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Problems: 17. An airplane must have a velocity of 50 m/s in order
to take off. What must the airplane’s acceleration
1. 1 kip is:
be if it is to take off from a runway 500 m long?
A. 1000 in-lbf (torque) C. 1000 lbm (mass)
A. 2.5 m/s2* C. 1.5 m/s2
B. 1000 lbf (force*) D. 1000 psi (pressure)
B. 3.5 m/s2 D. 4.5 m/s2
2. The SI unit kg m^2/s^2 is:
18. How much force is needed to bring a 3,200-lb car
A. joule* C. watts
from rest to a velocity of 44ft/s in 8 s?
B. pascal D. tesla
A. 100 lb C. 550 lb*
3. Which of the following is NOT equivalent to a B. 250 lb D. 350 lb
metric ton?
A. 1000 kg C. 2,205 lb 19. A 1 kg box is resting on top of a frictionless
B. 1000 lb * D. 1 megagram incline plane which makes an angle of 30° to the
4. Determine the weight, in lbf, of a 1.0 lbm ball in horizontal plane. Find the constant force parallel
a gravitational field of 27.5 ft/s^2 to the incline needed to move the box down the
A. 27.5 lbf C. 0.854 lbf* incline with an acceleration of 1 m/s^2?
B. 32.2 lbf D. 0.584 lbf A. -3.9 N* C. -4.3 N
B. -8.2 N D. -6.4 N
5. A plane with a mass of 4000 lbm travels at 27,000
ft/s. What is the kinetic energy in ft-lbf? 20. A 1 kg box is resting on top of a frictionless
A. 3.45x10^10 ft-lbf C. 5.43x10^11 ft-lbf incline plane which makes an angle of 30° to the
B. 4.53x10^10 ft-lbf* D. none of these horizontal plane. Find the constant force parallel
6. What is the weight of a 100 lbm woman? to the incline needed to move the box up the incline
A. 981 N C. 981 lbf with an acceleration of 1 m/s^2?
B. 3,220 lbf D. 100 lbf* C. 3.9 N C. 4.3 N
D. 5.9 N* D. 7.2 N
7. A girl weighs 128 lb on the earth’s surface. What
would be her mass at a height above the earth’s
21. A 2kg block slides on an incline plane that makes
surface of one earth radius?
A. 4 slugs* C. 1 slug an angle of 30° with the horizontal plane. If the
B. 5 slugs D. 2 slugs coefficienct of friction between the surface and
the block is √3/2, determine the force parallel to
8. Find the acceleration of gravity at an altitude of the incline needed for the block to slide down
1000 km. without any acceleration?
A. 6.3 m/s2 C. 9.8 m/s2 A. 2.9 N C. 5.9 N
B. 7.3 m/s2* D. 5.2 m/s2 B. 4.9 N* D. 6.7 N
9. A 10 kg block resting on top of a 0.9 m table is 22. A 2kg block slides on an incline plane that makes
raised vertically 3 m. What is the change in an angle of 30° with the horizontal plane. If the
potential energy of the block? coefficienct of friction between the surface and
A. 382.59 J C. 294.30 J* the block is √3/2, determine the force parallel to
B. 283.95 J D. 249.10 J the incline needed for the block to slide up
10. Which is NOT a fundamental physical quantity of without any acceleration?
mechanics? A. 15.27 N C. 24.5 N*
A. Length C. Volume * B. 12.54 N D. 28.4 N
B. Mass D. Time
23. A car enters a curve of radius 200 m at 72 km/h.
11. A runner makes one lap around a 200 m track in a
The road surface at the bend is banked at 10°. This
time of 25 s. What is the runner’s average
situation is _______for the car.
velocity?
A. safe
A. 8 m/s C. 0 m/s*
B. unsafe*
B. 4 m/s D. 16 m/s
C. Cannot be determined from the given information
12. A 60-g tennis ball approaches a racket at 15 m/s, D. Marbe safe
is in contact with the racket for 0.005s, and then
24. A motorcyclist is negotiating a curve at 21 m/s.
rebounds at 20 m/s. Find the average force the
If the coefficient of friction between the tires
racket exerted on the ball?
and the ground is 0.3, find the angle made with
A. 420 lb C. 94 lb*
vertical by the motorcyclist.
