Name: __________________________________ b. 28.

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c. 43.22
Weekly Exam 6 (Mechanics) d. 11.16
1. Which is true statement about these two 9. What is the angle between two vectors
vectors? A = 2i +10j -7k
A = i + 2j + 3k B = 3i – 4k
B = i +3j - 7k a. 57.12
a. Both vectors pass through the point (0, -1, 6) b. 56.65
b. The vectors are parallel c. 55.55
c. The vectors are orthogonal d. 65.56
d. The angle between the vectors is 119.15 degrees 10. What is the angle between vector (1, 2, 4) and
the x-axis?
2. What is the dot product of the two vectors: a. 75.2
A = 2i +3j -4k b. 76.4
B = 7i – 2j + k c. 77.4
a. 1 d. 92.1
b. 2 11. What is the angle between vector (1, 2, 4) and
c. 3 the y-axis?
d. 4 a. 65.12
3. What is the cross product of the two vectors: b. 66.12
A = 2i +3j -4k c. 63.12
B = 7i – 2j + k d. 64.12
a. -5i - 30j – 25k 12. What is the angle between vector (1, 2, 4) and
b. 5i +30j -25k the z-axis?
c. 4i +20j -25k a. 29.20
d. 5i -25j +30k b. 21.20
4. Find the sum of two vectors A and B c. 19.20
A = 2i +3j -4k d. 26.20
B = 7i – 2j + k 13. Simplify the expression (AxB)∙ C given:
a. (9, 1, -3) A = 3i+2j, B = 2i+3j+k, C = 5i+2k
b. 9i +2j -3k a. 0
c. 9i -3j +2k b. 20
d. (9, 2, 6) c. 60i+24k
5. Find the difference between two vectors A and B d. 5i+2k
A = 2i +3j -4k 14. A cube of side a is acted upon by a force F as
B = 7i – 2j + k shown. Determine the magnitude of the
a. -5i +5j -5k moment of F about the diagram AB.
b. -2i +5j -5k
c. -3i +5j -6k
d. -5i +4j -5k
6. Find the resultant of vector (1, 4, -7)
a. -2
b. -1
c. 8.124
d. -5
7. Find the absolute value of vector (1, 4, -7) 1
a. 6.124
a. aF
b. 7.124
√6
1
c. 8.124 b. aF
d. 9.124 √2
8. What is the angle between two vectors 1
A = 3i +4j -5k c. aF
B = i +10j – 6k
√4
a. 27.16
 1 d. 625.305
d. aF 22. Determine the whole length s of a parabolic
√5 cable with sag given as 21.2, distance between
15. Four turns of rope around a horizontal post will
posts (span) equal to 200.15.
hold a 1000lb weight with a pull of 10 lbs. Find
a. 201.922
the coefficient of friction between the rope and
b. 209.422
the post.
c. 217.25
a. 0.174
d. 205.977
b. 0.183
23. If the span of a cable is 300 and the sag is 12.5,
c. 0.122
the cable is considered as:
d. 0.214
a. Parabolic Cable
16. Determine the larger force if the angle given is
b. Catenary
120 degrees, smaller force is 40kN and
c. Hyperbolic Cable
coefficient of friction 0.23.
d. Wire Rope
a. 63.22kN
24. If the span of a cable is 200 and the sag is 25, the
b. 65.05kN
cable is considered as
c. 61.22kN
a. Parabolic cable
d. 64.75kN
b. Catenary
17. A pipeline crossing a river is suspended from a
c. Hyperbolic cable
steel cable stretched between the posts 100m
d. Wire rope
apart. The weight of the pipe and the cable is
25. A cable weighing 150N/m has a span of 180m
15kg/m assumed to be uniformly distributed
and a sag of 45m. Determine the distance
horizontally. The allowed sag is 2m. Determine
between the lowest point of the cable to the
the length of the steel cable. (parabolic cable)
ground (c).
a. 119.11
a. 94.25
b. 100.11
b. 93.69
c. 105.16
c. 91.69
d. 107.20
d. 96.69
18. From the above problem, determine the tension
26. A cable weighing 150N/m has a span of 180m
at posts.
and a sag of 45m. Determine the distance
a. 9405
between the posts to the ground (y).
b. 9420
a. 141.69
c. 9415
b. 142.69
d. 9305
c. 143.69
19. From the above problem, determine the tension
d. 144.69
at the lowest point.
