Physics Fundamentals 1 Reviewer P1&2

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De La Salle University-Manila
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Physics Fundamentals 1 (Review Questions)

Multiple Choices: Encircle the letter of the best answer. Use only black ballpoint pen in writing.
Erasures shall be automatically marked incorrect.
1. Which one of the following is an SI base unit?

A) gram
B) slug
C) newton
D) centimeter
E) kilogram
Ans: E
Difficulty: Easy
2. Complete the following statement: Today, the standard meter is defined in terms of
A) the distance from the earth's equator to the north pole.
B) the wavelength of light emitted from a krypton atom.
C) the wavelength of light emitted from a sodium atom.
D) a platinum-iridium bar kept in France.
E) the speed of light.
Ans: E
Difficulty: Medium
3. Complete the following statement: Today, the standard unit of mass is defined in terms of
A) a specified volume of water at 4 °C.
B) a standard platinum-iridium cylinder.
C) a specified number of cesium atoms.
D) a standard platinum bar.
Ans: B
Difficulty: Medium
4. Complete the following statement: Today, the standard unit of time is defined in terms of
A) the electromagnetic waves emitted by cesium atoms.
B) the motion of the moon around the earth.
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C) the motion of a precision pendulum.

D) the average solar day.
Ans: A
Difficulty: Medium
5. The mass of a raindrop is 4 milligrams. Which one of the following statements indicates the
correct mass of the raindrop in grams?
A) The raindrop has a mass of 4 × 106 grams.
B) The raindrop has a mass of 4 × 10–3 grams.
C) The raindrop has a mass of 4 × 10–1 grams.
D) The raindrop has a mass of 4 × 103 grams.
E) The raindrop has a mass of 4 × 10–6 grams.
Ans: B
Difficulty: Medium
6. Which one of the following is the longest length?

A) 100 meters
B) 102 centimeters
C) 104 millimeters
D) 105 micrometers
E) 107 nanometers
Ans: C
Difficulty: Medium
7. In a diving competition, a woman dives from a platform that is ten meters above the surface of
the water. What is the height, expressed in feet, of the platform?
A) 13 feet
B) 18 feet
C) 24 feet
D) 33 feet
E) 47 feet
Ans: D
Difficulty: Medium
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8. A candy shop sells a pound of chocolate for $ 10.85. What is the price of 1.50 kg of chocolate
at the shop?
A) $ 8.17
B) $ 13.49
C) $ 17.98
D) $ 29.73
E) $ 35.81
Ans: E
Difficulty: Hard
1 milligram
9. Complete the following statement: The ratio 1 kilogram is equal to
A) 102.
B) 103.
C) 106.
D) 10–3.
E) 10–6.
Ans: E
Difficulty: Medium
10. Which one of the following choices is equivalent to 8.0 m2?

A) 8.0 × 10–4 cm2
B) 8.0 × 102 cm2
C) 8.0 × 10–2 cm2
D) 8.0 × 104 cm2
E) 8.0 × 103 cm2
Ans: D
Difficulty: Hard
11. Which one of the following pairs of units may not be added together, even after the
appropriate unit conversions have been made?
A) grams and milligrams
B) kilometers and kilograms
C) miles and kilometers
D) slugs and kilograms
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E) centimeters and yards
Ans: B
Difficulty: Easy
12. Which one of the following choices is equivalent to 44.5 mm?

A) 4.45 × 101 m
B) 4.45 × 10–2 m
C) 44.5 × 10–1 m
D) 44.5 × 10–2 m
E) 4.45 × 100 m
Ans: B
Difficulty: Medium
13. Which one of the following choices is equivalent to 152 m?

A) 1.52 × 101 m
B) 1.52 × 102 m
C) 1.52 × 10–1 m
D) 1.52 × 10–2 m
E) 1.52 × 100 m
Ans: B
Difficulty: Easy
14. In the sport of horseshoe pitching, two stakes are 40.0 feet apart. What is the distance in
meters between the two stakes?
A) 24.4 m
B) 4.80 m
C) 18.3 m
D) 12.2 m
E) 15.7 m
Ans: D
Difficulty: Medium
15. The Boston Marathon is the oldest annual foot race, in which those that finish complete a
distance of 26 miles, 385 yards. Express this distance in kilometers.
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A) 16.295 km
B) 16.398 km
C) 42.186 km
D) 42.453 km
E) 56.496 km
Ans: C
Difficulty: Medium
16. The surface of a lake has an area of 15.5 km2. What is the area of the lake in m2?
A) 1.55 × 104 m2
B) 1.55 × 105 m2
C) 1.55 × 106 m2
D) 1.55 × 107 m2
E) 1.55 × 108 m2
Ans: D
Difficulty: Hard
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17. The mathematical relationship between three physical quantities is given by . a  b If the
c
[L]
dimension of b is; [T] and the dimension of c is [L]. Which one of the
following choices is the dimension of a?
A) [L]
[L]
2
B) [T]
[L]
C) [T]
D) [T]
[L]2
2
E) [T]
Ans: B
Difficulty: Medium
18. The distance d that a certain particle moves may be calculated from the expression d = at + bt2
where a and b are constants; and t is the elapsed time. What must the dimensions of the quantities
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a and b be, respectively?

[L] [L]
, 2
A) [T] [T]
B) [L], [L]2
[L] [L]
2
, 3
C) [T] [T]
[L] [L]2
, 2
D) [T] [T]
1 1
, 2
E) [T] [T]
Ans: A
Difficulty: Medium
19. Using the dimensions given for the variables in the table, determine which one of the
following expressions is correct.
variable dimension
f 1
[T]
l [L]
g [L]
[T]2
g
f 
A) 2 l
B) f = 2gl
g
2 f 
C) l
l
2 f 
D) g
f  2 gl
E)
Ans: C
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Difficulty: Hard
20. A certain physical quantity, R, is calculated using the formula: R = 4a2(b – c) where a, b, and
c are distances. What is the SI unit for R?
A) cm
B) cm2
C) m
D) m2
E) m3
Ans: E
Difficulty: Medium
21. Which one of the following expressions may be used to correctly find the angle  in the
drawing?
5
  cos 1  
A)  
2
5
  tan 1  
B)  2
2
  sin 1  
C)  5
2
  tan 1  
D) 5
5
  sin 1  
E) 2
Ans: B
Difficulty: Easy
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22. The length of each side of a square is 4.0 m. What is the length of the diagonal of the square
(shown as a dashed line in the figure)?
A) 2.8 m
B) 8.0 m
C) 5.7 m
D) 6.8 m
E) 16 m
Ans: D
Difficulty: Medium
23. 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°
Ans: E
Difficulty: Medium
24. A 3.0-m ladder leans against a wall and makes an angle with the
wall of 28° as shown in the drawing. What is the height h above the
ground where the ladder makes contact with the wall?
A) 2.6 m
B) 2.3 m
C) 2.1 m
D) 1.9 m
E) 1.6 m
Ans: A
Difficulty: Medium
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25. A pole is held vertically by attaching wires at a height of 13.4 m above the ground. The
other end of each wire is anchored in the ground at a distance of 9.54 m from the base of the pole.
The pole makes a right angle with the ground. What is the length of each wire?
A) 14.1 m
B) 19.7 m
C) 11.5 m
D) 16.4 m
E) 22.8 m
Ans: D
Difficulty: Hard
26. A certain mountain road is inclined 3.1° with respect to the horizon. What is the change in
altitude of the car as a result of its traveling 2.90 km along the road?
A) 157 m
B) 181 m
C) 116 m
D) 203 m
E) 289 m
Ans: A
Difficulty: Hard
27. A surveyor wants to find the distance across a river. A

stake is placed on each bank of the river as shown in the
figure. She measures a distance of 30.0 m from one stake to
another on the same side of the river, thus finding the third
vertex on a right triangle. She then measures the angle 
and finds it equal to 75.9°. What is the distance across the
river?
A) 89.2 m
B) 15.3 m
C) 119 m
D) 268 m
E) 29.0 m
Ans: C
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Difficulty: Medium
28. Which one of the following choices is a vector quantity?

