Unit Test

Physics for Engineers

Prepared by: Engr. B.M. Amansec

Situation 1.A rugby player C. 1200 lbf D. 60 lbf impulse of the force (in
passes the ball 7.00 m kg-m/s) exerted on the
across the field, where it 5.What momentum does a 40 ball by the racket.
is caught at the same lbm projectile posses if
height as it left his the projectile is moving A. 1 B. -1
hand. at 420 mph?
C
C. 7 D. 12

S E
A. 24,640 lbf-sec
C
E
1. At what angle was the
N
10.A hollow cylinder 1 m
ball thrown if its initial
A
B. 16,860 lbf-sec
N
in diameter and 2 m high S
speed was 12.0 m/s,
A M A
AM
weighs 2825 N. How many kN

.M
assuming that the smaller C. 765 lbf-sec of lead weighing 110 kN/m
B .M
of the two possible angles
must be fastened to the
. B
was used? D. 523.6 lbf-sec
R
outside bottom of the
14.2 degreesG
R . cylinder to make it float

EN
6.A force of 200 lbf acts
G
a.

28° with respect to N

on a block at an angle of with 1.5 m submerged in
b. 16 degrees
E
horizontal. The block is
water?

c. 12 degrees A. 8.5 KN B. 6.5 kN

pushed 2 feet
horizontally. What is the

EC
d. 17degrees C. 10.5 kN D. 9.5 kN
work done by this force?
2. What other angle gives
A.N S Situation 1.A rugby player

A
the same range, and why 320 J B. 480 J passes the ball 7.00 m

AM C. 540 J
would it not be used? across the field, where it
D. 215 J

.M
is caught at the same

B
a. 75.8° height as it left his
7.What is the water
b. 55.8°
R . pressure if manometer is hand.

N G 0.6 m Hg? Mercury is 13.6

11. At what angle was the
c.
E
57.8° times heavier than water.
ball thrown if its initial
d. 77.8° A. 27.4 kPa B. 47.2 speed was 12.0 m/s,
kPa
EC
assuming that the smaller
3.A 60 ton rail car moving
N S
of the two possible angles

A
at 1 mile/hr is C. 79.97 kPa D 72.4 was used?
instantaneously coupled to
a stationary 40 ton rail
kPa
A M a. 14.2 degrees
car. What is the speed of .M
8. A 50 KN truck traveling
with a speed of 50Bkph
. and is
b. 16 degrees
the coupled cars?

brought toG
R
hits a lamp post
c. 12 degrees
Nthe average force d. 17degrees
A. 0.88 mph B. 1 mph rest in 0.1 s.

C. 0.6 mph D. 0.4 mph E

What is
of the truck?
12. What other angle gives
4.A 60 ton rail car moving A. - 408 kN the same range, and why
at 1 mile/hr is coupled to
would it not be used?
a second stationary rail B. -508 kN
car. If the velocity of a. 75.8° b. 55.8°
the two cars after C. -608 kN
coupling is 1ft/s (in the c. 57.8° d. 77.8°
D. -708 KN
original direction of
motion) and the coupling 13.A 63.0-kg sprinter
9. A tennis ball moving
is completed in 0.5 starts a race with an
horizontally to the left
second, what is the acceleration of 2 4.20 m/s
at 40 m/s hits a racket
average impulsive force on . What is the net external
and rebounds horizontally
the 60 ton rail car? force on him?
to the right at 30 m/s. If
the mass of the ball is a. 245N b. 255N
A. 50 lbf B. 3500 lbf
100 grams, find the
 Unit Test

Physics for Engineers

Prepared by: Engr. B.M. Amansec

c. 200N d. 265N a. 135kN/m3 Situation5. A 10 kg ball

and a 7kg ball move
14.Calculate the force a b139kN/m3 towards each other on a
70.0-kg high jumper must smooth horizontal plane
exert on the ground to c. 130kN/m3
along a straight-line path
produce an upward with speeds 21m/s and
d.133kN/m3
acceleration 4.00 times
EC 24m/s respectively.
the acceleration due to
S
19.Density of mercury.
EC
gravity
A N 23.What is the speed of
S
M
a. 13.55mg/m3
AN
the 10kg ball after
A
AM
a. 3.43KN b. 2.55KN

.M
collision if the impact is
b. 11.55mg/m3
B .M
plastic?
c. 2.42KN d. 2.65KN

R . c. 14.55mg/m3
B
.
a.16.06m/s b. 3.71m/s
G 15.0 m
SITUTION 2.A football
quarterback N R
G
d. 12.55mg/m3
E the playing
runs
Nend 23.What is the speed of
c.2.47m/s d.28.94m/s
E
straight down
Situation 4. Near the
field in 2.50 s. He is
of a marathon race, the
then hit and pushed 3.00 m the 7kg ball after
first two runners are
straight backward in 1.75 collision if the impact is
separated by a distance of

EC
s. He breaks the tackle elastic?
45.0 m. The front runner
and runs straight forward
N S
has a velocity of 3.50 a.16.06m/s b. 3.71m/s
A
another 21.0 m in 5.20 s.
m/s, and the second has a

AM
Calculate his average
velocity of 4.20 m/s. c.2.47m/s d.28.94m/s
velocity 15. for first of

B .M
the three intervals and 20. What is the velocity 25. What is the speed of

a. 6m/s
R . b. 5m/s of the second runner the 10kg ball after

G d. 4m/s
relative to the first? collision if the
7m/sN coefficient of restitution
E
c.
a. 1.49m/s b. 1.33m/s is 0.6?
16.for the entire motion.
C
c. 1.2m/s d. 0.7m/s a.6.06m/sb. 3.81m/s
a. 2.49m/s
S E d.8.65m/s
N
c.2.57m/s
A
AM
b. 3.33m/s
21. If the front runner is

.M
c. 2m/s 250 m from the finish

B
line, who will win the
d. 3.49m/s
.
race, assuming they run at
R
G
constant velocity?
N
Situation 3. The specific
weight of water at
ordinary pressure
a. E runner
First
temperature is 62.4 b. Tied
lb/ft3 (9.81 kN/m3). The
specific gravity of c. Second runner
mercury is 13.55. Compute:
17.the density of water d. None of the above

a. 1000kg/m3

b. 980kg/m3 22. What distance ahead

will the winner be when
c. 9810kg/m3 she crosses the finish
d. 2000kg/m3 line?

a. 4.17m b. 3.33m/s
18. the specific weight of
c. 2.2m d. 4.7m/s
mercury .