TEST IN SECOND LANGUAGE

MECHANICAL PHYSICS
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MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.

1) A 15.0-kg child is sitting on a playground teeter-totter, 1.50 m from the pivot. What force, 1)
applied 0.300 m on the other side of the pivot, is needed to make the child lift off the ground?
A) 75.0 N B) 66.2 N C) 22.5 N D) 44.1 N E) 736 N

2) To determine the location of the center of mass of a car, the car is driven over a scale. When the 2)
front wheels are over the scale, the weight recorded by the scale is 5800 N, and when the rear
wheels are over the scale, the scale reads 6500 N. The distance between the front and rear
wheels is 3.20 m. How far behind the front wheels is the center of mass located?
A) 1.59 m B) 1.69 m C) 1.72 m D) 0.845 m E) 1.50 m

3) An object of mass 20.0 kg is lifted vertically through 1.00 m by a 400 N force. How much work 3)
is done by the net force in lifting this object? Use g = 10.0 m/s2 .
A) 400 J B) 40.0 J C) 100 J D) 200 J E) 20.0 J

FIGURE 8-4

An object of mass 2 kg is held at the top of a triangular wedge as shown in Figure 8-4, and then released. The
reference level for potential energy is at the base of the triangle. Neglect friction and use g = 10 m/s 2 .

4) Refer to Figure 8-4. What is the gravitational potential energy of the object at the top of the 4)
wedge?
A) 80 J B) 30 J C) 60 J D) 100 J E) 40 J

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 FIGURE 8-9

An object with a mass of 10.0 kg is at rest at the top of a frictionless inclined plane of height 8.00 m and an angle of
inclination 30.0 with the horizontal. The object is released from this position and it stops at a distance d from the
bottom of the inclined plane along a horizontal surface, as shown in Figure 8-9. The coefficient of kinetic friction
for the horizontal surface is 0.400 and g = 10.0 m/s 2 .

5) Refer to Figure 8-9. What is the kinetic energy of the object at the bottom of the inclined plane? 5)
A) 400 J B) 500 J C) 900 J D) 800 J E) 700 J

FIGURE 8-5

A 2.0-g bead slides along a wire, as shown in Figure 8-5. At point A, the bead is at rest. Neglect friction and use g =
10 m/s 2 .

6) Refer to Figure 8-5. What is the kinetic energy of the bead at point A? 6)
A) 0 J
B) 2.0 x 10 -2 J
C) 16 x 10 -3 J
D) 0.40 J
E) There is not enough information to solve this problem.

7) What should the height of a slide in a park be so that a child will reach the bottom of the slide 7)
with a speed of 15.0 m/s? Use g = 10.0 m/s2 .
A) 11.3 m B) 15.1 m C) 22.5 m D) 0.75 m E) 10.5 m

8) An object approaches the bottom of a ramp, point A. It goes up the ramp and turns around at 8)
point B, which is 40.0 m above A. The ramp makes an angle of 30.0 with the horizontal. What
is the speed of the object at point A? Neglect friction and use g = 10.0 m/s2 .
A) 28.3 m/s B) 15.3 m/s C) 11.6 m/s D) 23.8 m/s E) 10.0 m/s

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 FIGURE 11-6

9) A store's sign, with a mass of 20.0 kg and 3.00 m long, has its center of gravity at the center of 9)
the sign. It is supported by a loose bolt attached to the wall at one end and by a wire at the
other end, as shown in Figure 11-6. The wire makes an angle of 25.0 with the horizontal.
What is the tension in the wire?
A) 297 N B) 464 N C) 116 N D) 196 N E) 232 N

FIGURE 11-5

10) An 82.0 kg-diver stands at the edge of a light 5.00-m diving board, which is supported by two 10)
pillars 1.60 m apart, as shown in Figure 11-5. Find the force exerted by pillar A.
A) 2.51 kN upwards
B) 3.44 kN upwards
C) 1.71 kN upwards
D) 1.71 kN downwards
E) 2.51 kN downwards

11) A 50.0-kg box is being pushed along a horizontal surface. The coefficient of kinetic friction 11)
between the box and the ground is 0.350. What horizontal force must be exerted on the box for
it to accelerate at 1.20 m/s2 ?
A) 491 N B) 60.0 N C) 172 N D) 116 N E) 232 N

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 FIGURE 6-10

12) A 10-kg sign is held by two ropes as shown in Figure 6-10. What is the tension on rope A? 12)
A) 72 N B) 44 N C) 88 N D) 98 N E) 69 N

FIGURE 6-13

13) Refer to Figure 6-13. Block A has a mass of 3.00 kg, block B has a mass of 5.00 kg and block C 13)
has a mass of 2.00 kg. The pulleys are ideal and there is no friction between block B and the
table. What is the acceleration of the masses?
A) 4.20 m/s2
B) 0.981 m/s2
C) 1.86 m/s2
D) 2.94 m/s2
E) 4.71 m/s2

FIGURE 6-12

14) Two masses are connected by a string which goes over an ideal pulley as shown in Figure 14)
6-12. Block A has a mass of 3.00 kg and can slide along a rough plane inclined 30.0 to the
horizontal. The coefficient of kinetic friction between block A and the plane is 0.400. Block B
has a mass of 2.77 kg. What is the acceleration of the blocks?
A) 0 m/s2
B) 5.35 m/s2
C) 1.96 m/s2
D) 3.12 m/s2
E) 0.392 m/s2

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SHORT ANSWER. Write the word or phrase that best completes each statement or answers the question.

FIGURE 6-8

15) Two masses are connected by a string which goes over an ideal pulley as shown in 15)
Figure 6-8. Block A has a mass of 3.00 kg and can slide along a rough plane inclined
30.0 to the horizontal. The coefficient of static friction between block A and the plane
is 0.400. What mass should block B have in order to start block A sliding up the ramp?