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Po Leung Kuk Tang Yuk Tien College

NSS Physics
HKALE MC Mechanics

1. HKALE 2000/No.1

2 HKALE 2000/No.2

E. (1),(2) and (3)

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11 HKALE 2001/No.2
Which of the following pairs of forces is/are example(s) of action and reaction?

(1) The centripetal force keeping a satellite in orbit round the earth and the weight of the
satellite.
(2) The air resistance acting on an object falling through the air with terminal velocity and
the weight of the object.
(3) The forces of attraction experienced by two parallel wires carrying currents in the same
direction.

A. (1) only
B. (3) only
C. (1) and (2) only
D. (2) and (3) only
E. (1), (2) and (3)
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12 HKALE 2001/No.3

A stone is projected at an angle of 45 to the horizontal with an initial

kinetic energy E. Neglecting air resistance, when the stones is
halfway up, its kinetic energy is

E
A. 4
.
E
B. 2
.
3E
C. 4
.
E
D. 2
.
E. E .

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Which of the following is/are vector quantities?

(1) impulse
(2) moment of inertia
(3) pressure

A. (1) only
B. (3) only
C. (1) and (2) only
D. (2) and (3) only
E. (1), (2) and (3)

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X Y Z
An object accelerates uniformly along a straight line from X to Z. It passes X
and Z with speeds u and v respectively. What is its speed when it passes Y,
which is the mid-point of XZ?
u2 v2
A.
2
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B. uv

2uv
C.
uv
uv
D.
2
E. It cannot be found as the distance between X and Z is not known.

15 HKALE 2001/No.8

The figure shows a swinging simple pendulum, starting from a point

higher than P. Which of the following forces is/are acting on the
pendulum bob when it is at P? (Neglect air resistance)

(1)the weight of the bob

(2)a force exerted by the string pointing towards O
(3)a third force along the direction of motion of the bob

A. (1) only
B. (3) only
O
C. (1) and (2) only
D. (2) and (3) only
E. (1), (2) and (3)

P
16 HKALE 2002/No.1

Two identical blocks X and Y are connected by a light spring and the
system is suspended from a fixed support by a light cord as shown. The
system is in static equilibrium. If the cord is suddenly cut, what is the
magnitude of the acceleration of each block at that instant?
Y
Acceleration of X Acceleration of Y
A. g g
B. g 2g
C. zero g X
D. zero 2g

17 HKALE 2002/No.2
Two small identical objects P and Q are released from rest from the top of a
building 80 m above the ground. Q is released 1 s after P. Neglecting
air resistance, what is the maximum vertical separation between P and Q
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in the air?

A. 5 m
B. 10 m
C. 35 m
D. 45 m

18 HKALE 2002/No.5
A bob of mass m is suspended from a fixed support by a light string. A
force F is applied to the bob (F is not shown in the figure) so that the
string makes an angle with the vertical. What is the minimum value
of F required to keep the bob in static equilibrium as shown?

A. mg sin

B. mg cos

C. mg sin cos

D. mg sin2

19 HKALE 2002/No.6
P X Q Y R Z

P, Q and R are three identical spheres moving with the same speed along a
smooth horizontal track. They undergo head-on elastic collisions with
spheres X, Y and Z respectively which are initially at rest. After collision, P
continues to move in its original direction, Q becomes stationary while R
reverses its motion. After collision, which sphere (X, Y or Z) has the
greatest magnitude of

(1) momentum
(2) kinetic energy?

(1) (2)
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A. Y Z
B. Y Y
C. Z X
D. Z Y

20 HKALE 2002/No.7
The impulse experienced by an object is equal to its change in

A. momentum.
B. kinetic energy.
C. velocity.
D. acceleration.
21 HKALE 2002/No.8
A particle P is moving in a horizontal circle in a clockwise direction as
shown (top view). The following diagrams show the direction of the

acceleration a of the particle. Which of them is/are possible?
(1) (2) (3)

P P P

A. (1) only
B. (3) only
C. (1) and (2) only
D. (2) and (3) only

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X Y

A uniform flexible chain of mass m is hung between two fixed supports

X and Y at the same horizontal level as shown. The chain makes an
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angle with the horizontal at each support. Find the tension in the chain
at its lowest point.

mg
A. 2
mg
B. 2 sin

mg
C. 2 cos

mg
D. 2 tan

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Two wedge shaped blocks, each of mass m, are placed on a smooth

horizontal surface as shown. A horizontal force F is applied to one of
the blocks so that the two blocks move together to the left with constant
acceleration. What is the maximum value of F so that the blocks are
moving without relative slipping? (Assume all contact surfaces are
smooth.)

A. 2 mg
B. 3 mg
C. 2 mg
D. mg

24 HKALE 2003/No.3
The figure shows part of the stroboscopic picture of a particle initially
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projected horizontally into the air. The side of each square of the grid is
5 cm long. Estimate the frequency of the strobe lamp used.
(Neglect air resistance.)

5 cm

5 cm

A. 5.8 Hz
B. 7.1 Hz
C. 10.0 Hz
D. 12.5 Hz
25 HKALE 2003/No.4
The two arms of a beam balance are of slightly different lengths. An
unknown mass is weighed first on the left pan and then on the right pan.
The two measurements are m1 and m2 respectively. The actual mass is

(m1 m 2 )
A. .
2
m1 m 2
B. .
2
(m12 m 22 )
C. .
2
D. m1 m 2 .

