GENERAL PHYSICS 1 – QUARTER 2

Assessment of Learning (Part 1)

I. MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the letter of the best answer. If your answer is different from the
choices just give your final answer.

1. A mass of 10 kg, which may be a point-like object, is attached to a rope of length 1.5m and is
being rotated. What is the moment of inertia of the object?
A. 3.16 m B. 1.44 kg*m2 C. 10 m D. 22.5 kg*m2 E. 0.04 kg
2. How far is the object from its axis of rotation if it is 4kg and has a moment of inertia
40kg*m2?
A. 3.16 m B. 1.44 kg*m2 C. 10 m D. 22.5 kg*m2 E. 0.04 kg
3. Three balls are attached to a cable and are being rotated. Ball A is 0.5kg and is 1.0m away
from the axis of rotation. Ball B is 1.0kg and placed 0.8m away from the axis. Ball C, which is
0.5m away from the axis is 1.2kg. Calculate the total moment of inertia of the balls.
A. 3.16 m B. 1.44 kg*m2 C. 10 m D. 22.5 kg*m2 E. 0.04 kg
4. The moment of inertia of the ball is 0.01kg*m and is rotating around a 0.5m string. What is
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the mass of the ball?

A. 3.16 m B. 1.44 kg*m2 C. 10 m D. 22.5 kg*m2 E. 0.04 kg
5. Torque is a _____ and its direction can be determined using _____.
A. scalar; right-hand rule C. vector; right-hand rule
B. scalar; left-hand rule D. vector; left-hand rule

For numbers 6-8, consider Figure 3.

One end of the stick is attached to a plank of wood.

6. The stick rotates when a force is applied on its _____ end and is directed along the _____.
A. fixed; z axis B. free; z axis C. free; x axis D. free; y axis
7. When torque is zero, the stick will not rotate. Which conditions result to a zero torque?
I. The force is applied on the fixed end of the stick.
II. The force is applied along z axis at the middle of the stick.
III. The force is applied along z axis on the free end of the stick.
IV. The force is applied along x axis on the free end of the stick.
A. I only B. I and II C. III and IV D. I and IV
8. The stick is pushed near its free end along –z axis. What is the direction of the torque?
A. along +x axis B. along –x axis C. along +y axis D. along –y axis
9. The Greek indicating change in a quantity
A. alpha 𝛂 B. beta 𝛃 C. gamma 𝛄 D. delta 𝚫 E. theta 𝛉 F. omega 𝛀 G. sigma 𝚺
10. What is the SI unit for angular displacement?
A. rpm B. radian C. degree D. vector
11. There are two conditions for a body to be in rotational equilibrium.
I. _____ equilibrium is when the sum of all torques about any point must be zero.
II. _____ equilibrium is when the vector sum of all forces acting on it must be zero.

A. Rotational; Translational C. Angular; Perpendicular

B. Translational; Rotational D. Perpendicular; Angular

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 12. “All objects tend to keep on spinning.” What does the statement implies?
A. Objects in rotational motion, like moving objects along straight line will keep on
moving not unless acted upon by an outside force.
B. That is only true for some objects under rotational motion.
C. Only outside application of force will make it stop.
D. The object will eventually stop soon.
13. What do we call the tendency of a spinning object to continue to spin?
A. Torque C. Conservation of angular momentum
B. Conservation of Torque D. Newton’s Second Law of spinning bodies
14. What happens to angular momentum when the sum of all external torque acting on a
system of particles is zero?
A. The angular momentum is also zero C. The angular momentum decreases
B. The angular momentum increases D. The angular momentum remains constant
15. What happens when the line of action passes through the axis of rotation?
A. Lever arm is zero and so with the torque C. There will be a negative rotation
B. Lever arm and torque is constant D. Lever arm and torque doesn’t change
16. Statics is the study of _____.
A. forces and moments C. acceleration
B. weight and torque D. inertia
17. For an object to be in static equilibrium . . .
A. acceleration is zero C. no motion at all exist
B. velocity is zero D. no external force is acting on it
18. The stability of an object may be increased by
A. lowering the center of the gravity of the object C. raising its center of gravity
B. reducing the size of its base D. reducing its weight
19. The most stable of these vehicles would be a
A. jeep B. racing car C. heavy cargo truck D. horse cart
20. To balance two boys of unequal weights on a seesaw,
A. the heavier boy should sit nearer the center
B. the lighter boy should sit nearer the center
C. the two should be equally near the center
D. both should be equally away from the center

II. TRUE or FALSE

1. The angle turned through by a body about a given axis is called angular displacement.
2. Angular acceleration is the change in the angular displacement of rotating body about the
axis of rotation with time.
3. Angular velocity is the change in angular speed of a tangential motion.
4. The farther the distance r that the body is from the axis of rotation, the greater is its
linear or tangential velocity.
5. The value 360° equals 2 π rad, or one complete revolution.
6. Angular momentum is conserved if the torque is not equal to zero.
7. Changing the point changes the torque’s magnitude and direction.
8. The lever arm is zero if the line of action passes through the axis of rotation.
9. Static equilibrium only defines an object at rest.
10. The center of gravity is the point at which the total weight of the body may be considered
as concentrated.

III. PROBLEM SOLVING. Answer each problem completely. Express your final answer with three
(3) decimal places and appropriate unit. Write your detailed solutions in clean sheets of paper,
properly numbered, labelled, and submit them during the next schedule of learning kit retrieval.
1. As viewed from the north pole, the earth rotates about its axis counterclockwise once in
approximately 24 hours. What is the displacement of the earth for 1 hour in radians,
degrees, and revolutions? 6pts

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 2. If a person can apply a maximum force of 200N, what is the maximum length of a wrench
needed to apply 90N*m torque to the bolts on a motorcycle engine? 3pts
3. Convert the following into indicated angle measure unit: 4pts
a. 36° to rad
b. 2π/5 to degrees
4. Reina, a 50.0 kg gymnast, swings her 1.5m long body around a bar by her outstretched
arms. What is her moment of inertia? 3pts
5. What is the angular momentum of a 300g stone being whirled by a slingshot at a
tangential velocity of 9m/s, if the length of the slingshot is 40cm? 3pts

IV. ESSAY. On your own words, answer each problem briefly and concisely with at most 3
sentences applying the physics concepts covered in the lessons for Quarter 2.
1. Why does a man with a large belly or a woman in her last trimester of pregnancy tend to
lean backward when walking? 3pts

2. Try riding on a freely rotating child’s merry-go-round.

What happens to the rotational velocity when you
move inward or outward from the axis of the merry-go-
round? How can this be explained? 3pts

3. Why do you bend your legs when you run? 3pts

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