credit exam #1

1. An object moves at a constant speed of 6 m/s. This means that the object: A. Increases its speed by 6 m/s every second B. Decreases its speed by 6 m/s every second C. Doesn't move D. Has a positive acceleration E. Moves 6 meters every second 2. A snapshot of three racing cars approaching the nish line is shown on the diagram. All three cars start the race at the same time, at the same place and move along a straight track. As they approach the nish line, which car has the lowest average speed? A. Car I B. Car II C. Car III D. All three cars have the same average speed E. More information is required 3. A car and a delivery truck both start from rest and accelerate at the same rate. However, the car accelerates for twice the amount of time as the truck. What is the nal speed of the car compared to the truck? A. Half as much B. The same C. Twice as much D. Four times as much E. One quarter as much 4. A car and a delivery truck both start from rest and accelerate at the same rate. However, the car accelerates for twice the amount of time as the truck. What is the traveled distance of the car compared to the truck? A. Half as much B. The same C. Twice as much D. Four times as much E. One quarter as much 5. A football, a hockey puck, and a tennis ball all droped and fall down in the absence of air resistance (initial velocity is zero). 1
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Which of the following is true about their acceleration? A. The acceleration of the football is greater than the other two B. The acceleration of the hockey puck is greater than the other two C. The acceleration of the tennis ball is greater than the other two D. They all fall down with the same constant acceleration E. More information is required 6. Two balls are thrown from the roof of a house with the same initial speed, one is thrown up, and the other is down. Compare the speeds of the balls just before they hit the ground. A. The one thrown up moves faster because the initial velocity is up B. The one thrown down moves faster because the initial velocity is down C. They both move with the same speed D. The one thrown up moves faster because it has greater acceleration E. The one thrown down moves faster because it has greater acceleration 7. A tennis ball is dropped from the top of a tall building. A second tennis ball is thrown down from the same building. Make a statement about the acceleration of each tennis ball. A. The rst ball falls with a greater acceleration B. The second ball falls with a greater acceleration C. They both fall with the same acceleration because they stated from the same height D. The both fall with the same acceleration because they are in a free fall E. More information is required 8. An archer practicing with an arrow bow shoots an arrow straight up two times. The rst time the initial speed is v and second time he increases the initial sped to 4v . How would you compare the maximum height in the second trial to that in the rst trial?
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hint: use third equation (in constant acceleration motion)

A. Two times greater B. Four times greater 2

C. Eight times greater D. Sixteen times greater E. The same The velocity as a function of time of a moving object is presented by the graph to the right.

9. What is the acceleration of the object between 0 s and 2 s? A. 0 m/s2 B. 1 m/s2 C. 2 m/s2 D. 3 m/s2 E. 4m/s2 10. What is the acceleration of the object between 2 s and 6 s? A. 0 m/s2 B. 1 m/s2 C. 2 m/s2 D. 3 m/s2 E. 4m/s2 11. How far from the origin does the object move in the rst 10 s? A. 4 m B. 16 m C. 20 m D. 28 m E. 36 m 12. The diagram above presents the position and elapsed time of a motorbike that starts from rest and accelerates at a constant rate. What is the average velocity of the motorbike during rst 5 s? A. 0 m/s B. 5 m/s C. 10 m/s 3

D. 15 m/s E. 20 m/s 13. A ball is thrown upwards and caught when it comes back down. In the absence of air resistance, the speed of the ball when caught would be a. less than the speed it had when thrown upwards. b. more than the speed it had when thrown upwards. c. the same as the speed it had when thrown upwards. 14. A vector is a quantity that has a. magnitude and time. b. time and direction. c. magnitude and direction. 15. When representing velocity as a vector, a. the direction of the arrow shows the direction of motion. b. the length of the arrow represents the speed. c. the length of the arrow is drawn to a suitable scale. d. all of the above e. none of the above 16. A United Airlines jet is ying at 300 km/hr, while an Air France Concord is speeding along at 1200 km/hr. Both airplanes are ying at the same altitude. If each aircraft experiences problems with an unruly passenger, and they both decide simultaneously to push the passenger out the door, which of the passengers will hit the earth rst? (Ignore air resistance) (A) The Air France passenger (B) The United Airlines passenger (C) Neither They will both hit the ground at the same time (D) Impossible to determine The answer depends on which passenger is heavier 17. For a projectile, what is the acceleration in the x-direction? a) depends on initial velocity b) 0 m/s2 c) depends on how long it is in the air d) depends on y-acceleration 18. A bullet is red horizontally from a gun. At the same time a similar bullet is dropped from the same height. The red bullet will: a) hit the ground rst c) hit at the same time as the dropped bullet b) hit the ground second d) never hit the ground 19. A rocket is red at 30 dgrees above the horizon. If the initial horizontal velocity (v ) is 326 m/s, what is the initial vertical velocity (v )? a) 188 m/s b) 330 m/s
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c) 380 m/s d) 250 m/s 20. A racecar is traveling in uniform circular motion around a racetrack. What happens to the centripetal acceleration of the car if the speed is doubled but the radius of the circle remains constant? A) It remains the same. B) It increases by a factor of 2. C) It increases by a factor of 4. D) It is decreased by a factor of one-half. E) It is decreased by a factor of one-fourth. 21. A plane is traveling at 200 m/s following the arc of a vertical circle of radius R. At the top of its path, the passengers experience "weightlessness" (meaning the radial acceleration equals the free fall acceleration g) what is the value of R

A) 200 m B) 1000 m C) 2000 m D) 4000 m E) 40 000 m 22. Consider a hypothetical planet in our solar system whose average distance from the Sun is about four time that of Earth. Determine the orbital period for this hypothetical planet. A) 0.25 year B) 2.5 years C) 4 years D) 8 years E) 16 years 23. The outer edge of a water wheel has a speed of 3.80 m/s. If the wheel makes one rotation every 5.60 s, what is its radius? a. 3.39 m b. 6.77 m c. 4.26 m d. 9.26 m 5

24. 31. Vector A is directed northward and vector B is directed eastward. Which of the following vector addition diagrams best represent the addition of vectors A and B and the subsequent resultant?

25. If you drive west at 20 km/h for one hour, then drive east at 15 km/h for one hour, your net displacement will be a. 5 km east. b. 35 km west. c. 35 km east. d. 5 km west.