PHY11 Diagnostic Exam Set B 3rd Term SY 2012-2013

Question 1
What are the horizontal and vertical
components (in order) of a force vector: A = (32
20 ) N?
Select one:
a. +32 N and 20 N
b. 20 N and + 32 N
c. +20 N and 32 N
d. 32 N and + 20 N
Question 2
It takes 0.225 seconds/revolution for a body of
mass of 25 grams to rotate a circle with a radius
of 15 cm. What is the centripetal force acting on
that body?
Select one:
a. 0.731 N
b. 749.47 N
c. 187.368 dynes
d. 2.924 N
Question 3
A newly discovered planet has a mass 1.5 times
compared to that of the earth, and its diameter
is 3 times compared to earth. What is the
gravitational acceleration on this planet?

approximately 7.36x1023 kg. The average

distance between the earth and moon is
384,000 km. Determine the approximate
gravitational force of the moon towards the
earth?
Select one:
a. 1.4681x1027 N
b. 1.9065x1021 N
c. 1994.662 N
d. 2.5903x103 N
Question 5
A road has a banked curve at 10 with respect
to the horizontal. What is the equivalent
coefficient of static friction value, if this was a
flat curve?
Select one:
a. 0.176
b. 0.174
c. 0.985
d. 0.824
Question 6
A force vector of 20N, 30 South of West. This is
the same as:
Select one:

Select one:

a. 20 N, 150

a. 4.9 m/s2

b. 20 N, 330

b. 19.6 m/s2

c. 20 N, 200

c. 13.07 m/s2

d. 20 N, 210

d. 1.63 m/s2

Question 7

Question 4

A cyclists bike over a straight, flat road with a

constant velocity of 10 m/s. He has been biking
for 30 minutes. What distance did he cover?

The moon revolves around the earth on an

average of 28 days. It has a mass of

PHY11 Diagnostic Exam Set B 3rd Term SY 2012-2013

Select one:

a. 0.817

a. 18,000 km

b. 0.255

b. 180 km

c. 0.208

c. 1.8 km

d. 0.225

d. 18 km

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Question 8

A= 5 i- 4 j +k , B =i - 2 j +3 k , C= 4i + 7j - 4 k

A 5 kg block, initially moving at constant

velocity of 10 m/s on a frictionless level surface
was accelerated by a force of 50 N. What is its
acceleration?

What is A B ?

Select one:

Select one:

a. 10 m/s2

a. 8

b. 9.8 m/s2

b. 16

c. 50 m/s2

c. 10

d. 1 m/s2

d. 20

Question 12

Question 9

A ferris wheel rotates at constant tangential

speed of 2.8 m/s. If the diameter of the wheel is
10 meters, how many radians per second does
it rotate?

Given three vectors A, B, and C:

On the planet Mars the gravitational

acceleration is 3.70 m/s2. Which of the
following is the correct expression to determine
the vertical displacement (magnitude) of a
freely-falling object?
Select one:

c. 1.79 rad/s

b. y(t) = 1.85t

d. 0.56 rad/s

d. y(t) = 1.85t

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Question 10
A 2,200 kg car travelling along a level road at 12
m/s suddenly locks on its breaks and
decelerates at 2.5 m/s2 before it completely
stops. What is the coefficient of friction of the
level road?
Select one:

a. 0.28 rad/s
b. 3.57 rad/s

a. y(t) = 3.70t

c. y(t) = 3.70t

Select one:

An old vinyl record rotates at 45 rpms

(rev/min).The disk has a radius of 4 inches.
Determine the centripetal acceleration of this
disk at a point between the axis and edge of the
disk.
Select one:
a. 112.81 cm/s2

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b. 243.22 cm/s2

d. 3.40 km, 55.0 North of West

c. 225.62 cm/s2

Question 17

d. 121.61 cm/s2

What is the resultant of these two vectors : A

= 2m/s, 30 North of West and B = 3 m/s, 60
South of East ?

Question 14
What is the angle between the vectors A and
A when they are drawn from a common origin?
Select one:
a. 180
b. 270
c. 90
d. 0
Question 15
The position of a particle of dust is given by y(t)
= (3t3 9t4 + 2) mm. What is the maximum
velocity attainable by this dust particle?
Select one:
a. 0.1667 mm/s
b. 0.2500 mm/s
c. 0.0833 mm/s
d. 1.9930 mm/s
Question 16
A delivery truck leaves a warehouse and travels
2.60 km north. The truck makes a left turn and
travels 1.25 km west before making another
right turn to travel 1.40 km north to arrive at its
destination. What is the magnitude and
direction of the truck's displacement from the
warehouse?

