When a sound wave moves through a medium such as air, the motion of the molecules of the medium is

in what direction (with respect to the motion of the sound wave)?

Question 1Select one:
a.
anti-parallel (in opposite direction)
b.
Both choices b and c are valid.
Correct
c.
parallel
d.
perpendicular
The term "timbre" refers to which of the following?
Question 2Select one:
a.
An instrument made in France.
b.
The quality of sound from instruments due to the mixture of harmonics.
Correct
c.
Instruments that have valves.
d.
Any musical instrument made primarily of wood.
A car with bad shocks bounces up and down with a period of 1.78 s after hitting a bump. The car has a
mass of 1,400 kg and is supported by four springs of force constant k. What is k for each spring?

Question 3Select one:

a.
1,235 N/m
b.
658 N/m
c.
1,090 N/m
d.
4,361 N/m
Correct
e.
2,181 N/m
The SI base units for spring constant are which of the following?
Question 4Select one:
a.
kg/s2
Correct
b.
kg/m2
c.
kg⋅m2
d.
kg⋅s2
A heat engine exhausts 3,700 J of heat while performing 1,700 J of useful work. What is the efficiency of
the engine?

Question 5Select one:

a.
16%
b.
84%
c.
31%
Correct
d.
50%
e.
69%
13.1 Sound Is a Longitudinal Wave

The speed of sound at 0°C is 331 m/s. What is the speed of sound at 32°C? (0°C = 273 K)
Question 6Select one:
a.
356 m/s
b.
343 m/s
c.
346 m/s
d.
350 m/s
Correct
A 1.0-kg chunk of ice at 0°C melts, absorbing 80 000 cal of heat in the process. Which of the following
best describes what happens to this system?
Question 7Select one:
a.
entropy maintained constant
b.
increased entropy
Correct
c.
lost entropy
d.
work converted to energy
12.3 Examples of Waves

A wave is traveling in a string at 60 m/s. When the tension is then increased 60%, what will be the
resulting wave speed?
Question 8Select one:
a.
55 m/s
b.
also 60 m/s
c.
71 m/s
d.
76 m/s
Correct
A vibrating guitar string emits a tone simultaneously with one from a 500-Hz tuning fork. If a beat
frequency of 4 Hz results, what is the frequency of vibration of the string?
Question 9Select one:
a.
496 Hz
b.
Either choice B or C is valid.
Correct
c.
504 Hz
d.
2500 Hz
A simple pendulum of length 1.46 m has a mass of 160 g attached. It is drawn back 34° and then released.
What is the maximum speed of the mass?
Question 10Select one:
a.
1.29 m/s
b.
4.03 m/s
c.
1.83 m/s
Correct
d.
0.27 m/s
e.
2.94 m/s
14.8 Heat Flow by Radiation

An object at 27°C has its temperature increased to 47°C. The power then radiated by this object increases
by how many percent?
Question 11Select one:
a.
3.3
b.
253
c.
14
d.
29
Correct
12.3 Examples of Waves

A long string is pulled so that the tension in it increases by a factor of four. If the change in length is
negligible, by what factor does the wave speed change?
Question 12Select one:
a.
0.50
b.
0.25
c.
2.0
Correct
d.
4.0
13.5 Reflection and Scattering of Sound
13.6 The Doppler Effect

A sound source of frequency 1000 Hz moves at 40.0 m/s toward a listener who is at rest. What is the
apparent frequency heard by the listener? (speed of sound = 340 m/s)
Question 13Select one:
a.
853 Hz
b.
872 Hz
c.
1130 Hz
Correct
d.
1170 Hz
13.3 Standing Sound Waves

If two adjacent frequencies of an organ pipe closed at one end are 500 Hz and 700 Hz, what is the length
of the organ pipe? (vsound = 340 m/s)
Question 14Select one:
a.
1.70 m
b.
0.85 m
Correct
c.
1.25 m
d.
1.50 m
In the afternoon, the decibel level of a busy freeway is 89 dB with 90 cars passing a given point every
minute. Late at night, the traffic flow is only 5 cars per minute. What is the late-night decibel level?
Question 15Select one:
a.
176 dB
b.
76 dB
Correct
c.
205 dB
d.
9 dB
e.
89 dB
Equal wavelength waves of amplitude 0.25 m and 0.19 m interfere with one another. What is the resulting
minimum amplitude that can result?

