PH 1100 Final Exam

Intersesion 2008
Sunday, June 15th: 8:00am – 11:00 am

Name:

Student Number:

Circle your
Instructor: Mr. Ron Mr. Ian

There are two parts to this exam!

 Use the Multiple Choice Answer
1. Multiple Choice Sheet provided on the last page.
(28 Questions) 28 Marks
 Place the letter of your answer in the
appropriate space.

 Answer all questions.

2. Long Answer
 Show all workings.
(9 questions) 72 Marks
 Draw a box around your final
answer.

 Put your calculator in degree mode

 Tear out the Multiple Choice Answer Sheet and the Formula Sheet if you wish
(remember to staple them back on).

BE CALM and GOOD LUCK

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1. Multiple Choice (28 Questions – 1 Mark Each)

Instructions
 Use the Multiple Choice Answer Sheet provided on the last page.
 Place the letter of your answer in the appropriate space.

1. A baby crawls 2.5 m in 34.56 s. What is the speed of the baby?

a) 0.07 m/s
b) 0.072 m/s
c) 0.0723 m/s
d) 0.07234 m/s

2. What is 5070 in scientific notation to the proper number of significant digits?

a) 5×103
b) 5.1×103
c) 5.07×103
d) 5.070×103

3. How many mg are in 2.357 kg?

a) 2.357×10-6 mg
b) 2.357×10-3 mg
c) 2.357×103 mg
d) 2.357×106 mg

4. Which of the following is a vector quantity?

a) distance
b) energy
c) force
d) mass

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5. A boat travels at a velocity of 45.0 km/h [S 30o W]. What is the component of its
velocity to the West?
a) 22.5 km/h
b) 26.0 km/h
c) 39.0 km/h
d) 46.0 km/h

6. A spider walks 1.0 cm north, 2.0 cm east, 2.0 cm south, and finally 1.0 cm north.
What are the distance and displacement of the spider?

a) d  2.0 cm, d  2.0 cm

b) d  2.0 cm, d  7.0 cm

c) d  6.0 cm, d  2.0 cm

d) d  6.0 cm, d  7.0 cm 12

10

7. What type of motion is shown in the graph?

Position (m)
8

a) Decreasing velocity 6

b) Constant velocity 4

2
c) Increasing velocity
0

d) Increasing acceleration 0 2 4 6 8 10 12

Time (s)

8. Mr. Ian is walking 3.2 m/s east alongside a river. Mr. Ron is riding a boat on the river
at 0.50 m/s east relative to the water. If the river flows 2.1 m/s west, what is Mr.
Ron’s velocity relative to Mr. Ian?
a) -5.8 m/s
b) -4.8 m/s
c) 1.6 m/s
d) 5.8 m/s

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9. An astronaut working on the Moon drops a hammer. The hammer falls 6.0 meters
vertically down in 2.7 seconds. What is the hammer’s acceleration
a) 1.6 m/s2
b) 2.2 m/s2
c) 4.4 m/s2
d) 9.8 m/s2

10. What is the horizontal component of the velocity of a football kicked at an angle of
51o at 14 m/s?
a) 3.1 m/s
b) 5.6 m/s
c) 8.8 m/s
d) 11 m/s

11. A free-falling rock reaches a final velocity of 19 m/s after 2.3 s. What was the rock’s
initial velocity?
a) -42 m/s
b) -3.5 m/s
c) 3.5 m/s
d) 42 m/s

12. When a basketball is shot at a net it follows projectile motion. Which of the
following is true?
 
a) a x  0 m/s2, a y  0 m/s2
 
b) a x  0 m/s2, a y  -9.8 m/s2
 
c) a x  -9.8 m/s2, a y  0 m/s2
 
d)
a x  -9.8 m/s2, a y  -9.8 m/s2

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13. The diagram below represents a block at rest on an incline. Which diagram best
represents the forces acting on the block? (Ff = static friction force, FN = normal
force, and Fg = weight.)

BLOCK

a) b)

FN
FN

Fg
Ff Fg
Ff

c) d)

Ff FN
Ff

Fg Fg
FN

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13. What is the resultant velocity of a boat with respect to the ground if its velocity
through the water is 4.0 m/s [West] and the water is flowing at 3.0 m/s [South]?
a) 5.0 m/s [W 37o S]
b) 5.0 m/s [W 53o S]
c) 5.0 m/s [S 37o W]
d) 5.0 m/s [West]

14. A ball is thrown horizontally at 10.0 m/s from a 15.0 m high tower. How long would
it take for the ball to hit the ground?
a) 17.0 s
b) 35.0 s
c) 186 s
d) 294 s

15. Which of the following has the largest inertia?

a) A 9000 kg truck at rest.
b) A 4000 kg van moving at 40 km/h.
c) A 200 kg motorcycle while moving at -30 km/h.
d) A 0.020 kg bullet moving at 400 m/s.

