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The document contains a physics exam with 12 multiple choice questions covering topics like vector addition, motion, forces, Newton's laws, and friction. Students are asked to calculate quantities like average speed and acceleration, determine the direction and magnitude of forces, and identify true statements. The questions involve diagrams and equations to represent physical situations.

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The University of Jordan General Physics for computer science

Faculty of science First Exam


Physics Department Second Semester 2018
Name in (Arabic): Student ID: Section:
Note: Ignore air resistance in all problems and take the acceleration due to gravity, g=9.8 m/s2.

Answers sheet

Question Q1: Q2: Q3: Q4: Q5: Q6: Q7: Q8: Q9: Q10: Q11: Q12:
number
Final
Answer

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Q1: Three vectors: A = 4.2 i - 1.6 j, B = - 1.6 i + 2.9 j and C = - 3.7 j, the vector sum D = A + B + C is:
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a. - 1.6 i - 3.7 j b. 4.2 i - 3.7 j c. - 3.7 j d. 4.2 i + 2.9 j e. 2.6 i - 2.4 j

Q2. A man walks 1500 m due east in 10 minutes; he then walks 1500 m due west in 10 minutes. For the total
20 minutes trip, his average speed (in m/s) is:
a. 150.00 b. 0.0 c. 2.50 d. 50.00 e. 100.00

Q3: True or False:


According to Newton’s Third Law: “Every action force has one and only one reaction force that could either
both act on the same body or they can act on different bodies”.
a. True b. False

Q4. The diagram represents the straight line motion of a car. Which of the following statements is true?

a. The car accelerates at 6 m/s2 for the first 2 s


b. The car accelerates, stops, and reverses
c. The car is moving for a total time of 12 s
d. The car decelerates at 12 m/s2 for the last 4 s
e. The car returns to its starting point when t = 9 s
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Q5. The velocity of 1 kg object is given as a function of time by v = [(20 t -300)i +60 t j ] (m/s). The total
external force acting on this object at t= 2 (s) is:
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a. [240 i -120 j ] N b. [240 i +240 j ] N c. [60 i +120 j ] N d. [120 i +120 j ] N
Ù Ù
e. [120 i +240 j ] N

Q6: An object is thrown vertically upward at an initial velocity of 60 m/s. The acceleration in (m/ s2) of this
object at the point of maximum height is:

a. 33.32 b. 0.00 c. 22.37 d. 13.50 e. 9.80


Q7: The velocity of a car is given by the following equation: v = 20 + 3 t. The average acceleration (in m/s2)
from t = 1 to t = 2 second is:
a. +11.00 b. - 3.00 c. +3.00 d. +17.00 e. +6.00

Q8. Consider the following situations: (note: ignore the friction between the surface and the objects).

In which case will the magnitude of the normal force FN=mg+ F sin(θ)?

a. Case 2 only b. Case 1 only c. Both cases 1 and 2 d. Both cases 2 and 3
e. Cases 1, 2 and 3

Q.9: The adjacent figure shows a setup of tow masses that are connected by tow wires. The whole system is at
rest. The tension (T2) in the second wire is equal to:

a.M2 g b. M2g+M1g c. None

d. M1g-M2g e. M1g

Q10: The angel () between the two forces shown on the right is:
a. 45o b. 32.5o c. 25o d. 15o e. none

Q11: A block (m1= 3.0 kg) on a rough horizontal plane is connected to


a second block (m2=5.0 kg) by a rope over a massless pulley as shown
in the figure. The coefficient of kinetic friction, 𝜇𝑘 between the block
m1 and the table is 0.5 if the acceleration of the descending block m2 is
4.3 m/s2. The tension in the rope T in (N) is:
a. 21.5 b. 27.5 c. 13.0 d. zero e. None

Q12: A block of mass m is pulled in the direction shown in the


figure across the surface at constant velocity. The magnitude of the
friction force is:

a. 𝜇kmg b. 𝜇kT cos(θ) c. 𝜇k (mg- T sin(θ))


d. 𝜇kT sin(θ) e. 𝜇k (T- mg)

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