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A bullet with mass of 0.30 kg is fired with a velocity of 500 m/s. What is its momentum?
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25 kg m/s
B.
45 kg m/s
C.
5 kg m/s
D.
150 kg

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If a car performs 36 000 J of work in 10 sec , what is the power of the car?
A.
36 000 J/s
B.
3.6 J/s
C.
360 J/s
D.
3 600 J/s
An object was dropped from the top of the mountain. What is its velocity at the end of 2 sec?
A.
19.6 m/s
B.
9.8 m/s
C.
29.4 m/s
D.
39.2 m/s
A machine puts out 100 watts for every 1000 watts put into it. What is the efficiency of the
machine?
A.
90%
B.
100%
C.
50%
C.
10%
A bag of groceries has a mass of 10 kg. What is its weight?
A.
1N
B.
100 N
C.
1 000 N
D.
10 N
A certain jack has a theoretical mechanical advantage of 500. However due to frictional force,
the actual mechanical advantage is only 100. What is the efficiency of the jack?
A.
50 000
B.
50
C.
1/5
D.
500
A pendulum bob with a mass of 2 kg is suspended by a rope. What is the tension in the rope?
A.
10 N
B.
19.6 N
C.
zero
D.
2N
How many joules of work are done on an object when a force of 10 N pushes it 5 m?
A.
5J
B.
10 J
C.
2J
D.
50 J
What is the speed of a jet plane that flies 7 200 km in 9 hours?
A.
72 km/h
B.
800 km/h
C.
200 km/h
D.
80 km/h
A 400-N woman stands on top of a very tall ladder so she is one earth radius above the earths
surface. How much does she weigh?
A.
100 N
B.
200 N
C.
400 N
D.
zero
An automobile travels at 80 km/h for 0.50 hr, then 100 km/h for 1 hr, and finally 60 km/h for 0.5 hr.
What is the average velocity for the 2 hr travel?
A.
90 km/h
B.
100 km/h
C.
85 km/h
D.
80 km/h
Car A has a mass of 1 000 kg and a speed of 60 km/h. Car B has a mass of 2 000 kg and a
speed of 30 km/h. the kinetic energy of car A is ______ that of car B.
A.
equal
B.
half
C.
four times
D.
twice
The volume of 300 g of nickel is 1.5 cc. What is its density?
A.
300 g/cc
B.
20 g/cc
C.
2 g/cc
D. 200 g/cc
Which of the following is the longest?
A.
0.0005 km
B.
0.05 m
C.
50 mm
D.
500 cm
If an 8 000 kg car is lifted from the ground to a height of 10 m, how much energy is used in
lifting it?
A.
800 J
B.
784 x 103 J
C.
80 x 103 J
D.
78.4 x 103 J
What is the magnitude and direction of the resultant of the following forces?
F1 = 3 units 0o
F2 = 4 units 90o
A.
5 units arc tan 4/3
C.
5 units arc tan 3/3
B.
1 unit arc tan
D.
7 units arc tan 4/3
A 2 kg body is released from a height of 4 m. The sum of its kinetic energy and potential energy
is equal to a constant and is equal to
A.
78.4 J
B.
88.3 J
C.
75.6 J
D.
80 J
A car starting from rest at an intersection point accelerates at the rate of 1.5 m/s 2 for 300 sec
then slows at the rate of 0.30 m/s2 until it stops at the next intersection point. How far apart were
the intersection points?
A.
2 626 km
B.
405 km
C.
2 035 km
D.
3 025 km
A body is thrown at an angle of 60 degrees with the horizontal and with a velocity of 6 m/s.
What is the velocity of the body at the highest point?
A. 5.2 m/s horizontal B. 5.2 m/s horizontal C. 5.2 m/s horizontal D.
zero
A 5 kg block is pushed along the floor by a horizontal force of 10 N. What is the acceleration of
the block if the frictional force is 5 N?
A.
3 m/s2
B.
4 m/s2
C.
2 m/s2
D.
50 m/s2
A certain calibrated flask weighs 25 g when empty, 75 g when filled with water, and 88 g when
filled with glycerin. Find the specific gravity of glycerin.
A.
1.26
B.
2.16
C.
1.62
D.
1.602
A 60 kg woman stands on a light,cubical box that is 5 cm on each edge. The box sits on the
floor. What pressure does the box exert on the floor?
A.
2.4 kPa
B.
24 kPa
C.
4.2 kPa
D.
42 kPa
A glass stopper weighs 2.5 g in air, 1.5 g in water and 0.70 g in sulfuric acid. What is the
density of the acid?
A.
1.800 kg/m3
B.
18.00 kg/m3 C.
180.0 kg/m3 D.
1800 kg/m3
What is the pressure due to the water at a depth of 50 ft in a lake?
A.
2130 lb/ft2
B.
3120 lb/ft2
C.
1230 lb/ft2
D.
2031 lb/ft2
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A solid piece of aluminum (density 2.70 g/cm ) weighs 8.35 g in air. If it is now submerged in a
vat of oil (density 0.75 g/cm3 ) by a thread, what will be the tension in the thread?
A.
0.059 N
B.
0.59 N
C.
5.9 N
D.
59 N

