PHY10

08-01-13
by fmn

1. A plane is headed due east with air speed of

240 kph. If a wind of 40 kph is blowing from the
north, find the ground speed of the plane.

a. 423 kph
c. 200 kph

b. 243 kph
d. 240 kph

2. An automobile accelerates at a constant rate of

15 mi/hr to 45 mi/hr in 15 seconds while traveling
in a straight line. What is the average
acceleration?
a. 2.39 / 2
c. 2.12 / 2

b. 22 / 2
d. 2.93 / 2

3. A 50 kg block of wood rests on the top of the

smooth plane whose length is 3m and whose
altitude is 0.8m. how long will it take for the block
to slide to the bottom of the plane when released?
a. 2.41 secs
c. 2.51 secs

b. 1.51 secs
d. 2.14 secs

4. Determine the angle of super elevation for a 200

m highway curve so that there will be no side
thrust at a speed of 90 kph.
a. 17.67 degrees
c. 18.32 degrees

b. 19.17 degrees
d. 20.11 degrees

5. A load of 100 lb is hung from the middle of the

rope which is stretch between two rigid wall 30 ft
apart. Due to the load, the rope sags 4 ft in the
middle. Determine the tension in the rope.
a. 173 lbs
c. 194 lbs

b. 165 lbs
d. 149 lbs

6. A 5.0-kg rock is dropped from rest down a vertical

mine shaft. How long does it take for the rock to
reach a depth of 79 m? Neglect air resistance.
a. 2.8 s

b. 4.0 s

c. 4.9 s

d. 8.0 s

7. A rotating wheel has a radius of 2 ft and 6 in. A

point on the rim of the wheel moves 30 ft in 2 sec.
Find the angular velocity of the wheel.
a. 4 rad/sec
c. 6 rad/sec

b. 2 rad/sec
d. 5 rad/sec

8. A 2.00-kg box, initially at rest, is pulled through a

distance of 5.00m across a level floor by a 10.00N force applied parallel to the floor. The
coefficient of friction between the floor and the box
is 0.25. What is the speed of the box at the end of
5.00 m?
a. 8.67 m/s
b. 5.05 m/s

c. 6.72 m/s
d. 9.90 m/s

9. What is the magnitude of the net force acting on a

2000-kg car as it accelerates from rest to a speed
of 20 m/s in 5 s?
a. 1000 N
b. 2000 N

c. 4000 N
d. 8000 N.

10. A toy cart at the end of a string 0.70 m long

moves in a circle on a table. The cart has a
mass of 2.0 kg, and the string has a breaking
strength of 40 N. The maximum speed of the
cart is approximately
a. 1.9 m/s
c. 11.7 m/s

b. 3.7 m/s
d. 16.7 m/s

11. If the earth were three times farther from the

sun than it is now, the gravitational force
exerted on it by the sun would be
a. three times as large as it is now
b. nine times as large as it is now
c. one-third as large as it is now
d. one-ninth as large as it is now

12. A woman whose mass is 60 kg on the earths

surface is in a spacecraft at a height of twice
the earth radius (2 earth radii) above the earths
surface. Her mass there is
a. 6.7 kg
b. 15 kg

c. 20 kg
d. 60 kg

13. A woman whose mass is 60 kg on the earths

surface is in a spacecraft at a height of twice the
earth radius (2 earth radii) above the earths
surface. The acceleration due to gravity at the
womans location is
a. 1.08 / 2
c. 4.9 / 2

b. 2.45 / 2
d. 9 8 / 2

14. A 200-kg satellite circles the earth in an orbit 7.0

x 106 m in radius. At this altitude g = 8.2 m/ 2 .
The speed of the satellite is
a. 38 m/s
c. 7600 m/s

b. 850 m/s
d. 7900 m/s

15. Assuming that the radius of earth is 6400 km, at

what rpm should an object rotate around the
earth so that it would seem weightless?
a. 0.0318 rpm
c. 0.0218 rpm

b. 0.0118 rpm
d. 0.0418 rpm

16. A baseball is thrown from a horizontal plane

following a parabolic path with an initial velocity
of 100 m/s at an angle of 30 above the
horizontal. How far from the throwing point will
the ball attain its original level?
a. 883 m
b. 890 m

c. 880 m
d. 875 m

17. A ball is whirled in a horizontal circle 1.5m in

radius at a rate of 1 revolution every 2 seconds.
Find the centripetal acceleration of the ball in
/ 2 .
a. 8.8
b. 10.8

c. 12.8
d. 14.8

18. A stone is thrown upward at an angle of 20

with the horizontal and it lands 75 m
measured horizontally and 3 meters above
measured vertically from its point of release.
Determine the initial velocity of the stone in
m/s.
a. 22.56
c. 31.62

b. 27.46
d. 35.84

19. The coefficient of static friction between a cars

tire and a concrete road is 1.0 when the road is
dry and 0.7 when the road is wet. If the car can
safely make a turn at 50 kph on a dry day, what
is the maximum velocity on a rainy day?

a. 35kph
c. 40 kph

b. 37.5kph
d. 42 kph

20. A typical commercial jet airliner needs to reach a

speed of 200 knots before it can take off. ( A
knot is a nautical mile per hour and is very
nearly equal to half a meter per second.) If such
plane spends 25 s on the runway, what is its
acceleration in / 2 ?
a. 2
b. 4
c. 3
d. 5
21. What is the minimum runway length?
a. 1150 m
b. 1250 m
c. 1350 m
d. 1450 m

22. For the concurrent forces shown,

y-axis
50 kN
10 kN
30

50

45

15 kN

X-axis

Which of the following gives the

value of the vertical component
of resultant force in kN?
a. 26.7
b. 35.1
c. 42.1
d. 22.7

23. For the concurrent forces shown,

y-axis
50 kN
10 kN
30

50

45

15 kN

X-axis

Which of the following gives the

value of the angle of the resultant
force from the x-axis in degrees?
a. 54.3
b. 36.9
c. 35.7
d. 56.3

For items 24 and 25, Given three vectors A, B, C:

A 5i 4 j k

B i 2 j 3k

24.

25.

C 4i 7 j 4k