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1. A student measures the length l and width w of a rectangular table top.

What is the absolute uncertainty of the perimeter of the table top?

l (10.0 0.1) cm

w (20.0 0.2) cm

A. 0.3 cm

B. 0.6 cm

C. 1.2 cm

D. 2.4 cm

2. What is the unit of power expressed in fundamental SI units?

3
A. kg m s
1
B. kg m s

C. kg m2 s 1

D. kg m2 s 3
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3. Which lists one scalar and two vector quantities?

A. Mass, momentum, potential difference

B. Mass, power, velocity

C. Power, intensity, velocity

D. Power, momentum, velocity

4. Two sets of data, shown below with circles and squares, are obtained in two experiments.
The size of the error bars is the same for all points.

10

0
0 1 2 3 4

What is correct about the absolute uncertainty and the fractional uncertainty of the y intercept

Absolute uncertainty Fractional uncertainty

A. larger for squares same

B. larger for squares larger for squares

C. same same

D. same larger for squares

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5. Which quantity has the same units as those for energy stored per unit volume?

A. Density

B. Force

C. Momentum

D. Pressure

6. A list of four physical quantities is

acceleration
energy
mass
temperature

How many scalar quantities are in this list?

A. 1

B. 2

C. 3

D. 4

7. An object of mass 2m moving at velocity 3v collides with a stationary object of mass 4m.

kinetic energy immediately after the collision?

Final speed Change in total kinetic energy

A. v mv

B. v mv

C. 2v mv

D. 2v mv
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7. A student wants to determine the angular speed of a rotating object. The period T is 0.50 s 5 %.
The angular speed is

2
T

What is the percentage uncertainty of ?

A. 0.2 %

B. 2.5 %

C. 5%

D. 10 %

8. A student models the relationship between the pressure p of a gas and its temperature T
as p x yT.

The units of p are pascal and the units of T are kelvin. What are the fundamental SI units
of x and y?

x y
A. kg m–1 s–2 kg m–1 s–2 K–1

B. kg m–1 s–2 K–1

C. K kg–1 m s–2 K–1

D. K K–1

A sky diver is falling at terminal speed when she opens her parachute. What are the direction of
her velocity vector and the direction of her acceleration vector before she reaches the new terminal
speed?

Direction of velocity vector Direction of acceleration vector

A. upwards upwards

B. upwards downwards

C. downwards upwards

D. downwards downwards
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9. A student measures the radius R of a circular plate to determine its area. The absolute uncertainty
in R is R.

What is the fractional uncertainty in the area of the plate?

2 R
A.
R
2
R
B.
R

2 R
C.
R

2
R
D.
R

10.

A. kg m s 1 C 1

B. kg m2 s 2 C 1

C. kg m2 s 3 A 1

D. kg m2 s 1 A

13. The graph shows the variation of velocity of a body with time along a straight line.

velocity P

Q
0
0 time

What is correct for this graph?

A.

B.

C.

D.
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11. Which quantity has the fundamental SI units of kg m–1 s–2?

A. Energy

B. Force

C. Momentum

D. Pressure

12. An object is held in equilibrium by three forces of magnitude F , G and H that act at a point in
the same plane.

Three equations for these forces are

I. F cos G
II. F G cos H sin
III. F G H

Which equations are correct?

A. I and II only

B. I and III only

C. II and III only

D. I, II and III
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13. What is the best estimate for the diameter of a helium nucleus?

A. 10– 21 m

B. 10–18 m

C. 10–15 m

D. 10–10 m

14. The velocities vX and vY of two boats, X and Y, are shown.

vX vY

Which arrow represents the direction of the vector vX – vY?

15. A motor of input power 160 W raises a mass of 8.0 kg vertically at a constant speed of 0.50 m s–1.
What is the efficiency of the system?

A. 0.63 %

B. 25 %

C. 50 %

D. 100 %
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16. A student measures the radius r of a sphere with an absolute uncertainty ∆r. What is the
fractional uncertainty in the volume of the sphere?

