SAMPLE EXAM II Physics 131 Spring 2009 Exam Il on Tue April 7 from 7 to 9 pm 1) Mark>>> A <<< AS YOUR ANSWER TO THE FIRST QUESTION 2) _A5.0 kg dog sits on the floor of an elevator that is accelerating downward at 1.20 m/s. What is the magnitude of the normal force of the elevator floor on the dog? y 4 A) 342N Nol Porea alowg us 20 N B)430N | > ® gon £, Nn i 2 WwW ey vi D) 55.0N 7 E) 74.0N = 43,0 .N 3) A ball is fired from a cannon at point 1 and follows the trajectory in the figure. Air resistance may be neglected. Which of the five possible vectors (shown on the right) best represents the ball’s acceleration at point 3? (The letter E, Esspesenis the zero vector.) Yo € he ball ts Te Bree fall while tn \ sed’ to avawity ate Oy = __ we oy sh tt avy é 2 cya Zs 4) A. 90-kg Prof. W is subject to a net force of 79 N in the horizontal direction. What is Prof. W's horizontal acceleration? Furs 79N A) 8.06 mist = B) 0.12mi? m = 4o kes ©) O18, et 1.14 mis a O88 mie Frek = ea= Fret. TIN. 0.38 m Ae mM 96 k ka5) Which statement about an object’s center of gravity is not true? m= true rue aly if mass '¢ s distri bute “ncaughouk obsec A) Ian object is free to rotate about a pivot, the cemtgrot'gravity its ieee ut below the abject pivot. B) The center of gravity coincides with the geometric center of the object. C) The torque due to gravity can be calculated by considering the object’s weight as acting at the center of gravity. D) The center of gravity of an object may lie outside of the object itself. E) None of the above. 6) A.4000 kg truck is parked on a 15° slope. How big is the friction foree on the truck? _-g Mt I A) 38x 101N Ue, Hited coordinake B) 1.0x10°N © 29010 oo with % ava's D) 15x10°N 5) ssn lowe, the slope = 4HOQ0KS a ids \s ab Pest oe vewokas aL yest > Sfe=0, SF =0 Shige Wf = ast st}, 2 3 be = WW sIn IS? = tag ois? 1olx 10 N 7) Assupply plane needs to drop a package of food to scientists working on a glacier in Greenland. ‘The plane flies 100 m above the glacier at a speed of 150 mvs. How far short of the target should it ee & ? y Ay = 150 m/s 7 Rat] oO V ic Bam (Ae 150 v/s dy (So Hs a ae (apps 7 o Atovget x= ax=o On 2 -2.Bufe 4 2-43 m/s® Ny vfs 7 s : OO = -190 WA > Know a ye Fafa ml A i gad At Jeo cal wollen , then Pind x Ay = Wy at+ $4y (BO™ Vv zy L 2 oy A462 10m = 0 + £(-4.9m/¢) (AE) = (Abe : 9 AGISR tae Ax = (MAE = (150 m/s 4.529) = O73 wr8) A 2.0 kg ball is suspended by two light strings as shown in the figure. What isthe tension T in the angled Eauilily requyes . f 3 tn 220, 2 fye so\/ Cc) 20N feet o fT @O2%N DFy2e 1 sindo -W=0 E) 30N ¥ ee m= 2 D> Ta BS, 2 Woks) bm) f ~ singe? ~~ Bia Ge =25.6 N 9) A horizontal force of 750 and a 250-kg erate. What is the coefficient of static friction? A) 3.0 B) 0.15 © 028 2 8 0.46— From hovgoutal axis? 031 =? - © FS ena hs - Frown VewHeal axa Sfuso =n -W=0 DN Vv = Fepgn > ee Ee TaN) = 0.306 rae Z4SON 10) A 50 kg box hangs from a rope. What is the tension in the rope if the box has v, = 5.0 m/s and is, slowing down at 5.0 m/s"? (ony; 50 UA = 50m, } @ 240N we ae 7 a B) 490N = -TOm Ss ©) 250N Oy ane He D) 360N Hie: 2 120N m= 50 kg o > Dy =m ay wv gq v TA-W = may _— > T= we mag = Foley oe 5 0uf§)= 240 N11) A cannon fires a cannonball at a tall vertical wall 300 m away on level ground. The cannonball has an initial speed of 89 m/s and its initial direction is 40° relative to the horizontal. At what height h does the cannonball hit the wall? : 44 A) 74m B) 47m ©) 39m D) 210m &) 160m i= Vi cas 40" i Seaite (84 o/s) (ees 40") : = 682 m/s Cnges Te sin 40 = 57.2 fs x =o I a» = ~4.8 w/s* Zoom = ( amis) AE v Aba pe { => Kron Axes At trom hojgeatal vaation —! Zoom = 0s —> Verlieal mokion: Age he = AD Ak + bay hs (S702 m/s V4 Hos) 14-4806 eee = 156.3 w (41.405) 12) A large truck and a small car, moving toward each other att ‘the same speed, collide head on. Which ‘statement best describes the magnitude of the forces between the car and the truck? As stahed by Uv A) The truck exerts a larger force on the car than the car exerts on the truck Newtou’s B) The car exerts a larger force on the truck than the truck exerts on the car. 4 C) The truck exerts @ force on the ear, but the car doesn’t exert a force on the truck. 