FIRST EXAM a. Nothing happens to the astronaut.

He will stay where

1. What will happen to a moving object if the sum of all the
forces acting on it is zero?
a. It will accelerate uniformly
b. It will slow down and stop
c. It will change the direction of its motion.
d. It will continue moving with constant velocity
he is and the container will fly away at the speed given
to it by the astronaut
b. The astronaut will recoil slightly but quickly stop while
the container continues moving away at a constant
speed

2. The law of Inertia applies to ____. c. The astronaut moves away in an opposite direction just
a. Moving objects as fast as the container moves
b. Objects that are not moving
c. Both moving and non-moving objects d. Nothing happens to the astronaut or container. The
d. None of these astronaut cannot throw the container since he has no
firm ground to stand on
3. Which two variables define motion?
a. Speed and distance 6. An object weighs 30N on Earth. A second object weighs
b. Change of position and passage of time
30N of the moon. Which is the greater mass? (Note: due
c. Time and momentum
d. Speed and passage of time to size, the moon has less gravity than the earth.)
a. Object on moon
4. According to Newton's second law of motion, acceleration b. Object on Earth
is proportional to force. That means larger force c. Same mass
a. Produces a smaller acceleration d. Depends on air resistance
b. Doesn't affect acceleration
c. Produces a smaller mass
7. An object with a mass of 2.0 kg accelerates 2.0 m/s2 when
d. Produce a larger acceleration
an unknown force is applied to it. What is the amount of
5. If an astronaut, freely floating in space, tries to throw away the force? (no gravity, friction, etc)
a spent fuel container that has the same mass as the a. 0 N c. 4N
astronaut himself, what will happen to the astronaut? b. 1 N d. 8N
8. An object with a mass of 1500 grams accelerates 10.0m/s² 13. Two students are sitting 4 m apart. One student has a
when an unknown force is applied to it. What is the mass of 40.0 kg and the other has a mass of 350 kg. What
amount of force? (no gravity, friction, ste) is the gravitational force between them?
a. 15,000 N c. 1510 N a. 2.3345 X 10 ^-8 N c. 350 N
b. 150 N d. 15 N b. 5.8 x 10 ^-9 N d. 87.5 N

9. An object with a mass of 2300 g has a force of 6.2 N 14. Which of the following is TRUE about time dilation?
applied to it. What is the resulting acceleration of the a. The slower you move in space, the slower you move in
object? (no gravity, friction, etc) time
a. 370.97 m/s2 c. 0.37 m/s2 b. The faster you move in space, the faster you move in
b. 0.0027 m/s2 d. 2.7 m/s2 time.
c. The faster you move in space, the slower you move in
10. What is the weight of a man on Earth if he has a mass of time.
60 kg? d. Both movements in either space or time is the same.
a. 588.6 N c. 0.16 N
b. 6.11 N d. 69.81 N 15. Who is the proponent of the gravitational light deflection?
a. Isaac Newton c. James Clerk Maxwell
11. A desk has a mass of 2.5 kg. if the coefficient of static b. Albert Einstein d. Hedrick Lorentz
friction between the desk and the floor is 0.004, what is the
force used to drag the wood?
16. Who proposed the concept of general relativity?
a. 2.504 N c. 0.0098 N
a. Isaac Newton c. Robert Hooke
b. 0.01 N d. 12.13 N
b. Albert Einstein d. Marie Curie
12. Liza rolls a rubber wheel on a dry concrete. If the mass of
the rubber wheel is 2 kg and the kinetic friction between 17. What is the speed of light?
the rubber and concrete is 0.68, what is the amount of a. 3.0 x 10^8 km/s
force that Liza needed to roll the rubber wheel? b. 300,000 m/s
a.13.24 N c. 2.68 N c. 3.0 x 10^6 m/s
b.1.36 N d. 12.49 N d. 300,000,000 m/s
18. As a person walks towards the speaker, the frequency he 23. Which wavelength is bigger?
or she hears. a. Front of the ear
a. Decreases c. Remains the same b. Back of the car
b. Increases d. Cannot be determine c. Both
d. Cannot be determine
19. What sort of waves exhibit the Doppler Effect?
a. Water wave c. Sound wave
b. Light wave d. All of the choices 24. The difference in age for the twins in the Twin Paradox
occurs during which key moment in the trip?
20. Which frequency is higher? a. During the beginning of the journey traveling fast.
a. The smaller wave b. During the time returning to Earth traveling fast.
b. The bigger wave c. While approaching massive object in space
c. Both wave d. During the period of great acceleration during the
d. Cannot determine changing of directions and returns to Earth

