5Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematic Schools

Second Term Exam

2017 – 2018

Subject: Mechanics Grade G10

Time: 120 minutes

Instructions
 Use Blue ink, ballpoint pen or pencil.
 Answer all questions.
 Answer the questions in the spaces provided – there may be more space than
you need.

Information
 The total mark for this paper is Mechanics
 The list of data, formulae and relationships printed at the end of this booklet.
 You can use the BLANK PAGE at the end of the questions as draft papers.
 Candidates may use a scientific calculator.

Advice
 Read each question carefully before you start to answer it.
 Keep an eye on the time. Try to answer every question.
 If you do not know the answer to a question, go on to the next question. You
may come back to the skipped question later if you have time.
 Check your answers if you have time at the end.
 1 LO .1.03

If R is the horizontal rang and ℎ is the max. height then =

A- cos
B- sin
C- tan
D- 2 cot

2 LO .1.04

The horizontal distance s is maximum when =

A- 45°
B- 30°
C- 60°
D- 90°

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 3 LO .1.05

A stone is thrown with a velocity at angle θ with horizontal. Find its

speed when it makes an angle β with the horizontal.

A-
B- cos
cos
C-
cos
D- sin + sin

4 LO .1.05
If the initial speed of a projectile is doubled.

A- Its range will double.

B- Its range will be decreased by a factor of two.
C- Its range will quadruple.
D- Its range will decrease by a factor of four.

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 5 LO. 1.05
Two shots are fired simultaneously from the top and bottom of a
vertical cliff with the elevation α = 30°, β = 60°, respectively as in Fig.
The shots strike an object simultaneously at the same point.
If = 30√3 m is the horizontal distance of the object from the cliff,
then the height ℎ of the cliff is

A- 30 m
B- 45 m
C- 60 m
D- 90 m

6 LO .1.06
A body moves with a uniform velocity under the action of three forces
⃑ , ⃑ , ⃑ where ⃑ = 5 ̂ + 7 ̂ + 35 , ⃑ = 5 ̂ + 49 , then the
magnitude of ⃑ is:

A- 49 force unit
B- 54 force unit
C- 85 force unit
D- 103 force unit

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 7 LO.1.06
Given that ⃑ + ⃑ + ⃑ = 0⃑. Out of three vectors two are equal in
magnitude and the magnitude of the third vector is √2 times that of
either of the two having equal magnitude. Find the angle between the
two equal vectors?

A- 30°
B- 45°
C- 60°
D- 90°

8 LO.1.06
The sum of the magnitudes of two forces acting at a point
is 16 N, The resultant of these forces has a magnitude of 8 N and is
perpendicular to the smaller force .find the magnitude of the smaller
force

A- 4N
B- 5N
C- 6N
D- 7N

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 9 LO.1.06
A body of weight 100 kg.wt is suspended by a string at a fixed point on
vertical wall. the body is pulled by a force perpendicular to the string
till the string be in the state of equilibrium inclines to the wall by an
angle of measure 30˚ then the force =……… kg.wt

A- 50
B- 50√3
C- 100
D- 25√3

10 LO.1.06
A person sitting in an airplane moving at constant velocity throws a
ball vertically up into air. The ball falls

A- Exactly in the hand which threw it up

B- In the airplane to the side of the person
C- In the airplane ahead of the person
D- In the airplane behind the person

11 LO.1.07
A body of mass 2 kg moving on a horizontal surface with an initial
velocity of 4 m/sec comes to rest after 2 sec. If one wants to keep this
body moving on the same surface with a velocity of 4 m/sec, the force
required is
A- 8N
B- 4N
C- 2N
D- 0N

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 12 LO.1.07
A body of mass 2 kg is hung on a spring balance mounted vertically in
a lift. If the lift descends with an acceleration equal to the acceleration
due to gravity ‘g’, the reading on the spring balance will be
A- 2 kg.wt
B- 29.8 Kg.wt
C- 49.8 kg.wt
D- zero

13 LO.1.07
A coin is dropped in a lift. It takes time to reach the floor when lift is
stationary. It takes time when lift is moving up with constant
acceleration. Then

A- >
B- <
C- =
D- We can't find the relation between them

14 LO.1.07
Two bodies weighting 45 N and 60 N are huge to the ends of a rape
passing over frictionless pulley, the tension in the string equals ……
A- 42.51 N
B- 51.43 N
C- 45.36 N
D- 49 N

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 15 LO.1.08
A particle of mass m moves under the effect of the forces
F1= 3m ⃑ı + 5m ⃑ȷ, F2= m ⃑ı – 2m ⃑ȷ ,then the magnitude of the
acceleration of the particle
A- 2√2
B- 4
C- 5
D- 7

16 LO. 1.08
The forces ⃑ = ̂ + ̂ + , ⃑ = 2 ̂ − 3 ̂ + act on a body of mass
2 kg, to acquire it an acceleration ⃑ = 4 ̂ + 2 . Find + + , given
that F in Newton and is in m/sec2
A- -2
B- 0
C- 3
D- 12

17 LO. 1.08
If is the acceleration produced by acting the force on a body of
mass and is the acceleration produced by acting the force on a
body of mass then the acceleration produced by acting the force
on a body of mass ( + ) is
A- +
1 1
B- +
+
C-

D-
+

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 18 LO. 1.08
According to Newton's second law of motion, acceleration is
proportional to force. That means a larger force
A- produces a smaller acceleration.
B- doesn't affect acceleration.
C- produces a smaller mass.
D- produces a larger acceleration.

19 LO. 1.08
The upper half of an inclined plane with inclination θ is perfectly
smoot while the lower half is rough. A body starting from rest at the
top will again come to rest at the bottom, then the coefficient of
friction for the lower half is given by
A- = 2 tan
1
B- = tan
2
C- = 2 sin
1
D- = sin
2

20 LO. 1.09
Find the centripetal force acting upon a 40-kg child who makes 10
revolutions around the Cliffhanger in 29.3 second. The radius of the
barrel is 2.9m

A- 533.4N
B- 457949.6N
C- 5.33N
D- 53.3N

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 21 LO. 1.09
If an object changes it angular velocity from 10 rad/s to 25 rad/s
in 3 seconds. Calculate angular acceleration?

A- 5 rad/s2
B- rad/s2
C- 45 rad/s2
D- rad/s2

22 LO. 1.09
An object is rotating according to the function ( ) = + , find
the instantaneous acceleration when t = 2 seconds?

A- 13 rad/s2
B- 10 rad/s2
C- 12 rad/s2
D- 6 rad/s2

23 LO. 1.09
A wheel of 0.5 radius rolls without slipping on a horizontal surface.
The axle of the wheel advances at a constant velocity, moving a
distance of 20m in 5 seconds. The angular speed of the wheel about its
point of contact on the surface is

A- 2 rad/s
B- 4 rad/s
C- 8 rad/s
D- 16 rad/s

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