2 Bes @) The truck exerts the same amount of force on the car as the car exerts on the truck, 4 Not enough information is given to pick one of the answers above. 13) Suppose you stand on one foot while holding your other leg up as in the figure. The leg pivots at the knee joint. How much force must the tendon exert to keep the leg in this position? Assume that the lower leg and foot have a combined mass of 4.0 kg and that their combined center of gravity is at the center of the lower leg. af { a , 00N Ran iearee ae ©) 1000 = pivok the lower leg D) 400N NG, r E) 40N Eau ililor ons regu14) Seat belts and air bags save lives. A 60 kg person is in a head-on collision. The car’s speed at impact is 15 m/s. Estimate the net force on the person if he or she is wearing a seat belt and if the person decelerates over a distance of 1m as the front of the car crumples. at ; Lb ABN TH Pend tha nok Paved Baosn (0 pwd Tea wer yf Teson — axevtad om bre evs, BRE find He acceloralion (atyyy™ = (A) + ZA by eae CS fo) Zax (10m) AS m/ Zou ~1{3 m/s (Ade: oe ve ° Feb Wk onl N pject will be stable i A) Its center of gravity is below its highest point (B) Its center of gravity lies over its base of support ) Its center of gravity lies outside its base of support D) The height of its center of gravity is less than ¥ its total height E) None of the above 16) If you weigh 650 N on the earth, what would be your weight on the surface of a neutron star that thas the same mass as our sun (1.99 x 10” kg) and a diameter of 22.0 km? wo. 650N _ 66,3 kg A) 3.7x108N wwe ™ Me Ge 73x10°N 0 8B FB apt oO TAX 10EN M D) 1.8x10°N MWe aM = Ry FE) 25x10°N nS us aw G cs Ras at (, = (66.318) ( 667 x10 "Nem baer = 717 KI0"N 17) You've kicked a roc, and itis now sliding across the ground about 2 meters in font of you. Which is not a force acting on the rock? A) Gravity, acting downward B) The normal force, acting upward 7 © he force of the kick, acting in the direction of motion D) Friction, acting opposite the direction of motion B) Airresistance, acting opposite the direction of motion18) A large box is acted upon by two (and only two) forees that are equal in magnitude. For the box to be in static equilibrium itis sufficient to require that Weed te require A) Those two forces are oppositely directed. i B) Those two forces point in the same direction. ZLFxso ©) Those two forces produce a net torque equal to zero. cee D) Those two forces produce a net torque that balances out the net force. z Fy =a amd None of the above. 19) A.50 kg student stands on a bathroom scale placed on the floor ofan elevator. What isthe scale reading when the elevator is moving upward with a constant velocity of 2 m/s? A) 590N. constant velocity meas A=? B) 100N v © 490N => Was = MSFMA = ME 1D) 390N ‘pp U U E) 240N i} (So ka) C48 wale?) = 440N 20) A 100 kg crate is at rest on a rough horizontal floor. The coefficients of friction are 0.8 for static and 0.6 for kinetic friction. What horizontal force must be exerted on the crate to start it in motion? A) 100 eh 4 dovee F needed bo overcome ©) san stodic dvckon 1S suchthabib is sli idly @ mn lavgor ye bie wraxivon skabte bvlehion over Pe max = fen = 08 (\00 kg) (bt) = 7B4UN 21) A 20 kg block of ice is pulled along a frictionless horizontal surface by a 100.N force directed 53° above the horizontal. What is the acceleration of the block? B) 4.0m/s? A) 80ms? Alows X axts B same LE F 005 53° = mag 3.0 mis 2 ) 9.8 mis 3 Oy = £ cos 53° Ww 0 (oN cos $3° 3.0) w/.> > 2.0 m/s)