National University – Ho Chi Minh City MIDTERM EXAM OF PHYSICS A1 –SAMPLE 1

University of Technology Closed book exam – Duration: 90 min

Department of Engineering Physics
Student’s name: Student ID:

A) MCQ ANSWER SHEET :

Choose for each question only one correct answer and darken corresponding circle in the following answer sheet.

A B C D A B C D A B C D
1 O O O O 6 O O O O 11 O O O O
2 O O O O 7 O O O O 12 O O O O
3 O O O O 8 O O O O 13 O O O O
4 O O O O 9 O O O O 14 O O O O
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1. A boy wants to throw a water balloon from a roof limit of skidding. If its speed is now doubled, the
deck at a height of 3m from the street and hit the far side radius of the tightest curve on the same road
of the street. He throws the ball at 5 m/s at an angle of that it can round without skidding is:
45° to the horizontal. A. 2R1 B. 4R1 C. R1/2 D. R1/4
If vboy = 0, what is the maximum height, h, reached by
the balloon above the street?
9. A solid, spherical mass m = 10 kg, has radius R =
A. h = 5.9 m B. h = 5.1 m
C. h = 3.6 m D. h = 4.6 m 0.2 meters. What is the moment of inertia I of the
sphere about an axis which is tangent to the surface
2. In previous case, when the boy gets a running start the of the sphere?
maximum height reached by the balloon A. I = 0.21 kg m2 B. I = 0.71 kg m2
A. increases. B. decreases C. I = 0.75 kg m2 D. I = 0.56 kg m2
C. stays the same. D. No correct answer 10. Two masses, m1 and m2, m1 >
m2, are suspended by a massless rope
3. The inertia of a body tends to cause the body to: over a pulley (disk) of mass mP and
A. speed up B. slow down radius rP. At time t = 0, the masses are
C. move straight constantly released from rest.
D. resist any change in its motion The tensions T1 (in the segment of
rope attached to m1) and T2 (in the
4. A projectile is shot out at 45° with respect to the segment of rope attached to m2) are
horizon with an initial velocity of Vx = Vy = Vxy. When related by
is the earliest time, t, that the velocity vector makes an
A. T1 = T2 B. T1 > T2 C. T1 < T2
angle of 30° with respect to the horizontal?
A. t = Vxy (1 - sin30°) / g
B. t = Vxy tan 30° / g 11. A boat is able to move through still water at
C. t = Vxy (1 - tan 30°) / g 10m/s. It makes a round trip to a town 3.0 km
D. t = Vxy / (g tan 30°) upstream. If the river flows at 5m/s, the time
required for this round trip is:
5. A car travels around a banked racing track curve as A. 600 s B. 150 s
shown below. The curve has a radius of curvature of R; C. 800 s D. No correct answer
the car is moving into the page.
12. If a satellite moves above Earth’s atmosphere in
a circular orbit with constant speed, then:
A. its acceleration and velocity are always in the
same direction
B. its acceleration is toward the Earth
C. the net force on it is zero
D. it will fall back to Earth when its fuel is used up
Suppose there is no friction between the wheels and the
road. What speed of the car, vice, ensures that it does not 13. Two blocks with masses m and M are pushed
slide up or down the roadway? along a horizontal frictionless surface by a
horizontal applied force F as shown.

The magnitude of the force of either of these blocks

on the other is:
6. The dimension of energy is: A. mF/(m +M) B. mF/M
A. ML2/T2 B. L2/TM C. mF/(M − m) D. MF/(M + m)
C. TM/L2 D. ML/T2
14. The work done by gravity during the ascent of a
7. If a certain car, going with speed v1, rounds a projectile:
level curve with a radius R1, it is just on the A. is positive
B. is negative
C. is zero
D. depends for its sign on the direction of the y axis

15. A box with mass M = 10 kg is pulled across a

floor by a rope. There is friction between the box How much work is done on the box by the net
and the floor. Consider an interval during which its force?
velocity increases from 2 m/s to 3 m/s. A. 0 J B. 15 J C. 25 J D. 65 J
B. PROBLEMS:

1. A block is released from rest at point P and slides along the

frictionless track shown. Calculate the speed of the block at point Q.

2. Two masses, m1 and m2, m1 > m2, are suspended by a massless rope over
a pulley (disk) of mass mP and radius rP. At time t = 0, the masses are
released from rest.
a) Demonstrate the free body diagram and the motion equation of the
system.
b) Calculate the acceleration of m1 and the angular acceleration of the
pulley.
c) Calculate the work W done on the pulley for the period t = 0 to t = t1.

3. A block of mass 7 kg is placed on top of a block of mass 10 kg, which in turn sits on a frictionless horizontal
surface, as shown in the figure. A force F = 20 N is applied to the 10 kg block, and the 7 kg block is held in place by a
string attached to the wall. There is static friction ( µ s=0.1) between the blocks, which keeps the lower block from
moving.

a) Demonstrate the free body diagram and the motion equation of the system.
b) Calculate the acceleration of the block 10 kg.
c) Calculate the tension T.