MATH 3321

Quiz 13

1
3

1. If A = 2 2 , B =
4
0
then d23 =

11/5/14

3 2
2
0
4 2

2 3
0

, C = 4 2 3 , and D = AB 3C,
0 1
3

(a) 1
(b) 17
(c) 9
(d) 17
(e) None of the above.
2. Let A, B and C be the matrices in Problem 1. If D = BC 4A, then d22 =
(a) 6
(b) 1
(c) 2
(d) 7
(e) None of the above.

3. If A is 3 4, B is 2 3, C is 3 2, and D is 4 3, then BADC

(a) is 2 2
(b) is 3 2
(c) is 2 3
(d) is 3 4
(e) Does not exist.
4. Let A =

1 3
2
4

. The element in the (1,2) position of A1 is:

(a) 3
(b) 1/2
(c) 6
(d) A1 does not exist.
(e) None of the above.

1 2 0

5. Let A = 1 1 2 . The element in the (1,2) position of A1 is:

2 4 1
(a) 7
(b) 2
(c) 4
(d) A1 does not exist.
(e) None of the above.

2 1 5

6. The values of such that A = 0 1 is singular are:

0 3
(a) = 5, 1
(b) = 2, 4
(c) = 2, 3
(d) = 5, 1
(e) None of the above.

1
3
3

7. The values of such that A =

3 5
3 is singular are:
6
6 4
(a) = 4, 2
(b) = 2, 2, 4
(c) = 4, 2
(d) = 6, 1, 3
(e) None of the above.
x 3y + z = 4
2x y = 2 . The determinant of the matrix of coeffi4x 3z = 0
cients is 11. The value of y in the solution set is:

8. Given the system of equations

(a) y = 30/11
(b) y = 38/11
(c) y = 40/11
(d) y = 32/11
(e) None of the above.
2

3x y + z = 4
x + 7y 2z = 1 . The determinant of the matrix of
2x + 6y 2z = 5
coefficients is 20. The value of z in the solution set is:

9. Given the system of equations

(a) z = 2
(b) z = 0
(c) y = 1/4
(d) y = 3/5
(e) None of the above.

10. If a system of n linear equations in n unknowns is consistent, then the rank of the matrix
of coefficients is n.
(a) Always true
(b) Sometimes true
(c) Never true,
(d) None of the above

11. If the matrix of coefficients of a system of n linear equations in n unknowns is nonsingular,

then the system has infinitely many solutions.
(a) Always true
(b) Sometimes true
(c) Never true,
(d) None of the above

12. If the reduced row echelon form of the matrix of coefficients of a system of n linear equations
in n unknowns is not the identity matrix, then the determinant of the matrix of coefficients
is non-zero.
(a) Always true
(b) Sometimes true
(c) Never true,
(d) None of the above

13. If a system of n linear equations in n unknowns is dependent, then the matrix of coefficients
has rank less than or equal to n 1.
(a) Always true
(b) Sometimes true
(c) Never true,
(d) None of the above

14. If the matrix of coefficients of a system of n linear equations in n unknowns does not have
an inverse, then the system has no solutions.
(a) Always true
(b) Sometimes true
(c) Never true,
(d) None of the above

15. If a homogeneous system of n linear equations in n unknowns has infinitely many solutions,
then the matrix of coefficients is singular.
(a) Always true
(b) Sometimes true
(c) Never true,
(d) None of the above