LEARNING ACTIVITY 1 ENGINEERING 14.

Sound waves are examples of which of the

SCIENCES AND ALLIED SUBJECTS PHYSICS following? 
SOURCE: DREAMFORCE REVIEW CENTER  a. Transverse waves b. Semi-transverse waves
c. Longitudinal waves d. Square waves
1. How far must a girl stand in front of a concave
spherical mirror of radius 120 cm to see an erect 15. An acceleration produced when a particle moves
image of her face four times its natural size.  away from its center of rotation is called? 
a. -75 cm b. 45 cm c. -45 cm d. 75 cm  a. centripetal acceleration
b. coriolis acceleration 
c. tangential acceleration
2. Is the annoying brightness of light sources in
d. centrifugal acceleration 
person’s normal field of vision. 
a. Contracts b. Diffuseness
c. Reflected glare d. Direct glare  16. The displacement of a vibrating object is
measured by which of the following? 
3. A ray of light in air strikes a glass plate ( n=1.50 ) a. Period b. Frequency c. Amplitude d. Cycle 
at an incident angle of 50°. Determine the angles of
the reflected and transmitted rays.  17. “The incident ray, the reflected ray and the
a. 50° , 34° b. 40°, 31° c. 40°, 34° d. 50°, 31°  normal to the reflecting surface, lie in the same
plane.” This statement is . 
a. Snell's Law 
4. Can be used to disperse light into various colors. 
b. Huygen's Law 
a. mirror b. lens c. prism d. polaroid 
c. First Law of Refraction
d. Second Law of Refraction 
5. A converging lens with 50 cm focal length forms a
real image that is 2.5 times larger than the object.
How far is the object from the image?  18. It is the maximum frequency, which the human
a. 70 cm b. 2.5 cm c. 2.5 m d. 70 m  ear can hear. 
a. 30, 000 Hz b. 10, 000 Hz
c. 40, 000 Hz d. 20, 000 Hz 
6. “The resultant of a planar concurrent force system
will have the same moment as the sum of the
moment of each force.” This statement is known as 19. A glass plate is 0.60 cm thick and has a refractive
a. Parallelogram Law of Forces index of 1.55. How long does it take for a pulse of
b. Maxwell's Theorem  light incident normally to pass through the plate? 
c. Varignon's Theorem a. 3.11 x 10^-11 b. 1.33 x 10^-11
d. Mohr's Theorem  c. 0 d. 1.31 x 10^-11 

