NMAT REVIEW 9.

When a block of wood of mass 2 kg is pushed along the

PHYSICS EXERCISES horizontal flat surface of a bench, the friction force
SET B measure is 4 N. When the block is pushed along the same
bench with a force of 10 N, it moves with a constant ____.
DIRECTIONS: Select the best answer to each of the a. speed of 3 m/s c. acceleration of 5 m/s2
following questions and blacken the appropriate space on b. speed of 5 m/s d. acceleration of 3 m/s2
your answer sheet. Answer this test for 20min only.
10. The weight of an object…
1. A resultant force of 10 N has components acting at a. is the quantity of matter it contains
right angles to each other. If the magnitude of one of the b. is the same quantity as its mass
components is 6 N, the magnitude of the other component c. refers to it inertia
must be… d. is the force with which it is attracted to the earth
a. 16 N c. 6 N
b. 8 N d. 4 N 11. An object in equilibrium may not have…
a. any forces acting on it c. velocity
2. Which is not a vector quantity? b. any torques acting on it d. acceleration
a. momentum c. energy
b. force d. acceleration 12. An object in motion may not have
a. velocity c. momentum
3. What must change when a body is accelerating? b. kinetic energy d. potential energy
a. the force acting on the body
b. the speed of the body 13. An object at rest may have
c. the mass of the body a. velocity c. momentum
d. the velocity of the body b. kinetic energy d. potential energy

4. Ball A is thrown horizontally with initial velocity and ball
B is freely dropped from the same height, above the
ground, at the same moment. Which of the following
statement is correct?
a. Ball A reaches the ground first
b. Ball B reaches the ground first
c. The two balls reach the ground at the same time
d. Ball B has a greater magnitude of velocity
14. If the acceleration due to Earth’s gravity were
suddenly doubled, which of the following would not
happen?
a. a 150-N object would weigh 300 N on a spring scale
b. a car going up a slope would slow down
c. a high jumper would be able to jump one half of the
present record
d. some objects that float on water would sink

5. Which is not true in free fall? 15. A 2-kg object rests on a rough horizontal surface. The
a. Acceleration due to gravity is not equal to zero even at coefficient of static friction is 0.40. What minimum
the highest point of a trajectory. horizontal force is needed to start moving the object?
b. The acceleration of a body does not depend on its a. 7. 84 N c. 49 N
mass. b. 8 N d. 10 N
c. Velocity and acceleration are always in the same
direction. 16. It is the product of the force and the distance through
d. When an object is dropped from a tower, it falls with which the force moves.
progressively greater speed and covers a greater distance a. energy c. power
with each successive second. b. work d. momentum

6. Using the equation R = v02 sin 20/g, at what angle in 17. It is the product of the velocity of the object and its
degrees should you throw a ball in order to get a mass.
maximum horizontal distance? a. energy c. power
a. 30 c. 45 b. work d. momentum
b. 35 d. 50
18. A force of 60 N is used to raise a 240-N load using the
7. Car A is accelerated to a velocity of 60 m/s in 5 system of pulleys. The load covered a distance of 1 m for
seconds. Another car B with identical mass attains this every 5 m of rope pulled though the system. The system
velocity in 4 seconds. If car A and car B are accelerated has an efficiency of:
from rest, what is the ratio of the pulling force of engine A a. 12% c. 60%
to that of engine B? b. 48% d. 80%
a. 1:12 c. 5:4
b. 2:3 d. 4:5 19. A rock of mass m is dropped to the ground from a
height h. A second rock with mass 2m is dropped from the
8. As a projectile thrown upward moves in its parabolic same height. When the second rock strikes the ground, its
path, at what point along its path are the velocity and kinetic energy is…
acceleration vectors for the projectile perpendicular to a. twice that of the first rock
each other? b. four times that of the first rock
a. nowhere c. the highest point c. the same as that of the first rock
b. the launch point d. the landing point d. half as much as that of the first rock
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20. A body thrown vertically up into the air possesses
kinetic energy at the beginning of its flight, but as it rises,
it loses kinetic energy and acquires potential energy with
respect to the level from which it stated. Which of the
following is not true?
a. At the highest point, the kinetic energy has been wholly
changed to potential energy.
b. As it falls, its potential energy is again transformed to
kinetic energy.
c. The potential energy is maximum at the highest point of
its flight.
d. The kinetic energy is minimum at the lowest point of its
flight.
21. A 200-kg lift is raised by an electric motor through a
height of 15m in 20 seconds (g = 10 ms2).
a. The weight of the lift is 2,000 N.
b. The useful work done is 30,000 J.
c. The power output of the motor is 1.5 kW.
d. All of the above statements are correct.
22. Car A has a mass of 1,000 kg and a speed of 60 km/hr
while car B has mass of 2,000 kg and a speed of
30 km/hr. The kinetic energy of a car A is
a. half that of car B c. equal to that of car B
b. twice that of car B d. four times that of car B
27. When a body floats on a liquid:
a. The buoyant force is less than its weight
b. The buoyant force is greater than its weight
c. The buoyant force is equal to its weight
d. The specific gravity of the object is greater than one
28. Fluid at the bottom of a container is
a. under less pressure than the fluid at the top
b. under the same pressure as the fluid at the top
c. under more pressure than the fluid at the top
d. none of the above
29. The pressure at a point in a confined fluid does not
depend on
a. the depth of the fluid
b. the density of the fluid
c. the gravitational acceleration
d. the area of the container
30. A person stands on a very sensitive scale and inhales
deeply. The reading on the scale
a. does not change
b. decreases
c. increases
d. depends on the expansion of the person’s chest relative
to the volume of air inhaled

23. The amount of work a 0.6 KW electric drill can do in 1

min is
a. 0.6 J c. 0.6 KJ
b. 36 J d. 36 KJ

24. Two clowns on ice skates face each other on a

frictionless surface. The laughing clown pushes the crying
clown who is half his weight so that the latter moves with
a certain velocity. The laughing clown will move on the:
a. opposite direction and at the same speed as the crying
clown
b. opposite direction and at half speed as the crying clown
c. same direction and at the same speed as the crying
clown
d. same direction and at half speed as the crying clown

25. You tape two different soda straws together end-to-

end to make a longer straw with no leaks. The two straws
have radii of 3 millimeters and 5 millimeters, respectively.
You drink a soda through your combination straw. In
which straw is the speed of the liquid faster?
a. Whichever one is nearest to your mouth
b. The one of bigger radius
c. The one of smaller radius
d. Neither. The speed is the same in both straws.

26. Archimedes’ Principle states that when a body is

wholly or partly submerged in a fluid, the fluid exerts an
upward force on the body which is equal to the:
a. the mass of the fluid displaced
b. the weight of the fluid displaced
c. the weight of the body
d. the volume of the body

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