A) mass
B) temperature
C) time
D) displacement
E) volume
Ans: D
Difficulty: Easy
29. Which one of the following quantities is a vector quantity?

A) the age of the earth
B) the mass of a freight train
C) the earth's pull on your body
D) the temperature of an iced coffee
E) the number of people attending a soccer game
Ans: C
Difficulty: Medium
30. Which one of the following statements is true concerning scalar quantities?
A) Scalar quantities must be represented by base units.
B) Scalar quantities have both magnitude and direction.
C) Scalar quantities can be added to vector quantities using rules of trigonometry.
D) Scalar quantities can be added to other scalar quantities using rules of trigonometry.
E) Scalar quantities can be added to other scalar quantities using rules of ordinary addition.
Ans: E
Difficulty: Medium
31. Two vectors A and B are added together to form a vector C . The relationship between
the magnitudes of the vectors is given by A + B = C. Which one of the following statements
concerning these vectors is true?
A) A and B must be displacements.
B) A and B must have equal lengths.
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C) A and B must point in opposite directions.

D) A and B must point in the same direction.
E) A and B must be at right angles to each other.
Ans: D
Difficulty: Hard
32. Two vectors A and B are added together to form a vector C . The relationship between
the magnitudes of the vectors is given by: A2 + B2 = C2. Which statement concerning these
vectors is true?
A) A and B must be at right angles to each other.
B) A and B could have any orientation relative to each other.
C) A and B must have equal lengths.
D) A and B must be parallel.
E) A and B could be antiparallel.
Ans: A
Difficulty: Medium
33. Three vectors A , B , and C add together to yield zero: A + B + C = 0. The vectors
A and C point in opposite directions and their magnitudes are related by the expression: A = 2C.
Which one of the following conclusions is correct?
A) A and B have equal magnitudes and point in opposite directions.
B) B and C have equal magnitudes and point in the same direction.
C) B and C have equal magnitudes and point in opposite directions.
D) A and B point in the same direction, but A has twice the magnitude of B .
E) B and C point in the same direction, but C has twice the magnitude of B .
Ans: B
Difficulty: Hard
34. What is the angle between the vectors A and – A when they are drawn from a common
origin?
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A) 0°
B) 90°
C) 180°
D) 270°
E) 360°
Ans: C
Difficulty: Easy
35. What is the minimum number of vectors with unequal magnitudes whose vector sum can be
zero?
A) two
B) three
C) four
D) five
E) six
Ans: B
Difficulty: Medium
36. What is the minimum number of vectors with equal magnitudes whose vector sum can be
zero?
A) two
B) three
C) four
D) five
E) six
Ans: A
Difficulty: Easy
37. 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
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oriented.
Ans: E
Difficulty: Medium
38. A student adds two displacement vectors with magnitudes of 6.0 m and 8.0 m, respectively.
Which one of the following could not be a possible choice for the resultant?
A) 2.3 m
B) 6.6 m
C) 10.0 m
D) 12.8 m
E) 14.8 m
Ans: E
Difficulty: Medium
39. Two displacement vectors of magnitudes 21 cm and 79 cm are added. Which one of the
following is the only possible choice for the magnitude of the resultant?
A) 0 cm
B) 28 cm
C) 37 cm
D) 82 cm
E) 114 cm
Ans: D
Difficulty: Hard
40. Which expression is false concerning the vectors shown in the

sketch?
A) C = A + B
B) C + A = – B
C) A + B + C = 0
D) C < A + B
E) A 2 + B 2 = C 2
Ans: A
Difficulty: Hard
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41. City A lies 30 km directly south of city B. A bus, beginning at city A travels 50 km at 37°
north of east to reach city C. How far and in what direction must the bus go from city C to reach
city B?
A) 20 km, west
B) 40 km, west
C) 80 km, west
D) 40 km, east
E) 80 km, east
Ans: B
Difficulty: Medium
42. Town A lies 20 km north of town B. Town C lies 13 km west of town A. A small plane
flies directly from town B to town C. What is the displacement of the plane?
A) 33 km, 33° north of west
B) 19 km, 33° north of west
C) 24 km, 57° north of west
D) 31 km, 57° north of west
E) 6.6 km, 40° north of west
Ans: C
Difficulty: Medium
43. A runaway dog walks 0.64 km due north. He then runs due west to a hot dog stand. If the
magnitude of the dog's total displacement vector is 0.91 km, what is the magnitude of the dog's
displacement vector in the due west direction?
A) 0.27 km
B) 0.33 km
C) 0.41 km
D) 0.52 km
E) 0.65 km
Ans: E
Difficulty: Medium
44. 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
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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
Ans: B
Difficulty: Medium
45. Four members of the Main Street Bicycle Club meet at a certain intersection on Main Street.
The members then start from the same location, but travel in different directions. A short time
later, displacement vectors for the four members are:
A = 2.0 km, east; B = 5.2 km, north; C = 4.9 km, west; D = 3.0 km, south
What is the resultant displacement R of the members of the bicycle club:
R = A + B + C + D?
A) 0.8 km, south
B) 0.4 km, 45° south of east
C) 3.6 km, 37° north of west
D) 4.0 km, east
E) 4.0 km, south
Ans: C
Difficulty: Hard
46. A force, F1 , of magnitude 2.0 N and directed due east is exerted on an object. A second
force exerted on the object is F 2 = 2.0 N, due north. What is the magnitude and direction of a
third force, F3 , which must be exerted on the object so that the resultant force is zero?
A) 1.4 N, 45° north of east
B) 1.4 N, 45° south of west
C) 2.8 N, 45° north of east
D) 2.8 N, 45° south of west
E) 4.0 N, 45° east of north
Ans: D
Difficulty: Hard
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47. A sailboat leaves a harbor and sails 1.8 km in the direction 65° south of east, where the
captain stops for lunch. A short time later, the boat sails 1.1 km in the direction 15° north of east.
What is the magnitude of the resultant displacement from the harbor?
A) 2.3 km
B) 1.5 km
C) 2.9 km
D) 1.2 km
E) 0.59 km
Ans: A
Difficulty: Hard
48. Three vectors A , B , and C have the following x and y components:

