NMAT REVIEW

PHYSICS 1
(MODULE 1 EXERCISE)

Figure for Number 8.

DIRECTIONS: Select the best answer to each of the

following questions and blacken the appropriate space on
your answer sheet.
Quantities, Vectors, Newtons Law of Motion
1. length : meter :: _______ : Ampere
a. time
c. luminous intensity
b. temperature
d. current
2. Vector A has a magnitude of 5 in the leftward direction
and B has magnitude of 2 in the rightward direction. What
is the value of 2A B?
a. 12 in the leftward direction
b. 10 in the leftward direction
c. 8 in the leftward direction
d. 8 in the rightward direction
3. Mike is riding his bike at 3 m/s when Carl overtakes
with his bike at 5 m/s. What is Mikes speed relative to
Carls?
a. -2 m/s
b. +2 m/s
c. -8 m/s
d. +8 m/s
4. A single vector that can describe an entire set of
vectors is called:
a. Vector Displacement
c. Resultant Vector
b. Vector Force
d. Vector Arrow
5. Which of the following describes the direction of the
resultant vector, 4 m North of East?
a.
c.
b.

d.

8. A mover pushes a box up an inclined plane, as shown in

the figure. Which of the following shows the direction of
the normal force exerted by the plane on the box?
a.
c.

b.

d.

9. What is the direction

of the force of gravity
on the pendulum bob?

(Refer to the figure)

a. A
b. B
c. C
d. D

6. _________ is the force with which the Earth pulls an

object on its surface towards its center.
a. Friction Force
c. Weight
b. Normal Force
d. Tension

10. A force F applied to a mass m1 accelerates the body

by a1, what will be the new acceleration if the mass is
doubled and the same force is applied?
a. half the original value
b. the same as the original value
c. double the original value
d. three times the original value

7. What is the resultant vector of the figure below?

A = 17 N

11. A man is pulling a cart full of gravel. What is the

direction of the frictional force of the cart?
a.
c.

B=5N
a. 12 N, due East
b. 12 N, due West

b.

c. 22 N, due East
d. 22 N, due West

d.

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12. A. 30-kg boy sits down on one side of a see-saw, 2.0

m from the fulcrum. Where must a 40-kg boy sit on the
other side to keep the see-saw balanced?
30 kg

40 kg

2m

a. on the fulcrum
b. 1.5 m from the fulcrum

20. How is the v-t graph best described?

a. constants velocity
v
b. constant acceleration
c. constant deceleration
d. zero acceleration

?m

c. 2.0 m from the fulcrum

d. 2.67 m from the fulcrum

13. What will be the new force of gravitation if the mass

of body A is halved and the mass of body B is doubled,
while the separation beetween them increases to thrice
the original?
1
a. the original
c. 3 times the original
9
1
b. the original
d. 9 times the original
3
14. How far should an 18-kg sphere be from a 2-kg
sphere if their force of gravitation must be equal to the
gravitational constant G? (G = 6.67 x 10-11 Nm2/kg2)

a. 1 m

b. 3 m

c. 6 m

19. A car travels 50 km from Manila to Laguna for 40

mins. But due to heavy traffic, the return trip took him 60
mins. What is the average speed of the car (in km/hr)
during the whole trip?
a. Zero
b. 57.5 km/hr
c. 60 km/hr
d. 62.5 km/hr

d. 9 m

15. If the gravitational force of a certain planet is

21. Which motion is characterized by a constant speed?

a. uniformly accelerated motion
b. uniform circular motion
c. constant deceleration
d. zero acceleration
22. A climbers bag might fall from a cliff. If he is 45 m
above, how long will it take his bag to reach the ground?
a. 1.5 s
b. 3.0 s
c. 6.0 s
d. 9.0 s
23. How fast is the bag as it is about to reach the ground?
a. 15 m/s
b. 30 m/s
c. 60 m/s
d. 90 m/s
24. Which of the following statement is/are true about a
particle undergoing free fall?
I. If a particle is thrown vertically upward with a speed of
5 m/s, the speed of the particle as it hits the same spot on
its way down is also 5 m/s.
II. The gravitational acceleration of a particle is the same
on Earth and on the moon.
III. In free fall, the lighter particle will fall faster than the
heavier particle.
IV. The constant acceleration g means that the velocity of
a particle falling down and undergoing free fall increases
by g every second.
a. I and II
b. III and IV
c. II and III
d. I and IV

that of
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the Earth, what will be the weight of an object in that
planet if the object has a mass of m on Earth?
1
3
4
a. (mg)
b. (mg)
c. 2 (mg)
d. (mg)
2
4
3

25. A bungee jumper started from the ramp with an initial

horizontal velocity of 10 m/s. If the ramp is 100 m high
and he was able to touch the ground, how long will it take
for him to touch the ground?
a. 4.5 s
b. 9.0 s
c. 13.5 s
d. 18.0 s

Kinematics, Linear Motion, Projectile and

Uniform Circular Motion

26. From number 25, how far would he be from the ramp?
a. 45 m
b 90 m
c. 135 m
d. 180 m

16. Which of the following are fundamental units of

physical mechanics?
a. mass, time and length
b. mass, temperature and speed
c. time, length and speed
d. time, temperature and speed
17. A boy starts from their house and walks around a
square block, and ends up in front of his house again. If
one side of a block is around 100 m, what is the total
distance travelled by the boy?
a. Zero
b. 100 m
c. 200 m
d. 400 m
18. What is the displacement of the boy?
a. Zero
b. 100 m
c. 200 m

d. 400 m

27. A motorcycle rides off the edge of a cliff. Just at the

edge, its velocity is horizontal, with a magnitude of 8 m/s.
What is the initial downward velocity of the motorcycle?
a. 0 m/s
c. 8 m/s
b. 4 m/s
d. cannot be determined
28. What is the horizontal component of the final velocity
as the motorcycle hits the ground on number 29?
a. 0 m/s
c. 8 m/s
b. 4 m/s
d. cannot be determined
Work, Energy, Power & Impulse and Momentum
29. Which of the following does not belong to the group?
a. energy
b. force
c. power
d. work

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30. By what factor was the kinetic energy changed if the

mass is doubled and the velocity is halved?
a. Same as the original
c. One-fourth of the original
b. Four times the original
d. One-Half of the original
31. Norman is driving his car to work when the engine
stopped 5 m from the parking lot. If he pushes the car in
the direction of motion with a constant force of 7 kN, how
much work is done on the car?
a. 35 J
b. 35 kJ
c. 70 J
d. 70 kJ
32. To an ordinary person, carrying a load while walking
across a level ground is performing a work. To a physicist,
there is no work done in carrying the load because
_______
a. there is no force on the load
b. there is no displacement of the load
c. the force on the load is perpendicular to its
displacement
d. the force on the load is opposite to the displacement
33. What is the kinetic energy of a 2.0-kg object moving
at 10 m/s?
a. 10 J
b. 20 J
c. 100 J
d. 200 J
34. Which of the following does not show work?
a. climbing a flight of stairs
b. lifting a chair
c. pulling a toy truck
d. rocking on a rocking chair
35. The diagram below shows a 50-kg crate on a
frictionless plane at angle 0 to the horizontal. The crate is
pushed at constant speed up the incline from point A to
point B by force F.

If angle 0 were increased, what would be the effect on the

magnitude of force F and the total work W done on the
crate as it is moved from A to B ?
a. W would remain the same and the magnitude of F
would decrease.
b. W would remain the same and the magnitude of F
would increase.
c. W would increase and the magnitude of F would
decrease.
d. W would increase and the magnitude of F would
increase.

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