Revision Questions in Physics 101

Dr. Aladdin Abdul-Latif

Physics Department
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The length of a spring increases by 7.2 cm from its relaxed length when a mass of 1.4 kg is suspended
from the spring. (a) What is the spring constant? (b) A different mass is suspended and the spring
length increases by 12.2 cm from its relaxed length. What is the second mass?
A)
(a) 2.8 N/cm; (b) 2.0 kg
B)
C)
D)
E)

(a) 0.7 N/cm; (b) 2.0 kg

(a) 1.9 N/cm; (b) 3.0 kg
(a) 1.9 N/cm; (b) 2.4 kg
(a) 2.8 N/cm; (b) 2.4 kg

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A 4.0-kg object is lifted 1.5 m. (a) How much work is done against the Earth's gravity? (b) Repeat if the
object is lowered instead of lifted.
A)
(a) 59 J, (b) -59 J
B)
C)
D)

(a) 6 J, (b) -6 J
(a) -59 J, (b) 59 J
(a) 39 J, (b) -39 J

4
A proton (m=1.67 x 10-27 kg) that has a speed of 5.0 x 106 m/s passes through a metal film of thickness
0.010 mm and emerges with a speed of 2.0 x 106 m/s. How large an average force opposed its motion
through the film?
A)
1.8 x 10-9 N
B)
C)
D)

7.5 x 10-10 N
3.3 x 10-10 N
3.5 x 10-12 N

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A 200-kg cart is pushed slowly up an incline. How much work does the pushing force do in moving the
cart up to a platform 1.5 m above the starting point of friction is negligible?
A)
1.96 kJ
B)
C)
D)

2.94 kJ
0.30 kJ
4.41 kJ

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Just before striking the ground, a 2.0-kg mass has 400 J of KE. If friction can be ignored, from what
height was it dropped?
A)
200 m
B)
C)
D)

20 m
40.8 m
40.0 m

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At sea level a nitrogen molecule in the air has an average translational KE of 6.2 x 10 -21J. Its mass is 4.7
x 10-26 kg. (a) If the molecule could shoot straight up without striking other air molecules, how high
would it rise? (b) What is the molecule's initial speed?
A)
(a) 14 km, (b) 0.51 km/s
B)
C)
D)

(a) 1.35 x 1046, (b) 2.64 x 105

(a) 132 km, (b) 0.36 km/s
(a) 7.9 x 10-7, (b) 0.26 km/s

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A bead slides on a wire. Let A and B be two different points on the wire such that point A is a height h
higher than point B. How large must height h1 be if the bead, starting at rest at A, is to have a speed of
200 cm/s at point B? Ignore friction.
A)
10.2 cm

B)
C)
D)

20.4 cm
40.8 cm
78.4 cm

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Compute the power output of a machine that lifts a 500-kg crate through a height of 20.0 m in a time of
60.0 s.
A)
1.63 KW
B)
C)
D)

0.082 kW
98 kW
0.167 kW

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A 1000-kg auto travels up a 3.0 percent grade at 20 m/s. Find the horsepower required, neglecting
friction.
A)
5880 hp
B)
C)
D)

263 hp
7.9 hp
4.4 x 106 hp

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11
A barge of mass 5.0 104 kg is pulled along the Erie Canal by two mules, walking along towpaths
parallel to the canal on either side of it. The ropes harnessed to the mules make angles of 45 to the
canal. Each mule is pulling on its rope with a force of 1.0 kN. How much work is done on the barge by
both of these mules together as they pull the barge 150 m along the canal?
A)
350 kJ
B)
C)
D)

210 kJ
150 kJ
110 kJ

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Sam pushes a 10.0-kg sack of bread flour on a frictionless horizontal surface with a constant horizontal
force of 2.0 N starting from rest. (a) What is the kinetic energy of the sack after Sam has pushed it a
distance of 35 cm? (b) What is the speed of the sack after Sam has pushed it a distance of 35 cm?
A)
(a) 0.70 J; (b) 0.37 m/s
B)
C)
D)
E)

