UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS

DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS
FSC 105: Introductory Physics I
First Semester, 2015/2016 Session

Instructions: Answer ALL Questions

Where necessary, take:
Local intensity of Earth’s gravitational field g = 9.8 m/s2
Specific heat capacity of water 4.2kJ kg −1 K −1
Specific latent heat of fusion, ice 336 kJ/kg-1
Specific latent heat of vaporisation, stem 2268 kJ/kg-1
Molar gas constant 8.3 J mol-1 K-1
Avogadro constant N A = 6.02  10 23 mol-1
Coefficient of linear expansion of steel 1.2 10 −5 K −1
Universal gravitational constant 6.67 10 −11 Nm 2 kg −2

1. What are the correct dimensions of energy and pressure?

−1 2 −2 −1 −2 −3 2 2 −2 2 2
A. MLT , MLT B. ML T , ML T C. ML T , MLT D. ML T , ML T
2. A scientist proposed that the velocity v of the wave set-up by plucking a stretched string is given by
v = kT a l b m c , where T is tension in the string, l is length, m is the mass m and k is a constant. Find the
values of a, b, and c. A. ½, ½, -½ B. -½, ½, ½ C. ½, -½, ½ D. -½, ½, -½
3. A train is travelling along a horizontal path with speed v measured in m/s. The power P measured in
watts required to overcome external forces opposing the motion is given by P = cv + kv ,where c and k
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are constants.What is the S.I. unit for constant k. A. kg/m B. m3 C. kgm2s-2 D. kgm/s
4. Three vectors are given as A = 2i +3j, B = 3i + 5j and C = 4i - 6j, evaluate A x B x C.
A. -2(7i - 3j) B. 2(3i + 2j) C. 2(7i + 3j) D. 2(3i - 2j)
5. An airplane trip involves three legs, with two stopovers. The first leg is due east for 620 km; the second
leg is southeast (45°) for 440 km; and the third leg is at 53° south of west, for 550 km, as shown. What is
the plane’s total displacement?
A. 960.5km, at an angle of 51° above the x axis. B. 1610km, at an angle of 51° below the x axis.
C. 960.5km, at an angle of 51° below the x axis. D. 1610km, at an angle of 51° above the x axis.
6. The moment of a vector A about a point O is defined as
A. a vector whose magnitude is the product of the magnitude of A and the perpendicular distance of O
from the direction of A.
B. a vector whose magnitude is the ratio of the magnitude of A and the perpendicular distance of O from
the direction of A.
C. a vector whose magnitude is the addition of the magnitude of A and the perpendicular distance of O
from the direction of A.
D. a vector whose magnitude is the product of the magnitude of A and the distance of O from the
direction of A.
7. A rigid body is said to be in translational equilibrium if
A. the resultant torque acting on it is equal to zero B. the resultant force acting on it is equal to unity
C. the resultant force acting on it is equal to zero D. the resultant torque acting on it is equal to unity
8. When the net external torque acting on a system is zero, the total angular momentum of the system is
constant. This statement is the principle conservation of:
A. linear momentum B. angular acceleration
C. angular momentum D. energy
9. The flywheel of a stationary engine has a moment of inertia of 60kgm2. What is the kinetic energy if its
angular acceleration is 4rads-2?
A. 120J B. 20J C. 60J D. 15J
10. Torque is the rotational analogue of
A. kinetic energy B. linear momentum C. acceleration D. force
11. The volume of liquid relative to glass in a certain type of liquid-in-glass thermometer at temperature of
( )
273K is given by: V = Vo 1 + a + b where a = 2 x 10-3 and b = 3 x 10-6. The temperature on this
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thermometer when the temperature on the gas scale is 300K will be: A. 24.4°C B. 30.0°C
C. 97.4°C D. 297.4°C
12. A thermometer has a resistance of 2.6 when immersed in a triple point cell. When the thermometer is
placed in surroundings where its resistance becomes 5.6, what is the temperature that will be shown on
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 the thermometer? (Hint: triple – point of water is 273.16K.) A. 59.34 K B. 543.4K C.
368.27K D. 588.3K
13. A piece of metal at a temperature of 384.12K was dropped into copper calorimeter of mass 0.1kg. The
