1. A driver moving at a constant speed of 20 m/s sees an accident up ahead and hits the brakes.

If
the car decelerates at a constant rate of −5 m/ s2 , how far does the car go before it comes to a
stop?
A. 10 m
B. 20 m
C. 40 m
D. 100 m

2. A car accelerates at a constant rate from 0 to 25 m/ s over a distance of 5 m . Approximately

how long does it take the car to reach the velocity of 25 m/ s ?
A. 1 s
B. 2 s
C. 4 s
D. 8 s

3. The earth moves around the sun at approximately 0 m/s. Is the earth accelerating?

A. No, because acceleration is a vector.

B. No, because the net displacement is zero.

C. Yes, because the speed is not constant.

D. Yes, because the velocity is not constant.

4. All of the following describe the magnitude and direction of a vector EXCEPT:
A. 10 m/ s West
B. 10 m/ s in a circle
C. 20 m to the left
D. 20 m straight up

5. Which of the following gives the average velocity of an athlete running on a circular track with
a circumference of .25 km, if that athlete runs 1 km in 4 minutes?
A. 0 m/s
B. 2 m/ s
C. 4.2 m/s
D. 16.8 m/ s

6. All of the following are examples of wave diffraction EXCEPT:

A. A light wave bends when passing from air to water.
B. Music is audible around a corner from the source.
C. The shadow cast by statue is blurred at the edges.
D. Ripples in water become semicircular after passing through a small space.

7. The graph below shows the displacement of a particle over time.

 The particle exhibits

I. displacement

II. velocity

III. acceleration increasing:

A. I only

B. II only

C. I and II only

D. I and III only

8. Ignoring air resistance, if the initial height of a body in free fall is increased by a factor of 4 , the
final velocity when it hits the ground will increase by a factor of:
A. 2
B. 4
C. It depends upon the value of the initial height.
D. The velocity will remain the same.

9. If an apple that is dropped from an altitude of 100 m reaches an altitude of 80 m after falling
for t=2 seconds, what altitude will it be at in t=4 seconds?
A. 60 m
B. 40 m
C. 20 m
D. 0 m

10. Two balls are dropped from a tall tower. The balls are the same size but Ball X has greater
mass than Ball Y. When both balls have reached terminal velocity, which of the following is
true?
A. The force of air resistance on either ball is zero.
B. Ball X has greater velocity.
C. The Ball X has greater acceleration.
D. The acceleration of both balls is 9 .8 m/ s2.

11. An airplanc's propellers exert a force on the plane of 2500 N to the cast. Wind resistance of
500 N acts to the west. If the weight of the plane is 0,000 N , what is the acceleration of the
plane?
A. 0.5 m/s2 to the east
B. 0.5 m/s2 to the west
C. 0.05 m/s2 to the east
D. 0.05 m/s2 to the west
12. An automobile with a mass of 3000 kg is traveling down a straight flat road at a constant
20 m
speed of . The coefficient of friction between the tires and the road is 0.5 . The net force
s
acting on the automobile is:
A. 0 N
B. 30,000 N
C. 60,000 N
D. 90,000 N
13. If F is the force of air resistance on an object with mass m moving at a constant velocity, which
of the following best describes the acceleration of the object when the force of air resistance is
reduced by a factor of 4 ?
A. F /m
1
B. F /m
2
1
C. F /m
4
3
D. F /m
4

14. A 10 kg mass is in free fall with no air resistance. In order to slow the mass at a rate equal to
the magnitude of g, an upward force must be applied with magnitude:
A. 0 N
B. 10 N
C. 100 N
D. 200 N

15. An object of mass m resting on the surface of the earth experiences a force equal to its weight
mg , where g is the acceleration due to gravity. If M is the mass of the earth, G is the universal
gravitation constant, and R is the radius of the earth, which of the following expressions is
equal to ?
GMm
A. 2
R
GM
B. 2
R
GMm
C.
R
GM
D.
R
16. A jogger is running on a circular track with a radius of 0 m. If the jogger completes one trip
around the track in 63 seconds, what is her average speed?
A. 0 m/s
B. 1 m/s
C. 2 m/ s
D. 3 m/ s
17. On a particular stretch of wet pavement, the kinetic coefficient of friction μ for a particular car
with mass m is 0.08 . If the car is moving at a velocity ν , and suddenly locks its whecls and slides
 to a stop, which of the following expressions gives the distance that it will slide?
2
v
A.
mgμ
2
v
B.
2mgμ
2
v
C.
2 gμ
v
D.
2 gμ

18. The diagram below shows two different masses hung from identical Hooke's law springs. The
Hooke's law constant k for the springs is equal to:

A. 2 N /cm
B. 5 N /cm
C. 10 N /cm
D. 20 N /cm
19. The arrows shown below represent all the force vectors that are applied to a single point.
Which of the following could NOT be true of the point?

