Senior High School

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 What I Know

Directions: Read the following questions carefully. Encircle the letter of the best
answer.

1. Compare three SI units: millimeter, kilogram and microsecond. Which is the

largest?
a. millimeter c. microsecond
b. kilogram ` d. the units are not comparable

2. Data allocation in cellphone load depends on the amount that you pay if you are
using a prepaid sim card. Say, you purchased cellphone load of 99 pesos with data
allocation of 2 Mb. How is this data expressed in scientific notation?
a. 2 x 102 bytes c. 2 x 106 bytes
b. 2 x 10 bytes
3 c. 2 x 109 bytes

3. Given the speed of light as 3 x 108 m/s, how much time would it take for light to
travel 10,000 ft?
a. 0.00001 s c. 0.00100 s
b. 0.00010 s 0.01000 s

4. How is the number 0.009834 expressed in scientific notation?

a. 9.834 x 104 c. c. 9.834 x 103
b. 9.834 x 10-4 d. 9.834 x 10-3

5. How many meters are there in an inch?

a. 0.0254 c. 2.54
b. 0.254 d. 24.5

6. What is the difference between 3.0 and 3.0000?

a. 3.0000 could be the result of an intermediate stop in a calculation; 3.0 has
to result from a final step.
b. 3.0000 represents a quantity that is known more precisely than 3.0.
c. There is no difference.
d. They convey the same information, but 3.0 is preferred for ease of writing.
7. It refers to a measure of how far apart the different measured values are from each
other.
a. Variance c. percent difference
b. Deviation d. percent error

8. Which statement is NOT true?

a. Precise measurements are always accurate.
b. Accurate measurements are always precise.
c. Precise measurements can be inaccurate.
d. Inaccurate measurements can be precise.

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9. Uncontrolled changes in air pressure while determining the boiling point of a
liquid give rise to .
a. personal error c. relative error
b. random error d. systematic error

10. Uncertainty in a measurement may lead to an error getting the correct value
that is being measured. The following are some factors that contribute to
uncertainty EXCEPT:
a. limitations of the measuring device
b. the talent of the person taking the measurement
c. irregularities in the object being measured
d. the skill of the person taking the measurement

11. If A and B are vectors and B = -A, which of the following is true?
a. The magnitude of B is equal to the negative of the magnitude of A.
b. A and B are perpendicular.
c. The direction angle of B is equal to the direction angle of A plus 180˚.
d. A + B = 2A

12. The resultant of two vectors depends on the angle between them. Maximum
magnitude of the resultant is obtained if the angle between them is
a. at minimum (not zero). c. 90˚.
b. zero. d. 180˚.

13. A student adds two displacements with magnitudes of 3.0 m and 4.0 m,
respectively. Which could NOT be a possible choice for the magnitude of the
resultant?
a. 1.3 m b. 5.0 m c. 6.08 m d. 7.0 m

14. On an axis in which moving from right to left is positive, what is the
displacement and distance of a student who walks 32 m to the right and then 17 m
to the left?
a. Displacement is -15 m and distance is -49 m.
b. Displacement is -15 m and distance is 49 m.
c. Displacement is 15 m and distance is -49 m.
d. Displacement is 15 m and distance is 49 m.

15. Juan jogs 1.5 km along a straight path and then turns and jogs 2.4 km in the
opposite direction. He then turns back and jogs 0.7 km in the original direction. Let
Juan’s original direction be the positive direction. What are the displacement and
distance he jogged?
a. Displacement is 4.6 km and distance is -0.2 km.
b. Displacement is -0.2 km and distance is 4.6 km.
c. Displacement is 4.6 km and distance is 0.2 km.
d. Displacement is 0.2 km and distance is 4.6 km.

And your journey will now officially begin. You will surely have fun time
working on this module. Go and work on discovering everything that can be
measured, just not dare to measure the patience of your guide. So be diligent and
start working.