(a) 7.0 J; (b) 0.37 m/s

(a) 0.70 J; (b) 0.21 m/s
(a) 7.0 J; (b) 3.5 m/s
(a) 3.5 J; (b) 3.5 m/s

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Typically, a tennis ball hit during a serve travels away at about 51 m/s. If the ball is at rest mid-air when
struck, and it has a mass of 0.058 kg, what is the change in its momentum on leaving the racket?
A)
3000 kgm/s
B)
C)
D)

880 kgm/s
3.0 kgm/s
29 kgm/s

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A 40,000-kg freight car is coasting at a speed of 5.0 m/s along a straight track when it strikes a 30,000kg stationary freight car and couples to it. What will be their combined speed after impact?
A)
6.7 m/s
B)
C)
D)

2.9 m/s
2.1 m/s
5.0 m/s

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A 1200-kg gun mounted on wheels shoots an 8.00-kg projectile with a muzzle velocity of 600 m/s at an
angle of 30.0; above the horizontal. Find the horizontal recoil speed of the gun.
A)
4.00 m/s

B)
C)
D)

2.00 m/s
3.46 m/s
600 m/s

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A 2.0-kg block of wood rests on a tabletop. A 7.0-g bullet is shot straight up through a hole in the table
beneath the block. The bullet lodges in the block, and the block flies 25 cm above the tabletop. How fast
was the bullet going initially?
A)
6.3 km/s
B)
C)
D)

0.63 km/s
2.2 km/s
1.4 km/s

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During a soccer game a ball (of mass 0.425 kg), which is initially at rest, is kicked by one of the players.
The ball moves off at a speed of 26 m/s. Given that the impact lasted for 8.0 ms, what was the average
force exerted on the ball?
A)
1.4 kN
B)
C)
D)

0.088 N
13.7 kN
1.38 N

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(a) What minimum thrust must the engines of a 2.0 x 105 kg rocket have if the rocket is to be able to
rise from the Earth when aimed straight upward? (b) If the engines eject fuel at the rate of 20 kg/s, how
fast must the gaseous fuel be moving as it leaves the engines? Neglect the small change in the mass of
the rocket due to the ejected fuel.
A)
(a) 20 N (b) 10 km/s
B)
C)

(a) 20 x 105 N (b) 98 km/s

(a) 20 x 103 N (b) 4.0 x 104 km/s

D)

(a) 20 x 104 N (b) 1.0 x 10-8 km/s

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Two bodies of masses 8 kg and 4 kg move along the x-axis in opposite directions with velocities of 11
m/s in the positive x-direction and 7 m/s in the negative x-direction, respectively. They collide and stick
together. Find their velocity just after collision.
A)
5.0 m/s - POSITIVE X-DIRECTION
B)
C)
D)

9.7 m/s - POSITIVE X-DIRECTION

5.0 m/s - NEGATIVE X-DIRECTION
7.5 m/s - POSITIVE X-DIRECTION

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A 2.0-kg block of wood rests on a long tabletop. A 5.0-g bullet moving horizontally with a speed of 150
m/s is shot into the block and sticks in it. The block then slides 270 cm along the table and stops. (a)
Find the speed of the block just after impact. (b) Find the friction force between block and table.
A)
(a) 370 m/s, (b) 0.00052 N
B)
C)
D)

(a) 150 m/s, (b) 22.6 kN

(a) 0.37 m/s, (b) 0.052 N
(a) 3000 m/s, (b) 0.14 N

21
A 6000-kg truck traveling north at 5.0 m/s collides with a 4000-kg truck moving west at 15 m/s. If the
two trucks remain locked together after impact, with what speed and in what direction do they move
immediately after the collision?
A)
15.8 m/s at 18 north of west
B)
C)
D)

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6.7 m/s at 27 north of west

6.7 m/s at 63 north of west
9.0 m/s at 27 north of west

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A 90-g ball moving at 100 cm/s collides head-on with a stationary 10-g ball. Determine the speed of
each after impact if (a) they stick together, (b) the collision is perfectly elastic
A)
(a) 90 cm/s, (b) 80 cm/s; 1.8 m/s
B)
C)
D)