27. A cable weighing 150N/m has a span of 180m
a. 9375
and a sag of 45m. Determine the maximum
b. 9405
tension T.
c. 9220
a. 26253
d. 9105
b. 22253
20. Determine the allowable spacing of poles
c. 21253
designed to carry an aluminum cable weighing
d. 24254
0.03 kg/m distributed horizontally if the
28. A cable weighing 150N/m has a span of 180m
maximum tension at the lowest point is 1250kg
and a sag of 45m. Determine the tension at
and the allowable sag is 0.5m. Assume factor of
lowest point (H).
safety of 2. (parabolic cable)
a. 14503.5
a. 305.2
b. 12504.5
b. 288.67
c. 11283.5
c. 213.42
d. 14302.5
d. 280.12
29. A cable weighing 150N/m has a span of 180m
21. From the above problem, determine the tension
and a sag of 45m. Determine the whole length of
at the posts.
the cable.
a. 625.625
a. 202.14
b. 625.405
b. 203.14
c. 625.015
 c. 206.14 37. Which of the following is a scalar?
d. 207.14 a. Weight
30. A force of 100kg acting horizontally to the right is b. Velocity
to be combined with one of 50kg acting upward c. Displacement
and to the right at an angle of 15 degrees with d. Mass
the vertical. Solve for the resultant force R and 38. A simply supported beam is five meters in
the angle between R and the 100kg force. length. It carries a uniformly distributed load
a. 125.6N, 24.12 degrees including its own weight 300N/m. Determine the
b. 122.8N, 23.15 degrees equivalent force.
c. 118.7N, 26.12 degrees a. 1200N
d. 119.8N, 23.15 degrees b. 810N
31. Five forces are given with angles of 40, 79, 128, c. 1500N
188, and 215 degrees respectively. Their d. 1400N
magnitudes are all 100kN. Determine the 39. A simply supported beam is six meters in length.
resultant force and angle. It carries a uniformly distributed load of 300N/m.
a. 214.6kN, 120.82 degrees It has a weight of 210N. Determine the
b. 204.6kN, 130.82 degrees equivalent force.
c. 224.6kN, 130.82 degrees a. 2010N
d. 224.6kN, 102.82 degrees b. 810N
32. Determine the magnitude of the resultant force c. 2000N
of the given diagram. d. 1500N
40. A simply supported beam is five meters in
length. It carries a triangular distributed load
including its own weight 650N/m. Find the
equivalent force.
a. 1050N
b. 200N
c. 1625N
d. 1200N
a. 215N
41. A 250lb block is initially at rest on a flat surface
b. 224N
that inclined at 30 degrees. If the coefficient of
c. 217N
static friction is 0.40, find the force required to
d. 234N
start the block moving up the plane.
33. A block weighing 500kN rest on a ramp inclined
a. 211.6
at 45 with the horizontal. Determine the force
b. 222.4
tending to move block down the ramp.
c. 201.8
a. 211.32kN
d. 202.4
b. 353.55kN
42. What is another term of moment of inertia?
c. 242.16kN
a. Moment of area
d. 119.24kN
b. Moment of mass
34. What is the equivalent of 3 permille?
c. Second moment of area
a. 0.003
d. All of the above
b. 0.0003
43. An airtight closed box of weight P is suspended
c. 0.03
from a spring balance. A bird of weight W is
d. 0.3
placed on the floor of the box, and the balance
35. What is the equivalent of 3 permyriad?
reads W+P. If the bird flies around the box at a
a. 0.003
constant elevation without accelerating, what is
b. 0.0003
the balance reading?
c. 0.000003
a. P
d. 0.3
b. P – W
36. Which of the following is a vector?
c. P + 2W
a. Mass
d. P + W
b. Distance
44. A heavy brass plumb bob suspended form a 38-
c. Speed
inch cord was observed to have a natural period
d. Torque
 of oscillation of about two seconds if pulled 24 what is the velocity of the bullet at impact?
inches to one side and then allowed to swing Assume there are no losses at impact, and the
freely. If an astronaut was to repeat this spring has no mass.
experiment on the moon where the gravitational a. 250km/h
attraction is approximately 1/6th that of the b. 450km/h
earth, the observed period would be: c. 890km/h
a. 0.33 seconds d. 630km/h
b. 4.90 seconds 50. A child keeps a 1kg toy airplane flying
c. 4.16 seconds horizontally in a circle holding onto a 1.5m long
d. 3.82 seconds string attached to its wing tip. The string is
45. A pick-up truck is travelling forward at 25m/s. always in the plane of the circular flight path. If
The bed is loaded with boxes whose coefficient the plane flies at 10m/s, what is the tension in
of friction with the bed is 0.4. What is the the string?
