DALAGUETE NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL DEPARTMENT

MASTERY TEST
GENERAL PHYSICS 1
2nd SEMESTER
SY 2019-2020
I. Multiple Choice
Direction: Choose the letter of the correct answer. Write the letter in your answer sheet.

1. What forces are acting on a dropped book that falls to the floor?
A. Gravity only B. Gravity and air resistance C. Air resistance D. Friction only
2. A change to an objects motion is caused by...
A. Balanced forces B. Unbalanced forces C. Acceleration D. Velocity
3. When a car’s velocity is negative and its acceleration is negative, what is happening to the car’s motion?
A. The car slows down. B. The car speeds up C. The car travels at constant speed D. the car is at rest
4. Which of the following statements applies to the motion of a ball rising and then falling in free fall?
I. The ball has constant acceleration as it moves upward.
II. The ball has constant acceleration at the top of its path.
III. The ball has constant acceleration as it moves downward.
A. I only B. III only C. I and III D. I, II, and III
5. A car accelerates at 2 m/s . Assuming the car starts from rest, how much time does it need to accelerate to a
2

speed of 20 m/s?
A. 2 seconds B. 10 seconds C. 20 seconds D. 40 seconds
6. Which of the following explains the difference between speed and velocity?
A. One has motion, and the other does not B. One has direction, and the other does not.
C. One involves time, and the other does not D. One involves acceleration, and the other does not
7. A sled sliding on a flat, icy surface with a constant velocity is best described by _______.
A. Newton’s first law of motion for objects at rest B. Newton’s first law of motion for objects in motion
C. Newton’s second law of motion D. Newton’s third law of motion
8. A ball is thrown straight downward with a speed of 0.50 meter per second from a height of 4.0 meters. What is the speed of the ball
0.70 second after it is released? [Neglect friction.]
A. 0.50 m/s B. 7.4 m/s C. 9.8 m/s D. 15 m/s
9. An object is dropped from rest and falls freely 20 meters to Earth. When is the speed of the object 9.8 meters per second?
A. during the entire first second of its fall B. at the end of its first second of fall
C. during its entire time of fall D. after it had fallen 9.8 meters
10. How many significant figures does the following number have: 4.57 x 107?
A. 2 B. 3 C. 4 D. 7
11. How many miles are there in 10560 ft?
A. 2.5 miles B. 3 miles C. 2 miles D. 1.5 miles

12. According to the graph above, during which interval is the

cat at rest? A. 0.0–5.0 s B. 10.0–15.0 s
C. 5.0–10.0 s D. 15.0–20.0 s
13. According to the graph above, the cat has the fastest speed
during which interval? A. 0.0–5.0 s B. 10.0–15.0 s
C. 5.0–10.0 s D. 15.0–20.0s

14. Where is the cat after 5 seconds?

A. 2 m B. 3 m C. 4m D. 5m
15. Which of the following statements applies to the motion of a ball rising and then falling in free fall?
I. The ball has constant acceleration as it moves upward.
II. The ball has constant acceleration at the top of its path.
III. The ball has constant acceleration as it moves downward.
A. I only B. III only C. I and III D. I,II, and III
16. Which would fall greater acceleration in a vacuum- a leaf or a stone?
A. the leaf B. the stone C. They accelerate at the same rate D. It is difficult to determine
17. The moon has a smaller mass than the Earth. If you were able to travel to the moon your weight would...
A. Increase B. Decrease C. Stay the same D. Vary with day and night
18. Which ball will hit the ground first?
A. Metal first, then plastic, then wood last
B. Wood first , then plastic, then metal last
C. They will all hit at the same time.
D. There is no way to tell.
wood Plastic metal
ball
MODIFIED TRUE OR FALSE ( 10pts)
1. Dividing the total distance travelled by the total time is how to calculate average acceleration.
2. A change to an objects motion is caused by balanced forces.
3. Acceleration is the rate of change of an objects velocity in the given period of time.
4. Without any force to change it, an object at rest stays at rest and an object in motion stays in motion according to the law of
interaction.
5. Acceleration which points to the center of a circular path is called centrifugal acceleration.
6. Uniform motion is the motion of an object under the sole influence of gravity
7. The horizontal distance travelled by a projectile is called trajectory.
8. The single vector which represents the sum of the component vectors is called component vector.
9. For an object in Uniform accelerated motion its acceleration is zero.
10. In projectile motion its horizontal acceleration is zero and the vertical is 9.8m/s2
Problem Solving
1. A bike accelerates uniformly from 7.5m/s to a speed of 9.10 m/s over a distance of 50.5 m. Determine the
acceleration of the bike. ( 2pts)
2. Three players on a reality TV show are brought to the center of a large, flat field. Each is given a meter stick, a
compass, a calculator, a shovel, and (in a different order for each contestant) the following three displacements:
Find the resultant vector
( 5pts) A. 72.4 m, 32.0° east of north B. 57.3 m, 36.0° south of west C. 17.8 m due south
3. An airplane is flying 340 km/hr at 120 East of North. The wind is blowing 40 km/hr at 340 South of East. What is the
plane’s actual velocity?
4. A ball is dropped from the roof of a building. The brick strikes the ground in 1.50 s. You may ignore air resistance, so
the brick is in free fall.
A. How tall, in meters, is the building? C. Where is the brick after 1 second after released?
B. What is the magnitude of the brick’s velocity just before it reaches the ground?
5. A cannon fires a cannonball 500.0 m downrange when set at a 45.0 o angle. At what velocity does the cannonball
leave the cannon?
6. A diver plunges head first into a diving pool while travelling at 28.2 m s–1. Upon entering the water, the diver stops
within a distance of 4.00 m from the diving board. Consider the diver to be a single point located at her centre of mass
and assume her acceleration through the water to be uniform.
A. Calculate the average acceleration of the diver as she travels through the water.
B. How long does the diver take to come to a stop?
C. What is the speed of the diver after she has dived for 2.00 m?
7. While exploring a cave, a spelunker starts at the entrance and moves the following distances. She goes 75.0 m North,
250 m east, 125 m at an angle 30.0° north of east, and 150 m south. Find her resultant displacement from the cave
entrance.
8. A ball rolls off a desk at a speed of 3.0 m/s and lands 0.40 seconds later.
a) How far from the base of the desk does the ball land B. How high is the desk?
9. A punter in a football game kicks a ball from the goal line at 60.00 from the horizontal at 25.0 m/s.
A. Find the maximum height. (2pts) B. How far away does it hit the ground? (2pts)
10. Convert 1100 feet per second into miles per hour