A stone is thrown upward from the ground with an initial velocity of 10 m/s.

What is the
maximum height reached by the stone and the total time of flight?
5 m, 1 sec
✓ 5 m, 2 sec
10 m, 1 sec
10 m, 2 sec

If Vo is the initial velocity in the direction  with respect to the horizontal, then the velocity of
the projectile at its highest point is equal to _____.
0
✓ Vo cos
Vo sin 
- ½ gt2

What is the kinetic energy of an object just before it hits the ground if it falls from a height equal
to h?
✓ mgh
½ mh2
√2gh
none of these

Which of the following statements are true?I. The sum of the kinetic and potential energies of a
pulling body is zero.II. A slowing-down body has negative kinetic energy.III. The potential
energy of a falling body is decreasing, and its kinetic energy is increasing.IV. The kinetic energy
of a falling body just before it hits the ground is equal to the potential energy just before it
started falling.
I and II
I and IV
✓ III and IV
I, II and IV

Which of the following statement is/are true about circuit in series?

The reciprocal of effective resistance is equal to the sum of the reciprocal of individual resistance
✓ The effective or total resistance is equal to the sum of individual resistances.
The current passing through a greater resistance compared to the current passing through a lesser
resistance
Both A and C

An object X, initially at rest, is subjected to a force of 20 N to the right. The speed of X after 2
seconds is 5 m/s. what is the mass of X?
12.5
2 kg
4 kg
✓ 8 kg
10 kg
Given the setups on the image below, which of the following statements is true? (All bulbs have
resistance equal to 1 ohm.)
✓ Bulbs Setup I are brighter that bulbs is Setup II
Bulbs in Setup II are brighter that bulbs in Setup I.
Set up II consumes the same amount of energy per unit time compared to Set I
Set up I consumes more energy per unit time compared to Set II

A stone is thrown upward from the roof of a building. On its way down, at the same instant that
is passes the roof, a second stone is dropped. Which of the following statements is true?
The two stones will reach the ground at the same time.
The second stone will reach the ground first.
✓ The stone thrown upward will reach the ground first.
They have equal velocity when they reach the ground.

An athlete can throw a javelin with an initial velocity of 30 m/s.38. At what angle with respect to
the horizontal should he throw-such that the javelin has a maximum horizontal range?
30 degrees
✓ 40 degrees
60 degrees
90 degrees

An athlete can throw a javelin with an initial velocity of 30 m/s.38. What is the maximum
horizontal range of the throw?
63.64 m
77.94 m
✓ 90.0 m
92.5 m

An athlete can throw a javelin with an initial velocity of 30 m/s.38. What is the maximum height
reached by the javelin if it was thrown at such an angle for it to have maximum range?
A. 11.5 m
B. 22.5 m
C. 45.0 m
✓ D. 90.0 m

A Ferrari weighs 20,000 N on Earth. A moon buggy weighs 20,000 N on the moon. Which has
more mass?
the Ferrari
They have equal weights hence equal mass.
✓ the moon buggy
more data needed

Why are you able to drink soft drinks through a straw?

Atmospheric pressure pushes the liquid up the straw.
✓ There is a pressure differences that lifts the liquid up the straw.
You can decrease the pressure inside your mouth.
All of the above

When a store is dropped, it falls due to the Earth’s gravitational pull. What is the stone’s
reaction to the Earth’s pull?
The stone encounters air friction.
The stone changes in momentum.
The stone’s potential energy changes.
✓ The stone pulls on the Earth.