Ax = 1 m, Ay = 0 m, Bx = 1 m, By = 1 m, Cx = 0 m, Cy = –1 m
According to the graph, how are A , B , and C combined to result in the vector D ?
A) D = A – B – C
B) D = A – B + C
C) D = A + B – C
D) D = A + B + C
E) D = – A + B + C
Ans: C
Difficulty: Medium
49. A displacement vector has a magnitude of 810 m and points at an angle of 18° above the
positive x axis. What are the x and y scalar components of this vector?
x scalar component y scalar component
A) 770 m 250 m
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B) 560 m 585 m
C) 585 m 560 m
D) 250 m 750 m
E) 713 m 385 m
Ans: A
Difficulty: Easy
50. Which one of the following statements concerning vectors and scalars is false?
A) In calculations, the vector components of a vector may be used in place of the vector itself.
B) It is possible to use vector components that are not perpendicular.
C) A scalar component may be either positive or negative.
D) A vector that is zero may have components other than zero.
E) Two vectors are equal only if they have the same magnitude and direction.
Ans: D
Difficulty: Medium
51. A displacement vector is 23 km in length and directed 65° south of east. What are the
components of this vector?
Eastward Component Southward Component
A) 21 km 9.7 km
B) 23 km 23 km
C) 23 km 0 km
D) 9.7 km 21 km
E) 0 km 23 km
Ans: D
Difficulty: Easy
52. The x and y components of a displacement vector are –3.00 m and +4.00 m, respectively.
What angle does this vector make with the positive x axis?
A) 233°
B) 127°
C) –53.0°
D) 53.0°
E) 37.0°
Ans: B
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Difficulty: Medium
53. A race car will make one lap around a circular track of radius R. When the car has traveled
halfway around the track, what is the magnitude of the car's displacement from the starting point?
A) 2R
B) R
C) R
D) 2R
E) zero meters
Ans: A
Difficulty: Medium
54. A bug crawls 2.25 m along the base of a wall. Upon reaching a corner, the bug's direction of
travel changes from south to west. The bug then crawls 3.15 m before stopping. What is the
magnitude of the bug's displacement?
A) 5.40 m
B) 2.72 m
C) 3.87 m
D) 4.11 m
E) 3.29 m
Ans: C
Difficulty: Medium
55. During the execution of a play, a football player carries the ball for a distance of 33 m in the
direction 58° north of east. To determine the number of meters gained on the play, find the
northward component of the ball's displacement.
A) 8.0 m
B) 16 m
C) 24 m
D) 28 m
E) 32 m
Ans: D
Difficulty: Hard
56. A bird flies 25.0 m in the direction 55° east of south to its nest on a cliff. The bird then flies
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75.0 m in the direction 55° west of north to the top of a tree. What are the northward and
westward components of the resultant displacement of the bird from its nest?
northward westward
A) 29 m 41 m
B) 41 m 29 m
C) 35 m 35 m
D) 81 m 57 m
E) 57 m 81 m
Ans: A
Difficulty: Hard
57. Use the component method of vector addition to find the resultant of the following three
vectors:
A = 56 km, east
B = 11 km, 22° south of east
C = 88 km, 44° west of south
A) 81 km, 14° west of south
B) 97 km, 62° south of east
C) 52 km, 66° south of east
D) 68 km, 86° south of east
E) 66 km, 7.1° west of south
Ans: D
Difficulty: Medium
58. Use the component method of vector addition to find the

components of the resultant of the four displacements shown
in the figure. The magnitudes of the displacements are: A =
2.25 cm, B = 6.35 cm, C = 5.47 cm, and D = 4.19 cm.
x component y component
A) 2.19 cm –6.92 cm
B) 3.71 cm –1.09 cm
C) 5.45 cm –2.82 cm
D) 1.09 cm –3.71 cm
E) 6.93 cm –2.19 cm
Ans: E
Difficulty: Easy
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59. A vector F1 has a magnitude of 40.0 units and points 35.0° above the positive x axis. A
second vector F 2 has a magnitude of 65.0 units and points in the negative x direction. Use the
component method of vector addition to find the magnitude and direction, relative to the positive x
axis, of the resultant 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, 125.4° relative to the +x axis
D) 39.6 units, 54.6° relative to the +x axis
E) 46.2 units, 136.0° relative to the +x axis
Ans: C
Difficulty: Medium
60. Two vectors A and B , are added together to form the vector C = A + B . The
relationship between the magnitudes of these vectors is given by: Cx = A cos 30° + B and Cy = –A
sin 30°. Which statement best describes the orientation of these vectors?
A) A points in the negative x direction while B points in the positive y direction.
B) A points in the negative y direction while B points in the positive x direction.
C) A points 30° below the positive x axis while B points in the positive x direction.
D) A points 30° above the positive x axis while B points in the positive x direction.
E) A points 30° above the negative x axis while B points in the positive x direction.
Ans: C
Difficulty: Hard
61. Which one of the following answers would give the correct number of significant figures
when the following masses are added together: 3.6 kg, 113 kg, and 4.19 kg?
A) 121 kg
B) 120.8 kg
C) 120.79 kg
D) 1.20 × 102 kg
E) 120.8 × 103 kg
Ans: A
Difficulty: Easy
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62. A physics text has 544 sheets (1088 pages) and is 34.3 millimeters thick between the inside
front cover and the inside back cover. What is the thickness of a single sheet?
A) 6.36 × 10–4 m
B) 3.16 × 10–2 m
C) 6.28 × 10–3 m
D) 7.24 × 10–6 m
E) 6.30 × 10–5 m
Ans: E
Difficulty: Hard
63. Justine and her friends exit the physics classroom and walk 0.70 km to their math class.
While walking, Justine's average step length is 58 cm. Approximately, how many steps does she
take in walking between these two classes?
A) 310
B) 720
C) 1200
D) 3100
E) 7200
Ans: C
Difficulty: Medium
Reference: Ref 1-1
Two vectors, A and B , are added together to form the vector C = A + B .

The relationship between the magnitudes of these vectors is given by:
Cx = 0
Cy = A sin 60° + B sin 30°
Ax and Ay point in the positive x and y directions, respectively.
64. Which one of the following statements best describes the orientation of vectors A and B ?
A) A and B point in opposite directions.
B) A points 60° above the positive x axis while B points 30° above the negative x axis.
C) A points 60° above the negative x axis while B points 30° above the positive x axis.
D) A points 60° below the positive x axis while B points 30° above the positive y axis.
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E) A points 60° below the positive x axis while B points 30° below the positive y axis.
Ans: B
Difficulty: Hard
65. How does the magnitude of A compare with that of B ?

A) A =B
B) A = 1.7B
C) A = 0.4B
D) A = 0.5B
E) A = 0.7B
Ans: B
Difficulty: Hard
Reference: Ref 1-2
The table gives the x and y components of two vectors A and B :
Vector x component y component

A +15 units +10 units
B +15 units –10 units
66. Which one of the following statements concerning these vectors is true?
A) The vector A – B has no x component.
B) The two vectors have different magnitudes.
C) A makes a 56° angle with the positive x axis.
D) B makes a 34° angle with the positive y axis.
E) The vector A + B makes a 34° angle with the positive x axis.
Ans: A
Difficulty: Medium
67. Determine the magnitude of the vector sum, A + B .

