OLABISI ONABANJO UNIVERSITY, AGO-IWOYE

CENTRE FOR CONTINUING EDUCATION

FACULTY OF SCIENCE,
ADVANCED CERTIFICATE IN SCIENCE LABORATORY TECHNOLOGY
SLP125: MECHANICS
TUTORIAL QUESTIONS
INSTRUCTION: The assignment is to be submitted on March 25, 2024 before 12:00 noon. Attempt all questions
correctly
Name…………….…………………………………….……………………..………… Matric NO.: ……………….………………………..……….…..

1 A force F Newton’s gives a mass of 2kg an acceleration of 4m/s2. A Force 3F Newton’s will give a mass of 8kg an
acceleration in m/s2 of
2 The international agreed system of units (SI) for physical measurements are
3 A heavy ball is swung round in a horizontal circle of centre O with a constant speed. The acceleration of the ball in
the circle is
4 At what respective value of x, y, and z would the unit of force, the newton, be dimensionally equivalent to Mx Ly Tz?
5 The force required to make an object of mass m, travelling with velocity v, turn in a circle of radius r is
6 Two bodies X and Y are projected on the same horizontal plane, with the same initial speed but at angle 30° and 60°
respectively to the horizontal. Neglecting air resistance, the ratio of the range of X to that of Y is
7 A body of mass 2kg moving vertically upwards has its velocity increased uniformly from 10ms-1 to 40ms-1 in 4s.
Neglecting air resistance, calculate the upward vertical force acting on the body. [g=10ms-2]
8 An object of mass m and volume v is totally immersed in a liquid of density ρ. The tension of a string holding it is?
9 A planet has mass m1 and is at a distance r1 from the sun. A second planet has mass m2 = 10m1 and is at a distance
of r2 =2r1 from the sun. Determine the ratio of the gravitational forces experienced by the planets
10 A rectangular tank contains water to a depth of 2m. If the base is 4m × 3m, calculate the force on the base.
(Density of water = 103kgm-3, g = 10ms-2)

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θ w

For a rough inclined plane on which lies a body of weight W, the angle in the diagram above becomes the angle of
friction if?
12 A load of 20N on a wire of cross-sectional area 8×10-7m2, produces an extension of 10-4m. Calculate Young’s
modulus for the material of the wire if its length is 3m
13 A ball thrown vertically into the air with an initial velocity u. what is the greatest height reached?
14 Which of the following is a derived unit?
A Kilogram B Metre C Kelvin D Newton
15 A man walks 8km north and then 5km in a direction 60° east of north. Find the distance from his starting point.
16 If a beaker is filled with water, it is observed that the surface of the water is not horizontal at the glass-water
interface. This behavior is due to?
17 From the diagram below, if the particle F is at a distance X from O to the right, the phase of the vibration will be
different from that at O by

18 When the length
of a piece of wire under constant tension is varied, the relationship of the frequency of vibration
 with
is?
19 Two forces whose resultant is 100N are at right angles to each other. If one of them makes an angle of 30° with the
resultant, determine its magnitude.
20 A cube of sides 0.1m hangs freely from a string. What is the upthrust on the cube when totally immersed in water?
[Density of water is 1000kgm-2, g = 10 ms-1]
Q

