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Esas Refresher 1 2022 JMQ Key
Esas Refresher 1 2022 JMQ Key
Physics/Mechanics
Problems: to take off. What must the airplane’s acceleration
be if it is to take off from a runway 500 m long?
1. 1 kip is:
A. 2.5 m/s2* C. 1.5 m/s2
A. 1000 in-lbf (torque) C. 1000 lbm (mass)
B. 3.5 m/s2 D. 4.5 m/s2
B. 1000 lbf (force) D. 1000 psi (pressure)*
18. How much force is needed to bring a 3,200-lb car
2. The SI unit kg m^2/s^2 is:
from rest to a velocity of 44ft/s in 8 s?
A. joule* C. watts
A. 100 lb C. 550 lb*
B. pascal D. tesla
B. 250 lb D. 350 lb
3. Which of the following is NOT equivalent to a
metric ton? 19. A 1 kg box is resting on top of a frictionless
A. 1000 kg C. 2,205 lb incline plane which makes an angle of 30° to the
B. 1000 lb * D. 1 megagram horizontal plane. Find the constant force parallel
4. Determine the weight, in lbf, of a 1.0 lbm ball in to the incline needed to move the box down the
a gravitational field of 27.5 ft/s^2 incline with an acceleration of 1 m/s^2?
A. 27.5 lbf C. 0.854 lbf* A. -3.9 N* C. -4.3 N
B. 32.2 lbf D. 0.584 lbf B. -8.2 N D. -6.4 N
5. A plane with a mass of 4000 lbm travels at 27,000 20. A 1 kg box is resting on top of a frictionless
ft/s. What is the kinetic energy in ft-lbf? incline plane which makes an angle of 30° to the
A. 3.45x10^10 ft-lbf C. 5.43x10^11 ft-lbf horizontal plane. Find the constant force parallel
B. 4.53x10^10 ft-lbf* D. none of these to the incline needed to move the box up the incline
6. What is the weight of a 100 lbm woman? with an acceleration of 1 m/s^2?
A. 981 N C. 981 lbf C. 3.9 N C. 4.3 N
B. 3,220 lbf D. 100 lbf* D. 5.9 N* D. 7.2 N
7. A girl weighs 128 lb on the earth’s surface. What
21. A 2kg block slides on an incline plane that makes
would be her mass at a height above the earth’s
surface of one earth radius? an angle of 30° with the horizontal plane. If the
A. 4 slugs* C. 1 slug coefficienct of friction between the surface and
B. 5 slugs D. 2 slugs the block is √3/2, determine the force parallel to
the incline needed for the block to slide down
8. Find the acceleration of gravity at an altitude of without any acceleration?
1000 km. A. 2.9 N C. 5.9 N
A. 6.3 m/s2 C. 9.8 m/s2 B. 4.9 N* D. 6.7 N
B. 7.3 m/s2* D. 5.2 m/s2
22. A 2kg block slides on an incline plane that makes
9. A 10 kg block resting on top of a 0.9 m table is an angle of 30° with the horizontal plane. If the
raised vertically 3 m. What is the change in coefficienct of friction between the surface and
potential energy of the block? the block is √3/2, determine the force parallel to
A. 382.59 J C. 294.30 J* the incline needed for the block to slide up
B. 283.95 J D. 249.10 J without any acceleration?
10. Which is NOT a fundamental physical quantity of A. 15.27 N C. 24.5 N*
mechanics? B. 12.54 N D. 28.4 N
A. Length C. Volume *
B. Mass D. Time 23. A car enters a curve of radius 200 m at 72 km/h.
The road surface at the bend is banked at 10°. This
11. A runner makes one lap around a 200 m track in a
situation is _______for the car.
time of 25 s. What is the runner’s average
A. safe
velocity?
B. unsafe*
A. 8 m/s C. 0 m/s*
C. Cannot be determined from the given information
B. 4 m/s D. 16 m/s
D. Marbe safe
12. A 60-g tennis ball approaches a racket at 15 m/s,
24. A motorcyclist is negitiating a curve at 21 m/s.
is in contact with the racket for 0.005s, and then
If the coefficient of friction between the tires
rebounds at 20 m/s. Find the average force the
and the ground is 0.3, find the angle made with
racket exerted on the ball?
vertical by the motorcyclist.