A) 5 units
B) 15 units
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C) 20 units
D) 30 units
E) 50 units
Ans: D
Difficulty: Medium
68. Determine the magnitude of the vector difference, A – B .

A) 5 units
B) 15 units
C) 20 units
D) 30 units
E) 50 units
Ans: C
Difficulty: Medium
Reference: Ref 1-3
A boat radioed a distress call to a Coast Guard station. At the time of the call, a vector A from the
station to the boat had a magnitude of 45.0 km and was directed 15.0° east of north. A vector
from the station to the point where the boat was later found is B = 30.0 km, 15.0° north of east.
69. What are the components of the vector from the point where the distress call was made to the
point where the boat was found? In other words, what are the components of vector C = B –
A?
x component y component
A) 35.7 km, west 17.4 km, north
B) 40.6 km, east 51.2 km, south
C) 17.3 km, west 51.2 km, south
D) 40.6 km, east 35.7 km, north
E) 17.3 km, east 35.7 km, south
Ans: E
Difficulty: Hard
70. How far did the boat travel from the point where the distress call was made to the point where
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the boat was found?

In other words, what is the magnitude of vector C ?
A) 65.3 km
B) 39.7 km
C) 26.5 km
D) 54.0 km
E) 42.5 km
Ans: B
Difficulty: Medium
Physics Fundamentals 1 (Review Questions)

Multiple Choices: Encircle the letter of the best answer. Use only black ballpoint pen in writing.
Erasures shall be automatically marked incorrect.
1. A particle travels along a curved path between

two points P and Q as shown. The displacement of the
particle does not depend on
A) the location of P.
B) the location of Q.
C) the distance traveled from P to Q.
D) the shortest distance between P and Q.
E) the direction of Q from P.
Ans: C
Difficulty: Medium
2. For which one of the following situations will the path length equal the magnitude of the
displacement?
A) A toy train is traveling around a circular track.
B) A ball is rolling down an inclined plane.
C) A train travels 5 miles east before it stops. It then travels 2 miles west.
D) A ball rises and falls after being thrown straight up from the earth's surface.
E) A ball on the end of a string is moving in a vertical circle.
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Ans: B
Difficulty: Easy
3. Which one of the physical quantities listed below is not correctly paired with its SI unit and
dimension?
Quantity Unit Dimension
A)
velocity m/s [L]/[T]
B)
path length m [L]
C)
speed m/s [L]/[T]
D)
displacement m/s2 [L]/[T]2
E)
speed × time m [L]
Ans: D
Difficulty: Easy
4. A car travels in a straight line covering a total distance of 90.0 miles in 60.0 minutes. Which
one of the following statements concerning this situation is necessarily true?
A) The velocity of the car is constant.
B) The acceleration of the car must be non-zero.
C) The first 45 miles must have been covered in 30.0 minutes.
D) The speed of the car must be 90.0 miles per hour throughout the entire trip.
E) The average velocity of the car is 90.0 miles per hour in the direction of motion.
Ans: E
Difficulty: Easy
5. At time t = 0 s, an object is observed at x = 0 m; and its position along the x axis follows this
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expression: x = –4t + t2, where the units for distance and time are meters and seconds, respectively.
What is the object's displacement x between t = 1.0 s and t = 3.0 s?
A) +16 m
B) –21 m
C) +10 m
D) +2 m
E) –5 m
Ans: A
Difficulty: Medium
Reference: Ref 2-1
Peter noticed a bug crawling along a meter stick and decided to

record the bug's position in five-second intervals. After the bug
crawled off the meter stick, Peter created the table shown.
6. What is the displacement of the bug between t = 0.00 s and t = 20.0 s?

A) +39.9 cm
B) –39.9 cm
C) +65.7 cm
D) –16.1 cm
E) +16.1 cm
Ans: E
Difficulty: Easy
7. What is the total distance that the bug traveled between t = 0.00 s and t = 20.0 s? Assume the
bug only changed directions at the end of a five-second interval.
A) 39.9 cm
B) 65.7 cm
C) 16.1 cm
D) 47.1 cm
E) 26.5 cm
Ans: A
Difficulty: Medium
8. In the process of delivering mail, a postal worker walks 161 m, due east from his truck. He
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then turns around and walks 194 m, due west from his truck. What is the worker's displacement
relative to his truck?
A) 33 m, due west
B) 33 m, due east
C) 194 m, due west
D) 252 m, due east
E) 355 m, due west
Ans: A
Difficulty: Easy
9. A Canadian goose flew 845 km from Southern California to Oregon with an average speed of
28.0 m/s. How long, in hours, did it take the goose to make this journey?
A) 27.7 h
B) 8.33 h
C) 66.1 h
D) 7.70 h
E) 8.38 h
Ans: E
Difficulty: Medium
10. When the outdoor emergency warning siren at Cheryl's school was tested, the sound from the
siren took 7.0 s to reach her house located 2.40 km from the school. What is the speed of sound in
air?
A) 240 m/s
B) 340 m/s
C) 440 m/s
D) 540 m/s
E) 640 m/s
Ans: B
Difficulty: Easy
11. A bus leaves New York City, takes a non-direct route and arrives in St. Louis, Missouri 23
hours, 16 minutes later. If the distance between the two cities is 1250 km, what is the magnitude
of the bus' average velocity?
A) 37.2 km/h
B) 41.4 km/h
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C) 46.0 km/h
D) 53.7 km/h
E) 58.1 km/h
Ans: D
Difficulty: Easy
12. Alexa's hair grows with an average speed of 3.5 × 10–9 m/s. How long does it take her hair to
grow 0.30 m? Note: 1 yr = 3.156 × 107 s.
A) 1.9 yr
B) 1.3 yr
C) 0.37 yr
D) 5.4 yr
E) 2.7 yr
Ans: E
Difficulty: Medium
13. Carl Lewis set a world record for the 100.0-m run with a time of 9.86 s. If, after reaching the
finish line, Mr. Lewis walked directly back to his starting point in 90.9 s, what is the magnitude of
his average velocity for the 200.0 m?
A) 0 m/s
B) 1.10 m/s
C) 1.98 m/s
D) 5.60 m/s
E) 10.1 m/s
Ans: A
Difficulty: Hard
14. During the first 18 minutes of a 1.0-hour trip, a car has an average speed of 11 m/s. What
must the average speed of the car be during the last 42 minutes of the trip be if the car is to have an
average speed of 21 m/s for the entire trip?
A) 21 m/s
B) 23 m/s
C) 25 m/s
D) 27 m/s
E) 29 m/s
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Ans: C
Difficulty: Hard
15. A turtle takes 3.5 minutes to walk 18 m toward the south along a deserted highway. A truck
driver stops and picks up the turtle. The driver takes the turtle to a town 1.1 km to the north with
an average speed of 12 m/s. What is the magnitude of the average velocity of the turtle for its
entire journey?
A) 3.6 m/s
B) 9.8 m/s
C) 6.0 m/s
D) 2.6 m/s
E) 11 m/s
Ans: A
Difficulty: Hard
Reference: Ref 2-2
A racecar, traveling at constant speed, makes one lap around a circular track of radius r in a time t.
Note: The circumference of a circle is given by C = 2r.
16. When the car has traveled halfway around the track, what is the magnitude of its
displacement from the starting point?
A) r
B) 2r
C) r
D) 2r
E) zero meters
Ans: B
Difficulty: Easy
17. What is the average speed of the car for one complete lap?
r
A) t
2r
B) t
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r
C) t
2 r
D) t
E) zero meters/second
Ans: D
Difficulty: Medium
18. Determine the magnitude of the average velocity of the car for one complete lap.
r
A) t
2r
B) t
r
C) t
2 r
D) t
E) zero meters/second
Ans: E
Difficulty: Medium
19. Which one of the following statements concerning this car is true?
A) The displacement of the car does not change with time.
B) The instantaneous velocity of the car is constant.
C) The average speed of the car is the same over any time interval.
D) The average velocity of the car is the same over any time interval.
E) The average speed of the car over any time interval is equal to the magnitude of the average
velocity over the same time interval.
Ans: C
Difficulty: Medium
20. In which one of the following situations does the car have a westward acceleration?
A) The car travels westward at constant speed.
B) The car travels eastward and speeds up.
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C) The car travels westward and slows down.

