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G-9 Physics Self-Test Unit- Five Topic: Simple machines

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True-False Section
------ 1. Compound machines are combinations of one or more simple machines.
------ 2. A wheel and axle is really a lever that rotates in a circle.
------ 3. A screw is a flat slanted surface with no moving parts.
------ 4. A wedge is an inclined planes that moves.
------ 5. Work input is the amount of work done by the machine
------ 6. Mechanical advantage is the numerical value that indicates how many times a machine will
multiply the user's effort force.
------ 7. Acceleration is using an unbalanced force to move an object over a distance.
------ 8. A screw is an inclined plane in spiral rotation.
------ 9. A pulley is a grooved wheel with a rope.
- - - - - 10 . A simple machine can transfer energy but cannot convert it.
- - - - - 11 . A simple machine can multiply force or speed but not energy.
- - - - - 12 . Wheel barrow is an example of second order lever.
- - - - - 13 . Machines reduce the amount of work needed to do a job.
- - - - - 14 . In simple machine, the work input is always greater than the work output.
- - - - - 15 . The VR of a machine is three means the load moves three times the effort.
Matching section
Column 'A' Column 'B'
- - - - - 16 . The force exerted by the machine A. Efficiency
- - - - - 17 . The force exerted on the machine B. Input work
- - - - - 18 . The work done by the machine C. Input force
- - - - - 19 . The work done on the machine D. Output force
E. Output work
Multiple Choice Section
- - - - - 20 . A simple wheel and axle is used to lift a 30 N bucket of water out of a well. The radii of the wheel
and axle are 20 cm and 5 cm, respectively. If the effort required is 10 N. what is the efficiency of the
machine?
A. 60 % B. 75 % C. 80 % D. 90 %
- - - - - 21 . A 15 cm long, 3 cm wide metal wedge is pushed into a soft wood block. What is the velocity ratio
of the wedge?
A. 5 B. 0.2 C. 12 cm D. 18 cm
- - - - - 22 . A simple machine has an efficiency of 0.75 and a velocity ratio of 12. What are the mechanical
advantage of the machine and the load that can be moved if an effort of 100 N is applied,
respectively?
A. 16; 1600 N B. 12; 1200 N C. 9; 900 N D. 7.5; 750 N
- - - - - 23 . There are _____ types of simple machines.
A. three B. six C. eight D. ten
- - - - - 24 . The use of a force to move an object some distance is called
A. mass B. work C. power D. time

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- - - - - 25 . In a perfectly efficient machine, the work input _________ work output.

A. is equal to B. is greater than C. is less than D. is independent of
- - - - - 26 . The _____ of a machine is the number of times it multiplies the effort force.
A. efficiency B. power C. mechanical advantage D. resistance
- - - - - 27 . An inclined plane in spiral rotation is called a(n)
A. wedge B. screw C. lever D. pulley
- - - - - 28 . If it takes 500 Joules to move an object in 10 seconds, what is the power output?
A. 50 N. B. 5,000 N. C. 5,000 W. D. 50 W.
- - - - - 29 . The basic metric system unit of power is the
A. Joule B. Newton C. Meter D. Watt
- - - - - 30 . What do we call the rate at which work is done?
A. Efficiency B. Work input C. Work output D. Power
- - - - - 31 . Which is false about simple machines?
A. Machines increase the amount of work which is done.
B. Machines may multiply force.
C. Machines may increase the rate at which work is
D. Machines can change the direction of a force to suit human convenience.
- - - - - 32 . If a person weighing 400 N. takes 6 seconds to walk up a staircase that is 3 meters high what is his
power output?
A. 200 W. B. 1,200 W. C. 6,000 W. D. 7,200 W.
- - - - - 33 . In using machines, work output is always _______ work input.
A. greater than B. less than C. the same as D. unrelated to
- - - - - 34 . The fixed point of a lever is called the
A. effort arm B. fulcrum C. resistance arm
- - - - - 35 . A wheel and axle is a(n) _______ machine.
A. ideal B. compound C. simple D. automotive
- - - - - 36 . The screw is a type of
A. wedge B. inclined plane C. gear D. lever
- - - - - 37 . Which of these does not represent work done on a rock in the scientific sense?
A. lifting a rock C. holding a rock
B. throwing a rock D. dropping a rock
- - - - - 38 . For work to be done, _____ must be exerted through a distance.
A. mass B. specific heat C. potential energy D. a force
- - - - - 39 . In which of these situations is NO work done?
A. holding a box two feet off the floor C. pushing a box across the floor
B. carrying a box across the room D. carrying a box upstairs
- - - - - 40 . The amount of work done on an object can be increased by
A. increasing the speed with which the object moves.
B. decreasing the speed with which the object moves.
C. increasing the distance the object moves.
D. decreasing the distance the object moves.
- - - - - 41 . Mechanical advantage can be increased by
A. increasing input force. C. increasing both output and input force.

