How do u graphically RESOLVE vectors into their componenets??

The test question had a graph and an arrow going out in a north-east direction ( E 35 N )

the y component is simply the amount that the vector moves in the y direction, the x component is the amount that the vector moves in the x direction.

You can draw a triangle by using the vector as the hypotenuse, and the other 2 sides are in the x and y directions. The 2 lines you used are the x and y components.