DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCES (DMS)

PRETEST FOR PHYSICS FOR ENGINEERS

MULTIPLE CHOICE

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1. A copper wire of length 2.0 m, cross sectional area 7.1 x 10– 6 m2 and Young's modulus 11 x 1010

N/m2 has a 200-kg load hung on it. What is its increase in length? (g = 9.8 m/s2)

A. 0.50 mm C. 1.0 mm

B. 5.0 mm D. 2.5 mm

2. A tensile force of 10,000 N is applied to a 2-m long copper cylinder. If the diameter of the cylinder is 2

cm, determine the tensile stress developed in the cylinder.

A. B. 25,464,791 Pa C. 31,830,989 Pa

B. 19,098,593 Pa D. 12,732,395 Pa

3. In an elastic solid there is a direct proportionality between strain and:

A. elastic modulus. C. temperature.

B. stress. D. cross-sectional area.

4. The bulk modulus of a material, as a meaningful physical property, is applicable to which of the
following?

A. Solids, liquids and gases

B. Only solid

C. Only liquid

D. Only gas

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5. The density of fresh water is 1g/cc and that of seawater is 1.03g/cc. A boat will float ____.

A. lower in freshwater than in seawater

B. higher in freshwater than in seawater

C. at the same level in fresh water and in seawater

D. any of the above, depending on its shape

6. Water flows through a pipe of diameter 8.0 cm with a speed of 10 m/s. It then enters a smaller pipe of

diameter 3.0 cm. What is the speed of the water as it flows through the smaller pipe?

A. 57 m/s C. 71 m/s

B. 43 m/s D. 28 m/s

7. A pirate's treasure chest lies 20.0 m below the surface of the ocean. What is the magnitude of the

force that acts on the rectangular top that is 0.750 m × 0.425 m?

A. 117,072 N C. 94,772 N

B. 139,371 N D. 161,670 N

8. The fluid at the bottom of a container is ________.

A. under more pressure than the fluid at the top

B. under less pressure than the fluid at the top

C. under the same pressure as the fluid at the top

D. any of the above, depending upon circumstances

9. A 500-W electric heater is being used to increase the temperature of 2-kg water (C = 4,190 J/kg-C°)

from 20°C to 80°C. The time required is

A. 19 minutes C. 17 minutes

B. 18 minutes D. 20 minutes

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10. A windowpane is half a centimeter thick and has an area of 1.0 m2. The temperature difference

between the inside and outside surfaces of the pane is 15 °C. What is the rate of heat flow through this

window? (Thermal conductivity for glass is 0.84 W/m-C°.)

A. 2520 J/s C. 1300 J/s

B. 630 J/s D. 5000 J/s

11. Which one of the following processes of heat transfer requires the presence of a fluid?

A. conduction C. convection

B. radiation D. none of the choices are valid.

12. The filament temperature of a light bulb is 2000 K when the bulb delivers 40 W of power. If its

emissivity remains constant, what power is delivered when the filament temperature is 2500 K?

A. 50 W C. 62 W

B. 105 W D. 98 W

13. A railroad train travels forward along a straight track at 80.0 m/s for 1 000 m and then travels at 50.0

m/s for the next 1 000 m. What is the average velocity?

A. 65.0 m/s C. 70.0 m/s

B. 63.7 m/s D. 61.5 m/s

14. Gwen releases a rock at rest from the top of a 40-m tower. If g = 9.8 m/s2 and air resistance is

negligible, what is the speed of the rock as it hits the ground?

A. 30 m/s C. 28 m/s

B. 56 m/s D. 784 m/s

15. A projectile is fired at an angle of elevation of 60°. Neglecting air resistance, what are possible angles

in flight between the acceleration vector and the velocity vector?

A. 160° and 40° C. 90° and 60°

B. 20° and 70° D. none of the above

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16. A communication satellite is orbiting around the earth at a constant elevation of 10 km above the

sea level. If the satellite makes a complete orbit in 24 hours, what is its linear speed? (The radius of

the earth is 6380 km.)

