Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
National Capital Region
Division of City Schools
QUEZON CITY SCIENCE HIGH SCHOOL
(Regional Science High School for NCR)
SUMMATIVE TEST
Physics Elective
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I. Multiple Choices: Choose the letter of the correct answer. Write the letter of your choice on your
answer sheet. Use capital letters only.
1. On a straight highway, there happen a head-on collision between a large truck and a small
compact car. During the collision,
A. the truck exerts a greater amount of force on the car than the car exerts on the truck.
B. the car exerts a greater amount of force on the truck than the truck exerts on the car.
C. Neither exerts a force on the other, the car gets smashed simply because it gets in the
way of the truck.
D. the truck exerts the same amount of force on the car as the car exerts on the truck.
2. A boy throws a ball straight up and reaches a height of h. Disregarding any effect of air
resistance, the force(s) acting on the ball until it returns to the ground is (are):
A. Its weight vertically downward along with a steadily decreasing upward force.
B. A steadily decreasing upward force from the moment it leaves the hand until it reaches
its highest point beyond which there is a steadily increasing downward force of gravity
as the object gets closer to the earth.
C. A constant downward force of gravity only.
D. None of the above, the ball falls back down to the earth simply because of its natural
action.
For numbers 3-6, use the statement and the diagram below.
A hockey puck slides with constant velocity, from point a to point b along a frictionless horizontal
surface. When the puck reaches point b, it receives a instantaneous horizontal kick in the
direction as depicted by the heavy arrow.

3. Along which path below will the hockey puck move after receiving the kick?

4. The speed of the puck just after it receives the kick?

A. Equal to the speed vo it had before it reaches the kick
B. Equal to the speed v it acquires from the kick, and independent of the speed vo.
C. Equal to the arithmetic sum of speeds vo and v.
D. Greater than either of the speeds vo or v, but smaller than the arithmetic sum of
these two speeds.
5. Along the frictionless path you have chosen, how does the speed of the puck vary after
receiving the kick?
A. No change.
B. Continuously increasing.
C. Increasing for a while, and decreasing thereafter.
D. Constant from a while and decreasing thereafter.
6. The main forces acting, after the kick, on the puck along the path you have chosen are:
A. The constant downward force due to gravity and the effect of air pressure.
B. The downward force of gravity and the horizontal force of momentum in the direction
of motion.
C. The downward force of gravity and an upward force exerted on the puck by the table.
D. Gravity does not exert a force on the puck; it falls because of the intrinsic tendency of
the object to fall to its natural place.

7. Two students are seated on an identical chair facing each other. Student
a has a mass of 95 kg and student b has a mass of 77 kg as shown in
the figure. Students a places his bare feet on the knee of student b.
Student a suddenly applied a push outward causing the chairs to
move. In this situation,
A. Student a exerts a force on b, but b doesnt exert any force
on a.
B. Each student exerts a force on the other but b exerts the larger
force.
C. Each student exerts a force on the other but a exerts the larger
force.
D. Each student exerts the same amount of force on the other.
8. A book rest on top of a table. Which of the following force(s) is(are)
acting on the book?
i.
A downward force due to gravity.
ii.
The upward force by the table.
iii.
A net downward force due to air pressure.
iv.
A net upward force due to air pressure.
A. i only.
B. I, ii and iii

C. i and ii
D. I, ii and iv

For numbers 9 and 10, refer to the situation

below.
A large truck breaks down out on the road and
receives a push back into town by a small compact car.
9. While the car, still pushing the truck, is speeding up to get up to cruising speed;
A. The amount of force of the car pushing against the truck is equal to that of the truck
pushing back against the car.
B. The amount of force of the car pushing against the truck is less than that of the truck
pushing back against the car.
C. The cars engine is running so it applies a force as it pushes against the truck but the
trucks engine is not running so it cant push back against the car, the truck is pushed
simply because it is in the way of the car.
D. Neither the car nor the truck exert any force on the other, the truck is pushed forward
simply because it is in the way of the car.
10. After the person in the car, while pushing the truck, reaches the cruising speed at which
he/she wishes to continue to travel at a constant speed,
A. The amount of force of the car pushing against the truck is equal to that of the truck
pushing back against the car.
B. The amount of force of the car pushing against the truck is greater than that of the
truck pushing back against the car.
C. The cars engine is running so it applies a force as it pushes against the truck but the
trucks engine is not running so it cant push back against the car, the truck is pushed
simply because it is in the way of the car.
D. Neither the car nor the truck exert any force on the other, the truck is pushed forward
simply because it is in the way of the car.
11. A heavy ball is suspended as shown. A quick jerk on the
lower string will break that string but a slow pull on the
lower string will break the upper string. The first result
occurs because:
A. the force is too small to move the ball
B. action and reaction is operating
C. the ball has inertia
D. the ball has too much energy
12. Mass differs from weight in that:
A. all objects have weight but some lack mass
B. weight is a force and mass is not
C. the mass of an object is always more than its weight
D. there is no difference
13. The mass of a body:
A. is slightly different at different places on Earth
B. is a vector
C. is independent of the free-fall acceleration
D. is the same for all bodies of the same volume

