PUSAT ASASI SAINS PERTANIAN UPM

SAMPLE TEST 1 (SET C)

First Semester, Session 2016/2017
COURSE

: INTRODUCTION TO MECHANICS

CODE

: ASP 0501

PROGRAM

: Asasi Sains Pertanian

DATE

: 26th June 2016

TIME

: 9.00 10.00 am

DURATION : 1 Hours

INSTRUCTION TO CANDIDATES :
Please refer to the instructions provided in page two

ATTENDENCE SLIP
Matrix No.:

Program

Table No. :

Signature :

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INSTRUCTION TO CANDIDATES :
1. ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS (3 STRUCTURED QUESTIONS) WITHIN 1
HOURS BY SHOWING ALL STEPS IN YOUR ANSWER BOOKLET
CLEARLY.
2. ANSWER MUST BE WRITTEN IN PEN.
3. THE TOTAL MARKS IS 30.
4. THE QUESTION COMPRISES OF THREE (3) STRUCTURED QUESTIONS
(TOTAL MARKS ARE RECORDED ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF EACH
QUESTION), AND
5. PLEASE ALSO SUBMIT YOUR ANSWER TOGETHER WITH YOUR
QUESTION BOOKLET.

PLEASE DO NOT OPEN THIS QUESTION PAPER UNTIL YOU ARE

TOLD TO DO SO & GOOD LUCK !!!!

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STRUCTURED QUESTIONS (30 MARKS)

(Please answer ALL questions)
[Please use gravitational acceleration, g = ay = 9.80 m s-2]
1.

A 50-gram super-ball is thrown horizontally in the negative-x direction against a brick

wall so that it bounces directly back after hitting the wall (the vertical motion of the ball
during the throw is negligible). The horizontal position of the balls centre of mass as a
function of time is described in the data table below (Table 1).

x-position relative
to wall (cm)
time, t
(milliseconds)

25

20

15

10

10

14

18

22

10

12

14

16

18

20

22

24

Table 1
(a).
(b).
(c).
(d).
(e).

Draw a graph of the balls position as a function of time.

Determine the balls initial velocity before coming into contact with the wall?
Determine the balls final velocity after bouncing off the wall?
What is the balls average acceleration during the time period when the balls
velocity is changing from 6 to 60 ms (milliseconds)
Use the graph to determine the balls instantaneous velocity at time t 10 ms
(milliseconds). Explain briefly how you arrived at your answer.
(2, 2, 2, 2, 2)

2.

(a).

The particle shown in Figure 1 below moves along x-axis with a constant
acceleration of 4 m/s2. As it passes the origin, moving in the direction of x, its
velocity is 20 m/s. In this problem, time t is measured from the moment the
particle is first at the origin.

Figure 1
(i). At what distance x and time t does v 0?
(ii). At what time is the particle at x 15 m, and what is its velocity at this
time?

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(iii). What is the velocity of the particle at x 25 m? at x 25 m? Try finding

the velocity of the particle at x 55 m
(b). An antiaircraft shell is fired vertically upward with an initial velocity of 500 m/s.
Neglecting friction, compute
(i).
(ii).
(iii).
(iv).
(c).

3.

the maximum height it ca reach,

the time taken to reach that height, and
the instantaneous velocity at the end of 60 s.
When will its height be 10 km?

The acceleration due to gravity on the moon is 1.67 m/s2. If a person can throw a
stone 12.0 m straight upward on the earth, how high should the person be able to
throw a stone on the moon? Assume that the throwing speeds are the same in the
two cases.
(4, 4, 2)

A ball of mass 0.5 kg, initially at rest, is kicked directly toward a fence from a point 32
m away, as shown in Figure 2. The velocity of the ball as it leaves the kickers foot is
20 m/s at an angle of 37o above the horizontal. The top of the fence is 2.5 m high. The
kickers foot is in contact with the ball for 0.05 s. The ball hits nothing while in flight
and air resistance is negligible.

Figure 2
(a).

Determine the magnitude of the average net force exerted on the ball during the
kick.
(b). Determine the time it take for the ball to reach the plane of the fence.
(c). Will the ball hit fence? If so, how far below the top of the fence will it hit? If not,
how far above the top of the fence will it pass?
(d). Sketch the horizontal and vertical components of the velocity of the ball as
functions of time (two separate graphs) until the ball reaches the plane of the
fence.
(2, 2, 3, 3)

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END OF SAMPLE TEST 1 (SET C)

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