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This print-out should have 22 questions. 5. 30 m

Multiple-choice questions may continue on
the next column or page – find all choices 005 10.0 points
before answering.
The graph shows the velocity v as a function
001 (part 1 of 3) 10.0 points of time t for an object moving in a straight
The scale on the horizontal axis is 8 s per divi- line.
sion and on the vertical axis 9 m per division. v

6 t
5 0 tQ tR tS tP
position (× 9 m)

Which graph shows the corresponding dis-

4 placement x as a function of time t for the
3 same time interval?
2
x
1
1.
0
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 t
time (× 8 s) tQ tR tS tP
0
What is the time represented by the third x
tic mark on the horizontal axis? 2.
Answer in units of s. t
0 tQ tR tS tP
002 (part 2 of 3) 10.0 points
What is the position represented by the fourth x
3. t
tic mark on the vertical axis?
Answer in units of m. 0 tQ tR tS tP
x
003 (part 3 of 3) 10.0 points 4.
What is the position when t = 24 s? t
Answer in units of m. 0 tQ tR tS tP
5. None of these graphs is correct.
004 10.0 points
A 500-kilogram sports car accelerates uni-
formly from rest, reaching a speed of 30 me- x t
ters per second in 6 seconds. 6.
What distance has the car traveled during
0 tQ tR tS tP
the 6 seconds?
x
1. 90 m
7.
2. 180 m t
0 tQ tR tS tP
3. 60 m
x
4. 15 m 8. t
0 tQ tR tS tP
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x
0

9.
A

t
0 tQ tR tS tP
006 10.0 points 0 2 4 6 8 10
A reconnaissance plane flies 415 km away from Time (seconds)
its base at 438 m/s, then flies back to its base
at 657 m/s.
What is its average speed? 0
Answer in units of m/s.
A
007 10.0 points
An engineer in a locomotive sees a car stuck
on the track at a railroad crossing in front of
the train. When the engineer first sees the 0 2 4 6 8 10
car, the locomotive is 260 m from the crossing Time (seconds)
and its speed is 26 m/s. Which data set, the upper or lower, more
If the engineer’s reaction time is 0.51 s, likely came from the car equipped with ABS,
what should be the magnitude of the mini- and why?
mum deceleration to avoid an accident?
Answer in units of m/s2 . 1. Lower case, because of data between 6.5
and 9 seconds
008 10.0 points
The following acceleration vs time plots show 2. Lower case, because of data between 2.5
data gathered from an automobile fitted with and 6.5 seconds
an accelerometer. In each case the driver ac-
celerated to cruising speed and then slammed 3. Upper case, because of data between 6.5
on the brakes. In one case the car is equipped and 9 seconds
with an antilock braking system (ABS), while
in the other the car is not. ABS tends to 4. Lower case, because of data between 9
prevent skidding and did just that in this ex- and 10 seconds
periment, allowing a more rapid deceleration.
5. Upper case, because of data between 2.5
and 6.5 seconds

6. Upper case, because of data in the first

2.5 seconds

7. Upper case, because of data between 9

and 10 seconds

8. Lower case, because of data in the first

2.5 seconds

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A tennis ball is dropped from 1.86 m above the
ground. It rebounds to a height of 0.831 m.
With what velocity does it hit the ground?
The acceleration of gravity is 9.8 m/s2 . (Let
down be negative.)
Answer in units of m/s.
010 (part 2 of 3) 10.0 points
With what velocity does it leave the ground?
Answer in units of m/s.
011 (part 3 of 3) 10.0 points
If the tennis ball were in contact with the
ground for 0.0125 s, find the acceleration
given to the tennis ball by the ground.
Answer in units of m/s2 .
3
of the car? Take forward to be the positive
direction.
1. The car goes forward and then goes back-
ward, ending where it started.
2. The car goes forward and then goes back-
ward, ending behind where it started.
3. The car starts at rest, goes up to a high
speed, stops moving, travels backward, and
stops.
4. The car starts at rest, accelerates to a high
speed, cruises for a short while, decelerates to
a lower speed, then cruises.