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(a) 100 cm/s, (b) 80 cm/s; 20 cm/s

(a) 900 cm/s, (b) 90 cm/s; 90 cm/s
(a) 50 cm/s, (b) 1110 cm/s; 180 cm/s

23
Two identical balls traveling parallel to the x-axis have speeds of 30 cm/s and are oppositely directed.
They collide perfectly elastically. After collision, one ball is moving at an angle of 30; above the +xaxis. Find its speed and the velocity of the other ball.
A)
30 cm/s, 30 cm/s at 60 below the -x-axis (opposite to the first ball)
B)
C)
D)

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15 cm/s, 15 cm/s at 30 above the -x-axis (opposite to the first ball)

30 cm/s, 30 cm/s at 30 below the -x-axis (opposite to the first ball)
30 cm/s, 30 cm/s at 30 along the -x-axis (opposite to the first ball)

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Two balls of equal mass, moving with speeds of 3 m/s, collide head-on. Find the speed of each after
impact if (a) they stick together, (b) the collision is perfectly elastic.
A)
(a) 3 m/s, (b) 0 m/s
B)
C)
D)

(a) 6 m/s, (b) 6 m/s

(a) 0 m/s, (b) each rebounds at 3 m/s
(a) 1.5 m/s, (b) 1.5 m/s

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A force of 200 N acts tangentially on the rim of a wheel 25 cm in radius. (a) Find the torque. (b) Repeat
if the force makes an angle of 40; to a spoke of the wheel.
A)
(a) 50 Nm (b) 32 Nm
B)
C)

(a) 5000 Nm (b) 38 Nm

(a) 8.0 Nm (b) 50 Nm

D)

(a) 314 Nm (b) 3200 Nm

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A neutron star is formed when an object such as our Sun collapses. Suppose a uniform spherical star of
mass M and radius R collapses to a uniform sphere of radius 10-5R. If the original star has a rotation rate
of 1 rev each 25 days (as does the Sun), what will be the rotation rate of the neutron star?
A)
4.6 x 103 rev/s
B)
C)
D)

1.7 x 107 rev/s

1.2 x 105 rev/s
5.0 x 10-2 rev/s

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A large horizontal disk is rotating on a vertical axis through its center; for the disk, I=4000 kg m2. The
disk is coasting at a rate of 0.150 rev/s when a 90.0-kg person drops onto the disk from an overhanging
tree limb. The person lands and remains at a distance of 3.00 m from the axis of rotation. What will be
the rate of rotation after the person has landed?
A)
0.125 rev/s
B)
C)
D)

0.141 rev/s
5.5 rev/s
0.137 rev/s

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A 500-g wheel that has a moment of inertia of 0.015 kg m2 is initially turning at 30 rev/s. It coasts to
rest after 163 rev. How large is the torque that slowed it?
A)
0.04 Nm
B)
C)
D)

0.26 Nm
0.09 Nm
4.50 Nm

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A 20-kg solid disk (I= 1/2Mr2) rolls on a horizontal surface at the rate of 4.0 m/s. Compute its total KE.
A)
B)
C)
D)

80 J
240 J
160 J
320 J

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A wheel and axle having a total moment of inertia of 0.0020 kg m 2 is caused to rotate about a
horizontal axis by means of an 800-g mass attached to a cord wrapped around the axle. The radius of
the axle is 2.0 cm. Starting from rest, how far must the mass fall to give the wheel a rotational rate of
3.0 rev/s?
A)
5.3 cm
B)
C)
D)

4.5 cm
52 cm
3.8 cm

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A certain coin and a wedding ring have exactly the same mass and radius. When placed at the top of an
incline, which object reaches the bottom of the incline first?
A)
the coin
B)
C)
D)

the wedding ring

the two objects reach the bottom at the same time
we cannot answer this question with the given information

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An ice skater is in a fast spin with her arms held tightly to her body. When she extends her arms, which
of the following statements is not true?
A)
She increases her moment of inertia.
B)

She decreases her angular speed.

C)
D)

Her moment of inertia remains constant.