B. 240 N D. 204 N
A. 16.68 degrees* C. 12.67 degrees
13. Jodi hits a stationary 0.05-kg hockey puck with a B. 19.21 degrees D. 10.45 degrees
force that lasts for 1mS and makes the puck shoot
across the ice with a speed of 70 m/s, scoring a 25. A 1500-kg car moving on a flat, horizontal road
goal for the team. With what average force did negotiates a curve. If the radius of the curve is
Glenn hit the puck? 35.0 m and the coefficient of static friction
A. 3000 N C. 3500 N* between the tires and dry pavement is 0.500, find
B. 4000 N D. 2000 N the maximum speed the car can have and still make
the turn successfully.
14. A 0.060-kg tennis ball traveling at 10.0 m/s is
A. 1.31 m/s C. 11.3 m/s
returned by Leslie Williams. It leaves her racket
with a speed of 36.0 m/s in the opposite B. 13.1 m/s* D. 3.11 m/s
direction from which it came. What is the change
in momentum of the tennis ball? 26. To what angle must a racing track be banked as be
A. 1.56 kg.m/s C. 1.8 kg.m/s suitable for a maximum speed of 180 km/h. The
B. 2.56 kg.m/s D. 2.8 kg.m/s* radius of curvature of the track is 600m.
15. Tiger Woods hits a 0.050-kg golf ball, giving it a A. 21°22’ C. 23°18’*
speed of 75 m/s. What impulse does he impart to the B. 15°21’ D. 20°17’
ball? 27. A curve in the road is in the form of an arc of a
A. 2.8 kg.m/s C. 3.8 kg.m/s* circle of radius 400m. At what angle should the
B. 1.8 kg.m/s D. 2.4 kg.m/s surface of the road be laid inclined to the
horizontal so that the resultant reaction of the
16. During an autumn storm, a 0.012-kg hail stone surface acting on the car running at 120 km/h is
traveling at 20.0 m/s made a 0.20-cm-deep dent in normal to the surface of the road?
the hood of a car. What average force did the car
A. 15.83°* C. 18.33°
exert to stop the damaging hail stone?
A. 120 N C. 240 N B. 13.57° D. 12.38°
B. 1200 N* D. 2400 N

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28. A shaft rotating at 1200 RPM transmits 5hp. What 41. A man in a hot-air balloon drops an apple at a
is the torque generated by the process?* height of 175 m. if the balloon is rising at 12
A. 13.13 lb.ft C. 21.88 lb.ft m/sec., find the highest point reached by the
B. 12.44 lb.ft D. 32.11 lb.ft apple.
A. 182.34 m* C. 167.66 m
29. A hockey puck on a frozen pond is given an initial
B. 128.43 m D. 176.77 m
speed of 20.0 m/s. If the puck always remains on
the ice and slides 115 m before coming to rest, 42. A boy driving a bike suddenly finds a bus moving
determine the coefficient of kinetic friction towards him fom behind. He locates the bus by using
between the puck and ice. his side rear-view mirror having focal length equal
A. 0.117 C. 0.711 to 1.5 m. If the actual distance of the bus from
B. 0.177* D. 1.071 him is 5 m, how near does the bus appear to be in
the mirror?
30. Determine the distance “x” to which the 90 kg
A. 1.51 m C. 2.1 m
painter can climb without causing the 4m ladder to
B. 5.11 m D. 1.15 m*
slip at its lower end. The top of the 15kg ladder
has a small roller, and the ground coefficient of 43. How far must a girl stand in front of a concave
static friction is 0.25. The lower end of the spherical mirror of radius 120 cm to see an erect
ladder is 1.5 m away from the wall. image of her face four times its natural size?