25. Which of the following is Einstein's mass energy relation?

21. Which wave frequency is smaller? a. Ek = (m-m0)c2
a. The smaller wave b. E = mc2
b. The bigger wave c. E2-p2c2= mz2c4
c. Both wave d. Ek = mv2/c2
d. Cannot determine
26. Which of the following is the correct sequence of the
visible light spectrum arranged from longest to shortest
22. Which wavelength is smaller? wavelength?
a. Front of the ear a. Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet
b. Back of the car b. Violet, Indigo. Blue Green, Yellow, Orange, Red
c. Both c. Red, Yellow, Orange, Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet
d. Cannot be determine d. Violet, Indigo, Blue, Green, Orange, Yellow, Red
27. Which of the following is the correct sequence of the 31. Determine the force of gravitational attraction between the
visible light spectrum arranged from shortest to longest earth (m = 6.98x10 ^ 24 kg) and a 90 kg student which is in an
wavelength? airplane at 40000 ft above the earth's surface. This would
a. Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet place the student a distance of 7.39x10 ^ 6 m )
b. Violet, Indigo. Blue Green, Yellow, Orange, Red a. 767 N c. 676 N
c. Red, Yellow, Orange, Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet b. 776 N d. 667 N
d. Violet, Indigo, Blue, Green, Orange, Yellow, Red
32. What is the gravitational force between two students with
28. Find the frequency of a wave with wavelength 5.6 m and a mass of 80kg and 50kg who's sitting 2.0m apart?
speed of 30 m/s a. 0.00000008N c. 0.000008004N
a. 1.86 Hz c. 0.186 Hz b. 0.0000000804N d. 0.00000008004N
b. 18.6 Hz d. 186.00 Hz
33. If the gravitational force between objects of equal mass is
29. Find the wavelength of a wave traveling at 254 m/s at a 3.20x10 ^ -8 N when the objects are 10.0m apart, what is the
frequency of 2 Hz. mass of each object?
a. 1270 m c. 12.7 m a, 4.7976x10 -22m c. 219m
b. 127 m d. 1.27 m b. 47976m c. 219m d. 220m

30. The two forces in an action-and-reaction pair are always 34. If two objects, each with a mass of 7.0x10^2 - kg produce
of different magnitudes. a gravitational force between them of 8.7x10 ^6 N. What is the
a. True c. Maybe distance between them?
b. False d. cannot be determine a. 3.756x10^-5 c. 1.938x10^-6
b. 3.756 d. 2.66x10^1
For items, 31-35 choose the letter of your answer and show
your complete solution for each item in the space provided. If 35. Four people are playing a tug of war. Two are pulling on
the correct answer is not on the choices, write it on your the right side, while two pulling on the left side. On the right
solution. (5 points for each item). Convert your answer into side, one is pulling with a force of 40N and the other with a
exponential form force of 70N. On the left side, one is pulling with a force of
60N. How much force should the second person on the left
apply to keep the rope in equilibrium?
a. 60N b. 70 N c. 40 N d. 80N
SECOND EXAM 6. Who first proposed the nuclear atom model?
a. J.J. Thompson c. Neils Bohr
1. The process of mapping continuous infinite values to a b. Ernest Rutherford d. James Chadwick
smaller set of discrete finite values.
a. Quantization c. Radiation 7. What is the charge of the nucleus in an atom?
b. Max Planck d. Energy charge a. Positive c. negative
b. Neutral d. orbitals
2. Used the Planck's concept of the quantization of energy to
explain the photoelectric effect, the ejection of electrons 8. What particles are found in the nucleus of an atom?
from certain metals when exposed in light? a. Electrons c. protons
a. Max Planck c. Albert Einstein b. Neutrons d. protons and neutrons
b. Isaac Newton d. Galileo Galilei
9. What is the atomic number of an element?
3. Which scientist is credited with first proposing the concept a. The number of protons in the nucleus
of quantization of charge? b. The number of neutrons in the nucleus
a. Albert Einstein c. Robert Millikan c. The total number of particles in the nucleus
b. Max Planck d. James Clerk Maxwell d. The number of electrons in the nucleus.