A. 465 m/s B. 267 m/s

C. 122 m/s D. 655 m/s

17. As I slide a box at constant speed up a frictionless slope, pulling parallel to the slope, the tension in

the rope will be:

A. greater than the tension would be if the box were stationary.

B. less than the weight of the box.

C. greater than the weight of the box.

D. equal to the weight of the box.

18. As a 3.0-kg bucket is being lowered into a 10-m-deep well, starting from the top, the tension in the

rope is 9.8 N. The acceleration of the bucket will be:

A. B. 9.8 m/s2 downward. C. 6.5 m/s2 downward.

B. zero. D. 3.3 m/s2 upward.

19. A thrown stone hits a window, but doesn't break it. Instead it reverses direction and ends up on the

ground below the window. In this case, we know:

A. the force of the stone on the glass > the force of the glass on the stone.

B. the force of the stone on the glass < the force of the glass on the stone.

C. the stone didn't slow down as it broke the glass.

D. the force of the stone on the glass = the force of the glass on the stone.

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20. A 5,000-N weight is suspended in equilibrium by two cables. Cable 1 applies a horizontal force to the

right of the object and has a tension, T1. Cable 2 applies a force upward and to the left at an angle of

37.0°to the negative x-axis and has a tension, T2. Find T2.

A. 8 310 N C. 6 640 N

B. 4 000 N D. 3 340 N

21. If an object is moving at constant velocity, we may assume:

A. there are no forces acting on the object.

B. the object is accelerating.

C. the net force acting on the object is zero.

D. the object is losing mass

22. What is the minimum amount of energy required for an 80-kg climber carrying a 20-kg pack to climb

Mt. Everest, 8 850 m high?

A. 2.47 MJ C. 8.67 MJ

B. 4.16 MJ D. 1.00 MJ

23. A Hooke's law spring is compressed 12.0 cm from equilibrium and the potential energy stored is 72.0

J. What is the spring constant in this case?

A. 1 200 N/m

B. 5 000 N/m

C. 10 000 N/m

D. None of the above

24. If both mass and velocity of a ball are tripled, the kinetic energy is increased by a factor of:

A. 3 C. 6

B. 27 D. 9

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25. A satellite is held in orbit by a 2 000-N gravitational force. Each time the satellite completes an orbit

of circumference 80 000 km, the work done on it by gravity is:

A. 1.6 x 108 J. C. 1.6 x 1011 J.

B. Zero D. 6.4 x 1011 J.

26. Two bodies moving initially in opposite directions at speeds of 5 m/s and 8 m/s. If after collision they

reverse the direction at speeds of 6 m/s and 5 m/s, respectively. Determine the coefficient of

restitution.

A. 0.77 C. 0.69

B. 0.85 D. 0.62

27. Complete the following statement: Different types of collisions between interacting bodies are

categorized on the basis of:

A. the magnitude of the forces involved.

B. linear momentum conservation.

C. mechanical energy conservation.

D. kinetic energy conservation.

28. A 1000-kg car traveling east at 20 m/s collides with a 1500-kg car traveling west at 10 m/s. The cars

stick together after the collision. What is the common velocity of the cars after the collision?

A. 0.8 m/s, east C. 2 m/s, east

B. 0.4 m/s, west D. 1.6 m/s, west

29. An object that has momentum must also have

A. Kinetic Energy

B. Acceleration

C. Work

D. Potential energy

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30. A horizontal lever is being balanced on a pointed support. The right end of the lever is positively

charge and the other end is negatively charge. The lever is in the region wherein uniform downward

electric field is present. Which of the following is the most possible to happen?

A. The lever will remain at rest.

B. The lever will move to the right.

C. The lever will rotate clockwise.

D. The lever will rotate counter clockwise.

31. If 10,000 electrons are removed from a neutral plastic ball, its charge now

A. B. 1.6 x 10 – 23 C C. 1.6 x 10 – 15 C

B. – 1.6 x 10 – 15 C D. – 1.6 x 10 – 23 C

32. The force between two charges of – 3 x 10-9 C that are 50 mm apart is

A. 1.8 x 10 – 16 N C. 3.6 x 10 – 15 N

B. 3.2 x 10 – 5 N D. 1.6 x 10 – 6 N

33. Two identical charges at a distance R move away from each other until they are separated by a

distance of 2R. The magnitude of electric force between them ______.

