1.

A car accelerates at a rate of 5m/s2 from rest

for 10s. What is its speed at the end of 10s?
A. 0 m/s
B. 2 m/s
C. 5 m/s
D. 50 m/s
A. The object stops for 5 seconds before
2. A car has a hole in the petrol tank and petrol moving backward at a constant
is dripping off the tank at a constant interval. speed.
Given that the car is travelling at a constant B. The object stops for 5 seconds before
speed of 2 m/s and the gap between two drops moving forward at a constant speed.
of petrol along the road is 50 cm, calculate the
frequency of the drip of the petrol. C. The object travels at a constant
speed for 5 seconds before slowing
down to rest.
D. The object travels along a level road
for 5 seconds before going down a
slope.
4. A robot shoots a ball vertically upwards at an
A. 0.25 Hz initial speed of 30 m/s. What is the distance
B. 4 Hz travelled by the ball 5 s after the shoot? (g =
10m/s2 )
C. 8 Hz
A. 25 m
D. 25 Hz B. 45 m
3. Which of the following best describes the C. 65 m
displacement-time graph of an object? D. 75 m
5. A 40 kg mass and a 10 kg mass rest on smooth A. chemical → heat
surface as shown B. electrical energy → heat & light
C. heat & light → electrical energy
D. electrical energy → kinetic energy

10. Which of the following situations has no work

done?
A. A ball falls from a tree due to gravity
What is the speed of the 10 kg mass 2 s after B. A space ship cruise in space
the system is released from rest? (g = 10 m/2 )
C. A saw cuts a piece of wood
A. 1 m/s
D. A boy drags his bag along the floor
B. 2 m/s
C. 4 m/s 11. A force F acting on an object varies with
distance x as shown in the below figure. The
D. 10 m/s
force is in N and x in m. The work done by
6. A man of mass 50 kg stands on a weighting the force in moving the object from x = 0 to
scale in a lift. When the lift is descending at a x = 6 m is
constant deceleration of 1.0 m/s2 , what is the F /N
reading on the weighting scale? (g= 10 N/kg)
3
A. 60 N
B. 450 N 2

C. 500 N 1
D. 550 N
0 x/m
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
7. A bicycle is being peddled and is moving in
the direction shown. What are the directions A. 18 J
of the friction acting on the front wheel and
B. 13.5J
on the back wheel?
C. 9 J
D. 4.5 J

12. A block of mass m sliding down an incline at

constant speed is initially at a height h above
the ground, as shown in the figure below. The
coefficient of kinetic friction between the mass
and the incline is µ. If the mass continues to
A. Front wheel: −→; Back wheel: −→ slide down the incline at a constant speed,
how much energy is dissipated by friction by
B. Front wheel: ←−; Back wheel: −→ the time the mass reaches the bottom of the
C. Front wheel: −→; Back wheel: ←− incline?
D. Front wheel: ←−; Back wheel: ←− m
8. A box of mass 2 kg travels at 3 m/s constant
speed when it is being pushed horizontally
on a rough surface by a 4 N force. What is
the acceleration of the box when the force h
increased to 6 N ?
A. 0 m/s2
θ
B. 1 m/s2
C. 2 m/s2 A. mgh/µ
D. 4 m/s2 B. mgh
C. µmgh/ sin θ
9. What is the change of energy while operating
a light bulb? D. mgh sin θ

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13. Two projectiles are launched from ground level A. 0.9 km/s
with the same initial speed. The maximum B. 1.8 km/s
height h1 reached by projectile 1 is twice the C. 3.6 km/s
maximum height h2 reached by projectile 2. If
θ1 and θ2 denote the respective launch angles, D. 4.5 km/s
as measured from the horizontal, these angles 17. A cannon is mounted on a truck as shown
satisfy which of the following relationships?
√
A. cos θ1 = 2 cos θ2
√
B. sin θ1 = 2 sin θ2
√
C. tan θ2 = 2 tan θ2
D. cos θ1 = 2 cos θ2
14. Suppose a group of individuals who are freely While the truck is moving at a constant
falling down performs a skydiving stunt. These speed V , three cannon balls are fired vertically
skydivers jump off an aircraft individually and upwards at short constant intervals. Which
meet together in the sky. In this problem, we diagram below shows the positions of the three
consider how a skydiver, A, catches up with cannon balls right after the last ball leaves
another skydiver, B, who was initially below the barrel? Assume that the air resistance is
A. Notice that the air resistance on a body negligible. (Note: all the three ball are still
increases with its speed in air.Which of the moving upwards)
following is the most appropriate description
about the speed or the acceleration of a
skydiver?
A. As soon as a skydiver leaves the
aircraft, his speed is kept constant
by air resistance.
B. The acceleration of a skydiver is kept
constant by air resistance.
C. The acceleration of a skydiver
increases during his fall whether air
resistance acts on him. 18. An object of weight 40 N initially is resting on
a table. A 20 N horizontal force applies on the
D. The speed of fall approaches a
object to cause it to reach a speed of 15 m/s in
terminal constant value due to air
5 seconds. Calculate the frictional force acting
resistance.
on the object. (g = 10 N/kg)
15. A 10 kg box slides horizontally without friction A. 2 N
at a speed of 1 m/s. At one point, a constant B. 4 N
force is applied to the box in the direction
C. 6 N
of its motion. The box travels 5 m with
the constant force applied. The force is then D. 8 N
removed, leaving the box with a speed of 2 m/s.
19. Two object sliding on a frictionless surface, as
Which of the following gives the magnitude of represented above, collide and stick together.
the applied force? How much kinetic energy is converted to heat
A. 1 N during the collision?
B. 2 N y
C. 3 N
D. 4 N
16. The curvature of Mars is such that its surface 0.5kg, 2 m/s
drops a vertical distance of 2.0 meters for every x
3600 meters tangent to the surface. In addition,
the gravitational acceleration near its surface is
0.4 times that near the surface of Earth. What
is the speed a golf ball would need to orbit
Mars near the surface, ignoring the effects of 1 kg, 1 m/s
air resistance?