calorimeter contained 0.2kg of water at 303.62K. The final temperature reached was 303.14K. Determine
the heat by the metal if its specific heat capacity is 0.479 x 103 J.kg-1.K-1 (A) 14.5 x 103J (B) 2.0 x 103J
(C)3.9 x 103J (D) 18.4 x 103J
14. The brake of a car moving with speed of 50 m/s was applied because of an object on the road such that
the speed reduced to 10 m/s. what is the impulse if its mass is 250kg and it covered a distance of 2 meters
during the change in velocity. (A) 21.0 x 104 Ns (B) 33.0 x 104 Ns (C) 25.0 x 104 Ns (D)1.0 x 104 Ns
15. Three particles system consist of masses 20g, 40g and 35g moving with velocities of 10m/s, 6m/s and
8m/s respectively. Determine the linear momentum of the system (A) 7.2 J (B) 900 J (C) 7200 J (D) 18.6 J
16. What amount of force would you require to suspend a stone of mass 120g moving with falling with a
velocity of 8m/s within a distance of 2 meters in the air? (A) 12 N (B) 4.8N (C) 16 N (D) 144N
17. A massive truck of 1200N moving with a velocity of 20mls hits a stationary mass of 30N. If both bodies
move together after the collision, determine their common velocity. (A) 24 m/s (B) 8 m/s (C) 10 m/s
(D)16 m/s
18. A mole of an ideal gas at STP has a volume of 32.3 x 10-3 m3 at 273K. Find the volume of the gas at
300K (A) 29.5 x 10-3 m3 (B) 35.6 x 10-3 m3(C) 87.2 x 10-3 m3 (D) 10.0 x 10-3 m3
19. Evaluate the energy stored in a wire whose Young modulus is 12.9 1010 N/m2 and has length of 6m and a
cross sectional area of 4 x 10-6 m2, which was deformed by 0.08% of its original length. (A) 12.0 x 105 J
(B) 3.2 x 105 J (C) 0.4 x 105 J (D) 1.19 x 105 J
20. Calculate the kinetic energy for masses 600g and 40g moving with a common velocity of 2.5m/s for 2
meters after collision. (A) 0.8 J (B) 2.4 J (C) 50 J (D) 140 J
21. A horizontal force of 12N applied to a 4kg initially at rest on a rough horizontal surface, what is the
acceleration if the coefficient of friction is 0.2 (assume acceleration due to gravity is 9.8m/s2). (A) 4.4
m/s2 (B) 2.4 m/s2 (C) 1.05m/s2 (D) 18.0 m/s2
22. An upward force of 10 x 103 N acts on an elevator of mass 8000kg. Calculate the acceleration of the
elevator. (Assume that the acceleration due to gravity is 10m/s2). (A) - 8.75m/s2 (B) 7.5 m/s2 (C) 1.8
m/s2 (D) – 4.0 m/s2
23. Calculate the power dissipated by an engine that lifts a load of 200N through a distance of 8 meters in 2
minutes. (A) 20W (B) 800W (C) 13 W (D) 3200W
24. The root mean square velocity of hydrogen molecule is 1839m/s at STP. Calculate the density of
hydrogen if the pressure at STP is 1.013x 105 N/m2. (A)12.0 kg/m3 (B) 0.09 kg/m3 (C) 20 kg/m3 (D) 0.4
kg/m3
25. The P.E. of a body at a certain height is 200 J. The kinetic energy possessed by it when it just touches the
surface of the earth is
A. > P.E. B. < P.E. C. = P.E. D. cannot be known
26. Two objects of masses 1 x 10-3 kg and 4 x 10-3 kg have equal momentum. What is the ratio of their
kinetic energies? A. 4:1 B. 2:1 C. 16:1 D.
27. The type of energy possessed by a simple pendulum, when it is at the mean position is
A. kinetic energy B.potential energy C.potential energy + kinetic energy D. sound energy
28. If air resistance is negligible, the sum total of potential and kinetic energies of a freely falling body
_______A. increases B. decreases C. becomes zero D. remains the same
29. Name the physical quantity which is equal to the product of force and velocity.
A. work B. energy C. power D. acceleration
30. A bullet fired into a fixed target loses half of its velocity after penetrating 3 cm. How much further will it
penetrate before coming to rest assuming that it faces constant resistance to motion?
A 2.0 cm B. 3.0 cm C. 1.0 cm D. 1.5 cm
31. A body falling from a height of 10 m rebounds from floor. If it loses 20 % energy in the impact, then
coefficient of restitution is ( take g = 9.8 m/s2 ) A. 0.89 B. 0.56 C. 0.23 D. 0.18
32. A ball hits the floor and rebounds after an inelastic collision. In this case
A. the momentum of the ball just after the collision is the same as that just before the collision
B. the mechanical energy of the ball remains the same in the collision
C. the total momentum and energy of the ball and the earth is not conserved
D. the total energy and momentum of the ball and the earth is conserved