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B. increasing output force. D. decreasing both output and input force.

- - - - - 42 . A machine with 100% efficiency has no
A. input force. B. output force. C. mechanical advantage. D. friction.
- - - - - 43 . Which of the following is NOT true about machines?
A. They can reduce the amount of work that must be done.
B. They can change the amount of force required.
C. They can change the distance over which a force is exerted.
D. They can change the direction in which a force is exerted.
- - - - - 44 . The pivot point of a lever is called a(n)
A. wedge. B. gear. C. fulcrum. D. simple machine.
- - - - - 45 . A pair of scissors is an example of a(n)
A. inclined plane. B. lever. C. wedge. D. wheel and axle.
- - - - - 46 . A wedge is made up of a(n)
A. inclined plane. B. lever. C. pulley. D. wheel and axle.
- - - - - 47 . Which of the following is NOT considered a simple machine?
A. Wheel and axle B. Lever C. Electric motor D. Block and tackle
- - - - - 48 . A simple machine has an input force of 10 N and an output force of 100 N. What is the mechanical
advantage of the simple machine?
A. 0.1 b. 1 c. 10 d. 90
- - - - - 49 . A block and tackle system has an input force of 2.5 N and an output force10 N. What is the
mechanical advantage of the system?
A. 0.25 b. 4 c. 7.5 d. 25
- - - - - 50 . If the output force of a lever is located between the fulcrum and input force lever is a:
A. first class lever. C. third class lever.
B. second class lever. D. Not enough information is given.
- - - - - 51 . Which of the following levers has the largest mechanical advantage?
A. Lever A
B. Lever B
C. Lever C
D. All three levers have the same mechanical advantage.
- - - - - 52 . The lever in the picture will:
A. stay balanced.
B. rotate clockwise.
C. rotate counter-clockwise.
D. do none of the above.
- - - - - 53 . A lever has an input arm 50 cm long and an output arm 40 cm long. What is the mechanical
advantage of the lever?
A. 0.8 B. 1 C. 1.25 D. 2.0
- - - - - 54 . Your friend claims to have invented a perpetual motion machine with an efficiency of 110 percent.
You tell him his invention is impossible because it violates:
A. Newton's first law of motion. C. Newton's third law of motion.
B. Newton's second law of motion. D. the law of conservation of energy.
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- - - - - 55 . The efficiency of a machine is usually expressed in:

A. joules. B. watts. C. newton-meters. D. percent.
- - - - - 56 . An electric food processor uses 250 joules of electrical energy every second. Due to friction and
other causes, the energy available to spin the blades to cut food is reduced to 200 joules per second.
The efficiency of the food processor is:
A. 25 percent. B. 50 percent. C. 80 percent. D. 125 percent.
- - - - - 57 . How much power is necessary to do 50 joules of work in 5 seconds?
A. 5 watts B. 10 watts C. 50 watts D. 250 watts
- - - - - 58 . A gallon of gasoline contains chemical energy. If you pour a gallon of gasoline into your car, you
could drive for about 20 miles on the highway (about 2minutes). You could choose instead to run a
lawn mower for an hour with gallon of gasoline. If the gasoline were to come in contact with a fire,
the gallon would burn in less than a minute. Which reaction has the most power?
A. Burning the gasoline in the car
B. Burning the gasoline in a fire
C. Burning the gasoline in the lawn mower
D. They are equal because the gasoline has the same chemical potential energy in each case.
- - - - - 59 . The efficiency of most machines is less than 100 percent. Due to friction, energy seems to be lost.
While the energy is not truly lost, it does work that is not useful or is converted to:
A. thermal energy. C. potential energy.
B. chemical energy. D. nuclear energy.
- - - - - 60 . A system of pulleys is used to lift an elevator carrying a 3,300-newton load. Assuming the pulley
system is nearly friction-free, approximately how far would 10,000 joules of energy lift the
elevator?
A. 0.3 meters
B. 3 meters
C. 30 meters
D. 300 meters

- - - - - 61 . A ______ is a push or a pull.