20. In the SI system, one of the following gis NOT in

7. A certain farsighted person cannot see clearly
SI unit? Which one is this? 
objects closer to the eye less than 75 cm. Determine
a. Candela b. Farenheit c. Newton d. Kilogram 
the power of the spectacle lenses which will enable
her to read type at a distance of 25 cm. 
21. Two thin lenses of focal lengths + 10 and – 5 cm
a. 1.0 diopter b. 2.7 diopter
are placed in contact. Compute the focal length of
c. 4.8 diopter d. 5.3 diopter 
the combination.
a. -12 b. -10 c. +10 d. +12 
8. Echo is formed as a result of 
a. refraction of sound b. diffraction of sound
c. interference of sound d. reflection of sound  22. Which light contains wavelengths of all or nearly
all colors? 
9. Compute the energy of a photon of blue light of a. white light b. Laser c. X-rays d. Gamma rays 
wavelength 450 nm. 
a. 1.00 eV b. 2.76 eV c. 2.44 eV d. 0 eV 23. How many lumens pass through the area of 0.5
  m^2 on a sphere of radius 5m, if a 700-cd isotropic
For numbers 10 and 11.  source is at the center? 
A uniform flexible cable is 20 m long and has a mass a. 10 lm b. 14 lm c. 43 lm d. 20 lm 
of 5.0 kg. It hangs vertically at under its own weight
and is vibrated from its upper end with a frequency 24. An angstrom unit, commonly used for atomic
7.0 Hz.  and sub-atomic distances is: 
a. 10^-10 m b. 10^-8 m c. 10^8 d. 10^10 
10. Find the speed of a transverse wave on the cable
at its midpoint.  25. What refers to the rate of rotary motion? 
a. 9.9 m/s b. 8.8 m/s c. 7.7 m/s d. 5.5 m/s  a. angular displacement b. angular velocity
c. angular acceleration d. angular momentum 
11. What is the wavelength at the midpoint?  26. It describes the luminous flux incidence per unit
a. 1.26 m b. 1.1 m c. 1.41 m/s d. 0.79 m  area and is expressed in lumens per square meter.
a. illuminance b. luminance
12. A car moving at 20 m/s with its horn blowing c. luminous intensity d. radiance 
(f=1200 Hz ) is chasing another car going at 15 m/s.
What is the apparent frequency of the horn as heard 27.The fluid pressure is the same in all directions.
by the driver being chased? Take the speed of This is known as . 
sound to be 340 m/s. a. Pascal’s Principle b. Bernoulli’s Principle
a. 1331.25 m/s b. 1183. 33 m/s c. Ideal fluid Principle d. Archimedes Principle 
c. 1083.33 m/s d. 1218.75 m/s
28.Two lead balls whose masses are 5kg and 0.50 kg
13. Among the physical laws listed below, which one are replaced with their centers 50 cm apart. With
is different?  what force do they attract each other? 
a. Law of acceleration b. Law of reaction a. 6.67 x 10^-10 N b. 6.67 x 10^-11 N
c. Law of gravity d. Law of inertia  c. 6.67 x 10^-8 N d. 6.67 x 10^-9 N
29. The moment of inertia of an object is dependent 41. A thin converging lens has a focal length of 10
to all of the following except one. Which one?  in. If the plate that is located 12.0 behind the lens is
a. Its mass  used to receive the image of an object places 40 in
b. Its angular speed  from the lens, how large will the image be when
c. Its size and shape  compared to the object?
d. Location of axis of rotation  a. 25.00 percent b. 62.50 percent
c. 31.25 percent d. 30.00 percent 
30. The frictional force is _ the area of contact.
a. dependent of  42. A weight of a mass 10 kg at a location where the
b. inversely proportional to  acceleration of gravity is 9.77 m/s^2 is.
c. directly proportional to a. 97.7 N b. 79.7N c. 98.1N d. 81.9N
d. independent of 
43. Which one can’t travel in vacuum? 
31. What do you call the spectrum formed by the a. Radio waves b. light waves
dispersion of light from an incandescent solid, liquid c. sound waves d. short wave
or gas?
a. reflection b. polarization 44.The law of inertia is also known as. 
c. absorption d. emission  a. D'Alembert Principle 
b. Newton's Second Law of Motion 
32. What is the period of a vibrating object which c. Newton's First Law of Motion
has an acceleration of 8.02 m/s^2 when its d. Newton's Third Law of Motion 
displacement is 1m?
a. 4s b. 2.22 s c. 5.33 s d. 0.25 s  45. It refers to the magnitude of the auditory
sensation produced by the sound.
33. What state exists when a body remains in its a. Loudness b. Intensity c. Pitch d. Tone 
displaced state after being moved from its original
equilibrium position? 46. What is the ratio of the speed of light in an empty
a. Stable Equilibrium b. Unstable Equilibrium space to the speed of the medium called? 
c. Neutral Equilibrium d. Dynamic Equilibrium  a. relative index of refraction
b. absolute index of refraction 
34. “The hydrostatic pressure a fluid exerts on an c. total index of refraction
immersed object or on container walls is a function d. critical index of refraction 
only of fluid depth.” This statement is known as. 
a. Hydrostatic Paradox 47. Sound waves in air are 
b. Pascal's Law a. longitudinal
c. Bernoulli's Theorem b. neither longitudinal nor transverse
d. Archimedes' Principle  c. transverse 
d. stationary 
35. A spaceship is 75 m long according to an
astronaut on the ship. As it travels away from Earth, 48. A wave in which the particles of the material
scientists on the ground measure the length of the move up and down as the wave goes from left is
ship to be 50 m. How fast is the spaceship traveling called a
away from Earth? a. longitudinal b. transverse
a. 0.744 c b. 0.722 c c. 0.745 c d. 0.733 c  c. standing d. none of these 

36. What is the heat of vaporization of water at 49. Which one of the following propagates with the
boiling point in BTU/lb?  same speed as the speed of light?
a. 920 b. 970 c. 940 d. 950 a. The sound waves b. The heat waves
c. The shock waves d. The Beta rays 
37. Which of the following temperatures has the
widest range? 
a. radiation-type thermometer 50. A pool of water (n=4/3) is 60 cm deep. Find its
b. thermoelectric  apparent depth when viewed vertically through air.
c. mercurial thermometer a. 80 cm b. 60 cm c. 33.75 cm d. 45 cm
d. pyrometer 

38. Two twins are 25 years old when one of them

sets out on a journey through space at nearly
constant speed. The twin in the spaceship measures
time with an accurate watch. When he returns to
Earth, he claims to be 31 y/o, while the twin left on
Earth, he claims to be 43 y/o. What was the speed of
the space ship. 
a. 0.943c
b. c
c. 0.934c
d. 1.83 x 10^8

39. Which of the following best explain the

polarization behavior of light? 
a. By considering light as a transverse wave
b. By considering light to be particles in motion 
c. By considering light to be a charged particle
d. By considering light as a longitudinal wave 

40. A sports car develops 200 hp at 5000 rpm. What

is the amount of torque exerted on the crankshaft?
a. 626.2 ft-lb b. 285.0 N-m
c. 356.2 ft-lb d. 356.2 N-m