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Semester/Academic 2 2020-2021
MIDTERM EXAM year
Date 13/04/2021
UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY – Course title General Physics 1
VNUHCM Course ID PH1004
FACULTY OF APPLIED SCIENCE
Question
Duration 70 minutes sheet 2002
code
Notes: - Closed book exam.
- Submit the question sheet together with the problem solving sheet.

The test consists of two parts.

Part I. Multiple-choice questions & problems.

Question 2): A particle moves along the x axis acording to the equation 𝑥(𝑡) = (2𝑡 2 − 2𝑡 + 3), where 𝑥
is in meters and t is in seconds. Find its accelerations at 𝑡 = 1 s and 𝑡 = 2 s:
A. 2 m/s2 and 6 m/s2. B. 6 m/s2 and 2 m/s2. C. 4 m/s2 and 4 m/s2. D. 0 m/s2 and 4 m/s2.
Question 2): A 1-kg particle moves along x axis according to the equation 𝑥(𝑡) = −10 + 2𝑡 + 4𝑡 2 − 𝑡 3 ,
where 𝑥 is in meters and 𝑡 is in seconds. What is the net force applied on the particle at 𝑡 = 2 s?
A. 𝐹⃗ = −4𝑖⃗ (N). B. 𝐹⃗ = 4𝑖⃗ (N). C. 𝐹⃗ = 4𝑖⃗ + 2𝑗⃗⃗(N). D. 𝐹⃗ = 4𝑗⃗ (N).
Question 3): Area under velocity-time graph tells us the:
A. time. B. acceleration. C. displacement. D. velocity.
Question 4): An 8 kg box lies on a 30° frictionless inclined plane. What is the final speed of the block as it
slides down the inclined plane starting from rest for a distance of 200 m? Let g = 9.8 m/s2.
A. 25.45 m/s. B. 33.52 m/s. C. 38.1 m/s. D. 44.27 m/s.
Question 5): A 4000 kg truck is parked on a 15° slope. How big is the friction force on the truck? The
coefficient of static friction between the tires and the road is 0.90.
A. 37,864.3 N. B. 34,077.9 N. C. 39,200 N. D. 10,145.7 N.
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Question 6): A particle in uniform circular motion has a = 8 m/s . What is a if the radius is doubled without
changing the angular velocity?
A. 16 m/s2. B. 8 m/s2. C. 4 m/s2. D. 32 m/s2.
Question 7): Projectile will attain its maximum range, if it is fired at an angle of:
A. 30°. B. 47°. C. 90°. D. 45°.
Problem 8): Calculate the resulting radius of circular motion when a 150 g mass travelling at 3.0 m/s
experiences a centripetal force of 15 N:
A. 3 cm. B. 9 cm. C. 11 cm. D. 20 cm.
Question 9): A ball is thrown upward. While the ball is in free fall, does its acceleration:
A. increase.
B. decrease.
C. increase and then decrease.

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D. remain constant.
Question 10): A particle moving to the left is slowed by a force pushing to the right. Choose the correct
conclusion:
A. The work done on the particle is positive.
B. The work done on the particle is negative.
C. The work done on the particle is zero.
D. The force is a conservative force.
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Question 11): A particle moving along the x-axis is in a system with potential energy U = 𝑥 J, where x is
in m. What is the x-component of the force on the particle at x = 2 m?
A. 2.5 N. B. 0.4 N. C. -2.5 N. D. -0.4 N.

Question 12): What is the magnitude of the angular momentum Figure P12
vector of the 2 kg, 4-cm diameter rotating disk in Figure P12:

A. 0.42 kg cm2/s. B. 1.68 kg cm2/s.

C. 0.84 kg cm2/s. D. 3.35 kg cm2/s.

Question 13): A 25 kg block rests on a horizontal surface. A

tension force of 135 N is vertically applied on the block to pull it
up. What is the normal force acting on the block?
A. 135 N. B. 245 N. C. 110 N. D. 355 N.

Question 14): A ball on a string is swung in a vertical circle (Figure 14). Figure P14
The string happens to break when it is parallel to the ground and the ball is
moving up. Which trajectory does the ball follow?
A. a. B. b. C. c. D. d.
Question 15): A 100 g ball and a 200 g ball are connected by a 30-cm-
long, massless, rigid rod. The balls rotate about their center of mass at 120
rpm. What is the speed of the 100 g ball?
A. 24 m/s. B. 2.5 m/s. C. 5.4 m/s. D. 12 m/s.
Question 16): A 12-cm-diameter CD has a mass of 21 g. What is the CD’s
moment of inertia for rotation about a perpendicular axis through the edge
of the disk?
A. 3.8×10-5 kg m2.
B. 1.14×10-4 kg m2.
C. 1.6×10-4 kg m2.
D. 1.28×10-4 kg m2.

Question 17): An out-of-gas car is rolling over the top of a hill Figure P17
at speed v (shown in Figure P17). At this instant:
A. n > FG.
B. n < FG.
C. n = FG.
D. We can’t not tell about n without knowing v.

Question 18): When you sneeze, the air in your lungs

accelerates from rest to 150 km/h in approximately 0.50 s.
What is the acceleration of the air in m/s2?
A. 83.3 m/s2. B. 300 m/s2. C. 64.2 m/s2. D. 46.5 m/s2.

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Problem 19): When a body falls freely under gravity, the work done by the gravity is:
A. positive.
B. negative.
C. zero.
D. infinity.

Problem 20): A car moving on a flat, horizontal road negotiates a curve. What would happen to the car if
there is no static friction between the tires and the dry pavement?
A. the car still make the turn successfully.
B. the car would continue in a straight line and slide off the road.
C. the car would move toward the center of the circular path.
D. the car would move toward the inside of the circular path.

Part II. Problem-solving questions.

Problem 1): At t = 0, an object of mass m is at rest at x = 0 on a horizontal, frictionless surface. A horizontal

force Fx = F0(1 – t/T), which decreases from F0 at t = 0 to zero at t = T, is exerted on the object. Find an
expression for the object’s (a) velocity and (b) position at time T.
Problem 2): A man drives a car over the top of a hill shown in Figure P22. The cross section of the hill
can be approximated by a circle of radius R = 250 m. Let g = 10 m/s2. What is the greatest speed at which
he can drive without the car leaving the road at the top hill?

Figure P22

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