PART 1

1. Momentum may be expressed in:

kg/m
gram·s
N·s
kg/(m·s)

2. Two bodies, A and B, have equal kinetic energies. The mass of A is nine times that of B. The
ratio of the momentum of A to that of B is:
1:9
1:3
1:1
3:1

3. A particle moves along the x axis. Its momentum is graphed below as a function of time. Rank
the numbered regions according to the magnitude of the force acting on the particle, least to
greatest.

1, 2, 3, 4
2, 3, 4, 1
1, 4, 3, 2
1, 3, 4, 2

4. A 1.0-kg ball moving at 2.0m/s perpendicular to a wall rebounds from the wall at 1.5m/s.
The change in the momentum of the ball is:
zero
0.5N · s away from wall
0.5N · s toward wall
3.5N · s away from wall

5. If the total momentum of a system is changing:

particles of the system must be exerting forces on each other
the system must be under the influence of gravity
the center of mass must have constant velocity
a net external force must be acting on the system
6. When you step on the accelerator to increase the speed of your car, the force that accelerates the car
is:
the force of your foot on the accelerator
the force of friction of the road on the tires
the force of the engine on the drive shaft
the normal force of the road on the tires

7. A student’s life was saved in an automobile accident because an airbag expanded in front of his head.
If the car had not been equipped with an airbag, the windshield would have stopped the motion of his
head in a much shorter time. Compared to the windshield, the airbag:
causes a much smaller change in momentum
exerts a much smaller impulse
causes a much smaller change in kinetic energy
exerts a much smaller force

8. Figure below shows an elastic collision of two pucks on a frictionless air-hockey table. Puck A has mass
mA = 0.500 kg and puck B has mass mB = 0.300 kg. Puck A has an initial velocity of 4.00 m/s in the positive
x-direction and a final velocity of 2.00 m/s in an unknown direction. Puck B is initially at rest. Find the
final speed VB2 in m/s of puck B in the figure. Express your final answer in 2 decimal places.

Answer: 4.47

9. For a two-body collision involving objects with different masses, a frame of reference which has the
same velocity relative to the laboratory as does the center of mass of the two objects is:
a frame for which the momentum of the incident object is zero
a frame for which the momentum of the target object is zero
a frame for which the average momentum of the two objects is zero
a frame for which the total momentum of the two objects is zero

10. An inelastic collision is one in which:

momentum is not conserved but kinetic energy is conserved
total mass is not conserved but momentum is conserved
neither kinetic energy nor momentum is conserved
momentum is conserved but kinetic energy is not conserved

11. A 4.0-N puck is traveling at 3.0m/s. It strikes an 8.0-N puck, which is stationary. The two
pucks stick together. Their common final speed in m/s is:
Answer: 1.0
12. A 2-kg cart, traveling on a horizontal air track with a speed of 3m/s, collides with a stationary
4-kg cart. The carts stick together. The impulse, in N.s, exerted by one cart on the other has a
magnitude of:
Answer: 4

13. An elastic collision is one in which:

momentum is not conserved but kinetic energy is conserved
total mass is not conserved but momentum is conserved
kinetic energy and momentum are both conserved
momentum is conserved but kinetic energy is not conserved

14. A block moves at 5.0m/s in the positive x direction and hits an identical block, initially at rest. A small
amount of gunpowder had been placed on one of the blocks. The explosion does not harm the blocks
but it doubles their total kinetic energy. After the explosion, the blocks move along the x axis and the
incident block has a speed in of:
1.8m/s
5.0m/s
6.8m/s
7.1m/s

15. Two identical carts travel at 1m/s in opposite directions on a common horizontal surface. They
collide head-on and are reported to rebound, each with a speed of 2m/s. Then:
momentum was not conserved; therefore, the report must be false
if some other forms of energy were changed to kinetic during the collision, the report could be true
if the collision were elastic, the report could be true
if friction were present, the report could be true

16. A radian is about:

25°
37°
45°
57°

17. If a wheel turns with constant angular speed then:

each point on its rim moves with constant velocity
each point on its rim moves with constant acceleration
the wheel turns through equal angles in equal times
the angle through which the wheel turns in each second increases as time goes on

18. If a wheel is turning at 3.0 rad/s, the time it takes to complete one revolution is about:
0.33 s
0.67 s
1.0 s
2.1 s
19. A flywheel is initially rotating at 20 rad/s and has a constant angular acceleration. After 9.0 s it has
rotated through 450 rad. Its angular acceleration is:
3.3 rad/s
4.4 rad/s
5.6 rad/s
6.7 rad/s

20. The angular velocity of a rotating wheel increases by 2 rev/s every minute. The angular acceleration
in rad/s2 of this wheel is:
4π2
2π
1/30
π/15

21. A wheel initially has an angular velocity of 18 rad/s but it is slowing at a rate of 2.0 rad/s2.
By the time it stops it will have turned through (in radians):
Answer: 81

22. If the angular velocity vector of a spinning body points out of the page then, when viewed from
above the page, the body is spinning:
clockwise about an axis that is perpendicular to the page
counterclockwise about an axis that is perpendicular to the page
about an axis that is parallel to the page
about an axis that is changing orientation

23. The angular velocity vector of a spinning body points out of the page. If the angular acceleration
vector points into the page then:
the body is slowing down
the body is speeding up
the body is starting to turn in the opposite direction
the axis of rotation is changing orientation

24. A child, riding on a large merry-go-round, travels a distance of 3000 m in a circle of diameter 40 m.
The total angle through which she revolves is:
50 rad
75 rad
150 rad
314 rad

25. Two wheels are identical, but wheel B is spinning with twice the angular speed of wheel A. The
ratio of the magnitude of the radial acceleration of a point on the rim of B to the magnitude
of the radial acceleration of a point on the rim of A is:
1
2
1/2
4
26. Three identical balls are tied by light strings to the same rod and rotate around it, as shown below.
Rank the balls according to their rotational inertia, least to greatest.

