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Caloocan City Science High School
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Directions: Read Each item carefully. Shade the letter bubble of the option corresponding to the best answer to the question in your
ZipGrade Answer Sheet. You may look up for inspiration or look down in desperation but do not look sideways for information.

Part 1. Multiple-Choice. Shade the letter bubble of the option corresponding to the best answer to the question.
1. Which statement can is best described as “Constant speed in a constant direction”?
A. Constant Velocity C. Instantaneous Speed
B. Constant Acceleration D. Average Velocity
2. In which one of the following situations does the car have a westward acceleration?
A. The car travels westward at constant speed. C. The car travels westward and slows down.
B. The car travels eastward and speeds up. D. The car travels eastward and slows down.
3. In a vacuum tube, a feather is seen to fall as fast as a metal ball. Why is this so?
A. Gravity does not act in vacuum. C. Greater air resistance acts on the coin.
B. Air resistance does not act in vacuum. D. Gravity is greater in a vacuum.
4. A stone is thrown straight up. For which situation is the y-component of the velocity zero?
A. On the way up C. On the way back down
B. At the top of the path D. The moment the stone was released.
5. Which one of the following situations is NOT POSSIBLE?
A. A body travels with a constant velocity and a varying acceleration.
B. A body travels with a constant acceleration and a varying velocity.
C. A body travels with a northward velocity and a northward acceleration.
D. A body travels with a northward velocity and a southward acceleration.
6. Two objects A and B accelerate from rest with the same constant acceleration. Object A accelerates for twice as much time
as object B, however. Which one of the following statements is true concerning these objects at the end of their respective
periods of acceleration?
A. Object A will travel twice as far as object B.
B. Object A will travel four times as far as object B.
C. Object A will be moving four times faster than object B.
D. Object A will be moving eight times faster than object B.
7. Two objects X and Y accelerate from rest with the same constant acceleration. Object X accelerates for thrice as much time
as object Y, however. Which one of the following statements is true concerning these objects at the end of their respective
periods of acceleration?
A. Object X will travel thrice as far as object Y.
B. Object X will travel six times as far as object Y.
C. Object X will travel nine times further than object Y.
D. Object X will travel 1/3 times further than object Y.
8. A baseball is hit upward and travels along a trajectory before it strikes the ground. Which statement is TRUE?
A. The velocity of the ball is zero m/s when the ball is at the highest point in the arc.
B. The acceleration of the ball is zero m/s 2 when the ball is at the highest point in the arc.
C. The x-component of the velocity of the ball is the same throughout the ball's flight.
D. The velocity of the ball is a maximum when the ball is at the highest point in the arc.
9. A rock is thrown upward and travels along a trajectory before it strikes the ground. Which statement is FALSE?
A. The acceleration of the rock remains constant throughout the path.
B. The x-component of the velocity of the rock is the same throughout the rock’s flight.
C. The acceleration of the rock is zero when the rock is at the highest point in the path.
D. The y-component of the velocity of the rock is zero m/s when the ball is at the highest point in the path.
10. A stunt person jumps from the roof of a tall building, but no injury occurs because the person lands on a large, air-filled bag.
Which one of the following best describes why no injury occurs?
A. The bag provides the necessary force to stop the person.
B. The bag increases the amount of time the force acts on the person and reduces the change in momentum.
C. The bag decreases the amount of time during which the momentum is changing and reduces the force on the person.
D. The bag increases the amount of time during which the momentum is changing and reduces the force on the person.

11. A tennis ball is thrown upward at an angle from point A. It

follows a parabolic trajectory and hits the ground at point D. At
the instant shown, the ball is at point B. Point C represents the
highest position of the ball above the ground.
While in flight, how do the x and y components of the velocity
vector of the ball compare at the
points B and C?
A. The velocity components are non-zero at B and zero at C.
 Department of Education
National Capital Region
Schools Division Office – Caloocan City
Caloocan City Science High School
P. Sevilla Street corner 10 Avenue West Grace Park Caloocan City, 1400
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B. The x components are the same; the y component at C is zero m/s.

C. The x components are the same; the y component has a larger magnitude at C than at B.
D. The x component is larger at C than at B; the y component at B points up while at C, it points downward.
12. Using the same figure as in number 12, While in flight, how do the x and y components of the velocity vector of the ball
compare at the points A and D?
A. The velocity components are the same in magnitude and direction at both points.
B. The velocity components have the same magnitudes at both points, but their directions are reversed.
C. The velocity components have the same magnitudes at both points, but the directions of the x components are
reversed.
D. The velocity components have the same magnitudes at both points, but the directions of the y components are
reversed.
13. Which will best complete the following statement: “A collision is elastic if __________”?
A. the objects stick together. C. the final kinetic energy is zero.
B. The final momentum is zero D. the total kinetic energy is conserved.
14. Two objects constitute an isolated system. In an elastic collision between the two objects, which one of the following
statements is a false statement?
A. The total kinetic energy is conserved.
B. The kinetic energy of each object is the same before and after the collision.
C. The total momentum is conserved.
D. The magnitude of the force exerted by each object on the other object is equal.

Part 2. Shade A if both statements are true, Shade B if the first statement is true and the second statement is false. Shade C if the first
statement is false and the second statement is false, and Shade D if both statements are false.
15. I. Displacement, velocity, and acceleration are vector quantities.
II. Distance, speed and acceleration are scalar quantities.

16. I. A body moving with constant speed and not changing direction has constant acceleration.
II. A body moving with constant speed and not changing direction has constant velocity.

17. I. If the directions of the velocity and acceleration of the object are the same, the object is slowing down.
II. If the directions of the velocity and acceleration of an object are opposite, the object is speeding up.

18. I. A body with constant acceleration does not change its speed.
II. A body with constant acceleration changes its speed at a constant rate.

19. I. An object moving in projectile motion is accelerating uniformly along the y-direction.
II. An object moving in projectile motion has constant x-component of velocity.

20. I. The projection angle that would produce the maximum range is 90 O
II. The projection angle that would produce the maximum height is 45 O

21. A. At the top of its trajectory, the x – component of the velocity is zero.
B. At the top of its trajectory, the y - component of the velocity is zero.

22. I. In elastic collisions, the total momentum is conserved, while the Kinetic energy is not conserved.
II. In inelastic collisions, the total momentum is conserved, while the Kinetic energy is not conserved.
23. I. An object will accelerate if a non-zero net force is applied on it.
II. An object will change its momentum if a non-zero net force is applied on it.

24. I. An impulse causes an object to change its momentum.

II. Impulse is the effectiveness of a force applied for a specific time to cause changes in momentum.