012 10.0 points 5. The car starts at rest, accelerates to a low

A tennis ball with a speed of 23.1 m/s is speed, comes to a stop, accelerates backwards
moving perpendicular to a wall. After striking and cruises in reverse.
the wall, the ball rebounds in the opposite
direction with a speed of 11.9427 m/s. 6. The car goes backward and then goes
If the ball is in contact with the wall for forward.
0.0138 s, what is the average acceleration of
the ball while it is in contact with the wall? 015 (part 2 of 2) 10.0 points
Take “toward the wall” to be the positive Which of the following graphs describes the
direction. velocity vs time of the car?
Answer in units of m/s2 .
v
013 10.0 points t2 t3 t
During a baseball game, a batter hits a high 1.
t1 t4
pop-up.
If the ball remains in the air for 5.09 s, how
high does it rise? The acceleration of gravity
is 9.8 m/s2 . v
Answer in units of m. t2 t3 t
2.
t1 t4
014 (part 1 of 2) 10.0 points

A car initially at rest on a straight road

accelerates according to the acceleration vs v
time plot. 3. t3 t4 t
a t1 t2
t3 t4 t
t1 t2

What is the best description of the motion

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v a t1 t
4. t1 t 2. t2
t2 t3 t4

5. None of these graphs is correct. a t1 t2 t

v 3.

6. t3 t4 t
t1 t2
a

v 4.
t2 t
7. t3 t t1
t1 t2 t4
a
v 5.
t
8. t1 t2
t
t1 t2 t3 t4 a t1 t
6. t2
v

9. t3 t4 t
t1 t2
7. None of these graphs is correct.

016 10.0 points

a t2 t
Henry has tossed a rock upward. It has 8. t1
already been released and is moving upward
at time t = 0, turns around at t1 , and hits the
ground at t2 .
Which of the following curves could de-
a
scribes the acceleration of the rock?
9.
t2 t
a
t1
1. t1 t 017 10.0 points
t2
Henry hits a hockey puck in the positive
x-direction at time, t ≈ t0 . The puck is then
stopped by a net starting at time, t ≈ t1 .
Which of the following curves could de-
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scribe the acceleration of the hockey puck if
a t0 t
we ignore any effects of friction?
9. t1
a
1.
t1 t
018 10.0 points
t0 Ann is driving down a street at 57 km/h.
Suddenly a child runs into the street.
a t0 t If it takes Ann 0.723 s to react and apply
t1 the brakes, how far will she have moved before
2. she begins to slow down?
Answer in units of m.

019 10.0 points

3. None of these graphs are correct.
The graph shows position as a function of
time for two trains running on parallel tracks.
At time t = 0 the position of both trains is 0
a t0 t (at the origin).
4.
t1 position

A
a t0 t B
5. t1

time
a tB

6.
t1 t Which is true?
t0
a 1. In the time interval from t = 0 to t = tB ,
train B covers more distance than train A.

7. t1 t
2. Both trains have the same velocity at
t0 some time before tB .

3. At time tB , both trains have the same

a velocity.
8. 4. Somewhere before time tB , both trains
t1 t
have the same acceleration.
t0
5. Both trains speed up all the time.

020 10.0 points

You are trying to find out how high you have
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to pitch a water balloon in order for it to burst
when it hits the ground. You discover that
the balloon bursts when you have pitched it
to a height of 14 m.
With what velocity did the balloon hit
the ground? The acceleration of gravity is
9.8 m/s2 . The positive direction is up, so the
velocity when it hits is negative.
Answer in units of m/s.

021 (part 1 of 2) 10.0 points

A runner is jogging in a straight line at a
steady vr = 8.8 km/hr. When the runner is
L= 3 km from the finish line, a bird begins
flying straight from the runner to the finish
line at vb = 17.6 km/hr (2 times as fast as
the runner). When the bird reaches the finish
line, it turns around and flies directly back to
the runner.
vb

vr
finish
line
L

What cumulative distance does the bird

travel? Even though the bird is a dodo, as-
sume that it occupies only one point in space
(a “zero” length bird), travels in a straight
line, and that it can turn without loss of
speed.
Answer in units of km.

022 (part 2 of 2) 10.0 points

After this first encounter, the bird then turns
around and flies from the runner back to the
finish line, turns around again and flies back
to the runner. The bird repeats the back and
forth trips until the runner reaches the finish
line.
How far does the bird travel from the be-
ginning (including the distance traveled to the
first encounter)?
Answer in units of km.