Date: Jan __, 2020

Total Points: 80

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PHYSICS 2 MIDTERM EXAM GRADE 12 STEM

Analyze, solve (if need be) and choose among the choices the best answer to the given question. Write the letter
of the answer BEFORE the number.

1. What do you call the highest point that the For items 7 to 15, refer to the problem below:
projectile can reach in a projectile motion?
I threw a projectile 30º with respect to the
(A) peak (B) range horizontal and with an initial velocity of 80
(C) trajectory (D) parabola m/s. Assume the acceleration due to gravity
(g) is 10 m/s2.
2. Why do we use the parabolic formula h = ½ at2
+Viyt for the path of a projectile which is always 7. What is the initial horizontal velocity (V ix) of the
changing in its vertical position? projectile?
(A) because trajectory is the derivative of a (A) 40.0 m/s (B) –40.0 m/s
change due to acceleration (C) 69.3 m/s (D) –69.3 m/s
(B) because trajectory is the integral of a constant
change due to acceleration 8. What is the final vertical velocity (Vfy) of the
(C) because trajectory is the derivative of a projectile?
constantly changing velocity
(D) because trajectory is the integral of a (A) 40.0 m/s (B) –40.0 m/s
constantly changing velocity (C) 69.3 m/s (D) –69.3 m/s
(E) because my life was turned upside down
simula noong dumating siya 9. What will be the height (h) of the projectile after
5 seconds?
3. Find the total flight of the ball depicted on the (A) 60 meters (B) 35 meters
figure below: (C) 80 meters (D) 75 meters

10. After how many seconds will the projectile

reach 35 meters (h) above the ground?
(A) 1 second and 7 seconds
(B) 2 seconds and 6 seconds
(C) 4 seconds and 8 seconds
(D) 5 seconds and 10 seconds

11. How far is the projectile from me after 4

seconds?
(A) 2 seconds (B) 4 seconds
(C) 6 seconds (D) 8 seconds (A) 160 meters (B) 196 meters
(C) 212 meters (D) 277 meters
4. Which of the following principles best explains
the answer to item number 3? 12. What is the time of flight of the projectile?
(A) gravitational pull (B) latus rectum (A) 6 seconds (B) 8 seconds
(C) panahong sinayang (D) axis of symmetry (C) 10 seconds (D) 12 seconds

5. The velocity of a projectile when you throw it is
equal to its velocity when it hits the ground.
Which law of motion explains this phenomenon?
(A) law of interaction (B) law of inertia
(C) law of acceleration (D) law of force
6. Which of the following describes the vertical
velocity of a projectile when thrown?
(A) it remains constant
(B) it constantly increases
(C) it increases then decreases
(D) it decreases then increases
(E) sana all constant, di nagbabago
13. Which of the following is NOT TRUE if I threw
the projectile at the top of the building?
(A) its peak will increase
(B) its range will increase
(C) its time of flight will increase
(D) its initial velocity will increase
(E) lahat ay hindi totoo, sa panahon ngayon
mahirap nang magtiwala
14. If I threw the projectile at the top of a 100m
building, how high will it be after 9 seconds?
(A) 35 meters (B) 45 meters
(C) 55 meters (D) 65 meters
15. If I threw the projectile at the top of an 100m
building, what will be its overall time of flight? 23. Complete the analogy below:
(A) 9.5 seconds (B) 10.0 seconds Coal or Oil: _______
(C) 10.5 seconds (D) 11.0 seconds Solar Energy: Solar Panel
(A) steam engine (B) furnace
16. If the number of protons and electrons are the
(C) heat exchanger (D) heat engine
same, the net charge becomes zero. The atom
is in which state?
24. Hydropower: Water Dam or Watermill
(A) ground state ______________: Geothermal Energy
(B) neutral state
(A) steam engine (B) furnace
(C) equilibrium state
(C) heat exchanger (D) heat engine
(D) uncharged state
25. Determine the correct sequence of energy-
17. Why are you experiencing a jolt/spark when you
electricity pathways that powers our homes.
have contact with other person occasionally?
(A) Dams → Turbine → Transformers →
(A) Because you have unequal amount of
Generators → Motors
charges.
(B) Turbines → Motors → Generators →
(B) Because one of you seek to be neutrally
Solar Panel → Transformers
charged.
(C) Turbines → Furnace → Generators →
(C) Because the person you have contact with
Transformers → Motors
have unequal amount of charges.
(D) Windmill → Turbine → Generators →
(D) Wala sa nabanggit, parang kayo walang
Transformers → Motors
label
(E) Nagmahal → Nasaktan → Umasa →
(E) It can be A, B or C
Itinanggi → Di na Muling Iibig pa
18. In a battery, the _________ pushes the electron
26. Which of the following is true about motors?
and the electrons that are being pushed goes to
the __________. (A) it converts heat energy into electricity
(B) it converts electricity into heat energy
(A) source (+); destination (–)
(C) Pwedeng sakyan ng taong iiwan sa’yo
(B) source (–); destination (+)
(D) it converts mechanical energy into electricity
(C) source (+); attractor (–)
(E) it converts electricity into mechanical energy
(D) source (–); attractor (+)
27. 4 Pics 1 Word. Supply the missing word.
19. Short circuit happens if there is nothing
between the attractor and the source which is
called the ___________.
(A) resistance
(B) capacitance
(C) conduction
(D) insulation

