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B. 20x D. 32x 19. Three concurrent forces at the origin of

1. What is the resultant force on a body of a three-dimensional coordinate system
mass 48 kg when its acceleration is 6 10. Find the average power necessary to will pass through the point (3,5,7). What
m/s2? raise a load of 30 kg to a height of 10 m is the horizontal component of the
in 60 seconds using a pulley. resultant force if the value of this
A. 144 N C. 288 N resultant is 2000 N?
B. 192 N D. 312 N
A. 32 W C. 44 W A. 540 N C. 630 N
2. Two horses on opposite banks of a B. 39 W D. 49 W B. 600 N D. 660 N
canal pull a barge moving parallel the
banks by means of two horizontal ropes. 11. A charger delivers current of 6 A for 6 20. A meteor is moving away from a planet
The tensions in these ropes are 200 kN hours to a battery while maintaining a with a speed of 0.75c. At the same time,
and 240 kN while the angle between voltage across the terminals of 12 V. a fragment from this meteor moves in
them is 60 degrees. Find the resultant How much energy is delivered to the the same direction as the original
pull on the barge. battery in Joules? meteor with a speed of 0.48c with
respect to the original meteor. Solve for
A. 381.5 kN C. 443.2 kN A. 1.55x106 C. 2.12x106 the fragment’s velocity with respect to
B. 405.1 kN D. 513.5 kN B. 1.81x10 6
D. 3.33x106 the planet?

