University of Jordan
Physics Department

General Physics (101)

First Exam

Date: 15/11/2004
Time: 5:00-6:00

Note: Acceleration due to gravity, g = 9.8 m/s2

1. The position of a particle moving along the x-axis is given by x = 21 + 20t 4.0t 2 m
where t is in s. What is the average velcity during the time interval t = 1 s to t = 3 s?

a) -8.0 m/s

b) 4.0 m/s

c) -2.0 m/s

d) 2.0 m/s

e) 8.0 m/s

2. A ball thrown vertically from ground level is caught 3.0 s later by a person on a
balcony which is 20 m above the ground. Determine the initial speed of the ball.

a) 19 m/s

b) 10 m/s

c) 21 m/s

d) 18 m/s

e) 8 m/s

3. If A = 6i - 8j and B = -12i + 5j. What is the magnitude of the vector C = 2A - B?

a) 21

b) 32

c) 64

d) 18

e) 13

4. Vector (B) when added to the vector C = 3i + 4j yields a resultant vector which is
in the positive x direction and has a magnitude equal to that of C. What is the
magnitude of B?

a) 10

b) 2

c) 6

d) 8

e) 4.5

5. A projectile is thrown from the top of a building with an initial velocity of 40 m/s
in the horizontal direction. If the top of the building is 40 m above the ground, how
fast will the projectile be moving just before it strikes the ground?

a) 49 m/s

b) 40 m/s

c) 28 m/s

d) 35 m/s

e) 54 m/s

6. An object moving at a constant speed requires 4.0 s to go once around a circle

with a diameter of 4.0 m. The acceleration of the particle is:

a) 2.5 m/s2

b) 1.6 m/s2

c) 0.8 m/s2

d) 9.9 m/s2

e) 5 m/s2

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7. If M = 4.0 kg, what is the tension in string 1 shown?

a) 39 N

b) 40 N

d) 68 N

e) 78 N

c) 34 N

8. A particle starts from the origin at t = 0 with a velocity of (14i - 10j) m/s and
moves in the xy plane with a constant acceleration of a = (3.0i 6.0j) m/s2. What is
the speed of the particle at t = 2.0 s?

a) 30 m/s

b) 20 m/s

c) 22 m/s

d) 33 m/s

e) 43 m/s

9. A 2.0 -kg mass has an acceleration of (4.0i - 3.0j) m/s2. Only two forces act on the
mass. If one of the forces is (2.0i - 3.0j) N, What is the magnitude of the other force?

a) 3.0 N

b) 5.1 N

c) 4.0 N

d) 6.7 N

e) 2.0 N

10. If F = 8.0 N and m = 2.0 kg, what is the magnitude of the acceleration (a) for the
block shown?

a) 6.7 m/s2

b) 14.1 m/s2

c) 7.1 m/s2

d) 13.1 m/s2

e) 3.5 m/s2

Frictionless

Answer key

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