PRACTICE QUESTIONS ON PHY 101 BY PROF OVIE

Originally meant for all 100 level students of Delta State University

1. The Minkowski diagram was named after

a) George Minkowski
b) Herman Minkowski
c) Peter Minkowski
d) Fredrick Minkowski
Answer: Herman Minkowski

2. A car is driven from Agbor to Abraka at a distance of 90km in 50 minutes. Determine the
average velocity of the car throughout the journey.
a) 30 km/s
b) 90m/s
c) 30 m/s
d) 90 km/s
Answer: 30 m/s

3. “In a closed or isolated system, the total mechanical energy is always constant” was stated by
what law?
a) Law of linear momentum
b) Law of conservation of a system
c) Law of conservation of mechanical energy
d) Law of conservation of energy
Answer: law of conservation of mechanical energy

4. Given that A = i + 3j – 2k and B = i – 2j + 3k. Find A+B

a) 3i + 2j + k
b) 2i + j + k
c) i + 2j +2k
d) 2i + 3j – 2k
Answer: 2i + j + k

5. In the 4-D spectrum. What is the last dimension?

a) Length
b) Breadth
c) Height
d) Time
Answer: Time
6. An object has a mass of 5 kg what is its weight? What is its acceleration when a net force of
100N acts on it?
a) 50N , 20 m/s2
b) 30N , 10 m/s2
c) 49N , 20 m/s2
d) 60N , 30 m/s2
Answer: 49N, 20 m/s2

7. The analytical description of motion or part of motion disregarding the forces that produces
them is call?
a) Kinetics
b) Thermodynamics
c) Dynamics
d) Kinematics
Answer: Kinematics

8. A vector A = 3i + 4j + 6k. What is the unit vector?

a) 7.81
b) 8.81
c) 9.81
d) 6.81
Answer: 7.81

9. Force is needed to start or stop a moving object was showed from what law?
a) Newton’s first law of motion
b) Newton’s second law of motion
c) Newton’s third law of motion
d) None of the above
Answer: newton’s first law of motion

10. A projectile is fired with a velocity of 320m/s at an angle of 30o to the horizontal. Find the time
to reach maximum height.
a) 32 seconds
b) 12 seconds
c) 16 seconds
d) 10 seconds
Answer: 16 seconds

11. Ovie with a mass of 60kg was resting in a hotel when a net horizontal force of 132N was applied
to him. Find the horizontal acceleration produced.
a) 2.1m/s2
b) 2.2m/s2
c) 2.3m/s2
d) 2.4m/s2
Answer: 2.2m/s2

12. The Atwood machine is used to illustrate which one of newton’s law?
a) First law
b) Second law
c) Third law
d) None of the above
Answer: Newton’s second law

13. Find the magnitude of the vector whose points are ( 2, 3 ) and ( 5, 8 )
a) 7.32
b) 4.38
c) 5.38
d) 6.37
Answer: 5.38

14. A wrestler drags his opponent 4m across the floor of the room against frictional force of 100N.
Find the work done
a) -25J
b) 0.25J
c) -400J
d) –0.25J
Answer: -400J

15. What is the value of the Universal Gravitational constant?

a) 6.67 x 10-12 Kgm3s-2
b) 6.67 x 10-13 Kgm3s-2
c) 6.67 x 10-11 Kgm3s-2
d) 6.67 x 10-10 Kgm3s-2
Answer: 6.67 x 10-11 Kgm3s-2

16. When a body’s movement is periodic, it is said to be undergoing what type of motion?
a) Oscillatory motion
b) Translational motion
c) Random motion
d) Rotational motion
Answer: Oscillatory motion
17. A ball is dropped from a height of 20m. With what velocity will it hit the ground and rebounds
with a velocity which is ⅗ of this velocity? What will be the time interval between the first and
second bounces?
a) 20m/s , 1.2 seconds
b) 20m/s , 1.5 seconds
c) 20m/s , 1.4 seconds
d) 20m/s , 1.3 seconds
Answer: 20m/s, 1.2 seconds

18. The dimension MLT-2 is derived from what quantity?

a) Density
b) Work done
c) Force
d) Energy
Answer: Force

19. The rate of change of distance with time in a specified direction is termed what?
a) Acceleration
b) Speed
c) Velocity
d) Kinematics
Answer: Velocity

20. _____is the study of the motion of objects

a) Kinematics
b) Dynamics
c) Mechanics
d) Kinetics
Answer: Mechanics

21. Convert 600 to radians

a) 2.3 rads
b) 3 rads
c) 1/3 rads
d) 1.05 rads
Answer: 1.05 rads

22. Calculate the instantaneous speed of a car moving according to the equation x = t3 + 5t2 at a
time of 2 seconds
a) 22 m/s
b) 12m/s
c) 32m/s
d) 25m/s
Answer: 32m/s

23. When solving problems in upward direction, one of these sign conventions should be adopted
a) The point of projection should be taken as the origin
b) Distances above the origin are positive
c) Speeds above the origin are positive
d) All of the above
Answer: All of the above

