DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCES

PHYSICS FOR ENGINEERS

QUIZ NO. 1 KINEMATICS, DYNAMICS, WORK, ENERGY AND POWER

Multiple Choice

______1. A car travels along an oval road for two rounds. The average speeds of the car during the first
and second rounds are 25 m/s and 35 m/s, respectively. What is the cars average speed for two rounds?

A. 27.5 m/s C. 27.27 m/s

B. 29.17 m/s D. 30 m/s

______2. A 50-g ball traveling at 25.0 m/s is bounced off a brick wall and rebounds at 22.0 m/s. A high-
speed camera records this event. If the ball is in contact with the wall for 3.50 ms, what is the average
acceleration of the ball dur ing this time interval?

A. 6 720 m/s2 C. 857 m/s2

B. 13 400 m/s2 D. 20 m/s2

______3. At the top of a cliff 100 m high, Raoul throws a rock upward with velocity 15.0 m/s. How much
later should he drop a second rock from rest so both rocks arrive simultaneously at the bottom of the
cliff?

A. 1.34 s C. 2.39 s

B. 1.52 s D. 1.78 s

______4. Two objects of different mass are released simultaneously from the top of a 20-m tower and
fall to the ground. If air resistance is negligible, which statement best applies?

A. The greater mass hits the ground first.

B. The smaller mass hits the ground first.

C. Both objects hit the ground together.

D. No conclusion can be made with the information given.

______5. Merlinda releases a bowling ball from rest; it rolls down a ramp with constant acceleration.
After half a second it has travelled 0.75 m. How far has it travelled after two seconds?

A. 12 m C. 9.0 m

B. 4.7 m D. 1.2 m

______6. Which of the following statements does not describe a projectile motion?

A. A projectile moves horizontally at constant velocity.

B. A projectile moves vertically at constant acceleration.

C. A projectile follows a parabolic trajectory.

D. A projectile has zero velocity at its maximum height of flight.

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PHYSICS FOR ENGINEERS

QUIZ NO. 1 KINEMATICS, DYNAMICS, WORK, ENERGY AND POWER

______7. A stone is thrown at an angle of 30° above the horizontal from the top edge of a cliff with an
initial speed of 12 m/s. A stop watch measures the stone's trajectory time from top of cliff to bottom to
be 5.6 s. What is the height of the cliff? (g = 9.8 m/s2 and air resistance is negligible)

A. 58 m C. 197 m

B. 154 m D. 120 m

______8. A projectile is thrown horizontally at 10.0 m/s. The projectile hits the ground 0.510 s later.
What is the angle of impact the projectile makes with the horizontal ground?

A. –30.0° C. –26.6°

B. –27.0° D. –60.0°

______9. Which of the following is the best example of a body undergoing uniform circular motion?

A. A communicating satellite orbiting the earth

B. The pendulum of a grandfather clock

C. A ball thrown at an angle from horizontal

D. The minute hand of clock

______10. A communication satellite is orbiting around the earth at a constant elevation of 10 km above
the sea level. If the satellite makes a complete orbit in 24 hours, what is its linear speed? (The radius of
the earth is 6380 km.

A. 267 m/s C. 655 m/s

B. 122 m/s D. 465 m/s

______11. Which of the following is an example of the type of force that acts at a distance?

A. gravitational

B. magnetic

C. electrical

D. all of the above

______12. If an object is moving at constant velocity, we may assume:

A. there are no forces acting on the object.

B. the net force acting on the object is zero.

C. the object is accelerating.

D. the object is losing mass

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PHYSICS FOR ENGINEERS

QUIZ NO. 1 KINEMATICS, DYNAMICS, WORK, ENERGY AND POWER

______13. Which of the following statements describes the nature of friction?

I. It always acts even if there is no contact between two bodies.

II. It is always acting parallel to the surfaces and opposing the motion of the body.

III. It is a contact force.

IV. It acts perpendicular to the surfaces.

A. I and II C. II and IV

B. I and IV D. II and III

______14. The statement by Newton that "for every action there is an opposite but equal reaction" is
regarded as which of his laws of motion?

A. first C. fourth

B. second D. third

______15. A thrown stone hits a window, but doesn't break it. Instead it reverses direction and ends up
on the ground below the window. In this case, we know:

A. the force of the stone on the glass > the force of the glass on the stone.

B. the force of the stone on the glass < the force

C. the force of the stone on the glass = the force of the glass on the stone. of the glass on the stone.

D. the stone didn't slow down as it broke the glass.

______16. An rocket applies a force of 500 N to an asteroid, and it accelerates at 7.00 m/s2. What is the
asteroid's mass?

A. 135 kg C. 441 kg

B. 71 kg D. 3500 k

______17. A 10-kg mass and a 2.0-kg mass are connected by a light string over a massless, frictionless
pulley. If g = 9.8 m/s2, what is the acceleration of the system when released?

