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SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL DEPARTMENT

Midterm Exam in GENERAL PHYSICS 2
Second Semester, AY 2019 – 2020

Name:____________________________________________Date:_______________SCORE:____________
Grade and Section:____________________ Instructor: ___________________________________________

I. Determine the standard measurement unit of the following physical quantity. Choose your answer
from the choices inside the box below. Use CAPITAL letters.

A. m/s2 D. m3 G. Ohm J. Hz M. s

B. kg E. m2 H. Watt K. m/s N. Weber

C. hr F. Joule I. N L. m O. Kelvin

_______ 1. Height (h) / distance (d)/radius (r) ________ 6. Mass (m)

_______ 2. Acceleration (a) ________ 7. Force (F)

_______ 3. Energy (E) ________ 8. Velocity (v)

_______ 4. Power (P) ________ 9. Time ( t )

_______ 5. Work (W) ________ 10. Normal Force (N)

II. Match the quantity on column A with its formula in column B. Write the letter of your answer on the
space provided before each number. Use CAPITAL letters. Follow the variables used in each quantity
in part I.

Note that: ∆ is change

COLUMN A COLUMN B

v2
______ 1. Work A. ac =
r

______ 2. Kinetic Friction B. GPE = mgh

______ 3. Static Friction C. W = Fd

______ 4. Kinetic Energy D. Fs = µsN

W
______ 5. Gravitational Potential Energy E. P =
t

______ 6. Centripetal Acceleration F. Fk = µkN

______ 7. Centripetal Force G. Ek = ½ mv2

______ 8. Power H. p = mv

mv2
______ 9. Momentum I. Fc =
r

______ 10. Impulse J. ∆ p=F ∆ t

II. Direction: Write your answer in the space provided before every number. Use CAPITAL letters.

______ 1. The following statements about friction is true EXCEPT one.

A. Friction is high for dry and rough surfaces.
B. Frictional force is dependent of the contact area
C. Friction is low for smooth and wet surfaces
D. Friction is a force that acts oppose the relative motion of two surfaces

______ 2. Rotational speed is know as?

A. Number of revolution per unit of time
B. Number of revolution per unit of distance
C. Number of rotation per moment
D. Number of rotation per radius

______ 3. What centripetal force acts on a ball on string?

A. Gravity B. Tension C. Friction D. Normal Force

______ 4. The wooden crate has a mass of 50kg. How much horizontal force is needed to start it moving?
Where μs=0.5 and μk=0.3.
A. 240 N B. 147 N C. 245 N D. 140 N

______ 5. Refer to problem in number 4. How much force is needed to keep it moving along the wooden floor
at a constant speed?
A. 240 N B. 147 N C. 245 N D. 140 N

______ 6. It is the energy transfer that takes place when a force causes an object to move.
A. Energy B. Centripetal Force C. Power D. Work

______ 7. A cargo man lifts a crate and walk for about a meter. Is work being done here?
A. Yes B. No C. Maybe D. Cannot be determined

______ 8. Flash and Hulk were task to transfer stranded people into safer place. Flash was able to transfer
2/3 of the stranded and Hulk transfer the remaining 1/3. Who uses more power?
A. Flash B. Hulk C. Both of them D. The stranded people

______ 9. Which of the following statements is true about work?

A. Work is scalar. B. Work is measured in Watts.
C. Force and direction must be the same D. Work cannot be measured vertically.

______ 10. Power is the rate of doing a _________.

A. motion B. free fall C. work D. task

______ 11. A box is 20 kg. You need to lift the box to a height of 100cm. How much work should be done?
A. 196 J B. 2000 J C. 19600J D. 200J

______ 12. A tractor exerted a force of 520N to pull a pile of sacks of rice for about 100 meters in 10 seconds.
How much power did the tractor use?
A. 52000 J B. 5200 J C. 52000 W D. 5200W

______ 13. A 5-kg rock swings 2 times in a circle of radius 100cm for 3 sec. What is its linear speed?
A. 400 m/s B. 2000m/s C. 4.81 m/s D. 4.19 m/s

