QUIZ 1:

1. The dimension of angular momentum in SI system is:

A. kg.m/s B. kg.m2/s C. kg.m/s2 D.  kg2.m/s

2. Force is said to be conservative when …

A. its work is dependent of the path.
B. its work is independent of the path.
C. its work is zero.
D. its power is a constant.

3. Figure shows a uniform square plate of edge length 6d=6.0 m from

which a square piece of edge length 2d has been removed. What is the
x coordinate of the center of mass of the remaining piece?
A. -0.25m B. 0
C. 2.5m D. 1m

This and the next question related to the following situation.

Two uniform solid spheres have the same mass of 1.65 kg, but one has a radius of 0.226 m and the
other has a radius of 0.854 m. Each can rotate about an axis through its center.
4. What is the magnitude of the torque required to bring the smaller sphere from rest to an angular
speed of 317rad/s in 15.5 s?
A. 5.89N.m B. 6.89N.m
C. 0.689N.m D. 0.589N.m

5. What is the magnitude F of the force that must be applied tangentially at the sphere’s equator to
give that torque?
A. 3.05N B. 30.5N
C. 0.3N D. 5.03N
This and the next question related to the following situation.
A wheel, starting from rest, rotates with a constant angular acceleration of 2.00 rad/s 2. During a certain
3.00 s interval, it turns through 90.0 rad.
6. How long has the wheel been turning before the start of the 3.00 s interval?
A. 1.35s B. 13.5s
C. 3.15s D. 31.5s
7. What is the angular velocity of the wheel at the start of the 3.00 s interval?
A. 2.7rad./s B. 27rad./s
C. 1.4rad./s D. 14rad/s
This and the next three questions related to the following situation.

Two 6.20 kg blocks are connected by a massless string over a pulley of radius 2.40
cm and rotational inertia 7.40 104 kgm2. The string does not slip on the pulley; it is
not known whether there is friction between the table and the sliding block; the
pulley’s axis is frictionless. When this system is released from rest,the pulley turns through 0.650rad
in 0.091s and the acceleration of the blocks is constant.

8. What is the magnitude of the pulley’s angular acceleration?

A. 31.4rad./s2 B. 3.14rad./s2 C. 2.17rad./s2 D. 21.7rad./s2
9. What is the magnitude of either block’s acceleration?
A. 0.754m/s2 B. 0.3m/s2 C. 2.8m/s2 D. 4.3m/s2
10. What is string tension T1?
A. 55.1N B. 44N C. 56.1N D. 23N

11. What is string tension T1?

A. 55.1N B. 44N C. 56.1N D. 23N

This and the next question related to the following situation.

Figure shows a box of dirty money (mass m 1=3.0 kg) on a frictionless

plane inclined at angle 30°.The box is connected via a cord of negligible
mass to a box of laundered money (mass m 2=2.0 kg) on a frictionless
plane inclined at angle  2  600 .The pulley is frictionless and has
negligible mass.
12. What is the acceleration of both boxes?
A. 0 0.25m/s2
B. 0.45m/s2 0.65m/s2

13. What is the tension in the cord?

A. 0 B. 1.5N
C. 16N D. 3N

This and the next two questions related to the following situation.
A 1.50 kg water balloon is shot straight up with an initial speed of 3.00 m/s.
14. What is the kinetic energy of the balloon just as it is launched?
A. 0 B. 1.5J
C. 2.6J D. 6.75J

15. How much work does the gravitational force do on the balloon during the balloon’s full ascent
(we neglect air friction)?
A. 0 B. -6.75J
C. 2.6J D. 3J

16. What is the maximum height?

A. 0 B. 0.46m
C. 1.6m D. 3m
This and the next question related to the following situation.
A 20 kg object is acted on by a conservative force given by F  3x  5 x 2 , with F in newtons and x in
meters. Take the potential energy associated with the force to be zero when the object is at x=0.
17. What is the potential energy of the system associated with the force when the object is at x 2.0
m?
A. 0 B. 19J
C. 17J D. 30J
18. If the object has a velocity of 4.0 m/s in the negative direction of the x axis when it is at x =5.0
m, what is its speed when it passes through the origin?
A. 0 B. 6.4m/s
C. 1.6m/s D. 3m/s
19. An Earth satellite moves in a circular orbit 640 km above Earth’s surface with a period of 98.0
min. What is the magnitude of the centripetal acceleration of the satellite?
A. 2m/s2 B. 5m/s2
C. 8m/s2 D. 6m/s2

