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PHYS 101
Work Sheet

1] A freely falling object experiences:

A) Constant velocity. B) Centripetal acceleration.

C) Constant acceleration. D) Constant distance

2] For objects moving with constant speed:

A) The instantaneous speed is always zero.

B) The average speed is always zero.

C) The instantaneous speed and the average speed are always equal.

D) None of the above.

3] An object, starts from rest with a constant acceleration of 2 m/s2. What would be the total
distance it traveled after 6 s?

A) 25m B) 9.8 m C) 50 m D) 36 m

4] A stone is dropped (from rest) from the top of a building and hits the ground 7 s later. What is
its speed when hits the ground?

A) 68.6 m/s B) 9.8 m/s C) 49 m/s D) 98 m/s

5] If a spinning top rotates four times per second, its frequency of rotation is

A) 0.5 Hz B) 0.25 Hz C) 4 Hz D) 40 Hz

6] The speed of a car is 35 mile/hour. Express this speed to m/s?

A) 15.6 m/s B) 447 m/s C) 224 m/s D) 44.7 m/s

7] A person walks 4km in 30 minutes, and then he/she walks another 2000 m in 10 minutes.
What is his/her average speed during the total time?

A) 120 m/min. B) 125 m/min. C) 150 m/min. D) 200 m/min.

8] A car enters a curve (radius 25 m) travelling at a speed of 20 m/s. what is its centripetal
acceleration?

A) 0 m/s2 B) 16 m/s2 C) 4 m/s2 D) 0.4 m/s2

9] A box is pushed forward across a frictional surface. The box is displaced for a distance of 7 m.
If the force of friction is 10 N, the work done by this force is:
A) 10 J B) 70 J C) – 70 J D) – 10 J
10] A ball is dropped from rest from the top of a building of 15 m high. The speed of the ball
just before hit the ground (ignore air resistance)?
A) 17.14 m/s B) 300 m/s C) 200 m/s D) 4.5 m/s

11] In an elastic collision between two balls, the final kinetic energies of the two balls are
measured to be 10 J and 30 J. What can be said about the kinetic energy of the two balls before
the collision?
A) The total kinetic energy of the two balls was less than 40 J
B) The total kinetic energy of the two balls was 40 J
C) The total kinetic energy of the two balls was greater than 40 J.
D) Nothing, not enough information is given.

12] The ability to do work is called:

A) Velocity. B) Energy. C) Power. D) Friction.

13] During a certain time interval, a 39.2 N object free-falls 10 meters. The object gains _____
Joules of kinetic energy during this interval. (Ignore air resistance)
A) 9.8 B) 39.2 C) 1960 D) 392
14] A rope is attached to a 50 kg box to pull it up on a frictionless incline at constant speed. The
work done by the tension force on the box to lift it to a height of 4m is
A) 1960 J B) 200 J C) 980 J D) 98 J
15] A football player kicks a football of mass 0.5 kg with a velocity of 40m/s. What is the ball’s
momentum?
A) 100 kg.m/s. B) 20 kg.m/s. C) 200 kg.m/s. D) 0 kg.m/s.
16] An automobile manufacturer decides to build a car that can accelerate uniformly from 0 to 27
m/s in 10 s. The car’s mass is to be about 2,000 kilograms. Determine the required power output
of the engine?
A) 312500 W. B) 31250 W. C) 729000 W. D) 72900 W.
17] A 1,000 kg car (car 1) runs into the rear of a stopped car (car 2) that has a mass of 1,500 kg.
Immediately after the collision, the cars are hooked together and have a speed of 8 m/s. What
was the speed of car 1 just before the collision?
A) 1.6 m/s. B) 6 m/s. C) 8 m/s. D) 20 m/s.

18] When a wave reaches a boundary in its medium it will

A) Diffract
B) Interfere constructively
C) Interfere destructively
D) Reflect

19] A student standing by the roadside noticed that the frequency of a car's horn appeared to
change as the car passed by. The student has observed a wave phenomenon known as

A) Diffract
B) Interfere constructively
C) The Doppler effect
D) Interfere destructively

20] What is the wavelength of a sound wave in the air if it has a frequency of 50Hz? Assume the
speed of the sound wave in the air is 350 m/s)

A) 7 m B) 14 m C) 350 m D) 0.02 m
21] What is the speed of waves on a string of length 3m and mass 0.1 kg if a 40N tension force
exerts on it?

A) 34.6 m/s B) 11 m/s C) 0 m/s D) 22 m/s

22] Which of these are fundamental physical quantities?

A) Space, time and matter B) Kilograms, seconds and meters

C) Length, time and mass D) Momentum, energy and mass

23] In which case the net force on a moving car is equal to zero?

A) The car is moving with a constant speed in the same direction.

B) The car is moving around a curved road while its speed is constant.
C) The car is moving around a curved road while its speed is increasing.
D) The car is accelerating in the forward direction.

24] A book at rest on a table is pushed to the right. The book slides and then stops. While the
book was sliding, which statement is true?

A) A kinetic friction is opposing its motion and acts in the right direction.
B) A kinetic friction is opposing its motion and acts in the left direction
C) A static friction is opposing its motion and acts in the left direction.
D) The Net force acting on the book is zero.

25] Two football players run toward each other and collide. The large player was running slowly,
while the small player was running quickly just before the collision. Upon colliding they stuck
together and immediately stop. How did the magnitudes of their linear momentum compare
before the collision?

A) The linear momentum of the larger player was greater than that of the smaller
player.

B) The linear momentum of both players was equal.

C) The linear momentum of the smaller player was greater than that of the larger
player.

D) The linear momentum of each player was zero before the collision.