A fat student with a mass of 50 kg and a thin student with a mass of 25 kg are on a seesaw. If the
fat student sits 1 m from the fulcrum, how far from the fulcrum should the thin student be to
balance the seesaw?
4m
✓ 2m
1m
0.5m

What will happen to two balls of different masses dropped from the same height at the same time
if air resistance is neglected?
They will cover the same distance for the same amount of time.
They will have equal time of flight.
They will have the same final velocities.
✓ All of the above

The brakes are slammed on a speeding truck and it skids to a stop. If the truck was heavily
loaded so it had twice the total mass, what would be the skidding distance?
✓ the same
1.5 times as far
twice as far
four times as far

How deep underwater must you go so that the pressure on your body is twice that of normal
atmospheric pressure?
about 1 m
about 5 m
✓ about 10 m
about 100 m

A book is placed in front of the driver on the dashboard of a car. The car is moving uniformly
forward. Suddenly, the car accelerates. What will happen to the book?
✓ It will be thrown backwards toward the driver.
It will be thrown sideways.
It will be thrown forward toward the windshield.
It will remain where it is.
Consider the various positions of the satellite as it orbits the planet as shown in the figure below.
In which position does the satellite have the maximum kinetic energy?
A
B
✓C
D

Consider the following condition:Two small non-conducting spheres, A and B, are charged
electrically. A third small non-conducting sphere, C, is charged negatively. If sphere A is
attracted to sphere C, the sphere A must be ___________.
✓ positively charged
either positively or negatively
charged
negatively charged
neutral

Consider the following condition:Two small non-conducting spheres, A and B, are charged
electrically. A third small non-conducting sphere, C, is charged negatively. If sphere B is
repelled to sphere C, then sphere B must be _____________.
positively charged
either positively or negatively
charged
✓ negatively charged
neutral

The same amount of ice will cool water faster when it is _________.
in the form of large cubes
in one large chunk
in the form of tube ice
✓ crushed

A ball is thrown straight up. At the top of its path, its acceleration is _______.
0 m/s2
✓ about 10 m/s2
about 20 m/s2
about 50 m/s2

An athlete was able to finish the 2-km run (5 complete laps around a 400-m track) in exactly 5
minutes. What is his average velocity?
40.0 m/s
6.67 m/s
0.67 m/s
✓ 0 m/s

Which of the following statements is correct? When a metal bar is cooled, the _______.
length and density decrease, but mass remains the same.
length and mass decrease, but density remains the same.
✓ length decreases and density increases, but mass stays the same.
length is the same, but mass and density decrease

A bouncing ball finally comes to rest. Which of the following described its energy
transformation?
✓ Its kinetic energy is changed into potential energy.
It has potential energy all the time.
Its potential energy is changed to kinetic energy.
It has kinetic energy all the time.

The force required to maintain an object at constant speed in free space is equal to ______.
✓ zero
the mass of the object
the weight of the object
the force required to stop it

In order to catch a ball, a baseball player moves his or her hand backward in the direction of
the ball’s motion. Doing this reduces the force of impact on the player’s hand principally
because _________.
the velocity of impact is reduced
the time of impact is decreased
✓ the time of impact is increased
the momentum of impact is reduced

A toy car is being pulled at a constant velocity of 1 m/s. what would happen to its motion if all
the forces acting on it become zero or are removed?
It will continue to move, but eventually it will stop.
It will suddenly stop.
✓ It will continue to move with constant velocity
none of the above

A 50-kg box on a flat horizontal surface is pulled by a force of unknown magnitude causing it to
move at a constant velocity of 1 m/s. if the coefficient of kinetic friction is 0.2, what is the
magnitude of the unknown force?
50 N
✓ 100N
500 N
cannot be determined

From the figure, what is the angle of repose – angle of the incline in which the block will start to
slide – given that the mass of block A is equal to 10 kg and the coefficient static, µs, is √3/3 ?
✓ 30 degrees
45 degrees
60 degrees
90 degrees
What is the normal force on the floor?
109 N
40 N
✓ 50 N
100 N

If the coefficient of kinetic friction, µk, is equal to 0.2, what is the acceleration of the object?
4m/s2
✓ (5√3 -1) m/s2
(5√3 - 2) ms/2
10m/s2

On the velocity-time graph, the area under the curve is equal to the ______.
acceleration of the object
average velocity of the object on the given interval
✓ distance traveled by the object
instantaneous speed acceleration of the object

Which of the graphs below represents a motion with constant acceleration?

