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_____ 1. What do you usually think when you are asked what physics is? If you think of a difficult,
boring and useless subject in senior high school, you should think again or better think of
your handsome teacher. There is physics in all of nature—from the smallest elementary
particle to the immeasurable expanse of the entire universe. Physics is indeed everywhere
and in every imaginable way. And we are a part of physics, whether we like it or not.
Physics is the study of every phenomena. It aims to explain these phenomena in terms of
fundamental laws, or the laws of nature. To be specific, physics is the study of
a. Matter and energy and their relationship.
b. Energy and motion.
c. Matter, energy, laws of universeand their relationship.
d. Matter, Laws of energy and motion.
_____ 2. Physicists use numbers to describe measurements. Such a number is called a physical
quantity. However, a physical quantity would make sense to everyone when compared to a
reference standard. For example, when one says, that his or her height is 1.5 m, this means
that ________. The meter stick is considered to be the reference standard. Thus, stating that
one’s height is 1.5 is not as informative.
a. 1.5 meter is the height and it needs one and half measurement.
b. you need to count 1 and half meter from zero.
c. one’s height is 1.5 times a meter stick (or a tape measure that is 1-m long).
d. the physical quantity of height is comparable to meter and needs meter stick.
_____ 3. Divina’s pet moves 1.0 cm every 20 seconds. What is this in inches per second?
a. 2.0 x 10-2in/s c. Both a and b
b. 0.0196850 in/s d. Neither a nor b
_____ 4. Summa wants to know the pet of Divina. With the given speed, what do you think is the pet
of Divina?
a. Dog c. Snail
b. Cat d. Bird
_____ 5. When we report the accuracy of a measurement, the maximum and minimum provides
upper and lower bounds to the true value. Example is when the length of a table is 1.51 ±
0.02 m, this means that
a. the true value is unlikely to be less than 1.49 m or more than 1.53 m.
b. you need to add more or less 2 in the true value.
c. multiply 0.02 in the true value to have the maximum and minimum value.
d. Add and subtract the minimum and maximum value to get the true value.
_____ 6. Suppose the mass of Waren is estimated to be 79 ± 1 kg while the mass of Nicolas is
estimated to be 65 ± 2 kg. Calculate the total mass of the two.
a. 144 kg c. 144 ± 2kg
b. 144 ± 1kg d. 144 ± 3kg
_____ 7. (1)Precision in a strict sense refers to the repeatability of the measurement using a given
instrument. (2)It is also refers to how close a measurement is to the true value. (3)If you
measure the width of a board many times, getting results like 8.81cm, 8.78cm, 8.82cm, you
could say the measurements give a precision a bit better than 0.1cm.Accuracy is when the
ruler was manufactured with a 2 % error, the accuracy of its measurement of the board’s
width would be about 2 % of 8.8 cm, or about ±0.2cm.
a. The 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th sentences are all correct
b. 1st and 2nd sentences are correct while 3rd and 4th are incorrect
c. 2nd, 3rd and 4th are correct
d. None of these
_____ 8. A friend named Carlo asks to borrow your precious diamond for a wedding proposal. You
are a bit worried, so you carefully have your diamond weighed on a scale which reads 8.17
grams. The scale’s accuracy is claimed to be ± 0.05 g. The next day you weigh the returned
diamond again, getting 8.09g. Is this your diamond?
a. Yes c. Not sure
b. No d. I’ll ask Carlo
Solution and/or Explanations: _______________________________________________
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_____ 9. For each of the following numbers, state the number of significant figures (a) 1.23; (b)
0.123; (c) 0.1230; and, (d) 10.0123.
a. (a)3; (b);4 (c)5; and, (d)6
b. (a)3; (b);3 (c)4; and, (d)6
c. (a)3; (b);4 (c)3; and, (d)4
d. (a)3; (b);3 (c)3; and, (d)6
_____ 10. The study of the motion of objects, and the related concepts of force and energy is called
mechanics. Kinematic deals with the force and why objects move as they do while
dynamics describes how objects move.
a. Only the first sentence is correct
b. Only the second sentence is correct
c. First and second sentences are both correct
d. First and second sentences are both incorrect
_____ 11. Paul with his ex-girlfriend are walking 70 m to the east. After 1 min, Paul realizes that
his latest girlfriend is waiting before them. Paul then turn around and walk back a distance
of 30 m.
A. The total distance travelled by Paul and his ex-girlfriend is 100 m.
B. The displacement travelled by Paul and his ex-girlfriend is 40 m.
a. A is correct but B is incorrect
b. B is correct but A is incorrect
c. A and B are correct
d. a and b are incorrect
_____ 12. Exactly what do you do to measure the thickness of a sheet of paper?
A. Get a ruler and measure a pile of 100 sheets and divide the reading by 100.
B. Use a micrometer to get a quick result.
C. Weigh the paper and solve its thickness provided that you have the length,
wide and height.
D. Ask the international unit system for they have the criteria in giving units
a. All of these c. A and B
b. A, B, and C d. A, B, and D
_____ 13. Does parallax affect the precision of a measurement if you do it properly?
a. Yes
b. No
c. Sometimes
d. Measurement is independent
_____ 14. Oneal Bryant pulled his cabinet across a cemented floor with a rope that makes an angle
of 35 degrees from the floor. What is the component of the force parallel to the floor if
Oneal Bryant exerted 90 newton force?
a. 90.819 N c. 3150 N
b. 73.723 N d. 109.869M
_____ 15. Jay Bee and Jaybee pull at two ropes attached to the Oneal Bryant’s cabinet with forces
80N and 120N. What is the resultant force if they pull at right angle to each other?
a. 144.222N c. 40.000N
b. 200.000N d. 1.500N
_____ 16. After thea. class
82.797km
of Sir Charlie, he leaves the office and drives
c. his
101.986km
car 26 km due north.
After 30b. minutes,
10.674km he notices his gardener Don-Don before himd. so31.801km
he turns onto a market
Solution and/or
to buy
Explanations:
Don-Don’s _______________________________________________
foods and continues in a direction 30 degrees NE for 35 km. Finally,
he turns onto his mansion due east for 40 km. What is his total displacement form the
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_____ 17. Yuan
office?and his brother in their home watch a thunderstorm from window. They see the
flash of lightning bolt and begin counting the seconds until they hear the sound of
thunder 10.0 seconds later. Assume that the speed of sound in the air is 350.0m/s and the
light was seen instantaneously. How far away was the lightning bolt?
a. 35.0m
b. 360.0m
c. 2857.142m
d. 3500.0m
Solution and/or Explanations: _______________________________________________
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_____ 18. Everything moves.
a. True to all cases
b. Never true
c. We must be able to check first where the body is located within a given frame
of reference
d. We need to consider the change of time and position.