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Physics 71
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INSTRUCTIONS: Choose the best answer and shade the corresponding circle on your answer
sheet. To change your answer, cross-out and sign your original answer and then shade your
new answer. No computational devices allowed (e.g. calculators, mobile phones). Any form
of cheating in examinations or any act of dishonesty in relation to studies, such as plagiarism,
shall be subject to disciplinary action. Following instructions is part of the exam.
Useful formulas:
Radius of Earth = 6.38 106 m
Patm = 1atm = 1.013 105 Pa

g(near suface of Earth) = 9.81m/s2

G = 6.673 1011 Nm2/kg2
Mass of Earth = 5.97 1024 kg

1. Wall-E. Yoshi (mass 100. kg) and Wall-E

(mass 650. kg) are placed on both ends of a uniform beam of mass 100. kg and length 100. m.
Where should the pivot be located with respect
to the left end of the beam for the system to be
in static equilibrium? Assume that the centers
of mass of Yoshi and Wall-E exactly lie along
the respective edges of the beam.
A. 13.3 m
B. 26.6 m

C. 50.0 m
D. 73.4 m

E. 86.7 m

2. Nakakahilo. In which of the following scenarios will a homogeneous sphere be in static

equilibrium?
A. It is at rest
B. It is rolling without slipping up an incline
C. It is sliding freely on a frictionless level floor
D. It is rotating at constant angular speed about a fixed axis passing through the
center of mass
E. All of the above
3. Sisa. Crispin and Basilio are carrying a uniform wooden board that is 3.00 m long and
weighs 160. N. Crispin applies an upward force equal to 60.0 N at one end. How far from
Crispin must Basilio lift the board to attain static equilibrium?

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B. 2.30m

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D. 2.50m

E. 2.60m

4. Wheels. A car has 53.6 % of its weight on the front wheels. The front and back wheels are
separated by 2.87 m. Where is the center of gravity with respect to the back wheels?
A. 0.860 m
B. 1.33 m

C. 1.54 m
D. 2.46 m

E. 2.67 m

5. 3Spheres. Three spheres are welded to a straight massless rod as shown in the figure. The
radius of each sphere is 1.0 m. How far is the center of gravity of the assembly from the
center of sphere S1?

A. 1.5 m

B. 2.3 m

C. 3.4 m

D. 4.0 m

E. 4.5 m

6. Gitara. A 25.0-g guitar string with diameter 0.200 mm and Youngs modulus 2.00
1011 Pa is stretched with a tension of 53.0 N. The stretched length of the string is 42.0 cm.
What is the unstretched length of the string?
A. 41.6 cm
B. 41.9 cm

C. 42.0 cm
D. 42.1 cm

7. Shearing-an . An aluminum frame (S = 2.5 1010 Pa)

has dimensions 4m by 6m. What is the applied force
needed for the frame to be deformed by an amount of 0.6
m?
A. 60 1010 N
B. 9.0 1010 N
C. 12 1010 N
D. 4.5 1010 N
E. cannot be determined

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8. Going in Circles! Two hypothetical planets, A and B,

are orbiting around a sun with orbital radius R and 2R
respectively as shown in the figure. How are the magnitudes of the centripetal forces at point A and point B
related? Assume that the interaction between the two
planets are negligible.
A. FA = 41 FB

D. FA = 2FB

B. FA = 12 FB
C. FA = FB

E. FA = 4FB

9. Lunatic. Which of the following is INCORRECT regarding the Earth-Moon system?

A. The value of G at the surface of the Moon is the same as that at the surface of the
Earth.
B. The gravitational force between the Earth and the Moon is directly proportional
to the square of the separation of the Earth and the Moon.
C. The gravitational force between the Earth and the Moon is proportional to the
mass of the Moon.
D. The orbital time of the Moon about the Earth is independent of the mass of the
Moon
E. The magnitude of the gravitational pull of the Earth on the Moon is equal to the
gravitational pull of the Moon on Earth.
10. Eskapo. What is the escape speed in an asteroid that has a radius of 8.0 102 m and mass
of 4.2 1012 kg?
A. 0.36 m/s
B. 0.42 m/s

C. 0.84 m/s
D. 1.2 m/s

E. 2.0 m/s

11. Heavy. An object at the surface of the Earth has a weight W . If the object is elevated to
a height h above the surface, the weight becomes W/2. What is the objects weight at 2h
above the surface?