20. Fuses are a fail-safe design in every building

because they tend to cut the ________ when it
becomes too high.
(A) current (B) power
(C) voltage (D) charge _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

21. X. Electrons are carriers of electrical charge
and can only be useful on their way to their
destination.
Y. The flow of an electric charge is opposite to
the electrons.
(A) both false, lahat manloloko
(B) both true, lahat mapagkakatiwalaan
(C) X is false; Y is true, di lahat manloloko
(D) X is true; Y is false, mag-ingat sa pagpili
22. If power is the measure of how much work you
can accomplish per unit time, what is the
measure of how much charge are passing
through per unit time?
(A) current (B) voltage
(C) conductance (D) capacitance
28. Two Amperes of electric current are being
generated when 7,200 Coulombs of electric
charge passed through a circuit after an hour.
(A) The statement is always true
(B) The statement can be true sometimes
(C) The statement has insufficient data
(D) The statement can never be true
(E) Yung akala mo totoo, pero hindi pala
29. At constant voltage, what will happen to the
current of the electrical system if the power it
generated was doubled?
(A) it would be halved
(B) it would be doubled
(C) it will slightly increase
(D) it will slightly decrease
(E) sana all di nagbabago
30. Complete the analogy below: 38. One way to increase the electric current being
generated by the generator is by increasing the:
Resistance: ____________
Capacitance: ____________ (A) wire’s coil (B) turbine’s mass
(C) Both A and B (D) pagtingin niya
(A) farad; Coulomb (B) ohm; farad
(C) Coulomb; ohm (D) farad; ohm

31. After electricity is produced from power plants,

it will go to step-up transformer to increase the
voltage and thus decrease the efficiency of the
whole power distribution. This statement is
false, what makes it wrong?
(A) increase
(B) decrease
(C) power plants
(D) step-up transformers
(E) tama lahat, kasi kahit kailan hindi naging 39. Electric lines of force, also called electric field
mali ang magmahal (ng wagas) lines start from _______________ and end on
________________.
(A) negative charges; neutral charges
For items 32 to 36, refer to the problem below:
I plugged in an 11 W light bulb for 2 minutes in (B) neutral charges; positive charges
a 110 V outlet. (C) positive charges; negative charges
(D) negative charges; positive charges
32. How much current passed through the bulb? (E) panlalamig; pamamaalam

(A) 0.09 A (B) 10.0 A 40. All three objects have a net charge. Object A
(C) 0.10 A (D) 10.9 A and B attract one another/ Object B and C also
attract one another, but objects A and C repel
33. How much electric charge passed through the one another. Which of the following is a
light bulb? possible combination of the signs of the net
(A) 0.09 C (B) 11.0 C charges of these three objects?
(C) 0.20 C (D) 12.0 C Q. A is positive, B is positive, C is negative
R. A is negative, B is positive, C is positive
34. How much energy in a form of heat was emitted S. A is negative, B is positive, C is negative
by the light bulb? T. A is positive, B is negative, C is positive
(A) 220 J (B) 1.32 kJ (A) Q only (B) Q and R
(C) 22.0 J (D) 13.2 kJ (C) R, S and T (D) S and T

35. What must be the resistance of the light bulb in

able to emit the desired amount of light waves?
(A) 900.0 Ω (B) 1,000 Ω
(C) 1,100 Ω (D) 1,200 Ω