shortest time that the truck can be brought to a a. 7N
stop such that the boxes do not shift? b. 15N
a. 4.75 c. 28N
b. 2.35 d. 67N
c. 5.45 51. A billiard ball whose diameter is 80mm. What is
d. 6.37 the height above the billiard table will the cue
46. The elevator in a 12-story building has a mass of ball strike the billiard ball so that it will roll
1000kg. Its maximum velocity and maximum frictionless?
acceleration are 2m/s and 1m/ s2 respectively. A a. 55mm
passenger with a mass of 65kg stands on a b. 40mm
bathroom scale in the elevator as the elevator c. 56mm
ascends at the maximum acceleration. What is d. 60mm
the scale reading just as the elevator reaches its 52. A train changes its speed uniformly from 60
maximum acceleration? mi/hr to 30mi/hr in a distance of 1500ft. What is
a. 811 its acceleration?
b. 703 a. -1.936
c. 638 b. -2.962
d. 1065 c. -3.422
47. The mass moment of inertia of a cylinder about d. -5.412
its central axis perpendicular to a circular cross 53. Convert 11 m/s to km/hr
section is a. 39.6
a. Directly proportional to its radius b. 42.4
b. Directly proportional to its length c. 11.12
c. Independent of its radius d. 30.4
d. Independent of its length 54. What is the range of a projectile if the initial
48. A beam rests on a fulcrum, 1.2m from one end. A velocity is 30m/s at an angle of 30 degrees with
weight of 350kg is suspended from this end the horizontal?
causing the beam to balance. If the weight of a. 41.55
350kg is suspended on the opposite end of the b. 42.66
beam, it is necessary to suspend a 1000kg weight c. 79.45
on the first end in order to effect an even d. 102.3
balance. Find the length of the beam. 55. A projectile is thrown with a speed of 100ft/sec
a. 3.65 in a direction 30 degrees above the horizontal.
b. 3.57 Determine the highest point to which it rises
c. 3.74 ymax.
d. 3.43 a. 31.22
49. A bullet of mass 100g is fired at a wooden block b. 38.82
resting on a horizontal surface A spring with c. 40.60
stiffness k = 53kN/m resists the motion of the d. 102.60
block. If the maximum displacement of the block
produced by the impact of the bullet is 3.4cm,
56. What is the range of a projectile if the initial 63. A heavy brass plumb bob suspended form a 38-
velocity is 40m/s at an angle of 21 degrees with inch cord was observed to have a natural period
the horizontal? of oscillation of about two seconds if pulled 24
a. 109.13 inches to one side and then allowed to swing
b. 100.14 freely. If an astronaut was to repeat this
c. 203.14 experiment on the moon where the gravitational
d. 60.23 attraction is approximately 1/6th that of the
57. A projectile is thrown with a speed of 120ft/sec earth, the observed period would be:
in a direction 41 degrees above the horizontal. a. 0.33 seconds
Determine the highest point to which it rises b. 4.90 seconds
ymax. c. 4.16 seconds
A. 90.25 d. 3.82 seconds
B. 102.14 64. A rocket is moving through a vacuum. It changes
C. 103.17 its velocity from 9020 ft/sec to 5100ft/sec in 48
D. 96.24 seconds. How much power is require to
58. What is the acceleration due to gravity in SI accomplish this if the rocket’s mass is 13000
units? slugs?
a. 9.81 m/ s2 a. 16.3x106 hp
b. 981 m/ s2 b. 13.6x106 hp
2
c. 121 ft/ s c. 14.3x106 hp
d. 32.2 ft/ s2 d. 12.6x106 hp
59. What is the acceleration due to gravity in English 65. A baseball is thrown from a horizontal plane with
units? an initial velocity of 100m/s at an angle of 30
a. 9.81 m/ s2 degrees above the horizontal. How long after will
the ball attains its original vertical level?
b. 32.2 ft/ s2
a. 10.2 seconds
c. 102.2 m/ s2 b. 104.2 seconds
d. 30.3 ft/ s2 c. 13.5 seconds
60. A particle whose curvilinear motion is d. 12 seconds
66. A projectile is fired from a cannon with an initial
represented by the equation S = 20t+4t 2−3 t 3 .