C. 2W
A. W/4
E. W/(1 2 2)2
B. 3W/4
D. W/9
12. Moony. Moon D is orbiting Planet Y with a period of 2 Earth days. If the center-to-center
distance between them is three times the radius of Earth, what is the mass of Planet Y?
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A. 3.79 108 kg
B. 5.15 1021 kg

C. 2.06 1022 kg
D. 1.39 1023 kg

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E. 5.56 1023 kg

13. Luna. The period of a satellite around the an Earth-like planet is approximately 2.35
106 s. What is the radius of the satellites orbit?
A. 2.88 106 m
B. 4.21 106 m

C. 3.82 108 m
D. 5.60 108 m

E. 7.47 1012 m

14. Work it. A 1500 kg satellite needs 4.75 1010 J of work for it to be launched starting
from rest at the surface into a circular orbit around the Earth. How far is the satellite from
the Earths surface?
A. 100 km
B. 95.4 km

C. 6380 km
D. 94.5 km

E. 6640 km

15. The Exceeds. Asteroid Extalia orbits around the star Edolas of mass 4.001030 kg. Extalia
has an orbital period of 3.173 yrs (1.001108 s). If the closest distance of Extalia to Edolas
is 3.071 1011 m, what is the farthest distance?
A. 4.08 1011 m
B. 5.08 1011 m
C. 7.15 1011 m

D. 8.15 1011 m
E. 24.7 1011 m

16. Scuba. A human and an alien is scuba diving in a 70m deep water in Earth and in Mars,
respectively. What is the difference in gauge pressure experienced by the human and the
alien if the acceleration due to gravity in Mars is 3.71 m/s2 ?
A. 6.10 Pa
B. 1.01 105 Pa

C. 687 Pa
D. 260 Pa

E. 427 Pa

17. Spheres. A uniform solid Lead sphere and a uniform solid Aluminum sphere have the
same mass. If their densities are Lead = 11.1 103 kg/m3 and Al = 2.70 103 kg/m3
respectively, what is the ratio of the radius of the Aluminum sphere to Lead?
A. 1.50

B. 1.33

C. 1.60

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18. Love never fails. An object is submerged and suspended in a fluid of density liq as shown. Which of the following statements is TRUE for the
density of the object, obj ?
A. obj < liq
B. obj = liq
C. obj > liq
D. A and B are possible, depending on the mass of the object.
E. B and C are possible, depending on the mass of the object.
19. Walking on water. A (1.00 1.00 0.25) m3 object of mass 3.00 kg is
floating on certain fluid as shown in the figure. What is the magnitude
of the buoyant force acting on the object?
A. zero

D. 19.6 N

B. 10.0 N
C. 14.7 N

E. 29.4 N

20. Fishy. Four fishes of different masses mi are

all submerged and at equilibrium at different
depths di as shown. Assume that all four fishes
have the same shape and differ only in size,
depth and mass. Rank the fishes according to
the buoyant force it experiences.
A. 1 > 2 > 3 > 4
B. 1 < 2 < 3 < 4
C. 1 < 3 < 4 < 2
D. 1 > 3 > 4 > 2
E. 1 = 2 = 3 = 4
21. Hot water. Water circulates throughout a house in a hot-water heating system. If water is
pumped out at a speed of 0.4 m/s through a 3.7 cm diameter pipe in the basement under a
pressure of 2.50x105 Pa, what will be the pressure in a 2.3 cm diameter pipe on the second
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floor 4.20 m above?

