b. -0.

75 m/s2
ENGINEERING MECHANICS – DYNAMICS c. -1.00 m/s2
d. -1.50 m/s2
11. Which of the following most nearly gives the
RECTILINEAR MOTION
distance travelled by the train until it stops?
a. 256.00 m
Situation 1: The car moves in a straight line such that for a b. 144.50 m
short time its velocity is defined by v = (3t2 + 2t) ft/s, where t is c. 240.67 m
in seconds. When t = 0, s = 0. d. 108.00 m

1. Determine its position when t = 3 s. Situation 5: Water falls at the rate of 5 drops per second
a. 33 ft
b. 34 ft
c. 35 ft
d. 36 ft
2. Determine its acceleration when t = 3 s.
a. 16 ft/s2
b. 18 ft/s2
c. 20 ft/s2
d. 22 ft/s2

Situation 2: The acceleration of the truck is given by v = 2s -

5 where v is in m/s and s is in m. At t = 0, s = 0.

3. Find the velocity when s = 10 m

a. 5 m/s
b. 10 m/s
c. 15 m/s
d. 20 m/s 12. Which of the following gives the position of the
4. Find acceleration when s = 10 m lower drop if it has attained a velocity of 3 m/s?
a. 10 m/s2 a. 549 mm
b. 15 m/s2 b. 459 mm
c. 20 m/s2 c. 954 mm
d. 30 m/s2 d. 495 mm
5. Find the time when s = 10 m 13. Which of the following gives the position of the
a. 0.55 s upper drop if the lower drop has attained a velocity
b. 1.35 s of 3m/s?
c. 2.71 s a. 33 mm
d. 3.88 s b. 44 mm
c. 55 mm
d. 66 mm
Situation 3: A car and a truck from rest at the same instant,
14. Which of the following gives the distance between
with the car initially at some distance behind the truck. The
two consecutive drops after the lower drops
truck has a constant acceleration of 1.2 m/s2 and the car an attained a velocity of 3m/s?
acceleration of 1.8m/s2. The car overtakes the truck after the
a. 101 mm
truck has moved 45m.
b. 202 mm
c. 303 mm
6. Which of the following most nearly gives the time it d. 404 m
took the car to overtake the truck?
a. 6.12 s
Situation 6: An object travels from the origin along a curved
b. 7.07 s
path as shown. Its horizon velocity vx = 8t m/s, where t is in
c. 8.66 s
seconds. If t = 2 seconds,
d. 5.00 s
7. How far was the car behind the truck initially?
a. 22.5 m
b. 31.5 m
c. 11.3 m
d. 15.75 m
8. Which of the following most nearly gives the
velocity of the car when the two vehicles are
abreast?
a. 12.73 m/s
b. 8.48 m/s
c. 10.39 m/s
d. 15.59 m/s
15. Determine the magnitude of its position?
a. 16 m
Situation 4: A train moving with constant acceleration travels
b. 32 m
7.5 m during the 10th second of its motion and 5.5 m during
c. 22.63 m
the 12th second of its motion
d. 26.23 m
16. Determine the magnitude of its velocity?
9. Which of the following most nearly gives the initial a. 16 m/s
velocity of the train? b. 24 m/s
a. 16 m/s c. 40 m/s
b. 17 m/s d. 28.8 m/s
c. 18 m/s 17. Determine the magnitude of its acceleration?
d. 19 m/s a. 8 m/s2
10. Which of the following most nearly gives the b. 25.30 m/s2
acceleration of the train? c. 35.20 m/s2
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 Situation 7: An object travels from the origin along a curved RELATIVE MOTION
path as shown. If at the point 16 m from previous figure its
speed is 28.8 m/s and the speed is increasing at 10 m/s2, find Situation 10: A truck is travelling south at a speed of 70kph
and is decelerating at 5m/s2 towards an intersection. A car is
18. The direction of its velocity measured from horizon travelling east towards the intersection and is decelerating at
a. 33.7o 3 m/s2 at a speed of 80kph.
b. 56.3o
c. 0o 28. What is the velocity of car relative to the truck?
d. 90o a. 106.30 kph
19. The tangential component of its acceleration b. 150 kph
a. 10 m/s2 c. 38.73 kph
b. 6.64 m/s2 d. 69.47 kph
c. 28.8 m/s2 29. What is the bearing of the velocity of car relative to
d. 18.8 m/s2 truck?
20. The normal component of its acceleration a. 41.19o N of E
a. 8 m/s2 b. 48.81o N of E
b. 6.64 m/s2 c. 41.19 o S of E
c. 28.8 m/s2 d. 48.81o S of E
d. 18.8 m/s2 30. What is the bearing of acceleration of car relative
21. The magnitude of its acceleration to truck?
a. 10.4 m/s2 a. 59.04o S of W
b. 12.0 m/s2 b. 30.96 o N of W
c. 21.3 m/s2 c. 59.04o S of E
d. 19.9 m/s2 d. 30.96 o S of E

PROJECTILE MOTION Situation 11: At the instant shown object A is travelling along
Situation 8: A bullet is fired at an angle of 56o with an initial the circular path and its speed is increasing at 10m/s2. Object
velocity of 150m/s at the top of 120 m tall building. Neglecting B is travelling along the straight path and its speed is
air resistance, determine: decreasing at 5m/s2.

