FINAL EXAMNINATION

PHYSICS 1 - MECHANICS & FLUIDS

Name: _______________________________ Score: __________

Test I . Multiple choice (2 pts each)

_____1. Reflects the tendency of a moving object to continue moving and the difficulty
encountered in reducing that motion.
a. impulse c. momentum
b. force d. energy
_____2. The cause of an objects change in momentum.
a. impulse c. momentum
b. force d. energy
_____3. A golf club strikes a golf ball. The club and the ball remain in contact for 0.75 x 10 – 3
sec. The 45 grams golf ball leaves the club with a speed of 80 m/s. Calculate the average force
of the club on the ball.
a. 5300 N c. 3501.45 N
b. None of these d. 4800 N
_____4. A 1200 kg car traveling east at a speed of 18 m/s has a head on collision with a 4500
kg truck traveling west at 15 m/s. If the vehicles are locked together after the collision, what is
their final velocity?
a. 8 m/s west c. 15.6 m/s east
b. 15.6 m/s west d. none of these
_____5. Momentum is conserved while kinetic energy is converted to other forms of energy.
a. elastic collision c. work-energy transformation
b. inelastic collision d. none of these
_____6. The energy that an object has because of its vertical separation from the earth
a. kinetic energy c. gravitational potential energy
b. elastic potential energy d. none of these
_____7. A 2 kg rabbit has the same kinetic energy with the 7 kg cat. If the rabbit is running at 3
m/s, how fast is the cat running?
a. 0.9 m/s c. none of these
b. 1.6 m/s d. 2.3 m/s
_____8. A rope pulls along a 15 kg crate 10 m along a frictionless plane inclined at an angle of
30. The tension in the rope is directed parallel to the plane. The crates speed increases from 0
to 5 m/s. Calculate the change in potential energy of the crate.
a. none of these c. 734 J
b. 325.2 J d. 456.87 J
_____9. If the work done in pulling the rope was used in increasing the potential and kinetic
energy of crate, what is the tension in the rope.
a. 75 N c. 56 N
b. 89 N d. 92 N
_____10. The ratio of the work done or the change in energy per unit time.
a. impulse c. power
b. momentum d. none of these
_____11. A 100-kg cheetah moves from rest to 30 m/s in 4 s. What is the power?
a. 1.22 hp c. 3.21 kw
b. 1.22 kw d. 3.21 hp
_____12. How much force is needed to accelerate a 1400 kilogram car 2 meters per second/per
second?
a. 2800 N c. 3200.15 N
b. 1400 N d. 1280 N

_____13. A 200 grams baseball traveling at 30 m/s is hit by a bat and rebounds in the opposite
direction at 42 m/s. What is the change in momentum of the ball?
a. 12 kg m/s c. 17.24 kg m/s
b. 5.124 kg m/s d. 14.4 kg m/s
_____14. A measure of the amount of matter in an object.
a. weight c. volume
b. energy d. mass
_____15. is a property of an object that describes how much it will resist change to the motion
of the object.
a. mass c. force
b. inertia d. momentum
_____16. A force that slows motion, or prevents motion from starting.
a. Normal Force c. Force
b. Weight d. Friction
_____17. Is anything that can be converted into work; i.e., anything that can exert a force
through a distance
a. work c. energy
b. power d. mass
_____18. A sled is traveling 4.00m/s along a horizontal stretch of snow.
The coefficient of kinetic friction is µk = 0.0500. How far does the sled go before stopping?
a. 17.1 m c. 18.5 m
b. 16.3 m d. 12.1 m

_____20. A boat will float ________ in salt water than in fresh water.
a. higher c. the same
b. lower d. None of these
_____21. About 2/3 of our body mass is water. Calculate the volume of water in liters in a 70 kg
person.
a. 70 c. 23.33
b. 56.67 d. 46.67
_____22. 200 kPa is equal to
a. 30 psi c. 112.02 kg/cm2
b. 1512 torr d. 59.06 in. Hg
_____23. The study of the properties of fluid at rest
a. hydrostatics c. Fluid mechanics
b. Hydrodynamics d. All of these
_____24. A household hot water system has an expansion tank in the attic, 12 m above the
boiler. If the tank is open to the atm. what is the abs. Pressure at the entrance of the boiler?
a. 3.157 x 105 pa c. 1.15 x 104 pa
b. 1.54 x 10 pa
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d. 2.18 x 105 pa
_____25. An object has a specific weight of 250 kg/m3. Compute its specific gravity.
a. 0.25 c. 0.29
b. 0.30 d. 0.22
_____26. Are substance capable of flowing, without separation of mass.
a. solid c. fluids
b. liquid d. matter
_____27. Ratio of density of a substance to the density of water.
a. surface tension c. specific gravity
b. relative density d. density
_____28. Which of the following is not the density of water at 4 degrees Celsius?
a. 62.4 lb/ft3 c. 1000 kg/m3
b. 1 g/ml d. 1.025 g/cm3
_____29. What is the pressure at the bottom of a tank of water 10 m deep?
a. 98.1 psi c. 250 mmHg
b. 199 KPaa d. 1 atm
_____30. At all points at the same depth in a liquid, the pressure is:
a. different c. 250 mmHg
b. depends on the cross section of the tank
c. independent of the density of the fluid
d. the same
Test II. Problem Solving:
Answer the following problems. Provide a clean, understandable and presentable
solution. Enclose your final answer with a box.

1. (5 pts) A 20-g projectile strikes a mud bank, penetrating a distance of 6 cm before stopping.
Find the stopping force F if the entrance velocity is 80 m/s.
2. (10 pts) A jet plane is flying with a constant speed along a straight line at an angle of 30.0 o
above the horizontal. The plane has a weight W whose magnitude is W=86,500 N and its
engine provide a forward thrust T of magnitude T=103,000 N. In addition, the lift force L
(directed perpendicular to the wings) and the force R of air resistance (directed opposite to
the motion) act on the plane. Find L and R.
3. (10 pts) What is the relative density of the objects below if each weighs 100 N each?
a. A sphere with a radius of 3 cm.
b.
2cm

4cm

6 cm
Note: The hole is 2 cm x 4 cm through.