3. What is the upward acceleration of an 12. Find the volume (in cm3) of a piece of A. 0.904c C. 0.991c
elevator in which a 90 kg man inside will silicon if it weighs 70 g and its density is B. 0.982c D. c
cause a pressure of 1000 N on the its 2.33 g/cu cm.
floor? 21. A 2-m long pendulum is pulled aside
A. 15 C. 30 then released. What is the period of the
A. 0.7 m/s2 C. 1.1 m/s2 B. 25 D. 33 pendulum?
B. 0.9 m/s2 D. 1.3 m/s2
13. A golf ball was hit with a velocity of 90 A. 1.4 s C. 2.8 s
4. A car (mass = 1800 kg) is traveling at a m/s. The head of the golf club was in B. 2.2 s D. 3.1 s
speed of 60 kph. What force is necessary contact with the ball for 0.3 s. Find the
to reduce its acceleration at a rate of 20 average force acting on the ball during 22. Two electrons (Q1 and Q2) of electrical
cm/s2? impact if the mass of the ball is 50 g. charge of 0.003 coulombs and 0.005
coulombs respectively are separated by
A. 240 N C. – 240 N A. 10 N C. 15 N a distance of 3 m. Find the magnitude of
B. 360 N D. – 360 N B. 13 N D. 18 N the electrostatic force on Q1 due to Q2
and Q2 due to Q1, since they are equal
14. A toaster connected to a 220 V supply in magnitude. k = 9 x 109 m2/c2
5. What is the weight of a person on the
surface of the moon is his weight on the operates for 1 minute. What is the
surface of the earth is 120 lb? energy supplied to the toaster if it has a A. 15 kN C. 22 kN
resistance of 15 ohms? B. 18 kN D. 25 kN
A. 10 lb C. 20 lb
A. 132 kJ C. 168 kJ 23. A block, weighing 100 lbs is suspended
B. 15 lb D. 30 lb
B. 154 kJ D. 194 kJ by 2 springs in series. Find the period of
vibration when the block is displaced
6. Two blocks of mass 6 kg and m kg, are vertically from its equilibrium position if
placed in a location where g = 9.67 m/s2. 15. A 1-A lamp on a 220 V line operates for
10 days. How much is the total cost for the springs constants are 20 lb/in and
The combined weight of the two blocks 30 lb/in, respectively.
is 174 N. Find the value of m. this lamp if the cost of electric energy is
P 2.50 per kW-hr?
A. 12 kg C. 16 kg
A. 0.81 s C. 0.94 s
B. 14 kg D. 18 kg A. P132 C. P170 B. 0.92 s D. 1.32 s
B. P155 D. P188
7. What is the combined kinetic energy of 24. How long will it take for sound to travel a
a motorcycle with mass of 100 kg and 16. A 200 gram apple is thrown from the distance of 4 km if the air temperature is
with two passengers with a combined edge of a tall building with an initial increased from 0ºC to 20ºC?
mass of 125 kg if it is moving at a speed speed of 20 m/s. what is the change in
of 40 kph? kinetic energy (in calories) of the apple if A. 9.5 s C. 11.7 s
it strikes the ground at 50 m/s? B. 10.1 s D. 12.8 s
A. 12 kJ C. 22 kJ
B. 14 kJ D. 24 kJ A. 44 cal C. 56 cal 25. An electron at rest has a mass of 9.11 x
B. 50 cal D. 72 cal 10-31 kg. What will be its speed (in m/s) if
8. If a certain object with mass of 15 kg its mass will be doubled?
was brought to another planet where the
17. What is the energy of emitted light with
local gravity is one-third of the gravity in
a frequency of 6.88x1014 Hz? Express
A. 1.92x108 C. 2.42x108
earth, what is the potential energy of the
object at a height of 100 ft relative to the the answer in eV. B. 2.12x10 8
D. 2.88x108
surface of that planet?
A. 2.14 eV C. 3.44 eV 26. A choir is composed of 39 singers all of
whom can sing with the same intensity.
A. 1.5 kJ C. 3.3 kJ B. 2.85 eV D. 3.88 eV A soloist sings a passage alone and is
B. 2.5 kJ D. 4.5 kJ joined by the rest for the repeat
18. A body initially at rest is acted upon by a passage. Calculate the difference in
9. If a car with initial velocity, v, accelerates constant force of 18 lb for 5 sec after sound intensity level in the two cases.
in a flat surface to increase its velocity to which an opposite force of 12 lb is
applied. In what additional time will the
five times the original velocity, how
body come to rest?
A. 16 dB C. – 16 dB
much additional energy (with respect to
the original energy) is needed for the B. 32 dB D. – 32 dB
acceleration to occur assuming that A. 6.4 s C. 8.1 s
friction is negligible? 27. What is the intensity level at a point 20
B. 7.5 s D. 8.7 s m from the source if a sound energy is
radiating uniformly in all directions at a
A. 16x C. 24x
rate of 2 watts?
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velocity of light. What length does he 45. A photographer has an 8x magnifier for
A. 68 dB C. – 68 dB measure for the meter stick? examining negatives. What is the focal
length of the magnifier lens?
B. 86 dB D. – 86 dB
A. 0.500 m C. 0.714 m
B. 0.692 m D. 0.866 m A. 2.9 cm C. 3.4 cm
28. A sound has an intensity of 10 -10

