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Physics Assessment - Difficult
Physics Assessment - Difficult
(First Grading)
Difficult
Conceptual Understanding
iii. 2U
235
+ 0n1 → 56Ba
138
+ 36Kr95 + 30n1
2. A radioactive sample has a mass of 16 g and a half-life of 10 days. What mass of the
original sample remains after 20 days?
a. 1.25 g c. 4g
b. 2g d. 8g
a. 0.75 g c. 1.50 g
b. 1.00 g d. 6.00 g
4. Helium has a mass of 4.0015u for its nucleus. It consists of 2 protons and 2 neutrons.
If the mass of proton is 1.0073u and the mass of neutron is 1.0087u, what is the mass
defect of the helium nucleus?
a. 0.0305 u c. 3.9988 u
b. 1.9842 u d. 8.0640 u
5. Light goes from medium A to medium B with an angle of incidence at 40o and the
angle of refraction at 30o. How will you compare the speed of light in B with that in
A?
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6. Which equation represents the decay of Uranium-238 (Z = 92) into another element
by emitting an alpha particle?
8. When an object is placed 15 cm from a concave mirror, a real image three times as
large as the object is formed. What is the focal length of the mirror in centimeters?
a. 45.0 cm c. 11.25 cm
b. 22.5 cm d. 5.0 cm
9. An atomic nuclide of 86R222 gave off an alpha particle forming a new nuclide X. A
second alpha particle was given off by X forming another new nuclide Y. Which is
the complete symbol for Y?
a. 84Y218 c. 80Y214
b. 82Y
214
d. 86Y
218
10. Five grams each of the radioactive samples A, B, C, and D were kept separately in a
drawer at the same time. Suppose the half life of A is two days, that of B is 4 days, C
is 6 days and D is 8 days. Which samples has the least amount remaining after 4
days?
a. A c. C
b. B d. D
11. After a storm, a rainbow appears in the sky. Which statement explains the
observation?
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12. A light ray travels from air to water as shown. Which of the rays is the refracted ray?
13. A mirror and three letters are arranged as shown. Which of the letter(s) will be seen
by the observer at the position shown?
a. X only c. Z only
b. Y only d. X, Y, and Z
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Units III & IV
(Second Grading)
Conceptual Understanding
a. 49 c. 98
b. 50 d. 99
15. What is the combined resistance of a 20 ohm and a 40 ohm resistance connected in
parallel?
16. A wire with a diameter of 0.40 mm has a resistance of 0.5 ohms. What is the
resistance of a wire of the same material but of 0.6 mm diameter?
17. How much electrical energy is used up in 2 hours by a 220 V electric stove whose
power rating is 3 kW?
18. What is the total amount of electrical energy consumed by three 100W lamps and
five 50W lamps if these are used for 30 days at an average of five hours daily?
19. About how much current in Amperes is in the filament of a 100 W lamp connected
to a 220 V line?
a. 0.45 A c. 4.5 A
b. 2.2 A d. 22.0 A
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20. An electric meter showed an increase in reading of 8 kWh after a flat iron was used.
About how many hours was it used if it carried a 5 A current from a 220 V line?
a. 1 c. 7
b. 4 d. 40
21. Fifty identical Christmas lights are connected in series and plugged into a 220V line.
Neglecting wire resistance, what is the voltage across each bulb?
a. 2.2V c. 110V
b. 4.4V d. 220V
22. Which of the following correctly ranks the equivalent resistance of the three 100
resistors arranged as shown below from greatest to least value?
a. 2-1-4-3 c. 2-3-4-1
b. 2-3-1-4 d. 2-4-1-3
23. A magnet moved into a coil of wire will induce voltage in the coil. What is the effect
of moving the magnet into a coil with more loops?
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25. Which determine(s) the direction of the force on a current-carrying wire in a
magnetic field?
26. Which event is explained in the sequence of energy changes shown in the diagram
below?
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28. The table below shows the current (A) in a circuit for several values of voltage (V).
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31. For the same length of time, how much heat is produced in an electric stove if the
current is increased three times?
32. Jose placed newly hatched chicks in a closed bamboo pen. Which lamp is better to
use inside the pen and why?
