NATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT TEST

GRADE 12
SAMPLE QUESTIONS FOR GENERAL PHYSICS 1

Prepared by: April Cathy S. Manota

1. The number 235.00 has how many significant figures?

a. 3 b. 4 c. 5 d. 6
2. What is the standard unit for mass?
a. Kilogram b. Pound c. Gram d. Newton
3. Which one is equivalent to the unit “joule”?
a. Newton-second c. Newton-meter per second
b. Newton-meter d. Newton-meter per second squared
4. What prefix is equivalent to 103?
a. milli b. Kilo c. nano d. Mega
5. The prefix “micro” is equivalent to _____.
a. 10-9 b. 106 c. 109 d. 10-6
6. Which is not a vector quantity?
a. Displacement b. Velocity c. Acceleration d. Time
7. Which of the following is the Newton’s first law of motion?
a. Law of impulse and momentum c. Law of inertia
b. Law of acceleration d. Law of reaction
8. What is the energy something possesses by virtue of its motion?
a. Kinetic energy b. Potential energy c. Rest energy d. Mechanical energy
9. The rate of rotary motion is called ________.
a. angular displacement b. angular motion c. angular acceleration d. angular velocity
10. What refers to the time needed by an object in uniform circular motion to complete an orbit?
a. path time b. orbit time c. revolution d. period
11. Angular momentum is the product of _______.
a. moment of inertia and linear speed c. moment of inertia and angular speed
b. Impulse and linear speed d. Impulse and angular speed
12. What is defined as the mass per unit volume?
a. Density b. Weight density c. Relative density d. Specific gravity
13. In which medium do sound waves travel the fastest?
a. liquids b. solids c. gases d. vacuum
14. “The planets revolve around the sun in elliptical orbits, the sun being one of the foci of the ellipse”. This
statement is known as _______.
a. Kepler’s first law of planetary motion c. Kepler’s third law of planetary motion
b. Kepler’s second law of planetary motion d. Law of universal gravitation
15. A freefalling body is acted upon by which of the following?
a. Weight of the body c. Gravitational pull
b. Air resistance and gravitational pull d. Air resistance
16. What is the frequency of a 4 cm sound wave in air? Speed of sound in air is 332 m/s.
a. 825 Hz b. 830 Hz c. 835 Hz d. 840 Hz
17. For a pendulum to have a period of 2 seconds, it must have a length of how many feet?
a. 2.42 ft b. 2.86 ft c. 3.86 ft d. 3.26 ft
18. A 5-kg mass hangs at the end of a spring (k=70N/m). At what frequency will it vibrate if the mass is
displaced and released?
a. 0.7 Hz b. 0.6 Hz c. 0.5 Hz d. 0.4 Hz
19. A ball is dropped from a height of 60 meters above the ground. How long does it take to hit the ground?
a. 2.1 s b. 3.5 s c. 5.5 s d. 1.3 s
20. A flywheel is rotating at the rate of 150 rpm. Determine how many radians does it turn in 5 minutes.
a. 1500 π rad b. 1400 π rad c. 1300 π rad d. 1200 π rad
Solutions:
16. Given: λ=4 cm=0.4 m
v=332 m/s
f =?

v 332 m/ s
f= =
λ 0.4 m
f =830 Hz

17. Given: T =2 seconds

L=?

T =2 π
√ L
g

T 2
L=g( )
2π

( m 2s 2
L= 9.81 2 ( )
s 2π )
3.28 ft
L=0.993m ×
1m
L=3.26 ft

18. Given: m=5 kg

k =70 M / m
f =?

T =2 π
√ m
k
T =2 π
√ 5 kg
70 N /m
=1.679 s

1 1
f= =
T 1.679 s
f =0. 6 Hz

19. Given: h=60 m

t=?

1 2
h= g t
2

t=
√
2h
g

√
2(60 m)
t=
m
9.81 2
s
t=3.5 s

20. Given: ω=150 rpm

t=5 min
θ=?

θ=ωt
rev
θ=150 ×5 min
min
2 π rad
θ=750 rev ×
1rev
θ=1500 π rad