4. Which scientist is credited with the first proposing concept 10. What is the mass number of an element?
of quantization of light? a. The number of protons in the nucleus
a. Max Planck c. Albert Einstein b. The number of neutrons in the nucleus
b. Robert Millikan d. Neils Bohr c. The total number of particles in the nucleus
d. The total number of electrons in an atom
5. What is the nuclear atom model?
a. An atomic model that places the electrons in 11. What is the charge of alpha particle?
discrete energy levels around the nucleus. a. Positive c. Negative
b. An atomic model that considers the nucleus as a b. Neutral d. None of the choices
central mass surrounded by a cloud of electrons
12. Which scientist is credited with first proposing the concept
c. An atomic model that describes the atom as a solid of quantization of energy?
sphere with no internal structure. a. Max Planck c. Albert Einstein
d. None of the choices are correct. b. Werner Heisenberg d. Isaac Newton
13. What is the minimum amount of energy required to remove 19. The Schrodinger equation can be used to describe the
an electron from an atom or energy? behavior of which of the following systems?
a. Ionization energy c. atomic energy a. Atoms c. Molecules
b. Thermal energy d. quantization energy b. Electrons d. All of the choices

14. Which property of a particle describes its ability to pass 20. Demonstrated the existence of a positively charged
through two slits and create an interference pattern? nucleus that contains nearly all the mass of an atom.
a. Wave-particle duality c. Diffraction a. Rutherford Model c. Bohr Model
b. Interference d. Refraction b. Billiard Model Model d. Electron Cloud

15. When a particle moves through a medium, it creates a 21. Which of the following best describes the quantization of
disturbance that propagates outward. This disturbance is charge?
known as a: a. The property of an object to have a positive or
a. Reflection c. Transmission negative charge
b. Absorption d. Wave b. The concept that charge is only found in discrete
packets of units
16. Which equation describes the time evolution of a quantum c. The ability of charge to move freely through a
mechanical system? material
a. Maxwell's equations c. Einstein's equations d. All of the choices are correct
b. Schrodinger equation d. Newton's second law
22. Which of the following is an example of quantization of
17. In the time-independent Schrodinger equation, the wave light?
function is assumed to be dependent on which variable? a. The ability of light to travel at a constant speed in a
a. Time c. Position vacuum.
b. Momentum d. Energy b. The fact that light is a form of electromagnetic
radiation
18. The Schrodinger equation is a cornerstone of which c. The idea that light is only found in discrete packets
branch of physics? or quanta
a. Classical mechanics c. Electromagnetism d. The ability of charge to move freely through a
b. Thermodynamics d. Quantum mechanics material
23. Which of the following is an example of quantization of 27. How does light is produced in an atom?
energy? a. When an atom absorb energy
a. The ability to be converted from one form to another. b. When an atom release energy
b. The fact that energy is conserved in any system c. When an atom both absorb and release energy
c. The concept that energy is only found in discrete d. Atom doesn't release light.
packets or quanta.
d. The ability of charge to move freely through a material 28. Which of the following statements is true about the
wavelength of a particle?
24. Which of the following best describes the photoelectric
a. It is the distance between two consecutive crests or
effect?
troughs.
a. The ability of light to be diffracted or scattered by an
b. It is the distance between two consecutive peaks or
object.
valleys.
b. The emission of electrons from a metal surface when
c. It is the distance between the source of the wave and
light of a certain frequency is shone on it.
the point where it is measured.
c. The process of producing light by exciting atoms in a
d. It is the distance traveled by the particle in one
gas.
complete cycle
d. All of the choices are correct.
29. Statement I: The size of the nucleus is very small
25. Bohr atomic model also referred to as the Planetary
compared to the size of the atom. Statement II: The
model of an atom.
electrons revolve around the nucleus in elliptical path.
a. True
a. Statement I is correct
b. False
b. Statement I and II are correct
c. Statement II is correct
26. What is the relationship between the wavelength and the
d. Statement I and II are incorrect
momentum of a particle?
a. They are directly proportional.
b. They are inversely proportional.
c. They are not related to each other.
d. The relationship depends on the mass of the particle.
30. Which statement does not belong to the group? 34. Calculate the wavelength of a 70kg ball moving with a
a. An electron in an atom revolves in certain stable orbits speed of 90m/s.
without emitting energy. a. 1.05 x 10 ^ - 37 m
b. An electron can revolve around the nucleus in an atom a. b 4.17 x 10 ^ - 30 m
only in those stable orbits b. 8.51 x 10 ^ - 34 m
c. An electron can make a transition from its stable orbit c. 6.30 x 10 ^ 2 m
to another lower stable orbit.
d. An electron can revolve around the nucleus in an atom 35. What is the momentum of an electron that has a
in unstable orbits. wavelength of 120m?
a. 5.52 x 10 ^ - 36 kg*m/s
31. Determine the wavelength of an electron with a velocity of b. 5.52 x 10 ^ - 32 kg*m/s
275m/s. (Electron mass = 9.11x10 ^ - 31) c. 1.81 x 10 ^ -33 kg*m/s
a. 2.64x10 ^ - 28 m d. 1.81 x 10 ^ - 30 kg*m/s
b. 2.64x10 ^ - 6 m
c. 2.64x10 ^ - 17 m
d. 2.64 * 10 ^ - 63 m