A. 420 lb C. 94 lb*
A. 16.68 degrees* C. 12.67 degrees
B. 240 N D. 204 N
B. 19.21 degrees D. 10.45 degrees
13. Jodi hits a stationary 0.05-kg hockey puck with a
force that lasts for 1mS and makes the puck shoot 25. A 1 500-kg car moving on a flat, horizontal road
across the ice with a speed of 70 m/s, scoring a negotiates a curve. If the radius of the curve is
goal for the team. With what average force did 35.0 m and the coefficient of static friction
Glenn hit the puck? between the tires and dry pavement is 0.500, find
A. 3000 N C. 3500 N* the maximum speed the car can have and still make
B. 4000 N D. 2000 N the turn successfully.
A. 1.31 m/s C. 11.3 m/s
14. A 0.060-kg tennis ball traveling at 10.0 m/s is
returned by Leslie Williams. It leaves her racket B. 13.1 m/s* D. 3.11 m/s
with a speed of 36.0 m/s in the opposite
direction from which it came. What is the change 26. To what angle must a racing track be banked as be
in momentum of the tennis ball? suitable for a maximum speed of 180 km/h. The
A. 1.56 kg.m/s C. 1.8 kg.m/s radius of curvature of the track is 600m.
B. 2.56 kg.m/s D. 2.8 kg.m/s* A. 21°22’ C. 23°18’*
15. Tiger Woods hits a 0.050-kg golf ball, giving it a B. 15°21’ D. 20°17’
speed of 75 m/s. What impulse does he impart to the 27. A curve in the road is in the form of an arc of a
ball? circle of radius 400m. At what angle should the
A. 2.8 kg.m/s C. 3.8 kg.m/s* surface of the road be laid inclined to the
B. 1.8 kg.m/s D. 2.4 kg.m/s horizontal so that the resultant reactioin of the
surface acting on the car running at 120 km/h is
16. During an autumn storm, a 0.012-kg hail stone normal to the surface of the road?
traveling at 20.0 m/s made a 0.20-cm-deep dent in
A. 15.83° C. 18.33°
the hood of a car. What average force did the car
exert to stop the damaging hail stone? B. 13.57° D. 12.38°
A. 120 N C. 240 N
B. 1200 N D. 2400 N*
28. A shaft rotating at 1200 RPM transmits 5hp. What
17. An airplane must have a velocity of 50 m/s in order is the torque generated by the process?*
62. A boy leaning over a railway bridge 49 ft high sees 75. What is the SI unit of temperature?
a train approaching with a uniform speed and A. Celsius C. Kelvin*
attempts to drop a stone down the funnel. He B. Rankine D. Fahrenheit
releases the stone when the engine is 80 ft away
from the bridge and sees the stone hit the ground 76. Gravitation occurs between all objects in the
3 ft in front of the engine. What is the speed of universe by virtue of their ________.
the train? A. mass * C. density
A. 10 mph C. 30 mph* B. weight D. volume
B. 15 mph D. 40 mph
77. The weight of 10 slugs of mass.
63. What is the acceleration of a block on a A. 10 lbf C. 322 lbf*
frictionless plane inclined at an angle ø with the B. 98 lbf D. 10 erg
horizontal?
A. gcosø C. gsinø 78. Which of the following is a unit of energy?
B. mgcosø D. mgsinø A. erg C. dyne•cm
B. kilowatt-hour D. All of these*
64. What average force is necessary to stop a bullet
of mass 20 gm and speed of 250 m/s as it penetrates 79. How many kilograms are there in 1 slug?
wood to a distance of 12 cm? A. 11.9 C. 12.5
A. 5.3 kN* C. 4.5 kN B. 14.6* D. 13.3
B. 6.7 kN D. 3.2 kN 80. The force with which the earth attracts an object?
A. mass C. slug
65. A projectile is fired from the top of a cliff 92 B. Gravitational pull D. Weight*
m high with a velocity of 430 m/s directed 45o to
the horizontal. Find the range on the horizontal 81. What is the index of refraction of air?
plane through the base of the cliff. A. 1.3 C. 1.03
A. 19 km* C. 25 km B. 1.003 D. 1.0003 *
B. 16 km D. 12 km
82. What is the index of refraction of water?
66. A 10 gm block slides with a velocity of 20 cm/s on A. 1.33 * C. 1.63
a smooth level surface and makes a head on B. 1.43 D. 1.53
collision with 30 gram block moving in the opposite
83. Who predicted the existence of electromagnetic
direction with a velocity of 10 cm/s. If the
waves in 1865?
collision is perfectly elastic what is the velocity