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2024 Fall Final Exam Study Guide

1) Which two terms represent a vector quantity and the scalar 9) A blinking light of constant period is situated on a lab cart.
quantity of the vector's magnitude, respectively? Which diagram best represents a photograph of the light as
A) displacement and distance the cart moves with constant velocity?
B) acceleration and velocity A)
C) weight and force B)
D) speed and time C)
2) Distance is to displacement as D)
A) impulse is to momentum 10) The graph below represents the motion of a body that is
B) force is to weight moving with
C) velocity is to acceleration
D) speed is to velocity
3) A moving body must undergo a change of
A) position C) acceleration
B) velocity D) direction
4) A student walks 3 blocks south, 4 blocks west, and 3 blocks
north. What is the displacement of the student?
A) 10 blocks west C) 4 blocks west A) increasing speed
B) 10 blocks east D) 4 blocks east B) constant speed
C) decreasing acceleration
5) A person travels 6 meters north, 4 meters east, and 6 meters D) increasing acceleration
south. What is the total displacement?
11) Which graph represents an object moving at a constant
A) 6 m south C) 6 m north
speed for the entire time interval?
B) 4 m east D) 16 m east
6) A student walks 1.0 kilometer due east and 1.0 kilometer due
south. Then she runs 2.0 kilometers due west. The
magnitude of the student's resultant displacement is closest A)
to
A) 3.4 km C) 0 km
B) 4.0 km D) 1.4 km
7) A car is driven from Buffalo to Albany and on to New York
City, as shown in the diagram below.

B)

C)

Compared to the magnitude of the car's total displacement,

the distance driven is
A) shorter C) longer
D)
B) the same
8) Which measurement of an average classroom door is closest
to 1 meter?
A) width C) surface area
B) thickness D) height
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12) A baseball pitcher throws a fastball at 42 meters per second. 16) The graph below represents the relationship between
If the batter is 18 meters from the pitcher, approximately how distance and time for an object.
much time does it take for the ball to reach the batter?
A) 1.9 s C) 0.43 s
B) 0.86 s D) 2.3 s
13) A car travels between the 100.-meter and 250.-meter highway
markers in 10. seconds. The average speed of the car during
this interval is
A) 15 m/s C) 10. m/s
B) 35 m/s D) 25 m/s
14) The distance-time graph below represents the position of an
object moving in a straight line. What is the speed of the
object during the time interval t = 2.0 seconds to
t = 4.0 seconds? What is the instantaneous speed of the object at
t = 5.0 seconds?
A) 5.0 m/s C) 2.0 m/s
B) 4.0 m/s D) 0 m/s
17) If an object is traveling east with a decreasing speed, the
direction of the object's acceleration is
A) south C) west
B) east D) north
18) Which graph best represents the motion of an object sliding
down a frictionless inclined plane?
A) 7.5 m/s C) 10. m/s
B) 0.0 m/s D) 5.0 m/s
15) The graph below represents the motion of an object
traveling in a straight line as a function of time. What is the A)
average speed of the object during the first four seconds?

B)

A) 1 m/s C) 2 m/s
B) 0.5 m/s D) 0 m/s
C)

D)
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19) The graph below shows the relationship between speed and 23) The diagram below represents a 20-newton force pulling an
time for two objects, A and B. object up a hill at a constant rate of 2 meters per second.

Compared with the acceleration of object B, the acceleration

of object A is Which graph best represents the relationship between
A) three times as great velocity and time for the object?
B) the same
C) twice as great
D) one-third as great
A)
20) A bicyclist accelerates from rest to a speed of 5.0 meters per
second in 10. seconds. During the same 10. seconds, a car
accelerates from a speed of 22 meters per second to a speed
of 27 meters per second. Compared to the acceleration of the
bicycle, the acceleration of the car is
A) less C) the same
B) greater B)
21) Which pair of graphs represents the same motion?

A)

C)
B)

C)

D)
D)

22) The displacement-time graph below represents the motion 24) The graph below represents the velocity-time relationship
of a cart along a straight line. for a 2.0-kilogram mass moving along a horizontal
frictionless surface.

