TECHNOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF THE 840J/kg and temperature of 20 degrees C .

What is the
PHILIPPINES final temperature of water?
PHYSICS 2 COMPETENCY EXAM a. 81.6° C b. 83 .6° C
NAME_____________________STUDENT NO._________
c. 85 .6° C d. 87 .6° C
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11. Two charges, one of + and the other of , attract each
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other with a force of 100 N. How far apart are they?
SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEMS.
a. 3 mm b. 4 mm c. 30 mm d.40 mm
1. A spring exerts a force of 50.0 N on a cart located on a
frictionless plane. The cart has a mass of 2.0 kg and the
acts for 0.20 s. What is the change of momentum, kg-m/s? 12.A total of 0.8 kg of water at 20 °C is placed in 1
a) 20 b) 15 c) 10 d) 25 kW electric kettle. How long a time is needed to raise
2. When a charge of 0.04 coulomb is placed at a point in the the temperature of water to 100°C .
electric field, the force on the charge is 100 N What is the a. 3.5 min b. 4.5 min c. 5.5 min d. 6.5 min
magnitude of the electric field at that point, N/C? 13. A 40 kg block is resting on an inclined plane making an
a) 2500 b) 2005 angle of 20° from the horizontal. if the coefficient of friction is
c) 2050 d) 2005 0.60, determine the force parallel to the incline that must be
3. When a ray of monochromatic light strikes a plane mirror, applied to cause impending motion down the plane.
the incident ray makes an angle of 30o with the surface of A. 87 N B. 54 N C. 23 N D. NOTG
the mirror. Calculate the angle of reflection for the 14. Miles is camping in Glacier National Park. In the midst of
reflected ray. a glacier canyon, he makes a loud holler. He hears an echo
a) 90o b) 30o 1.22 seconds later. The air temperature is 20 degrees C. How
c) 60o d) 120o far away are the canyon walls?
4. An incandescent light bulb is supplied with a constant a. 310 m b. 209 m c. 107 m d. 236 m
potential difference of 120 V. As the filament of the bulb 15. The centers of two 15.0-kg spheres are separated by 3.0 m.
heats up, The magnitude of the gravitational force, in Newton, between
a) the resistance increases and the current through it decreases the two spheres is approximately, (gravitational
b) the resistance increases and the current through it increases constant=6.67x10-11N-m2/kg2)
c) the resistance decreases and the current through it decreases a) 1.11x10-10 b) 3.34x10-10
d) the resistance decreases and the current through it increases c) 1.67x10 -9
d) 5.0x10-9
5. Whenever a net force acts on a body, it produces 16. In a demonstration, a vibrating tuning fork causes a nearby
acceleration in the direction of the resultant force, an second tuning fork to begin to vibrate with the same
acceleration that is directly proportional to the mass of the frequency. Which wave phenomenon is illustrated by this
body. This theory is popularly known as demonstration?
A Newton’s Second Law of Motion a) the Doppler effect b) nodes
B Hooke’s Law of Equilibrium c) resonance d) interference
C Newton’s First Law of Motion 17. A 200 g of water is mixed to 300 g of alcohol whose
D Farday’s Law of Forces density is 790kg/ m3. Calculate the specific gravity of the total
6. Two equal resistors are connected in series across a mixture.
certain supply. If the resistances are now connected in
a. 0.675 b. 0.862 c. 0.912 d. 1.0
parallel across the same supply, then the power produced
18. A 1-kg rubber ball travelling east at 4.0 m/s hits a wall and
will be _________ that of the series connection.
bounces back toward the west at 2.0 m/s. Compared to the
a. Two – times b. Four – times
kinetic energy of the ball before it hits the wall, the kinetic
c. One – half d. One – fourth
energy of the ball after it bounces off the wall is,
7. A standing wave pattern is produced when a guitar string
a) one-fourth as great b) one-half as great
is plucked. Which characteristic of the standing wave
c) the same d) four times as great
immediately begins to decrease?
19. What is the maximum height, in meters, to which a 1200-
a) speed b) wavelength
Watt motor could lift an object weighing 200 N in 4.0 sec
c) frequency d) amplitude
a) 0.67 b) 1.5 c) 6.0 d) 24
8. When the two waves of the same frequency speed and
20. Glycerin has an index of refraction of 1.47. Find the focal
amplitude traveling in opposite direction are
length in glycerin of a lens made of flint glass (n= 1.63) whose
superimposed.
focal length in air is 10 cm.
a. Phase difference is always zero
a. 11 cm b. 23 cm c. 39 cm d. 58 cm
b. Distractive waves are produced
c. Standing waves are produced
d. Constructive interference always results
9. Given the force vectors; A = 8i + 4j -2k and the position
vectors B = 2j + 6k m and C =3i – 2j + 4k m, the dot
product of A and B is
a. – 4N.m b. – 3.71 N.m
c. – 4.5 N.m d. 7.3 N.m
10. In preparing a tea, 600 g of water at 90 °C is poured
into 200 g china pot whose specific heat capacity is