Question 16Select one:

a.
0.19 m
b.
−0.44 m
c.
0m
d.
0.22 m
e.
0.06 m
Correct
12.8 Standing Waves

If the tension on a guitar string is increased by a factor of 2, the fundamental frequency at which it
vibrates is changed by what factor?
Question 17Select one:
a.
0.5
b.
2-1/2
c.
2
d.
21/2
Correct
A tiny spring, with a spring constant of 1.2 N/m, will be stretched to what displacement by a 0.0055-N
force?

Question 18Select one:

a.
13.8 mm
b.
4.6 mm
Correct
c.
6.6 mm
d.
9.2 mm
e.
3.3 mm
14.6 Heat Conduction

A metal bar is used to conduct heat. When the temperature at one end is 100°C and at the other is 20°C,
heat is transferred at a rate of 32 J/s. The bar is then stretched uniformly to twice its original length. If
again it has ends at 100°C and 20°C, at what rate will heat be transferred between it ends?
Question 19Select one:
a.
4 J/s
b.
32 J/s
c.
8 J/s
Correct
d.
16 J/s
14.6 Heat Conduction

I place a 250-g ice cube (initially at 0°C) in a Styrofoam box with wall thickness 1.0 cm and total surface
area 600 cm2. If the air surrounding the box is at 20°C and after 2 hours the ice is completely melted, what
is the conductivity of the Styrofoam material? (Lf = 80 cal/g)
Question 20Select one:
a.
9.6 × 10−5
b.

2.8 × 10−6
c.

1.15 × 10−2
d.

2.3 × 10−4
Correct
A Ferris wheel, rotating initially at an angular speed of 0.50 rad/s, accelerates over a 4.0-s interval at a
rate of 0.10 rad/s2. What angular displacement does the Ferris wheel undergo in this 7.00-s interval?
Question 1Select one:
a.
2.80 rad
Correct
b.
2.20 rad
c.
0.80 rad
d.
2.40 rad
e.
3.60 rad
A waterfall is 140 m high. What is the increase in water temperature at the bottom of the falls if all the
initial potential energy goes into heating the water? (g = 9.8 m/s2, cw = 4,186 J/kg⋅°C)
Question 2Select one:
a.
0.98°C
b.
0.33°C
Correct
c.
0.41°C
d.
0.16°C
e.
0.66°C
Which one of the following processes of heat transfer requires the presence of a fluid?
Question 3Select one:
a.
convection
Correct
b.
radiation
c.
conduction
d.
none of the above choices are valid
Of the planets with atmospheres, which is the warmest?
Question 4Select one:
a.
Venus
Correct
b.
Mars
c.
Jupiter
d.
Earth
Two hoops or rings (I = MR2) are centered, lying on a turntable. The smaller ring has radius = 0.05 m; the
larger has radius = 0.1 m. Both have a mass of 5.0 kg. What is the total moment of inertia as the turntable
spins? Ignore the mass of the turntable.
Question 5Select one:
a.
0.05 kg·m2
b.
0.0625 kg·m2
Correct
c.
0.1125 kg·m2
d.
0.0125 kg·m2
e.
0.75 kg·m2
A swimming pool heater has to be able to raise the temperature of the 50,000 gallons of water in the pool
by 8.0 C°. How many kilowatt-hours of energy are required? (One gallon of water has a mass of
approximately 3.8 kg and the specific heat of water is 4,186 J/kg⋅°C.)