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Unit V
(Third Grading)
Conceptual Understanding
34. A man walks 8 km due North and 5 km due East and then 4 km due North. How far
is the man from the starting point?
a. 12 km c. 17 km
b. 13 km d. 169 km
35. What will be the speed of a car that accelerates from rest at 2m/s for 10 seconds?
36. If the density of wood is 0.5 g/cm3, what is the mass of 40 cm3 wood?
a. 20 g c. 45 g
b. 40 g d. 80 g
37. A girl whose weight is 490 N runs up a flight of stairs 10 m high. What is the work
done by her?
a. 49 J c. 4 900 J
b. 490 J d. 49 000 J
38. What is the pressure due to the sea water with a density of 1030 kg/m 3 at a depth of
10 m in an ocean?
a. 103 Pa c. 10 300 Pa
b. 1030 Pa d. 103 000 Pa
39. A man is whirling a 0.2 kg ball overhead with a 0.3 m radius at a velocity of 2 m/s.
Find the centripetal force acting on the ball.
a. 0.12 N c. 2.67 N
b. 2.5 N d. 26.67 N
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41. A 2 kg mass has 40 J of potential energy with respect to the ground. Approximately
how far is it located above the ground?
a. 1m c. 3m
b. 2m d. 4m
42. Which has greater kinetic energy, a car traveling at 30 km/hr or a car of half the
mass traveling at 60 km/hr?
43. The diameter of the small piston of a hydraulic press is 12 cm and the diameter of
the large piston is 48 cm. A force of 50 N is applied on the smaller piston. Determine
the force exerted on the large poison.
a. 800 N c. 400 N
b. 600 N d. 200 N
44. A big stone weighs 200 N in air. When immersed in water it weighs only 120 N.
What is the buoyant force of the water on the stone?
a. 80 N c. 1.66 N
b. 320 N d.
45. The table below shows the values of Young’s Modulus of elasticity, a measure of the
stretchability or compressibility of a material within its elastic limit, for selected
construction materials labeled R, P, Q. Which one would be most durable if used
to build a bridge?
Material Y
R 0.95
P 9.10
Q 20.0
a. R c. Q
b. P d. P and R
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46. What would happen if the planet Earth suddenly disappears before a freely falling
body could hit its surface?
47. A woman exerts a constant horizontal force on a large box. As a result, the box
moves across a horizontal floor at a constant speed. What can you say about the
force applied?
48. Two 1kg boxes are 1 m apart. If one of the boxes was changed into a 2 kg box, what
would happen to the force between the boxes?
a. quarted c. doubled
b. halved d. quadrupled
49. A delivery boy is holding a box on an elevator going down. Unfortunately, the cable
of the elevator snapped, and the elevator falls freely to the ground. If the delivery
boy throws the box upward, what will be the motion of the box with respect to the
elevator? The box will
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50. The table below shows the Kinetic Energy (KE) and the Potential Energy (PE) of a
1kg object dropped from a height of 180 meters above the ground.
What is the best generalization that can be stated based on the data?
51. What becomes of kinetic energy when the speed of the car is doubled?
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Unit VI
(Fourth Grading)
Conceptual Understanding
55. How fast is a wave moving if its wavelength is 10 meters and its frequency is 110
Hertz?
56. A transverse wave of frequency 400 waves/sec travels along a string at a constant
speed of 100 m/s. What is the wavelength of the wave?
a. m c. m
b. m d. 4m
57. Determine the value of the resistance of the given resistor using its color code.
a. W
b. X
c. Y
d. Z.
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59. A sonar signal at high frequency sent vertically downwards from a ship is reflected
from the ocean floor and is detected 0.45 s after transmission. If the speed of sound
in water is 1500 m/s, what is the depth of the ocean?
a. 3375 m c. 3.375 m
b. 337.5 m d. .3375 m
60. Find the equivalent capacitance of the combination of capacitors shown below.
Assume C1 = 12 F, C2 = 6 F and C3 = 9 F.
a. 3 F
c. 9 F
b. 6 F d. 18 F
61. Which properties of light produced by a laser device distinguish it from ordinary
light?
1. monochromatic
2. polychromatic
3. coherent
4. incoherent
5. highly collimated
6. lowly collimated
a. 1-4-6 c. 2-4-5
b. 1-3-5 d. 2-3-6
62. A strong wind could make a tall tower sway back and forth at a frequency of 0.1 Hz.
What is the period of vibration of a swaying tower assuming it sways at the
frequency of 0.1 Hz.
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For questions 63 - 64, refer to the figures below.
a. Figure A c. Figure C
b. Figure B d. Figure D
a. Figure A c. Figure C
b. Figure B d. Figure D
65. The electric capacitance of a pair of parallel plates depends on its dimensions. For a
capacitor of fixed value, two parallel plates have a capacitance given by the equation
, where A is the surface area of one plate, d is the separation between
plates and E is the permitivity constant of the space. What effect will increasing the
separation between the plates to twice its value have on C?
66. The crews of two boats at sea can communicate with each other by shouting. Why is
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it impossible for the crews of two spaceships at similar distance apart in space to do
this?
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