21 m

θ
P

The figure above shows a block of mass m sliding down a rough inclined plane QP at an angle θ. The forces acting on
the block along the plane QP are
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22 A piece of wire gauze can be made to lie on water because
23 A hydrometer is an instrument used in measuring
24 In a hydraulic press, the pump piston exerts a pressure of 100Pa on the liquid. What force is exerted in the second
piston of cross-sectional area 3m2?
25 The wavelength of a wave travelling with a velocity of 420ms-1 is 42m. What is its period?
26 A load is pulled at a uniform speed along a horizontal floor by rope at 45° to floor. If the force in the rope is 1500N,
what is the frictional force on the load?
27 A liquid of mass 1.0 × 103 kg fills a rectangular tank of length 2.5m and width 2.0m. If the tank is 4m high, what is
the pressure at the middle of the tank? [g=10ms-2]
28 An empty 60 litre petrol tank has a mass of 10kg. Its mass when full of fuel of relative density 0.72 is?
29 The length of mercury thread when it is at 0 °C, 100 °C and at an unknown temperature θ is 25mm, 225mm and
175mm respectively. The value of θ is?
30 An object of mass 100g projected vertically upwards from the ground level has a velocity of 20 ms-1 at a height of
10m. Calculate its initial kinetic energy at the ground level.
31 Which of the following with respect to a body performing simple harmonic motion are in phase?
A. Displacement and velocity of the body B. Displacement and force of the body C. velocity and
acceleration of the body D. Force acting on the body and the acceleration.
32 A model car moves round a circular track of radius 0.3 m at 120 revolution per minute. What is the angular speed ω
and the period T?
33 What is the speed of the car? Find the angular speed of the car if it moves with a uniform speed of 2 ms-1 in a circle
of radius 0.4 m.
34 Viewed from above, a turntable is observed to rotate counterclockwise. The angular velocity then is
A. tangential to the turntable rim, B. out of the plane of the turntable, C. counterclockwise, D. none
of the preceding.
35 The motion of a body is simple harmonic if the?

36 The diagram above shows a velocity - time graph. The statement that is true about this motion is that the
car……………….
37 An object is weighted at different locations on the earth. What will be the right observation?
38 The vibration resulting from the action of an external periodic force on the motion of a body is called:
39 A vehicle of mass m is driven by an engine of power P from rest. Find the minimum time it will take to acquire a
speed, v.
40 when a mass attached to spiral spring is set into vertical oscillations, its acceleration will have a …………….
41 The density of a certain oil on frying becomes 0.4 kgm-3 with the volume of 20 m3. what will be its initial volume
when its initial density is 0.8 kgm-3 assuming no loss of oil due to spillage?
42 The velocities of light in air and glass are 3.0×108ms-1 and 2.0×108ms-1 respectively. If the angle of refraction is 30°,
the sine of angle of incidence is?
43 A bar of initial length
 is heated through a temperature change ∆ to a new length
. The linear expansivity, α, of
the bar is?
44 A particle of mass M which is at rest splits up into two. If the mass and velocity of one of the particles are m and v
respectively, calculate the velocity of the second particle.
45 A ball of mass 0.15kg is kicked against a rigid vertical wall with horizontal velocity of 50ms-1. If it rebounced with a
horizontal velocity of 30ms-1, calculate the impulse of the ball on the wall.
46 The force of attraction between two-point masses is 10-4 N when the distance between them is 0.18m. If the
distance is reduced to 0.06m, calculate the force.
47 In a wheel and axle mechanism, the diameter of the wheel and axle are 40cm and 8cm respectively. Given that the
machine is 80% efficient, what effort is required to lift a load of 100N?
48 The atmospheric pressure due to water is 1.3×106 Nm-2. What is the total pressure at the bottom of an ocean 10m
deep? [Density of water = 1000kgm-3, g = 10ms-2]
49 A solid of weight 0.600 N is totally immersed in oil and water respectively. If the upthrust in oil is 0.210N and the
relative density of oil is 0.875 find the upthrust in water.
50 The relationship between speed v and angular speed ω of a body moving uniformly in a circle of radius r
is………………
51 The frequency unit of hertz is equivalent to ………………
52 The accurate measurement of the relative density of a substance in its powdered form is done with a beam balance and
………….

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53 One special advantage of alcohol over mercury as a thermometric liquid is its …………………………..
54 If a container is filled with ice to the brim, what happens to the level of water when the ice completely melts?
55 The small droplet of water that forms on the grass in the early hours of the morning is …………………..
56 Which of the following has no effect on radiation? A. nature of surface B. density C. surface area D. temperature
57 The pressure of one mole of an ideal gas of volume 10-2 m3 at a temperature of 27 °C is [molar gas constant = 8.3 J mol-1
k-1]
58 A bob of weight 0.1 N hangs from a massless string of length 50 cm. A variable horizontal force which increases
from zero is applied to pull the bob until the string makes an angle of 60° with the vertical. The work done is…………..

59 A carpenter on top of a roof of 20.0m high dropped a hammer of mass 1.5 kg and it fell directly to the ground. The
kinetic energy of the hammer just before hitting the ground is? [g = 10 ms-2]