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A. 9 J
(1)
1
B. 6 J
(2)
3
C. 4 J

5
D. 6 J

20. The diagram below represents the path of 0m 10 m 20 m

a stunt car that is driven off a cliff,
neglecting friction. Compared to the horizontal A. smaller
component of the car’s velocity at point (1),
the horizontal component of the car’s velocity B. greater
at point (2) is C. the same

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ANSWER (Put an X in the correct answer box)

A B C D A B C D
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1. The first law of thermodynamics is written as: 6. The coefficient of performance of a Carnot
a. Eint = W – Q refrigerator can be written as:
b. Eint = Q – W a.
c. Q = Eint – W
b.
d. W = Q + Eint
c.
2. What is the value of the gas constant?
d.
a. 8.413
b. 8.314 7. The SI unit of Entropy is:
c. 0.0821 a.
b.
d. 8.314 c.
d.
3. Work done by a system is ________, and heat
flow into of the system is ________. 8. A/An ________ can exchange energy (as heat
a. Positive, negative or work) but not matter, with its surroundings.
b. Positive, positive a. Closed system
c. Negative, negative b. Equilibrium system
d. Negative, positive c. Isolated system
d. Open system
4. What is the expression of the ideal gas law?
a. pV = NRT 9. The heat given to an ideal gas in isothermal
b. pV = nRCv conditions is used to:
c. pV = NkT a. Increase temperature
d. pV = NART b. Do external work
c. Increase temperature and do external work
5. What are the constant quantities of an adiabatic d. Increase internal energy
process for an ideal gas?
a. pV, TV-1 10. A Carnot cycle comprises of:
b. pV-1, TV-1 a. Two isothermal and two adiabatic processes
c. pV, TV+1 b. Two isochoric and two adiabatic processes
d. pV-1, TV+1 c. Two isothermal and two isobaric processes
d. Two isobaric and two isochoric processes
11. A metal container, which weights 5 kg, as heat from the freezing compartment in 20.0
contains 21 kg of water. A piece of hot metal, min?
which weights 1.3 kg, at 320 oC is dropped into a. 4.32 x 106 J
the container. The initial of the container and b. 4.32 x 105 J
water is 25 oC, and the final temperature of the c. 4.32 x 104 J
whole system is 30 oC. Determine the specific d. 4.32 x 103 J
heat of the metal.
a. 1.25 kJ/kgK 18. A Carnot engine absorbs 50 kJ as heat and
b. 0.73 kJ/kgK exhausts 30 kJ as heat in each cycle. Calculate (a)
c. 0.54 kJ/kgK the engine’s efficiency.
d. 1.80 kJ/kgK a. 40 %
b. 50 %
12. What is the rms speed of helium atoms at 750 c. 60 %
K? d. 70 %
a. 2.8 x 103 m/s
b. 2.2 x 103 m/s 19. An ideal gas undergoes a reversible
c. 3.1 x 103 m/s isothermal expansion at 77 °C, increasing its
d. 4.2 x 103 m/s volume from 1.3 L to 3.4 L. The entropy change
of the gas is 44 J/K. How many moles of gas are
13. Consider an ideal monatomic gas at 500 oC, present?
determine the internal energy of 5 mol of gas? a. 5.5 mol
a. 4.82 x 103 J b. 0.55 mol
b. 4.82 x 104 J c. 55 mol
c. 5.34 x 104 J d. 550 mol
d. 5.34 x 103 J
20. How much energy must be transferred as heat
14. For an ideal monatomic gas: for a reversible isothermal expansion of an ideal
a. Cp = 28.5 J/K gas at 127 °C if the entropy of the gas increases
b. Cp = 28.5 J/molK by 40 J/K?
c. Cp = 20.8 J/K a. 1.6 x 103 J
d. Cp = 20.8 J/molK b. 1.6 x 104 J
c. 1.6 x 105 J
15. What is the average value of the translational d. 1.6 x 106 J
kinetic energy of the molecules of an ideal gas at
100 °C?
a. 7.72 x 10-21 J
b. 7.72 x 1021 J
c. 772 x 1021 J
d. 772 x 10-21 J

16. How much work must be done by a Carnot

refrigerator to transfer 1.0 J as heat from a
reservoir at -223 °C to one at 27 °C.
a. 0.05 J
b. 0.5 J
c. 5 J
d. 50 J

17. The motor in a refrigerator has a power of 400

W. If the freezing compartment is at 270 K and
the outside air is at 300 K, and assuming the
efficiency of a Carnot refrigerator, what is the
maximum amount of energy that can be extracted