16. A 2.5 kg book is pulled with a horizontal force of 45 N. What is the acceleration of
the book?
a) 110 m/s2
b) 55 m/s2
c) 36 m/s2
d) 18 m/s2

17. A person has a mass of 80.0 kg on the earth. If the acceleration due to gravity on the
moon is 1.60 m/s2, what is the person’s mass on the moon?
a) 80.0 kg
b) 80.0 N
c) 128 kg
d) 128 N

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18. A 1300 kg crate if equipment is sitting on a parking lot. It requires 4 workers each
pushing forward with 500.0 N of force to cause the crate to start sliding. What is the
coefficient of static friction between the crate and the parking lot?
a) 0.1300
b) 0.1570
c) 0.3320
d) 0.6500

19. What is the average velocity of Moe if he walks East at 2.5 m/s for 10.0 s and then
runs west at 1.5 m/s for 20.0 s?
a) 1.67 m/s [W]
b) 2.25 m/s [W]
c) 2.50 m/s [W]
d) 3.0 m/s [W]

20. An apple at the end of a 0.60 m rope is spun in a circle 1.4 times every second. What
is the apple’s centripetal speed?
a) 0.43 m/s
b) 0.84 m/s
c) 2.7 m/s
d) 5.3 m/s

21. The mass of the Earth is 5.98×1024 kg. The mass of the Sun is 1.99×1030 kg. The
average distance between the Earth and the Sun is 1.30×1011 m. What is the force of
gravity between the Earth and the Sun?
a) 4.70×1012 N
b) 4.70×1022 N
c) 7.04×1032 N
d) 6.10×1033 N

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 
22. What happens to the force of gravity ( FG ) between the Earth and the Moon if the
distance (r) between them is halved?
1 
a) FG
4
1 
b) FG
2

c) 2 FG

d) 4 FG

23. A 1400 kg car is pulled with a rope angled at 20o above the horizontal. When a force
of 760 N moves the car 2.3 m, what is the work done on the car?
a) 1600 J
b) 1700 J
c) 2.2×106 J
d) 2.4×106 J

24. What speed would a 0.600 kg cricket bat have with 100.0 J of kinetic energy?
a) 12.9 m/s
b) 18.3 m/s
c) 30.0 m/s
d) 33.3 m/s

25. If a 0.45 kg board marker is thrown straight up at 7.5 m/s, what will its gravitational
potential energy be at its maximum height?
a) 0.80 J
b) 1.7 J
c) 13 J
d) 26 J

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26. How much time would a 60.0 W motor need to raise an 853 N weight 25.0 m?
a) 5.92 s
b) 355 s
c) 2.13×105 s
d) 1.28×106 s

27. Which of the following momentums has the largest magnitude?

a) A 9000 kg truck at rest.
b) A 4000 kg van moving at 40 km/h.
c) A 200 kg motorcycle while moving at -30 km/h.
d) A 0.020 kg bullet moving at 400 m/s.

28. Which statement about perfectly Inelastic collisions is true?

a) Momentum is conserved and Kinetic energy is conserved.
b) Momentum is conserved and Kinetic energy is not conserved.
c) Momentum is not conserved and Kinetic energy is conserved.
d) Momentum is not conserved and Kinetic energy is not conserved.

29. A wrench is used to turn a nut as shown. Which would produce the greatest torque?

a) Applying a 40.0 N force at 90o to the handle 30.0 cm from the nut.
b) Hanging a 15 kg mass from the handle 10.0 cm from the nut.
c) Applying a 60.0 N force at 60o to the handle 30.0 cm from the nut.
d) Applying a 35.0 N force at 90o to the handle 45.0 cm from the nut

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30. A 44-kg child steps onto a scale and the scale reads 430 N. What is the magnitude of
the normal force acting on the child?
a) 44 N
b) 215 N
c) 430 N
d) 645 N

31. The wheels of an automobile are locked as it slides to a stop from an initial speed of
30.0 m/s. If the coefficient of kinetic friction is 0.600 and the road is horizontal,
approximately how long does it take the car to stop?
a) 4.22 s
b) 5.10 s
c) 8.75 s
d) 10.4 s

32. A rock is suspended from a string; and it accelerates downward. Which one of the
following statements concerning the tension in the string is true?
a) The tension points downward.
b) The tension is less than the weight of the rock.
c) The tension is equal to the weight of the rock.
d) The tension is greater than the weight of the rock.

33. A satellite is placed in a circular orbit to observe the surface of Mars from an altitude
of 144 km. The equatorial radius of Mars is 3397 km. If the speed of the satellite is
3480 m/s, what is the magnitude of the centripetal acceleration of the satellite?
a) 2.17 m/s2
b) 2.60 m/s2
c) 2.99 m/s2
d) 3.42 m/s2

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34. A 0.25-kg ball attached to a string is rotating in a horizontal circle of radius 0.5 m. If
the ball revolves twice every second, what is the tension in the string?
a) 2 N
b) 5 N
c) 10 N
d) 20 N

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Long Answer (9 Questions – 8 Marks Each)

Instructions
 Answer all questions.
 Show all workings.
 Draw a box around your final answer.

