Doubling the mass per unit length of a guitar string will result in changing the wave speed in the

string by what factor?

If the distance between a point sound source and a dB detector is increased by a factor of 10, what will be the reduction in
intensity level?
-20 dB

On a P-V diagram, an ____ process is represented by a horizontal line.

A wave travels in a string at 52 m/s. A second string of 25% greater linear density has the same tension applied as in the
first string. What will be the resulting wave speed in the second string?
-47 m/s

The speed of sound at 0°C is 331 m/s. What is the speed of sound at 32°C? (0°C = 273 K)
-350 m/s

If the speed of a wave on a violin string is 400 m/s, what will be the speed of the wave if the tension in the string is
halved?
-280 m/s

According to the first law of thermodynamics, the sum of the heat gained by a system and the work done on that same
system is equivalent to which of the following?
-internal energy change

A quantity of monatomic ideal gas expands adiabatically from a volume of 2.2 liters to 7 liters. If the initial pressure is P0
, what is the final pressure?
-0.15 P0

A 0.22-kg object is oscillating on a spring with a spring constant of k = 18 N/m. What is the potential energy of the
system when the object displacement is 0.051 m, exactly half the maximum amplitude?
-0.023 J

The flow rate of blood through the average human aorta, of radius 1.0 cm, is about 90 cm 3/s. What is the speed of the
blood flow through the aorta?
-29 cm/s

A metal bar is used to conduct heat. When the temperature at one end is 110°C and at the other is 25°C, heat is
transferred at a rate of 17 J/s. If the temperature of the hotter end is reduced to 95°C, what will be the rate of heat
transfer?
-14 J/s

 How much air must be pushed downward at 50.0 m/s to keep an 840-kg helicopter aloft?
-165 kg/s

Three disks have the same mass and the same total kinetic energy. Disk #1 has radius R, disk #2 has radius 2R, and disk
#3 has radius 3R. Which one has the highest vtranslational?
-The all have the same vtranslational.

Perihelion, the near point to the Sun for the Earth in its orbit, occurs in January. In which of the following months is the
orbital angular momentum of the Earth the greatest?
-None of the above answers is correct.

Dams at two different locations are needed to form a lake. When the lake is filled, the water level will be at the top of
both dams. The Dam #2 is twice as high and twice as wide as Dam #1. How much greater is the force of the water on
Dam #2 than the force on Dam #1? (Ignore atmospheric pressure; it is pushing on both sides of the dams.)
-8

The condition for onset of turbulent flow is that the Reynolds Number reaches what value?
-3 000

 The SI base units for spring constant are which of the following?
-kg/s2

The wavelength of a traveling wave can be calculated if one knows the:

If a wave pulse is reflected from a free boundary, which of the following choices best describes what happens to the
reflected pulse?
-remains upright

A phase difference of 480° corresponds to what wavelength difference?

On a P-V diagram, an ____ process is represented by a horizontal line.

A C note (f = 128 Hz) is sounded on a piano. If the length of the piano wire is 1.00 m and its mass density is 5.00 g/m,
what is the tension in the wire?
-328 N

The lowest A on a piano has a frequency of 27.5 Hz. If the tension in the 2.0-m long string is 151 N and one-half
wavelength occupies the string, what is the mass of the string?
-25 g

A mass of 4.1 kg, resting on a horizontal frictionless surface, is attached on the right to a horizontal spring with spring
constant 23 N/m and on the left to a horizontal spring with spring constant 60 N/m. If this system is moved from
equilibrium, what is the effective spring constant?
-83 N/m

Which one of the following quantities is at a maximum when an object in simple harmonic motion is at its maximum
displacement?
-acceleration

The volume of an ideal gas changes from 0.35 to 0.56 m3 although its pressure remains constant at 56,000 Pa. What work
is done on the system by its environment?
-11,760 J

A heavily loaded boat is floating in a pond. The boat starts to sink because of a leak but quick action plugging the leak
stops the boat from going under although it is now deeper in the water. What happens to the surface level of the pond?
-It stays the same.

Which of the following characterizes the net force on a particle falling through a fluid at its terminal speed?
-It is zero.