A. 2.01 105 Pa
B. 3.00 105 Pa

C. 1.01 105 Pa
D. 1.45 105 Pa

E. 2.23 105 Pa

22. Basilisk. Water flows into the mouth of a snake-shaped glass tube with speed of 2.00 m/s
and exits out of the tail. If the mouth and tail have perfectly circular holes with diameters
10.0 cm and 4.00 cm respectively, what is the speed of the water upon exiting the tail?

A. 0.32 m/s
B. 0.80 m/s

C. 5.00 m/s
D. 12.5 m/s

E. 50.0 m/s

23. Hydro Pump. The water cannon of a Blastoise is angled

at 45.0 with respect to the horizontal. Its water reservoir is located at the end of the 60.0 cm long barrel of
its water cannon. If this Blastoise applies a pressure of
3.45 105 Pa at its water reservoir, what is the speed of
the water that is shot from its cannon? Assume that the
speed of water at the water reservoir is zero.
A. 20.8 m/s

C. 26.1 m/s

B. 21.9 m/s

D. 698. m/s

E. 831. m/s

24. Oscillator. A harmonic oscillator has an amplitude A. Assuming the potential energy is
zero at equilibrium, at what magnitude of displacement is the elastic potential energy equal
to the kinetic energy?
A. A

B.

A
2

C.

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25. Where here. The figure shows the position versus time graph of
a spring-mass system. At which point/s will the mass have the
greatest speed?
A. I only

D. I and III only

B. II only
C. III only

E. I, II and III only

26. MGE. An object undergoes simple harmonic motion with amplitude A while attached to
the end of an ideal spring. If the amplitude is doubled, what is the new displacement of
the object after one period?
A. A

B. 2A

C. 4A

D. 8A

E. zero

27. Simple Spring. A mass is attached to an end of a spring. It oscillates with an amplitude of
10.0 cm and a period of 8.00 s. At t = 0 s, the mass is at the equilibrium position. What is
the speed of the mass at time t = 3.00 s?
A. zero
B. 0.883 cm/s

C. 1.25 cm/s
D. 5.55 cm/s

E. 7.85 cm/s

28. Bangerz. A 450 kg wrecking ball swings back and forth at small oscillations. Cyrus
(m = 50 kg), for reasons unknown, decides to ride this wrecking ball and causes the wire
hanging it to stretch by 2.01%. By how much will the period of the motion change?
A. decrease by 10%
B. decrease by 1%

C. remain the same

D. increase by 1%

E. increase by 11%

29. Max v. You pull a simple pendulum 0.50 m long to the side through a small angle and
release it from rest. How much time does it take the pendulum bob to reach its highest
speed for the first time?
A. 0.18 s

B. 0.35 s

C. 0.50 s

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30. V for Vendetta. A simple pendulum consisting of a bob with mass M and a string of lengh
L and negligible mass has a period of small oscillation Told . If you replace the string with
a uniform rod of the same length but with a (non-negligible) mass m, which statement is
correct about the period of small oscillation of the new system Tnew ?
A. Tnew = Told
B. Tnew < Told
C. Tnew > Told
D. If m > M , then Tnew > Told , otherwise Tnew < Told
E. If m > M , then Tnew < Told , otherwise Tnew > Told
31. Condensada. A mass m is attached to a spring with spring constant k and moves through a
viscous medium with a damping force that is proportional to the velocity of the oscillating
body. What value of damping coefficient will make the mass return and stop at equilibrium
as quickly as possible?

