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C O T A B A T O C I T Y I N S T I T U T E, INC.
1st PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION
General Physics - 12

Name: ___________________________________________ Score:

Teacher: Mr. Christopher Jan S. Fajardo Date: ____________
General Direction:
Read every item carefully and follow instruction strictly. Write your answers legibly. Avoid erasures.
You may start now. Good luck!

I. MULTIPLE CHOICE (10pts)

Instruction: Select the best answer that suits to the given statement. Write the word of the correct
answer on the blank.

1. ___________ deals with the interaction of matter, force, and energy.

a. Chemistry
b. Biology
c. Physics
d. Terms

2. The discoveries, principles, and inventions prior to 1900 are considered _________.
a. Particle Physics
b. Nuclear Physics
c. Classical Physics
d. Modern Physics

3. The discoveries, principles, and inventions beyond 1900 are considered _________.
a. Particle Physics
b. Nuclear Physics
c. Classical Physics
d. Modern Physics

4. ______________ deals with motion, force, work, energy, and fluids.

a. Heat and thermodynamics
b. Mechanics
c. Electricity
d. Optics

5. ____________________ deals with properties, transmission, and perception of different types of

waves.
a. Wave motion and sound
b. Heat and thermodynamics
c. Electricity and Magnetism
d. Mechanics

6. __________ refers to the closeness of a measured value to the expected or true value of a
physical quantity.
a. Precision
b. Accuracy
c. Error
d. Uncertainty

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 7. The square root of the variance is the ____________.
a. Mean
b. Relative error
c. Standard Deviation
d. Uncertainty

8. Which statement is not true?

a. Precise measurements are accurate
b. Accurate measurements are precise
c. Precise measurement can inaccurate
d. Inaccurate measurements cannot be precise.

9. The variable that is changed by an experimenter is called ___________.

a. Dependent variable
b. Independent variable
c. Relative uncertainty
d. Absolute uncertainty

10. ___________ is the smallest value that can be read from any device.
a. Least count
b. Uncertainty
c. Error
d. Variance

II. IDENTIFICATION (20pts)

Instruction: Complete the missing table by identifying the missing SI prefix. Write your answer on the
missing cell.

SI Prefix Symbol Multiplier SI Prefix Symbol Multiplier

Yotta- Y 1024 y 10-24
10-21
Z 1021 Zepto- z

E 1018 Atto- a 10-18

Peta- P 1015 f 10-15

Tera- T 1012 p 10-12

G 109 Nano- n 10-9

Mega- M 106 µ 10-6

k 103 Milli- m 10-3

h 102 Centi- c 10-2

Deca- da 101 d 10-1

IV. PROBLEM SOLVING (50pts)

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 Solve the following problem. Use additional sheets of paper if necessary.
1. The mass of a ball is found to be (23.5 ± 0.2)g. Find the relative uncertainty of the ball.

2. The speed of a car was measured to be (120kph ± 3%). Find the absolute uncertainty of the car.

3. A group of 5 students was asked to measure the length of a basketball court using a meter stick.
The exact measurement of the length of the court is 28m, and the measurements of the students
were as follows: 27.4m, 28.8m, 29m, 27.7m, and 28.3m.
a. Compute the average measurement.
b. Solve for the variance and standard deviation.
c. Calculate the percent error of each measurement.
d. Determine the range and the absolute uncertainty of the measurements.

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