During which interval was the cart accelerating? What distance does the mass move during interval EF?
A) CD C) DE A) 2.0 m C) 6.0 m
B) AB D) BC B) 3.0 m D) 1.0 m
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25) A boat initially traveling at 10. meters per second accelerates 30) As shown in the diagram below, an astronaut on the Moon
uniformly at the rate of 5.0 meters per second 2 for is holding a baseball and a balloon. The astronaut releases
10. seconds. How far does the boat travel during this time? both objects at the same time.
A) 350 m C) 500 m
B) 250 m D) 50. m
26) Oil drips at 0.4-second intervals from a car that has an oil
leak. Which pattern best represents the spacing of oil drops
as the car accelerates uniformly from rest?
A)
B)
C)
D)
27) A car moving at a speed of 8.0 meters per second enters a
highway and accelerates at 3.0 meters per second 2 . How
fast will the car be moving after it has accelerated for
What does the astronaut observe? [NOTE: The Moon has
56 meters?
no atmosphere.]
A) 4.0 m/s C) 18 m/s
A) The baseball and balloon remain suspended and do not
B) 24 m/s D) 20. m/s
fall.
28) An object accelerates uniformly from rest to a speed of B) The baseball falls faster than the balloon.
50. meters per second in 5.0 seconds. The average speed of C) The baseball falls slower than the balloon.
the object during the 5.0-second interval is D) The baseball and balloon fall at the same rate.
A) 5.0 m/s C) 25 m/s 31) The velocity of a car changes from 60. meters per second
B) 10. m/s D) 50. m/s north to 45 meters per second north in 5.0 seconds. The
29) The graph below represents the relationship between speed magnitude of the car's acceleration is
and time for a car moving in a straight line.
A) 3.0 m/s 2 C) 53 m/s 2
B) 15 m/s 2 D) 9.8 m/s 2
32) Which graph best represents the relationship between mass
and acceleration due to gravity for objects near the surface
of the Earth? [Neglect air resistance.]

A) C)

B) D)

The magnitude of the car's acceleration is

A) 10. m/s 2 C) 1.0 m/s 2 Questions 33 and 34 refer to the following:

B) 0.10 m/s 2 D) 0.01 m/s 2

The graphs below represent various phenomena in physics.
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33) Which graph best represents the relationship between Questions 43 through 47 refer to the following:
speed and time for an object in free fall near the Earth's
surface? The graph below represents the displacement of an object as a
A) A B) B C) C D) D function of time.
34) Which graph best represents the relationship between
velocity and time for an object thrown vertically upward
near the surface of the Earth?
A) A B) B C) C D) D
35) A ball is thrown horizontally at a speed of 20. meters per
second from the top of a cliff. How long does the ball take to
fall 19.6 meters to the ground?
A) 1.0 s C) 9.8 s
B) 4.0 s D) 2.0 s
36) A clam dropped by a sea gull takes 3.0 seconds to hit the 43) What is the velocity of the object at t = 1 second?
ground. What is the sea gull's approximate height above the A) 3.0 m/s C) 1.0 m/s
ground at the time the clam was dropped? B) 1.5 m/s D) 2.0 m/s
A) 45 m C) 15 m 44) What is the average velocity of the object from t = 0 to
B) 90. m D) 30. m t = 3 seconds?
37) In an experiment that measures how fast a student reacts, a A) 1.0 m/s C) 2.0 m/s
meter stick dropped from rest falls 0.20 meter before the B) 3.0 m/s D) 0 m/s
student catches it. The reaction time of the student is
45) During which time interval is the object accelerating?
approximately
A) 3-4 s C) 4-6 s
A) 0.40 s C) 0.30 s
B) 2-3 s D) 0-2 s
B) 0.20 s D) 0.10 s
46) How far is the object from the starting point at the end of
38) A book is pushed with an initial horizontal velocity of
3 seconds?
5.0 meters per second off the top of a desk. What is the
initial vertical velocity of the book? A) 2.0 m C) 9.0 m
B) 3.0 m D) 0 m
A) 0 m/s C) 10. m/s
B) 2.5 m/s D) 5.0 m/s 47) During which time interval is the object at rest?
Questions 39 through 42 refer to the following: A) 4-6 s C) 3-4 s
B) 0-2 s D) 2-3 s
A toy projectile is fired from the ground vertically upward with an 48) As the vector sum of all the forces acting on an object
initial velocity of 29 meters per second. The projectile arrives at its increases, the acceleration of the object
maximum altitude in 3.0 seconds. [Neglect air resistance.] A) remains the same C) increases
39) As the projectile rises and then falls back to the ground, its B) decreases
acceleration 49) Which graph best represents the motion of an object that
A) decreases, then increases has no unbalanced force acting on it?
B) increases, then decreases
C) remains the same
D) increase, only
A) C)
40) What is the displacement of the projectile from the time it
left the ground until it returned to the ground?
A) 9.8 m C) 0. m
B) 44 m D) 88 m
41) The greatest height the projectile reaches is approximately
A) 87 m C) 23 m B) D)
B) 44 m D) 260 m
42) What is the velocity of the projectile when it hits the
ground?
A) +29 m/s C) -29 m/s
B) 0. m/s D) -9.8 m/s
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50) Which vector best represents the resultant of forces F1 and 53) Two forces (OA and OB) act simultaneously at point O as
shown on the diagram below.
F2 acting concurrently on point P as shown in the diagram
below?

