ENGINEERING MECHANICS (JT) – ELEMENTS a. 9.

81 m/sec2
b. 9.86 m/sec2
1. A freely falling body is a body in rectilinear motion c. 9.06 m/sec2
and with constant ________. (ECE Board November d. 9.91 m/sec2
2001). 9. The path of a projectile is a: (ME Board October
a. Velocity 2000).
b. Speed a. Ellipse
c. Deceleration b. Parabola
d. Acceleration c. Part of a circle
2. When the total kinetic energy of a system is the d. Hyperbola
same as before and after the collision of two 10. What is the name for a vector that represent the
bodies, it is called: (ECE Board November 2001). sum of two vectors? (ME Board October 2000).
a. Static collision a. Moment
b. Elastic collision b. Torque
c. Inelastic collision c. Scalar
d. Plastic collision d. Resultant
3. The periodic oscillations either up or down or back 11. A diagram which shows only the forces acting on
and forth motion in a straight line is known as the body. (ME Board October 2000).
_________. (ECE Board April 2001). a. Free body diagram
a. Transverse harmonic motion b. Cash flow
b. Resonance c. Forces flow diagram
c. Rotational harmonic motion d. Motion diagram
d. Translational harmonic motion 12. What is the equivalent of one horsepower? (ME
4. Impulse causes _________. (ECE Board November Board October 2001).
2000). a. 746 W
a. The object’s momentum to change b. 3141 kW
b. The object’s momentum to decrease c. 33,000 ft-lb/min
c. The object’s momentum to increase d. 2545 Btu/lb
d. The object’s momentum to remain constant or 13. Resistance to motion, caused by one surface
to be conserve rubbing against another. (ME Board April 2002).
5. The study of motion without reference to the force a. Inertia
that causes the motion known as ______. (ECE b. Resistance
Board November 2000). c. Gravity
a. Statics d. Friction
b. Dynamics 14. Why should a person weigh less on the moon than
c. Kinetics on the earth? (ME Board April 2002).
d. Kinematics a. The force of earth’s gravity is greater than that
6. Momentum is properly related to the object’s of the moon.
_____. (ECE Board April 2000). b. The mass of the moon is smaller than the mass
a. Motion and mass of the earth.
b. Mass and acceleration c. The moon is only a satellite of the earth.
c. Motion and weight d. None of the above.
d. Weight and velocity 15. What causes space capsules to become hot when
7. A vector quantity that describes both how fast it it they re-enter the earth’s atmosphere? (ME Board
is moving and the direction in which it is headed. April 2002).
a. Acceleration a. The firing of its rocket engine
b. Motion b. Earth atmosphere is hot
c. Linear c. The friction of the air
d. Velocity d. All of these
8. g = 32.2 ft/sec2. How is it expressed in SI? (ECE 16. At what angle does a projectile go farthest when
Board October 2000). fired? (ME Board April 2002).
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 a. 30 deg 25. Work for energy can be a function of all of the
b. 45 deg following EXCEPT:
c. 60 deg a. Force and distance
d. 75 deg b. Force and time
17. Jun is standing on a weighing scale attached to the c. Power and time
floor of an elevator which reads zero. What does d. Torque and angular motion
this indicate? (ME Board April 2002). - End -
a. Jun is still accelerating
b. Jun is moving at constant speed
c. Jun is at rest
d. Jun is freely falling
18. The impulse and momentum principle is mostly
useful for solving problem involving:
a. Velocity, acceleration, and time
b. Force, velocity, and time
c. Force, acceleration, and time
d. Force, velocity, and acceleration
19. One joule of work is done by a force of Newton
acting through a distance of:
a. One meter
b. One inch
c. A foot
d. One cm
20. Momentum = Force x ________.
a. Velocity2
b. Velocity
c. ½ velocity
d. Time
21. The first derivative of kinetic energy with respect to
time is:
a. Power
b. Work
c. Momentum
d. Force
22. Points that lie in the same plane:
a. Coplanar
b. Parallel
c. Oblique
d. Collinear
23. The study of motion without reference to the forces
which causes motion is known:
a. Kinetics
b. Acceleration
c. Kinematics
d. Motion
24. What is the branch of mechanic which deals with
bodies in motion?
a. Kinematics
b. Dynamics
c. Statics
d. Kinetics
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