A 2.0-kg mass in the xy plane is moving in the negative x direction at 3.0 m/s along the line y = 5.0 m. As the mass passes
across the y axis (i.e., passing the point (x, y = 0, 5.0 m)), what is its angular momentum with respect to the z axis?
-30 SI units

Calculate the linear speed due to the Earth's rotation for a person at a point on its surface located at 30 o N latitude. The
radius of the Earth is 6.40 × 106 m.
-403 m/s

A pipe carrying water has a radius of 1.0 cm. If the flow velocity is 9.0 cm/s, which of the following characterizes the
flow? Take the viscosity of water to be 1.0 × 10−3 N⋅s/m.
-streamlined

The surfaces of a Dewar flask are silvered for the purpose of minimizing heat transfer by what process?
-radiation

An object of mass m and moment of inertia I has rotational kinetic energy KER. Its angular momentum is:
-(2 IKER)1/2.

By what factor should the length of a simple pendulum be changed if the period of vibration were to be quadrupled?
-16

An ice skater spins at 3.5 rev/s with his arms are extended. He draws his arms in and spins at 8.3 rev/s. By what factor
does his moment of inertia change in the process?
-0.42

As ice floats in water, about 10% of the ice floats above the surface of the water. If we float some ice in a glass of water,
what will happen to the water level as the ice melts?
-The water level will remain unchanged

Iced tea is made by adding ice to 1.7 kg of hot tea, initially at 80°C. How many kg of ice, initially at 0°C, are required to
bring the mixture to 10°C? (Lf = 3.33 × 105 J/kg, cw = 4 186 J/kg⋅°C)
-1.3 kg

A baseball pitcher loosens up his pitching arm. He tosses a 0.20-kg ball using only the rotation of his forearm, 0.32 m in
length, to accelerate the ball. What is the moment of inertia of the ball alone as it moves in a circular arc with a radius of
0.32 m?
-2.0 × 10−2 kg·m2

1300 rev/min is equivalent to which of the following?

A bus is designed to draw its power from a rotating flywheel that is brought up to its maximum speed (3000 rpm) by an
electric motor. The flywheel is a solid cylinder of mass 250 kg and radius 0.500 m (Icylinder = MR2/2). If the bus requires
an average power of 10.0 kW, how long will the flywheel rotate?
-154 s

A bowling ball has a mass of 8.0 kg, a moment of inertia of 3.2 × 10−2 kg·m2, and a radius of 0.10 m. If it rolls down the
lane without slipping at a linear speed of 3 m/s, what is its angular speed?
-30 rad/s

The pressure inside a commercial airliner is maintained at 1.00 atm (10 5 Pa). What is the net outward force exerted on a
1.0 m × 2.0 m cabin door if the outside pressure is 0.30 atm?
-140 000 N

How much air must be pushed downward at 50.0 m/s to keep an 840-kg helicopter aloft?
-165 kg/s

By what factor is the total pressure greater at a depth of 890 m in water than at the surface where pressure is one
atmosphere? (water density = 1.0 × 103 kg/m3, 1 atmosphere pressure = 1.01 × 105 N/m2, and g = 9.8 m/s2)
-86

A tiny spring, with a spring constant of 1.20 N/m, will be stretched to what displacement by a 0.0060-N force?
-5.0 mm

Which of the following produces greenhouse gases?

A 0.20-m radius grinding wheel starts at rest and develops an angular speed of 9 rad/s in 3 s. What is the average
tangential acceleration of a point on the wheel's edge?
-0.6 m/s2

Three disks have the same mass and the same total kinetic energy. Disk #1 has radius R, disk #2 has radius 2R, and disk
#3 has radius 3R. Which one has the highest vtranslational?
-The all have the same vtranslational.

A 0.0020-kg lead bullet is traveling at a speed of 240 m/s when it embeds in a block of ice at 0°C. If all the heat
generated goes into melting ice, what quantity of ice is melted? (Lf = 80 kcal/kg, the specific heat of lead = 0.03
kcal/kg⋅°C, and 1 kcal = 4 186 J)
-1.7 × 10−4 kg

A block of wood has density 0.50 g/cm3 and mass 1 500 g. It floats in a container of oil (the oil's density is 0.75 g/cm 3).
What volume of oil does the wood displace?
-2 000 cm3

Arrange from smallest to largest: the BTU, the joule, and the calorie.
-J, cal, BTU
The Garfield Thomas water tunnel at Pennsylvania State University has a circular cross-section that constricts from a
diameter of 3.6 m to the test section, which is 1.2 m in diameter. If the speed of flow is 4.0 m/s in the large-diameter pipe,
determine the speed of flow in the test section.
-36 m/s

