QUIZ 2 – EE REV03

Underline the letter of the correct answer. Provide complete solution to all problems.

1. The force that gives a 2 kg object an acceleration of 1.6 m/s2 would give an 8 kg object an
acceleration of _______.
a. 0.2 m/s2
b. 6.4 m/s2
c. 1.6 m/s2
d. 0.4 m/s2
2. A wheel revolving at 300 rpm decelerates at rad/s2. How long before the wheel stops?
a. 6.28 s
b. 3.63 s
c. 5.43 s
d. 4.72 s
3. A trained acrobat can safely land on the ground speeds up to 15 m/s. What is the greatest height
from which the acrobat can fall?
a. 14.5 m
b. 13.5 m
c. 12.5 m
d. 11.5 m
4. An engine requires 5 s to go from its idling speed of 600 rpm to 1200 rpm. How many
revolutions does it make in this period?
a. 75 rev
b. 70 rev
c. 68 rev
d. 73 rev
5. A 50-g ball at the end of a string is swinging in a horizontal circle of radius 60 cm. The ball
makes exactly 2 rps. What is the centripetal acceleration of the ball?
a. 93.6 m/s2
b. 98.3 m/s2
c. 94.7 m/s2
d. 91.4 m/s2
6. Centripetal acceleration ________.
a. Changes the direction of the velocity
b. Changes the magnitude of the velocity
c. Changes the magnitude of angular velocity
d. Changes nothing about velocity
7. What is the minimum coefficient of static friction required for a car traveling at 60 kph to make a
level turn 40 m in radius?
a. 0.67
b. 0.88
c. 0.82
d. 0.71
8. A projectile is launched horizontally with a velocity of 25 m/s from the top of a 75 m height.
How long will the projectile take to reach the bottom?
a. 3.28 s
b. 2.18 s
 c. 3.91 s
d. 2.55 s
9. A car moving at 70 kph has a mass of 1700 kg. The force necessary to decelerate it at a rate of 40
cm/s2 is most nearly ________.
a. 0.68 N
b. 4250 N
c. 42.5 N
d. 680 N
10. A compact disc is rotating at 50 rpm. If it rakes 10 complete revolutions before slowing to a stop,
how fast is it decelerating?
a. 0.28 rad/s2
b. 0.22 rad/s2
c. 0.24 rad/s2
d. 0.26 rad/s2
11. A car accelerates uniformly from rest at 3.2 m/s2. When the car has traveled a distance of 40 m,
its speed will be _______.
a. 8 m/s
b. 16 m/s
c. 12.5 m/s
d. 128 m/s
12. When a body returns to its original equilibrium, position after being moved from it, the state
which exists is called
a. Unstable equilibrium
b. Stable equilibrium
c. Neutral equilibrium
d. Dynamic instability
13. A 1200-kg car whose velocity is 6 m/s rounds a turn whose radius is 30 m. The centripetal force
on the car is _______.
a. 48 N
b. 1440 N
c. 147 N
d. 240 N
14. A roller coaster reaches a velocity of 20 m/s at a location where the radius of curvature is 40 m.
Calculate the acceleration in m/s2.
a. 12
b. 10
c. 9
d. 11
15. A box slides down a plane 8 m long that is inclined at an angle of 30ᵒ with the horizontal. If the
box starts from rest and µ = 0.25, find its velocity at the bottom of the plane.
a. 6.67 m/s
b. 8.19 m/s
c. 5.24 m/s
d. 7.48 m/s
16. A ball of mass 1 kg is attached to an inelastic string of length 0.5 m. Find the tension is the string
if the ball is rotated horizontally with a velocity of 10 rps.
a. 33.33 N
b. 50 N
 c. 200 N
d. 20 N
17. The point, through which the whole weight of the body acts, irrespective of its position is known
as _______.
a. Moment of inertia
b. Center of gravity
c. Center of percussion
d. Center of mass
18. A stone is thrown horizontally with an initial speed of 10 m/s from a bridge. Assuming that the
air resistance is negligible, how long would it take the stone to strike the water 80 m below the
bridge?
a. 1 s
b. 2 s
c. 4 s
d. 8 s
19. What is the centrifugal force required to cause a 3200 lb car to go around the curve of 880 ft
radius at a speed of 60 mph?
a. 800 lbs
b. 880 lbs
c. 920 lbs
d. 900 lbs
20. If a flea can jump straight up to a height of 0.44 m, what is its initial speed as it leaves the
ground?
a. 2.94 m/s
b. 3.28 m/s
c. 3.64 m/s
d. 4.02 m/s
21. A ball is thrown upward with a speed of 48 ft/s from the edge of a cliff 32 ft above the ground.
Find the time required for the ball to reach the gorund.
a. 5.83 s
b. 8.72 s
c. 10.42 s
d. 6.88 s
22. A boy rides a bicycle at constant velocity. Which of the following about the net force is true?
a. There is a net force acting in the velocity direction
b. There is a net force acting opposite to the velocity direction
c. The net force is zero
d. There is a net force acting perpendicularly to the velocity direction
23. Determine the linear velocity of the rim of a wheel 80 cm in diameter when the wheel turns at 90
rpm.
a. 1.88 m/s
b. 7.54 m/s
c. 4.71 m/s
d. 3.77 m/s
24. A carousel is considered safe if no rider is accelerated at more than 3 m/s 2. What is the greatest
permissible speed of a rider at the outer edge of a carousel that is 6.5 m in radius?
a. 4.0 m/s
b. 4.2 m/s
 c. 4.4 m/s
d. 4.6 m/s
25. Curved flights at high speed required centripetal force that is ________.
a. Small
b. large
c. Zero
d. Maximum
26. A ball is dropped from a balloon at a height of 190 m. If the balloon is rising at 25 m/s, find the
time of flight of the ball.