A. friction B. simple machine C. force D. pulley
- - - - - 62 . Simple machines make work easier by trading _____ for force.
A. friction B. motion C. work D. distance
- - - - - 63 . A wheel barrow is an example of a ______ class lever.
A. fourth B. third C. first D. second
- - - - - 64 . Which is an example of a wheel and axle that make work easier by reducing friction?
A. screwdriver B. ladder C. pencil sharpener D. wheelbarrow
- - - - - 65 . Which part of the lever supplies the force to move something?
A. effort B. fulcrum C. load
- - - - - 66 . Which part of the lever is the part you are trying to move?
A. fulcrum B. effort C. load

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- - - - - 67 . What should you do to reduce the amount of effort needed to lift something using a first class lever?
move the fulcrum
A. closer to the load B. closer to the effort C. to the middle of the lever

- - - - - 68 . Which simple machine does a flagpole make use of?

A. pulley B. inclined plane C. lever D. screw
- - - - - 69 . Which simple machine makes up a pencil sharpener? (the one mounted on the wall)
A. inclined plane B. lawn tractor C. pulley D. wheel and axle
- - - - - 70 . What is the velocity ratio of the pulley system, shown in the figure below ?
A. 4 C. 8
B. 2 D. Unknown
- - - - - 71 . In the above question, pulley system shown in the figure, if the
distance moved by load is 10 cm, then what will be the distance
moved by effort?
A. 40 cm C. 80 cm
B. 20 cm D. 2.5 cm
- - - - - 72 . If the effort needed to raise a 50 N load is 20 N, what is the efficiency
of the pulley system, shown in the figure above?
A. 50 % C. 80 %
B. 62.5 % D. 38.5 %
- - - - - 73 . Which one of the following is an example of a second order lever?
A. Wheel barrow B. See-saw C. Tongs D. Crowbar
- - - - - 74 . Which of the following double wedges with different length l and
thickness t offers the greatest IMA?

A. B. C. D.
- - - - - 75 . The diagram below shows a pair of gear wheels. The number of teeth on gear A is 32 and on B is
16. Which of the following statements
is correct when B is the driving gear?
A. The load is less than the effort and A rotates slower than B.
B. The load is less than the effort and A rotates faster than B.
C. The load is greater than the effort and A rotates slower than B.
D. The load is greater than the effort and A rotates faster than B.
Short Answer Questions
- - - - - 76 . List the six major types of simple machines.
- - - - - 77 . Explain how a simple machine differs from a compound machine.
- - - - - 78 . What are the purposes of simple machines?
- - - - - 79 . A simple machine is able to move a 400 N load a distance of 20 cm
when a force of 20 N is moved through a distance of 5.0 m Calculate:

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a. The work input:

b. the work output:
c. the actual mechanical advantage:
d. the velocity ratio:
e. the efficiency of the machine:
f. the ideal mechanical advantage:
- - - - - 80 . A simple machine is able to move a 500 N load a distance
of 20 cm when a force of 25 N is moved through a distance of 5.0 m.
Calculate:
a) the work input and work output.
b) the actual mechanical advantage
c) the ideal mechanical advantage of the machine.
d) the velocity ratio and efficiency of the machine.
e) the energy wasted.
- - - - - 81 . A pulley system consists of four pulleys in an upper block and
three pulleys in a lower block.
a) Make a sketch of this arrangement showing how
a velocity ratio of 7 may be obtained.
b) If the force ratio is 4.2, what is the efficiency of the pulley.

- - - - - 82 . A differential pulley consists of a lower block and an upper block.

The upper block has two cogged grooves, one of which has radius
of 125 mm and the other has a radius of 115 mm. if efficiency of the
machine is 80%, calculate the effort required to raise load of 1500 N.
- - - - - 83 . In a differential pulley block, a load of 1800 N is raised by an effort
of 100 N. The number of teeth on the larger and smaller blocks are
12 and 11 respectively. Find the velocity ratio, mechanical advantage
and efficiency of the machine.

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