A. 2.55m* C. 3.17m A. 40 cm from the mirror C. 50 cm from the mirror
B. 1.58m D. 0.1m B. 45 cm from the mirror*D. 55 cm from the mirror
31. A ball is thrown downward from the top of a roof 44. A meniscus lens has a convex surface whose radius
with a speed of 25 m/s. Find the instantaneous of curvature is 20 cm and concave surface whose
velocity of the ball in 2 seconds. radius of curvature is 10 cm. if the index of
A. 35 m/s C. 45 m/s* refraction is 1.52, what is the focal length of the
B. 25 m/s D. 15 m/s lens?
A. -38.5 cm* C. +16.5 cm
32. When throwing a ball straight up, which of the
B. +48.5 cm D. -23.81 cm
following is true about its velocity v and its
acceleration a at the highest point in its path? 45. A large coil spring (k = 10 lb/in) is elongated,
A. Both v=0 and a=0 C. v=0, but a≠0* within its elastic range by one foot. Stored energy
B. v≠0, but a=0 D. Both v≠0 and a≠0 in foot - pounds is nearest to:
A. 10 C. 40
33. A ball is thrown horizontally at a speed of
B. 60 * D. 80
5.0 m/s from the top of a tower 80.0 m high. How
far from the base of the tower does the stone strike 46. A 43-m-long rope of mass 5.0 kg joins two climbers.
the ground? One climber strikes the rope, and 1.4 s later the
A. 24 m C. 15 m second climber feels the effect. What’s the rope
B. 32 m D. 20 m* tension?
A. 210 N C. 110 N*
34. 1 hp is equivalent to:
B. 215 N D. 320 N
A. 12,000 lb.ft/s C. 30,000 lb.ft/s
B. 20,000 lb.ft/min D. 30,000 lb.ft/min* 47. What is the length of a pendulum, which has a period
of 1.5 seconds for a complete vibration? Use g =
35. A 25 lb.ft is equivalent to: 9.80 m/s2.
A. 36.74 N.m C. 33.90 N.m* A. 0.56 m * C. 0.37 m
B. 54.26 N.m D. 42.23 N.m B. 1.17 m D. 2.8 m
36. A steel ball rolls with constant velocity across a 48. A car moving at 20 m/s along a horizontal road has
tabletop 0.950 m high. It rolls off and hits the its brakes suddenly applied and eventually comes
ground 0.352 m horizontally from the edge of the to rest. What is the shortest distance in which it
table. How fast was the ball rolling? can be stopped if the friction coefficient between
A. 1.87 m/s C. 0.807 m/s tires and road is 0.90? Assume that all four wheels
B. 0.178 m/s D. 2.17 m/s brake identically.
A. 12.7 m C. 10.2 m
37. The velocity of a projectile at its highest point
B. 22.7 m* D. 15.8 m
is
A. Zero 49. How much work is required to raise a 100 g block
B. Maximum to a height of 200 cm and simultaneously give it a
C. equal to the initial velocity velocity of 300 cm/sec?
D. never equal to zero* A. 2.14 J C. 2.41 J*
B. 1.24 J D. 4.12 J
38. A stone is thrown following a parabolic path with
an initial velocity of 100 m/sec at an angle of 20 50. A constant horizontal force of 10 N is required to
degrees above the horizontal. How far from the drag an object across a rough surface at a constant
throwing point will the ball attain its original speed of 5 m/s. How much work would be done in 30
level? min?
A. 566 m C. 655 m* A. 50 W-hr C. 25 W-hr*
B. 56 D. 565 m B. 45 W-hr D. 65 W-hr
39. Which of the following is FALSE?
51. What is the energy of a photon of green light
A. Projectile travel with a parabolic trajectory
(f=6x1014 Hz)?
due to the influence of gravity
A. 4.38x10-19 J C. 3.98 x10-19 J*
B. There is no horizontal forces acting upon a
B. 1.98 x10-19 J D. 5.98 x10-19 J
projectile
C. The horizontal motion of a projectile is
independent of its vertical motion 52. An empty truck whose mass is 2000 kg has a maximum
D. The vertical acceleration of a projectile is acceleration of 1 m/s2. What will its maximum
zero* acceleration be when it carries a load of 1000 kg?