D) The car travels eastward and slows down.
E) The car starts from rest and moves toward the east.
Ans: D
Difficulty: Easy
21. An elevator is moving upward with a speed of 11 m/s. Three seconds later, the elevator is
still moving upward, but its speed has been reduced to 5.0 m/s. What is the average acceleration
of the elevator during the 3.0 s interval?
A) 2.0 m/s2, upward
B) 2.0 m/s2, downward
C) 5.3 m/s2, upward
D) 5.3 m/s2, downward
E) 2.7 m/s2, downward
Ans: B
Difficulty: Medium
22. A landing airplane makes contact with the runway with a speed of 75.0 m/s and moves toward
the south. After 18.5 seconds, the airplane comes to rest. What is the average acceleration of the
airplane during the landing?
A) 2.11 m/s2, north
B) 2.11 m/s2, south
C) 4.05 m/s2, north
D) 4.05 m/s2, south
E) 14.3 m/s2, north
Ans: C
Difficulty: Medium
23. A pitcher delivers a fast ball with a velocity of 43 m/s to the south. The batter hits the ball
and gives it a velocity of 51 m/s to the north. What was the average acceleration of the ball during
the 1.0 ms when it was in contact with the bat?
A) 4.3 × 104 m/s2, south
B) 5.1 × 104 m/s2, north
C) 9.4 × 104 m/s2, north
D) 2.2 × 103 m/s2, south
E) 7.0 × 103 m/s2, north
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Ans: C
Difficulty: Hard
24. A car is moving at a constant velocity when it is involved in a collision. The car comes to
rest after 0.450 s with an average acceleration of 60.0 m/s2 in the direction opposite that of the car's
velocity. What was the speed, in km/h, of the car before the collision?
A) 29.2 km/h
B) 44.8 km/h
C) 97.2 km/h
D) 105 km/h
E) 144 km/h
Ans: C
Difficulty: Medium
25. A train with a constant velocity of +28.6 m/s approaches a small town . The operator applies
the brake, reducing the train's velocity to +11.4 m/s. If the average acceleration of the train during
braking is –1.35 m/s2, for what elapsed time does the operator apply the brake?
A) 8.44 s
B) 12.7 s
C) 3.38 s
D) 5.92 s
E) 10.4 s
Ans: B
Difficulty: Medium
26. Which one of the following is not a vector quantity?

A) acceleration
B) average speed
C) displacement
D) average velocity
E) instantaneous velocity
Ans: B
Difficulty: Easy
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27. In which one of the following cases is the displacement of the object directly proportional to
the elapsed time?
A) a ball rolls with constant velocity
B) a ball at rest is given a constant acceleration
C) a ball rolling with velocity vo is given a constant acceleration
D) a bead falling through oil experiences a decreasing acceleration
E) a rocket fired from the earth's surface experiences an increasing acceleration
Ans: A
Difficulty: Easy
1 2
x  v0 t  at
28. Which one of the following statements must be true if the expression 2 is to be
used?
A) x is constant.
B) v is constant.
C) t is constant.
D) a is constant.
E) Both v0 and t are constant.
Ans: D
Difficulty: Easy
29. Starting from rest, a particle confined to move along a straight line is accelerated at a rate of
5.0 m/s2. Which one of the following statements accurately describes the motion of this particle?
A) The particle travels 5.0 m during each second.
B) The particle travels 5.0 m only during the first second.
C) The speed of the particle increases by 5.0 m/s during each second.
D) The acceleration of the particle increases by 5.0 m/s2 during each second.
E) The final speed of the particle will be proportional to the distance that the particle covers.
Ans: C
Difficulty: Medium
30. Which one of the following situations is not possible?

