AP Physics C

Momentum, CMR & Torque Test

1. A railroad flatcar of mass 2,000 kilograms rolls to the right at 10 meters per second and
collides with a flatcar of mass 3,000 kilograms that is rolling to the left at 5 meters per
second. The flatcars couple together. Their speed after the collision is

(A) 1 m/s (B) 2.5 m/ s (C) 5 m/ s (D) 7 m/ s (E) 7.5 m/ s

2. Torque is the rotational analogue of

(A) kinetic energy (B) linear momentum (C) acceleration (D) force (E) mass

Questions 3-5

A cylinder rotates with constant angular acceleration about a fixed axis. The cylinder’s moment
of inertial about the axis is 4 kg m2. At time t = 0 the cylinder is at rest. At time t = 2 seconds its
angular velocity is 1 radian per second.

3. What is the angular acceleration of the cylinder between t = 0 and t = 2 seconds?

(A) 0.5 radian/s² (B) 1 radian/s² (C) 2 radian/s² (D) 4 radian/s² (E) 5 radian/s²

4. What is the angular momentum of the cylinder at time t = 2 seconds?

(A) 1 kgm m²/s (B) 2 kgm m²/s (C) 3 kgm m²/s (D) 4 kgm m²/s
(E) It cannot be determined without knowing the radius of the cylinder.

5. What is the kinetic energy of the cylinder at time t = 2 seconds?

(A) 1 J (B) 2 J (C) 3 J (D) 4 J (E) cannot be determined without knowing the
radius of the cylinder

7. A particle is moving in a circle of radius 2 meters according to the relation  = 3t2 + 2t,
where  is measured in radians and t in seconds. The speed of the particle at t = 4 seconds is

(A) 13 m/s (B) 16m/s (C) 26m/s (D) 52 m/ s (E) 338 m/ s

8. A uniform rigid bar of weight W is supported in a horizontal orientation as shown above by a
rope that makes a 30° angle with the horizontal. The force exerted on the bar at point O,
where it is pivoted, is best represented by a vector whose direction is which of the following?

(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)

9. A light rigid rod with masses attached to its ends is pivoted about a horizontal axis as shown
above. When released from rest in a horizontal orientation, the rod begins to rotate with an
angular acceleration of magnitude
g g g 5g g
(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)
7l 5l 4l 7l l

10. A figure skater is spinning on frictionless ice with her arms fully extended horizontally. She
then drops her arms to her sides. Which of the following correctly describes her rotational
kinetic energy and angular momentum as her arms fall?

Rotational Kinetic Angular

Energy Momentum

(A) Remains constant Remains constant

(B) Decreases Increases
(C) Decreases Decreases
(D) Increases Decreases
(E) Increases Remains constant
14 A bowling ball of mass M and radius R. whose moment of inertia about its center is
(2/5)MR2, rolls without slipping along a level surface at speed v. The maximum vertical
height to which it can roll if it ascends an incline is

v2 2v 2 v2 7v 2 v2
(A) (B) (C) (D) (E)
5g 5g 2g 10g g

16. In which of the following diagrams is the torque about point O equal in magnitude to the
torque about point X in the diagram above? (All forces lie in the plane of the paper.)

17. A turntable that is initially at rest is set in motion with a constant angular acceleration .
What is the angular velocity of the turntable after it has made one complete revolution?
(A) 2 (B) 2 (C) 4 (D) 2 (E) 4

18. To weigh a fish a person hangs a tackle box of mass 3.5 kilograms and a cooler of mass 5
kilograms from the ends of a uniform rigid pole that is suspended by a rope attached to its
center. The system balances when the fish hangs at a point 1/4 of the rod’s length from the
tackle box. What is the mass of the fish?

(A) 1.5 kg (B) 2 kg (C) 3 kg (D) 6 kg (E) 6.5 kg

21. The rigid body shown in the diagram above consists of a vertical support post and two
horizontal crossbars with spheres attached. The masses of the spheres and the lengths of the
crossbars are indicated in the diagram. The body rotates about a vertical axis along the
support post with constant angular speed . If the masses of the support post and the
crossbars are negligible, what is the ratio of the angular momentum of the two upper spheres
to that of the two lower spheres?

(A) 2/1 (B) 1/1 (C) 1/2 (D) 1/4 (E) 1/8

24. Two objects, of masses 6 and 8 kilograms, are hung from the ends of a stick that is 70
centimeters long and has marks every 10 centimeters, as shown above. If the mass of the
stick is negligible, at which of the points indicated should a cord be attached if the stick is to
remain horizontal when suspended from the cord?

(A) A (B) B (C) C (D) D (E) E