______ 14. Refer to item no. 13. What is the centripetal acceleration?
A. 1600m/s2 B. 4000m/s2 C. 17.56 m/s2 D. 23.14m/s2

______ 15. Refer to items no. 13-14. What is the centripetal force?
A. 115.68 N B. 78.8 N C. 87.8 N D. 116.58 N

______ 16. A block is pulled at constant velocity by a force of 20N acting 300 above the horizontal. The
coefficient of sliding friction between the block and the surface is 0.5. What is the weight of the block?
A. 64.52 kg B. 44.64 kg C. 64.52 N D. 44.64 N

______ 17. Weight is the vector equivalent of _______.

A. mass B. gravity C. distance D. speed
______ 18. Refer to item no. 11. If you need to lift it in 5s. How much power is required?
A. 400 W B. 39.2 W C. 3920 W D. 40 W

______ 19. Joule is equivalent to what unit dimension?

kg m2 kg m kg m 2 kg
A. B. C. D.
s2 s2 s3 m2

______ 20. The constant, 9.8 m/s2 is known as the _____.

A. Gravity due to acceleration B. Gravitational constant
C. Acceleration due to gravity D. Acceleration constant

______ 21. Work is done whenever a force is applied to an object.

A. True B. False

______ 22. Suppose a runner moves with constant speed of 5 m/s in a circle of radius 10m. The gound exerts
a central force of 150N. What is the mass of the runner?
A. 70 kg B. 60 kg C. 50 kg D. 40 kg

______ 23. A 100kg box is being dragged on a horizontal surface by a force to keep it in constant motion. If
the coefficient of friction between the box and the horizontal surface is 0.03, what is the magnitude of the force
applied?
A. 3 N B. 29.8 N C. 30.1 N D. 98 N

______ 24. Watt is equivalent to what unit dimension?

kg m2 kg m kg m 2 kg
A. B. C. D.
s2 s2 s3 m2

______ 25. Centripetal means _______.

A. directed outside B. Similar direction C. Outward movement D. Center seeking

______ 26. The force of kinetic friction slows down a moving object.
A. True B. False

______ 27. Which among the given materials, friction is lowest.

A. Steel B. Concrete C. Ice D. Metal

______ 28. Which of the following statement is true about momentum?

A. Momentum is the product of force and velocity.
B. Momentum is the force that acts on a body.
C. The change in momentum is equal to a body’s impulse.
D. A body with less momentum is hard to stop.

______ 29. How fast must a 1000kg Honda Civic travels to have a momentum of 1x106 kg m/s?
A. 1000 m/s B. 100 m/s C. 10 m/s D. 10 000 m/s

______ 30. Which of the following has the greatest momentum?

A. A 50 kg boy running at 20 m/s.
B. A truck travelling at 40 m/s and has a mass of 200 kg
C. A 10 kg ball shot with speed of 200 m/s.
D. A cart weighing 40 kg running at a velocity of 30 m/s.

______ 31. A 12 kg cart moving with a velocity of 10 m/s East collides and attaches itself to a 20 kg cart
moving at a velocity of 50 m/s West. What kind collision is observed?
A. Inelastic collision B. Flexible collision
C. Perfectly elastic collision D. Organized collision

______ 32. The total momentum of two bodies before collision is equal to the bodies’ total momentum after
interaction.
A. True B. False.
______ 33. A 2 kg ball travelling at 4 m/s strikes a wall and bounces straight back at 2 m/s. What is the ball’s
change in momentum?
A. 5 kg m/s B. 6 kg m/s C. -5 kg m/s D. -6 kg m/s

______ 34. Refer to item no. 21. What is the impulse applied to the ball?
A. 5 kg m/s B. 6 kg m/s C. -5 kg m/s D. -6 kg m/s
______ 35. Refer to item no. 21. What is the impulse applied to the wall?
A. 5 kg m/s B. 6 kg m/s C. -5 kg m/s D. -6 kg m/s

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