Question 1: A 8.0 kg metallic bar of 8.

0 m long on a floor is placed against a frictionless wall of 5 m in

height. The minimum angle for equilibrium between the floor and the bar is 70°. Find the coefficient of
friction between the metallic bar and the floor.

A) 0.17 B) 0.27 C) 0.37 D) 0.47

Correct Answer: B

Question 2: A vertical mass-spring system has mass 4.0 kg, spring with constant 6.0 N/m, and amplitude
0.2m. What is the frequency of the system?

A) 0.05 Hz B) 0.11Hz C) 0.19Hz D) 0.26Hz

Correct Answer: C

Question 3: Calculate the speed at which water flows out a small hole of 1cm diameter in the bottom of
large cylindrical tank of diameter 20 m containing 1.0m water in height.

A) 1.4 m/s B) 2.4 m/s C) 3.4 m/s D) 4.4 m/s

Correct Answer: D

Question 4: An air bubble in the bottom of deep sea offshore well filled by water has a volume of 20
cm3 , pressure 4.9 Pa and temperature 4°C. The bubble rises to the surface where the temperature is 20
°C and the pressure is 1.0 Pa. What is the volume as the bubble reaches the surface?

A) 44 cm3 B) 64 cm3 C) 84 cm3 D) 104 cm3

Correct Answer: D

Question 5: An electron (mass=9.1 10−31 kg , charge=1.6 10−19 C ) placed between two charged
parallel plates separated by 2.0 10−2 m is observed to accelerate at 5.0 1014 m. s−2 . What is the voltage
on the plates?

A) 45V B) 57V C) 82V D) 92V

Correct Answer: B
Question 6: An R-L-C circuit with R=200 Ω, L=0.40 H , and C=3.0 μ F is driven by an AC source of
20V maximum and frequency 100 Hz. What is the maximum voltage across the resistance R?

A) 11.6 V B) 14.7 V C) 30.7V D) 50.1V

Correct Answer: A

Question 7: A “strange particle” is observed to move at 96% of the speed of light and have a lifetime of
−8
2.0 ×10 s . What is the lifetime of the particle in its own reference frame?
A) 0.56 ×10−8 s B) 1.16 ×10−8 s C) 1.96 ×10−8 s D) 2.16 ×10−8 s

Correct Answer: A

Question 8: A car travelling at 30 m/s emits a sound at 400 Hz. What frequency does a driver on
another car approaching at 35 m/s hear? (Speed of sound in the air being 340m/s)

A) 484 Hz B) 524 Hz C) 564 Hz D) 584 Hz

Correct Answer: A

Question 9: Calculate the intensity of the current across the 10 Ω resistor in the circuit below.
 A) 0.05 A B) 0.28 A C) 0.51 A D) 0.67 A

Correct Answer: B

Question 10:

A monochromatic light ray of 40GHz in water is incident on the water-air interface (the water index
being n=1.33). What is the critical angle for total reflection?

A) 44.35° B) 46.25° C) 48.75° D) 56.65°

Correct answer C