Practice Test PHY 222 Sample questions of the type that will be on your next exam.

Note: Test 2 will not be limited to the material on this practice test.
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Directions: Multiple Choice: Circle the best answer. Short Essay: Be brief and
succinct, but use complete sentences. Problems: Show all work. There will be no
credit for answers without equations, calculations and explanations. You will not
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correct numerical answer. Express all answers to problems in three significant
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1. A car accelerates from rest. If it reaches a speed of 42 m/s in this requires 5 s. Assuming the acceleration is constant,
How Far did it move?
2. If you run a complete loop around an outdoor track (800 m), in 100 s, your average velocity is _______.

3. A basketball is thrown with a velocity of 20 m/s at an angle of 60 above the horizontal. What is the horizontal
component of its instantaneous velocity at the exact top of its trajectory? (Neglect air friction.) a) 10 m/s b) zero
c) 20 m/s d) 17.3 m/s

4. Vector A = (1,3). Vector B = (3,0). Vector C = A + B. What is the magnitude of C?

a) (1,3,3,0) b) 7 c) (4,3) d) 5

5. If you want to cross a river in a motorboat in the least amount of time, you should head
a) slightly upstream. b) straight across the river.
c) the time will be independent of how you head your boat.
d) slightly downstream.

6. 6. A girl throws a rock horizontally, with a velocity of 10 m/s, from a bridge. It falls 20 m to the water below. How far
does the rock travel horizontally before striking the water?(Use g = 10 m/s2) a) 24 m b) 20 m c) 14 m
d) 16 m

7. Suppose that several projectiles are fired. Which one will be in the air longest?
a) The one with the farthest range, R
b) The one with the greatest initial velocity.
c) The one with the highest maximum elevation, h

8. Ignoring air resistance, the horizontal component of a projectile's velocity

a) is zero. b) continuously increases.
c) remains constant. d) continuously decreases
9. If you drive west at 20 km/h, then drive east at 15 km/h, your average velocity will be
a) 35 km/h west. b) 5 km/h west. c) 35 km/h east.
d) cannot be determined; insufficient information. e) 5 km/h east.

10. A golf ball is hit with an initial velocity of 60 m/s at an angle of 30 above the horizontal. How far does it travel?
a) 318 m b) 152 m c) 184 m d) 160 m

11. Bullet G is dropped, from rest, at the same time that another bullet H is fired horizontally from a rifle. If both bullets
leave from the same height above the ground, then
a) bullet G hits the ground before bullet H does.
b) both bullets hit the ground at the same time.
c) bullet H hits the ground before bullet G does.
d) not enough information is given to compare when they hit.

12. Two displacement vectors have magnitudes of 5 m and 7 m, respectively. When these two vectors are added, the
magnitude of the sum a) is 2 m. b) is larger than 12 m.
c) is 12 m. d) could be as small as 2 m, or as large as 12 m.

13. A pilot drops a bomb from a plane flying horizontally. When the bomb hits the ground, the horizontal location of the
plane will
a) be behind the bomb. b) be in front of the bomb.
 c) depend on the speed of the plane when the bomb was released.
d) be over the bomb.

14. Ignoring air resistance, the vertical component of a projectile's velocity

a) remains constant. b) continuously decreases. c) is zero. d) continuously increases.

15. A plane has an air speed of 200 m/s due North, and is in a wind of 50 m/s to the West. The plane's speed relative to the
ground is a) 206 m/s b) 150 m/s c) 250 m/s d) 200 m/s

16. A soccer ball is kicked with a velocity of 25 m/s at an angle of 45ø above the horizontal. What is the vertical component
of its acceleration as it travels along its trajectory? (Neglect air friction.)
a) zero b) g cos (45) downward c) g upward d) g downward e) g sin (45) upward

17. Ignoring air resistance, the horizontal component of a projectile's acceleration

a) remains a non-zero constant. b) is zero. c) continuously decreases. d) continuously increases.

18. A 15.0 k g cart is accelerated at 4.5 m/s2. Find the total force on the cart.

19. A 25 kg block sliding across a tabletop is accelerated at 4.0 m/s2 by a force of 125 N. What is the force of friction?

20. A brick is sliding at a constant velocity down a plane that is inclined at 35 degrees from horizontal. What is the kinetic
coefficient of friction?

21. A person has a mass of 55 Kg. What is that persons weight at the surface of the earth?

22. A block is stationary on a plane that makes an angle of 40 degrees to the horizontal. What is the normal force of the block
on the incline?

23. A block Just begins to slide when on an angle of 37 degrees. What is the Static Coefficient of friction?

24. A 7.0-kg bowling ball experiences a net force of 5.0 N. What will be its acceleration?

25. The acceleration due to gravity on the Moon’s surface is one-sixth that on Earth. An astronaut’s life support backpack
weighs 300 lb on Earth. What does it weigh on the Moon?

26. A barefoot field-goal kicker imparts a speed of 30 m/s to a football at rest. If the football has a mass of 0.50 kg and time
of contact with the football is 0.025 s, what is the force exerted on the foot?
27. A shot-putter moves his arm and the 7.0-kg shot through a distance of 1.0 m, giving the shot a velocity of 10 m/s from
rest. Find the average force exerted on the shot during this time.

28. What is the acceleration of the system shown? All surfaces are frictionless.
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kg

29. In the problem above, what is the tension in the cord?

30. To stop a car in the minimum possible distance, is it wise to lock up the wheels and screech to a halt, or brake just to the
verge of locking so that the wheels continue to turn? Explain.

31. The gas pedal and the brake pedal are capable of causing a car to accelerate. Can the steering wheel also produce an
acceleration? Explain.

32. Yes or No When two or more forces are applied to an object simultaneously, it must accelerate. Explain.

33. If we know an object is moving at constant velocity, we may assume:

a. the net force acting on the object is zero. b. there are no forces acting on the object.
c. the object is accelerating. d. the object is losing mass.

34. Which of the following expresses a principle, which was initially stated by Galileo and was later incorporated into
Newton’s laws of motion?
a. An object’s acceleration is inversely proportional to its mass.
b. For every action there is an equal but opposite reaction.
c. The natural condition for a moving object is to remain in motion.
d. The natural condition for a moving object is to come to rest.

35. The mass of an electron is 9.11 X 10 -31 kg. The mass of a proton is1.67 X 10 -27 kg. the mass of a neutron is 1.67495 X 10 -
29
kg. In the hydrogen atom the distance of separation is .0529 nm. What is the gravitational attraction between the
nucleolus and the electron?

36. The mass of the sun is 2.0 X 1030kg. Its radius is 7 x 108m. What is the gravitational field at its surface?