A) C)
The magnitude of the resultant force is closest to
A) 11 N C) 16 N
B) 8.0 N D) 15 N
B) D)
54) Two perpendicular forces act on an object as shown in the
diagram below.
51) In the diagram below, the numbers 1, 2, 3, and 4 represent
possible directions in which a force could be applied to a
cart. If the force applied in each direction has the same
magnitude, in which direction will the vertical component of
the force be the least?

What is the magnitude of the resultant force on the object?

A) 1 B) 2 C) 3 D) 4 A) 13 N C) 17 N
52) A river flows due east at 1.5 meters per second. A ship B) 7.0 N D) 5.0 N
leaves the north shore of the river and heads due south at 55) The diagram below represents two forces acting
2.0 meters per second, as shown in the diagram below. concurrently on an object.

Which vector best represents the resultant velocity of the

The magnitude of the resultant force is closest to
ship relative to the riverbank?
A) 60. N C) 40. N
B) 45. N D) 20. N

A) C) 56) A force of 100. newtons is applied to an object at an angle of

30D from the horizontal as shown in the diagram below.
What is the magnitude of the vertical component of this
force?

B) D)

A) 50.0 N C) 0 N
B) 86.7 N D) 100. N
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57) The handle of a lawn roller is held at 45D from the 60) A block is at rest on an inclined plane as shown in the
horizontal. A force, F, of 28.0 newtons is applied to the diagram below. As angle t is increased, the component of
handle as the roller is pushed across a level lawn, as shown the block's weight parallel to the plane
in the diagram below.

A) decreases C) increases
B) remains the same
61) The diagram below represents a car resting on a hill.

What is the magnitude of the force moving the roller

forward?
A) 39.0 N C) 19.8 N
B) 7.00 N D) 14.0 N
58) The diagram below shows a person exerting a 300.-newton
force on the handle of a shovel that makes an angle of 60.0
with the horizontal ground. Which vector best represents the weight of the car?
A) A B) B C) C D) D
62) Four forces are acting on an object as shown in the diagram
below. If the object is moving with a constant velocity, the
magnitude of force F must be

The component of the 300.-newton force that acts

perpendicular to the ground is approximately
A) 350. N C) 150. N
B) 300. N D) 260. N
59) In the diagram below, box M is on a frictionless table with
A) 20 N C) 40 N
forces F1 and F2 acting as shown.
B) 0 N D) 100 N
63) What is an essential characteristic of an object in
equilibrium?
A) zero kinetic energy
B) zero velocity
C) zero potential energy
D) zero acceleration

If the magnitude of F1 is greater than the magnitude of F2 ,

then the box is
A) moving with a constant speed in the direction of F2
B) accelerating in the direction of F1
C) accelerating in the direction of F2
D) moving with a constant speed in the direction of F1
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64) Which two graphs represent the motion of an object on 69) Block A is pulled with constant velocity up an incline as
which the net force is zero? shown in the diagram below.

