Exam 1

EEL6935, Fall 2020

Monday, October 12, 2020

Instructions:

ALL questions must be completely answered within the text boxes provided in Canvas AND all work
MUST be submitted to the Exam 1 Scanned Work assignment within 20 minutes following the end of the
exam. NO CREDIT WILL BE GIVEN to any problem with no answer in Canvas nor if there is no
work provided in the scanned pages (if work was required).

You will have 75 minutes to complete this exam. This is a closed book, close note exam with only the
provided equation sheet allowed. Only the calculator provided by Proctorio is allowed (although not really
needed). No personal calculators are allowed. All work is to be completed by the individual. Take a
minute to look through the entire exam to make sure you have all pages as well as get an idea of how to
pace yourself throughout the exam.

Submission of the exam and confirmation of your understanding of the Academic Dishonesty Policy below
indicates that you have read and fully understand the Academic Dishonesty Policy found on page 2 of this
examination. The use of any other resources is considered cheating and will be handled according to the
current Academic Catalog.

There are 5 problems, each of which has multiple sections. All work, drawings, and calculations MUST be
shown to receive full credit and will provide the possibility of partial credit. Please mark you final answer
when appropriate by putting a box around it.

Good luck!
Last 4 digits of your U Number:

Name:

Signature:
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Question: 1 2 3 4 5 Total

Points: 10 8 15 31 36 100

Bonus Points: 0 0 0 0 0 0

Score:

ACADEMIC INTEGRITY OF STUDENTS - USF Regulation 3.027

Reproduced in part from USF 2013-2014 Undergraduate Catalog

Academic integrity is the foundation of the University of South Florida’s commitment to the academic honesty and personal integrity of its
University community. Academic integrity is grounded in certain fundamental values, which include honesty, respect and fairness. Broadly
defined, academic honesty is the completion of all academic endeavors and claims of scholarly knowledge as representative of one’s own efforts.
Knowledge and maintenance of the academic standards of honesty and integrity as set forth by the University are the responsibility of the entire
academic community, including the instructional faculty, staff and students. The final decision on an academic integrity violation and related
sanction at any USF system member institution shall affect and be applied to the academic status of the student throughout the USF System.

General Policies: The following policies and procedures apply to all students, instructional faculty and staff who participate in administration
of academic classes, programs and research at the University of South Florida. This regulation asserts fairness in that it requires notice to any
student accused of a violation of academic integrity and provides a directive for discussion between the instructor and student to seek a fair and
equitable resolution. If a fair resolution is not accomplished in this discussion, this regulation allows the student continued rights of due process
under the academic grievance procedures based upon the preponderance of the evidence. The policies described below are the only policies and
procedures that govern violations of academic integrity at the University and supersede any previous policies or regulations.

Violations of Academic Integrity: Undergraduate: Behaviors that violate academic integrity are listed below, and are not intended to
be all inclusive. (a) Cheating Definition: Cheating is using or attempting to use materials, information, notes, study aids, or other assistance
in any type of examination or evaluation which have not been authorized by the instructor. Clarification: 1. Students completing any type
of examination or evaluation are prohibited from looking at or transmitting materials to another student (including electronic reproductions
and transmissions) and from using external aids of any sort (e.g., books, notes, calculators, photographic images or conversation with others)
unless the instructor has indicated specifically in advance that this will be allowed. 2. Students may not take examinations or evaluations in
the place of other persons. Students may not allow other persons to take examinations or evaluations in their places. 3. Students may not
acquire unauthorized information about an examination or evaluation and may not use any such information improperly acquired by others. 4.
Instructors, programs and departments may establish, with the approval of the colleges, additional rules for exam environments and behavior.
Such rules must be announced in advance in a course syllabus or other advance written notice to students.

Violations and Sanctions for Undergraduate Students: NOTE: These policies apply to undergraduate students, even if taking graduate
coursework. Violations for undergraduate students at the University of South Florida are classified into four levels according to the nature of
the infraction. For each level of violation a corresponding set of sanctions is recommended, however, specific academic programs may include
additional and different sanctions. These sanctions are intended as general guidelines for the academic community with examples cited below for
each level of violation. These examples are not to be considered all-inclusive.

It is recommended that the instructor forward a concise written statement describing the academic dishonesty of an incident with its particulars
to the Undergraduate Dean’s Office for violations in Levels Two through Four. These records will be maintained until graduation or until they are
of no further administrative value. This will enable better handling of multiple violations. ... (c) Level Three Violations Level Three violations
are those that go beyond Level One or Two violations and that affect a major or essential portion of work done to meet course requirements, or
involve premeditation, or are preceded by one or more violations at Levels One and/or Two. Examples include: 1. Copying on examinations. 2.
Plagiarizing major portions of a written assignment. 3. Acting to facilitate copying during an exam. 4. Using prohibited materials, e.g., books,
notes, or calculators during an examination. 5. Collaborating before an exam to develop methods of exchanging information and implementation
thereof. 6. Altering examinations for the purposes of regrading. 7. Acquiring or distributing an examination from unauthorized sources prior to
the examination. 8. Presenting the work of another as one’s own. 9. Using purchased term paper or other materials. 10. Removing posted or
reserved material, or preventing other students from having access to it. 11. Fabricating data by inventing or deliberately altering material (this
includes citing “sources” that are not, in fact, sources. 12. Using unethical or improper means of acquiring data.

