Review

Questions

Unless otherwise noted, use g = 10 m/s2 and neglect air resistance for all
questions.

1. Which of the following statements is true?

(A) Displacement is a scalar and distance is a vector.

(B) Displacement is a vector and distance is a scalar.
(C) Both displacement and distance are vectors.
(D) Neither displacement nor distance are vectors.
(E) Displacement and distance are always equal.

2. Which of the following is the best description of a velocity?

(A) 60 miles per hour

(B) 30 meters per second
(C) 30 km at 45° north of east
(D) 40 km/hr
(E) 50 km/hr southwest
3. A jogger runs 3 km in 0.3 hr, then 7 km in 0.70 hr. What is the average
speed of the jogger?

(A) 10 km/hr
(B) 3 km/hr
(C) 1 km/hr
(D) 0.1 km/hr
(E) 100 km/hr

4. A motorcycle starts from rest and accelerates to a speed of 20 m/s in a

time of 5 s. What is the motorcycle’s average acceleration?

(A) 100 m/s2

(B) 80 m/s2
(C) 40 m/s2
(D) 20 m/s2
(E) 4 m/s2

5. A bus starting from a speed of +12 m/s slows to +6 m/s in a time of 3 s.

The average acceleration of the bus is

(A) 2 m/s2.
(B) 4 m/s2.
(C) 3 m/s2.
(D) –2 m/s2.
(E) –4 m/s2.
6. A train accelerates from rest at a rate of 4 m/s2 for a time of 10 s. What
is the train’s speed at the end of 10 s?

(A) 14 m/s
(B) 6 m/s
(C) 2.5 m/s
(D) 0.4 m/s
(E) 40 m/s

7. A football player starts from rest 20 meters from the goal line and
accelerates away from the goal line at 2 m/s2. How far from the goal line
is the player after 4 s?

(A) 8 m
(B) 28 m
(C) 32 m
(D) 36 m
(E) 52 m

8. A stone is dropped from rest. What is the acceleration of the stone

immediately after it is dropped?

(A) zero
(B) 5 m/s2
(C) 10 m/s2
(D) 20 m/s2
(E) 30 m/s2
 Questions 9–11 refer to the following.

A ball is thrown straight upward with an initial velocity of +15 m/s.

9. What is the ball’s acceleration just after it is thrown?

(A) zero
(B) 10 m/s2 upward
(C) 10 m/s2 downward
(D) 15 m/s2 upward
(E) 15 m/s2 downward

10. How much time does it take for the ball to rise to its maximum height?

(A) 25 s
(B) 15 s
(C) 10 s
(D) 5 s
(E) 1.5 s

11. What is the approximate maximum height reached by the ball?

(A) 23 m
(B) 15 m
(C) 11 m
(D) 8 m
 (E) 5 m

12. Which of the following is NOT true of a projectile launched from the
ground at an angle (neglecting air resistance)?

(A) The horizontal velocity is constant.

(B) The vertical acceleration is upward during the first half of the
flight, and downward during the second half of the flight.
(C) The horizontal acceleration is zero.
(D) The vertical acceleration is 10 m/s2.
(E) The time of flight can be found by horizontal distance divided by
horizontal velocity.

13. A projectile is launched horizontally from the edge of a cliff 20 m high

with an initial speed of 10 m/s. What is the horizontal distance the
projectile travels before striking the level ground below the cliff?

(A) 5 m
(B) 10 m
(C) 20 m
(D) 40 m
(E) 60 m

14. A projectile is launched from level ground with a velocity of 40 m/s at

an angle of 30° from the ground. What will be the vertical component of
the projectile’s velocity just before it strikes the ground? (sin 30° = 0.5,
cos 30° = 0.87)
 (A) 10 m/s
(B) 20 m/s
(C) 30 m/s
(D) 35 m/s
(E) 40 m/s

15. Each of the choices below shows a pair of graphs. Which choice shows
the pair of graphs that are equivalent to each other?

(A)

(B)

(C)

(D)

(E)

Questions 16–17 refer to the graph below.

Consider the velocity vs. time graph.

16. During which interval is the object at rest?

(A) AB
(B) BC
(C) CD
(D) DE
(E) EF

17. During which interval is the speed of the object increasing?

(A) AB
(B) BC
(C) CD
(D) DE
(E) EF