Halliday/Resnick/Walker

Fundamentals of Physics 8th edition

Classroom Response System Questions

Chapter 5 Force and Motion

Reading Quiz Questions

5.2.1. Which of the following phrases best describes the main subject
of this chapter?

a) the unification of the forces of nature

b) the relationship between a force and acceleration

c) the life of Isaac Newton

d) the laws of physics

e) the best method for solving physics problems

5.2.2. Which one of the following statements concerning Newtonian
mechanics is false?

a) Newtonian mechanics was developed by Isaac Newton.

b) Newtonian mechanics can be considered a special case of either Special

Relativity or Quantum Mechanics, which are more comprehensive
theories.

c) Newtonian mechanics can be used to describe the motion of galaxies.

d) Newtonian mechanics provides an understanding of the relationship

between forces and accelerations.

e) Newtonian mechanics applies to all objects, regardless of their speed or

acceleration.
5.3.1. Which of the following statements is true
according to Newton’s first law of motion?

a) A net force is required to maintain an object at

rest.

b) A net force is required to maintain an object’s

constant velocity.

c) A net force is required to change an object’s

velocity.
5.3.2. Which one of the following statements concerning
Newton’s first law of motion is false?

a) If no force acts on an object, the object's velocity cannot

change.

b) If no net force acts on an object, the object cannot

accelerate.

c) All objects in motion have forces acting on them.

d) All of the answers above are false.

5.4.1. What unit is defined by a 1-m/s2 acceleration of a 1-
kg object?

a) Lorenz

b) Newton

c) Dawson

d) Einstein

e) Nelson
5.4.2. Complete the following statement: The net force that results
when two or more forces act on an object is

a) determined by adding the magnitudes of the individual forces. The

direction of the net force is the same as the direction of motion.

b) the largest force acting on the object.

c) determined using vector addition of the individual forces acting on

the object.

d) the magnitude of the largest force acting on the object. The

direction of the net force is the same as the direction of motion.
5.4.3. Complete the following statement: The term net force
most accurately describes

a) the inertia of an object.

b) the quantity that causes displacement.

c) the quantity that keeps an object moving.

d) the mass of an object.

e) the quantity that changes the velocity of an object.

5.4.4. Complete the following statement: An inertial reference frame is
one in which

a) the frame is accelerating.

b) Newton’s laws of motion are valid.

c) the acceleration due to gravity is greater than zero m/s2.

d) Newton’s third law of motion is not valid.

e) the coordinate axes are rotating.

5.5.1. With one exception, each of the following
units can be used to express mass. What is the
exception?

a) newton

b) kilogram

c) gram

d) N•s2/m
 
 an object with mass m an
5.6.1. A net force F is required to give

acceleration a . If a net force 6 F is applied to an object with mass
2m, what is the acceleration on this object?

a) a

b) 2 a

c) 3 a

d) 4 a

e) 6 a
5.6.2. Two forces act on a hockey puck. For which orientation of the
forces will the puck acquire an acceleration with the largest
magnitude?
5.6.3. Which one of the following tools is useful in representing the
forces acting on an object and simplifies problem solving?

a) free-body diagram

b) scalar drawing

c) vector analyzer

d) Newton’s ladder

e) force monitor
5.6.4. An object moves in the eastward direction at constant speed. A net force
directed northward acts on the object for 5.0 s. At the end of the 5.0-second
period, the net force drops to zero newtons. Which one of the following
statements is necessarily true?

a) The final velocity of the object will be directed north of east.

b) The object will be moving eastward when the force drops to zero newtons.

c) The direction of the object's acceleration depends on how fast the object was
initially moving.

d) The change in the velocity of the object will be directed north of west.

e) The magnitude of the object's acceleration depends on how fast the object was
initially moving.
5.6.5. Which one of the following equations is associated with
Newton's second law?
k 2
a) a = x
m
b) p = mv

c) F = ma
m1m2
d) F = G 2
r
 
e) F1 = - F2
5.6.6. While working on a project in very-low gravity on the orbiting
space station, an engineer finds that when a force F is applied to a
2.0-kg book, it accelerates at 0.50 m/s2. If the same force is then
applied to a 6.0-kg instruction manual, what would the manual’s
acceleration be?

