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2111001
What is the most suitable unit of time for describing the time taken for a ball to
fall from the roof of a 30-m tall building to the ground?
A second
B minute
C hour
D day
A

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2111002
Using a stop-watch, Tom measured the time for a car to pass through 2
streetlights. The reading was 1.2 s. If the reaction time of Tom is 0.2 s, what is
the maximum possible percentage error of his measurement?

A 8.33%
B 16.7%
C 33.3%
D 66.7%
C

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2111003
The following figure shows a girl throwing a stone vertically upwards. The stone
leaves her hand when it is 1 m above the ground. Then it rises to 15 m above the
ground and falls down to the roof of a house. The roof of the house is 10 m high.
What are the total distance travelled by the stone and its displacement for the
whole journey?

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Total distance Total displacement

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2111004
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The figure below shows two vectors a and b .

Which of the following figures show(s) the correct way to add them?

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(1) (2)

(3)

A (1) only
B (2) only
C (1) and (3) only
D (2) and (3) only
C

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2111005
The following figure shows five vectors. Which two vectors are identical?

 
A a and d
 
B b and e
 
C c and a
 
D e and c
B

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2111006
The following figure shows the route of a car travelling from town A to town B.

town A town B

What is the total distance travelled by the car at the end of the journey?
A 10 km
B 26 km
C 28.9 km
D 32.4 km
C

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2111007
The following figure shows the route of a car travelling from town A to town B.

town A town B

What is the total displacement of the car at the end of the journey?
A 5 km east

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B 10 km east
C 28.9 km east
D 32.4 km east
B

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2111008
A trolley is moving along a straight line and its motion is recorded in the
following table.
Time / s Direction Distance travelled / m
01 forwards 10
12 backwards 25
23 forwards 30
34 forwards 15
What is the total distance travelled by the trolley?
A 10 m
B 30 m
C 50 m
D 80 m
D

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2111009
A trolley is moving along a straight line and its motion is recorded in the
following table.
Time / s Direction Distance travelled / m
01 forwards 10
12 backwards 25
23 forwards 30
34 forwards 15
What is the total displacement of the trolley?
A 10 m forward
B 30 m forward
C 20 m backward

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D 40 m backward
B

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2111010
A boy throws a ball vertically upwards as shown.

5m

What is the displacement of the ball when it returns to its starting position?
A 0m
B 5m
C 5 m upwards then 5 m downwards
D 10 m
A

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2111011
Which of the following quantities is/are scalar?
(1) Temperature
(2) Potential energy
(3) Volume
A (1) and (2) only
B (1) and (3) only
C (2) and (3) only
D (1), (2) and (3)
D

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2111012
Which of the following physical quantities is not a vector?
A Acceleration
B Velocity
C Displacement
D Energy
D

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2111013
John walks on a circular track of radius 100 m. What is his displacement if he
walks a complete cycle?
A 0m
B 100 m
C 100  m
D 200  m
A

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2111014
A man walks 4 km north and then 3 km east. What is the magnitude of his total
displacement?
A 3 km
B 4 km
C 5 km
D 7 km
C

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2111015
Which of the following is equal to 30 μs?
A 0.03 s

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B 0.003 s
C 0.000 3 s
D 0.000 03 s
D

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2111016
Which of the following is equal to 300 000 nm?
A 3 ´ 10–4 m
B 3 ´ 10–3 m
C 3 ´ 10–2 m
D 0.3 m
A

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2111017
Mary wants to measure the time taken for a book to fall down from a chair onto
the ground. Which of the following timing devices should she use if the whole
process takes less than a second?
A Stop-watch
B Clock
C Timer-scaler
D Sand-glass
C

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2111018
A boat moves 200 m forwards and then 30 m backwards. By taking the forward
direction as positive, find the total displacement of the boat.
A 170 m
B 230 m
C 170 m
D 230 m
A

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2111019
Dayron Robles set a new world record in the 110-m hurdles in the Golden Spike
Ostrava meet with a time of 12.87 s. Find his average speed.
A 7.76 m s–1
B 8.55 m s–1
C 15.53 m s–1
D 17.08 m s–1
B

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2111020
« In a 1-km run, a student starts from S and ends at T as shown in the following
figure. What is the magnitude of his displacement?

A 119 m
B 200 m
C 226 m
D 1000 m
A

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2111021
« Which of the following statements is incorrect about scalars and vectors?
A Scalar quantities have magnitude only and no direction.
B Vector quantities must be specified by magnitude and direction.
C Two vectors in different directions can be added to form a new vector.
D Two vectors are identical if they have the same direction.

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2111022
 The following picture is made of a series of successive photographs of a ball
falling from a height.

If the camera takes images at a rate of 75 times per second, what is the time
interval between the first and the fourth image?
A 0.02 s
B 0.03 s
C 0.04 s
D 0.05 s
C

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2111023
« The following figure shows the positions of a ball at t = 0 s, 1 s, 2 s and 3 s.
1 cm

3 cm

5 cm

What is the acceleration of the ball?

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B 2 m s2
C 3 m s2
D 4.67 m s2
B

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2111024
 A car can accelerate from rest to 200km h1 in 10 s. What is its average
acceleration?
A 2 m s2
B 2.78 m s2
C 4.57 m s2
D 5.56 m s2
D

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2111025
 Stephen takes the following path and walks for 3 minutes from A to B.

What are the average speed and the magnitude of the average velocity of
Stephen?
Average speed Average velocity
A 0.667 m s1 0.441 m s1
B 0.667 m s1 0.351 m s1
C 0.441 m s1 0.667 m s1
D 0.441 m s1 0.441 m s1
B

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2111026
 A minibus starts from rest and speeds up at 2 m s–2 for 2 s along a straight road.
Then it slows down at 0.3 m s–2 for 1 s. What is the final speed of the minibus?
A 1.7 m s–1
B 2.3 m s–1
C 3.7 m s–1
D 4.3 m s–1
C

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2111027
 Which of the following is/are incorrect?
(1) Distance is a vector which has both magnitude and direction.
(2) Displacement is a vector which has both magnitude and direction.
(3) Speed is a scalar which has magnitude only.
(4) Time is a vector which has both magnitude and direction.
A (1) only
B (1) and (4) only
C (1), (2) and (3) only
D None of the above
B

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2111028
 Tsing Ma bridge is 1377 m long. If a car moves at a constant speed of
80 km h–1, how long does it take to travel through the bridge?
A 4.78 s
B 17.2 s
C 34.4 s
D 62.0 s
D

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2111029
«
1st statement 2nd statement
When a bus moving with a constant When the bus is turning to the right, its
speed turns to the right at an velocity changes.
intersection, it has an acceleration.
A

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2111030
«
1st statement 2nd statement
The distance travelled by an object is Distance has magnitude only.
always greater than the magnitude of its
displacement.
D

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2111031
«
1st statement 2nd statement
Displacement is a vector quantity. Displacement has both magnitude and
direction.
A

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2111032
«
1st statement 2nd statement
The displacement for a round trip is The separation between the starting
zero. point and the end point is zero for a
round trip.
A

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2111033
«
1st statement 2nd statement
If an object moves along a straight The average speed of an object is never
line, its average speed is always equal less than the magnitude of its average
to the magnitude of its average velocity.
velocity.
D

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2111034
«
1st statement 2nd statement
An object having a decreasing A decelerating object has a decreasing
acceleration must have a decreasing velocity.
velocity.
D

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