A student is sitting on the right side of a school bus when it makes a right turn.

We know that the force of gravity acts downwards and a normal force from the seat acts
upwards. If the student stays in place when the bus turns, we also know that there must be

Question 1 options:
1) no other force on the student.
2) a force parallel to the seat directed forward on the student.
3) a force parallel to the seat directed to the left on the student.
4) a force parallel to the seat directed to the right on the student.
5) a force parallel to the seat in a direction between forward and left on the student.
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Question 2 (4 points)

A 0.50 kg mass attached to the end of a string swings in a vertical circle (radius = 2.0 m). When the mass is at the highest point of the circle the speed of the mass is 8.0 m/s.
What is the magnitude of the force of the string on the mass at this position?
Question 2 options:

1) 21 N
2) 11 N
3) 16 N
4) 26 N
5) 36 N
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Question 3 (4 points)

When a car goes around a circular curve on a level road,

Question 3 options:

1) no frictional force is needed because the car simply follows the road.
2) the frictional force of the road on the car increases when the car's speed decreases.
3) the frictional force of the road on the car increases when the car's speed increases.
4)

the frictional force of the road on the car increases when the car moves to the outside of
the curve.

5)

there is no net frictional force because the road and the car exert equal and opposite
forces on each other.

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Question 4 (4 points)

An airplane moves 140 m/s as it travels around a vertical circular loop which has a 1.0-km radius. What is the magnitude of the resultant force on the 70-kg pilot of this plane at
the bottom of this loop?
Question 4 options:

1) 2.1 kN
2) 1.4 kN
3) 0.69 kN
4) 1.5 kN
5) 1.3 kN
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Question 5 (4 points)

In a recent mystery, the hero saves himself by spreading out a windshield tarpaulin to reduce his terminal velocity. A skydiver of 75 kg mass has a terminal velocity of 60 m/s. If
the hero has the same 75 kg mass, the same density as the sky diver, and a drag coefficient twice as large with the tarp, by what factor is his effective area greater than the 0.70
2

m area of the skydiver?

Question 5 options:

1) 4
2) 8
3) 16
4) 32
5) 64
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Question 6 (4 points)

A stunt pilot weighing 0.70 kN performs a vertical circular dive of radius 0.80 km. At the bottom of the dive, the pilot has a speed of 0.20 km/s which at that instant is not
changing. What force does the plane exert on the pilot?
Question 6 options:

1) 3.6 kN up
2) 4.3 kN up
3) 2.9 kN down
4) 2.9 kN up
5) 5.8 kN down
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Question 7 (4 points)

An amusement ride consists of a car moving in a vertical circle on the end of a rigid boom. The radius of the circle is 10 m. The combined weight of the car and riders is 5.0 kN.
At the top of the circle the car has a speed of 5.0 m/s which is not changing at that instant. What is the force of the boom on the car at the top of the circle?
Question 7 options:

1) 3.7 kN (Down)
2) 1.3 kN (Down)
3) 6.3 kN (Up)
4) 3.7 kN (Up)
5) 5.2 kN (Down)
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Question 8 (4 points)

A car travels around an unbanked highway curve (radius 0.15 km) at a constant speed of 25 m/s. What is the magnitude of the resultant force acting on the driver, who weighs
0.80 kN?
Question 8 options:

1) 0.87 kN
2) 0.34 kN
3) 0.80 kN
4) 0.00 kN
5) 0.67 kN
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Question 9 (4 points)

A hornet circles around a pop can at increasing speed while flying in a path with a 12-cm diameter. We can conclude that the hornet's wings must push on the air with force
components that are
Question 9 options:

1) straight down.
2) down and inwards.
3) down and outwards.
4) down and backwards.
5) down, backwards and outwards.
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Question 10 (4 points)

An airplane travels 80 m/s as it makes a horizontal circular turn which has a 0.80-km radius. What is the magnitude of the resultant force on the 75-kg pilot of this airplane?
Question 10 options:

1) 0.69 kN
2) 0.63 kN
3) 0.66 kN
4) 0.60 kN
5) 0.57 kN
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Question 11 (4 points)

A 0.20-kg object attached to the end of a string swings in a vertical circle (radius = 80 cm). At the top of the circle the speed of the object is 4.5 m/s. What is the magnitude of
the tension in the string at this position?
Question 11 options:

1) 7.0 N
2) 2.0 N
3) 3.1 N
4) 5.1 N
5) 6.6 N
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Question 12 (4 points)

Frank says that if you release the string when swinging a ball in a horizontal circle, the ball flies out in the radial direction defined by the string at the instant you release the ball.
John says that it flies out along a tangent line perpendicular to the string, and that it then drops straight down to the ground. Which one, if either, is correct?
Question 12 options:

1) Frank, because the centrifugal force is no longer counteracted by the string.

