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nd
2 Quarter Final Exam in General Physics 1 - Set A
SY: 2022-2023

Name: ______________________________ Score: __________

MULTIPLE CHOICE. Read and analyze each item and choose the best answer
among the choices. Encircle the letter of your answer. ERASURE(S) AND
SUPERIMPOSITION(S) are considered WRONG. (30 items, 1 point each, for a total
of 30 points)

I. PROBLEM SOLVING. (20 pts.)

Situation 1: MOMENTUM. A hypervelocity bullet used in a 0.22 long rifle

usually weighs around 3.2 g and can have a speed of 439 m/s. A 63 kg
race driver attempts to contest the momentum of the bullet.

1. What is the formula for momentum (p)?

a. p = mv
b. p = m/v
c. p = ma
d. p = m/a
2. Which among the following is the momentum of the bullet?
a. 1,404.8 g•m/s
b. 140.48 g•m/s
c. 14.048 g•m/s
d. 1.4048 g•m/s
3. What must be the speed of the man in order to match the momentum of the
bullet?
a. 222.98 m/s
b. 22.30 m/s
c. 2.23 m/s
d. 2,229.8 m/s

Situation 2: IMPULSE-MOMENTUM THEOREM. A rookie player catches a 1.19

g ball moving at 31.0 m/s in 0.0078 seconds. A professional player catches
the same ball in 0.09 seconds by slightly retracting his hand during the
catch.

m v f −m v o
4. Using the formula for impulse ( F= ), how much force is exerted by the
t
professional player?
a. 409.89 N
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b. -4.10 N
c. -40.99 N
d. -409.89 N
5. How much force is exerted by the rookie player?
a. -4,729.49 N
b. -472.95 N
c. -47.30 N
d. 4,729.49 N

Situation 3: TORQUE. A 236-gram pendulum swings in a clock, never

swinging past an angle of 45 degrees with the vertical. The pendulum
swings on a 187-meter-long string attached to a pivot.

6. If gravity (g) is the acting acceleration on the pendulum, how much force (N)
is produced?
a. 23.13 N
b. 231.28 N
c. 2.3128 N
d. 0.23 N
7. What is the maximum amount of torque (ͳ = rFsinϴ) produced by the
pendulum?
a. 305.82 N•m
b. 30.58 N•m
c. 3.06 N•m
d. 3,058.2 N•m
8. What is the torque (ͳ = rF) produced by a force of 89.0 N applied to the
handle of a door if the handle is 0.143 m from the hinge?
a. 34.45 N•m
b. 13.46 N•m
c. 12.73 N•m
d. 24.1 N•m
9. How much torque (ͳ = rF) is produced by opening a jar of pickles if the lid on
the jar has a radius of 3.8 centimeters and the force exerted tangentially to the
lid is 150 Newton?
a. 5.7 N•m
b. 57.0 N•m
c. 0.57 N•m
d. 570 N•m
10. The unit of Torque which is N•m is equivalent to __________.
a. kg•m2/s2
b. kg•m/s2
c. kg•m/s
d. kg•m2/s
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Situation 4: SIMPLE HARMONIC MOTION. A 50-meter aluminum spring is

elongated to 150 meters by a force of 61 Newtons.

11. What is the force constant (k = Fs/x) of the aluminum spring?

a. 1.22 N/m
b. 0.122 N/m
c. 0.41 N/m
d. 2.46 N/m
12. How much force is needed to elongate the spring by an additional 25
meters if the force constant is 1.5 N/m?
a. 262.5 N
b. 37.5 N
c. 225 N
d. 300 N
13. If the spring was elongated to 200 meters instead with the same amount of
force (61 Newtons), what is the force constant of the aluminum spring?
a. 30.5 N/m
b. 0.305 N/m
c. 305 N/m
d. 3.05 N/m

Situation 5: PERIODIC MOTION. It takes 730.5 days for an asteroid to

complete 3 revolutions around the sun.

14. What is 730.5 days when converted to seconds?

a. 17,532 seconds
b. 1,051,920 seconds
c. 63,115,200 seconds
d. 31,557,600 seconds
15. What is the period (T = t/f) of the asteroid if its frequency is tripled?
a. 7,012,800 seconds
b. 7.01 seconds
c. 7,012.8 seconds
d. 70,012 seconds

Situation 6: DENSITY OF LIQUID. A plastic container has a mass of 55g when

empty and 175g when filled with alcohol.