A. 2.5 m/s2 C. 6.5 m/s2

B. 7.8 m/s2 D. 9.8 m/s2

______18. An elevator weighing 20 000 N is supported by a steel cable. What is the tension in the cable
when the elevator is being accelerated upward at a rate of 3.00 m/s2? (g = 9.80 m/s2)

A. 26 100 N C. 20 000 N

B. 23 100 N D. 13 900 N

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PHYSICS FOR ENGINEERS

QUIZ NO. 1 KINEMATICS, DYNAMICS, WORK, ENERGY AND POWER

______19. A 5 000-N weight is suspended in equilibrium by two cables. Cable 1 applies a horizontal
force to the right of the object and has a tension, T1. Cable 2 applies a force upward and to the left at an
angle of 37.0° to the negative x-axis and has a tension, T2. Find T2.

A. 4 000 N C. 3 340 N

B. 6 640 N D. 8 310 N

______20. A horizontal force of 750 N is needed to overcome the force of static friction between a level
floor and a 250-kg crate. If g = 9.8 m/s2, what is the coefficient of static friction?

A. 0.31 C. 0.28

B. 0.15 D. 3.0

______21. A worker pushes a sled with a force of 40 N over a level distance of 6.0 m. If a frictional force
of 24 N acts on the wheelbarrow in a direction opposite to that of the worker, what net work is done on
the wheelbarrow?

A. 96 J C. 144 J

B. 216 J D. 240 J

______22. During a serve, a tennis racket exerts an average force of 250 N on a 60-g tennis ball, initially
at rest, for 0.005 s. The ball’s kinetic energy after afterward is

A. 0.78 J C. 127 J

B. 1.25 J D. 13 J

______23. If both mass and velocity of a ball are tripled, the kinetic energy is increased by a factor of:

A. 27 C. 9

B. 6 D. 3

______24. A horizontal force of 200 N is applied to a 55-kg cart across a 10-m level surface. If the cart
accelerates at

2.0 m/s2, then what is the work done by the force of friction as it acts to retard the motion of the cart?

A. – 1 100 J C. – 900 J

B. – 800 J D. – 700 J

______25. Samantha pushes a 50-N crate up a ramp 25.0 m in length and inclined at 10° with the
horizontal. What potential energy change does the crate experience?

A. 220 J C. 120 J

B. 55 J D. 13 J

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QUIZ NO. 1 KINEMATICS, DYNAMICS, WORK, ENERGY AND POWER

______26. As an object is lowered into a deep hole in the surface of the earth, which of the following
must be as sumed in regard to its potential energy?

A. increase C. decrease

B. remain constant D. cannot tell from the information given

______27. A Hooke's law spring is compressed 12.0 cm from equilibrium and the potential energy
stored is 72.0 J. What is the spring constant in this case?

A. 5 000 N/m C. 1 200 N/m

B. 10 000 N/m D. No answer is correct.

______28. A 2.00-kg ball has zero kinetic and potential energy. Ernie drops the ball into a 10.0-m-deep
well. Just be fore the ball hits the bottom, the sum of its kinetic and potential energy is:

A. 196 J C. – 196 J.

B. zero D. 392 J.

______29. A Hooke's law spring is compressed 12.0 cm from equilibrium, and the potential energy
stored is 72.0 J. What compression (as measured from equilibrium) would result in 100 J being stored in
this case?

A. 16.7 cm C. 14.1 cm

B. 13.6 cm D. No answer is correct.

______30. Which of the following is an example of a non-conservative force?

A. gravity C. Both choices A and B are valid.

B. magnetism D. friction

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PHYSICS FOR ENGINEERS

QUIZ NO. 1 KINEMATICS, DYNAMICS, WORK, ENERGY AND POWER

Modified True or False

Write true on the space if the statement in each item is correct. If it is false change the underlined word,
number or phrase with an answer to make the statement correct. Write your answer on the space
provided before each number. Strictly no erasure. (1 point each)

________1. An elevator cable has a tension greater than the elevator’s weight when it is accelerating
upward.

________2. The slope of velocity-time graph represents the average velocity of a body.

________3. A horizontal line on a velocity-time graph represents a body moving at constant velocity.

________4. When the initial velocity and acceleration of a body have the same directions, the body
decelerates.

________5. Free-fall body undergoes a rectilinear type of motion.

________6. If an unbalanced force acts on the body, the body will accelerate.

________7. The English unit of force is newton.

________8. When a body moves in straight path at constant rate, the net force acting on it is towards
the center of rotation.

________9. In Newton’s first law, the magnitude of upward forces acting on a body must be
greater than the downward forces.

________10. You can walk on a road because the road exerts a forward force on your feet. This
illustration is an example of Newton’s first law of Motion.