A. The point is moving at a constant velocity.

B. The point is not moving.
C. The point is accelerating at a constant rate.
D. The point is not accelerating.

20. A rescue helicopter lifts a 50 kg rock climber by a rope from a cliff face. The rock climber is
accelerated vertically at m/s2 . What is the tension in the rope?
A. 350 N
B. 500 N
C. 750 N
D. 1500 N

21. Which of the following describes a situation requiring no net force?

A. A car starts from rest and reaches a speed of 80 km/hr after 15 seconds.
B. A bucket is lowered from a rooftop at a constant speed of 2 m/ s.
C. A skater glides along the ice, gradually slowing from 10 m/ s to 5 m/ s.
 D. The pendulum of a clock moves back and forth at a constant frequency of 0.5 cycles per
second.

22. A child pushes a block across the floor with a constant force of N . The block moves in a
straight line and its speed increases from 0.2 m/ s to .6 m/ s. Which of the following must be
true?
A. The force applied by the child is greater than the force of kinetic friction between the block and
the floor.
B. The force applied by the child is less than the force of kinetic friction between the block and the
floor.
C. The force applied by the child is greater than the force due to the weight of the block.
D. The force applied by the child is less than the force due to the weight of the block.
23. A carpenter who is having a difficult time loosening a screw puts away his screwdriver and
chooses another with a handle with a larger diameter. He does this because:
A. increasing force increases torque.
B. decreasing force decreases torque.
C. increasing lever arm increases torque.
D. decreasing lever arm decreases torque.

24. A person pushes on a door and it swings open. Where should the force be applied in order to
make the door swing open as quickly as possible?
A. On the edge of the door nearest the hinges.
B. At the center of the door.
C. On the edge farthest from the hinges.
D. A force anywhere on the door will have the same effect.

25. A one meter board with uniform density, hangs in static equilibrium from a rope with tension
T . A weight hangs from the left end of the board as shown. What is the mass of the board?

A. 1 kg
B. 2 kg
C. 3 kg
D. 4 kg

26. If all of the forces below have equal magnitude, which one creates the most torque?
27. A large rock is tied to a rubber band and dropped straight down. As the rock falls, the rubber
band gradually stretches, eventually bringing the rock to a stop. Which of the following energy
transfers is taking place in this process?
A. Kinetic to gravitational potential to elastic potential
B. Kinetic to elastic potential to gravitational potential
C. Gravitational potential to elastic potential to kinetic
D. Gravitational potential to kinetic to elastic potential

28. Objects A and B are placed on the spring as shown. Object A has twice as much mass as object
B. If the spring is depressed and released, propelling the objects into the air, object A will:

A. rise one fourth as high as object B.

B. rise half as high as object B.
C. rise to the same height as object B.
D. rise twice as high as object B.

29. A 100 N force is applied as shown to a 10 kg object for 2 seconds. If the object is initially at
rest, what is its final velocity?

A. 8.7 m/s
B. 1 m/s
C. 17.4 m/s
D. 34.8 m/ s
30. If 1 kg blocks were stacked one upon the other starting at the surface of the earth and
continuing forever into space, the blocks near the bottom of the stack would have:
A. less gravitational potential energy than blocks at the middle or blocks near the top of the stack.
B. less gravitational potential energy than blocks at the middle and the same gravitational energy as
blocks near the top of the stack.
C. the same gravitational potential energy as all other blocks.
D. more gravitational potential energy than blocks at the middle or blocks near the top of the stack.

31. Energy consumption in the home is generally measured in units of kilowatt hours. A kilowatt
hour is equal to:
A. 3600 J
B. 6000 J
 C. 3600000 J
D. 6000000 J

32. A winch is used to lift heavy objects to the top of building under construction. A winch with a
power of 50 kW was replaced with a new winch with a power of 00 kW . Which of the
following statements about the new winch is NOT true?
A. The new winch can do twice as much work in the same time as the old winch.
B. The new winch takes twice as much time to do the same work as the old winch.
C. The new winch can raise objects with twice as much mass at the same speed as the old winch.
D. The new winch can raise objects with the same mass at twice the speed of the old winch.

33. A spring powered dart-gun fires a dart 1 m vertically into the air. In order for the dart to go
m. the spring would have to be depressed:
A. 2 times the distance.
B. 3 times the distance.
C. 4 times the distance.
D. 8 times the distance.

