TMA Quiz Questions

TMA: TMA3/PHY111
Matric Number: NOU143573900
PHY111 - ELEMENTARY MECHANICS

1 A string is wound around a wheel of radius 20 cm. How large is the angle through which the
wheel must turn to unwind 30 cm of the string?
86 degrees
47 degrees
75 degrees
54 degrees

2 An electric fan is turning at 3.0 rev/s when it is turned off. it coasts to rest in 18.0s.
Assuming the deceleration is uniform, how many revolution did it turn through while coming
to rest?
27 rev
66 rev
105 rev
130 rev

3 A ball tied to the end of a string is swung in a vertical circle of radius

r
under the influence of gravity. What will be the tension in the string when the ball is at the top
of the path if the its speed is

v
at that point?

m(v2r+1g)

m(v2r1g)

m(v2rg)

m(v2r+g)

4 A car with 80-cm diameter wheel starts from rest and accelerates uniformly to a velocity of
20 m/s in 9.0s. Find the angular acceleration.

5.55rad/s2
3.22rad/s2
44.5rad/s2
7.52rad/s2
5 A synchronous satellite circles the earth eastward above equator once every 24h and stays
over the same spot on the earth because the earth is rotating at the same rate. What is the
orbital radius of the synchronous satellite?

4.2107m

6.4107m
3.6107m
2.1107m
6 A synchronous satellite circles the earth eastward above equator once every 24h and stays
over the same spot on the earth because the earth is rotating at the same rate. What is the
velocity of the synchronous satellite?
9800 m/s
4300 m/s
3100 m/s
2400 m/s

7 If two vectors are represented by two adjacent sides of a parallelogram the resultant is
represented in _________ and _________.
triangle and rectangle
magnitude and dierction
parallel and perpendicular
scalar and vector

8 The addition of two vectors and gives a third vector known as the --------------of the two
vectors
resultant

sum
distance
displacement

9 The following are examples of vector quantities except

displacment
velocity
accleration
speed

10 A car with 80-cm diameter wheel starts from rest and accelerates uniformly to a velocity of
20 m/s in 9.0s. Find the angular velocity.
20 rad/s
50 rad/s
30 rad/s
60 rad/s

11 Which of the following is NOT a unit of energy?

joule
newton-metre
kilowatt-hour
watt

12 A 65 kg sprinter completes a 100 m race in 9.83 s. Calculate the average kinetic energy of
the sprinter
3.36 kJ
2.11 kJ
34.15 kJ
65.42 kJ

13 How much work is done when a bucket of mass 1.5 kg with 10 kg of water in it is pulled
up from the bottom of a well 8 m deep? Take

g=9.8m/s2
100.3 J
2000.5 J
901.6 J
453.7 J

14 Which of the following properties of a ball is conserved as it falls freely in a vacuum?

kinetic energy
gravitational potential energy
monentum
mechanical energy

15 Which of the following is not true?

A crate sliding across the floor does work against frictional forces
Work is done if a component a force acting on an object exists in the direction of its
displacement
A man with a bag of cement on his head does work to move the bag of cement as he
walks from place to place on a flat horizontal floor
Work is a scalar quantity

16 Which of the following quantities has the same dimensions as work?

momentum
impulse
moment of a force
pressure

17 A 2 kg and a 4 kg hang freely at opposite ends of a light inextensible string which passes
over a small and light pulley fixed to a rigid support. Calculate the acceleration of the system.

3.3m/s2
2.67m/s2
4.41m/s2
2.67m/s2
18 A 15 kg block rests on the surface of a plane inclined at an of 30 degrees to the horizontal.
A light inextensible string passing over a small, smooth pulley at the top of the plane connects

the block to another 13 kg block hanging freely. The coefficient of kinetic friction between
the 15 kg block and the plane is 0.25. Find the acceleration of the blocks.

2.55m/s2
0.79m/s2
4.77m/s2
3.11m/s2
19 A 20 kg block on an inclined plane is pulled up the plane with rope tied to the block. The
rope is at angle of 37 degrees above the surface of the plane. The tension in the rope is 250 N
and the frictional force on the block is 8.0 N.What is the acceleration of the block?

3.7m/s2
4.2m/s2
2.1m/s2
7.6m/s2
20 A block of mass 2 kg is connected to a freely hanging block of mass 4 kg by a light and
inextensible string which passes over pulley at the edge of a table. The 2 kg mass is on the
surface of the table assumed to be smooth. Calculate the acceleration of the system and the
tension in the string

6.7m/s2

and 13.3 N

3.3m/s2
and 34.4 N

0.54m/s2
and 40.6 N

2.5m/s2
and 32.2