1. How much does a 30 lbm weigh on the moon? Gravitational acceleration in the moon is 5.

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ft/s2 and in earth is 32.3 ft/s2.
a. 4.8 lbf
b. 5.1 lbf
c. 6.3 lbf
d. 6.6 lbf

2. A balloon is rising with a velocity of 2 m/s when a bag of sand is released. If the height at
the time of release is 120 m, how long does it take the bag of sand to reach the ground?
a. 4.95 s
b. 5.16 s
c. 5.37 s
d. 5.83 s

3. A 40 kg mass is dragged along the surface of a table by means of a cord, which passes
over a frictionless pulley at the edge of the table and is attached to a 12 kg mass. If the
coefficient of friction between the 40 kg mass and the table is 0.15, determine the tension in
the cord.
a. 74 N
b. 84 N
c. 94 N
d. 104 N

4. A 25 g bullet hits the 15 kg stationary block with a horizontal velocity of 600 m/s. The
coefficient of friction between the block and the horizontal surface is 0.25. Assuming that the
bullet becomes embedded in the block, what is the total distance moved by the block after
impact?
a. 0.05 m
b. 0.10 m
c. 0.15 m
d. 0.2 m
5. An elevator in an office building starting from rest at the first floor is accelerated 0.75 m/s2
for 5 seconds. It continues at a constant speed for 12 seconds more and is then stopped in 3
seconds with constant deceleration. If the floors are 3 m apart, what floor did the elevator
stop?
a. 16
b. 17
c. 20
d. 21

6. A solid flywheel whose moment of inertia is 200 kg-m2 is rotating at a speed of 900 rpm.
What is the rotational kinetic energy?
a. 680 kJ
 b. 780 kJ
c. 888 kJ
d. 938 kJ

7. A bell (f=300 Hz) is being moved from an observer at a rate of 3 m/s. If the sound travels 343 m/s
in air, what is the apparent frequency of the sound?
a. 247.4 Hz
b. 297.4 Hz
c. 217.4 Hz
d. 277.4 Hz

8. What is the power required to transfer 97,000 coulombs of charge through a potential rise of 50
volts in one hour?
a. 0.5 kW
b. 1.3 kW
c. 0.9 kW
d. 2.8 kW

9. The temperature of three different liquids are maintained at 15C, 20C and 25C respectively.
When equal masses of the first two liquids are mixed, the final temperature is 18C and when equal
masses of the last two are mixed, the final temperature is 24C. What temperature will be achieved
by mixing equal masses of the first and the last liquid?
a. 15.87C
b. 10.30C
c. 8.65C
d. 23.57C
10. The stress in a 90 cm diameter pipe having a wall thickness of 9.5 cm and under a static head of
70 m of water is __.
a. 32.5 kPa
b. 325 kPa
c. 3.25 MPa
d. 32.5 MPa

11. What is the modulus of elasticity if the stress is 44,000 psi and unit strain of 0.00105?
a. 41.905 x 106
b. 42.300 x 106
c. 41.202 x 106
d. 43.101 x 106
12. A cast iron column supports an axial compressive load of 250 kN. Determine the inside diameter
of the column if its outside diameter is 200 mm and the limiting compressive stress is 50 MPa.
a. 153.4 mm
b. 163.4 mm
c. 173.4 mm
d. 183.4 mm

13. A circular punch 20 mm in diameter is used to punch a hole through a steel plate 10 mm thick. If
the force necessary to drive the punch through the metal is 250 kN, determine the maximum
shearing stress developed in the material.
a. 398 MPa
b. 418 MPa
c. 458 MPa
d. 478 MPa

14. At room temperature, 22C, a 300 mm stainless steel rod has a gap of 0.15 mm between its end
and a rigid wall. The modulus of elasticity E= 210 GPa. The coefficient of thermal expansion is 17 x
10-6/C. The area of the rod is 650 mm2. When the temperature is raised to 100C, the stress in the
rod is most nearly
a. 175 MPa (tension)
b. 0 MPa
c. -17.5 MPa (compression)
d. -175 MPa (compression)

15. A bar of metal 25 mm in diameter is tested on length of 250 mm in tension and the following
results were recorded:
Load (kN) 10.4 31.2
Extension (mm) 0.0355 0.089
What is the Youngs modulus of elasticity of the bar of metal?
a. 188 GPa
b. 198 GPa
c. 208 GPa
d. 218 GPa