velocity of 1000m/s and at an angle of 30
What is the particle’s initial distance S? degrees from the horizontal. What distance from
(hint: for initial distance/velocity/acceleration the cannon will the projectile strike the ground if
time=0) the point of impact (y) is 1500m below the point
a. 0
of release? Use the formula: ∓y = xtan
b. 25
c. 13 g x2
θ−
d. 1
2 vo 2 cos 2 θ
61. A particle whose curvilinear motion is
a. 8200m
represented by the equation S = 20t+4t 2−3 t 3 . b. 67,300m
What is the particle’s initial velocity? c. 78,200m
a. 18 d. 90,800m
b. 15 67. Nikko bought a giant dildo to pleasure himself
c. 0 during cold nights. He fired the dildo using a tiny
d. 20 bazooka in the ground with an initial velocity of
62. A particle whose curvilinear motion is 1100m/s, 31 degrees from the horizontal and he
represented by the equation S = 20t+4t 2−3 t 3 . position himself up in the ceiling 1550m below
What is the particle’s initial acceleration? the point of release. He plans to shoot the dildo
a. 1 by a projectile motion to his anus. Determine the
b. 5 horizontal distance x of the bazooka to Nikko.
c. 14 a. 122452.13
d. 8 b. 111427.13
c. 101621.13
 d. 126241.13 75. What is Newton’s 3rd law of Motion?
68. The rotor of a steam turbine is rotating at 7200 a. Law of Action Reaction forces
rev/min when the steam supply is suddenly cut b. Law of Inertia
off. The rotor decelerates at a constant rate and c. Law of Acceleration
comes to rest after 5 min. What was the angular d. Law of Universal Gravitation
deceleration (α ¿ of the rotor? 76. What is Newton’s 2nd law of Motion?
a. 0.4 rad/ s2 a. Law of Action Reaction forces
b. Law of Inertia
b. 2.5 rad/ s2 c. Law of Acceleration
c. 5.8 rad/ s2 d. Law of Universal Gravitation
d. 16 rad/ s2 77. What is Newton’s 1st law of Motion?
a. Law of Action Reaction forces
69. The rotor of a steam turbine is rotating when the
b. Law of Inertia
steam supply is suddenly cut off. The rotor
c. Law of Acceleration
decelerates at a constant rate and comes to rest
d. Law of Universal Gravitation
after 5 min. What was the angular velocity (ω ¿ 78. Which of the following is a unit of torque?
of the rotor? The angular deceleration of the a. Newton – meter
rotor is -2.12 rad/ s2 . b. Newton/ meter
a. 6073.35 rev/min c. dynes
b. 5122 rev/min d. Newton
c. 7200 rev/min 79. Which of the following is a unit of moment?
d. 1032 rev/min a. Newton – meter
70. A flywheel rotates at 700 rev/min when the b. Newton/ meter
power is suddenly cut off. The flywheel c. dynes
decelerates at a constant rate of 2.1 rad/ s2 and d. Newton
80. A satellite having a mass of 150kg is orbiting the
comes to rest 6 min later. How many revolutions
earth at a distance of 10000 kilometers.
does the flywheel make before coming to rest?
Determine the gravitational force between the
a. 18,000 rev
earth and satellite.
b. 22,000 rev
a. 800N
c. 72,000 rev
b. 900N
d. 390,000 rev
c. 700N
71. What is the unit of power in SI units?
d. 600N
a. Newton
81. A satellite having a mass of 150kg is orbiting the
b. kiloNewton
earth at a distance of 10000 kilometers.
c. Watt
Determine the velocity of the orbiting satellite.
d. Joule
a. 6100 m/s
72. 1 Newton - meter per second is equivalent to
b. 6200 m/s
a. 1 watt
c. 6120 m/s
b. 1 Joule
d. 6317 m/s
c. 1 Newton
82. Determine the angle of super elevation of a high
d. 1 Erg
way curve of 160 m radius so that there will no
73. If force given is F = 212 Newtons and
side thrust for a speed of 72kph. (Use the
acceleration is a = 2.12 meter per second
banking of highway curves equation)
squared, Determine the mass of the body.
a. 14.3 degrees
a. 120kg
b. 15.6 degrees
b. 100kg
c. 11.2 degrees
c. 150kg
d. 10.7 degrees
d. 117kg
83. If a car travels at 15 m/s and the track is banked
74. Which of the following is the unit of angular
5 degrees, what is the smallest radius it can
distance θ ?
travel without skidding?