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You are going camping and want to run your 6 V transistor radio off your 12 V car battery. You
know the radio draws 0.50 A current. What resistor must you place in series with the radio if you
wish to use it on the 12 V supply?
A.
18
B.
5
C.
12
D.
50
A car radio operating on 12 V draws a current of 0.25 A. How much electrical energy is
consumed by the radio in 4 hr?
A.
1 kWh
B.
0.048 kWh
C.
0.012 kWh
D.
12 kWh
Two coin lie 1.5 m apart on a table. They carry identical charges. How large is the charge on
each if a coin experiences a force of 2.0 N
A.
2.2 x 10-3 C
C.
2.2 x 10-4 C
B.
2.2 x 10-5 C
D.
2.2 x 10-6 C
What is the electric field intensity in air at a distance of 30 cm from a point charge 5 x 10 -9 C?
A.
150 N/C
B.
500 N/C
C.
1.5 N/C D.
5 N/C
How much work is required to carry an electron from the positive terminal of a 12 V battery to the
negative terminal?
A.
1.92 x 10-18 J
C.
1.33 x10-20 J
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B.
7.5 x 10 J
D.
1.6 x 10-19
The electrical potential in air at a distance of 3 cm from a point charge of 5 x 10 -8 C is
A.
15 V
B.
150 V
C.15 00 V
D.
15 000 V
A capacitor with air between its plates has capacitance of 3 F. The capacitance
when wax of dielectric constant 2.8 is placed between the plates is
A.
8.4 F
B.
4.8 F
C.
80.4 F D. 40.8 F
Determine the charge on each plate of a 0.05 F capacitor when the potential difference between
the plates is 200 V .
A.
1 F
B.
10 F
C.
100 F
D. 1 000 F
A steady current of 0.5 A flows through a wire. The amount of charge that passes through the
wire in one minute is
A.
0.5 C
B.
3C
C.
30 C
D.
5C
An electric heater uses 5 A when connected across 110 V. Its resistance is
A.
22
B.
2
C.
0.22
D.
2.22
The resistivity of aluminum is 2.8 x 10 -8 m. How long a piece of aluminum wire 1 mm in
diameter is needed to give a resistance of 4 ?
A.
121 m
B.
112 m
C.
211 m
D. 221 m
A coil of wire has a resistance of 25 at 20o C and a resistance of 25.17 at 35o C. What is its
temperature coefficient of resistance?
A.
4.5 x 10-2 oC-1
C.
4.5 x 10-3 oC-1
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B.
4.5 x 10 C
D.
4.5 x 10-5 oC-1
A heater is labeled 1 600 W / 120 V. How much current does the heater draw from a 120 V
source?
A.
31.3 A
B.
33.1 A
C.
13.3 A
D.
133 A
A 50-V battery is connected across a 10 resistor and a current of 4.5 flows. What is the
internal resistance of the battery?
A.
1.11
B.
0.11
C.
1.01
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A 20-V potential difference is applied across a series combination of a 10 resistor and a 30
resistor. What is the current in the 10- resistor?
A.
0.5 A
B.
1.0 A
C.
0.67 A
D.
2A
The potential difference across the 10- resistor in the preceding problem is
A.
5 V
B.
15 V
C.
10 V
D. 20 V
The equivalent resistance of a 10- and a 30 resistor connected in parallel is
A.
0.13
B.
7.5
C.
20
D.
40
A uniform magnetic field B = 3 G, exists in the +x-direction . An electron shoots through the field
in the +y-direction with the speed of 5 x 10 6 m/s. What is the magnitude of the force on the
electron?
A.
2.4 x 10-16 N
C.
2.4 x 10-16 N
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B.
2.4 x 10 N
D.
2.4 x 10-16 N
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A magnetic field of magnitude 5 x 10 T is to be produced at a distance of 15 cm from a long
straight wire. What current is required to produce this field?
A.
125 A
B.
375 A
C.
152 A
D.
357 A
A 12-cm straight wire carries a 40-A current. What is the magnitude of the magnetic force on the
wire if the wire is in a magnetic field of 0.75 T at an angle
of 45o with the wire?
A.
2.545 N
B.
2.454 N
C
2.455 N
D.
2.445 N
What current is required in the windings of a long solenoid that has 1500 turns uniformly
distributed over a length of 0.5 m in order to produce a magnetic field of magnitude 2 x 10-4 T at
the center of the solenoid?
A.
0.035 A
B.
0.503 A
C.
0.053 A
D. 0.305 A

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A coil of 60 loops is pulled in 0.02 sec from between the poles of a magnet where its area
intercepts a flux of 3.1 x 10-4 Wb, to a place where the intercepted flux is 0.1 x 10-4 Wb. What is
the average emf induced in the coil?
A.
0.009 V
B.
0.9 V
C.
0.09 V
D.
9V