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FSC115 Assignment Session 17-18

The document outlines an assignment for FSC115 with a submission deadline of January 23, 2018. It includes various questions related to dimensional analysis, units of measurement, and physical quantities, requiring students to define standards, analyze expressions, and identify correct units. The questions cover topics such as fundamental units, derived units, and the SI system.

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FSC115 Assignment Session 17-18

The document outlines an assignment for FSC115 with a submission deadline of January 23, 2018. It includes various questions related to dimensional analysis, units of measurement, and physical quantities, requiring students to define standards, analyze expressions, and identify correct units. The questions cover topics such as fundamental units, derived units, and the SI system.

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FSC115 ASSIGNMENT.

SUBMISSION DEADLINE IS 4:00pm on


TUESDAY, 23RD JANUARY 2018

SUBMIT TO YOUR COURSE REPS OR THE ASSISTANT

1. Define the standards that define the seven fundamental units

2. Experiment shows that the viscous force F on a spherical body of radius r moving with angular
velocity ω through a fluid of viscosity η is F  kr   , where k is a dimensionless constant. Using the
a b c

method of dimensional analysis, determine the values of a, b and c.

1 2
3. Use dimensional analysis to check if the expression p  v  gh is correct. Given that p is
2
pressure in pascal, ρ is density in kgm-3, v is velocity in m/s, g is acceleration due to gravity in m/s2 and
h is the height in m.

4. Which of the following is the internationally agreed system of units (S.I.) for physical
measurements?
A. lb, ft, sec B. g, m, sec C. kg, m, sec D. cm, g, sec

5. Which of the following units is/are the unit(s) of latent heat? (I) Ns (II) Nm (III) N/m2 (IV) JK-1
-1
(V) Jkg .
A. I B. II C. III and IV D. V

6. Find, using dimensional analysis, the relation between the frequency f of the vibration of a
stretched string and its mass per unit length , its tension T and its length l.

7. Which of the following derived units is NOT a unit of power?


A. Joule/second B. ampere volt
C. ampere/volt D. volts2/ohms

2 2
8. Which of the underlisted quantities has the dimension ML T ?
A. moment of a force B. work
C. acceleration D. moment of a force and work

9. What is the unit of quantity of electricity?


A. the coulomb B. the volt
C. the ampere D. the ohm

10. A car is travelling along a horizontal road with speed v measured in m/s. The power P measured
in watts required to overcome external forces opposing the motion is given by the
P  cv  kv3
where c and k are constants. Use base units to obtain an S.I. unit for constant k.

11. In a gas experiment, the pressure of the gas is plotted against the reciprocal of the volume of the
gas at a constant temperature. The unit of the slope of the resulting curve is
A. newton B. newton/m C. joule D. newton/m3

1
12. Which of the following is a derived unit?
A. Kilogramme B. Metre C. Kelvin D. Newton

13. Which of the following units is equivalent to kgm/s?


A. J/s B. N/s C. Ns D. Nms

14. Which of the following are the correct S.I. units of the quantities indicated? I. Ns (Impulse)
II. Nm (Torque)
III. Watt/s (Power) IV. kgm/s2 (Momentum).
A. I and II only B. I, II and III only
C. I, II and IV only D. I and III only

15. The product PV where P is pressure and V is volume has the same unit as
A. density B. power C. momentum D. energy

16. Which of the following are derived units? (I) Second


(II) Newton (III) Kilogram (IV) Ampere (V) Joule.
A. I and III only B. II and V only
C. II, IV and V only D. I only

17. Which of the following are derived quantities? (I) Force


(II) Temperature (III) Area (IV) Pressure
A. I and IV only B. II, III and IV only
C. I and III only D. I, III and IV only

18. Which of the following is/are supplementary unit(s)? (I) Kelvin (II) Newton (III) Second (IV) Radian
A. I and III only B. IV only
C. I and II only D. I, II and IV only

19. The unit of momentum is


A. J/s B. N/s C. kgm/s D. Nms

20. Which of the following is the dimension of power?


A. ML2T-3 B. MLT-2 C. ML2T-2 D. ML-2T3

21. In which of the following physical quantities are the units correctly indicated? (I) Weight [N] (II)
Power [J/s] (III) Momentum [kgm/s] (IV) Acceleration [N/kg]
A. I and II only B. III and IV only
C. I, II and III only D. I, II, III and IV

22. The watt is equivalent to


A. Nm/s B. Js C. kgm2s2 D. N/s

23. Which of the following quantities has the same unit as the kilowatt - hour?
A. Force × time B. Force × distance
C. Force × velocity D. Force × acceleration

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