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33. A lorry and a car moving with the same K. E. are brought to rest by applying the same retarding force,
then
A. lorry will come to rest in a shorter distance B. car will come to rest in a shorter distance
C. both will come to rest in the same distance D. none of the other options
34. The acceleration of moving particle is . Find its velocity at time
, given that the velocity at is zero. (A) 5m/s (B) 15 m/s (C) 9m/s (D) -3m/s
35. What scientific rule states that the pressure exerted by a moving stream of fluid is less than the pressure
of the surrounding fluid? A. Archimedes’ principle B. Pascal’s principle
C. Bernoulli’s principle D. Stefan-Boltzmann’s law
36. The braking system on a car is an example of
A. a hydraulic system. B. buoyancy. C. Bernoulli’s principle. D. Newton’s third law of motion.
37 A rope of length ‘L’ with a mass of 4kg attached to its end is making 360rev/min. If the tension in the
rope is 4000N, find the length ‘L’ of the rope.
A. 0.6 m B. 0.7 m C. 0.8 m D. 0.9 m
38. An object of mass 2kg moves along a circular track of radius 1.5 m. If the force keeping the object in
motion along the track is 1200N, find the tangential velocity of the object along the track.
A. 75m/s. B. 150m/s. C. 200m/s. D. 300m/s.
39 The blades of a fan are 75cm long each. Calculate the tangential speed of the tip of any of
the blades if the rate of revolution is 600rev/min
A. 4.713m/s B. 47.13m/s C. 471.3m/s D. 4713.0m/s
40 Which of the following is the function of the gravitational torsion balance
A. Determination of specific gravity B. Determination of the mass of the earth
C. Determination of the universal gravitational constant D. Determination of escape velocity
41 Which of the following represents the velocity of escape ‘V’ from the surface of the earth with
Mass Me and radius Re
A V = √(2GMe/Re) B. V = 2GMe/Re C. V = GMe/Re D. V= GRe/Me
42. Kepler’s third law can be expressed as
A. T2Gm2 = 4πr3 B. T2r3m = 4πG C. Gm = 4π2r2/T2 D. T2Gm = 4π2r3
43. Calculate the velocity of escape from the surface of the moon. Take the mass of the moon to
be 7.34 x 1022kg and the radius of the moon as 1.738 x 106m
A. 1518m/s B. 2360m/s C. 3156m/s D. 4247m/s
44. Relative density is defined as
A. density of substance/density of 1kg of water. B. density of water/density of substance
C. mass of substance/mass of water D. density of substance/density of water
45. The ratio of the area of the small piston to that of the large piston in an hydraulic press is
1;25. What is the minimum force required at the small piston to lift a load of 1500N at the
large piston A 60N B. 100N C. 1475N D. 1525N
46. A hydraulic lift has a piston area of 20cm radius. What pressure would it require to lift a load of 3500kg
A. 121426.7 N/m2 B. 182465.4 N/m2 C. 278485.0 N/m2 D. 352138.2 N/m2
47. A cylindrical tank of height 3m is filled with water. Calculate the total pressure on a coin placed at the
bottom of the tank if an external pressure of 1500 N/m2 is applied to the surface of the tank. A. 30,000
N/m2 B. 31,500 N/m2 C. 28,500 N/m2 D. 33,000 N/m2
48. Water enters a pipe of 4.0cm inlet diameter at a velocity of 5m/s and pressure 2.5x105 N/m2. The outlet
of the pipe 2cm in diameter is 6cm below the inlet. Find the pressure at the outlet.
A. 2500N B. 10,240N C. 128,300N D. 142,500N
49 A wheel rotating at 4.0 rad/sec is brought to a stop with constant angular acceleration. If the wheel makes
50 revolutions before stopping, calculate the time taken.
(A) 106 s (B) 100 s (C) 85 s (D) None of the other options
(A) A disk accelerated at a constant rate of 2.0 rad/s2 for 15 sec. If the disk has a radius of 0.18 m
and started from rest, find the angular and linear speeds of a point on the disk’s circumference at the end
of this period. A. 40.0 rad/s, 15.4 m/s (B) 10.0 rad/s, 15.0 m/s (C) 30.0 rad/s, 5.4 m/s
(D) None of the other options
50 It is required to increase the angular speed of a rotating disk from 300 rev/min to 500 rev/min in 10
seconds. If the mass of the disk is50.0 kg and its radius is 0.4 m, calculate the torque to be applied.
(A) 6.5 Nm (B) 8.4 Nm (C) 10.0 Nm (D) 15.1 Nm