Recommended sanctions for Level Three violations are listed below: - Failing grade for the course with a designation of FF on
student’s internal transcript. - Possible suspension from the university for one semester ... (5) Additional Undergraduate Guidelines for Academic
Dishonesty: (a) Grade Assignment 1. An “FF” grade assigned to indicate academic dishonesty is reflected only on internal records and prevents
the student from repeating the course using the Grade Forgiveness Policy. Students with any “FF” grade on record will not be eligible for honors
at graduation. 2. If a student who has been accused of academic dishonesty drops the course, the student’s registration in the course will be
reinstated until the issue is resolved. 3. Any assigned grade may be changed to an FF, F, or other grade depending on the instructor’s decision
or the ultimate resolution of an academic grievance procedure. This includes any instance of academic dishonesty that is not detected by the
instructor until after the student has dropped or completed the course. 4. Notification to the student of the F or FF grade for academic dishonesty
and the option of appeal concerning the alleged academic dishonesty shall be the responsibility of the instructor and/or department chair. (See
Student Academic Grievance Procedures.) 5. Notice that a student has been dismissed for reasons of academic dishonesty will be reflected on
the student’s transcript with the formal notation: Dismissed for Academic Dishonesty. 6. More serious violations of academic integrity may be
referred to the Office of Students Rights and Responsibilities as a student conduct violation.
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1. (10 points) Solve the following linear system for x, y, and z:

    
1 1 1 x 2
2 2 1   y = 3
 
0 3 −1 z 4
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2. (8 points) Complete these sentences appropriately for a 3 × 3 matrix A.

(a) (2 points) If the column space is a plane, the nullspace is a

(a)

(b) (2 points) If the column space is a line, the nullspace is a

(b)

(c) (2 points) If the column space is all of R3 , the nullspace is a

(c)

(d) (2 points) If the row space is a line, the column space is a

(d)
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3. (15 points) Answer the following with TRUE/FALSE and explain briefly and convincingly. (1 point
for the correct answer, and 2 points for a correct justification. No points for the wrong answer no
matter how creative the explanation.)

(a) (3 points) Is it TRUE/FALSE that the matrix M = vvT might possibly have rank 0, or rank 1,
but could never have rank 2?

(b) (3 points) Let A and B be square matrices that are not symmetric. Is it TRUE/FALSE that if
the product AB is a symmetric matrix, then AB = AT B T .

(c) (3 points) Is it TRUE/FALSE that if the columns of A are independent, then elimination on A
will proceed to completion without permuting any rows of A.

(d) (3 points) Is it TRUE/FALSE that matrices A and its reduced row echelon form R = RREF (A)
always have the same column space C (A) = C (R).

Is it TRUE/FALSE that if A is an m × n matrix of rank r = m, then the left nullspace

(e) (3 points)
N AT contains only the zero vector 0.
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 
1 2 1 4
4. (31 points) Answer the following questions concerning the matrix A = 3 6 3 9.
2 4 2 9

(a) (6 points) Use elimination to find the rank of A and the pivot columns of A.

(b) (5 points) Find the special solutions to Ax = 0 and then all solutions to Ax = 0 (i.e. xn ).

 
3
(c) (4 points) For which number b3 does Ax = 9 have a solution?

b3
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(d) (4 points) What is a particular solution xp with the value b3 above?

(e) (3 points) What is the complete solution x (the general solution) with the value b3 above?

(f) (3 points) Find a basis for the column space of A.

(g) (3 points) Find a basis for the nullspace of A.

(h) (3 points) What are the dimensions of the of C (A) and N (A)? Please explain your answer.
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5. (36 points) The 3 by 3 matrix A reduces to the identity matrix I by the following four row operations
(in order):

row op 1: Subtract 2 (row 1) from row 2

row op 2: Subtract row 1 from row 3
row op 3: Subtract 5 (row 2) from row 3
row op 4: Subtract row 3 from row 2 (think about this!)
 E0s 
Hint: Think Gauss-Jordan starting with A I −−→ I A−1 and what you can find on the way (i.e.
 

where Gauss would have finished).

(a) (8 points) Write the inverse matrix A−1 in terms of the elimination matrices (E’s).

(b) (8 points) Compute A−1 .

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(c) (8 points) What is the original matrix A?

(d) (8 points) What is the lower triangular factor L in A = LU ?

(e) (4 points) What is the upper triangular factor U in A = LU ?