1, 2, 3
3, 2, 1
3, then 1 and 2 tie
1, 3, 2

27. A flywheel of diameter 1.2m has a constant angular acceleration of 5.0 rad/s2. The tangential
acceleration (in meters per second squared) of a point on its rim is:
Answer: 3.0

28.Wrapping paper is being from a 5.0-cm radius tube, free to rotate on its axis. If it is pulled at the
constant rate of 10 cm/s and does not slip on the tube, the angular velocity of the tube is:
2.0 rad/s
5.0 rad/s
10 rad/s
25 rad/s

29. For a wheel spinning with constant angular acceleration on an axis through its center, the ratio of
the speed of a point on the rim to the speed of a point halfway between the center and the rim is:
1
2
1/2
4

30. The magnitude of the acceleration of a point on a spinning wheel is increased by a factor of 4 if:
the magnitudes of the angular velocity and the angular acceleration are each multiplied by a factor of 4
the magnitude of the angular velocity is multiplied by a factor of 4 and the angular acceleration is not
changed
the magnitudes of the angular velocity and the angular acceleration are each multiplied by a factor of 2
the magnitude of the angular velocity is multiplied by a factor of 2 and the magnitude of the angular
acceleration is multiplied by a factor of 4
PART 2
1. A wheel of radius 0.5m rolls without sliding on a horizontal surface as shown. Starting from rest, the
wheel moves with constant angular acceleration 6 rad/s2. The distance (in meters) traveled by the
center of the wheel from t = 0 to t = 3 s is:

Answer: 13.5

2. Two wheels roll side-by-side without sliding, at the same speed. The radius of wheel 2 is twice the
radius of wheel 1. The angular velocity of wheel 2 is:
twice the angular velocity of wheel 1
the same as the angular velocity of wheel 1
half the angular velocity of wheel 1
more than twice the angular velocity of wheel 1

3. A forward force on the axle accelerates a rolling wheel on a horizontal surface. If the wheel does not
slide the frictional force of the surface on the wheel is:
zero
in the forward direction
in the backward direction
in the upward direction

4. A square metal plate 0.180 m on each side is pivoted about an axis through point 0 at its center and
perpendicular to the plate. Calculate the net torque, in N.m, about this axis due to the three forces
shown in the figure if the magnitudes of the forces are F1 = l8.0N, F2 = 26.0N, and F3 = l4.0N. The plate
and all forces are in the plane of the page.
Answer: Let us consider the figure below:

5. A 5.0-kg ball rolls without sliding from rest down an inclined plane. A 4.0-kg block, mounted on roller
bearings totaling 100 g, rolls from rest down the same plane. At the bottom, the block has:
greater speed than the ball
less speed than the ball
the same speed as the ball
greater or less speed than the ball, depending on the angle of inclination

6. A machine part has the shape of a solid uniform sphere of mass 225 g and diameter 3.00 cm. It is
spinning about a frictionless axle through its center, but at one point on its equator it is scraping against
metal, resulting in a friction force of 0.0200 N at that point. Find its angular acceleration.

Moment of Inertia of a solid uniform sphere

Answer:

7. A 15.O-kg bucket of water is suspended by a very light rope wrapped around a solid uniform cylinder
0.300 m in diameter with mass 12.0 kg. The cylinder pivots on a frictionless axle through its center. The
bucket is released from rest at the top of a well and falls 10.0 m to the water. What is the tension (in
Newtons) in the rope while the bucket is falling? Note: Moment of Inertia of a solid uniform cylinder is
given below. M stands for the mass and R is for the radius. Use 9.80 meters per second squared as the
magnitude of the acceleration due to gravity.

Answer:
8. The angular momentum vector of Earth about its rotation axis, due to its daily rotation, is directed:
tangent to the equator toward the east
tangent to the equator toward the west
north
south

9. A large wooden turntable in the shape of a flat uniform disk has a radius of 2.00 m and a total mass of
120 kg. The turntable is initially rotating at 3.00 rad/s about a vertical axis through its center. Suddenly,
a 70.O-kg parachutist makes a soft landing on the turntable at a point near the outer edge. Find the
angular speed (in rad/s) of the turntable after the parachutist lands. (Assume that you can treat the
parachutist as a particle.) Moments of Intertia are given below. M is the mass of the turntable, m is the
mass of the parachutist, and R is the radius of the disk.

Moment of Inertia of the turntable:

Moment of Inertia of the parachutist:

Answer:
10. A single force acts on a particle situated on the positive x axis. The torque about the origin is in the
negative z direction. The force might be:
in the positive y direction
in the negative y direction
in the positive x direction
in the negative x direction

11. A rod rests on frictionless ice. Forces that are equal in magnitude and opposite in direction are then
simultaneously applied to its ends as shown. The quantity that vanishes is its:

angular momentum
angular acceleration
total linear momentum
kinetic energy

12. A 2.0-kg stone is tied to a 0.50-m long string and swung around a circle at a constant angular velocity
of 12 rad/s. The net torque, N.m, on the stone about the center of the circle is:

Answer: 0

13. A 2.0-kg stone is tied to a 0.50-m long string and swung around a circle at a constant angular velocity
of 12 rad/s. The circle is parallel to the xy plane and is centered on the z axis, 0.75m from the origin. The
magnitude of the torque about the origin is:
6.0N · m
14N · m
72N · m
108N · m

14. A man, with his arms at his sides, is spinning on a light frictionless turntable. When he extends his
arms:
his angular velocity remains the same
his rotational inertia decreases
his rotational kinetic energy increases
his angular momentum remains the same