36. What will happen if I install a 1,500 Ω resistor

into the light bulb?
(A) the light bulb will be dimmer
(B) the light bulb will be brighter
(C) the light bulb will not light up 41. The figure above illustrates a law stating that
(D) the light bulb will heat up and explode like charges repel and opposite charges attract,
(E) tulad ng bumbilya, napupundi din ako, with a force proportional to the product of the
napapagod, pero hindi susuko charges and inversely proportional to the
square of the distance between them. Who is
37. Determine the correct arrangement: the main proponent of this law?
E. a transformer increases the voltage to
(A) Charles Coulomb (B) Andre Ampere
minimize power loss
(C) Georg Simon Ohm (D) Michael Faraday
L. the voltage is transmitted to distribution
substations
42. Which is the SI unit of electrical energy?
V. the generator produces a voltage equal to
13,000V (A) Watt (B) Joule
I. the voltage is reduced at substation to about (C) Ampere (D) Coulomb
one-fifth of the original voltage.
43. Volt is a unit of _________
(A) L – I – V – E (B) V – E – I – L
(C) V – I – L – E (D) E – V – I – L (A) electric field (B) magnetic force
 (C) electric potential (D) electrostatic force (A) a conductor (B) an insulator
(C) a resistor (D) a capacitor
(E) marupok, di nagreresist, bumibigay agad
50. In a six-color band resistor, the fifth band
represents the __________.
(A) tolerance
(B) power of ten multiplier
(C) fourth digit of the resistance
(D) temperature coefficient of the resistance
44. Which of the following is TRUE about the figure
above? 51. A resistor has the following color code: red-red-
orange-yellow-gold. What is its resistance?
(A) q1 and q2 have higher electric force of
attraction than q2 and q3 (A) 223 x 104Ω ± 5%
(B) q2 and q3 have higher electric force of (B) 223 x 104 Ω ± 10%
attraction than q1 and q2 (C) 334 x 105 Ω ± 5%
(C) q1 and q2 have higher electric force of (D) 334 x 105 Ω ± 10%
repulsion than q2 and q3
(D) q2 and q3 have higher electric force of For 52 to 54, refer to the problem below:
repulsion than q1 and q2 A certain resistor has a resistance of 6.0 Ω, a cross
(E) Hirap na ba? Wag kang susuko, si Lord nga sectional area of 10 mm2 and a length of 500 mm.
di ka sinusukuan.
52. What is its resistance if the length of the
For 45 to 47. The series combination of 5.0 F and material is increase by another 500 mm?
20.0 F capacitors is connected in parallel to 0.0 F
(A) 3.0 Ω (B) 6.0 Ω
(C) 9.0 Ω (D) 12.0 Ω

53. What is its resistance if its diameter is

4 increased into thrice its original value?
(A) 0.67 Ω (B) 2.0 Ω
(C) 18.0 Ω (D) 54.0 Ω

54. What is its resistance if its length and cross-

sectional area are increased into 25mm2?
45. What is the equivalent capacitance of the above
circuit? (A) 4.34 Ω (B) 5.76 Ω
(C) 9.60 Ω (D) 28.8 Ω
(A) 3.6 F (B) 44 F
(C) 15 F (D) 65 F 55. A certain resistor has a resistance of 15,000 Ω
±10%, what should be the correct arrangement
46. What is the total charge stored in the of its color bands?
combination of capacitors when connected to
100 V? (A) brown – green – black – brown – silver
(B) black – green – brown – brown – gold
(A) 360 C (B) 4,400 C (C) brown – green – black – red – silver
(C) 1,500 C (D) 6,500 C (D) brown – green – black – red – gold
47. What is the energy stored in the combination of 56. Which law states that the current through a
capacitors? Refer to the triangle below for the conductor between two points is directly
formula. proportional to the voltage across the two points
(A) 22 J and indirectly proportional to its resistance?
(B) 44 J (A) Ohm’s Law (B) Ampere’s Law
(C) 220 kJ (C) Coulomb’s Law (D) Faraday’s Law
(D) 440 kJ
57. Which of the following is NOT TRUE about
48. If both the diameter of a wire and its length are resistance and capacitance?
quadrupled, what will happen to its resistance?
(A) higher capacitance yields higher charges
(A) It doubles. (B) higher capacitance yields higher voltage
(B) It remains the same.
(C) It decreases to 1/4 of its original value. (C) higher voltage yields higher resistance
(D) It increases to 4 times it original value. (D) higher current yields lower resistance
(E) Huwag mong ibase ang value mo sa iba.
58. Supposed I doubled the thickness of a dielectric
49. Wet skin is said to have much less resistance material separating the 2 plates of a capacitor,
than dry skin. This explains that the water is: what will happen to its capacitance?
 (A) it would be halved
(B) it would be doubled 66. Find qtotal:
(C) it would be quadrupled
(A) 15 C (B) 20 C
(D) it would become a fourth of its initial value
(C) 25 C (D) 40 C
59. If a charged conductor contains contains 2.5 x
For 67 to 68, three capacitors in a series circuit
1019 electrons, what is the measure of its
have Ctotal of 0.8 F with q1 = 12 C, V2 = 5.0 V and V3
charge in Coulomb?
= 5.0 V.
(A) 2.0 C (B) 6.0 C
(C) 4.0 C (D) 8.0 C