A) A body has zero velocity and non-zero acceleration.
B) A body travels with a northward velocity and a northward acceleration.
C) A body travels with a northward velocity and a southward acceleration.
D) A body travels with a constant velocity and a time-varying acceleration.
E) A body travels with a constant acceleration and a time-varying velocity.
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Ans: D
Difficulty: Medium
31. A truck accelerates from rest at point A with constant acceleration of magnitude a and,
subsequently, passes points B and C as shown in the figure.
The distance between points B and C is x, and the time required for the truck to travel from B to C
is t. Which expression determines the average speed of the truck between the points B and C?
A) v2 = 2ax
x
v
B) t
C) v = xt
D) v  2 at
1 2
E) v = at
Ans: B
Difficulty: Easy
32. Two objects A and B accelerate from rest with the same constant acceleration. Object A
accelerates
for twice as much time as object B, however. Which one of the following statements is true
concerning these objects at the end of their respective periods of acceleration?
A) Object A will travel twice as far as object B.
B) Object A will travel four times as far as object B.
C) Object A will travel eight times further than object B.
D) Object A will be moving four times faster than object B.
E) Object A will be moving eight times faster than object B.
Ans: B
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Difficulty: Medium
33. 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.
Ans: E
Difficulty: Hard
34. A car, starting from rest, accelerates in a straight-line path at a constant rate of 2.0 m/s2.
How far will the car travel in 12 seconds?
A) 180 m
B) 144 m
C) 6 m
D) 24 m
E) 288 m
Ans: B
Difficulty: Easy
35. An object moving along a straight line is decelerating. Which one of the following
statements concerning the object's acceleration is necessarily true?
A) The value of the acceleration is positive.
B) The direction of the acceleration is in the same direction as the displacement.
C) An object that is decelerating has a negative acceleration.
D) The direction of the acceleration is in the direction opposite to that of the velocity.
E) The acceleration changes as the object moves along the line.
Ans: D
Difficulty: Medium
36. A car starts from rest and accelerates at a constant rate in a straight line. In the first second
the car moves a distance of 2.0 meters. How fast will the car be moving at the end of the second
second?
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A) 4.0 m/s
B) 16 m/s
C) 2.0 m/s
D) 32 m/s
E) 8.0 m/s
Ans: E
Difficulty: Hard
37. A car starts from rest and accelerates at a constant rate in a straight line. In the first second
the car moves a distance of 2.0 meters. How much additional distance will the car move during
the second second of its motion?
A) 2.0 m
B) 4.0 m
C) 6.0 m
D) 8.0 m
E) 13 m
Ans: C
Difficulty: Hard
38. A car is initially traveling at 50.0 km/h. The brakes are applied and the car stops over a
distance of 35 m. What was magnitude of the car's acceleration while it was braking?
A) 2.8 m/s2
B) 5.4 m/s2
C) 36 m/s2
D) 71 m/s2
E) 9.8 m/s2
Ans: A
Difficulty: Hard
39. The minimum takeoff speed for a certain airplane is 75 m/s. What minimum acceleration is
required if the plane must leave a runway of length 1050 m? Assume the plane starts from rest at
one end of the runway.
A) 1.5 m/s2
B) 3.0 m/s2
C) 4.5 m/s2
D) 6.0 m/s2
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E) 2.7 m/s2
Ans: E
Difficulty: Medium
40. A car traveling along a road begins accelerating with a constant acceleration of 1.5 m/s2 in the
direction of motion. After traveling 392 m at this acceleration, its speed is 35 m/s. Determine
the speed of the car when it began accelerating.
A) 1.5 m/s
B) 7.0 m/s
C) 34 m/s
D) 49 m/s
E) 2.3 m/s
Ans: B
Difficulty: Medium
41. A train with a constant speed of 16 m/s passes through a town. After leaving the town, the
train accelerates at 0.33 m/s2 until it reaches a speed of 35 m/s. How far did the train travel while
it was accelerating?
A) 0.029 km
B) 0.53 km
C) 1.5 km
D) 2.3 km
E) 3.0 km
Ans: C
Difficulty: Medium
42. A cheetah is walking at a speed of 1.15 m/s when it observes a gazelle 43.0 m directly ahead.
If the cheetah accelerates at 9.25 m/s2, how long does it take the cheetah to reach the gazelle if the
gazelle doesn't move?
A) 4.29 s
B) 3.67 s
C) 3.05 s
D) 1.94 s
E) 2.93 s
Ans: E
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Difficulty: Hard
43. A body initially at rest is accelerated at a constant rate for 5.0 seconds in the positive x
direction. If the final speed of the body is 20.0 m/s, what was the body's acceleration?
A) 0.25 m/s2
B) 2.0 m/s2
C) 4.0 m/s2
D) 9.8 m/s2
E) 1.6 m/s2
Ans: C
Difficulty: Easy
44. A race car has a speed of 80 m/s when the driver releases a drag parachute. If the parachute
causes a deceleration of –4 m/s2, how far will the car travel before it stops?
A) 20 m
B) 200 m
C) 400 m
D) 800 m
E) 1000 m
Ans: D
Difficulty: Medium
45. A car is stopped at a red traffic light. When the light turns to green, the car has a constant
acceleration and crosses the 9.10-m intersection in 2.86 s. What is the magnitude of the car's
acceleration?
A) 1.77 m/s2
B) 2.98 m/s2
C) 2.23 m/s2
D) 7.36 m/s2
E) 9.80 m/s2
Ans: C
Difficulty: Medium
Reference: Ref 2-3

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An object starts from rest and accelerates uniformly in a straight line in the positive x direction.
After 11 seconds, its speed is 70.0 m/s.
46. Determine the acceleration of the object.

A) +3.5 m/s2
B) +6.4 m/s2
C) –3.5 m/s2
D) –6.4 m/s2
E) +7.7 m/s2
Ans: B
Difficulty: Medium
47. How far does the object travel during the first 11 seconds?
A) 35 m
B) 77 m
C) 390 m
D) 590 m
E) 770 m
Ans: C
Difficulty: Medium
48. What is the average velocity of the object during the first 11 seconds?
A) +3.6 m/s
B) +6.4 m/s
C) +35 m/s
D) +72 m/s
E) –140 m/s
Ans: C
Difficulty: Medium
49. Ball A is dropped from rest from a window. At the same instant, ball B is thrown downward;
and ball C is thrown upward from the same window. Which statement concerning the balls after
their release is necessarily true if air resistance is neglected?
A) At some instant after it is thrown, the acceleration of ball C is zero.
B) All three balls strike the ground at the same time.
C) All three balls have the same velocity at any instant.
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D) All three balls have the same acceleration at any instant.

E) All three balls reach the ground with the same velocity.
Ans: D
Difficulty: Medium
50. A ball is thrown vertically upward from the surface of the earth. Consider the following
quantities:
(1) the speed of the ball; (2) the velocity of the ball; (3) the acceleration of the ball.
Which of these is (are) zero when the ball has reached the maximum height?
A) 1 and 2 only
B) 1 and 3 only
C) 1 only
D) 2 only
E) 1, 2, and 3
Ans: A
Difficulty: Easy
51. 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.
Ans: B
Difficulty: Medium
52. A brick is dropped from rest from a height of 4.9 m. How long does it take the brick to reach
the ground?
A) 0.6 s
B) 1.0 s
C) 1.2 s
D) 1.4 s
E) 2.0 s
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Ans: B
Difficulty: Medium
53. A ball is dropped from rest from a tower and strikes the ground 110 m below.
Approximately how many seconds does it take the ball to strike the ground after being dropped?
Neglect air resistance.
A) 2.50 s
B) 3.50 s
C) 4,74 s
D) 12.5 s
E) 16.0 s
Ans: C
Difficulty: Medium
54. Water drips from rest from a leaf that is 15 meters above the ground. Neglecting air
resistance, what is the speed of each water drop when it hits the ground?
A) 30 m/s
B) 17 m/s
C) 40 m/s
D) 15 m/s
E) 20 m/s
Ans: B
Difficulty: Medium
55. Ryan throws a tennis ball vertically upward. The ball returns to the point of release after 3.5
s. What is the speed of the ball as it is released?
A) 0 m/s
B) 14 m/s
C) 17 m/s
D) 21 m/s
E) 34 m/s
Ans: C
Difficulty: Medium
56. A rock is dropped from rest from a height h above the ground. It falls and hits the ground
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with a speed of 11 m/s. From what height should the rock be dropped so that its speed on hitting
the ground is 22 m/s? Neglect air resistance.
A) 1.4h
B) 2.0h
C) 3.0h
D) 4.0h
E) 0.71h
Ans: D
Difficulty: Hard
57. A hammer is accidentally dropped from rest down a vertical mine shaft. How long does it
take for the rock to reach a depth of 79 m? Neglect air resistance.
A) 2.8 s
B) 9.0 s
C) 8.0 s
D) 4.9 s
E) 4.0 s
Ans: E
Difficulty: Medium
58. 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
Ans: D
Difficulty: Medium
Reference: Ref 2-4
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.
59. What is the magnitude of the ball's displacement from the starting point after 1.00 second has
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elapsed?
A) 9.80 m
B) 14.7 m
C) 19.6 m
D) 24.5 m
E) 58.8 m
Ans: B
Difficulty: Medium
60. What maximum height will the ball reach?

A) 9.80 m
B) 14.7 m
C) 19.6 m
D) 24.5 m
E) 58.8 m
Ans: C
Difficulty: Medium
61. 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
Ans: A
Difficulty: Hard
Reference: Ref 2-5
A tennis ball is shot vertically upward in an evacuated chamber inside a tower with an initial speed
of 20.0 m/s at time t = 0 s.
62. How high does the ball rise?