a. Revolutions a. 165.2m
b. Revolutions per second b. 159.2m
c. Revolutions per second squared c. 175m
d. Meters
 d. 262.2m c. 1.12
84. Determine the super elevation of the outer rail d. 2.55
of a railroad rack on a 10 degree curve to give 91. What is the spring work if the spring constant k is
equal soil pressure on a car when moving with a 120 N/m and the stretched length x is 12.55m?
speed of 45mph (A 10 degree curve is one which a. 9123.14
a chord 100ft long subtends an angle of 10 b. 9225.16
degrees at the center). c. 9450.15
a. 0.90ft d. 9355.12
b. 2.50ft 92. Determine the mass moment of inertia of a solid
c. 2.80ft sphere with mass of 50kg and radius of 13m.
d. 1.15ft a. 3380 kg-m 2
85. How far is will an object in a standard
b. 3180 kg-m 2
gravitational field drop in 13 sec, starting from
rest and neglecting air friction? Initial velocity is c. 3280 kg-m 2
zero d. 4390 kg-m 2
a. 2520 ft 93. A thick sphere of mass 25kg and radius of 1.5
b. 419 ft meters is spinning about its axis with an angular
c. 2721 ft
acceleration α of 1.76 rad/ sec 2. Determine
d. 2120 ft
86. A stone is dropped over a cliff and falls for 6 require torque to spin the disk.
seconds before reaching the bottom. How high a. 30.12
above the bottom is the cliff? b. 39.60
a. 123.22 c. 33.12
b. 176.58 d. 32.14
c. 143.41 94. Determine the natural frequency ω of the spring
d. 213.21 with a spring constant k of 150 N/m and mass of
87. A 60 lb ball is dropped from a height of 48ft. 7kg.
What is the velocity of the ball just before a. 1.32
impact? b. 5.44
a. 9.8 ft/s c. 4.63
b. 55.6 ft/s d. 2.24
c. 39.3 ft/s 95. What is the period of an oscillating body whose
d. 31 ft/s mass is 0.025kg if the spring constant k =
88. Determine the potential energy of a body with 0.44N/m
mass of 90kg at an elevation of 66m a. 0.5s
a. 58.27kN b. 1.2s
b. 55.26kN c. 1.5s
c. 103.16kN d. 2.1s
d. 12.11kN 96. A 12 kg aluminum box is dropped from rest onto
89. A ball is dropped onto a solid floor from an initial a large wooden beam. The box 0.2m before
height of 36m. If the coefficient of restitution is contacting the beam. After the impact, the box
0.9, how high will the ball rebound? bounces 0.05m above the beam’s surface. What
a. 21.12 impulse does the beam impact on the box?
b. 22.16 a. 35.60
c. 29.16 b. 32.12
d. 13.36 c. 30.19
90. A solid cylinder is placed at the top of a 30 d. 103.4
degrees incline. When released, it freely rolls 97. Deyn was walking inside the house while holding
down. What will be its linear speed at the foot of his arinola with fresh urine inside. He
the incline which is 2.3m below the initial accidentally slipped and threw the arinola to
position of the cylinder? Use the equation of Lester Dave. The arinola has a mass of 20 grams
linear speed of a cylinder in an incline. and the urine inside has a mass of 100 grams.
a. 5.48 The velocity of the impact is 150m/s. Determine
b. 2.26
 its momentum. Assume that Lester Dave is still
alive despite the accident.
a. 16kg-m/s
b. 17kg-m/s
c. 19kg-m/s
d. 18kg-m/s
98. Deyn is planning to clean his arinola. He used a
tooth brush to clean it and later he found out
that the one he used belongs to Ericson. But
Deyn didn’t told him and after an hour, he saw
Ericson happily brushing his teeth while singing.
He felt guilty so he confessed to Ericson about
the accident. Ericson was shocked and the glass
he’s holding slipped from his hands. What is the
final velocity of the glass if it takes 4.32 seconds
to hit the ground?
a. 40.32 m/s
b. 41.10 m/s
c. 39.11 m/s
d. 42.38 m/s
99. Two cylinders having a weights of 100kN and
200kN with radii of 100mm and 200mm
respectively, are placed with the heavier weight
above the lighter weight and both of them are
placed in a container having a width of 500mm.
Assuming that the lengths of the container and
the cylinders to be the same, what is the
reaction between the cylinders?
a. 212.32kN
b. 243.45kN
c. 268.32kN
d. 320.41kN
100. Three forces on an object at a body F1 = 10kg at
30 degrees, F2 = 14kg at 135 degrees and F3 =
20kg at 240 degrees. Find the resultant force of
the object.
a. 12.5
b. 11.5
c. 16.5
d. 10.5