A. 2/3 m/s2* C. 2/5 m/s2
40. With the same initial speed, and neglecting air
B. 3/4 m/s2 D. 1/4 m/s2
resistance, a projectile launched at different
angles reach different heights and different 53. A man skis down a slope 200m high. If his velocity
horizontal ranges. Which of the following launch at the bottom of the slope is 20 m/s, what
angles will have the same range? percentage of his initial potential energy was lost
A. Angles that add up to 90* due to friction and air resistance?
B. Any angle multiple of 15 A. 10.2 % C. 89.8%*
C. Angles that differs by 30° B. 12.8% D. 86.7%
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66. A 10 gm block slides with a velocity of 20 cm/s on
54. An object is placed 10 centimeters away from a a smooth level surface and makes a head on
concave mirror with a focal length of 30 collision with 30 gram block moving in the opposite
centimeters. What image is formed? direction with a velocity of 10 cm/s. If the
A. A real image 10 cm in front of the mirror collision is perfectly elastic what is the velocity
B. A virtual image 15 cm behind the mirror* of the 30 gram block after the collision?
C. A real image 20 cm in front of the mirror A. 9 cm/s C. 5 cm/s*
D. A virtual image 25 cm behind the mirror B. 6 cm/s D. 4 cm/s
55. A plane wall 2 x 3 m and 20 cm thick. Its thermal 67. A concave shaving mirror has a focal length of 40
conductivity is 0.5 W/m-K. If the temperature cm. How far away from it should one’s face be for
difference between opposite faces is 60ºC, find the the reflected image to be erect and twice its
heat flux. actual size?
A. 155 W/m^2 C. 145 W/m^2 A. 20 cm * C. 24 cm
B. 150 W/m^2* D. 160 W/m^2 B. 22 cm D. 26 cm
6 8 . A 40 kg block rest at the top of a smooth incline
56. A copper sphere 1 foot in diameter radiates in
plane length is 4 m and whose height is 0.5 m.
space to an environment at 0oR. Assuming that the
How long will it take for the block to slide to
emissivity of copper is 0.15, and that the sphere
the bottom of the plane when released?
is at 140oF, what power is radiated?
A. 3.12 sec C. 5.15 sec
A. 0.31 BTU/hr C. 104.5 BTU/hr*
B. 4.55 sec D. 2.56 sec*
B. 2.1 BTU/hr D. 418.4 BTU/hr
57. The sun generates 1 kW/m2 when used as a source for 69. A billiard ball is placed 50 cm above a 30° inclined
solar collectors. A collector with an area of 1 m2 plane, determine its velocity at the foot of the
heats water. The flow rate is 30 l/min. What is the inclined plane?
temperature rise in the water? The specific heat A. 187.18 cm/s* C. 121.12 cm/s
of water is 42000 J/kg.oC. B. 192.21 cm/s D. 210.15 cm/s
A. 0.11 oC C. 4.8 oC 70. How much heat is required to change 10 g of ice at
B. 0.48 oC* D. 28.5 oC 0°C to steam at 100°C?
58. A magnifying glass has a plastic lens with an index A. 7.2 kcal* C. 6.4 kcal
of refraction of n = 5.4 and radii of curvature of B. 8.1 kcal D. 5.2 kcal
2.95 feet and 4.27 feet for the two faces. What is 71. If cylinder of diameter 1.0 cm at 30°C is be slid
the magnification of the lens when it is held 2.36” into a hole on a steel plate. The hole has diameter
from an object being viewed? of 0.99970 cm at 30°C. To what temperature the
A. 1.21 C. 1.98* plate must be heated? Coefficient of linear
B. 1.60 D. 2.16
expansion for steel is 1.1 x 10-5 per °C.
59. Sonic velocity (Mach 1) at 50,000 feet altitude in A. 65°C C. 57°C*
B. 41°C D. 75°C
the standard upper atmosphere (-67.6 °F and 1.68
psia) is nearest to: 72. When an object is placed 20 in. from a certain
A. 880 ft/sec C. 995 ft/sec lens, its virtual image is formed 10 in from the
B. 971 ft/sec* D. 1064 ft/sec lens. Determine the focal length and the character
of the lens.
60. Find the angle between two vectors: A = 4i+12j+6k A. f=20 in; diverging* C. f=18 in; diverging
and B=24i-8j+6k. B. f=20 in; converging D. f=12 in; converging
A. 56.8o C. 84.3o *
B. 86.2o D. 73.5o 73. The temperature of 100 g of liquid water at 0˚C is
raised by 1˚C. How many calories are consumed?