3
 ∆r 
A.  r 
 

∆r
B. 3
r

∆r
C. 4π
r
3

D.  ∆r 
4π  
 r 

17. A river flows north. A boat crosses the river so that it only moves in the direction east of its
starting point.

What is the direction in which the boat must be steered?

North

A.

D. B.

C.

21. An object is projected vertically upwards at time t = 0. Air resistance is negligible. The object
passes the same point above its starting position at times 2 s and 8 s.
If g = 10 m sè2, what is the initial speed of the object?

A. 50

B. 30

C. 25

D. 4
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18. What is the unit of power expressed in fundamental SI units?

A. kg m s–2

B. kg m2 s–2

C. kg m s–3

D. kg m2 s–3

19. The length of the side of a cube is 2.0 cm ± 4 %. The mass of the cube is 24.0 g ± 8 %. What is the
percentage uncertainty of the density of the cube?

A. ±2 %

B. ±8 %

C. ± 12 %

D. ± 20 %

24. A truck has an initial speed of 20 m s–1. It decelerates at 4.0 m s–2. What is the distance taken by
the truck to stop?

A. 2.5 m

B. 5.0 m

C. 50 m

D. 100 m
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20. What is the unit of electrical energy in fundamental SI units?

A. kg m2 C-1 s

B. kg m s-2

C. kg m2 s-2

D. kg m2 s-1 A

21. Which of the following is a scalar quantity?

A. Velocity

B. Momentum

C. Kinetic energy

D. Acceleration

27. An object is released from rest in the gravitational field of the Earth. Air resistance is negligible.
How far does the object move during the fourth second of its motion?

A. 15 m

B. 25 m

C. 35 m

D. 45 m
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22. A stone falls from rest to the bottom of a water well of depth d. The time t taken to fall is 2.0 ! 0.2  s.
1
The depth of the well is calculated to be 20  m using d  = at 2. The uncertainty in a is negligible.
2
What is the absolute uncertainty in d  ?

A. ! 0.2  m

B. ! 1  m

C. ! 2  m

D. ! 4  m

23. Which is a vector quantity?

A. Pressure

B. Electric current

C. Temperature

D. Magnetic field

30. A ball is tossed vertically upwards with a speed of 5.0  m  s–1. After how many seconds will the ball
return to its initial position?

A. 0.50  s

B. 1.0  s

C. 1.5  s

D. 2.0  s

31. A projectile is fired horizontally from the top of a cliff. The projectile hits the ground 4  s later at a
distance of 2  km from the base of the cliff. What is the height of the cliff?

A. 40  m

B. 80  m

C. 120  m

D. 160  m
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24. How many significant figures are there in the number 0.0450?

A. 2

B. 3

C. 4

D. 5

25. An object is positioned in a gravitational field. The measurement of gravitational force acting
on the object has an uncertainty of 3 % and the uncertainty in the mass of the object is 9 %.
What is the uncertainty in the gravitational field strength of the field?

A. 3%

B. 6%

C. 12 %

D. 27 %

34. The variation of the displacement of an object with time is shown on a graph. What does the
area under the graph represent?

A. No physical quantity

B. Velocity

C. Acceleration

D. Impulse
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26. diagram shows an analogue meter with a mirror behind the pointer.

4 6
2 8
mA 0 10 mA

pointer mirror

What is the main purpose of the mirror?

A. To provide extra light when reading the scale

B. To reduce the risk of parallax error when reading the scale

C. To enable the pointer to be seen from different angles

D. To magnify the image of the pointer

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27. A sphere fits inside a cube.

The length of the cube and the diameter of the sphere are 10.0 ± 0.2 cm.
percentage uncertainty of the volume of the sphere
What is the ratio ?
percentage uncertainty of the volume of the cube

3
A.
4π

B. 1

C. 2

D. 8

37. A swimming pool contains 18 × 106 kg of pure water. The molar mass of water is 18 g mol–1.
What is the correct estimate of the number of water molecules in the swimming pool?

A. 104

B. 1024

C. 1025

D. 1033