a) 0.17 m/s2

b) 0.25 m/s2

c) 0.33 m/s2

d) 0.50 m/s2

e) 1.50 m/s2
5.6.7. Under what condition(s) will an object be in equilibrium?

a) only if it is at rest

b) only if it is moving with constant velocity

c) only if it is moving with constant acceleration

d) if it is either at rest or moving with constant velocity

e) if it is either moving with constant velocity or with constant

acceleration
5.7.1. Complete the following statement: Near the surface of the earth,
the weight of an object

a) is the same as the mass of the object.

b) is the gravitational force of the earth on the object.

c) has the same value regardless of the altitude above the surface of
the earth.

d) has the same value regardless of the mass of the object.

5.7.2. During gym class, a boy climbs a vertical rope and temporarily
stops half way between the floor below and the ceiling above.
Consider the following forces: (1) gravity, (2) normal force, (3)
friction, and (4) tension. At that moment, ignoring any effects due
to the surrounding air, which of these forces are acting on the boy?

a) 1, 2, 3, and 4

b) 1, 2, and 3 only

c) 1 and 2 only

d) 1 and 3 only

e) 1 and 4 only
5.7.3. What is the meaning of the word “normal” in the term “normal
force?”

a) that it is in magnitude and opposite in direction to the weight of the

object

b) that it is one that is encountered in everyday life

c) that it is directed perpendicular to a surface

d) that it is measurable

e) that it has a magnitude of 1 unit

5.7.4. A brick is resting on the surface of a flat board. As one end of
the board is slowly raised, what change, if any, is there in the
normal force exerted on the brick?

a) The normal force increases.

b) The normal force decreases.

c) The normal force remains constant.

d) Only the direction of the normal force changes.

5.7.5. A smooth wooden block is sitting at rest on a
flat wood board that makes an angle  with
respect to the horizontal plane. To which of the
following parameters is the normal force on the
block proportional?

a) cos 

b) sin 

c) tan 
5.8.1. Which one of the following statements is true according to Newton’s
third law of motion?

a) The vector sum of all forces acting on an object is zero.

b) A force on an object produces an equal in magnitude, but oppositely

directed force on another object.

c) A force on an object produces another equal in magnitude, but oppositely

directed force on the object.

d) A force on an object produces another differing in magnitude, but

oppositely directed force on the object.

e) A force on an object produces another differing in magnitude, but

oppositely directed force on another object.
5.8.2. A cell phone is sitting on a desk. Which one of the following is
the reaction force to the cell phone’s weight on the desk?

a) the gravitational force on the cell phone

b) the gravitational force on the table

c) the normal force of the Earth on the table

d) the normal force of the cell phone on the table

e) the normal force of the table on the cell phone

5.8.3. Ryan walked to a cliff and dropped a stone. Neglecting any
effects due to the air as it falls vertically, which one of the
following is the reaction force to the Earth’s gravity on the stone?

a) the normal force of the ground below

b) the normal force of Ryan’s hand on the stone

c) the gravitational force of the stone on the Earth

d) No reaction force appears in this situation since the stone is not

exerting any forces on anything else.
5.9.1. Note the following situations:
In which case will the magnitude of the normal force on the block be equal to (Mg +
F sin )?

a) case 1 only

b) case 2 only

c) both cases 1 and 2

d) both cases 2 and 3

e) cases 1, 2, and 3
5.9.2. A rock is suspended from a string and moves downward at
constant speed. Which statement is true concerning the tension in
the string if air resistance is ignored?

a) The tension is less than the weight of the rock.

b) The tension is equal to the weight of the rock.

c) The tension is greater than the weight of the rock.

d) The tension points downward.

e) The tension is zero newtons.

5.9.3. A water skier is pulled by a boat traveling with a constant
velocity. Which one of the following statements is false
concerning this situation?

a) The water skier is in equilibrium.

b) The net acceleration of the skier is zero m/s2.

c) The net force on the skier is zero newtons.

d) There is a net horizontal force on the skier in the direction the

boat’s velocity.

e) The net vertical force on the skier is zero newtons.