Tugas 2 - Kinematika

Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.

____ 1. Which one of the following is an example of a vector quantity?

a. distance c. mass
b. velocity d. area

____ 2. Which of the following is an accurate statement?

a. A vector cannot have zero magnitude c. If the magnitude of vector A is less

if one of its components is not zero than the magnitude of vector B, then
the x-component of A is less than the
x-component of B
b. The magnitude of a vector can be less d. The magnitude of a vector can be
than the magnitude of one of its positive or negative
components

____ 3. A ball is thrown with a velocity of 20 m/s at an angle of 60° above the horizontal. What is the
horizontal component of its instantaneous velocity (vx) at the exact top of its trajectory?
a. 10 m/s c. 20 m/s
b. 17 m/s d. zero

____ 4. You are throwing a ball for the second time. If the ball leaves your hand with twice the velocity it
had on your first throw, its horizontal range R (compared to your first serve) would be ...
a. 1.4 times as much. c. twice as much.
b. half as much. d. four times as much.

____ 5. A stone is thrown horizontally from the top of a tower at the same instant a ball is dropped vertically.
Which object is traveling faster when it hits the level ground below?
a. It is impossible to tell from the c. the ball
information given
b. the stone d. Neither, since both are traveling at the
same speed.

____ 6. A plane flying horizontally at a speed of 50.0 m/s and at an elevation of 160 m drops a package.
Two seconds later it drops a second package. How far apart will the two packages land on the
ground?
 a. 100 m c. 177 m
b. 162 m d. 283 m

____ 7. A car travels 20 km west, then 20 km south. What is the magnitude of its displacement?
a. 0 km c. 28 km
b. 20 km d. 40 km

____ 8. A stone is thrown horizontally with an initial speed of 10 m/s from the edge of a cliff. A stop watch
measures the stone's trajectory time from the top of the cliff to the bottom to be 4.3 s. What is the
height of the cliff?
a. 22 m c. 77 m
b. 43 m d. 91 m

____ 9. A ball thrown horizontally from a point 24 m above the ground, strikes the ground after traveling
horizontally a distance of 18 m. With what speed was it thrown?
a. 6.1 m/s c. 8.1 m/s
b. 7.4 m/s d. 8.9 m/s

____ 10. A girl throws a rock horizontally, with a velocity of 10 m/s, from a bridge. It falls 20 m to the water
below. How far does the rock travel horizontally before striking the water?
a. 14 m c. 20 m
b. 16 m d. 24 m

____ 11. A projectile is launched with an initial velocity of 60.0 m/s at an angle of 30.0° above the horizontal.
How far does it travel?
a. 152 m c. 184 m
b. 160 m d. 318 m

____ 12. A projectile is launched with an initial velocity of 60.0 m/s at an angle of 30.0° above the horizontal.
What is the maximum height reached by the projectile?
a. 23 m c. 69 m
b. 46 m d. 92 m

____ 13. A rifle bullet is fired at an angle of 30° below the horizontal with an initial velocity of 800 m/s from
the top of a cliff 80 m high. How far from the base of the cliff does it strike the level ground below?
a. 130 m c. 150 m
b. 140 m d. 160 m
____ 14. A boat, whose speed in still water is 8.0 m/s, is directed across a river with a current of 6.0 m/s.
What is the speed of the boat as it crosses the river?
a. 5.3 m/s c. 8.0 m/s
b. 6.0 m/s d. 10 m/s

____ 15. A swimmer heading directly across a river 200 m wide reaches the opposite bank in 6 min 40 s. She
is swept downstream 480 m. How fast can she swim in still water?
a. 0.5 m/s c. 1.4 m/s
b. 1.2 m/s d. 1.8 m/s