AP Physics First Test Review- Chapters 1 and 2 (Answers are starred for MC)

1. Which one of the following choices is equivalent to 44.5 mm?

A) 4.45 101 m
*B) 4.45 102 m
C) 44.5 101 m
D) 44.5 102 m
E) 4.45 100 m
2. Three sticks are arranged to form a right triangle. If the lengths of the three sticks are 0.47 m,
0.62 m and 0.78 m, what are the three angles of the triangle?
A) 90, 45, and 45
B) 90, 62, and 28
C) 90, 59, and 31
D) 90, 48, and 42
*E) 90, 53, and 37
3. Two vectors ur and ur are added together to form a vector ur . The relationship between the
C
A
B
magnitudes of the vectors is given by A + B = C. Which one of the following statements
concerning these vectors is true?
A) ur and ur must be displacements.
A
B
B) ur and ur must have equal lengths.
A
B
C) ur and ur must point in opposite directions.
A
B
*D) ur and ur must point in the same direction.
A
B
E) ur and ur must be at right angles to each other.
A
B
4. Three vectors ur , ur , and ur add together to yield zero: ur + ur + ur = 0. The vectors ur
C
A B
A B C
A
and ur point in opposite directions and their magnitudes are related by the expression: A = 2C.
C
Which one of the following conclusions is correct?
A) ur and ur have equal magnitudes and point in opposite directions.
A
B
*B) ur and ur have equal magnitudes and point in the same direction.
C
B
C) ur and ur have equal magnitudes and point in opposite directions.
C
B
D) ur and ur point in the same direction, but ur has twice the magnitude of ur .
A
B
A
B
E) ur and ur point in the same direction, but ur has twice the magnitude of ur .
C
C
B
B

5. A physics student adds two displacement vectors with magnitudes of 8.0 km and 6.0 km.
Which one of the following statements is true concerning the magnitude of the resultant
displacement?
A) It must be 10.0 km.
B) It must be 14.0 km.
C) It could be equal to zero kilometers, depending on how the vectors are oriented.
D) No conclusion can be reached without knowing the directions of the vectors.
*E) It could have any value between 2.0 km and 14.0 km depending on how the vectors are
oriented.
6. An escaped convict runs 1.70 km due east of the prison. He then runs due north to a friend's
house. If the magnitude of the convict's total displacement vector is 2.50 km, what is the
direction of his total displacement vector with respect to due east?
A) 43 south of east
*B) 47 north of east
C) 56 north of east
D) 34 south of east
E) 34 north of east
7. A vector ur has a magnitude of 40.0 units and points 35.0 above the positive x axis. A
F1
second vector u
r has a magnitude of 65.0 units and points in the negative x direction. Use the
F2
component method of vector addition to find the magnitude and direction, relative to the positive
x axis, of the resultant ur = ur + u
r .
F F1 F 2
A) 53.3 units, 141.8 relative to the +x axis
B) 53.3 units, 52.1 relative to the +x axis
*C) 39.6 units, 144.5 relative to the +x axis ( I changed this, as the test bank question had an
error, but this is the only one that makes sense)
D) 39.6 units, 54.6 relative to the +x axis
E) 46.2 units, 136.0 relative to the +x axis
8. Neglecting air resistance, what maximum height will be reached by an arrow launched
straight upward with an initial speed of 35 m/s?
A) 98 m
B) 160 m
C) 41 m

*D) 63 m
E) 18 m
9. A ball is shot straight up from the surface of the earth with an initial speed of 19.6 m/s.
Neglect any effects due to air resistance. What is the magnitude of the ball's displacement from
the starting point after 1.00 second has elapsed?
A) 9.80 m
*B) 14.7 m
C) 19.6 m
D) 24.5 m
E) 58.8 m
10. A ball is shot straight up from the surface of the earth with an initial speed of 19.6 m/s.
Neglect any effects due to air resistance. How much time elapses between the throwing of the
ball and its return to the original launch point?
*A) 4.00 s
B) 2.00 s
C) 12.0 s
D) 8.00 s
E) 16.0 s
11. Two cars travel along a level highway. It is observed that the distance between the cars is
increasing. Which one of the following statements concerning this situation is necessarily true?
A) The velocity of each car is increasing.
B) At least one of the cars has a non-zero acceleration.
C) The leading car has the greater acceleration.
D) The trailing car has the smaller acceleration.
*E) Both cars could be accelerating at the same rate.
12. A ball is thrown vertically upward from the surface of the earth. The ball rises to some
maximum height and falls back toward the surface of the earth. Which one of the following
statements concerning this situation is true if air resistance is neglected?
A) As the ball rises, its acceleration vector points upward.
*B) The ball is a freely falling body for the duration of its flight.
C) The acceleration of the ball is zero when the ball is at its highest point.
D) The speed of the ball is negative while the ball falls back toward the earth.
E) The velocity and acceleration of the ball always point in the same direction.
13. An object is moving along a straight line. The graph shows the object's velocity as a function
of time.