watts/cm2. What is its intensity level in

B. 3.1 cm D. 3.8 cm
dB? 37. An observer measures the length of a
moving meter stick and finds a value of 46. A biology student wishes to use a 6-cm
focal length lens as a magnifier. What is
A. 60 dB C. – 60 dB 0.5 m. How fast (in m/s) did the meter
the magnification of the lens when used
stick move past the observer?
B. 80 dB D. – 80 dB with the relaxed eye?
A. 1.4x108 C. 2.6x108
29. A human ear can distinguish a reflected A. 2x C. 4x
sound pulse from the original sound if B. 1.9x108 D. 3.2x108
0.10 s or more elapses between the two
B. 3x D. 5x
sounds. If an echo is heard exactly 0.20 38. A rocket is moving with a velocity of 0.6c
s after a sound of 1150 ft/s is made, find directly away from the Earth. A missile 47. For the biology student in the previous
the distance of the reflecting surface. that has a length of 5 m (as measured problem, what is the maximum
by the rocket crew) is launched from the magnification?
A. 115 ft C. 144 ft rocket towards the Earth with a velocity
of 0.385c with respect to the Earth. A. 2x C. 4x
B. 132 ft D. 152 ft What is the length of the missile as B. 3x D. 5x
determined by an Earth observer?
30. A ray of light travels from air at an angle
of 42º with the water surface. What is 48. A laboratory microscope has a 20X
A. 4.61 m C. 4.91 m objective and a 10X eyepiece.
the speed of light in water (in m/s) if the B. 4.72 m D. 5.14 m
index of refraction of water is 1.33? Determine the focal length of the
objective lens.
39. A spaceship moving away from the
A. 2.13x108 C. 3.13x108 Earth at a velocity of 0.75c with respect
to the Earth, launches a rocket (in a A. 0.4 cm C. 0.8 cm
B. 2.26x108 D. 3.52x108
direction away from the Earth) that B. 0.6 cm D. 1.2 cm
attains a velocity of 0.75c with respect to
31. Find the period of the 100-cm long
the spaceship. What is the velocity of 49. From the previous problem what is the
pendulum if it makes a complete
the rocket with respect to the Earth? focal length of the eyepiece?
vibration in 1.0 second.

A. 1s C. 2 s
A. 0.75c C. 0.88c A. 2.5 cm C. 3.2 cm

B. 1.5 s D. 2.5 s
B. 0.81c D. 0.96c B. 2.8 cm D. 3.4 cm

40. An incident ray from water makes an

32. The speed of light in a particular
angle of 55° with respect to the normal. 50. Given the microscope in no. 49, how
substance is 123,000 miles/s. What is
What is the direction of the reflected ray large will a 9 nm object be seen by the
the refractive index of this substance?
if it goes to glass with an index of eye after being aided by the laboratory
refraction of 1.50? microscope?
A. 1.35 C. 1.81
B. 1.52 D. 2.12 A. 55° C. 52° A. 1.8 um C. 2.5 um
B. 59° D. 62° B. 2.2 um D. 2.8 um
33. A 10-g mass attached to a spring
vibrates with a period of 2 s. How much 41. A diverging lens has a focal length of – END
force is required to stretch the spring by 5.0 cm. If you look through the lens at a
10 cm starting from its equilibrium dime held 4.0 cm from the lens, what is
position? (use the approximation that π2 magnification of the image?
= 10)
A. 0.55 C. – 0.55
A. 0.1 N C. 0.5 N
B. 1.55 D. – 1.55
B. 0.3 N D. 0.7 N
42. A penny is placed 4.0 cm in front of a
34. The star nearest Earth, Alpha Centauri, converging lens whose focal length is 15
lies at a distance of 4.3 light years. If a cm. Where is the image?
space traveler were to make a trip from
Earth to Alpha Centauri at a uniform A. 4.24 cm C. – 4.24 cm
velocity of 0.95c, how long would it take B. 5.45 cm D. – 5.45 cm
according to an Earth clock?
43. A flea is located 3.0 cm from a convex
A. 1.41 yr C. 3.33 yr spherical mirror of radius 10 cm. Where
B. 2.88 yr D. 4.53 yr is the image of the flea?

35. The star nearest Earth, Alpha Centauri, A. 1.9 cm C. – 1.9 cm

lies at a distance of 4.3 light years. If a B. 2.4 cm D. – 2.4 cm
space traveler were to make a trip from
Earth to Alpha Centauri at a uniform
44. A far-sighted classmate is unable to
velocity of 0.95c, how long would it take
clearly focus on objects closer than 125
according to the space traveler’s clock?
cm from his eyes. What strength
corrective lens is needed to allow him to
A. 1.41 yr C. 3.33 yr read books held 30 cm from his eyes?
B. 2.88 yr D. 4.53 yr
A. 2.1 diopters C. 3.2 diopters
36. An observer moves past a meter stick B. 2.5 diopters D. 3.4 diopters
with a velocity that is one-half the

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