a. 9.3 s
b. 8.9 s
c. 10.2 s
d. 9.6 s
27. An automobile accelerates at a constant rate from 15 mph to 45 mph in 10 s while traveling in a
straight line. What is the average acceleration?
a. 3.8 ft/s2
b. 4.0 ft/s2
c. 3.6 ft/s2
d. 4.4 ft/s2
28. A turntable of a record player is accelerated from rest to a aped of 33.3 rpm in 2 s. What is the
angular acceleration?
a. 1.74 rad/s2
b. 1.74 rad/s2
c. 1.74 rad/s2
d. 1.74 rad/s2
29. A 20 N block is being pushed across a horizontal table by an 18 N force. If the coefficient of
kinetic friction between the block and the table is 0.4, find the acceleration of the block?
a. 0.5 m/s2
b. 5 m/s2
c. 1 m/s2
d. 7.5 m/s2
30. Determine the angle of banking for a highway curve of radius 180 m designed to accommodate
cars travelling at 80 kph.
a. 13.5o
b. 12.4o
c. 15.6o
d. 14.2o
31. A particle is thrown from the edge of a ditch. If the initial velocity is 4 m/s and the particle is
known to hit the bottom of the ditch exactly 6 s after it was released, determine the depth of this
ditch.
a. 24 m
b. 176.6 m
c. 200 m
d. 152.6 m
32. The propeller of a ship makes 300 rev while its speed increases from 200 to 500 rpm. What is its
angular acceleration?
a. 0.49 rad/s2
b. 0.83 rad/s2
 c. 0.61 rad/s2
d. 1.10 rad/s2
33. In a motorcycle race, a rider goes over the top of a small hill that is approximately spherical with
a radius of curvature of 12 m. What is his maximum speed if he is not to become airborne?
a. 11.7 m/s
b. 12.5 m/s
c. 10.8 m/s
d. 13.3 m/s
34. A cart of mass 50 kg rides over a semicircular bridge of radius 10 m. What is the minimum speed
the cart can have without lifting off the bridge?
a. 16.4 m/s
b. 11.6 m/s
c. 9.9 m/s
d. 13.3 m/s
35. What velocity must a ball have when thrown upward if it is to reach a height of 15 m?
a. 17.16 m/s
b. 22.12 m/s
c. 15.17 m/s
d. 31.31 m/s
36. A 3200-lb car strikes a fence at 20 mph and comes to a stop in 1 s. What average force acted on
the car?
a. 2700 lbs
b. 3000 lbs
c. 1600 lbs
d. 4800 lbs
37. The coefficient of static friction between the car’s tires and a level road is 0.80. If the car is to be
stopped in a maximum time of 3 s, its speed cannot exceed ___.
a. 2.4 m/s
b. 2.6 m/s
c. 7.8 m/s
d. 23.5 m/s
38. How much force is needed to increase the velocity of a 6400 – lb truck from 20 to 30 ft/s in 5 s?
a. 400 lbs
b. 420 lbs
c. 440 lbs
d. 390 lbs
39. A 300 g stone is attached to a 1.5 m long string. It is whirled around a horizontal circle at
constant speed. If the tension in the string is found out equal to be 7.2 N, at what linear speed is
the stone.
a. 6 m/s
b. 8 m/s
c. 12 m/s
d. 10 m/s
40. The force that makes hurricanes flow counterclockwise in the northern hemisphere is
a. Gravity
b. Tangential force
c. Normal force
d. Coriolls
41. A cat fails out of a tree, dropping 16 m to the ground. How long is the cat in the air?
a. 1.2 s
b. 1,4 s
c. 1.6 s
d. 1.8 s
42. A 0.02 – kg ball is whirled in a horizontal circle at the end of a string 0.5 m long whose breaking
strength is 1 N. Neglecting gravity, what is the maximum velocity the ball can have?
a. 5 m/s
b. 7 m/s
c. 6 m/s
d. 8 m/s
43. A ball is thrown vertically upward with a speed of 30 ft/s from the edge of a cliff 50 ft above sea
level. With what velocity will it hit the water?
a. 67 ft/s
b. 50 ft/s
c. 72 ft/s
d. 64 ft/s
44. Which of the following remains constant while throwing a ball upward?
a. Velocity
b. Acceleration
c. Displacement
d. Kinetic energy
45. At what angle, should a road be slanted to prevent an automobile traveling at 25 m/s from
tending to slip? The radius? The radius of curvature is 200 m.
a. 22o
b. 20o
c. 16o
d. 18o
46. A 5 – lb block is given an initial velocity of 10 ft/s up a 45o smooth slope. Determine the time for
it to travel up the slope before it stops.
a. 0.44 s
b. 0.38 s
c. 0.59 s
d. 0.69 s
47. An automobile is travelling at 25 m/s. it takes 0.3 s to apply the brakes after which the
deceleration is 6 m/s2. How far does the automobile travel, before it stops?
a. 45 m
b. 50 m
c. 55 m
d. 60 m
48. An object is launched at 45o to the horizontal on level ground. What is the range of the projectile
if its initial velocity is 180 ft/s?
a. 719 ft
b. 1440 ft
c. 1006 ft
d. 1350 ft
49. Which of the following is true about centripetal force?
a. It appears to act outward from the body
 b. It is directly proportional to the radius of the circular path
c. It is directed towards the center of the circular path
d. It is inversely proportional to the thee square of the tangential velocity
50. A woman swings a pall of water at constant velocity in a vertical circle 100 cm in radius. If the
water is not to spill, what is the minimum velocity the pall can have?
a. 2.83 m/s
b. 3.41 m/s
c. 3.13 m/s
d. 2.47 m/s