22. Maximum height above the base of the building

that the bullet reached.
a. 788.19 m
b. 908.19 m
c. 668.19 m
d. 120 m
23. Time for the bullet to hit the ground
a. 28.26 sec
b. 22.86 sec
c. 26.28 sec
d. 28.62 sec
24. Velocity when it hit the ground
a. 83.88 m/s
b. 133.49 m/s
31. What is the relative velocity of A with respect to B?
c. 157.66 m/s
a. 8 m/s
d. 217.37 m/s
b. 4 m/s
Situation 9: A projectile is fired from point O at an angle of c. 6.93 m/s
30o with the horizontal. It lands at point A, a distance of 200 m d. 8.94 m/s
from point O measured along the inclined plane. 32. What is the relative acceleration of A with respect
to B?
a. 27 m/s2
b. 10 m/s2
𝜃 c. 28.79 m/s2
O d. 25.08 m/s2
33. What is the bearing of relative acceleration of A
3 with respect to B?
4
a. 20.32o N of E
𝐴 b. 69.68 o N of E
c. 20.32o S of E
25. Which of the following most nearly gives the time of d. 69.68 o S of E
travel of the projectile?
a. 4.62 s ABSOLUTE DEPENDENT MOTION
b. 6.58 s
c. 10.23 s
d. 5.55 s
26. Which of the following most nearly gives the initial
velocity of the projectile?
a. 28.08 m/s
b. 30.11 m/s
c. 32.37 m/s
d. 20.53 m/s
27. Which of the following most nearly gives the
maximum height reached by the projectile as
measured from point O?
a. 12.55 m 34. If block B is moving down with the constant speed
b. 15.20 m
of 0.4 m/s, find the velocity of block A.
c. 10.52 m a. 0.4 m/s
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 c. 1.2 m/s 40. Determine the reading R of the scale
d. 1.6 m/s a. 830 N
b. 380 N
c. 803 N
d. 308 N
41. Velocity reached by the elevator by the end of 3
seconds.
a. 7.33 m/s
b. 7.37 m/s
c. 7.73 m/s
d. 3.77 m/s

PRINCIPLE OF WORK AND ENERGY

Situation 14: A block weighing 100 N at point A is pushed by

a horizontal force of 100N along a smooth horizontal surface
until it travels 10 m reaching point B. The block has a velocity
of 10m/s at point A. The block is released at point B and
35. Collar A is moving downward with the constant travels along a vertical circular arc BC tangent to B. The
speed of 0.6 m/s. Determine the velocity of block B circular arc has a radius of 10m and a central angle of 45o.
when yA = 1 m After passing point C, the block travels along an incline CD
a. 0.26 m/s tangent at C.
b. 0.52 m/s
c. 1.2 m/s
d. 0.6 m/s

D’ALEMBERT’S PRINCIPLE
Situation 12: The 250-lb concrete block A is released from
rest in the position shown and pulls the 400-lb log up the 30o
ramp. If the coefficient of kinetic friction between the log and
the ramp is 0.5
42. Which of the following most nearly gives the velocity
of the block at B?
a. 11.16 m/s
b. 15.42 m/s
c. 17.21 m/s
d. 19.81 m/s
43. Which of the following most nearly gives the velocity
of the block at point C?
a. 15.45 m/s
b. 18.30 m/s
c. 13.43 m/s
d. 8.19 m/s
44. Which of the following most nearly gives the
distance from C along the incline CD when the
36. Determine the acceleration of the block as it hits block stops for the first time?
the ground at B. a. 4.83 m
a. 5.83 ft/s2 b. 17.21 m
b. 2.92 ft/s2 c. 24.14 m
c. 11.17 ft/s2 d. 13.00 m
d. 7.38 ft/s2
37. Determine the acceleration of the log as the block Situation 15: The 50-kg block at A is mounted on rollers so
hits the ground at B. that it moves along the fixed horizontal rail with negligible
a. 5.83 ft/s2 friction under the action of the constant 300-N force in the
b. 2.92 ft/s2 cable. The block is released from rest at A, with the spring to
c. 11.17 ft/s2 which it is attached extended an initial amount x1 = 0.233 m.
d. 7.38 ft/s2 The spring has a stiffness k 80 N/m.
38. Determine the velocity of the block as it hits the
ground at B.
a. 15.27 ft/s
b. 51.27 ft/s
c. 21.57 ft/s
d. 17.25 ft/s

Situation 13: A 75-kg man stands on a spring scale in an

elevator. During the first 3 seconds of motion from rest, the
tension T in the hoisting cable is 8300 N. The total mass of the
elevator, man, and scale is 750 kg.