16. What is the mass of alcohol?

a. 175 g
b. 120 g
c. 55 g
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d. 230 g
17. If the density (ρ) of alcohol is 0.79g/ml, what is its volume (V = m/ρ)?
a. 221.52 mL
b. 151.9 mL
c. 69.62 mL
d. 291.14 mL

Situation 7: BASIC WAVE EQUATION. An unknown wave has a frequency of

120 Hertz, with a wavelength of 407 m.

18. What is the velocity (v = fλ) of the unknown wave?

a. 4,889 m/s
b. 48,840 m/s
c. 0.2948 m/s
d. 3.3917 m/s
19. If the unknown wave has a velocity of 50,000 m/s instead but still has the
same wavelength, what is its frequency?
a. 122.85 Hertz
b. 0.00814 Hertz
c. 20,350,000 Hertz
d. 416.67 Hertz
20. What is the wavelength (λ) of the unknown wave if the frequency is 213 Hertz
with a velocity of 35,000 m/s?
a. 16.43 m
b. 7,455,000 m
c. 164.32 m
d. 0.0061 m

II. IDENTIFICATION. (10 pts.)

21. __________ is the proprietor of the three laws of planetary motion?

a. Isaac Newton
b. Robert Hooke
c. Anton Van Leeuwenhoek
d. Johannes Kepler
22. Among the three laws of planetary motion, the __________ states that all
planets move about the Sun in elliptical orbits, having the sun as one of the foci?
a. Law of Orbits
b. Law of Areas)
c. Law of Periods)
d. Law of Universal Gravitation
23. The __________ is a law by Isaac Newton states that every particle attracts
every other particle in the universe with force directly proportional to the
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product of the masses and inversely proportional to the square of

the distance between them.
a. Law of Orbits
b. Law of Areas
c. Law of Periods
d. Law of Universal Gravitation
24. __________ is the upward force acting in an immersed object in a liquid.
a. Archimedes’ Principle
b. Buoyant Force
c. Zeroth Law
d. Thermal Expansion
25. __________ states that equilibrium in temperature is achieved when bodies
are at the same temperature.
a. Archimedes’ Principle
b. Buoyancy
c. Zeroth Law
d. Thermal Expansion
26. __________ teaches that submerging an object displaces water, the volume
of the displaced water is equal to the volume of the submerged irregular object.
a. Archimedes’ Principle
b. Buoyancy
c. Zeroth Law
d. Thermal Expansion
27. The general increase in the volume of a material as its temperature is
increased is called __________.
a. Archimedes’ Principle
b. Buoyancy
c. Zeroth Law
d. Thermal Expansion
28. __________ is the phenomenon in which a vibrating system forces another
system around it to vibrate with greater amplitude at specified frequency of
operation.
a. Intensity
b. Resonance
c. Oscillation
d. Pressure

29. To find the volume of an irregularly shaped solid, use the water displacement
method to look for the volume. For regularly shaped solid, look for the
dimension.
a. The first statement is true while the second statement is false.
b. The first statement is false while the second statement is true.
c. Both statements are true.
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d. Both statements are false.

30. Center of gravity is at the point at which all the weight of the body seems to
be concentrated but it can also be a point where no mass exists. Torques also
cancel out at the center of gravity.
a. The first statement is true while the second statement is false.
b. The first statement is false while the second statement is true.
c. Both statements are true.
d. Both statements are false.

Senior High School Department

nd
2 Quarter Final Exam in General Physics 1 - Set B
SY: 2022-2023

Name: ______________________________ Score: __________

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I. C-E-R TABLE: Read and analyze the given situation, then answer the question
by completing the C-E-R table below.

1. Suppose that there are two planets revolving around the same star. The
distance of Planet A is thrice the distance of planet B. The mass of planet B is five
times the mass of A. Find the ratio of the gravitational force exerted by the star
on the two planets.

Claim: Answer:
What is the ratio of the gravitational
force exerted by the star on the
two planets?

Evidence: (Show your solution on

how you solved for the ratio of the
gravitational force exerted by the
star on the two planets.)

Reasoning: (Explain how your My solution supports my claim

solution supports your claim) because…

2. Is it true that frequency is directly proportional to wavelength? Support

your answer, give specific data (not link/s) that will support your answer.

Claim: Is it true that frequency is Answer:

directly proportional to
wavelength?
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Evidence: (State some evidences

that will support your answer.)

Reasoning: (Explain how your My chosen evidence supports my

evidences support your claim) claim because…

3. Among the three types of collision, does it say that in a perfectly inelastic
collision that momentum is conserved? Support your answer, give specific data
(not link/s) that will support your answer.
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Claim: Does it say that in a perfectly Answer:

inelastic collision that momentum is
conserved?

Evidence: (State some evidence

that will support your answer.)

Reasoning: (Explain how your My chosen evidence supports my

evidences support your claim) claim because…