2) Frank, because balls naturally fly straight out.
3) John, because there is no centrifugal force.
4) John, because balls fall straight down when released.
5)

Neither, because although there is no centrifugal force, and the ball's velocity is tangent
to the circle at the instant of release, the ball then follows a parabolic trajectory.

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Question 13 (4 points)

An iceboat is traveling in a circle on the ice. Halfway around the circle the sail and the steering mechanism fall off the boat. Which statement is correct?

Question 13 options:

1) The boat will continue traveling in the circle because there is no friction.
2) The boat will continue to travel in the circle because its velocity exerts a force on it.
3) The boat will move off on a line tangent to the circle because there is no force on it.
4)

The boat will move off tangent to the circle because there is a force on it perpendicular
to the boat directed to the outside of the circle.

5)

The boat will move off to the outside perpendicular to the tangent line since a force
directed to the outside of the circle always acts on the boat.

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Question 14 (4 points)

A car travels along the perimeter of a vertical circle (radius = 0.25 km) at a constant speed of 30 m/s. What is the magnitude of the resultant force on the 60-kg driver of the car
at the lowest point on this circular path?
Question 14 options:

1) 0.37 kN
2) 0.80 kN
3) 0.22 kN
4) 0.59 kN
5) 0.45 kN
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Question 15 (4 points)

Two small cylindrical plastic containers with flat bottoms are placed on a turntable that has a smooth flat surface. Canister A is empty; canister B contains lead shot. Each canister
is the same distance r from the center. The coefficient of static friction between the canisters and the turntable is s. When the speed of the turntable is gradually increased,
Question 15 options:

1) only the lighter container slides outward off the turntable; the heavier one stays on.
2) only the heavier container slides outward off the turntable; the lighter one stays on.
3) both containers slide off the turntable at the same turntable speed.
4) the lighter container slides inward.
5) the heavier container slides inward.
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Question 16 (4 points)

A 0.40-kg mass attached to the end of a string swings in a vertical circle having a radius of 1.8 m. At an instant when the string makes an angle of 40 degrees below the
horizontal, the speed of the mass is 5.0 m/s. What is the magnitude of the tension in the string at this instant?
Question 16 options:

1) 9.5 N
2) 3.0 N
3) 8.1 N
4) 5.6 N
5) 4.7 N
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Question 17 (4 points)

Four identical particles (mass of each = 0.24 kg) are placed at the vertices of a rectangle (2.0 m 3.0 m) and held in those positions by four light rods which form the sides of the
rectangle. What is the moment of inertia of this rigid body about an axis that passes through the center of mass of the body and is parallel to the shorter sides of the rectangle?
Question 17 options:

1) 2.4 kg m2
2) 2.2 kg m2
3) 1.9 kg m2
4) 2.7 kg m2
5) 8.6 kg m2
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Question 18 (4 points)

The turntable of a record player has an angular velocity of 8.0 rad/s when it is turned off. The turntable comes to rest 2.5 s after being turned off. Through how many radians
does the turntable rotate after being turned off? Assume constant angular acceleration.
Question 18 options:

1) 12 rad
2) 8.0 rad
3) 10 rad
4) 16 rad
5) 6.8 rad
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Question 19 (4 points)

The 1560 kg solid steel door to a bank vault is 2.00 m high, 1.00 m wide and 10 cm thick. One hinge is 60.0 cm down from the top on the left hand side of the door. The other
hinge is 30.0 cm up from the bottom. What horizontal force, in what direction, does the door exert on the upper hinge?
Question 19 options:

1) 6950 N, left
2) 6950 N, right
3) 7640 N, left
4) 7640 N, right
5) 15,300 N, left
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Question 20 (4 points)
A disk (radius = 8.0 cm) that rotates about a fixed axis starts from rest and accelerates at a constant rate to an angular velocity of 4.0 rad/s in 2.0 s. What is the magnitude of the
total linear acceleration of a point on the rim of the disk at the instant when the angular velocity of the disk is 1.5 rad/s?
Question 20 options:

1) 24 cm/s2
2) 16 cm/s2
3) 18 cm/s2
4) 34 cm/s2
5) 44 cm/s2
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Question 21 (4 points)

