8 – Complex Number

1. i 3 ( i  3) 
A.   3i .
B.   3i .
C.    3i .
D.    3i . [HKDSE 2012’ #35]

2. The real part of i  2i 2  3i 3  4i 4 is

A. 2.
B. –2.
C. 6.
D. –6. [HKDSE 2013’ #36]

2 4
3. If  is a real number, then 
  2i
A.   2i .
B.   2i .
C. 2  i .
D. 2  i . [HKDSE 2014’ #36]

4. Let z  (a  5)i 6  (a  3)i 7 , where a is a real number. If z is a real number, then

a
A. 5.
B. 3.
C. 3.
D. 5. [HKDSE 2015’ #35]

7 7
5. Let u  and v  , where a is a real number. Which of the following
ai a i
must be true?
I. uv is a rational number.
II. The real part of u is equal to the real part of v.
1 1
III. The imaginary part of is equal to the imaginary part of .
u v
A. I only
B. II only
C. I and III only
D. II and III only
[HKDSE 2016’ #34]
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6. If k and + 𝑘𝑖 are real numbers, then k =
2−𝑖

A. -2
B. -1
C. 1
D. 2
[HKDSE 2017’ #35]

2𝑖 12 +3𝑖 13 +4𝑖 14 +5𝑖 15 +6𝑖 16

7. The real part of is
1−𝑖

A. -3
B. -1
C. 1
D. 3
[HKDSE 2018’ #37]

4+𝑖 5
8. If a is a real number, then the real part of − 𝑖 6 is
𝑎+𝑖

4𝑎+1
A.
𝑎2 −1

4𝑎+1
B.
𝑎2 +1

𝑎2 +4𝑎+2
C.
𝑎2 −1

𝑎2 +4𝑎+2
D.
𝑎2 +1

[HKDSE 2019’ #34]

2  ki k  5i
9. Define z1  and z2  , where k is a real number. If the imaginary
1 i 2i
part of z1 is equal to the imaginary part of z2, then z1 – z2 =

A. – 20
B. 0
C. 3
D. 10
[HKDSE 2020’#37]

Answer: 1.A 2.A 3.A 4.C 5.B 6.B 7.D 8.D 9.C

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