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Sample Exam For Midterm 1: Fall 2020 Physics XL 5A Jackie Pau

1) The sample exam covers material from chapters 1-3 of the Physics XL 5A course and will consist of 5 multiple choice questions and 2 short answer questions similar to the sample. 2) Students should treat the sample exam as a real exam and complete it within 1 hour and 30 minutes, including upload time, to best prepare for the midterm. 3) The first midterm exam will take place on October 17, 2020 as a CANVAS online assignment lasting 1 hour and 15 minutes. It will be an open book, open notes exam where students work independently without internet assistance.

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Sample Exam For Midterm 1: Fall 2020 Physics XL 5A Jackie Pau

1) The sample exam covers material from chapters 1-3 of the Physics XL 5A course and will consist of 5 multiple choice questions and 2 short answer questions similar to the sample. 2) Students should treat the sample exam as a real exam and complete it within 1 hour and 30 minutes, including upload time, to best prepare for the midterm. 3) The first midterm exam will take place on October 17, 2020 as a CANVAS online assignment lasting 1 hour and 15 minutes. It will be an open book, open notes exam where students work independently without internet assistance.

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Fall 2020

Physics XL 5A

Jackie Pau

Sample Exam for Midterm 1

Important Remarks:
• The First Midterm Exam is on Saturday, October 17, 2020
CANVAS Assignment (online)
Duration: 1 hour 15 minutes
• Coverage: Chapter 1 to 3
• Honor system: Open book, open notes. No internet searching or help from
others.
• The real exam will consists of 5 MC and 2 short questions similar to this
sample.

How to prepare for exams:


• Treat this sample as real exam, finish it within 1 hr 30 min ( including
upload time)

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Part A. Multiple choice questions. Circle the best answer. No explanations are required.

1. A rock is dropped from a high bridge. At the end of 3 seconds of free fall the speed of
the rock is, in cm/s, use g = 10 m/s2
a. 30
b. 100
c. 500
d. 1000
e. 3000

2. An object that’s moving with constant speed travels once around a loop. Which of the
following is / are true concerning this motion?
I. The displacement is zero
II. The average speed is zero
III. The acceleration is zero
a. I only
b. I and II only
c. I and III only
d. III only
e. II and III only

3. A car moving at a velocity of 20 m/s is behind a truck moving at a constant velocity of 18


m/s. When the car is 50 m behind the front of the truck, the car accelerates uniformly at
1.8 m/s2. The car continues at the same acceleration until it reaches a velocity of 25 m/s,
which is the legal speed limit. The car then continues at a constant velocity of 25 m/s,
until it passes the front of the truck. The distance the car travels while accelerating, in
meters, is closest to:
a. 50
b. 54
c. 58
d. 62
e. 66

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4. The position of an object at the end of 4 successive seconds is 9, 13, 17, and 21 mi,
respectively. The velocity of this object is
a. 4 ft/h
b. 4 mi/s
c. 4 mi/h
d. 4 ft/s
e. 4 ft/min

5. Assuming that m and t have different dimensions, which of the following would be
physically meaningful?

a. mt
b. m+t
c. m-t
d. (m+t)/m
e. mt/(m-t)

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Part B. Short questions. Steps and explanations are required.
1. This question concerns the motion of a car on a straight track; the car’s velocity as a
function of time is plotted below: [Answer in 2 significant figures]
25

20

15

10
Velocity (m/s)

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Time (s)
0
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
-5

-10

-15

-20
a) Find the car’s average velocity between time i) t = 0.0 and t = 1.0 s; ii) t = 1.0 and t =
3.0; iii) t = 5.0 and t = 7.0.

b) Find the instantaneous velocity of the car at time t = 4.0 s.

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c) What is the instantaneous speed at time t = 7.0 s?

d) What is the displacement of the car from time t = 0.0 to time t = 7.0s?

e) Find the average velocity of the particle between t = 3.0 and t = 7.0 s.

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f) Plot the car’s acceleration during this interval as a function of time.

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2. A ball is thrown down vertically with an initial speed of 4.0 m/s from a height of 35 m.
(Express your answer in 3 significant figures)
a) What is the speed just before it strikes the ground?

b) How long does the ball take to reach the ground?

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If the ball were thrown upward from the same height and with the same initial speed.
c) What is the speed just before it strikes the ground?

d) How long des the ball take to reach the ground?

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e) What is the total distance the ball has traveled?

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