61. An airplane lands on a carrier deck at 150 mi/hr A. 0 cal C. 80 cal
and is brought to stop uniformly, by an arresting B. 4.19 cal D. 100 cal*
device, in 500 ft. Find the acceleration and the
time required to stop. 74. An unbanked curve has a radius of 242 ft. What is
A. a=-48.4 ft/s^2; t=4.54 sec.* the maximum speed at which a car can make the turn
B. a=-38.4 ft/s^2; t=3.55 sec. if the coefficient of friction is 0.81?
C. a=-58.4 ft/s^2; t=5.54 sec. A. 59 ft/s C. 79 ft/s*
D. a=-18.4 ft/s^2; t=1.55 sec. B. 45 ft/s D. 54 ft/s

62. A boy leaning over a railway bridge 49 ft high sees 75. What is the SI unit of temperature?
a train approaching with a uniform speed and A. Celsius C. Kelvin*
attempts to drop a stone down the funnel. He B. Rankine D. Fahrenheit
releases the stone when the engine is 80 ft away
from the bridge and sees the stone hit the ground 76. Gravitation occurs between all objects in the
3 ft in front of the engine. What is the speed of universe by virtue of their ________.
the train? A. mass * C. density
A. 10 mph C. 30 mph* B. weight D. volume
B. 15 mph D. 40 mph
77. The weight of 10 slugs of mass.
63. What is the acceleration of a block on a A. 10 lbf C. 322 lbf*
frictionless plane inclined at an angle ø with the B. 98 lbf D. 10 erg
horizontal?
A. gcosø C. gsinø 78. Which of the following is a unit of energy?
A. erg C. dyne•cm
B. mgcosø D. mgsinø
B. kilowatt-hour D. All of these*
64. What average force is necessary to stop a bullet
of mass 20 gm and speed of 250 m/s as it penetrates 79. How many kilograms are there in 1 slug?
wood to a distance of 12 cm? A. 11.9 C. 12.5
A. 5.3 kN* C. 4.5 kN B. 14.6* D. 13.3
B. 6.7 kN D. 3.2 kN 80. The force with which the earth attracts an object?
A. mass C. slug
65. A projectile is fired from the top of a cliff 92 B. Gravitational pull D. Weight*
m high with a velocity of 430 m/s directed 45o to
the horizontal. Find the range on the horizontal 81. What is the index of refraction of air?
plane through the base of the cliff. A. 1.3 C. 1.03
A. 19 km* C. 25 km B. 1.003 D. 1.0003 *
B. 16 km D. 12 km
82. What is the index of refraction of water?

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A. 1.33 * C. 1.63 inelastic collision is:
B. 1.43 D. 1.53 A. 0* C. 1
B. <0 D. <1
83. Who predicted the existence of electromagnetic
waves in 1865? 102. What is the SI unit of angular displacement?
A. Roentgen C. Maxwell * A. degree C. radian*
B. Tesla D. Doppler B. revolution D. mil
84. A wave that needs a material medium through which 103. What is the unit of spring constant?
it can travel as it transfers energy? A. J/m C. N/m*
A. E.M. wave C. Radiowave B. N-m D. N/m3
B. Microwave D. Mechanical wave *
104. Three identical balls are thrown from the top of
85. At what temperature reading do the Celsius scale a building, all with the same initial speed. The
and the Fahrenheit scale have the same temperature? first is thrown horizontally, the second at some
A. – 40 * C. – 30 angle above the horizontal, and the third at some
B. – 20 D. – 25 angle below the horizontal. Neglecting air
resistance, rank the speeds of the balls at the
86. To bend under compression.
instant each hits the ground.