Water (density = 1 × 103 kg/m3) flows at 10 m/s through a pipe with radius 0.025 m. The pipe goes up to the second floor
of the building, 2.5 m higher, and the pressure remains unchanged. What is the radius of the pipe on the second floor
-0.03 m

A 3.0-kg mass is placed at (4.0, 5.0) m, and a 6.0-kg mass is placed at (4.0, −5.0) m. What is the moment of inertia of this
system of masses about the z axis?
-369 kg·m2

If a 1,000-kg car was moving at 30 m/s, what would be its kinetic energy expressed in the unusual (for kinetic energy)
units of calories? (1 cal = 4.186 J)
-1.1 × 105

A fluid has a density of 1 040 kg/m3. If it rises to a height of 1.8 cm in a 2.0-mm diameter capillary tube, what is the
surface tension of the liquid? Assume a contact angle of zero.\
-0.092 N/m

The Earth's gravity exerts no torque on a satellite orbiting the Earth in an elliptical orbit. Compare the motion of the
satellite at the point nearest the Earth (perigee) to the motion at the point farthest from the Earth (apogee). At these two
points:
-the angular momenta are the same

The standard kilogram is a platinum-iridium cylinder 22.0 mm in height and 30.0 mm in diameter. What is the density of
the material?
-64.3 g/cm3

The surface of the Sun has a temperature of about 5,780 K. If the radius of the Sun is 7 × 108 m, determine the power
output of the sun. (Take e = 1, and σ = 5.67 × 10−8 W/m2⋅K4).
-3.9 × 1026 W

Which of the following best describes a substance in which the temperature remains constant while at the same time it is
experiencing an inward heat flow?
-substance undergoing a change of state

The Earth's gravity exerts no torque on a satellite orbiting the Earth in an elliptical orbit. Compare the motion at the point
nearest the Earth (perigee) to the motion at the point farthest from the Earth (apogee). At the point closest to the Earth:
-None of the above.

Water pressurized to 3 × 105 Pa is flowing at 6.0 m/s in a pipe which contracts to 1/3 of its former area. What are the
pressure and speed of the water after the contraction? (Density of water = 1 × 103 kg/m3.)
-1.6 × 105 Pa, 18 m/s

A turbine takes in 2,100-K steam and exhausts the steam at a temperature of 200 K. What is
the maximum theoretical efficiency of this system?
-90%

The number of overtones, and their relative intensities, is associated with what property of the tone generated by a
musical instrument?

-quality

Two cars, one in front of the other, are traveling down the highway at 25 m/s. The car behind sounds its horn, which has a
frequency of 540 Hz. What is the frequency heard by the driver of the lead car? (vsound = 340 m/s)
-540 Hz

Material 1 has Young's modulus Y1 and density ρ1, material 2 has Young's modulus Y2 and

-material 1
A tuning fork is sounded above an adjustable length resonating tube (one end closed), which resonates at a length of
0.250 m and again at 0.750 m. What is the frequency of the fork when the speed of sound is taken to be 340 m/s?

-340 Hz

As a copper wire is heated, its length increases by 0.200%. What is the change of the temperature of the wire? (αCu =
16.6 × 10−6/C°)

-120°C

I attach a 3.7-kg block to a spring that obeys Hooke's Law and supply 16 J of energy to stretch the spring. I release the
block; it oscillates with period 0.3 s. The amplitude is:
-14 cm.

Two springs, each with spring constant k, are attached end to end in a series fashion. A second pair of identical springs
are also attached in series fashion. Then the pair of series attached springs are attached in parallel to each other. What is
the effective spring constant of the resulting combination of springs?
-k

A 0.23-kg mass is oscillating on a spring over a horizontal frictionless surface. When it is at a displacement of 2.2 cm for
equilibrium it has a kinetic energy of 1.7 J and a spring potential energy of 2.8 J. What is the maximum speed of the mass
during its oscillation?
-6.3 m/s

What phenomenon is created by two tuning forks, side by side, emitting frequencies, which differ by only a small
amount?
-beats

A tiny spring, with a spring constant of 1.2 N/m, will be stretched to what displacement by a 0.0055-N force?
-4.6 mm

When the standing wave pattern in a pipe is NANA, the pipe has which of the following set of properties? (N stands for
node, A for antinode.)
-It is open at one end and closed at the other end.