A
B
✓C
D

The graph on the right shows the one-dimensional motion of a particle. At which time interval is
the acceleration greatest?
w
x
✓y
z

Based on the graph below, what is the distance traveled by the particle during interval Z?
2m
12 m
✓ 14 m
cannot be determined

A 20-N force is applied to a 10-kg object causing it to move at constant velocity of 2 m/s. the
friction force developed is equal to ______.
0N
4N
10 N
✓ 20 N
A ball is dropped from the roof of a building. After 2 seconds, it has covered a distance equal to
one fifth of the height of the building. What is the height of the building?
20 m
50 m
✓ 100 m
cannot be determined

In what medium do sound waves travel fastest?

air
vacuum
✓ solid
The speed of sound is independent of the medium in which is propagates.

What is the mass of a wooden cube with a volume of 125 cm3 floating in water?
5g
✓ 50 g
25 g
cannot be determined

Which of the following was the greatest energy?

✓ blue light
orange light
red light
yellow light

Which of the following statements is true about electromagnetic waves?

The higher the frequency of the wave, the longer its wavelength.
✓ High frequency waves have higher energy than low frequency waves.
The longer the wavelength of the wave, the higher its energy
None of the above.

For a perfectly elastic collision, which of the following statements is true?

After collision the velocities of the colliding bodies are equal.
✓ The total kinetic energy before collision is equal to the total kinetic energy after collision.
The total kinetic before collision is greater than total kinetic energy after collision.
Both A and B

What affects the period of a simple pendulum?

✓ length of chord and gravity
mass of bob and gravity
mass of bob and length of chord
length of chord, mass of bob, and
gravity
A 5000-kg car running at 10 m/s started to accelerate to reach a velocity of 50 m/s in 5 s. What
is the change in its momentum?
100 m/s2
40 m/s
5.0 x 104 kg m/s
✓ 2.0 x 105 kg m/s

Three points X, Y and Z are on a disk turning at constant angular velocity as shown by the
figure. Which has the greater linear velocity?
✓X
Y
Z
They have equal linear velocities

What is the relationship between the tensions of the two wires as shown in the figure if the mass
of the wires is negligible?
T2 = T1
✓ T2 = 0.5 T1
T2 = √3 T1
T2 = 2T1

What must be similar for two rock specimens that seem to lose the same weight when a string is
attached and submerged in water?
weight is air
chemical and physical properties
weight in water
✓ volume

Because objects seem to weigh less in water that in air, what characteristic do they have?
✓ The objects seem to displace a volume of water.
They exert pressure against the water.
They are affected by eater pressures.
They are not affected by air pressures.

The sum of the following gathered data 5.59 cm, 3.5 cm, and 2.567 cm is
12 cm
11.66 cm
11.657 cm
✓ 11.7 cm

What is used to express the pull of gravity?

kilometers
✓ meter per sec. square
Newton-meter
Newton
Which term describes a reflected sound?
frequency
wave
✓ echo
pitch

A car moves in a clockwise direction in a circular track. It moves with a velocity of 2 m/s all
throughout its course. Which of the following is true about the speed and velocity of the car?
It has a changing speed and a constant velocity.
✓ It has a constant speed and a changing velocity
It has a constant speed and a constant velocity.
Both the speed and the velocity are changing.

