Department of Applied Physics and Astronomy

College of Sciences
University of Sharjah

Course Name Physics for medical sciences

Course ID 1430113

Semester Fall 2016-2017

Exam Midterm Date 3 November 2016

Place Time 16:00 – 17:15
Instructor Attaelmanan, Daoudi, Azeem, Bassam

Student’s name: ID: Section:

A
Part I Part II Total
MCQs Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
Mark Assigned 12 2 2 2 2 20
Mark Obtained

Please read the following instructions carefully:

a) The exam is made up of two parts covering six pages:
Part I: 12 MCQs
Part II: 4 Long Answer Questions
b) Take the acceleration due to gravity, g, to be 9.81 m/s2
c) Calculators are allowed.
d) Indicate your MCQ answers clearly using a pen
c) Mobiles must be turned off and put away!
 Answer all MCQs (1 mark each)

1- Given 1 m is equivalent to 3.281 ft. A cube with an edge of 1.5 ft has a volume of:
A. 1.2 × 102 m3
B. 9.6 × 10−2 m3
C. 10.5 m3
D. 9.5 × 102 m3
E. 0.21 m3

2- A rock is thrown straight up with an initial velocity of 19.6 m/s. What time interval
elapses between the rock's being thrown and its return to the original launch point?
(Acceleration due to gravity is 9.81 m/s².)

A. 4 s B. 5 s C. 8 s D. 10 s

3- For an object rotating in circular motion with constant speed, doubling the radius means
the time (T) and centripetal acceleration (ac) will become:

A. 2T and 2ac
B. T and ac
C. ½T and ½ac
D. 2T and ½ac
E. ½T and 2ac

4- A particle starts from the origin at time t = 0 with velocity vy =2 m/s and moves in the
x-y plane with a constant acceleration of ax = 2 m/s2 and ay = 4 m/s2. What will be the x-
displacement of the particle when its y - displacement becomes 12 m?
A. 4 m B. 6 m C. 6.8 m
D. 8 m E. 12 m

5- The bacterium E coli swims 2 cm west in 14 seconds, remains stationary for 3 seconds,
then turns and swims 5 cm at 30° south of west in 40 seconds. Its average speed is:

A. 0.123 cm/s
B. 0.130 cm/s
C. 0.119 cm/s
D. 0.125 cm/s
E. 0.111 cm/s
6- The adjoining figure represents the path of an ant on a horizontal floor between the
instants t1 and t2. The velocities of the ant at positions A an B at the instants t1 and t2 are
represented by the vectors V1 and V2 respectively. Which one among the following
vectors best represents the net acceleration of the ant during the interval t2 – t1?

7- In which of the following cases is the displacement’s magnitude half the distance
traveled?
A. 10 steps east followed by 3 steps west
B. 22 steps east followed by 11 steps west
C. 5 steps east followed by 10 steps west
D. 15 steps east followed by 5 steps west

8- The acceleration due to gravity is lower on the Moon than on Earth. Which of the
following is true about the mass and weight of an astronaut on the Moon's surface,
compared to Earth?

A. Mass is less, weight is same.

B. Both mass and weight are the same.

C. Both mass and weight are less.

D. Mass is same, weight is less.

Refer to the diagram below which shows the velocity versus time of a car moving in
straight line to answer the following two questions.

9- The acceleration of the car at t=3 seconds is

A. 4 m/s2 B. Zero C. 6 m/s2 D. 2.5 m/s2 E. -4 m/s2

10- The total displacement is:

A. 72 m B. 60 m C. 40 m D. zero E. 12 m
 
11- In the diagram, A has magnitude 12m and B has magnitude 8m. The y component of
 
A + B is about:
A. 1.6 m
B. 7.6 m
C. 12.5 m
D. 14.3 m
E. 15.4 m

12- A car drives at a constant speed from point A to point E on the road shown in the
figure. Which of the following is NOT True?

A- The car’s acceleration between B and C is zero.

B- The car’s acceleration between D and E is zero.
C- The car’s maximum acceleration occurs between B and C
D- The car accelerates between C and D
 Answer all Questions (2 marks each)

1- A 2 kg object is moving along the x-axis with a velocity of 4 m/s at t = 0. A constant

resultant force of 8 N then acts on the object at an angle of 30o for 3 s. What is the
object's velocity and displacement at the end of the 3s interval?
(a) Velocity (magnitude and direction)

(b) Displacement (magnitude and direction)

2- A hot air balloon is moving vertically downwards at constant speed of 2 m/s when a
passenger drops his digital camera. If the camera is 120 m above the ground when it is
dropped, determine:

(a) How long does it take to hit the ground?

(b) Its velocity when it hits the ground

3- In the Hydrogen atom a single electron (me = 9.11 x 10-27 kg) orbits the nucleus which
has one proton.
If the electron orbits at a radius of 5 nm with a periodic time of 0.303 x 10-15 s, calculate:

(a) Average speed

(b) The centripetal acceleration

(4) In the treatment of head-and-neck injury, a traction system must be used to prevent any
unnecessary movement of the patient’s head or neck. Such a system is schematically
shown in the figure below. If the maximum tension force used T = 300 N, in the direction
shown; the weight of the patient, |W| = 490 N down, calculate:

(a) The normal force N

(c) The coefficient of static friction

 Formula sheet

v = vo + at v2 = vo2 + 2a(x-xo),

x = vt , x = vot + ½ at2

x = ½ ( vo + v) t

For free-fall x = y and a = –9.81 m/s2

 F = Fnet = ma Fc = mac,

v = 2πr/T ac = v2/r

Fg = mg, fr = N

Fgravity = G m1 m2 / r2 G = 6.67 x 10-11 Nm2/kg2

nm = 10-9 m ax2 + bx + c =0
−𝑏 ± √𝑏 2 − 4𝑎𝑐
𝑥=
2𝑎