UNIVERSITY OF TOURISM, TECHNOLOGY AND BUSINESS

STUDIES
CE and CIS
1st and 2nd Years / Morning
Engineering Physics
Lecturer: Jean Paul NIZEYIMANA
CAT 1 19th October 2015
2hours

Duration:

Instructions
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Answer all questions

This quiz is closed book. The total mark is 20

1. The circumference of the Earth is roughly 40,233 km. What is the speed of the
Earths rotation? (2 marks)
2. When an airplane takes off, it gains a speed of 250 km/hr in about 244 meters.
What is the planes acceleration? (2 marks)
3. A rock is thrown straight upward off the edge of a balcony that is 5 m above the
ground. The rock rises 10 m, then falls all the way down to the ground below the
balcony. What is the rock's displacement? (3 marks)
4. A child walks 5 m east, then 3 m north, then 1 m east.
a.) What is the magnitude of the child's displacement? (1 mark)
b.) What is the direction of the child's displacement? (1 mark)
c.) If the child completes his journey in 20 seconds, what is the magnitude
of his
average velocity? (2 marks)
5. A rock is dropped 80 meters from a cliff. How long does it take to reach the
ground? (2 marks)
6. A tennis ball is thrown horizontally with an initial speed of 10 m/s. If it hits the
ground after 4 seconds, how far did it drop before hitting the ground? (3
marks)
7. An object's position during a 10 second time interval is shown by the graph
below:

(4 marks)