For 60 to 61, a capacitor consists of two square

metal plates, each measuring 0.05 m on a side. In
between the plates is mica (E = 4.8 x 10-11 C2/Nm2)
measuring 1 x 10-4 m thick.
67. Find C1:
60. What is the capacitance of this capacitor?
(A) 1.1 F (B) 2.4 F
(A) 1.2 x 10-8 C (B) 2.4 x 10-8 C (C) 3.0 F (D) 4.4 F
(C) 1.2 x 10-9 C (D) 2.4 x 10-9 C
68. Find Vtotal:
61. If the charge in one plate is 2.00 x 10-8 C, what
(A) 13 V (B) 14 V
is its voltage?
(C) 15 V (D) 16 V
(A) 0.83 V (B) 1.67 V
(C) 8.33 V (D) 16.7 V For 69 to 71, three resistors in a series-parallel
combination circuit is installed with V1 = 13.5 V,
For 62 to 63, two resistors in a series circuit have V2 = 5.0 V, R1 = 6.0 Ω, R2 = 5.0 Ω & R3 = 4.0 Ω.
Rtotal of 10 Ω with V1 = 8.0 V and I2 = 2.0 A.

62. Find R1 and R2:

69. Find Rtotal:
(A) R1 = 2.0 Ω; R2 = 8.0 Ω
(A) 2.2 Ω (B) 8.2 Ω
(B) R1 = 4.0 Ω; R2 = 6.0 Ω
(C) 9.6 Ω (D) 15 Ω
(C) R1 = 6.0 Ω; R2 = 4.0 Ω
(D) R1 = 8.0 Ω; R2 = 2.0 Ω 70. Find Itotal:
63. Find V2: (A) 1.80 A (B) 2.25 A
(C) 2.50 A (D) 3.20 A
(A) 4.0 V (B) 5.0 V
(C) 8.0 V (D) 12 V 71. Find the overall power consumption of the
whole circuit (Ptotal):
For 64 to 66, three capacitors in a parallel circuit
(A) 41.6 W (B) 42.3 W
have Ctotal of 4.0 F with q1 = 5.0 C, C3 = 2.0 F and
(C) 33.3 W (D) 52.9 W
Vtotal = 10 V.
72. The equivalent resistance of two resistors when
connected in series and in parallel are 32 Ω and
6 Ω, respectively. What are the values of
resistances of the two resistors?
(A) 5 Ω and 27 Ω (B) 7 Ω and 25 Ω
(C) 8. Ω and 24 Ω (D) 9 Ω and 27 Ω

For 73 to 74, refer to the problem below:

64. Find q3: I left a 115-W electric fan plugged in a 110-V outlet
(A) 1.5 C (B) 1.5 C when I went to school. It was left open for 10 hours.
(C) 10 C (D) 20 C 73. How much energy have I wasted?

65. Find C2: (A) 1.15 kJ (B) 396 kJ

(C) 6.90 kJ (D) 414 kJ
(A) 0.5 F (B) 1.0 F (E) sinayang, parang ikaw. :D
(C) 1.5 F (D) 2.0 F
74. How much money have I wasted if the price of
1 kWhr consumed is 22.0 php?
(A) 21.0 php (B) 23.0 php
(C) 24.2 php (D) 25.3 php

Illustrate how capacitors work. 1 point for the location of charges,

1 point for the flow of charges, 1 point for the accuracy of labels,
1 point for sequence, and 1 point for application of capacitor.

For 5 points, write a short article entitled “A World Without Electricity”

with NO MORE THAN 100 WORDS.

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