34. A rocket with a mass of 7.2 ×104 kg starts from rest in outer space and fires its thrusters until
100 m
it is moving with a velocity of . What was the average force on the rocket due to the
s
thrusters?
3
A . 7.2× 10 N
4
B .7.2 ×10 N
6
C . 7.2 ×10 N
D. The average force cannot be determined with the information given.

35. Ball A moving at 12 m/s collides elastically with ball B as shown. If both balls have the same
mass, what is the final velocity of ball?

A. 3 m/ s
B. 6 m/s
C. 9 m/s
D. 12 m/s
36. A block of mass m 1 slides across a frictionless surface with speed ν , and collides with a
stationary block of mass m 2. The blocks stick together after the collision and move away with a
speed v 2. Which of the following statements is (are) true about the blocks?

I. m 1 v 1=( m 1 +m 2 ) v 2
 1 2 1 2
II. m 1 v 1= ( m 1+ m 2) v 2
2 2

III. v 1=v 2
A. I only
B. II only
C. I and II only
D. I, II and III

37. A trapeze artist who accidentally falls builds up a great deal of momentum before he is brought
safely to rest by a safety net. The safety net serves to:
A. increase the force of the collision by decreasing the collision time.
B. decrease the force of the collision by decreasing the collision time.
C. increase the force of the collision by increasing the collisiontime.
D. decrease the force of the collision by increasing the collisiontime.

38. The chemical potential energy in gasoline is converted to kinetic energy in cars. If a car
accelerates from zero to 60 km/h, compared to the energy necessary to increase the velocity of
the car from zero to 30 km/h, the energy necessary to increase the velocity of the car from 30
to 60 km/h is:
A. half as great.
B. the same.
C. twice as great.
D. three times as great.

39. A girl riding her bicycle up a steep hill decides to save energy by zigzagging rather than riding
straight up. Ignoring friction, her strategy will:
A. require the same amount of energy but less force on the pedals.
B. require the same anfount of energy and the same amount of force on the pedals.
C. require less energy and less force on the pedals.
D. require less energy and more force on the pedals.

40. A wheelchair access ramp is to be designed so that 1000 N can be lifted to a height of 1 m
through the application of 50 N of force. The length of the ramp must be at least:
A. 5 m
B. 10 m
C. 20 m
D. 100 m

41. An inventor designs a machine that he claims will lift a 30 kg object with the application of
only a 25 N force. If the inventor is correct, what is the shortest possible distance through
which the force must be applicd for each meter that the object is raised?
A. 5 m
B. 8 m
C. 12 m
D. 15 m
42. Which of the following graphs best represents the radioactive decay of 238 U ?
43. The half-life of substance X is 45 years, and it decomposes to substance Y . A sample from a
meteorite was taken which contained 1.5 % of X and 13.5 % of Y by mass. If substance Y is not
normally found on a meteorite, what is the approximate age of the meteorite?
A. 45 years
B. 100 years
C. 140 years
D. 270 years
44. In nuclear fission, a uranium nucleus combines with a neutron, becomes unstable, and splits
into Ce and Zr plus two neutrons. The change in the mass of the interacting parts is 0.21 amu.
How much energy is released in this reaction? (Note: c 2=931.5 MeV /amu )
A. 98 McV
B. 130 McV
C. 157 McV
D. 197 McV

45. 21Po undergoes two alpha decays and two beta decays to form:
Λ . 208 Ti
B. 224 Ra
C. 212 Pb
D. 2018 Pb
46. The mass number of an atom undergoing radioactive decay will remain unchanged in all of the
processes below EXCEPT:
A. alpha decay.
B. beta decay.
C. electron capturc.
D. gamma emission.

47. A helium balloon will rise into the atmosphere until:

A. The temperature of the helium inside the balloon is equal to the temperature of the air outside the
balloon.
B. The mass of the helium inside the balloon is equal to the mass of the air outside the balloon.
C. The weight of the balloon is equal to the force of the upward air current.
D. The density of the helium in the balloon is equal to the density of the air surrounding the balloon.
48. Mercury has specific gravity of 13.6. The column of mercury in the barometer below has a
height ¿ 76 cm. If a similar barometer were made with water, what would be the approximate
height h of the column of water?
A. 5.6 cm
B. 76 cm
C. 154 cm
D. 1034 cm
49. A child's bathtub toy has a density of 0.45 g/cm3 . What fraction of the toy floats above the
water?
A. 5 %
B. 45 %
C. 55 %
D. 95 %
50. The pressure at the bottom of a cylindrical tube filled with water was measured to be 5000 Pa.
If the water in the tube were replaced with ethyl alcohol, what would be the new pressure at the
bottom of the tube? (The density of ethyl alcohol is .8 g /cm3 .)
A. 4000 Pa
B. 4800 Pa
C. 5000 Pa
D. 6250 Pa