MCQ Bank
If the columns of a matrix are ________ then the matrix is invertible.
- A) linearly dependent
- B) linearly independent
- C)
- D)
Among the three matrices$$A = \left( {\begin{array}{*{20}{c}} 1&0 \\\ 0&0 \end{array}} \right)$$ $$B = \left( {\begin{array}{*{20}{c}} 1&0 \\\ 0&0 \end{array}} \right)$$ $$C = \left( {\begin{array}{*{20}{c}} 0&1 \\\ 1&0 \end{array}} \right)$$ the matrix (matrices) which is (are) diagonalizable over the matrix (matrices) which is (are) diagonalizable over F_2 is (are)_______________________ is (are)_______________________
- A) B
- B) A
- C) NON OF Above
- D) C
If A is m\cross n and b is in $R^n$, a least square solution of $Ax=b$ is an $\widehat x$ in $R^n$ such that
- A) $||b-A\widehat x||>=||b-Ax|| \forall x \in R^n$
- B) $||b-A\widehat x ||<=||b-Ax|| \forall x \in R^n$
- C)
- D)
If a square matrix has orthonormal columns, then it also has ______ rows.
- A) orthonormal
- B) orthogonal
- C)
- D)
If $\{u_{1}, u_{2}, …, u_{p}\}$ is an orthonormal basis for a subspace $W$ of $R^n$, then ...
- A) $Proj_{w}y=(y.u_{1})u_{p}+(y.u_{2})u_{p}+…+(y.u_{p})u_{p}$
- B) $Proj_{w}y=(y.u_{1})u_{1}+(y.u_{2})u_{2}+…+(y.u_{p})u_{p}$
- C)
- D)
The matrix A^T(Transpose of A) x A is ________ if and only if the columns of A are linearly independent.
- A) singular
- B) symmetric
- C) invertible
- D) scalar
Two vectors u and v are orthogonal to each other if _____________.
- A) u - v = 0
- B) u . v = 0
- C) u + v = 0
- D) u . v = 1
The process of creating the unit vector u from v sometime called--------
- A) Diagonalizing v
- B) Normalizing v
- C)
- D)
Let $A=QR$ be a $QR$ factorization of $A$, then the equation $Ax=b$ has a unique least-squares solution, given by
- A) $x^{^}=RQ^{T}b$
- B) $x^{^}=R^{-1}Q^{T}b$
- C)
- D)
The product of upper triangular matrices is:
- A) Lower triangular matrix
- B) Diagonal matrix.
- C) None of the above
- D) Upper triangular matrix.
Two vectors $u$ and $v$ in $R^n$ are orthogonal if ------
- A) $u.v \neq 0$
- B) $u.v=0$
- C)
- D)
If u=(2, 0, -1) and v=(0, -1, 0) is an orthogonal set then which of the following has a norm of 1?
- A) v.u
- B) u.v
- C) v.v
- D) u.u
If $$s = \{ {u_1} + {u_2} + ......{u_p}\}$$ is an orthogonal basis for a subspace W of $${R^n}$$ Then each y in W can be uniquely expressed as a linear combination of $${u_1} + {u_2} + ......{u_p}$$ That is$${c_1}{u_1} + {c_2}{u_2} + ......{c_p}{u_p}$$ Where$$\frac{{y.{u_j}}}{{{u_j}.{u_j}}}$$
- A) True
- B) False
- C)
- D)
Let U and W denote nonzero subspaces of a vector space V where no two of U, W and V are equal. If dim V = 3 then:
- A) If dim(U$$\cap$$ W) = 1 then U +W = V.
- B) dim(U$$\cap$$ W) = 2
- C) If dim(U) = 2, then U +W = V.
- D) dim(U $$\cap$$W) = 3.
If there is a vector $v=(2, 1, 0)$ then $||v||$ is ------
- A) 2
- B) 0
- C) 3
- D) $\sqrt{5}$
If two rows are orthogonal, they are __________.
- A) linearly independent
- B) linearly dependent
- C)
- D)
How many subspaces does $R^2$ have?
- A) $0, R×0,0×R,R^2$
- B) None of these
- C) Infinitely many
- D) $0$ and $R^2$
Two vectors are linearly independent if at least one of the vector is a multiple of the other.
- A) FALSE
- B) TRUE
- C)
- D)
Let W be a subspace of $R^n$, y be any vector in $R^n$ and $\widehat y$ the orthogonal projection of $y$ onto $W$. Then $\widehat y$ is the closest point in $W$ to $y$, in the sense that
- A) $||y-\widehat y ||>||y-v||$
- B) $||y-\widehat y||<||y-v||$
- C)
- D)
Let V be an vector space, and let W be a subset of V. What does it mean when we say that W is closed under addition?
- A) $W(x+y)=Wx+Wy$ for every two vectors $x$ and $y$
- B) Whenever $x$ and $y$ are in $V$, then x+y is in $V$
- C)
- D)