Her total angular momentum remains constant.

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The torque exerted on the moon by the gravitational pull of the earth is
A)
B)
C)
D)

normal to the direction of the moon's path.

parallel to the direction of the moon's path.
tangent to the imaginary line connecting the earth and the moon.
zero.

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A turntable rotates through 10 radians in 4 seconds. The turntable experiences uniform acceleration. If
the turntable started from rest, what is its angular velocity at the end of the 4 seconds?
A)
2.5 rad/s
B)
C)
D)

5 rad/s
40 rad/s
we cannot calculate the answer since the angular acceleration was not given.

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The speed of glycerin flowing in a 5.0 cm i.d. pipe is 0.54 m/s. Find the fluid's speed in a 3.0 cm i.d.
pipe that connects with it, both pipes flowing full.
A)
1.5 m/s
B)
C)
D)

0.9 m/s
0.19 m/s
0.32 m/s

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A large open tank of nonviscous liquid springs a leak 4.5 m below the top of the liquid. What is the
theoretical velocity of outflow from the hole? If the area of the hole is 0.25 cm 2, how much liquid would
escape in exactly 1 minute?

A)
B)
C)
D)

(a) 9.4 m/s, (b) 0.0141 m3

(a) 88.3 m/s, (b) 0.000235 m3
(a) 3.0 m/s, (b) 2540 m3
(a) 4.7 m/s, (b) .846 m3

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A pipe of varying inner diameter carries water. At point 1 the diameter is 20 cm and the pressure is 130
kPa. At point 2, which is 4.0 m higher than point 1, the diameter is 30 cm. If the flow is 0.080 m 3/s,
what is the pressure at the second point?
A)
93 kPa
B)
C)
D)

91 kPa
133 kPa
39 kPa

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A container is filled with gas at a pressure of 4.0 x 105 Pa. The container is a cube, 0.10 m on a side,
with one side facing south. What is the magnitude and direction of the force on the south side of the
container due to the gas inside?
A)
2.0 kN southward
B)
C)
D)

4.0 kN northward
2.0 kN northward
4.0 kN southward

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A certain town receives its water directly from a water tower. If the top of the water in the tower is 26.0
m above the water faucet in a house, what should the gauge pressure of the water at the faucet be?
(Neglect the effects of other water users.)
A)
0.255 kPa
B)
C)

255 kPa
2.65 kPa

D)

127 kPa

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At a height of 10 km (33000 ft) above sea level, atmospheric pressure is about 210 mm of mercury.
What is the resultant normal force on a 600 cm2 window of an airplane flying at this height? Assume the
pressure inside the plane is 760 mm of mercury. The density of mercury is 13 600 kg/m 3.
A)
6.1 kN
B)
C)
D)

4.4 x 104 kN
1.2 x 103 kN
4.4 kN

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A glass tube is bent into the form of a U. A 50.0 cm height of olive oil in one arm is found to balance
46.0 cm of water in the other. What is the density of the olive oil?
A)
920 kg/m3
B)
C)
D)

1090 kg/m3
230 kg/m3
0.920 kg/m3

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On a day when the pressure of the atmosphere is 1.000 x 105 Pa, a chemist distills a liquid under
slightly reduced pressure. The pressure within the distillation chamber is read by an oil-filled manometer
(density of oil = 0.78 g/cm3). The difference in heights on the two sides of the manometer is 27 cm.
What is the pressure in the distillation chamber?
A)
98 kPa
B)
C)
D)

2.1 kPa
1.021 x 105 Pa
211 Pa

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A metal cube, 2.00 cm on each side, has a density of 6600 kg/m 3. Find its apparent mass when it is
totally submerged in water.
A)
0.439 g
B)
C)
D)

8.01 g
11.2 g
44.8 g

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A solid piece of aluminum (=2.70 g/cm3) has a mass of 8.35 g when measured in air. If it is hung from
a thread and submerged in a vat of oil (=0.75 g/cm3), what will be the tension in the thread?
A)
0.059 N
B)
C)
D)

0.082 N
0.023 N
0.105 N