A)

B)

Which arrow best represents the direction of the force of

friction acting on block A?
C)
A) C)

D)
B) D)

65) A box initially at rest on a level floor is being acted upon by 70) A horizontal force is used to pull a 5.0-kilogram cart at a
a variable horizontal force, as shown in the diagram below. constant speed of 5.0 meters per second across the floor as
shown in the diagram below.

Compared to the force required to start the box moving, the

force required to keep it moving at constant speed is
A) less C) greater
B) the same If the force of friction between the cart and the floor is
66) A test booklet is sitting at rest on a desk. Compared to the 10. newtons, the magnitude of the horizontal force along the
force of the booklet on the desk, the force of the desk on the handle of the cart is
booklet is A) 25 N C) 10. N
A) the same C) greater B) 5.0 N D) 50. N
B) less 71) Which is the most likely mass of a high school student?
67) A 5.0-kilogram cart moving with a velocity of 4.0 meters per A) 1 kg C) 250 kg
second is brought to a stop in 2.0 seconds. The magnitude B) 60 kg D) 5 kg
of the average force used to stop the cart is
72) Two forces are applied to a 2.0-kilogram block on a
A) 20. newtons C) 4.0 newtons frictionless, horizontal surface, as shown in the diagram
B) 10. newtons D) 2.0 newtons below.
68) An object with a mass of 0.5 kilogram starts from rest and
achieves a maximum speed of 20 meters per second in
0.01 second. What average unbalanced force accelerates
this object?
A) 1,000 N C) 10 N
B) 0.1 N D) 0.001 N The acceleration of the block is
A) 3.0 m/s 2 to the right
B) 3.0 m/s 2 to the left
C) 5.0 m/s 2 to the right
D) 5.0 m/s 2 to the left
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73) The graph below shows the weight of three objects on 77) The diagram below represents two identical carts, attached
planet X as a function of their mass. by a cord, moving to the right at speed V. If the cord is cut,
what would be the speed of cart A?

A) C) 0
B) V D) 2V
78) Which graph best represents the relationship between
velocity and time for an object which accelerates uniformly
for 2 seconds, then moves at a constant velocity for
The acceleration due to gravity on planet X is approximately 1 second, and finally decelerates for 3 seconds?
A) 0.17 m/s 2 C) 6.0 m/s 2
B) 50. m/s 2 D) 9.8 m/s 2
74) In the graph below, the acceleration of an object is plotted A)
against the unbalanced force on the object.

B)

What is the object's mass? C)

A) 1 kg C) 2 kg
B) 0.2 kg D) 0.5 kg
75) As the unbalanced force applied to an object increases, the
time rate of change of the object's momentum
A) remains the same C) decreases D)
B) increases
76) As shown in the diagram below, an inflated balloon released
from rest moves horizontally with velocity v.
79) The graph below represents the velocity-time relationship
for a 2.0-kilogram mass moving along a horizontal
frictionless surface.

The velocity of the balloon is most likely cause by

A) centripetal force
B) gravitational attraction
C) action-reaction The net force on the mass during interval DE is
D) rolling friction A) 0 N C) 4.0 N
B) 1.0 N D) 2.0 N
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80) A copper coin resting on a piece of cardboard is placed on a 81) The graph below shows speed as a function of time for four
beaker as shown in the diagram below. When the cardboard cars, A, B, C, and D, in straight-line motion.
is rapidly removed, the coin drops into the beaker.

The two properties of the coin which best explain its fall are
its weight and its Which car experienced the greatest average acceleration
during this 6.0-second interval?
A) electrical resistance
B) temperature A) car A C) car C
C) volume B) car B D) car D
D) inertia 82) If the mass of a moving object could be doubled, the inertia
of the object would be
A) doubled C) halved
B) quadrupled D) unchanged
83) A rocket in space can travel without engine power at
constant speed in the same direction. This condition is best
explained by the concept of
A) gravitation C) action-reaction
B) inertia D) acceleration

84) Which combination of graphs best describes free-fall motion? [Neglect air resistance.]

A) A and C B) B and C C) B and D D) A and D

85) Each diagram below shows a different block being pushed by a force across a surface at a constant velocity.

In which two diagrams is the force of friction the same?

A) C and D B) A and D C) B and D D) A and B