Physics 71 1st Long Sample Exam

Instructions: Choose the BEST answer. Ignore air resistance, unless otherwise stated in a question. Acceleration due to gravity is 9.81 m/s2. For the next three questions, refer to the following gure:

7. Will runs 155 m in 12 s, then turns around and jogs 75 m back toward the starting point in 30 s. What is the total distance travelled by Will in 42 s? a. 0 m d. 230 m b. 75 m e. 300 m c. 150 m 8. A car is initially moving slowly at 3.50 m/s on a straight highway. When its front end is 2.00 m from the intersection, the driver sees the red light ash so he steps on the brakes. The brake pads can give the car uniform acceleration. What is the maximum time that the car can take to clear the 2.00 m distance? a. 0.358 s d. 4.00 s b. 0.571 s e. 6.13 s c. 1.14 s 9. An object moves along a straight path where the positive direction is set to be pointing to the right. The object moves to the left with negative acceleration. Which of the following statements best describes the motion of the object? a. It will slow down and eventually stop. b. It will slow down, momentarily stop and move to the opposite direction c. Its speed will keep on increasing. d. It will speed up, momentarily stop, and move to the opposite direction. e. Its speed will not change. 10. Which of the following plots describe a particle initially moving to the right but experiencing constant acceleration to the left? Assume the positive direction to point to the right. a. d.

1. At which points is the velocity greatest? a. A d. A and C b. B e. B and D c. D 2. At which point(s) is the speed zero? a. A d. A and C b. B e. B and D c. D 3. What is the objects average velocity from point A to point C? a. zero d. 1.6 m/s b. -1.6 m/s e. 3.2 m/s c. -3.2 m/s 4. A car travels in a straight line with an average velocity of 48 kph for 3.0 hrs. On its way back, the car turns around and then travels with an average velocity of 36 kph for 4 hrs. What is the total displacement for the 7 hrs trip? a. 0 km d. 140 km b. 6.0 km e. 250 km c. 14 km 5. In a 200 m footrace, Xavier covers the rst 100 m with an average speed of 10 m/s and the second 100 m with an average of 8 m/s. What is his average speed for the entire trip? a. 9 m/s d. 16 m/s b. 10 m/s e. 20 m/s c. 11 m/s 6. On a dark desert highway, coolwind in your hair, you see a stalled vehicle and step on the brakes of your car to stop. You are initially travelling at 30 m/s. If your stopping distance is 90 m. what is your acceleration? a. 1 m/s2, the same direction as the cars motion b. 3 m/s2, the same direction as the cars motion c. 3 m/s2, opposite direction as the cars motion d. 5 m/s2, the same direction as the cars motion e. 5 m/s2, opposite direction as the cars motion

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11. Melchor is pulling a toy wagon through the neighbourhood with a velocity of +0.75 m/s. A cute caterpillar inside the wagon crawls opposite the direction of motion of the wagon at a rate of 0.02 m/s. What is the caterpillars velocity relative to the ground? a. -0.77 m/s d. +0.73 m/s b. -0.33 m/s e. +0.77 m/s c. +0.27 m/s 12. Lunas powerboat heads due northwest at 13 m/s relative to the water across a river that ows due north at 5.0 m/s. What is the speed of the motorboat relative to the shore? a. 14 m/s d. 29 m/s b. 17 m/s e. 31 m/s

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13. Refer to the gure below: A sled travels over the crest of a snow covered hill. The sled slows down as its climbs up one side of the hill and gains speed as it descends on the other side. Which of the vectors in the gure below correctly shows the direction of the sleds acceleration at the crest? a. vector 1 2 d. vector 4 b. vector 2 e. vector 5 3 c. vector 3

20. An object is thrown at an angle 00<<900 above the horizontal with a speed v. Only the force of gravity acts on the object. Which of the following statements is/are true? I. The objects acceleration vector is constant throughout its ight. II. The projectile attains its minimum speed at the top of its trajectory. III. The velocity at the top of the trajectory is zero. a. b. c. I only I and II only I and III only d. II and III only e. I, II and III