32. What is the wavelength of an electron moving at 5.3 x10 ^

6 m /sec ? (Electron mass = 9.11x10 ^ - 31 )
a. 1.36 x 10 ^ - 28 m
b. 1.37 x 10 ^ - 58 m
c. 1.36 x 10 ^ - 10 m
d. 3.86 x 10 ^ - 59 m

33. Find the wavelength of a proton moving with a speed of

2x106 m/s (Mass of proton=1.67x10 ^ -27 kg)
a. 1.98 x 10 ^ - 55 m
b. 2.21 x 10 ^ 13 m
c. 2.21 x 10 ^ - 54 m
d. 1.98 x 10 ^ - 13 m
1. What is the unit of weight in the metric system? 13. Find the speed of a wave if the wavelength is 65 m and
a. Kilogram per meter c. Kilogram the frequency is 7 Hz.
b. Newton d. Meter per second square a. 8 m/s c. 455 m/s
b. 9.28 m/s d. 0.012 m/s
2. Find the frequency of wave with wavelength 2.6 m and
14. Which are the two colors that are formed at the two
speed 500 m/s.
extreme ends of Prism"
a. 1.923 Hz c. 19.23 Hz
a. Yellow and Green c. Blue and Green
b. 1923 Hz d. 192.3 Hz
b. Red and Orange d. Violet and Red
4. Which of the following is the correct sequence of the visible
18. Light with longest wave length in visible spectrum is__?
light spectrum arranged from most penetrating to least
a. Red c. Green
penetrating?
b. Yellow d. Violet
a. Violet, Indigo, Blue Green, Yellow, Orange, Red
b. Red, Yellow, Orange, Green, Blue, Indigo. Violet
19. If a star being observed from Earth and its light shifted
c. Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet
towards the blue side of the electromagnetic spectrum it
d. Violet, Indigo, Blue, Green, Orange, Yellow, Red
would be:
a. Can not be determine
6. The infrared, visible, and UV are part of:
b. Moving towards the Earth
a. Wave c. Sound wave
c. Either moving towards or away
b. Light wave d. None of these
d. Moving away from the Earth
9. If a star being observed from Earth and its light shifted
26. Inside a television, electrons move at a speed of 5.0x10^7
towards the red side of the electromagnetic spectrum it would
m/s. If the mass of electron in 9.11x 10 kg. Find its
be:
momentum.
a. Moving towards the Earth
a. 482 kg. m/s c. 48.2 Kg.m/s
b. Either moving toward or away
b. 0.482 Kg. m/s d. 4.82 Kg. m/s
c. Can not be determine
d. Moving away from the Earth
27. An object that is moving VERY fast away from Earth 44. Find the speed of a wave if the wavelength is 800 cm and
would have, _____ than an object that is moving very slow the frequency is 3 Hz.
away from Earth. a. 24 m/s c. 0.24 m/s
a. Less Blueshift c. More Redshift b. 2400 m/s d. 240 m/s
b. Less Redshift d. More Blueshift
45. The principle of big bang theory indicate that the current
30. If a star radiates energy at the rate of 5 x 1020 Js-1, what other stast are:
is the rate at which its mass in decreasing? a. Moving away from each other c. Dropping
a. 4.44 x 10^9 kgs-1 c. 5.54 x 10^9 kgs-1 b. Moving towards each other d. Exploded
b. 2.44 x 10^9 kgs-1 d. 3.44 x 10^9 kgs-1
49. Which of the following ray is located to a maximum
33. An object that is moving VERY fast towards the Earth frequency?
would have ___ than an object that in moving very slow away a. Microwave c. X-rays
from Earth. b. UV Rays d. Infrared rays
a. Less Blueshift c. Less Redshift
b. More redshift d. More Blueshift 50. Which of the following is the correct sequence of the
visible light spectrum arranged from least penetrating to most
38. Clocks in a moving reference frame, compared to identical penetrating?
clocks in a stationary reference frame, appear to run a. Violet, Indigo, Blue Green, Orange, Yellow, Red
a. backward in time. c. at the same rate. b. Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet
b. faster d. Slower c. Violet, Indigo, Blue, Green, Yellow, Orange, Red
d. Red, Yellow, Orange, Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet
40. The binding energy of an electron to a proton (ie,
hydrogen atom) is 13.6 eV. The loss of mass in the formation
of one atom of hydrogen is
a. 3.34 X10 ^35 Kg c. 4.55 X 10 ^35 Kg
b. 5.19 X 10 ^35 Kg d. 2.42 X 10 ^35 Kg