1. A pool ball is rolling up a slope initially at

0.567 m
2.86 m/s. It reaches its highest point at 0.567
m.

a) How much time does it take the ball to reach its highest point? [3 marks]

b) What is the ball’s acceleration? [2 marks]

c) What is the balls velocity when it is at 0.250 m up the slope? [3 marks]

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2. A physics final exam is thrown from the top of building 18 with an initial velocity
of 15 m/s angled 32o below the horizontal. If the final exam lands 4.2 m from the
bottom of the building, how high is building 18 (Ignore air resistance)? [8 marks]

32o

Building ?
18

4.2 m

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3. A 85 kg physics student is sliding down an inclined surface (θ = 40o). The
coefficient of kinetic friction between the surface and the student’s clothes is 0.21.
What is the acceleration of the physics student? [8 marks]
“Physics is Phun”

Acc = ?

40.0 o

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4. A man at point A directs his rowboat due north toward point B, straight across a
river of width 100 m. The river current is due east. The man starts across, rowing
steadily at 0.75 m/s and reaches the other side of the river at point C, 150 m
downstream from his starting point. What is the speed of the river?

B 150 m C

100 m Current
N
W E
S
A

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5. What is the minimum static coefficient of friction that will keep the system shown
at rest? 5.9 N

3.7 N
43°

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6. What are TA and TB?

TB

TA 30°

150 N

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7. Below is a diagram of a common system you used in the lab this term.

2.5
kg

μk = 0.18
0.55
kg

a) What is the acceleration of the system? [6 marks]

b) What is the tension in the string? [2 marks]

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8.
a) What force will balance the system below (keep the system in equilibrium)?
[4 marks]

F=?
4.5 kg
2.0 kg
0.12 m

0.30 m 0.65 m

b) A 74 kg pilot is flying an airplane in vertical circles

as show in the diagram. If the radius is 1.3 km and
the centripetal speed is 21 m/s, what would the
pilot’s “apparent weight” be at the bottom of the
circle? [4 marks]

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9.
a) Two forces act on a ring:
(1) 25.0 N [W 30o N]
(2) 12.0 N [E 80o N]
What is the resultant force acting on the ring? [4 marks]

b) A pilot wishes to directly north to Iran from Doha. The wind is blowing
toward the west at 90.0 km/h. If the airplane flies 350 km/h with respect to
the wind, in what direction should the pilot fly in order to travel directly
north? [4 marks]

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10. A physics student is trying to impress people by working out at the gym.
a) How much Gravitational Potential Energy would the student impart to a 35.0
kg weight in raising it from the floor to1.50 m high? [2 marks]

b) How much mechanical work is done by the student on the weight? [2 marks]

c) What is the power output of the student if raising the weight took 1.23 s?
[2 marks]

d) How much mechanical work is done by the student on the weight when the
student lowers the weight from 1.50 m down to the floor? [2 marks]

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11. Refer to the diagram on the
C
right. A h=?
h = 5.4 m
v = 1.0 m/s B
A ball of unknown mass is h = 3.3 m
pushed down a small v=?

rollercoaster at 1.0 m/s.

a) What is the velocity of the ball at B? [4 marks]

b) What is the maximum height reached by the ball at C? [4 marks]

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12. One of the labs this semester had you use two carts to explore the conservation of
momentum during collisions. Assume Cart A has a mass of 1.25 kg and Cart B
has a mass of 0.75 kg.
a) What type of collision is shown in the diagram below? What is the final
velocity of Cart B? [4 marks]
Before After
1.2 m/s 1.7 m/s 0.75 m/s ?

A B A B

b) What type of collision is shown in the diagram below? What is the final
velocity of the combined Carts? [4 marks]
Before After
2.1 m/s 0 m/s ?

A B A B

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 Multiple Choice Answer Sheet
Ph 1100 Final Exam - Intersesion 2008

Sunday, June 15th: 8:00am – 11:00 am

Name:

Student Number:

Circle your
Instructor: Mr. Ron Mr. Ian

Place the letter of your answer in the appropriate space.

1. 11. 21.
2. 12. 22.
3. 13. 23.
4. 14. 24.
5. 15. 25.
6. 16. 26.
7. 17. 27.
8. 18. 28.
9. 19.
10. 20.

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 Formula Sheet
Ph 1100 Final Exam - Intersesion 2008

Sunday, June 15th: 8:00am – 11:00 am

Ay
Ax  A cos  Ay  A sin  R Ax2  Ay2   tan 1
Ax

 
d  d  v
v v a
t t t
     1   1
v f  vo  at d  v f  at 2 d  vo  at 2
2 2
 1   
d  v f  vo t
 
v f2  vo2  2ad
2

     
F  ma Ff k  k FN Ff s  s FN
 mm    p
FG  G 1 2 2 p  mv F 
r t

2r  v2
vc  vc  2rf ac  c
T r
 v2 
Fc  m c   Fl sin 
r

1 2 W
EK  mv EGP  mgh W  Fd cos P
2 t

11 m2
g  9.8m / s 2
G  6.673  10 N 2
kg

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