14. The mass and weight of a body:

A. differ by a factor of 9.8
B. are identical
C. are the same physical quantities expressed in different units
D. have the same ratio as that of any other body placed at that location
15. A crate rests on a horizontal surface and a
woman pulls on it with a 10-N force. Rank
the situations shown below according to the
magnitude of the normal force exerted by
the surface on the crate, least to greatest.
A. 1, 2, 3
C. 2, 1, 3
B. 2, 3, 1
D. 3, 2, 1
16. A heavy wooden block is dragged by a force F
along a rough steel plate, as shown at the right
for two possible situations. The magnitude of F is
the same for the two situations. The magnitude of
the frictional force in (ii), as compared with that in
(i) is:
A. the same
B. greater
C. less
D. less for some angles and greater for others
17. You stand on a spring scale on the floor of an elevator. Of the following, the scale shows the
highest reading when the elevator:
A. moves upward with increasing speed
C. moves upward with decreasing
speed
B. remains stationary
D. moves downward with increasing speed
18. You stand on a spring scale on the floor of an elevator. Of the following, the scale shows the
highest reading when the elevator:
A. moves downward with increasing speed
C. moves downward with decreasing
speed
B. remains stationary
D. moves upward with decreasing speed
19. A force F (larger than the largest possible force of static friction) is applied to the left to an
object moving to the right on a horizontal surface. Then:
A. the object must be moving at constant speed
B. F and the friction force act in opposite directions
C. the object must be slowing down
D. the object must come to rest and remain at rest
20. A 1-N pendulum bob is held at an angle from the vertical by
a 2-N horizontal force F as shown. The tension in the string
supporting the pendulum bob (in newtons) is:
A. cos
C. 2/ cos
B. 5
D. 1
21. A boy pulls a wooden box along a rough horizontal
floor at constant speed by means of a force P as
shown. In the diagram f is the magnitude of the force
of friction, N is the magnitude of the normal force, and
Fg is the magnitude of the force of gravity. Which of
the following must be true?
A. P = f and N = Fg
C. P = f and N >Fg
B. P >f and N <Fg
D. P >f and N = Fg
22. A boy pulls a wooden box along a rough horizontal floor
at constant speed by means of a force P as shown. In the
diagram f is the magnitude of the force of friction, N is
the magnitude of the normal force, and Fg is the
magnitude of the force of gravity. Which of the following
must be true?
A. P = f and N = Fg
C. P = f and N >Fg
B. P >f and N <Fg
D. P >f and N = Fg
For question nos. 23 and 24, refer to the diagram at the right:
23. A block of mass m is pulled at constant velocity along a
rough horizontal floor by an applied force T. The
magnitude of the frictional force is:
A. T cos
C. T sin
B. Zero
D. mg cos

24. A block of mass m is pulled along a rough horizontal floor by an applied force T. The vertical
component of the force exerted on the block by the floor is:
A. Mg
C. mg T cos
B. mg + T cos
D. mg T sin
25. A rock is thrown straight up from the earth's surface. Which one of the following statements
concerning the net force acting on the rock at the top of its path is true?
A. It is equal to the weight of the rock.
B. It is instantaneously equal to zero newtons.
C. Its direction changes from up to down.
D. It is greater than the weight of the rock.
26. A force P pulls on a crate of mass m on a rough surface. The
figure shows the magnitudes and directions of the forces that
act on the crate in this situation. W represents the weight of
the crate. FN represents the normal force on the crate, and f
represents the frictional force. Which statement best describes
the motion of the crate?
A. The crate must be at rest.
B. The crate must be moving with constant velocity.
C. The crate must be moving with constant acceleration.
D. The crate may be either at rest or moving with constant
velocity.
27. A block of mass M is hung by ropes as shown. The system is in
equilibrium. The point O represents the knot, the junction of the
three ropes. Which of the following statements is true
concerning the magnitudes of the three forces in equilibrium?
A. F1 = F2 = F3
B. F2 = 2F3
C. F2 < F3
D. F1 = F2 =F3/2
28. Two 5-N boxes are attached to opposite ends of a
spring scale and suspended from pulleys as shown.
What is the reading on the scale?
A. 0 N
B. 5 N
C. 25 N
D. 10 N
29. Under
A.
B.
C.
D.

what condition(s) will an object be in equilibrium?

If it is either at rest or moving with constant velocity.
If it is either moving with constant velocity or with constant acceleration.
Only if it is at rest.
Only if it is moving with constant velocity.

30. A 44-kg child steps onto a scale and the scale reads 430 N. What is the magnitude of the
normal force acting on the child?
A. 44 N
B. 430 N
C. 860 N
D. 215 N
II. True or False. Write the word true if the statement is correct and false if otherwise. (2pts each)
_________ 1. A Force can be defined as push or pull.
_________ 2. The SI unit of mass is Newton.
_________ 3. If a hockey puck slides on a perfectly frictionless surface, it will eventually slows down
because of inertia.
_________ 4. Inertia is a property that every material object has that resists changes in its state of
motion.
_________ 5. If you slide a hockey puck across a frictionless ice rink, there must be a horizontal force
on it to keep it in
motion.
_________ 6. It is possible for an object in freefall to have zero acceleration
_________ 7. In order to make a cart move forward, a horse must pull harder on the cart than the cart
pulls on the horse.
_________ 8. A bicycle and a parked car have a head-on-collision. The force of impact is greater on the
bicycle.
_________ 9. A rocketship is pushed forward by gasses that are forced out the back of the ship.
_________ 10. A bug splutter in the windshield of a moving bus. The force that the bus exerts on the
bug is the same as the
force that the bug exerts on the bus.