- A) None of these
- B) $A^{T} A \widehat x =A^{T}b$
- C) $A^{T} A\widehat x =A^{T}$
- D) $A\widehat x=A^{T}$
Orthonormal set is a set of all vectors that are
- A) Mutually orthonormal and are of unit length
- B) Mutually orthonormal and of null length
- C)
- D)
The set of least square solutions of Ax=b coincides with the non-empty set of solutions of the normal equations
- A) ${A^T}\mathop x\limits^{-} A = b{A^T}$
- B) ${A^T}\mathop x\limits^{-} A = b{A^T}$
- C)
- D)
Let $$s = \{ {u_1} + {u_2} + ......{u_p}\}$$ be a basis for a subspace W of $${R^n}$$ , is also an orthogonal basis if S is an orthogonal set.
- A) False
- B) True
- C)
- D)
A square matrix with _______ columns is an orthogonal matrix.
- A) orthonormal
- B) even
- C) orthogonal
- D) same
If a _____ matrix has orthonormal columns, then it also has orthonormal rows.
- A) singular
- B) square
- C) rectangular
- D) diagonal
Let B and C denote subsets of a vector space V.
- A) If B $$\subseteq$$C then span(C) = span(B).
- B) If B $$\subseteq$$C and C is dependent, then B is dependent.
- C) If B$$\subseteq$$ C and C spans V then B spans V.
- D) If B $$\subseteq$$C and C is independent then B is independent.
Two vectors are _______if at least one of the vector is a multiple of the other
- A) linearly dependent
- B) linearly independent
- C)
- D)
The matrix ${A^T}A$ is invertible If and only if the columns of A are ------
- A) Linearly dependent
- B) None of the above
- C) Equal
- D) linearly independent
Let be a five-dimensional vector space, and let be a subset of consisting of five vectors. Then S
- A) Must be linearly independent, but cannot span V
- B) Must be linearly dependent, but may or may not span V
- C)
- D)
The matrix $A^{T}A$ is invertible iff the columns of A are-----------------------
- A) Linearly dependent
- B) Linearly independent
- C)
- D)
Any finite dimensional inner product space possesses an orthonormal basis
- A) True
- B) False
- C)
- D)
For u and v vectors in $R^n$, thw distance between u and v written as $dist(u, v)$ is the length of the vector------
- A) $v-u$
- B) $u-v$
- C)
- D)
If A is an m x n matrix with linearly independent columns, then A can be factored as A = QR, where Q is an m x n matrix whose columns form an orthonormal basis for Col A and R is an n x n upper triangular invertible matrix with positive entries on its diagonal
- A) True
- B) False
- C)
- D)