A 90-m-long high-voltage cable is suspended between two towers. The mass of the 90-m cable is 140 kg. If the tension in
the cable is 34,000 N, what is the lowest frequency at which this cable can oscillate?
-0.82 Hz

Suppose a 0.35-kg mass on a spring-loaded gun that has been compressed 0.2 m has elastic potential energy of 1.8 J. How
high above the spring's equilibrium point can the gun fire the mass if the gun is fired straight up?
-0.32 m

133°F is how many degrees Celsius?

Water is being sprayed from a nozzle at the end of a garden hose of diameter 2.5 cm. If the nozzle has an opening of
diameter 1.0 cm, and if the water leaves the nozzle at a speed of 14 m/s, what is the speed of the water inside the hose?
-2.24 m/s

A fan blade, initially at rest, rotates with a constant acceleration of 0.036 rad/s 2. What is its angular speed at the instant it
goes through an angular displacement of 10 rad?
-0.85 rad/s

If heat is flowing from a table to a block of ice moving across the table, which of the following must be true?
-The ice is cooler than the table.

A 140-g block of copper is taken from a kiln and quickly placed into a beaker of negligible heat capacity containing 450
g of water. The water temperature rises from 10°C to 35°C. Given cCu = 0.10 cal/g⋅°C, and cwater = 1.00 cal/g⋅°C, what
was the temperature of the kiln?
-839°C
The surface of the Sun has a temperature of about 5,780 K. If the radius of the Sun is 7 × 108 m, determine the power
output of the sun. (Take e = 1, and σ = 5.67 × 10−8 W/m2⋅K4).
-3.9 × 1026 W
How many nodes does a standing wave in a string have at the frequency of the sixth harmonic?
-The answer is not given

A musical tone, sounded on a piano, has a frequency of 820 Hz and a wavelength in air of 0.400 m. What is the wave
speed?
-328 m/s

If one could observe the individual atoms making up a piece of matter and note that during a process of change their
motion somehow became more orderly, then one may assume which of the following in regard to the system?
-decreases in entropy

The frequency separating audible waves and ultrasonic waves is considered to be 20 kHz. What wavelength in air at room
temperature is associated with this frequency? (Assume the speed of sound to be 340 m/s.)
-1.7 cm

A mass-spring system on a horizontal frictionless surface is set in simple harmonic motion with amplitude A. The mass is
then doubled and the system is again set into simple harmonic motion with the same amplitude. Which of the following is
true about the total mechanical energy of the system due to doubling the mass?
-It has not changed.

A tuning fork is sounded above an adjustable length resonating tube (one end closed), which resonates at a length of
0.250 m and again at 0.750 m. What is the frequency of the fork when the speed of sound is taken to be 340 m/s?
-340 Hz

I attach a 3.7-kg block to a spring that obeys Hooke's Law and supply 16 J of energy to stretch the spring. I release the
block; it oscillates with period 0.3 s. The amplitude is:
-14 cm.

The intensity level of sound 30 m from a jet airliner is 120 dB. At what distance from the airplane will the sound intensity
level be a tolerable 100 dB? (Assume spherical spreading of sound.)
-300 m

Spherical particles of density 1.6 g/cm3 are shaken in a container of water (viscosity = 1.0 × 10−3 N⋅s/m3). The water is
8.0 cm deep and is allowed to stand for 30 minutes. What is the radius of the largest particles still in suspension at that
time?
-5.8 × 10−6 m

A swimming pool heater has to be able to raise the temperature of the 50,000 gallons of water in the pool by 8.0 C°. How
many kilowatt-hours of energy are required? (One gallon of water has a mass of approximately 3.8 kg and the specific
heat of water is 4,186 J/kg⋅°C.)
-1,770 kWh

1300 rev/min is equivalent to which of the following?

What is the total mass of the Earth's atmosphere? (The radius of the Earth is 6.4 × 106 m, and atmospheric pressure at the
surface is 105 N/m2.)
-5 × 1018 kg

A uniform bridge span weighs 70.0 × 103 N and is 40.0 m long. An automobile weighing 15.0 × 103 N is parked with its
center of gravity located 12.0 m from the right pier. What upward support force does the right pier provide?
-45.5 × 103 N

If a 1,000-kg car was moving at 30 m/s, what would be its kinetic energy expressed in the unusual (for kinetic energy)
units of calories? (1 cal = 4.186 J)
-1.1 × 105