Quiz 1 on Vector Quantities

Which of the following best defines a vector quantity?

• A quantity with only magnitude

• A quantity with only direction

• A quantity with both magnitude and direction

• A quantity with neither magnitude nor direction

What is the graphical representation of a vector?

• A line segment

• A point

• An arrow

• A circle

In vector diagrams, what does the length of the arrow represent?

• The direction of the vector

• The magnitude of the vector

• The speed of an object

• The position of an object

Which of the following is an example of a vector quantity?

• Temperature

• Mass

• Velocity

• Time

How can vectors be added graphically?

• By using the parallelogram method

• By measuring their masses

• By subtracting their magnitudes

• By multiplying their directions

What is the resultant vector?

• The sum of two or more vectors

• The difference between two vectors

• The product of two vectors

• The quotient of two vectors

Which method can be used to find the resultant of two perpendicular vectors?

• Pythagorean theorem

• Scalar multiplication

• Vector subtraction

• Dot product

What is the process of breaking a vector into its components called?

• Vector addition

• Vector resolution

• Vector multiplication

• Vector division

In which direction does the resultant vector point when two vectors are added?

• Perpendicular to both vectors

• In the direction of the larger vector

• In the opposite direction of both vectors

• In the direction of the combined effect of both vectors

What is the angle between two vectors if their dot product is zero?

• 0 degrees

• 45 degrees

• 90 degrees

• 180 degrees