26 HKALE 2003/No.6
A bullet is shot through a wooden block along the horizontal direction XY.
Which of the following graphs shows the variation of the horizontal
speed v of the bullet with distance d along XY? (Neglect air resistance.)
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X Y

A. C.
v v

0 d d
0

B. v D. v

0 d
0 d

27 HKALE 2003/No.11

Given that the universal gravitational constant is 6.7 10-11 Nm2kg-2 and

the radius of the earth is 6.4 106 m, what is the average density of the
earth?

A. 5.6 103 kg m-3

B. 7.3 103 kg m-3

C. 2.3 104 kg m-3

D. 6.0 1024 kg m-3

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28 HKALE 2004/No.1
A small object at point O is kept in static equilibrium by a horizontal thread
OA and a light spring OB which makes an angle with the vertical as
shown.

O
II
A

If the thread is suddenly cut, what are the direction and magnitude of the
acceleration of the object at that instant?

Direction Magnitude
A. I g sin

B. I g tan

C. II g sin

D. II g tan

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m M
u
A B
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Two spheres A and B of the same size, which have masses m and M
respectively. A moves horizontally with a speed u and makes a head-on
elastic collision with B, which rests on a smooth horizontal surface as
shown. Referring to each of the following descriptions about B, how is
m compared with M?

(1)B attains the greatest kinetic energy after collision

(2)B attains the greatest magnitude of momentum after collision
(3)B attains the greatest speed after collision

(1) (2) (3)

A. M=m M=m M << m
B. M = m M << m M >> m
C. M = m M >> m M << m
D. M << m M >> m M << m

30 HKALE 2004/No.3
The figure shows the barrel of a gun that aims directly at a point P 40 m
from the muzzle of the gun. The barrel makes an angle with the
vertical.

If the speed of the bullet is 50 ms -1 when it leaves the gun, calculate the
separation between the bullet and point P when the bullet is vertically
below P. (Neglect air resistance.)
A. 3.2 m
B. 4.8 m
C. 7.8 m
D. It cannot be found as the value of is not known.
31 HKALE 2004/No.7
A planet has a diameter 2 times that of the earth and a mass 3 times that of
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the earth. What is the approximate gravitational field strength, in Nkg -1,
on the planets surface?

A. 7.5
B. 10
C. 15
D. 30

32 HKALE 2004/No.14
Atmospheric pressure near the earths surface = 100 kPa
Density of air near the earth's surface = 1.3 kg m-3
Radius of the earth = 6 400 km
Which of the following is the best estimate for the total mass of the earths
atmosphere?

A. 5 1012 kg
B. 5 1015 kg
C. 5 1018 kg
D. 5 1021 kg

33 HKALE 2005/No.1
A block of mass 2.5 kg rests on the rough surface of a wedge, which in turn rests
on a rough horizontal floor as shown. What is the frictional force exerted by the
floor on the wedge if the whole system is at rest?
30 cm
A. 0 N
B. 12 N 40 cm
C. 15 N
D. 20 N

34 HKALE 2005/No.3
An object falls from rest from the top of a tower. The object takes 0.40 s to
fall from the mid-point of the tower to the ground. Calculate the time
taken for the object to fall from the top of the tower to the ground.
(Neglect air resistance.)

A. 0.68 s
B. 0.80 s
C. 1.20 s
D. 1.37 s
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35 HKALE 2005/No.4
Five objects are released from an aircraft flying horizontally with a constant
velocity. They are released one by one at two-second intervals. Neglecting air
resistance, what can be said about

(1) the positions of the five objects in the air at any instant before landing on
the ground,
(2) the landing positions of the five objects on the ground?

(1) (2)
A. They lie on a parabola They are evenly spaced.
B. They lie on a parabola They are unevenly spaced.
C. They lie on a straight They are evenly spaced.
line
D. They lie on a straight They are unevenly spaced.
line

36 HKALE 2005/No.28
An object of mass 5.0 kg has a weight of 8.2 N on the surface of the
moon. The radius of the moon is R. What is the gravitational field
strength, in N kg-1, at a point distance 2R from the centre of the
moon? (Assume that the moon is a sphere of uniform density.)

A. 1.6
B. 0.8
C. 0.4
D. 0.2

37 HKALE 2006/No.1
A weight W is suspended from the ceiling by inextensible strings as
shown. String OA makes an angle with the vertical while string OB

makes the same angle with the ceiling. Find the tension in OB.

A. W sin
W
B. sin

C. W cos
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W
D. cos

38 HKALE 2006/No.2
A stone falls from rest. Neglecting air resistance, the ratio of the distance
travelled by the stone in the first second to that travelled in the second
second is
A. 1 : 1
B. 1 : 2
C. 1 : 3
D. 1 : 4

39 HKALE 2006/No.3

Inside a room, a small ball is projected horizontally with a speed of 1.2 ms -1 from the point
P on a wall as shown. It hits the floor at Q and rebounds to the point R on the opposite
wall. Which of the following statements must be true? (Neglect air resistance and
friction.)

A. There is no kinetic energy loss for the collision at Q.

B. The ball hits R with a horizontal velocity.
C. The total time of flight along the path PQR is 0.5 s.
D. If the ball is projected with the same horizontal speed at a point P vertically above
P, the total time of flight from P to the opposite wall would be longer.

40 HKALE 2006/No.6
A bob of mass m tied to an inextensible string performs
(1) oscillation with amplitude in a vertical plane as a simple pendulum,
(2) circular motion in a horizontal plane as a conical pendulum.
Let T1, T2 be the respective tension in each string making an angle with the vertical as
shown. What are the expressions for T1 and T2?

(1) (2)
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T1 T2
A. mg/cos mg cos
B. mg/cos mg/cos
C. mg cos mg cos
D. mg cos mg/cos

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