Department of Applied Physics & Astronomy

College of Sciences
University of Sharjah

Course Name Physics for Medical Sciences

Course ID 1430113

Semester Fall 2021-2022

Exam Midterm Date 18/10/2021

Place Time 8:00 – 9:00 am

Instructor

Student’s name: ID: Section:

MCQ# Answer MCQ# Answer MCQ# Answer

1 6 11
2 7 12
3 8 13
4 9 14
5 10 15

Marks Assigned Total (15)

Marks Obtained

Please read the following instructions carefully:

a) The exam is made up of 15 Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs), covering 6 pages including
cover page and formula sheet.
b) Indicate your answers clearly using a pencil on the answer sheet provided.
c) Calculators are allowed. Sharing calculators is strictly forbidden.
d) Mobiles must be turned off and put away!

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1. Starting from rest, an object moves along a straight line with a constant acceleration of 3
m/s2. Which one of the following statements accurately describes the motion of this
object?
A) The object travels 3 m during each second
B) The object travels 3 m only during the first second
C) The acceleration of the object increases by 3 m/s2 during each second
D) The speed of the object increases by 3 m/s during each second

2. Two skaters, a man and a woman, are standing on ice. The mass of the man is 72 kg,
and the mass of the woman is 51 kg. The woman pushes on the man with a force of 47
N due east. The acceleration of the woman is:
A) 0.92 m/s2, west
B) 0.65 m/s2, east
C) 0.65 m/s2, west
D) 0.92 m/s2, east

3. An exam paper has an area of 594 square centimeters. What is this area in square
inches? (1 inch = 2.54 cm).
A) 912
B) 92
C) 1250
D) 254

4. A coin is dropped from rest from the top of a building. If it takes 3.6 s for the coin to
reach the ground, what is the height of the building?
A) 10 m
B) 63.5 m
C) 80.5 m
D) 90.6 m

5. An arrow is shot vertically upward with an initial velocity v0. The arrow returns to the
point of release after 4.5 s. what is v0?
A) 22 m/s
B) 30 m/s
C) 17 m/s
D) 5 m/s

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 6. A centrifuge is a rotating device used to separate fluids of different densities. What is
the centripetal acceleration of a point 0.08 m from the center of rotation of a centrifuge
spinning at 600 revolutions per minute?
A) 2 m/s2
B) 612 m/s2
C) 316 m/s2
D) 1200 m/s2

7. Blood is accelerated, along a straight line, from rest to a speed of 0.30 m/s by the left
ventricle of the heart. If the displacement of blood is 1.6 cm, find its acceleration.
A) 2.8 m/s2
B) 10 m/s2
C) 0.5 m/s2
D) 0.8 m/s2

8. A toy plane tied to the end of a string is rotated with constant speed of 15.7 m/s in a
horizontal circle of radius 1.5 m. How long does the toy plane take to travel once around
the circle?
A) 3.0 s
B) 0.6 s
C) 0.3 s
D) 1.5 s

9. A net horizontal force of 25 N is applied to a 12 kg object initially at rest. What is the

speed of the object after 5.8 s?
A) 30 m/s
B) 12 m/s
C) 3 m/s
D) 6 m/s

10. One newton (1N) is:

A) 1 kg/m2.s2
B) 1 kg/m
C) 1 m/kg
D) 1 kg.m/s2

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11. Acceleration is always in the direction:
A) of the initial velocity
B) of the net force
C) of the displacement
D) of the final velocity

12. A man walks 500 m due East and then turns and walks 500 m due North in a time
interval of 10 minutes. The magnitudes of his displacement and average velocity during
that time interval are:
A) 97 m and 2.67 m/s
B) 517 m and 1.0 m/s
C) 707 m and 1.18 m/s
D) 1000 m and 1.67 m/s

13. The figure shows a top view of a person holding a ball. Vector A (magnitude = 34.8 cm)
represents the position of the elbow joint relative to the shoulder joint, and vector B
(magnitude = 30.6 cm) represents the position of the ball relative to the elbow joint. The
x and y components of vector C, which represents the position of the ball relative to the
shoulder joint, are:

A) Cx = 30.2 cm, Cy = 56.3 cm

B) Cx = 54.7 cm, Cy = 19.3 cm
C) Cx = 19.3 cm, Cy = 54.7 cm
D) Cx = 56.3 cm, Cy = 30.2 cm

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14. A patient with a dislocated shoulder is put into a traction device as shown in the figure.
Two pulling forces of equal magnitudes F must combine to produce a resultant traction
force R on the patient's arm. If F = 3.4 N, what is the magnitude of the resultant force
R?

A) 7.2 N
B) 0
C) 2.8 N
D) 5.8 N

15. The figure shows the position (km) versus time (h) graph of a car moving along a
straight line. What is the velocity of the car at t = 1.0 h?

A) -20 km/h
B) -30 km/h
C) 10 km/h
D) 5 km/h

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 Formula sheet

ho ha ho
sin   cos  tan  
h h ha

 ho 
  tan 1  
 ha 

C AB C x  Ax  Bx C y  Ay  By

x  x0 x Distance v  v0 v
v   Avg. speed  a 
t  t0 t t t  t0 t
Kinematics Equations: (x is the displacement)

v  v0  at
x 1
2  v0  v  t
v 2  v02  2ax
x  v0t  12 at 2
For free fall: (upward direction is taken as positive) x = y a  g g  9.8 m / s 2

2r v2
Uniform Circular Motion: v  ac 
T r
Forces:
 
 F  ma
m1m2 G  6.67  10-11 N.m 2 /kg 2
Fgravity  G
r2

Weight (W) = mg

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Answer Key
1. D
2. A
3. B
4. B
5. A
6. C
7. A
8. B
9. B
10. D
11. B
12. C
13. C
14. D
15. A

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