A. increased by a factor of 4

B. decreased by a factor of 4

C. doubles

D. remains the same

34. Which of the following is not a factor affecting the magnitude of resistance?

A. resistivity of the material used as wire

B. mass of the wire

C. length of wire

D. cross-sectional area of the wire

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35. When a 24.0-Ω resistor is connected across a 12.0-V battery, a current of 482 mA flows. What is the

internal resistance of the battery?

A. 0.9 Ω C. 25.0 Ω

B. 0.02 Ω D. 49.8 Ω

36. What can you say about the current flowing past points A and B?

A. IA = IB C. IA > IB

B. not enough info D. IA < IB

37. A 1 Ω resistor is placed in parallel with a 10,000 Ω resistor as shown. The total, equivalent resistance

of these two resistors in parallel is closest to ____.

A. a little less than 10,000 Ω C. a little less than 1 Ω.

B. a little more than 1 Ω. D. a little more than 10,000 Ω

38. In the electric circuit shown below, determine the resistance of resistor R.

A. B. 1.0 Ω C. 5 Ω

B. 2.33 Ω D. 0.2 Ω

39. A proton moving at a speed of 3.8 x 106 m/s cuts across the lines of a magnetic field at an angle of

70°. The strength of the field is 0.25 x 10– 4T. What is the magnitude of the force acting on the proton?

(p = 1.6 x 10– 19 C)

A. 5.1 x 10– 18 N C. 2.3 x 10– 17 N

B. 9.0 x 10– 18 N D. 1.4 x 10– 17 N

40. A stationary positive charge +Q is located in a magnetic field B, which is directed toward the right as

indicated. The direction of the magnetic force on Q is:

A. toward the right. C. down.

B. There is no magnetic force. D. up.

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41. A copper wire of length 25 cm is in a magnetic field of 0.20 T. If it has a mass of 10 g, what is the

minimum current through the wire that would cause a magnetic force equal to its weight?

A. 1.3 A C. 4.9 A

B. 1.5 A D. 2.0 A

42. A steel sewing needle can be made into a magnet by

A. banging it on a table.

B. stroking it with a magnet in one direction only

C. soaking it in mercury.

D. placing it near a compass.

.43. A bicycle with wheels of radius 0.4 m travels on a level road at a speed of 8 m/s. What is the angular

speed of the wheels?

A. 20 rad/s C. 13 rad/s

B. 16 rad/s D. 11 rad/s

44. A wheel, originally rotating at 126 rad/s undergoes a constant angular deceleration of 5.00 rad/s2.

What is its angular speed after it has turned through an angle of 628 radians?

A. B. 103 rad/s C. 98 rad/s

B. 108 rad/s D. 112 rad/s

45. Consider a point on a bicycle wheel as the wheel turns about a fixed axis, neither speeding up nor

slowing down. Compare the linear and angular accelerations of the point.

A. Both are zero.

B. Only the linear acceleration is zero.

C. Neither is zero.

D. Only the angular acceleration is zero.

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46. Consider a child who is swinging. As she reaches the lowest point in her swing:

A. the tension in the rope is equal to her weight.

B. the tension in the rope is equal to her mass times her acceleration.

C. her acceleration is downward at 9.8 m/s2.

D. none of the above.

47. A uniform meterstick balances on a fulcrum placed at the 40 cm mark when a weight W is placed at

the 30 cm mark. What is the weight of the meter stick?

A. 2W C. W

B. 3W D. 3.5W

48. A meter stick is supported by a knife-edge at the 50-cm mark. Doug hangs masses of 0.40 and 0.60

kg from the 20-cm and 80-cm marks, respectively. Where should Doug hang a third mass of 0.30 kg

to keep the stick balanced?

A. 30 cm C. 70 cm

B. 20 cm D. 25 cm

49. Two spheres, one with the center core up to r = R/2 hollow and other solid, have the same mass M

and same outer radius R. If both rolling at the same speed, which one has the greater kinetic energy?

A. The both have the same kinetic energy.

B. The solid one has the greater kinetic energy.

C. More information is needed to choose an answer.

D. The hollow one has the greater kinetic energy.

50. A ventilation fan with a moment of inertia of 0.034 kgm2 has a net torque of 0.11 Nm applied to it. If

it starts from rest, what angular momentum will it have 8.0 s later?

A. B. 0.97 kgm2/s C. 2.0 kgm2/s

B. 0.88 kgm2/s D. 3.25 kgm2/s

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