velocity(m/s)

20
15
10
5
0

3
4
time(s)

During which interval(s) of the graph does the object travel equal distances in equal times?
A) 0 s to 2 s
*B) 2 s to 3 s
C) 3 s to 5 s
D) 0 s to 2 s and 3 s to 5 s
E) 0 s to 2 s, 3 to 5 s, and 5 to 6 s

14. How far does the object move in the interval from t = 0 to t = 2 s? Use the same graph as in
#13.
A) 7.5 m
*B) 10 m
C) 15 m
D) 20 m
E) 25 m
15. Which one of the following statements is not true?

In the absence of air resistance the motion of a baseball dropped from rest from the top of
a building is an example of free-fall.

In the absence of air resistance the motion of a baseball after being thrown straight upward
from the ground is an example of free-fall.

The equations of kinematics apply to free-fall motion.

*Near the earth's surface the acceleration due to gravity has the approximate magnitude of
9.80 m/s2, points downward when the motion is downward, and points upward when the
motion is upward.

In free-fall motion near the earth's surface the acceleration is the acceleration due to

gravity.

Short answer problems.

1. A police car is traveling at a velocity of 18.0 m/s due north, when a car zooms by
at a constant velocity of 42.0 m/s due north. The policeman takes 0.800 seconds
to react and then starts to pursue the speeder. He begins to pursue the speeder
with an acceleration of 5.00 m/s2. Including the reaction time, how long does it
take the police car to catch up with the speeder?

Answer: 11.1 seconds total

2. A model rocket blasts off from the ground, rising straight upward with a
constant acceleration that has a magnitude of 86.0 m/s 2 for 1.70
seconds, at which point its fuel abruptly runs out. Air resistance has no
effect on its flight. What maximum altitude (above the ground) will the
rocket reach?

Answer: 1210 meters

3. A ball is dropped from rest from the top of a cliff that is 24 m high. From

ground level, a second ball is thrown straight upward at the same

instant that the first ball is dropped. The initial speed of the second ball
is exactly the same as that with which the first ball eventually hits the
ground. In the absence of air resistance, the motions of the balls are
just the reverse of each other. Determine how far below the top of the
cliff the balls cross paths.
The balls pass at a time t when both are at a position y above the ground.
Applying Equation 2.8 to the ball that is dropped from rest, we have

y = 24 m + v01t + 12 at 2 24 m + 0 m/s t + 12 at 2

Note that we have taken into account the fact that y = 24 m when
t = 0 s in Equation (1). For the second ball that is thrown straight upward,

y v02t 12 at 2

Equating Equations (1) and (2) for y yields

24 m 12 at 2 v02t 12 at 2

or

24 m v02t

Thus, the two balls pass at a time t, where

24 m
v02

The initial speed v02 of the second ball is exactly the same as that
with which the first ball hits the ground. To find the speed with which the
first ball hits the ground, we take upward as the positive direction and use

v2 v02 2ay
Equation 2.9

. Since the first ball is dropped from rest, we find

that

v02 v 2ay 2(9.80 m/s 2 )(24 m) 21.7 m/s

Thus, the balls pass after a time

24 m
1.11 s
21.7 m/s

At a time t = 1.11 s, the position of the first ball according to

Equation (1) is

1
2

y 24 m (9.80 m/s 2 )(1.11 s)2 24 m 6.0 m

6.0 m below the top of the cliff

which is