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Physics Entry Exam ( Non-Science Stu.)

Choose the best answer from the options that follow each question.

____ 1 Consider a deer that runs from point A to point B. The distance the deer runs can be
greater than the magnitude of its displacement, but the magnitude of the
displacement can never be greater than the distance it runs.

a) True
b) False

____ 2 The motions of a car and a truck along a straight road are represented by the
velocity-time graphs in the figure. The two vehicles are initially alongside each other
at time t = 0.

At time T, what is true of the distances traveled by the vehicles since time t = 0?

a) They will have traveled the same distance.

b) The truck will not have moved.
c) The car will have travelled further than the truck.
d) The truck will have travelled further than the car.
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____ 3 Which of the following graphs represent an object at rest?

a) graph a
b) graph b
c) graph c
d) graph d
e) graph e

____ 4 If a vector pointing upward has a positive magnitude, a vector pointing downward
has a negative magnitude.

a) True
b) False
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____ 5 The length of a force vector represents the

a) cause of the force.

b) direction of the force.
c) magnitude of the force.
d) type of force.

____ 6 A measure of the quantity of matter is

a) density.
b) weight.
c) force.
d) mass.

7 A wagon having a mass of 32 kg is accelerated across a level road at 0.50 m/s2. What net force acts
on the wagon horizontally?

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____ 8 In the free-body diagram shown below, which of the following is the gravitational force acting on
the balloon?

a) 1520 N
b) 950 N
c) 4050 N
d) 5120 N
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____ 9 A single force acts on an object. The components of this force act along the x-axis and the y-
axis. The single force that will bring the object into equilibrium has components that act
along the

a) x-axis and y-axis.

b) x-axis and y-axis.
c) x-axis and y-axis.
d) x-axis and y-axis.

____ 10 The magnitude of the gravitational force acting on an object is

a) frictional force.
b) weight.
c) inertia.
d) mass.
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Physics
Answer Section
1 ANS: A PTS: 1 REF: Var: 1
2 ANS: D PTS: 1 REF: Var: 1
3 ANS: A PTS: 1 REF: Var: 1
4 ANS: B PTS: 1 REF: Var: 1
5 ANS: C PTS: 1 TOP: Chapter 4 Test A
6 ANS: D PTS: 1 TOP: Chapter 4 Test A
7 ANS:
16 N
Given
m = 33 kg
a = 0.50 m/s2

Solution
Fnet,x = Fx = max = (32 kg)(0.50 m/s2) = 16 N

PTS: 1 TOP: Chapter 4 Test A

8 ANS: C PTS: 1 TOP: Chapter 4 Test B
9 ANS: C PTS: 1 TOP: Chapter 4 Test B
10 ANS: B PTS: 1 TOP: Chapter 4 Test B