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For the next two questions, please refer to the following: A bullet is red from the ground straight up into the air with speed of 45 m/s. 14. What is the speed of the bullet exactly 2.00 s after its release? a. 64.6 m/s d. 12.3 m/s b. 58.2 m/s e. 6.35 m/s c. 25.4 m/s 15. At what height (relative to the ground) is the speed of the bullet half its initial value? a. 155 m d. 64.4 m b. 129 m e. 32.0 m c. 77.4 16. A sprinter in a 100-m race pushes off the starting block with an initial speed of 6.0 m/s, and accelerates at a constant rate. The sprinter attains a maximum speed of 10 m/s after 40 m, and then continues at that speed for the rest of the race. What is the athletes time for the whole duration of the race? a. 5.0 s d. 11 s b. 6.0 s e. 16 s c. 10 s For the next two questions, consider the following scenario: A stuntman drives his motorcycle up a ramp inclined at an angle 600 from the horizontal with a constant speed of 15.0 m/s until it reaches the end of the ramp, which is 5.0 m above the ground. 17. What is the maximum height that can be attained by the motorcycle as measured from the ground? a. 8.60 m d. 16.5 m b. 13.0 m e. 18.0 m c. 13.6 m 18. Upon reaching the ground, how far horizontally will the motorcycle be from the end of the ramp? a. 2.56 m d. 32.7 m b. 16.4 m e. 44.8 m c. 22.4 m 19. A fugitive jumps horizontally off the roof of a building, hoping to land on the next rooftop 4.0 m below the rst one. If the horizontal gap between the two roofs is 5.0 m, with what initial speed must the fugitive leap? a. 0.80 m/s d. 5.5 m/s b. 0.90 m/s e. 6.1 m.s

21. Two identical stones are thrown from a bridge into a pond. Both stones are initially at the same height above the water. The two stones are thrown with the same speed, 0.20 m/s. However, stone A is thrown horizontally, while stone B is thrown downwards. Which of the following statements is/are true? I. The two stones have the same acceleration? II. The two stones reach the surface of the pond at the same time. III. The two stones will have the same velocity upon reaching the ground. a. I only d. II only b. I and II only e. I, II and III c. I and III only 22. While on the top of the tree, Legolas points his arrow 150 below the horizontal and then releases it with a speed of 5.0 m/s. If initially, the tip of the arrow is 15 m above the ground, how long will it take for the tip of the arrow to reach the ground? a. 1.3 s d. 2.3 s b. 1.6 s e. 3.0 s c. 1.9 s 23. A tree tied with three ropes is being pulled by three brothers (B1, B2 and B3) from different directions. B1 pulls it eastward with 80.0 N, B2 at 10.00 West of North with 70.0 N and B3 at 20.00 West of South with 50.0 N. Where is the net force on the tree directed? a. 66.60, North of East b. 46.80, North of East c. 23.40, North of East d. 23.40, South of West e. 66.60, South of West 24. If it takes 90.0 s for a car travelling at a constant speed of 15.0 m/s to traverse a rotunda, which we assume to be a perfectly circular track, what is the radius of the rotunda? a. 6.00 m d. 675 m b. 37.7 m e. 1350 m c. 215 m 25. Which of the following is not true? a. All forces occurs in pairs? b. The action and reaction forces occur simultaneously. c. The reaction force cancels the action force. d. For a ball in free fall, the reaction force to its weight is its pull on Earth with a magnitude equal to the balls weight. e. Newtons 3rd Law is valid even for accelerating objects.

26. A brick on a rough horizontal surface is given an initial velocity to the right. What is the free body diagram of the brick as it slides along the surface with decreasing F FN speed?N FN a. b. c. Ff Ff Fa Fg d. Ff FN Fa Fg Ff Fg Fg e. Fa FN Fg