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51 The moment of inertia Icm of a thin rod about an axis passing through its Centre (and perpendicular to its
length) is ML2/12, where M and L are respectively the mass and length of the rod. Calculate the moment
of inertia, Iend about an axis passing through its end (and perpendicular to its length).
(A) ML2/3 (B) ML2/5 (C) ML2/8 (D) ML2/12
52 The position of three particles lying on the x-axis are x1 = 7.0 m, x2 = -4.0 m and x3 = -6.0 m
respectively. If the particles have equal masses of 5.0 kg, calculate the Centre of mass of the particles.
(A) 3.0 m (B) 4.0 m (C) -3.0 m (D) -1.0 m
53 The masses and positions of three particles are respectively m1 = 15.0 kg, x1 =-2.0 m, y1 = -3.0 m; m2 =
10.0 kg, x2 = 2.0 m, y2 = 5.0 m; and m3 = 5.0 kg, x3 6.0 m, y3 = 0. Find the center of mass of the particles.
(A) xm = 1.0 m, ym = 0.5 m (B) xm = 0.7 m, ym = 0.3 m (C) xm = 1.5 m, ym = 0.8 m
(D) xm = 1.2 m, ym = 0.4 m
54 A 2.5 kg uniform rod is balanced horizontally on a support by two weights attached to its ends. The
length of the rod is 2.0 m and the support is 0.5 m from one end. If the weight near the support is 50.0 N,
find the weight at the other end and the reaction of the support.
(A) 40.0 N, 40.5N (b) 6.5 N, 65.5N (C) 5.2 N, 52.2 N (D) 8.3 N, 83.3N
55 The diameters of the main pipeline and of the throat of a venture meter are 5.0 x 10-2 and 2.0 x 10-2 m
respectively. Calculate the speed of water flowing in the main pipeline if the difference in mercury levels
in the two arms of the manometer is 2.0 x 10-2 m.
(A) 3.0 m/s (B) 7.0 m/s (C) 1.0 m/s (D) None of the other options
(A) Incompressible oil of density 850 kg/m3 is pumped through a cylindrical pipe at a rate of 9.5
litres per second. The first section of the pipe has a diameter of 8.0 cm. What is the flow speed of the oil
and what is the mass flow rate? A. 2.5 m/s and 4.1 kg/s (B) 1.0 m/s and 5.4 kg/s (C) 3.1 m/s and 10.5
kg/s (D) 1.9 m/s and 8.1 kg/s
59. A soap bubble 50.0 mm in diameter contains a pressure (in excess of atmospheric) of 2 bar. Find the
surface tension in the soap film.
(A) 3450 N/m (B) 2950 N/m (C) 1250 N/m (D) 4520 N/m
60. Water has a surface tension of 0.4 N/m in a 3 mm diameter vertical tube if the liquid rises 6 mm above
the liquid outside the tube, calculate the contact angle.
(A) 120.30 (B) 83.70 (C) 110.20 (D) 45.40