24. A ball is thrown up vertically with an initial speed of 20 m/s. calculate the time take to return to
the thrower and the maximum height reached
a) 3 seconds , 20 meters
b) 2 seconds, 20 meters
c) 4 seconds, 20 meters
d) 2.5 seconds, 20 meters
Answer: 2 seconds, 20 meters

25. The equation F = G (m1m2)/ r2 represents what physics law

a) Law of linear momentum
b) Law of definite proportions
c) Law of universal gravitation
d) Law of conservation of mass
Answer: Law of universal gravitation

26. Velocity as a quantity was derived from what quantities?

a) Acceleration and length
b) Meter and time
c) Length and time
d) All of the above
Answer: Length and Time

27. ____ is a measure of an object’s resistance to changes in its rotational motion

a) Moment of a body
b) Moment of inertia
c) Moment of a system
d) Moment of a constant
Answer: Moment of inertia

28. Who propounded the law of universal gravitation?

a) Pascal
b) Newton
c) Einstein
d) Charles Babbage
Answer: Newton

29. If the work done by a force during a rough trip of a system is zero, then the force is ___
a) Conservative
b) Non-conservative
c) Frictional
d) Viscous
Answer: Conservative

30. Differentiating a velocity function will give you a ____ function

a) Distance
b) Displacement
c) Acceleration
d) None of the above
Answer: Acceleration

31. Find the momentum of a 50 kg boy running at 6 m/s

a) 300 gm/s
b) 300 mgm/s
c) 300 kgm/s
d) None of the above
Answer: 300 kgm/s

32. The ___ can be defined as the product of a force F and the time interval over which the force
acts
a) Momentum
b) Power
c) Impulse
d) Work done
Answer: Impulse

33. What is the dimension for volume?

a) MLT-1
b) L3
c) M2L2T
d) M3LT-1
Answer: L3

34. Kinetic energy is calculated with what formula

a) K.E = 1/2mv2
b) K.E = 1/2mv
c) K.E = 2mv2
d) K.E = 1/2m2v
Answer: 1/2mv2

35. A tennis ball has a mass of 0.085 kg and is thrown vertically upward as part of the service action.
What is the maximum height attained if its initial velocity is 50 m/s?
a) 128 m
b) 12.8 m
c) 1.28 m
d) 0.128 m
Answer: 1.28m

36. A boy pushes an object through a distance of 7m along a horizontal floor with a force of 100N.
Calculate the work done.
a) 7J
b) 7000J
c) 700J
d) 0.7J
Answer: 700J

37. What concept does Hooke’s law talk about?

a) Density
b) Moment
c) Elasticity
d) Friction
Answer: Elasticity

38. ____ is the use of fundamental quantities to check the form or correctness of a derived quantity
or equation
a) Dimensions
b) Validation
c) Dimensional analysis
d) Diffusion
Answer: Dimensional analysis

39. ____ is the description of motion and putting in consideration the forces behind them
a) Kinematics
b) Dynamics
c) Thermodynamics
d) Mechanics
Answer: Dynamics
40. “The total momentum of an isolated system or body remains constant” is a statement of what
law?
a) Law of conservation of energy
b) Law of conservation of momentum
c) Law of conservation of mass
d) Law of conservation of matter
Answer: Law of conservation of momentum

41. Sir Isaac Newton died in what year?

a) 1730
b) 1748
c) 1727
d) 1750
Answer: 1727

42. A loaded sack of mass 100kg falls from the floor of a lorry 2.0m high. Calculate the work done by
gravity on the load
a) 200J
b) 300J
c) 1000J
d) 2000J
Answer: 2000J

43. A car moving at 30m/s accelerates at 2m/s2 for 20 seconds. Determine its final velocity
a) 120 m/s
b) 70m/s
c) 50m/s
d) 100m/s
Answer: 70m/s

44. ____ is a curved motion with a constant acceleration

a) Newton’s law of motion
b) Acceleration
c) Projectile motion
d) Kinematics
Answer: Projectile motion

45. One of this is a type of projectile motion

a) Linear projection
b) Accelerated projection
c) Dimensional projection
d) Oblique projection
Answer: Oblique projection

46. What is the unit for frequency?

a) kJ
b) Nm2
c) s-1
d) kgms-1
Answer: s-1

47. One of these is not a scalar quantity

a) Mass
b) Displacement
c) Volume
d) Time
Answer: displacement

48. A projectile is fired with a velocity of 320m/s at an angle of 30o to the horizontal. Find the time
of flight.
a) 16 seconds
b) 32 seconds
c) 8 seconds
d) 64 seconds
Answer: 32 seconds

49. One of these is not a type of contact force

a) Electric force
b) Normal force
c) Frictional force
d) Elastic force
Answer: Electric Force

50. A fisherman applies a horizontal force of 48.0N to a box resting on a frictionless frozen pond and
an acceleration of 3.0m/s2 was produced. What is the mass of the box?
a) 1.6 kg
b) 16 kg
c) 160kg
d) 0.16 kg
Answer: 16kg

GOODLUCK IN YOUR EXAMS! – Prof Ovie