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Department of Education
Region II – Cagayan Valley
Schools Division of Nueva Vizcaya
PRETEST in GENERAL PHYSICS
MULTIPLE CHOICES:  Read and analyze the statements and questions carefully.  Identify
the best option that answers the question then write the letter of your choice on your
answer sheet.
1. Which of the following quantities is the same as 0.000000092?
A. 9.2 x 10-8 C. 9.2 x 10-9
B. 9.2 x 108 D. 9.2 x 109
2. Which of the following pairs of displacements will give a resultant of magnitude 4 m?
A. 6 m E and 6 m E C. 6 m E and 2 m W
A. 6 m E and 2m S D. 6m E and 4m W
3. Renna drops a pile of roof shingles from the top of a roof
located 8.52 meters above the ground as shown in figure 1.
Determine the time required for the shingles to reach the
ground.
A. 1.32 s C. 3. 24 s
B. 2.34 s D. 4.31 s

Figure 1
4. A player of the football team can kick the base at an angle of either 27 ̊ or 63 ̊. If he wants to
maximize the distance the ball travels. At which angle should he kick the ball?
A. Any of the two angles
B. It depends on the punte’s choice
C. The 27 ̊ angle because the ball spends more time in the air
D. The 63 ̊ angle because it has a higher maximum height
5. Let's pretend I'm standing on the back of a static pickup truck, throwing apples forwards. I
know that I can throw an apple at exactly15.0 m/s every time. If a person were standing
on the sidewalk, how fast would she say the apples are moving?
A. -9.8 m/s2
B. 9.8 m/s2
C. -15 m/s
D. 15.0 m/s
6 . The hot gases created by a gunpowder explosion expand outward, allowing the rifle to push
forward on the bullet. Consistent with Newton's third law of motion, the bullet pushes
backward upon the rifle. What is the acceleration of the recoiling rifle?
A. Greater than the acceleration of the bullet.
B. Smaller than the acceleration of the bullet.
C. The same as the acceleration of the bullet.
D. Cannot be determined because of insufficient data.
7. A farm mouse (mass of approximately 1 kg) as shown in
Figure 2, does push-ups by applying a force to elevate its
center-of-mass by 5 cm to do a mere 0.50 Joule of work.
If the tired farm mouse does all this work in 2 seconds,
what is its power? A. 0.20 W C. 51.50 W
B. 0.25 W D. 55.32
Figure 2

8. Figure 3 on the right, shows a brick loaded into a cart

and dragged along an inclined plane at a constant
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speed to the height of a seat-to. If the mass of the loaded cart is 4.0 kg and the height of
the seat top is 0.65 meters, then what is the potential energy of the loaded cart at the
height of the seat-top?

A. 15 .21 J
B. 25.48 J
C. 33.45 J Figure 3
D.43.58 J

9. Which of the following has an elastic potential energy?

A. Ball B. Bungee Cord C. Rope D. Wood
10.  A truck driving along a highway road has a large quantity of momentum. What happens to
its momentum if it moves at the same speed but its mass is doubled?
A. decreases by one-half C. quadrupled
B. doubled D. remains the same
11. How far is the object from its axis of rotation if it is 4 kg and has a moment of inertia
40kg·m2?
A. 1.3 m B. 2.41m C. 3.16 m D. 4.9m
12. When torque is zero, the stick will not rotate. Which conditions result in zero torque?
I. The force is applied to the fixed end of the stick
II. The force is applied along the z-axis at the middle of the stick
III. The force is applied along the z-axis on the free end of the stick
IV. The force is applied along the x-axis on the free end of the stick
A. I only B. I and II C. III and IV D. I and IV
13. The Earth orbits the Sun at a distance of 1.46x1010 m from center to center. What is the
strength of the Sun’s gravitational field at this distance?
A. 0.62 msˉ² B. 1.22 msˉ² C. 2.16 msˉ² D. 3.9 msˉ²
14.The average orbital distance of Mars is 1.52 times the average orbital distance of the Earth.
Knowing that the Earth orbits the sun in approximately 365 days. Using Kepler's law of
harmonies, predict the time for Mars to orbit the sun.
A. 213 days B. 365 days C. 554 days D. 684 𝑑𝑎𝑦s
15. A sinusoidal electromagnetic wave of frequency 40.0 MHz travels in free space in the x-
direction,determine the wavelength and period of the wave.
A. λ6.5m, T 1.50 x 10-8 C. λ8.6m; T 2.50 x 10-8
B. λ7.5m; T 2.50 x 10-8 D. λ8.6m; T 2.50 x 10-8

16. Which of the following refers to the average power that travels through a given area as the
wave travels through space?
A. Amplitude B. Insentisy C. Sound Waves D. Wave intensity

17. Which of the following principles states that when a change in pressure is applied to an
enclosed fluid, it is transmitted undiminished to all portions of the fluid and the walls of
its container?
A. Archimedes’ Principle C. Huygen’s Principle
B. Bernoulli’s Principle D. Pascal’s Principle
18. In cold weather, the main span of a bridge is 1275m long. The bridge is exposed to
temperatures ranging from –15ºC to 40ºC. What is its change in length between these
temperatures? Assume that the bridge is made entirely of steel.
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A. 0.84m B. 0.91m C. 1.03m D. 2.6m
19. A balloon is in a room that has a constant pressure of 100kPa and a constant temperature
of 20 ̊ C. How many moles of air must be put into the balloon for 20kJ of work to be done
on the balloon?
A. 1.34mol B. 4.67 mol C. 8.2 mol D. 9.5 mol
20. A system does 1.80 × 108 J of work while 7.50 × 108 J of heat transfer occurs to the
environment. What is the change in internal energy of the system assuming no other
changes (such as in temperature or by the addition of fuel)?
A. -6.20 x 10 8 J B. -9.30 x 10 8 J C. -12.21 x 10 8 J D. -15.63 x 10 8 J