LEZO INTEGRATED SCHOOL

SECONDARY DEPARTMENT
LEZO, AKLAN

1ST PERIODIC EXAM IN GENERAL PHYSICS 12

NAME: ____________________________ YR. & SEC.: __________________ DATE: ______________ SCORE: ________

I.IDENTIFICATION:
A. Identify which physical quantity is being described on each item:
__________ 1. A person is 65 kg.
__________ 2. A table is 3 meters.
__________ 3. A hall is 300 m2.
__________ 4. The hotness of this room is 300 K.
__________ 5. We have to be in school at 1:00 in the afternoon.
B. Identify whether the following unit is DERIVED QUANTITY or FUNDAMENTAL QUANTITY. Write only the initials for
the following types of Physical Quantities.
__________ 6. Length _________11. Mass
__________ 7. Time _________12. Temperature
__________ 8. Area _________13. Speed
__________ 9. Electric current _________14. Luminous intensity
__________10. Volume _________15. Force
C. Identify the following:
__________ 16. The Least Count of a Ruler.
__________ 17. The Least Count of a wrist watch.
__________ 18. The Least Count of a Weighing Scale.
__________ 19. The Least Count of a Stop Watch.
__________ 20. The Least Count of a Meter Stick.

II.MULTIPLE CHOICE: Read each item carefully. Choose your answer from alternatives which follow. Encircle the letter
of your choice on the space provided before the number.
21. Martin is conducting an experiment. His first test gives him a yield of 5.2 grams. His second test gives him a yield
of 1.3 grams. His third test gives him a yield of 8.5 grams. On average, his yield is 5.0 grams, which is close to the
known yield of 5.1 grams of substance. Which of the following are true?
a. His results are accurate but not precise.
b. His results are precise but not accurate.
c. His results are both accurate and precise.
d. His results are neither accurate nor precise
22. Jared is practicing for a golf tournament. His normal driver distance is 250 yards. He hits three balls with his
driver, and they travel a distance of 190 yards, 195 yards, and 187 yards. Which of the following is true?
a. His drives are accurate but not precise.
b. His drives are precise but not accurate.
c. His results are both accurate and precise.
d. His drives are neither accurate nor precise.
23. 3 groups of students measures the mass of a product from the same chemical reaction. The groups recorded
data of 8.83 g, 8.84 g and 8.82 g. The known mass of the product from that reaction is 8.60g. The group values
are:
a. Precise b. Accurate c. Accurate and Precise d. Neither accurate and precise
24. Susan conducts an experiment five times and gets a solution concentration of 1.9M, 2.1M, 1.8M, 1.9M, and
2.2M. The known concentration of the solution is 2.0M. Which of the following are true about Susan's results?
a. Her results are accurate but not precise.
b. Her results are precise but not accurate.
c. Her results are both accurate and precise.
d. Her results are neither accurate nor precise.
25. A student performed an analysis of a sample for its calcium content and got the following results: 14.92% ,
14.91% 14.88% 14.91% The actual amount of calcium in the sample is 14.90%. What conclusions can you
draw about the accuracy and precision of these results?
a. While precise, these results are not accurate.
b. While accurate, these results are not accurate.
c. These results are both accurate and precise.
 d. These results are neither accurate nor precise.

26. An airplane travels East at a rate of 800 km/hr for 2 hours. Which of the following are vectors?
a. The travel time c. The displacement after 2 hours
b. The distance travelled in 2 hours d. None of the above.
27. When added in the same order as they are written, which of the following set of displacement have the same
resultant?
A. 4 km. East ; 6 km. North ; 4 km. West
B. 6 km. North ; 4 km. East ; 8 km. West
C. 4 km. East ; 8 km. West ; 6 km. North
D. 4 km. North ; 6 km. West ; 4 km. East
a. A and B b. B and C c. C and D d. D and A
28. Which of the following pairs can be components of a velocity vector 30 m/sec East?
a. 15 m/sec. East ; 15 m/sec. West c. 35 m/sec. West ; 5 m/sec. East
b. 20 m/sec. East ; 10 m/sec. East d. 20 m/sec. East ; 50 m/sec West
29. Which of the following statement is incorrect?
a. All vectors quantities have directions.
b. All scalar quantities have directions.
c. All vectors quantities have magnitudes.
d. All scalar quantities have magnitudes.
30. Which pair of forces will yield a resultant of 6N?
A. 3N and 3N C. -10N and 4N
B. 2N and 4N D. 10N and 4N
a. A and B b. B and C c. C and D d. D and A

III. Express the following numbers in scientific notation for COLUMN A and write how many significant digits they
have in COLUMN B.
COLUMN A COLUMN B

31. 26, 362 __________________________ ______________________

32. 11.8 __________________________ ______________________
33. 0.00362 __________________________ ______________________
34. 0.118 __________________________ ______________________
35. 1986 __________________________ ______________________

IV.Convert these numbers in scientific notation to decimal form.