b. 11.80 c. 30.00

e. 84.10

33. Justin puts the 5.00 kg block of ice on another ramp inclined at 30.00 with respect to the horizontal. What is the force exerted by the ramp on the block of ice? a. 4.91 N d. 42.5 N b. 8.50 N e. 49.0 N c. 24.5 N 34. Jessie pushes a 2 kg block of ice on a horizontal fricionless surface with a constant 13.5 N force. As the block of ice moves, it pushes in turn on another block that is 0.25 kg. What is the force exerted by the rst block on the second block? a. 1.5 N d. 13.5 N b. 1.7 N e. 110 N c. 12 N 35. A giant lantern with mass m=30.0 kg hangs from the lower end of a 10.0 kg rope. The upper end of the rope is attached to the ceiling. What is the force exerted by the ceiling to hold up both the lantern and the rope? a. 10.0 N d. 294 N b. 30.0 N e. 392 N c. 40.0 N 36. A small lantern with weight of 4.91 N is attached on a massless string. It is pulled upward and accelerated at 0.80 m/s2. What is the tension in the string? a. 3.93 N d. 5.31 N b. 4.51 N e. 48.2 N c. 4.91 N 37. A 12-kg box is released from the top of an incline that I 15.0 m long and makes an angle 40.00 with the horizontal. A 60-N friction force impedes the motion of the box. What will be the acceleration of the box? a. 1.31 m/s2 up the ramp b. 1.31 m/s2 down the ramp c. 2.51 m/s2 down the ramp d. 11.3 m/s2 down the ramp e. 11.3 m/s2 up the ramp 38. A 400 kg block originally moving at 120 cm/s coasts 70 cm along a tabletop before coming to rest. What is the coefficient of friction? a. 0.105 d. -10.5 b. -0.105 e. 0.122 c. 10.5 39. A 24 N horizontal force is applied to a 40-N block initially at rest on a rough horizontal surface. If the coefficients of friction are static=0.5 and kinetic=0.4, what is the frictional force on the box? a. 8 N d. 20 N b. 12 N e. 400 N c. 16 N 40. An automobile moves on a level horizontal road in a circle of radius 30 m. The coefficient of friction between tires and road is 0.50. What is the maximum speed with which the car can round the curve? a. 3.0 m/s d. 12 m/s b. 4.9 m/s e. 13 m/s c. 9.8 m/s 41. A block of wood with mass 3.00 kg is on a level, frictionless surface. It is connected to a rock with mass 5.00 kg by a massless string that passes over a small

27. A crane is lifting a 3.2 x 103 kg box that s initially at rest to a height of 10 m. If the force exerted by the crane is xed at 4.0 x 104 N, what is the nal velocity of the box? a. 2.7 m/s d. 16 m/s b. 5.2 m/s e. 54 m/s c. 7.3 m/s 28. If a net horizontal force of 125 N is applied to a table weighing 125 N that is initially stationary, what is the acceleration produced? a. 0 d. 9.81 m/s2 b. 3.18 m/s2 e. 25.5 m/s2 2 c. 6.35 m/s 29. The table below shows ve members of the solar system and their corresponding acceleration due to gravity. Where should one go in order to lose about 62% of his/her weight? Location A. Jupiter B. Venus C. Earth D. Mars E. Moon Acceleraion due to gravity (m/s2) 25.95 8.87 9.81 3.77 1.62

30. A cheetah can accelerate from zero to 20 m/s in two seconds, at a rate of 10 m/s2. Which of the following exerts the force on the cheetah that propels it in chase of a prey? a. the cheetahs legs b. the cheetahs weight c. the cheetahs prey d. the cheetahs push on the ground e. the ground where it is running. 31. While reviewing for the Physics 71 1st long exam, Jessie stands on a bathroom scale in an elevator. As the elevator accelerates downward at1.50 m/s2, the scale reads 474 N. What is Jessies mass? a. 32.0 kg d. 57.0 kg b. 42.0 kg e. 316 kg c. 48.0 kg 32. A 5.00 kg block of ice slides up a frictionless inclined plane. Its initial speed at the bottom is 2.00 m/s. It stopped at the top of the 2.00 m long plane. What is the angle between the inclined plane and the ground? a. 5.850 d. 60.00

frictionless pulley. What is the vertical component of the net force acting on the block of wood? a. zero d. 49.1 N b. 19.6 N e. 78.5 N c. 29.4 N 42. A bucket of water is swung in a vertical circle of radius r. If the force of the bucket on the water is F, what is the velocity of the bucket at the bottom of the circle? Choose up as the positive direction. a. b. c. d. e.