The 2kg ball with speed of 10m/s collides with

another 2kg ball that is initially at rest. If the

collision is elastic, what then is the total momentum
after collision?
A. 0
B. 20kgm/s
C. 40kgm/s
D. can’t be determined
The 2kg ball with speed of 10m/s collides with
another 2kg ball that is initially at rest. If the two
balls stick together after collision, what then is the
total momentum after collision?
A. 0
B. 20kgm/s
C. 40kgm/s
D. can’t be determined
A 1000kg truck moves at 10m/s due East. It
collides head-on with a 500kg car moving 20 m/s
due west. What is the total momentum of the
system?
A. 0
B. 10000kgm/s, East
C. 20000kgm/s, West
D. can’t be determined
The energy of an object due to its position
relative to the earth’s surface is
a. Kinetic Energy
c. Elastic Potential Energy
b. Gravitational Potential Energy
d. Mechanical Energy
The mass-weighted average of the position of
each particle making the body is
a. Center of mass
b. Geometric center
c. Center of gravity
d. origin
If you double the mass of a system but retain
its velocity, what happens to its momentum?
a. decreases to one-fourth
b. decreases to one-half
c. increases to twice
d. increases to four times
If the velocity of a system increases to twice its
original value while its mass remains constant,
what happens to the momentum of the system?
a. decreases to one-fourth
b. decreases to one-half
c. increases to twice
d. increases to four times
What quantity describes the ability of a
force to rotate an object?
a. mass
b. moment of inertia
c. torque
d. velocity
A 4.0 kg block travels around a 0.50 m radius
circle with an angular velocity of 12 rad/s. What
is its angular momentum at the center of the
circle?
a. 12 kgm2/s
b. 24 kgm2/s
c. 6 kgm2/s
d. 3 kgm2/s
Which of the following tells if an
object is in equilibrium?
a. the object is in motion
b. the forces acting are not equal
c. the object moving at a constant speed
d. the net force is equal to zero
How long will the helicopter blade turn
through 200 radians if its angular velocity is
60rad/s?
a. 2 seconds
b. 3.3 seconds
c. 4 seconds
d. 6 seconds
A child spins a top with a radius of 2 cm
with a force of 0.5 N. How much torque if
generated at the edge of the top?
a. 0.05 N.m
b. 0.01 N.m
c. 0.75 N.m
d. 0.25 N.m
What is the angular velocity of a ball that
starts at rest and rolls for 5 seconds with a
constant angular acceleration of 20 rd/s2?
a. 4 rad/s
b. 10 rad/s
c. 100 rad/s
d. 7 rad/s
A rusty bolt is hard to get turned. What
could be done to help get the bolt turned?
a. use a long-arm lever
b. Decrease the force
c. Apply force at 30 degree angle
d. Use short-arm lever
What is the gravitational force between two
objects of masses with 40 kg and 50
kg if they are 2 meters apart?
A. 3.3x10-8 N
B. 3.3x108 N
C. 3.3x10-9 N
D. 3.3x109 N
What relationship exist between the
gravitational force and masses of the two
objects?
a. inversely proportional
b. directly proportional
c. equal
d. none of the above
If all of the objects have around the same mass,
which of the following objects has the most
gravitational potential energy?
a. A chair set on the ground
b. A book on a high shelf on the first floor of a
house
c. A ball stuck on the roof of a two-story house
d. A cat investigating a basement
Which of the following terms describe the
path that a planet travels around the
sun?
a. Orbit
b. Barycenter
c. Ellipse
d. Precession
What is the shape of the planets’ orbit?
a. Circle
b. Focus
c. ellipse
d. perihelion
If a satellite is in an elliptical orbit, what
happens when the satellite is at the point in its
orbit when it is closest?
a. It has its greatest speed
b. Its speed remains unchanged
c. It has its lowest speed
d. It gets too close and falls into the
Earth.
On what factors do the strength of the force of
gravitational attraction in between
two objects depend?
a. The masses of objects and gravitational pull
b. The mass of the planet and the mass of the object
c. The masses of objects and the distance between
them
d. All of the above
What is the weight of a 100 kg body on the
moon’s surface if the value of gravitation on
moon’s surface is 1.6 m/s?
a. 80 N
b. 100 N
c. 120 N
d. 160 N
According to Kepler’s first law, the planet moves
in an elliptical orbit around the sun. Which of the
following best describes the location of the sun
when a planet is orbiting around it?
a. At a geometrical center
c. At both foci
b. At one focus
d. On the opposite side of the same ellipse
Which of the following is a mass on a spring
undergoes Simple Harmonic Motion and the
maximum displacement from the equilibrium?
a. period
b. frequency
c. amplitude
d. wavelength
Which of the following in a periodic
process, the number of cycles per unit of
time?
a. period
b. frequency
c. amplitude
d. wavelength
The length of a simple pendulum oscillating
with a period T is quadrupled, what is the
new period of oscillations in terms of T?
a. 2T
b. 4T
c. ½ T
d. ¼ T
An object with a mass M is suspended from an
elastic spring with a spring constant k. If the mass
of oscillations is quadrupled, how it will change
the period of oscillations?
a. The period is increased by factor two
b. The period is increased by factor four
c. The period is decreased by factor two
d. The period is decreased by factor four
What is the relationship of the restoring force
of a body undergoing simple
harmonic motion to the displacement?
a. direct
b. inverse
c. Direct square
d. Inverse square
What factors affect the period of a simple pendulum?
I. Acceleration due to gravity
II. Mass of the bob
III. Length of the string
a. I and II
b. I and III
c. II and III
d. I, II, and III
This another word for the material that
waves move through?
a. crest
b. trough
c. amplitude
d. medium
This is the distance from the rest
positions to the crest?
a. amplitude
b. frequency
c. wavelength
d. period
This type of wave occurs where wave
motion moves perpendicular to the material.
a. Transverse wave
b. Longitudinal wave
c. Surface wave
d. Tidal wave
What is interference?
What is frequency?
a. The time interval between two consecutive waves.
b. The number of waves or cycles generated per
second.
c. The maximum displacement of a wave from its
equilibrium position.
d. The distance between two identical positions on
two consecutive waves.
What causes sound when you pluck
the string of a guitar?
a. metal on guitar
b. wood of guitar
c. vibrations of string
d. none of these
What does a wave carry with it as it
travels through a medium?
a. energy
b. matter
c. Water
d. wind