36. 8.71 x 10-3

37. 2.56 x 102
38. 1.28 x 106
39. 3.0047 x 10-4
40. 1 x 10-5
V. Convert the following and show your solutions. Encircle your final answer.
41. 5 centimeters = __________ inches 45. 123 ° F = _____________ °C
42. 2.7 kilograms = __________ grams 46. 56.7 °C = _____________ °F
43. 7.17 centimeters = ___________ kilometers 47. 12.27 °C = ____________ °K
44. 3 ½ months = __________ days 48. 777 °K = _____________ °C

VI. Distance-Time Graphs

49. COMPLETE THE GRAPH BY PLOTTING THE GIVEN DATA POINTS ON THE GRAPH. EACH SET OF DATA POINTS
REPRESENTS (TIME, DISTANCE).

1. Data points: (0, 0), (2, 40), (4, 80), (6, 120), (8, 160), (10, 200)

 2. Connect the plotted points with a straight line.

 3. Describe the motion shown on the graph.

50. . DESCRIBE BELOW THE SPEED-TIME GRAPH IN 3 SENTENCES.

VII. Read each problem below. Choose 10 problems to solve. Show your solutions. Encircle your final answer.

51. A runner runs 200 m. east, then changes direction and runs 300 m. west. If the entire trip takes 60 s., what is the
average speed and what is the average velocity?

52. A sky diver jumps and falls for 600 m in 14 s. After chute opens, he falls another 400 m in 150 s. What is average
speed for entire fall?

53. A constant force changes the speed of a car 8 m/s to 20 m/s in 4 s. What is average acceleration?

54. A wagon moving east at 20 m/s encounters a very strong head-wind, causing it to change direction. After 5 s., it
is traveling west at 5 m/s . What is the average acceleration of car?

55. An airplane flying initially at 400 ft/s lands on a carrier deck and stops in a distance of 300 ft.. What is the
acceleration?

56. A ball 5.0 m from the bottom of an incline is traveling initially at 8.0 m/s. Four seconds (4.0 s) later, it is traveling
down the incline at 2.0 m/s. How far is it from the bottom at that instant?

57. A force of 80.0 N is applied by a janitor on the handle of a mop held at 400 angle with the floor. What force is
pushing the mop (a) across the floor and (b) downward to the floor

58. An airplane travels 209 km on a straight course at an angle of 22.50 east of north. It then changes its course by
moving 100 km north before reaching its destination. Determine the resultant displacement of the airplane.

59. A man exerts a force of 200 N on a wheelbarrow at an angle of 300 above the horizontal. What are the
horizontal and vertical forces exerted on the handle of the wheelbarrow?

60. A`plane flying due north at 100m/s is blown by a 50 m/s strong wind due east. (a.) Draw a diagram to illustrate
the problem (b.) What is the plane’s resultant velocity?

61. Find the components of the following vectors (present the data in tabular form) a. The initial velocity of a golf is
10 m/s, 320 north of west. b. A force of 120 N pulls a loaded box 400 south of west. 30.0 km east plus 10.0 km
north
62. Find the resultant of 10 km east, 16 km south, 14 km east, 6 km north and 4 km west.

63. •1 block East Vector A •1 block North Vector B •2 blocks East Vector C •3 blocks north Vector D
•3 blocks west Vector E . Calculate Distance = ______ Displacement = _______

64. A car moving at 35 mph comes to a stop in 5 seconds. Find the acceleration of the car. (Hint – it is actually
decelerating)
65. A plane travels 350 mph for north 6.5 hours. How far did it travel?

66. A man walks 7 km in 2 hours and 2 km in 1 hour in the same direction.

a) What is the man's average speed for the whole journey?

b) What is the man's average velocity for the whole journey?

67. A man walks 7 km East in 2 hours and then 2.5 km West in 1 hour.

a) What is the man's average speed for the whole journey?

b) What is the man's average velocity for the whole journey?

68. You start walking from a point on a circular field of radius 0.5 km and 1 hour later you are at the same point.

a) What is your average speed for the whole journey?

b) What is your average velocity for the whole journey?

69. John drove South 120 km at 60 km/h and then East 150 km at 50 km/h. Determine

a) the average speed for the whole journey?

 b) the magnitude of the average velocity for the whole journey?

70. If I can walk at an average speed of 5 km/h, how many miles I can walk in two hours?

VIII. Analyze the following problem-story. Fill up the table below afterwards.
Six children are playing hide and seek. Charley being the “taya” in the game is in the origin position.
Other children hides with the following displacements illustrated graphically.

GERRY HARRY

NOLY
E W

BETTY

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NENE

DIRECTION
VECTOR MAGNITUDE
FIXED AXIS REFERENCE AXIS ( C ) REFERENCE AXIS ( CC )

“Science will never be a Science if

there’s no computations!”
Good luck!

- Ma’am Cortez