Question 6Select one:

a.
180 kWh
b.
17,670 kWh
c.
220 kWh
d.
1,770 kWh
Correct
e.
470 kWh
The thermal conductivity of aluminum is 238 J/s⋅m⋅°C and of lead is 34.7 J/s⋅m⋅°C. A rod of each
material is used as a heat conductor. If the rods have the same geometry and are used between the same
temperature differences for the same time interval, what is the ratio of the heat transferred by aluminum
to the heat transferred by the lead?
Question 7Select one:
a.
5.83
b.
3.43
c.
6.859
Correct
d.
15.433
e.
10.289
An 70-kg man is one fourth of the way up a 10-m ladder that is resting against a smooth, frictionless wall.
If the ladder has a mass of 30 kg and it makes an angle of 60° with the ground, find the force of friction of
the ground on the foot of the ladder.
Question 8Select one:
a.

N
b.

N
c.

N
d.

N
e.

N
Correct
11.3 Harmonic Motion and Energy

A 0.20-kg object is oscillating on a spring with a spring constant of k = 30 N/m. What is the potential
energy of the system when the object's displacement is 0.040 m, exactly half the maximum amplitude?
Question 9Select one:
a.
0.012 J
b.
0.024 J
Correct
c.
0.96 J
d.
zero
A Ferris wheel starts at rest and builds up to a final angular speed of 0.70 rad/s while rotating through an
angular displacement of 2.5 rad. What is its average angular acceleration?
Question 10Select one:
a.
0.05 rad/s2
b.
0.098 rad/s2
Correct
c.
0.60 rad/s2
d.
1.8 rad/s2
1300 rev/min is equivalent to which of the following?
Question 11Select one:
a.
136 rad/s
Correct
b.
273 rad/s
c.
60 rad/s
d.
2600 rad/s
A cube of wood of density 0.78 g/cm3 is 10 cm on a side. When placed in water, what height of the block
will float above the surface? (water density = 1.00 g/cm3)
Question 12Select one:
a.
10 cm
b.
7.8 cm
c.
1.2 cm
d.
3.2 cm
e.
2.2 cm
Correct
An astronaut is on a 100-m lifeline outside a spaceship, circling the ship with an angular speed of 0.100
rad/s. How far inward can she be pulled before the centripetal acceleration reaches 4g = 39.2 m/s2?
Question 13Select one:
a.
72.7 m
b.
50.0 m
c.
89.9 m
d.
70.6 m
Correct
A person has a thermal conductivity of 0.18 W/m·K between his inner core and his skin with an effective
shell thickness of 1.6 cm between his core and skin. If his inner core is at the normal 98.6°F, and his skin
has a surface area of 1.62 m2, what will be his rate of loss of thermal energy due to conduction through his
skin if his skin temperature is 26.0°C?

Question 14Select one:

a.
125 W
b.
325 W
c.
200 W
Correct
d.
132 W
e.
321 W
A 4.0-kg mass is placed at (3.0, 4.0) m, and a 7.0-kg mass is placed at (3.0, −4.0) m. What is the moment
of inertia of this system of masses about the x axis?
Question 15Select one:
a.
90 kg·m2
b.
99 kg·m2
c.
176 kg·m2
Correct
d.
275 kg·m2
A baseball pitcher loosens up his pitching arm. He tosses a 0.20-kg ball using only the rotation of his
forearm, 0.32 m in length, to accelerate the ball. What is the moment of inertia of the ball alone as it
moves in a circular arc with a radius of 0.32 m?
Question 16Select one:
a.
2.0 × 10−2 kg·m2
Correct
b.
1.5 × 10−2 kg·m2
c.
4.0 × 10−2 kg·m2
d.
7.6 × 10−2 kg·m2
If a simple harmonic motion is described by x = 3 cos(πt), starting from t = 0 s, what is the first
occurrence of a value of t for which x = 0? Assume SI units.
Question 17Select one:
a.
t = (π/4) s
b.
t = 0.5 s
Correct
c.
t = (1/2π) s
d.
t=0s
A pipe carrying water has a radius of 1.0 cm. If the flow velocity is 9.0 cm/s, which of the following
characterizes the flow? Take the viscosity of water to be 1.0 × 10−3 N⋅s/m.
Question 18Select one:
a.
turbulent
b.
streamlined
Correct
c.
stagnant
d.
unstable
An initially installed flywheel can store 106 J of kinetic energy when rotating at 300 rad/s. It is replaced
by another flywheel of the same size but made of a stronger material. If its mass is the same as that of the
original, and it is now capable of achieving a rotational speed of 445 rad/s, what maximum energy can be
stored?
Question 19Select one:
a.
1.00E+6 J
b.
2.20E+6 J
Correct
c.
1.51E+3 J
d.
2.12E+5 J
A heavily loaded boat is floating in a pond. The boat starts to sink because of a leak but quick action
plugging the leak stops the boat from going under although it is now deeper in the water. What happens to
the surface level of the pond?
Question 20Select one:
a.
It goes down.
b.
More information is needed to reach a conclusion.
c.
It goes up.
d.
It stays the same.
Correct
Waves propagate at 8.6 m/s along a stretched string. The end of the string is vibrated up and down once
every 1.5 s. What is the wavelength of the waves that travel along the string?

