ILIGAN MEDICAL CENTER COLLEGE

GENERAL PHYSICS
Semifinal Examination

NAME: Manding, Kryll Nicole F.

I. Provide the missing vowels to complete the hidden words. (10 points)

1. UNBALANCED FORCE
2. STANDARD
3. NEWTON
4. GRAVITATION
5. WEIGHT
6. UNITS OF WORK
7. CENTER OF MASS
8. KENETIC ENERGY
9. POTENTIAL ENERGY
10. CONSERVATION

II. Analyze and solve the following problems. (35 points)

1. A constant force acts on a 5kg object and reduces its velocity from 7m/s to 3m/s in a time of
3 . Find the force.

2. A 600 kg car is moving on a level road at 30 m/s. (a) How large a retarding force (assumed
constant) is required to stop it in distance of 70 m? (b) What is the minimum coefficient of
friction between tires and roadway if this is to be possible?

3. Compute the least acceleration with which a 45 kg woman can slide down a rope if the rope can
withstand a tension of only 300N.
4. A 4kg object is lifted 1.5m. How much work is done against gravity?

5. A 2kg mass falls 400cm. (a) How much work was done on it by the gravitational force? (b)
How much GPE did it lose?