39. Determine the acceleration of the elevator

a. 1.62 m/s2
b. 2.16 m/s2 45. Find the work done by the spring
c. 1.26 m/s2 a. -79.79 J
d. 2.61 m/s2 b. -97.97 J
c. -77.99 J
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 46. Find the work done by the constant 300-N force 52. Which of the following most nearly gives the normal
a. 801 J acceleration of the collar at this position?
b. 180 J a. 249.15 m/s2
c. 810 J b. 152.04 m/s2
d. 108 J c. 269.73 m/s2
47. Calculate the velocity of the block as it reaches B. d. 131.43 m/s2
a. 1 m/s 53. Which of the following most nearly gives the normal
b. 2 m/s force of the collar at this position?
c. 3 m/s a. 539.46 N
d. 4 m/s b. 304.08 N
c. 262.86 N
CONSERVATION OF ENERGY d. 498.31 N
Situation 16: A 5kg slider is released from rest at point A and
slides along a smooth circular rod. The stiffness of the spring PRINCIPLE OF IMPULSE AND MOMENTUM
is 400 N/m and has an unstretched length of 0.75 m.
Situation 18: A ball with a mass of 0.05 kg hits a frictionless,
rigid, horizontal surface with the speed v1 = 20 m/s at the angle
θ1 = 45◦. The impulse acting on the ball during its contact with
the surface is 1.8 N · s.

48. Which of the following most nearly gives the change

in gravitational potential energy as slider moves
from A to B?
a. 36.79 N-m
b. 44.39 N-m
c. 38.05 N-m 54. Find the rebound speed v2
d. 41.16 N-m a. 23 m/s
49. Which of the following most nearly gives the change b. 24 m/s
in elastic potential energy as the slider moves from c. 25 m/s
point A to B? d. 26 m/s
a. 81.11 N-m 55. Find angle θ2.
b. 70.39 N-m a. 26.9o
c. 93.19 N-m b. 35.4o
d. 88.77 N-m c. 57.1o
50. Which of the following most nearly gives the velocity d. 67.1o
of the slider when it reaches B?
a. 6.74 m/s Situation 19: A 5 kg block is at rest at t = 0 and is acted upon
b. 8.90 m/s by a horizontal force P that varies with time t as shown.
c. 7.21 m/s
d. 9.34 m/s

Situation 17: The 2-kg collar is released from rest at A and

travels along the smooth vertical guide. The spring has an
unstretched length of 200 mm.

51. Which of the following most nearly gives the speed 56. Determine the initial acceleration of the block
of the collar when it reaches position B? a. 8.73 m/s2
a. 7.35 m/s b. 8.37 m/s2
b. 7.06 m/s c. 0 m/s2
c. 5.51 m/s d. 3.87 m/s2
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 57. Determine the speed of the crate at t = 5 sec
a. 12 m/s
b. 34.92 m/s
c. 43.92 m/s
d. 34.29 m/s
58. Determine the acceleration of the crate at t= 5 sec
a. 41.33 m
b. 97.43 m
c. 56.10 m
d. 64.44 m

CONSERVATION OF LINEAR MOMENTUM

Situation 20: A 4kg ball and 3kg ball move on a smooth

horizontal plane along a straight-line path with speeds of +6
m/s and -8 m/s, respectively. Determine the following:

59. Speed of the 3kg ball after impact if it is plastic

a. 0 m/s
b. 6 m/s
c. 8 m/s
d. 2 m/s
60. Speed of the 3kg ball after impact if it is elastic
a. 8 m/s
b. -8 m/s
c. 6 m/s
d. -6 m/s
61. Speed of the 3kg ball after impact if the coefficient
of restitution is 0.50
a. 3 m/s
b. -3 m/s
c. 4 m/s
d. -4 m/s

Situation 21: The 25 g bullet B hits the 15 kg stationary block

A with a horizontal velocity of 600 m/s. The kinetic coefficient
of friction between the block and the horizontal surface is 0.25.

62. Determine the velocity of bullet after impact,

assuming it is embedded in the block
a. 1.00 m/s
b. 2.00 m/s
c. 3.00 m/s
d. 4.00 m/s
63. Determine the total distance moved by the block
after impact
a. 0.203 m
b. 0.230 m
c. 0.320 m
d. 0.302 m
64. Determine the percentage of mechanical energy
lost during impact.
a. 99.8%
b. 98.9%
c. 89.9%
d. 100%

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