Stars originate as large bodies of slowly rotating gas. Because of gravity, these clumps of gas slowly decrease in size. The angular velocity of a star increases as it shrinks because
of
Question 21 options:

1) conservation of angular momentum

2) conservation of linear momentum
3) conservation of energy
4) the law of universal gravitation
5) conservation of mass
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Question 22 (4 points)

A wheel rotating about a fixed axis with a constant angular acceleration of 2.0 rad/s turns through 2.4 revolutions during a 2.0-s time interval. What is the angular velocity at the
end of this time interval?
Question 22 options:

1) 9.5 rad/s
2) 9.7 rad/s
3) 9.3 rad/s
4) 9.1 rad/s
5) 8.8 rad/s
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Question 23 (4 points)
2

A cylinder rotating about its axis with a constant angular acceleration of 1.6 rad/s starts from rest at t = 0. At the instant when it has turned through 0.40 radian, what is the
magnitude of the total linear acceleration of a point on the rim (radius = 13 cm)?
Question 23 options:

1) 0.31 m/s2
2) 0.27 m/s2
3) 0.35 m/s2
4) 0.39 m/s2
5) 0.45 m/s2
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Question 24 (4 points)

The 1560 kg solid steel door to a bank vault is 2.00 m high, 1.00 m wide and 10 cm thick. One hinge is 60.0 cm down from the top on the left hand side of the door. The other
hinge is 30.0 cm up from the bottom. What horizontal force, in what direction, does the door exert on the lower hinge?
Question 24 options:

1) 6950 N, left
2) 6950 N, right
3) 7640 N, left
4) 7640 N, right
5) 15,300 N, left
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Question 25 (4 points)

At t = 0, a wheel rotating about a fixed axis at a constant angular acceleration has an angular velocity of 2.0 rad/s. Two seconds later it has turned through 5.0 complete
revolutions. What is the angular acceleration of this wheel?
Question 25 options:

1) 17 rad/s2
2) 14 rad/s2
3) 20 rad/s2
4) 23 rad/s2
5) 13 rad/s2
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Question 26 (4 points)
3

A wheel rotating about a fixed axis has an angular position given by = 3.0 2.0t , where is measured in radians and t in seconds. What is the angular acceleration of the
wheel at t = 2.0 s?
Question 26 options:

1) 1.0 rad/s2
2) 24 rad/s2
3) 2.0 rad/s2
4) 4.0 rad/s2
5) 3.5 rad/s2
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Question 27 (4 points)
2

A wheel (radius = 0.20 m) starts from rest and rotates with a constant angular acceleration of 2.0 rad/s . At the instant when the angular velocity is equal to 1.2 rad/s, what is the
magnitude of the total linear acceleration of a point on the rim of the wheel?
Question 27 options:

1) 0.40 m/s2
2) 0.29 m/s2
3) 0.69 m/s2
4) 0.49 m/s2
5) 0.35 m/s2
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Question 28 (4 points)

Four identical particles (mass of each = 0.40 kg) are placed at the vertices of a rectangle (2.0 m 3.0 m) and held in those positions by four light rods which form the sides of the
rectangle. What is the moment of inertia of this rigid body about an axis that passes through the mid-points of the longer sides and is parallel to the shorter sides?
Question 28 options:

1) 2.7 kg m2
2) 3.6 kg m2
3) 3.1 kg m2
4) 4.1 kg m2
5) 1.6 kg m2
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Question 29 (4 points)
A thin uniform rod (length = 1.2 m, mass = 2.0 kg) is pivoted about a horizontal, frictionless pin through one end of the rod. (The moment of inertia of the rod about this axis is
2

ML /3.) The rod is released when it makes an angle of 37 with the horizontal. What is the angular acceleration of the rod at the instant it is released?
Question 29 options:

1) 9.8 rad/s2
2) 7.4 rad/s2
3) 8.4 rad/s2
4) 5.9 rad/s2
5) 6.5 rad/s2
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Question 30 (4 points)
2

A horizontal disk with a radius of 10 cm rotates about a vertical axis through its center. The disk starts from rest at t = 0 and has a constant angular acceleration of 2.1 rad/s . At
what value of t will the radial and tangential components of the linear acceleration of a point on the rim of the disk be equal in magnitude?
Question 30 options:

1) 0.55 s
2) 0.63 s
3) 0.69 s
4) 0.59 s
5) 0.47 s
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