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I think that I have somewhat of an idea of what to do, but not fully.

So if
$$ N(A) =\text{span}\left(\left[ \begin{array} 11\\ 0 \end{array} \right]\right) $$

how would I go about finding a matrix that has this property.

Also, is it possible for the null space to be $\mathbb R^2$? If it is possible, what kind of matrix would that be?

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Are you familiar with how to find the matrix representing a linear transformation in some basis? One way would be to manufacture a linear transformation which sends $(1,0)$ to $0$, and then find the associated matrix. In this case, $f(x,y) = (0,y)$ would work. The associated matrix would be $\begin{pmatrix}0&0\\0&1\end{pmatrix}$

The only matrix whose null space is all of $\mathbb{R}^2$ is the $0$ matrix.