A car is moving with a uniform speed of 5.0 m/s. Find the time it will take to travel 15.0 m.
1.0 second
2.0 second
✓ 3.0 second
4.0 second

Given the graphs, which represents an increasing speed? (L-R; I,II,III, IV)
I and IV
I, II and IV
IV only
✓ I only

Which one represents a constant speed? (L-R; I,II,III, IV)

I
II
III
✓ IV

A carabao walks along a straight path with zero acceleration. If its initial speed is o.5 m/s, what
will be its speed at the end of 5 seconds?
0.5 m/s
2.5 m/s
✓ 10 m/s
0.10 m/s

An object is moving at a rate of 765 cm/s. Then it is accelerated at 8 cm/s2 for seconds. What is
its final velocity?
820 cm/s
✓ 821 cm/s
825 cm/s
109.28 cm/s
A rocket to the moon is given a constant acceleration of 2.0 m/s2. What is its velocity 90 seconds
after lift off?
45 m/s
90 m/s
✓ 180 m/s
360 m/s

Suppose a car moving a straight line steadily increasing its speed each second, first from 35 to
40 kph, then from 40 to 45 kph, then from 45 to 50 kph. What can you say about its
acceleration?
It has different acceleration at different time intervals.
It has an increasing acceleration.
✓ It has a constant acceleration.
It has a decreasing acceleration.

Which of the following is false for a projectile motion?

The horizontal component for a projectile is completely independent of the vertical component
of the motion.
The vertical component for a projectile is completely independent of the horizontal component
of motion.
✓ In a projectile motion, gravity both acts on the horizontal and vertical component of motion.
The combined effects of the vertical and horizontal components produce a variety of curved
paths that projectiles follow.

At the instant a horizontal held gun is fired, a bullet at the gun’s side is released and drops to
the ground. Which bullet strikes the ground first?
the bullet from the gun
✓ both bullet strike at the same
time
the bullet which was released downward
it depends upon the mass of the bullets

When you stand on two scales with your weight equally divided between them, what will be the
reading on each scale?
both read your actual weight
one reads 0 and the other reads
your weight
✓ both read ½ of your weight
both read 0

A projectile always travels in a _________.

linear path
circular path
✓ parabolic path
A and C
The force/forces acting on a book on a table is
its weight alone
the normal force exerted by the table
✓ its weight and the normal force exerted by the table
there are no forces acting

What will be the effect on the acceleration of an object if the net force is doubled?
✓ acceleration will be doubled
acceleration will be four times the original value
acceleration will be halved
there would be no effect on the acceleration

If both the net force and the mass are doubled, the acceleration will
be doubled
be four times the original value
be reduces to ½ it original value
✓ remains the same

How much work is done on a 150-N boulder that you carry horizontally across a 5-m room?
1000 joules
10, 000 joules
750 joules
✓ you do no work on the boulder

How much work is done on a 200-N box when you lift it 0.5 meters high?
✓ 100 joules
1000 joules
50 joules
you do no work on the box

In a pendulum swinging back and forth, which position shows the greatest potential energy?
A
B
C
✓D

Which of the following is false about friction?

A friction exists between materials the touch as they move past each other.
✓ If friction is absent, a moving object would need a force to keep it in motion.
If friction is absent, an object moving horizontally would move forever.
If friction is present, a force is needed to keep on object moving.
The weight of a 1-kg stone is 9.8 N at the earth’s surface. The weight of a 10-kg cannonball is 98
N at the earth’s surface. Using the Second Law of Motion, what can you conclude about the
accelerations of the two objects if they are dropped at the same time from a 2 storey building?
✓ The acceleration of the two objects is the same.
The acceleration of the cannonball is greater than that of the stone.
The acceleration of the stone is less than that of the cannonball.
The acceleration of the two objects is zero.

Which of the following is a scalar quantity?

✓ distance
displacement
velocity
acceleration

If the external unbalanced force is zero, then a system I. at rest remain at rest. II. in uniform
motion moves in a straight line at constant speed. III. has no acceleration. IV. has an internal
force that will cause it to accelerate.
I only
I and II only
✓ I, II, and III only
IV only

A ball is given initial speed. If its speed is increasing to twice its original value, what will
happen to its kinetic energy?
The kinetic energy will increase to twice its original value.
The kinetic energy will decrease to half its original value.
✓ The kinetic energy will increase 4 times its original value.
There will be no effect on the kinetic energy of the ball.