20. A train travels due south at 30 m/s (relative to the ground) in a rain that is blown toward the
south by the wind. The path of each raindrop makes an angle of 70° with the vertical, as
measured by an observer stationary on the ground. An observer on the train, however, sees the
drops fall perfectly vertically. Determine the speed of the raindrops relative to the ground.
A. 32m/s B. 47m/s
C. 50m/s D. 23m/s
QUIZ 2:

1. A boy wants to throw a water balloon from a roof deck at a height of 3m from the street and hit
the far side of the street. He throws the ball at 5 m/s at an angle of 45° to the horizontal.
If vboy = 0, what is the maximum height, h, reached by the balloon above the street?
A. h = 5.9 m B. h = 5.1 m
C. h = 3.6 m D. h = 4.6 m

2. In previous case, when the boy gets a running start the maximum height reached by the balloon
A. increases. B. decreases
C. stays the same. D. No correct answer

3. The inertia of a body tends to cause the body to:

A. speed up B. slow down
C. move straight constantly
D. resist any change in its motion

4. A projectile is shot out at 45° with respect to the horizon with an initial velocity of Vx = Vy =
Vxy. When is the earliest time, t, that the velocity vector makes an angle of 30° with respect to the
horizontal?
A. t = Vxy (1 - sin30°) / g
B. t = Vxy tan 30° / g
C. t = Vxy (1 - tan 30°) / g
D. t = Vxy / (g tan 30°)

5. A car travels around a banked racing track curve as shown below. The curve has a radius of
curvature of R; the car is moving into the page.

Suppose there is no friction between the wheels and the road. What speed of the car, vice, ensures
that it does not slide up or down the roadway?

6. The dimension of energy is:

A. ML2/T2 B. L2/TM
C. TM/L2 D. ML/T2

7. If a certain car, going with speed v1, rounds a level curve with a radius R1, it is just on the
limit of skidding. If its speed is now doubled, the radius of the tightest curve on the same road
that it can round without skidding is:
A. 2R1 B. 4R1 C. R1/2 D. R1/4

8. A block of mass 7 kg is placed on top of a block of mass 10 kg, which in turn sits on a
frictionless horizontal surface, as shown in the figure. A force F is applied to the 10 kg block, and
the 7 kg block is held in place by a string attached to the wall. There is static friction between the
blocks, which keeps the lower block from moving.

It is observed that when F reaches 25 N, the lower block begins to move to the right. What is the
coefficient of static friction, μs, between the blocks?
(a) μs = 0.26 (b) μs = 0.36
(c) μs = 0.49 (d) μs = 0.55

9. A solid, spherical mass m = 10 kg, has radius R = 0.2 meters. What is the moment of inertia I of
the sphere about an axis which is tangent to the surface of the sphere?
A. I = 0.21 kg m2 B. I = 0.71 kg m2
C. I = 0.75 kg m2 D. I = 0.56 kg m2
10. Two masses, m1 and m2, m1 > m2, are suspended by a massless rope over a
pulley (disk) of mass mP and radius rP. At time t = 0, the masses are released from
rest.
The tensions T1 (in the segment of rope attached to m1) and T2 (in the segment of
rope attached to m2) are related by
A. T1 = T2 B. T1 > T2 C. T1 < T2

11. A boat is able to move through still water at 10m/s. It makes a round trip to a
town 3.0 km
upstream. If the river flows at 5m/s, the time required for this round trip is:
A. 320 s B. 150 s
C. 800 s D. No correct answer

12. If a satellite moves above Earth’s atmosphere in a circular orbit with constant speed, then:
A. its acceleration and velocity are always in the same direction
B. its acceleration is toward the Earth
C. the net force on it is zero
D. it will fall back to Earth when its fuel is used up

13. Two blocks with masses m and M are pushed along a horizontal frictionless surface by a
horizontal applied force F as shown.

The magnitude of the force of either of these blocks on the other is:
A. mF/(m +M) B. mF/M
C. mF/(M − m) D. MF/(M + m)

14. The work done by gravity during the ascent of a projectile:

A. is positive
B. is negative
C. is zero
D. depends for its sign on the direction of the y axis

15. A box with mass M = 10 kg is pulled across a floor by a rope. There is friction between the box
and the floor. Consider an interval during which its velocity increases from 2 m/s to 3 m/s.

How much work is done on the box by the net force?