A) 10.2 m
B) 20.4 m
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C) 40.8 m
D) 72.4 m
E) 98.0 m
Ans: B
Difficulty: Medium
63. Approximately how long does it take the tennis ball to reach its maximum height?
A) 0.50 s
B) 2.04 s
C) 4.08 s
D) 6.08 s
E) 9.80 s
Ans: B
Difficulty: Hard
64. Determine the velocity of the ball at t = 3.00 seconds.

A) 9.40 m/s, downward
B) 9.40 m/s, upward
C) 29.4 m/s, downward
D) 38.8 m/s, upward
E) 38.8 m/s, downward
Ans: A
Difficulty: Medium
65. What is the magnitude of the acceleration of the ball when it is at its highest point?
A) zero m/s2
B) 9.80 m/s2
C) 19.6 m/s2
D) 4.90 m/s2
E) 3.13 m/s2
Ans: B
Difficulty: Easy
66. Starting from rest, a particle that is confined to move along a straight line is accelerated at a
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rate of 5.0 m/s2. Which statement concerning the slope of the position versus time graph for this
particle is true?
A) The slope has a constant value of 5.0 m/s.
B) The slope has a constant value of 5.0 m/s2.
C) The slope is both constant and negative.
D) The slope is not constant and increases with increasing time.
E) The slope is not constant and decreases with increasing time.
Ans: D
Difficulty: Medium
67. The graph shows the height versus time

of an object. Estimate the instantaneous
velocity, in m/s, of the object at time t = 15
min.
A) 0.90 m/s
B) 0.70 m/s
C) 0.50 m/s
D) 0.30 m/s
E) 0.10 m/s
Ans: E
Difficulty: Medium
Reference: Ref 2-6
An object is moving along the x axis. The graph

shows its position from the starting point as a
function of time. Various segments of the graph
are identified by the letters A, B, C, and D.
68. During which interval(s) is(are) the object moving in the negative x direction?
A) during interval B only
B) during intervals B and C
C) during intervals C and D
D) during intervals B and D
E) during intervals B, C, and D
Ans: A
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Difficulty: Easy
69. What is the velocity of the object at t = 7.0 s?

A) +3.0 m/s
B) –1.0 m/s
C) –2.0 m/s
D) –3.0 m/s
E) zero m/s
Ans: D
Difficulty: Medium
70. What is the acceleration of the object at t = 7.0 s?

A) zero m/s2
B) –2.0 m/s2
C) –3.0 m/s2
D) +9.8 m/s2
E) +4.0 m/s2
Ans: A D
40
Difficulty: Medium
30
position (m)
Reference: Ref 2-7 20
10 B
An object is moving along a straight line. The graph C
shows the object's position from the starting point as a A E
function of time. 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
time (s)
71. In which segment(s) of the graph does the object's average velocity (measured from t = 0 s)
decrease with time?
A) AB only
B) BC only
C) DE only
D) AB and CD
E) BC and DE
Ans: E
Difficulty: Easy
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72. What was the instantaneous velocity of the object at t = 4 s?

A) +6 m/s
B) +8 m/s
C) +10 m/s
D) +20 m/s
E) +40 m/s
Ans: C
Difficulty: Medium
73. In which segment or segments of the graph does the object have the highest speed?
A) AB
B) BC
C) CD
D) DE
E) AB and CD
Ans: D
Difficulty: Easy
74. At which time or times does the object reverse its direction of motion?
A) 1 s and 2 s
B) 2 s and 5 s
C) 1s
D) 2s
E) 5s
Ans: E
Difficulty: Medium 20
velocity (m/s)
15
10
Reference: Ref 2-8
5
An object is moving along a straight line. The graph 0
shows the object's velocity as a function of time. 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
time (s)
75. 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
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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
Ans: B
Difficulty: Medium
76. During which interval(s) of the graph does the speed of the object increase by equal amounts
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
Ans: D
Difficulty: Hard
77. How far does the object move in the interval from t = 0 to t = 2 s?
A) 7.5 m
B) 10 m
C) 15 m
D) 20 m
E) 25 m
Ans: B
Difficulty: Medium
78. What is the acceleration of the object in the interval from t = 5 s to t = 6 s?

A) –40 m/s2
B) +40 m/s2
C) –20 m/s2
D) +20 m/s2
E) –10 m/s2
Ans: E 10
Difficulty: Medium B
5
position (m)
A
0
C
5 D
10
0 5 10 15 20 25 30
time (s)
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Reference: Ref 2-9
An object is moving along a straight line in the positive x direction. The graph shows its position
from the starting point as a function of time. Various segments of the graph are identified by the
letters A, B, C, and D.
79. Which segment(s) of the graph represent(s) a constant velocity of +1.0 m/s?
A) A
B) B
C) C
D) D
E) A and C
Ans: D
Difficulty: Medium
80. What was the instantaneous velocity of the object at the end of the eighth second?
A) +7.5 m/s
B) +0.94 m/s
C) –0.94 m/s
D) +1.1 m/s
E) zero m/s
Ans: E
Difficulty: Easy
81. During which interval(s) did the object move in the negative x direction?
A) only during interval B
B) only during interval C
C) only during interval D
D) during both intervals C and D
E) The object never moved in the negative x direction.
Ans: B
Difficulty: Easy
82. The rate at which the acceleration of an object changes with time is called a jerk. What is the
dimension of the jerk?
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[L]
A) [T]
[L]
B) [T]2
[L]2
C) [T]2
[L]
D) [T]3
[L]2
E) [T]3
Ans: D
Difficulty: Medium
83. In a race, Marcos runs 1.00 mile in 4.02 min, mounts a bicycle, and rides back to his starting
point, which is also the finish line, in 3.02 min. What is the magnitude of Marcos' average
velocity for the race?
A) zero mi/h
B) 12.1 mi/h
C) 14.9 mi/h
D) 17.0 mi/h
E) 19.9 mi/h
Ans: A
Difficulty: Medium
Reference: Ref 2-10
A automotive test driver travels due north in a prototype hybrid vehicle at 30 mi/h for 2 hours.
She then reverses her direction and travels due south at 60 mi/h for 1 hour.
84. What is the average speed of the vehicle?

A) zero mi/h
B) 30 mi/h
C) 40 mi/h
D) 50 mi/h
E) 60 mi/h
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Ans: C
Difficulty: Medium
85. What is the average velocity of the vehicle?

A) zero mi/h
B) 40 mi/h, north
C) 40 mi/h, south
D) 45 mi/h, north
E) 45 mi/h, south
Ans: A
Difficulty: Hard
Reference: Ref 2-11
Starting from rest, a particle confined to move along a straight line is accelerated at a rate of 4 m/s2.
86. Which statement accurately describes the motion of the particle?

A) The particle travels 4 meters during each second.
B) The particle travels 4 meters during the first second only.
C) The speed of the particle increases by 4 m/s during each second.
D) The acceleration of the particle increases by 4 m/s2 during each second.
E) The final velocity of the particle will be proportional to the distance that the particle covers.
Ans: C
Difficulty: Easy
87. After 10 seconds, how far will the particle have traveled?
A) 20 m
B) 40 m
C) 100 m
D) 200 m
E) 400 m
Ans: D
Difficulty: Medium
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88. What is the speed of the particle after it has traveled 8 m?