42. Find the wavelength of a wave traveling at 9,800 m/s at a

frequency of 1000 Hz.
a. 9.8 m c. 98 m
b. 980 m d. 9800 m
QUIPPER QUIZ…….. 4. What does the second law of motion state?
a. The object's acceleration is inversely proportional to
1. What is another term for Newton's first law of motion? both the magnitude of the net force that produced it
a. law of momentum c. law of action and interaction and the object's mass.
b. law of inertia d. law of acceleration b. The object's acceleration is directly proportional to both
the magnitude of the net force that produced it and the
2. Which of the following conditions does not qualify as object's mass.
an inertial frame of reference?
a. It is a reference frame with constant velocity. c. The object's acceleration is directly proportional to the
b. It is at rest, or it is moving with a constant speed in a magnitude of the net force that produced it and
linear direction. inversely proportional to the object's mass.
c. It is a reference frame in which the first law is d. The object's acceleration is inversely proportional to the
applicable. magnitude of the net force that produced it and directly
d. It may be accelerating. proportional to the object's mass.

3. Which of the following statements is not supported by

the law of inertia?
a. A saucer thrown in the air will keep moving until it
bumps onto something.
b. A breadbasket will remain at rest unless it is moved by
an external force.
c. A pencil is hurled midair and is now accelerating
downward.
d. A stone will keep rolling downhill straightforwardly
without changing direction.
5. The object's acceleration is directly proportional to 7. Discussed the idea that all universe matter is
both the magnitude of the net force that produced it and composed entirely of various imperishable, indivisible
the object's mass. elements called atoms.
a. Thales c. Anaximander
a. When Object A applies a force to Object B, Object B b. Democritus d. Galileo
applies a force on Object A of similar magnitude and
similar direction. 8. The father of Optics
a. Ibn Sina c. Abu'l-Barakat
b. When Object A applies a force to Object B, Object B b. Ibn Bajjah d. Ibn al Haytham
applies a force on Object A of half the magnitude and
in an opposite direction. 9. Who proposed the heliocentric model of solar system?
a. Isaac Newton c. Claudius Ptolemy
c. When Object A applies a force to Object B, Object B b. Galileo Galilei d. Nicolaus Copernicus
applies a force on Object A of similar magnitude but in
an opposite direction. 10. The tendency of an object to remain in motion
a. Acceleration c. Inertia
d. When Object A applies a force to Object B, Object B b. Inertial frame of reference d. Acceleration
applies a force on Object A of similar magnitude and in
a perpendicular direction.

6. If a baseball hits a bat with a 50-N force, what is the

force of the bat on the baseball?
a. -50 N
b. 100 N
c. -100 N
d. 50 N
Problem Solving A race car exerts 18,544 N while the car travels at a constant
speed of 202 mph, 91.36 m/s. What is the mass of the car?
What net external force must be applied to make a vehicle
accelerate at 2.5 m/s² if it has a mass of 3,250 kg?
F = ma
= (3,250 kg) (2.5 m/s2)
= 8125N

A speed boat in the water experiences an acceleration of

What net force is required to make an 11.5-kg bowling ball to
0.524 m/s2. The boat's mass is 842 kg. What is the force that
accelerate down along an alleyway at a rate of 3.75 m/s²?
the boat's engine's are putting out?
F = ma
= (11.5 kg) (3.75 m/s2)
= 43.125N

While dragging a crate a workman exerts a force of 739 N.

Later, the mass of the crate is increased by a factor of 4.9. If
the workman exerts the same force, how does the new A stalled car is pushed with a force of 342 N from rest. How
acceleration compare to the old acceleration? far does the car travel in 12 seconds is it's mass is 989 kg?

A 1650 kg car accelerates at a rate of 4.0 m/s2. How much

force is the car's engine producing?