A. 0 J B. 15 J C. 25 J D. 65 J

16. A circular saw blade of radius 0.1 meters rotates at a speed of 1800 revolutions per minute.
The angular velocity ω of the saw blade is
A. ω = 188.5 rad/s B. ω = 207.4 rad/s C.ω = 289.9 rad/s D. None of above
17. In part of a yo-yo trick, a student rotates the yo-yo of mass m = 0.25 kg at the end of its string of
length l = 0.75 m in a vertical plane. The student is careful to have the speed of the yo-yo constant
at v = 3 m/s throughout the rotation. What is the tension, Ttop, in the string at the top of the path?

(a)   Ttop = 0.548 N
(b)   Ttop = 0.923 N
(c)   Ttop = 1.85 N
(d)   None of above

18. A large wedge with a mass of 10 kg rests on a horizontal

frictionless surface, as shown. A block with a mass of 5.0 kg starts
from rest and slides down the inclined surface of the wedge, which
is rough. At one instant the vertical component of the block’s
velocity is 3.0m/s and the horizontal component is 6.0m/s. At that
instant the velocity of the wedge is:
A. 3.0m/s to the left B. 3.0m/s to the right C. 6.0m/s to the right D. 6.0m/s to the left

19. The center of mass of a system of particles has a constant velocity if:
A. the forces exerted by the particles on each other sum to zero
B. the external forces acting onparticles of the system sum to zero
C. the velocity of the center of mass is initially zero
D. the particles are distributed symmetrically around the center of mass

20. An inelastic collision is one in which:

A. momentum is not conserved but kinetic energy is conserved
B. total mass is not conserved but momentum is conserved
C. neither kinetic energy nor momentum is conserved
D. momentum is conserved but kinetic energy is not conserved
21. An object rests on a horizontal frictionless surface. A horizontal force of magnitude F is applied.
This force produces an acceleration:
A. only if F is larger than the weight of the object
B. only while the object suddenly changes from rest to motion
C. always
D. only if the inertia of the object decreases

22. A man pulls a sled along a rough horizontal surface by applying a constant force F at an angle
θ above the horizontal. In pulling the sled a horizontal distance d, the work done by the man
is:
A. Fd B. Fdcos θ C. Fdsin θ D. Fd/ cos θ

23. A force on a particle is conservative if:

A. its work equals the change in the kinetic energy of the particle
B. it obeys Newton’s second law
C. it obeys Newton’s third law
D. its work depends on the end points of every motion, not on the path between.

24. A body at rest in a system is capable of doing work if:

A. the potential energy of the system is positive
B. the potential energy of the system is negative
C. it is free to move in such a way as to decrease its kinetic energy
D. it is free to move in such a way as to decrease the potential energy of the system

QUIZ 3:

This and the next question are about the following situation:
1. A block of mass m = 0.7 kg slides initially without friction in a circular path on a horizontal table
top with angular momentum Li = 5.7 kg m2/s as shown in the figure. The initial radius of motion is
ri = 0.21 m.
If the string is pulled down, reducing the radius to rf = 0.19 m, what is the final angular speed, ωf?

A. ωf = 117 rad/s
B. ωf = 116 rad/s
C. ωf = 130 rad/s
D. ωf = 225.6 rad/s

2. How much work, W, must be done in decreasing the radius to rf above?

A. 102 J B. 117 J
C. -102 J D. -117 J
3. A large wedge with a mass of 10 kg rests on a horizontal frictionless surface, as shown. A
block with a mass of 5.0 kg starts from rest and slides down the inclined surface of the wedge,
which is rough. At one instant the vertical component of the block’s velocity is 3.0m/s and the
horizontal component is 4.0 m/s. At that instant the velocity of the wedge is:
A. 2.5 m/s to the left B. 2.5 m/s to the right
C. 3.0m/s to the right D. 3.0m/s to the left

4. The x and y coordinates of the center of mass of the three-particle system shown below:
A. 0, 0
B. 1.3m, 1.7m
C. 1.4m, 1.9m
D. 1.9m, 2.5m

5. If a satellite moves above Earth’s atmosphere in a circular orbit with constant speed, then:
A. its acceleration and velocity are always in the same direction
B. its acceleration is toward the Earth
C. the net force on it is zero
D. it will fall back to Earth when its fuel is used up

6. A box with mass M = 20 kg is pulled across a floor by a rope. There is friction between the box
and the floor. Consider an interval during which its velocity increases from 2 m/s to 3 m/s.

How much work is done on the box by the net force?

A. 38.5 J B. 15 J C. 50 J D. 65 J

7. A single saw tooth breaks and becomes detached from the saw blade. Which of the following is
true? Neglect gravity and air resistance.
A. The saw tooth flies in a straight line at constant speed.
B. The saw tooth flies in a curved path, spiraling outwards from the saw blade.
C. The saw tooth stops moving the instant it breaks off.
D. No correct answer

8. A bomb, initially at rest, explodes into three fragments that move as shown. The trajectories of all
fragments are in the x-y plane.

