PHYS0174 Midterm Spring 2013 7 March 2013

Name: ___________________

Read the following instructions carefully before proceeding. 1) The exam time is 1 hour and 50 minutes. Starting time is 1:00 pm. 2) The exam is open material. You are allowed to use any testing aid you want except for computers and phones. You cannot use the calculator on your phone. 3) Write your full name (first, last) as it appears on you student ID card in the place indicated on every page. No additional information is required. 4) Use pens only. 5) If you have any questions, raise your hand and one of the proctors will come and answer you. 6) When you are done, hand in the exam to one of the proctors, and exit the classroom quietly in order not to disturb your classmates.

Name: ___________________ Problem 1 Two bodies are falling with negligible air resistance, side by side, above a horizontal plane. If one of the bodies is given an additional horizontal acceleration during its descent, it: A. strikes the plane at the same time as the other body B. strikes the plane earlier than the other body C. has the vertical component of its velocity altered D. has the vertical component of its acceleration altered E. follows a straight line path along the resultant acceleration vector Ans.: __A____ Problem 2 Identical guns fire identical bullets horizontally at the same speed from the same height above level planes, one on the Earth and one on the Moon. Which of the following three statements is/are true? A. The horizontal distance traveled by the bullet is greater for the Moon. B. The change in the potential energy of the bullet when it hits the ground is the same for both cases. C. The flight time is less for the bullet on the Earth. D. The velocities of the bullets at impact are the same. Ans.: _A + C___ Problem 3 A man sits in the back of a canoe in still water. He then moves to the front of the canoe and sits there. Afterwards the canoe: A. is forward of its original position and moving forward B. is forward of its original position and moving backward C. is rearward of its original position and moving forward D. is rearward of its original position and moving backward E. is rearward of its original position and not moving Ans.:___E___ Problem 4 A 640 N hunter gets a rope around a 3200 N polar bear. They are stationary, 20 m apart, on frictionless level ice. When the hunter pulls the polar bear to him, the polar bear will move: A. 1.0 m B. 3.3 m C. 10 m D. 12 m E. 17 m Ans.: ___B___

Name: ___________________ Problem 5 Which one of the following five quantities CANNOT be used as a unit of potential energy? A. wattsecond B. gramcm/s2 C. joule D. kgm2/s2 E. ftlb Ans.: __B____ Problem 6 A particle moves along the x axis under the influence of a stationary object. The net force on the particle, which is conservative, is given by F = (8 N/m3)x3. If the potential energy is taken to be zero for x = 0 then the potential energy is given by: A. (2 J/m4)x4 B. (-2 J/m4)x4 C. (24 J/m2)x2 D. (-24 J/m2)x2 E. 5 J - (2 J/m4)x4 Ans.: ___B___ Problem 7 A boy pulls a wooden box along a rough horizontal floor at constant speed by means of a force as shown. In the diagram f is the magnitude of the force of friction, N is the magnitude of the normal force, and Fg is the magnitude of the force of gravity. Which of the following must be true? A. P = f and N = Fg B. P = f and N > Fg C. P > f and N < Fg D. P > f and N = Fg E. none of these Ans.: ___A___ Problem 8 A forward horizontal force of 12 N is used to pull a 240 N crate at constant velocity across a horizontal floor. The coefficient of friction is: A. 0.5 B. 0.05 C. 2 D. 0.2 E. 20 Ans.: ___B___

Name: ___________________ Problem 9 An object placed on an equal-arm balance requires 12 kg to balance it. When placed on a spring scale, the scale reads 12 kg. Everything (balance, scale, set of weights and object) is now transported to the Moon where the free-fall acceleration is one-sixth that on Earth. The new readings of the balance and spring scale (respectively) are: A. 12 kg, 12 kg B. 2 kg, 2 kg C. 12 kg, 2 kg D. 2 kg, 12 kg E. 12 kg, 72 kg Ans.:___C___ Problem 10 A constant force of 8.0 N is exerted for 4.0 s on a 16 kg object initially at rest. The change in speed of this object will be: A. 0.5 m/s B. 2 m/s C. 4 m/s D. 8 m/s E. 32 m/s Ans.:___B___ Problem 11 At time t = 0 a 2 kg particle has a velocity of (4 m/s) - (3 m/s) . At t = 3s its velocity is (2 m/s) + (3 m/s) . During this time the work done on it was: A. 4 J B. -4 J C. -12 J D. -40 J E. (4 J) + (36 J) Ans.:___C___ Problem 12 A man is marooned at rest on level frictionless ice. In desperation, he hurls his shoe to the right at 15 m/s. If the man weighs 720 N and the shoe weighs 4.0 N, the man moves to the left with a speed of: A. 0 B. 2.1 10-2 m/s C. 8.3 10-2 m/s D. 15 m/s E. 2.7 103 m/s Ans.: ___C___

Name: ___________________ Problem 13

I) In the figure above, assuming that there is no friction between the mass m and the surface of the half-sphere, at what angle will the mass m detach from the surface if it would start sliding from rest at the top of the sphere? A. 24.1 B. 48.19 C. 30 D. 15 Ans.: ___B___ II) What will the speed of the mass be at the point of detachment? A. B. C. D. Ans.: ___D___ III) What will the velocity of the mass be at the point of detachment? A. ( B. ( C. ( D. ( ) ) ) ) ( ( ( (

) ) ) ) Ans.: ___D___

IV) What is the acceleration of the mass after it detaches from the sphere? A. ( ) ( ) B. ( C. D. ) ( )

Ans.:___C___

Name: ___________________ Problem 14 A mass m1=4kg slides on a frictionless surface with an initial speed v=10m/s and collides with another mass m2=1kg lying at rest in its path. The collision is completely inelastic and the two masses travel together as one after the collision. After 10 seconds, the masses pass over a rough surface with a kinetic friction coefficient k=0.5 for a total distance d=2m, and immediately after the masses hit a spring with a spring constant k=22200N/m (see Figure). m1 v=10m/s m2 d I) What is the speed of the two masses together right after the collision and before they reach the rough surface? A. 12m/s B. 8m/s C. 10m/s D. 6m/s Ans.: ___B___ II) What is the speed of the masses after they go over the rough surface and before they hit the spring? A. 5.712m/s B. 4.001m/s C. 8.0m/s D. 6.663m/s Ans.: ___D___ III) How much will the spring compress? A. 10cm B. 0.22m C. 0.01m D. 12cm Ans.: ___A___ IV) How much energy is lost during this process from beginning to end? A. 98J B. 60J C. 89J D. 200J Ans.: ___C___