Question 1Select one:

a.
3.3 m
b.
12.9 m
Correct
c.
5.7 m
d.
3m
e.
0.7 m
By what factor should the length of a simple pendulum be changed if the period of vibration were to be
five times?

Question 2Select one:

a.
1.0
b.
0.2
c.
5
d.
25
Correct
e.
1/25
A simple pendulum of length 1.46 m has a mass of 160 g attached. It is drawn back 34° and then released.
What is the maximum speed of the mass?
Question 3Select one:
a.
4.03 m/s
b.
1.29 m/s
c.
0.27 m/s
d.
2.94 m/s
e.
1.83 m/s
Correct
An electrical generating plant operates at a boiler temperature of 223°C and exhausts the unused heat into
a nearby river at 20°C. If the generating plant has a power output of 890 megawatts (MW) and if the
actual efficiency is 3/4 the theoretical efficiency, how much heat per second must be delivered to the
boiler? (0°C = 273 K)

Question 4Select one:

a.
8,698 MW
b.
2,175 MW
c.
1,713 MW
d.
4,349 MW
e.
2,899 MW
Correct
What is the change in entropy (ΔS) when one mole of silver (108 g) is completely melted at 966°C? (The
heat of fusion of silver is 8.82 × 104 J/kg.)

Question 5Select one:

a.
3.84 J/K
b.
5.69 J/K
c.
9.86 J/K
d.
7.69 J/K
Correct
e.
15.38 J/K
A traveling wave train has wavelength 0.4 m, speed 28 m/s. Find the wave frequency.

Question 6Select one:

a.
44.272 Hz
b.
35 Hz
c.
17.5 Hz
d.
70 Hz
Correct
e.
0.014 Hz
How many nodes does a standing wave in a string have at the frequency of the sixth harmonic?
Question 7Select one:
a.
The answer is not given.
Correct
b.
12
c.
3
d.
6
12.3 Examples of Waves

A wave travels in a string at 60 m/s. A second string of 40% greater linear density has the same tension
applied as in the first string. What will be the resulting wave speed in the second string?
Question 8Select one:
a.
55 m/s
b.
51 m/s
Correct
c.
72 m/s
d.
also 60 m/s
Two water waves meet at the same point, one having a displacement above equilibrium of 60 cm and the
other having a displacement above equilibrium of 70 cm. At this moment, what is the resulting
displacement above equilibrium?
Question 9Select one:
a.
10 cm
b.
95 cm
c.
130 cm
Correct
d.
40 cm
e.
Information about the amplitudes needs to be given to find an answer.
Suppose a 0.5-kg mass on a spring that has been compressed 0.1 m has elastic potential energy of 1.2 J.
What is the spring constant?

Question 10Select one:

a.
480 N/m
b.
50 N/m
c.
120 N/m
d.
240 N/m
Correct
e.
24 N/m