A. m = 0.71 kg B. m = 0.83 kg
C. m = 1.00 kg D. m = 1.06 kg

This and the next question are about the following situation:
A solid, spherical mass m = 10 kg, has radius R = 0.2 meters.

9. What is the moment of inertia I of the sphere about an axis which is tangent to the surface of the
sphere?
A. I = 0.25 kg m2 B. I = 0.56 kg m2
C. I = 0.73 kg m2 D. I = 1.79 kg m2

10. The solid sphere is replaced with a hollow one with the same radius and mass. The moment of
inertia of the hollow sphere about the axis tangent to the surface, Ihollow, has what relation to the
moment of inertia of the solid sphere about the same axis, Isolid?
A. Ihollow  <  Isolid B. Ihollow  =  Isolid
C. Ihollow  >  Isolid D. No correct answer

11. A block is released from rest at point P and slides along the frictionless track shown. Calculate
the speed of the block at point Q (h1=3 m, h2=1m)
A. v = 6.26 m B. v = 5.26 m
C. v = 3.2 m D. v = 5.86 m

This and the next questions are about the following situation:

12. A boy wants to throw a water balloon from a roof deck and hit the far side of the street below.
He throws the ball at 6 m/s at an angle of 45° to the horizontal.
If vboy = 0, what is the maximum height, h, reached by the balloon above the street?
A. h = 6.28 m B. h = 5.3 m
C. h = 4.92 m D. h = 5.28 m

13. This time, suppose the boy gets a running start, vboy = 5 m/s toward the street. What is the speed
of the balloon, vballoon, when it hits the street?
A. vballoon = 9.9 m/s B. vballoon = 10.8 m/s
C. vballoon = 11.6 m/s D. vballoon = 12.4 m/s

This and the next questions are about the following situation:
Two masses, m1 and m2, m1 > m2, are suspended by a massless rope over a
pulley (disk) of mass mP and radius rP. (I = mP rP2/2) At time t = 0, the
masses are released from rest.

14. What is the initial acceleration, a, of m 1 (take down as the positive

direction)?

15. In terms of the acceleration, a, what is the work, W, done on the pulley for the period t = 0 to t =
t1?
d. No correct answer
PROBLEMS:

1. A student throws the ball at a 60° angle above the

horizontal and initial speed of 42m/s to a hoop which is
located at a height h above it. The ball strikes at A, 5.5s after
launching.
a) Find the height h. 1a.5.5s, 1b27.4m/s, 1c.67.5m/s
b) Find the speed of the stone just before impact at A.
c) Find the maximum height H.

2. Two blocks, as shown in Figure, are connected by a string of

negligible mass passing over a pulley of radius 0.250 m and
moment of inertia I. The block on the frictionless incline is
moving up with a constant acceleration of 2.00 m/s2. Find the
moment of inertia of the pulley. 2.0.309m/s2

3. A sphere of mass m and radius R rolls without slipping on a horizontal surface with friction
coefficient k by acting a force through its center of mass. Determine:
a) The acceleration of CM of the sphere.
b) The condition for the friction coefficient k so that the sphere can roll without slipping.

4. Block A, with a mass of 10 kg, rests on a 300 incline. The

coefficient of static friction is 0.20. An attached string is parallel to
the incline and passes over a massless, frictionless pulley at the top.
The block B, with a mass of 2 kg, is attached to the dangling end.
a) Demonstrate the free body diagram and the motion equation of the
system.
b) Calculate the acceleration, a, of the system.
c) How much has the mass of block B to be so that the system can move with the opposite
direction?

5. Two masses, m1 and m2, m1 > m2, are suspended by a massless rope over a
pulley (disk) of mass mP and radius rP. At time t = 0, the masses are released
from rest.
a) Demonstrate the free body diagram and the motion equation of the
system.
b) Calculate the acceleration of m1 and the angular acceleration of the
pulley.
c) Calculate the work W done on the pulley for the period t = 0 to t = t1.

6. A sphere of mass M and radius R rolls without slipping down an incline as shown in the figure.
a) Calculate the acceleration and the magnitude of the friction.
b) Determine the friction coefficient of the surface, so that the sphere can roll without
slipping.

7. Sphere A has mass m and is moving with velocity v. It makes a head-on elastic collision with a
stationary sphere B of mass 2m. Find their speed after the collision.