A ball is tossed upward at 2.5 meters high, and then it returns to its original position. What is
it’s displacement?
2.5 m
5.0 m
7.5 m
✓0m

A box is pulled with a force at an angle shown. The force caused the box to be displaced at a
certain distance to the right. Which of the following is true about the force which caused the box
to move?
✓ The horizontal component of the net force F caused the box to be displaced to the right.
The vertical component of the net force F causes the box to be displaced to the right
The net force F causes the box to be displaced to the right.
The net force F increases as the box is displaced to the right.
It is the measure of the amount of matter in an object.
weight
✓ mass
volume
quantity

It is the distance traveled by the body per unit time and tells how fast or slow the body moves.
velocity
✓ speed
acceleration
thrust

The rate of change of the distance traveled per unit time in a stated direction.
velocity
speed
✓ acceleration
thrust

This law states that the force acting upon an object is equal to the product of the mass and
acceleration of the object.
✓ Newton’s 2nd Law of Motion
Newton’s 1st Law of Motion
Newton’s 3rd Law of Motion
Energy Law

When a force is applied to a body, several effects are possible. Which of the following effect
can’t occur?
the body rotates
✓ the body increase its mass
the body changes direction
the body changes shape

It is the reluctance of the object to change either its state of rest or uniform motion in a straight
line.
force
friction
inertia
✓ motion

This law states that energy cannot be created nor destroyed but only changes from one form to
another.
Energy Law
Law of Conservation of Energy
✓ Kinetic Theory of Matter
Boyle’s law
This law states that all matter is made up of a large number of molecules which are in
continuous motion.
Boyle’s Law
Law of Conservation of Energy
✓ Kinetic Theory of Matter
Newton’s Law of Force

The lowest possible temperature that a substance can reach.

freezing point
✓ absolute zero
steam point
threshold

It is the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 kg. of a substance by 1 degree C.
calorie
watt
✓ specific heat capacity
joule

The pressure cooker works under the principle that?

✓ Boiling point increases as pressure decreases
Boiling point decreases as pressure increases
Freezing point increases as pressure increases
Freezing point increases as pressure decreases

It is the process by which heat is transmitted through a substance from one particle to another
by the amount of heated particles.
convection
insulation
✓ conduction
radiation

It is the phenomena in which energy is transferred through vibrations.

frequency
✓ waves
refraction
amplitude

The unit of measurement for intensity of sound

hertz
✓ decibel
angstrom
frequency
It is the process by which a heavy nucleus of an atom is split into 2 or more fragments of
comparable sizes when its nucleus is struck by a neutron
chain reaction nuclear fusion
radiation ✓ nuclear fission

It is the union of two light nuclei to form a heavier nucleus, resulting in a mass defect and
release of energy.
radiation nuclear fission
✓ nuclear fusion radioactivity

Which of the following statements is a characteristic of an electronic spectrum?

they all travel at the same speed in free space
they exhibit diffraction and interference phenomena
they follow the laws of refraction and reflection
✓ all of the above

The term “RADAR” is derived from which of the following phrases?

✓ Radio Detection and Ranging
Radio Diffraction and Resolution
Radio Diffusion and Ranging
Radiation Diffraction and Resolution

A material whose ability to conduct electricity lies between those of conductors and insulators.
integrated circuits
silicon chips
✓ semiconductors
insulators

“LASER” is derived from the phrase?

✓ Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation
Light Application by Stimulated Emission of Radiation
Light Amplification by Stimulated Ejection of Radiation
None of the above

What is the color of a transparent substance?

the color of the light it absorbs
✓ the color of the light it transmits
the color of the light it reflects
the color of the light it

What is the rotating electromagnetic called?

Motor
✓ Rotor
Phasor
Sensor