Select one:
a. 1.000 N, 60.000 North of East
b. 1.000 N, 60.000 South of East
c. 1.615 N, 81.738 South of East
d. 1.615 N, 81.738 South of West
Question 18
A 44 kg child steps onto a scale and the scale
reads 430N. What is the magnitude of the
normal force acting on the child?
Select one:
a. 430 N
b. 474 N
c. 44 N
d. 645 N
Question 19
Consider the following forces acting on an
object :
F1 = 10 N due north, F2 = 20 N due
southeast, F3 = 5 N, west
What is the magnitude of the resultant force?
Select one:
a. 10 N

Select one:

b. 4 N

a. 4.19 km, 72.6 North of West

c. 23 N

b. 5.25 km, 59.8 North of West

d. 9 N

c. 4.00 km, 18.2 North of West

Question 20

PHY11 Diagnostic Exam Set B 3rd Term SY 2012-2013

What is the normal force of a 1 kg that is on an
inclined surface of 50 with respect to the
horizontal?
Select one:
a. 6.30 N
b. 0.77 N
c. 7.50 N
d. 0.64 N
Question 21

Select one:
a. 3.06 s
b. 18.75 s
c. 7.82 s
d. 4.33 s
Question 24
The maximum vertical position reached by a
projectile fired at 30 North of West at 20 m/s.
Neglect effects of air drag and wind

A Canadian goose flew 845 km from Southern

California to Oregon with an average speed of
30.5 m/s. How long, in hours, did it take the
goose to make this journey?

Select one:

Select one:

c. 10.20 m

a. 66.1 hrs

d. 30.60 m

b. 7.7 hrs

Question 25

c. 27.7 hrs

The travel time to reach the maximum height of

a projectile fired at 50 North of East at 40 m/s.
Neglect effects of air drag and wind

d. 8.33 hrs
Question 22
A car was driven from Manila to a mall in
Antipolo City at an average speed of 50 km/hr.
If the trip took 48 minutes. What is the
approximate distance of road did the car
travelled?

a. 5.10 m
b. 15.30 m

Select one:
a. 3.28 s
b. 1.81 s
c. 3.13 s

Select one:

d. 1.77 s

a. 62.5 km

Question 26

b. 40 km

A toy cart at the end of a string 0.70-m long is

whirled in a circle on a table. The cart has a
mass of 2.0-kg, and the string has a breaking
strength of 40N. The maximum speed of the
cart is

c. 2,400 km
d. 24 km
Question 23
A brick was dropped from the top of a 300ft
building. How long (in seconds) before it would
reach the ground?

Select one:
a. 3.7 m/s
b. 1.9 m/s

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c. 11.7 m/s

b. 0 m/s

d. 16.7 m/s

c. 2.071 m/s2

Question 27

d. 0 m/s2

A physics student adds two displacement

vectors with magnitudes 8.0 km and 6.0 km.
Which one of the following statements is true
concerning the magnitude of the resultant
displacement?

Question 30

Select one:
a. No conclusion can be reached without
knowing the directions of the vectors
b. It could be zero kilometers, depending on
how the vectors are oriented
c. It could have any value between 2.0 km and
14.0 km depending on how the vectors are
oriented.
d. It must be 14.0 km
Question 28
What is the magnitude of the net force acting
on a 2000-kg car as it accelerates from rest to a
speed of 20m/s in 5 seconds?
Select one:
a. 4000 N
b. 1000 N
c. 2000 N
d. 8000 N
Question 29
A 25 kg block of ice moves horizontally on a
frictionless floor by a pulling force of 200 N, at
an angle of 15 with respect to the horizontal.
What is the horizontal acceleration of the block
of ice?
Select one:
a. 7.727 m/s2

A satellite needs to revolve around the earth for

a period of 36 hours. Determine the distance
from the earths center that the satellite should
be located for orbit. The mass of the earth is
5.98x1024 kg
Select one:
a. 41,194.44 km
b. 55,363.78 m
c. 55,363.78 km
d. 41,194.44 m