A. km
E. 2 km
C. km

D. 2km
B. 2km
32. sdfs. Consider a sound wave travelling from air to water. The initial speed of the wave is
200.0 ms with a frequency of 20.0 Hz. What is the speed of the wave in the water if the
wavelength doubled?
A. 200 m/s

B. 100 m/s

C. 400 m/s

D. 800 m/s

E. 50 m/s

33. The Clash. PJ is for some reason shouting. As a consequence, he radiates sound waves
uniformly in all directions. Marvin, who is 2.50 m away, found that the intensity of the
shout is 5.50 W/m2 . What sound intensity will Lexter measure if he is 7.25 m away from
Marvin?
A. 0.14 W/m2
B. 0.36 W/m2

C. 0.65 W/m2
D. 1.41 W/m2

E. 5.50 W/m2

34. Strue. When a standing wave is set up on a string fixed at both ends, which of the following
statements is TRUE?
A. The number of nodes is equal to the number of antinodes.
B. The wavelength is equal to the length of the string divided by an integer.
C. The frequency is equal to the number of antinodes times the fundamental frequency.
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D. The fundamental wavelength is half the length of the rope.

E. The number of nodes is equal to the harmonic number.
35. Harmony. What is the frequency of the fourth harmonic of a 1.50 m-long rope is stretched
between two supports with a tension that makes the speed of transverse waves 48.0 m/s?
A. 24.0 Hz
B. 32.0 Hz

C. 48.0 Hz
D. 54.0 Hz

E. 64.0 Hz

36. Metal Fundamental. What is the frequency of the fundamental mode of vibration of a
metal piano wire with length 0.600 m and mass 5.60 g stretched to a tension of 440. N?
A. 1.69 Hz
B. 5.72 Hz

C. 181. Hz
D. 217. Hz

E. 362. Hz

37. Stringed. What will happen to the fundamental frequency of a string that is rigidly held at
both ends when the tension is quadrupled? Assume that the string will not reach its elastic
limit.
A. It will be quartered.
B. It will be halved.
C. It will remain the same.

D. It will be doubled.
E. It will be quadrupled.

38. Piano wires. Two separate piano wires A and B (of the same mass 3.00 g and same length
0.800 m) is stretched with the same tension of 25.0 N. A wave with frequency 120.0 Hz
travels along both wires. The amplitude of the wave traveling along wire A is twice that of
B. What is the ratio Pave,B /Pave,A of average power carried by the wave in B to that in A?
A. 4
B. 1

C. 0.75
D. 0.50

E. 0.25

39. Half-wave. Let the speed of sound be v. Which of the following scenarios can cause
a listener, L, to hear sound with a frequency that is twice the frequency emitted by the
source, S? Assume speeds of L and S are zero unless otherwise specified.
A. L moves away from S at speed v2 .
B. L moves toward S at at speed v2 .
C. S moves toward L at speed v2 .

D. S moves away from L at speed v2 .

E. S and L move toward each other,
both at speed v2 .

40. Voldemort. While walking at constant velocity along NIP, you hear a hissing sound from
a stationary snake at frequency 602 Hz. Ten seconds later, you hear the frequency at 598
Hz. If the speed of sound is 340. m/s, then what is your walking speed?
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E. 342 m/s

41. Pendulumonstrosity. Consider a simple pendulum undergoing small oscillations attached

to the ceiling inside an elevator. When the elevator is at rest, the frequency of the pendulum
is 0.35 Hz. What is the frequency of the pendulum when the elevator accelerates upward at
a rate of 2.2 m/s2 ?
A. 0.31 Hz
B. 0.35 Hz

C. 0.39 Hz
D. 1.95 Hz

E. 2.45 Hz

42. Balance. A mobile hangs in equilibrium from the ceiling. It is composed of two uniform
and identical rods (length L = 1 m and mass M ), massless strings, and three boxes. The
indicated distance x, which is less than L2 , is the shorter distance between one end of the
rod to the point where the string is located. Box 1 (rightmost) has a mass of 2 kg, box 2
has mass of 1 kg, and box 3 (leftmost) has mass of 7 kg. What is the mass M of each of
the rods?

A. 0.5 kg
B. 1 kg

C. 2 kg
D. 5 kg

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E. 10 kg