A. Brittle C. compression
A. v1=v2=v3* C. v1=v3=v3
B. bend D. Buckle *
B. V2=v2=v2 D. v1=v1=v1
87. Any characteristic of a thermodynamics system is
called a _____. 105. The force which will give a 1 kg mass an
A. Property * C. Process acceleration of 1 m/s2.
B. Phase D. Cycle A. kgf C. N*
88. 1 bar is equivalent to how many pascals? B. lb D. gmf
A. 10^3 C. 10^4
B. 10^5 * D. 10^6 106. What is the unit of gravitational constant G?
A. kg-m2/s2 C. N-kg2/m2
89. 1 atm is equivalent to how many pascals? B. N-m2/kg2* D. N-m2/kg
A. 101,325 * C. 101,689
B. 101,102 D. 101,812 107. How is heat transferred?
A. By conduction C. By convection
90. What refers to the amount of heat needed to raise B. By radiation D. All of the above *
the temperature of an object by one degree Celsius
or 1K? 108. A ball is whirled in a horizontal circle 1.5 ft in
A. Heat capacity * C. Specific heat radius at a rate of one revolution every 2 s. Find
B. Latent heat D. Molar heat the ball’s centripetal acceleration?
91. The amount of heat required to raise the A. 17.4 ft/s2 C. 14.7 ft/s2*
temperature of 1 g of water through 1 °C is called B. 10.7 ft/s2 D. 12.4 ft/s2
______. For problems 109-112, refer the problem below.
A. Calorie* C. Joule A ball is thrown with an initial velocity, vo of
B. BTU D. Kilocalorie 160 ft/s, directed at an angle of 53˚ with the
92. The amount of heat required to raise the ground.
temperature of 1 pound of water by 1°F is called 109. Find the x- and y- components of vo.
______. A. vx=96 ft/s; vy=128 ft/s*
A. Calorie C. Joule B. vx=128 ft/s; vy=96 ft/s
B. BTU * D. Kilocalorie C. vx=86 ft/s; vy=198 ft/s
93. What is the SI unit of specific heat capacity? D. vx=68 ft/s; vy=218 ft/s
A. J/kg C. J/kg· °F 110. Find the position of the ball and the magnitude
B. J/kg· °C * D. J/°C and direction of its velocity when t=2 sec.
94. Which of the following describes an inelastic A. x=192 ft; y=192 ft; v=121.4 ft/s
collision? B. x=112 ft; y=112 ft; v=151.4 ft/s
A. e=0 C. e>1 C. x=292 ft; y=192 ft; v=121.4 ft/s
B. e=1 D. e<1* D. x=192 ft; y=192 ft; v=115.4 ft/s*
95. It is defined as the amount of heat required to 111. At the highest position of the ball’s path, what
raise the temperature of 1 gm of water by 1˚C. is the ball’s altitude and how much time has
A. BTU C. calorie* elapsed?
B. specific heat D. joule A. y=256 ft; t= 4 sec.* C. y=166 ft; t= 3 sec
B. y=456 ft; t= 5.4 sec.D. y=216 ft; t= 5.6 sec.
96. The English unit “slug” is a unit of _______. 112. What is the ball’s range?
A. mass * C. weight A. 786 ft C. 876 ft
B. force D. energy B. 768 ft* D. 678 ft
97. Which of the following is measured with respect to 113. How many images can be formed by a right angle
the absolute zero pressure? mirrors?
A. Gauge pressure C. Vacuum pressure A. 2 C. 1
B. Atmospheric pressure* D. All of these B. 3* D. 4
98. The properties of a material that changes when the 114. A man has a concave shaving mirror (focal length
amount of substance changes are called _______ = 20 in. How far should the mirror be held from
properties. his face in order to have a magnification of 2?
A. intensive C. extensive * A. 30 in C. 60 in
B. physical D. chemical B. 10 in * D. 20 in
99. The properties of a material that do not change 115. A string 0.5m long is used to whirl a 1-kg stone
when the amount of substance changes are called in a vertical circle at a uniform velocity of 5
_______ properties. m/s. Determine the tension in the string when the
A. intensive * C. extensive stone is at the top of the circle?
B. chemical D. physical A. 40.2 N* C. 59.8 N
B. 50 N D. 45.7 N
100. Which of the following is NOT an extensive
property of a material?
----------------NOTHONG FOLLOWS----------------
A. Length C. Volume
B. Density * D. Weight

101. The coefficient of restitution for a perfectly

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