A) 4 m/s
B) 8 m/s
C) 30 m/s
D) 60 m/s
E) 100 m/s
Ans: B
Difficulty: Medium
Reference: Ref 2-12
A rock, dropped from rest near the surface of an atmosphere-free planet, attains a speed of 20.0 m/s
after falling 8.0 meters.
89. What is the magnitude of the acceleration due to gravity on the surface of this planet?
A) 0.40 m/s2
B) 1.3 m/s2
C) 2.5 m/s2
D) 25 m/s2
E) 160 m/s2
Ans: D
Difficulty: Medium
90. How long did it take the object to fall the 8.0 meters mentioned?
A) 0.40 s
B) 0.80 s
C) 1.3 s
D) 2.5 s
E) 16 s
Ans: B
Difficulty: Medium
91. How long would it take the object, falling from rest, to fall 16 m on this planet?
A) 0.8 s
B) 1.1 s
C) 2.5 s
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D) 3.5 s
E) 22 s
Ans: B
Difficulty: Medium
92. Determine the speed of the object after falling from rest through 16 m on this planet.
A) 28 m/s
B) 32 m/s
C) 56 m/s
D) 64 m/s
E) 320 m/s
Ans: A
Difficulty: Medium
Reference: Ref 2-13
A brass ball is shot vertically upward from the surface of an atmosphere-free planet with an initial
speed of 20.0 m/s. One second later, the ball has an instantaneous velocity in the upward
direction of 15.0 m/s.
93. What is the magnitude of the acceleration due to gravity on the surface of this planet?
A) 5.0 m/s2
B) 9.8 m/s2
C) 12 m/s2
D) 15 m/s2
E) 24 m/s2
Ans: A
Difficulty: Medium
94. How long does it take the ball to reach its maximum height?
A) 2.0 s
B) 2.3 s
C) 4.0 s
D) 4.6 s
E) 8.0 s
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Ans: C
Difficulty: Hard
95. How high does the ball rise?

A) 70.0 m
B) 10.0 m
C) 50.0 m
D) 20.0 m
E) 40.0 m
Ans: E
Difficulty: Hard
96. Determine the velocity of the ball when it returns to its original position. Note: assume the
upward direction is positive.
A) +20 m/s
B) –20 m/s
C) +40 m/s
D) –40 m/s
E) zero m/s
Ans: B
Difficulty: Hard
97. How long is the ball in the air when it returns to its original position?
A) 4.0 s
B) 4.6 s
C) 8.0 s
D) 9.2 s
E) 16 s
Ans: C
Difficulty: Medium
Reference: Ref 2-14
A small object is released from rest and falls 1.00 × 102 feet near the surface of the earth. Neglect
air resistance.
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98. How long will it take to fall through the 1.00 × 102 feet mentioned?
A) 2.49 s
B) 3.12 s
C) 4.50 s
D) 6.25 s
E) 10.0 s
Ans: A
Difficulty: Medium
99. Approximately how fast will the object be moving after falling through the 1.00 × 102 feet
mentioned?
A) 9.8 ft/s
B) 40 ft/s
C) 80 ft/s
D) 160 ft/s
E) 320 ft/s
Ans: C
Difficulty: Medium
Reference: Ref 2-15
The figure shows the speed as a function of time for an object in free fall
near the surface of the earth. The object was dropped from rest in a long
evacuated cylinder.
100. Which one of the following statements best explains why the graph
goes through the origin?
A) The object was in a vacuum.
B) The object was dropped from rest.
C) The velocity of the object was constant.
D) All v vs. t curves pass through the origin.
E) The acceleration of the object was constant.
Ans: B
Difficulty: Hard
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101. What is the numerical value of the slope of the line?

A) 1.0 m/s2
B) 2.0 m/s2
C) 7.7 m/s2
D) 9.8 m/s2
E) This cannot be determined from the information given since the speed and time values are
unknown.
Ans: D
Difficulty: Hard
102. What is the speed of the object 3.0 seconds after it is dropped?
A) 3.0 m/s
B) 7.7 m/s
C) 9.8 m/s
D) 29 m/s
E) This cannot be determined since there is no specified value of height.
Ans: D
Difficulty: Hard
103. If the same object were released in air, the magnitude of its acceleration would begin at the
free-fall value, but it would decrease continuously to zero as the object continued to fall. For
which one of the choices given does the solid line best represent the speed of the object as a
function of time when it is dropped from rest in air? Note: The dashed line shows the free-fall
under vacuum graph for comparison.
A) a
B) b
C) c
D) d
E) e
Ans: E
Difficulty: Hard

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Physics Fundamentals 1 (Review Questions)

1. Which one of the following is an SI base unit?

C) the motion of a precision pendulum.

6. Which one of the following is the longest length?

10. Which one of the following choices is equivalent to 8.0 m2?

E) centimeters and yards

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

13. Which one of the following choices is equivalent to 152 m?

a and b be, respectively?

27. A surveyor wants to find the distance across a river. A

28. Which one of the following choices is a vector quantity?

29. Which one of the following quantities is a vector quantity?

C) A and B must point in opposite directions.

40. Which expression is false concerning the vectors shown in the

of his total displacement vector with respect to due east?

48. Three vectors A , B , and C have the following x and y components:

58. Use the component method of vector addition to find the

Reference: Ref 1-1

Two vectors, A and B , are added together to form the vector C = A + B .

65. How does the magnitude of A compare with that of B ?

Reference: Ref 1-2

The table gives the x and y components of two vectors A and B :

Vector x component y component

67. Determine the magnitude of the vector sum, A + B .

68. Determine the magnitude of the vector difference, A – B .

Reference: Ref 1-3

the boat was found?

Physics Fundamentals 1 (Review Questions)

1. A particle travels along a curved path between

Quantity Unit Dimension

Reference: Ref 2-1

Peter noticed a bug crawling along a meter stick and decided to

6. What is the displacement of the bug between t = 0.00 s and t = 20.0 s?

Reference: Ref 2-2

C) The car travels westward and slows down.

26. Which one of the following is not a vector quantity?

30. Which one of the following situations is not possible?

Reference: Ref 2-3

46. Determine the acceleration of the object.

D) All three balls have the same acceleration at any instant.

Reference: Ref 2-4

60. What maximum height will the ball reach?

Reference: Ref 2-5

62. How high does the ball rise?

64. Determine the velocity of the ball at t = 3.00 seconds.

67. The graph shows the height versus time

Reference: Ref 2-6

An object is moving along the x axis. The graph

69. What is the velocity of the object at t = 7.0 s?

70. What is the acceleration of the object at t = 7.0 s?

Reference: Ref 2-7 20

72. What was the instantaneous velocity of the object at t = 4 s?

78. What is the acceleration of the object in the interval from t = 5 s to t = 6 s?

Reference: Ref 2-9

Reference: Ref 2-10

84. What is the average speed of the vehicle?

85. What is the average velocity of the vehicle?

Reference: Ref 2-11

86. Which statement accurately describes the motion of the particle?

88. What is the speed of the particle after it has traveled 8 m?

Reference: Ref 2-12

Reference: Ref 2-13

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