Department of Physics Physics 101 JUST

30/6/2012 First Exam 1:00 – 2:00 p.m

Name: _________________________ I.D #: ___________ Section ( ----)

__________ :‫الرقم المتسلسل‬ ________________ :‫اسم المدرس‬

Use the table below to fill in your answers. Any answer is not in the table will be ignored.

Question
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Answer

Approximate your solution to those given for each question. Consider g = 10 m/s2.

Q1] Given the two vectors A=4i + 2j and B = 3i – xj + 3k are perpendicular to each other, find the value of x.
A) 6 B) 3 C) - 6 D) - 3

Q2] An object moved from the point (25, 0 )m to the point (0, 25)m in 5 seconds, find its average velocity in
units of m/s.
A) - 2.5i - 2.5j B) - 2.5i +2.5j C) - 5i - 5j D) - 5i +5j
Q3] A man walks south at a speed of 2 m/s for 15 minutes. He then turns around and walks north a distance
2000 m in 15.0 minutes. What is the average speed of the man during his entire motion (in m/s)?
A) 3.2 B) 2.1 C) 1.8 D) 2.5
Q4] A car driver noticed that the distance between his car and another car in front of him is constant and equal
400 m. If his speed was 20 m/s , what acceleration ( in m/s2) he should apply to overtake that car in 20 s?
A) 3 B) 3.5 C) 2 D) 2.5
Q5] A balloon is moving vertically upwards with a speed of 10 m/s when an object is dropped from it when it
was at 40 m height. Find the speed of the object when it hits the ground (m/s).
A) 41.2 B) 36 C) 33.2 D) 30
Q6] An object is dropped from a bridge. One second later a second object was dropped. Find the separation
between the two objects one second after the second object has been dropped (in m).
A) 5 B) 10 C) 15 D) 20
Q7] An object has a position given by r(t) = [2 + 5t] i + [3 - 2 t 2] j m. What is the magnitude of the
acceleration of the object at time t = 2 s (in m/s2)?
A) 6 B) 4 C) 10 D) 8
Q8] Object A has a position as a function of time given by rA(t) =( 3t i + t 2 j )m. Object B has a position as a
function of time given by rB(t) = ( 4t i – t 2 j )m. What is the distance (in m) between object A and object B at
time t = 5 s?
A) 50.2 B) 8.2 C) 32.2 D) 18.2
Q9] The system shown aside is in equilibrium,
Find the tension T in (Newton). Consider T1 = 36 N

A) 60 B) 20
C) 40 D) 80
Department of Physics Physics 101 JUST
30/6/2012 First Exam 1:00 – 2:00 p.m
Name: _________________________ I.D #: ___________ Section ( ----)

Q10] Find the mutual force in Newton between the two masses
shown in the figure (No friction). Consider F = 20 N
A) 28 B) 21
C) 7 D) 14
Q11] A small stone of mass equal 0.2 kg is placed at 0.1 m from the center of a disk rotating horizontally. What
is the maximum static frictional force if the coefficient of static friction is 0.5 (in N)?

A) 1.5 B) 2 C) 1 D) 1.25
Q12] A 50 kg block is being pulled up a 13o slope by a force
F = 250 N which is parallel to the slope. The coefficient of
kinetic friction between the block and the slope is 0.2.
What is the acceleration of the block (in m/s2)?
A) 1.8 B) 0.8
C) 3.8 D) 2.8

Q13] A 4.00-kg block slides down a frictionless inclined plane with an acceleration 3.00 m/s2. What is the
angle of the incline above horizontal?
A) 17.5o B) 23.6o C) 26.7o D) 11.5o
Q14] Two vectors of lengths 10 and 15 units, their resultant cannot be;
A) 6 B) 14 C) 4 D) 12
Q15] A ball is tied to the end of a cable of negligible mass. The ball is moving in a circle with a radius
2 m making 0.7 revolutions per second. What is the centripetal acceleration of the ball (in m/s2)?
A) 154.6 B) 116 C) 38.6 D) 77.3