General Physics One Practice Exam 2 Fall 2017

1. A box slides across a floor and comes to rest. The work done by the frictional force on the box is
a. zero.
b. impossible to determine without knowing the coefficient of friction.
c. positive.
d. negative.

2. Suppose a car has a 100 000-mile 10-year warranty on its wheels and axles. How may turns will the wheels of 0.70-m
diameter make if both the mileage and time warranties run out simultaneously and what will be the average angular
velocities of the wheel? Assume that a mile = 1.6 103 m and that a year is 3.16 107 s.
a. 7.3E+7, 14 rad/s b. 7.3E+7, 1.4 rad/s
c. 2.3E+8, 14 rad/s d. 2.3E+8, 1.4 rad/s
e. 3.5E+8, 1.4 rad/s

3. What is the minimum amount of energy required for a 60.0-kg climber carrying a 18-kg pack to climb Mt. Everest,
8 250 m high?
a. 3.5E+5 J
b. 6.4E+5 J
c. 6.3E+6 J
d. 3.4E+6 J
e. 4.9E+6 J

4. A rod of length L is hinged at one end. The moment of inertia as the rod rotates around that hinge is ML2/3. Suppose a
2.00-m rod with a mass of 6.00 kg is hinged at one end and is held in a horizontal position. The rod is released as the free
end is allowed to fall. What is the angular acceleration as it is released?
a. 4.90 rad/s2 b. 4.50 rad/s2
c. 7.35 rad/s2 d. 0.82 rad/s2
e. 1.09 rad/s2

5. Dana uses a rope to pull a box that weighs 600 N across a level surface with constant velocity. The rope makes an angle
of 40 above the horizontal and the tension in the rope is 400 N. What is the coefficient of friction?
a. 0.88
b. 2.00
c. 1.19
d. 0.84
e. 0.89

6. A cylindrical space colony 8.00 km in diameter and 30.0 km long has been proposed as living quarters for future space
explorers. Such a habitat would have cities, land, and lakes on the inside surface and air and clouds in the center. All this
would be held in place by the rotation of the cylinder about the long axis. How fast would such a cylinder have to rotate to
produce a 1-g gravitational field at the walls of the cylinder?
a. 0.035 rad/s
b. 0.0025 rad/s
c. 0.15 rad/s
d. 0.049 rad/s

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7. Calculate the linear speed due to the Earth's rotation for a person at a point on its surface located at 60.0 N latitude.
The radius of the Earth is 6.40 106 m.
a. 74.1 m/s
b. 403 m/s
c. 37.0 m/s
d. 233 m/s

8. A ventilation fan with a moment of inertia of 0.040 kgm2 has a net torque of 0.160 Nm applied to it. What angular
acceleration does it experience?
a. 0.20 rad/s2 b. 0.40 rad/s2
c. 0.0064 rad/s2 d. 4.0 rad/s2
e. 0.25 rad/s2

9. Preston pushes a wheelbarrow weighing 480 N to the top of a 45.0-m ramp, inclined at 22.0 with the horizontal, and
leaves it. Tamara accidentally bumps the wheelbarrow. It slides back down the ramp, during which an 85.0-N frictional
force acts on it over the 45.0 m. What is the wheelbarrow's kinetic energy at the bottom at of the ramp? (g = 9.8 m/s2)
a. 1.4E+3 J
b. 4.3E+3 J
c. 1.2E+4 J
d. 1.6E+4 J
e. 8.1E+3 J

10. A hill is 150 m long and makes an angle of 12 with the horizontal. As a 60-kg jogger runs up the hill, how much
work does gravity do on the jogger?
a. 8.82E+4 J
b. 1.83E+4 J
c. 1.83E+4 J
d. 8.63E+4 J
e. zero

11. A satellite is held in orbit by a 1 000-N gravitational force. Each time the satellite completes an orbit of circumference
80 000 km, the work done on it by gravity is:
a. 1.0108 J.
b. 0.
c. 8.01011 J.
d. 1.01011 J.
e. 8.0108 J.

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12. A horizontal force of 675 N is needed to overcome the force of static friction between a level floor and a 300-kg crate.
What is the acceleration of the crate if the 675-N force is maintained after the crate begins to move and the coefficient of
kinetic friction is 0.15?
a. 0.78 m/s2
b. 1.8 m/s2
c. 1.5 m/s2
d. 3.3 m/s2
e. 3.7 m/s2

13. Calculate the linear speed due to the Earth's rotation for a person at the equator of the Earth. The radius of the Earth is
6.40 106 m.
a. 233 m/s
b. 465 m/s
c. 74.0 m/s
d. 73.0 m/s

14. The net force acting on a 4.92-kg object is given by Fx = (10 x) N, where Fx is in newtons and x is in meters. How
much work is done on the object as it moves from x = 0 to x = 12.4 m?
a. 23.6 J
b. 61.0 J
c. 47.1 J
d. 12.4 J
e. 35.3 J

15. A hoop (I = MR2) is rolling along the ground at 10 m/s. It comes to a hill and starts going up. Assuming no losses to
friction, how far does it travel vertically up the hill before it stops?
a. 5.1 m b. 7.7 m
c. 3.7 m d. 10 m

16. A baseball pitcher, loosening up his arm before a game, tosses a 0.140-kg ball using only the rotation of his forearm,
0.290 m in length, to accelerate the ball. If the ball starts at rest and is released with a speed of 24.0 m/s in a time of 0.450
s, what is the average angular acceleration of the arm and ball?
a. 15.5 rad/s2 b. 184 rad/s2
c. 25.7 rad/s2 d. 37.2 rad/s2
e. 3.13 rad/s2

17. A girl and her bicycle have a total mass of 42 kg. At the top of the hill her speed is 4.00 m/s. The hill is 14.3 m high
and 112 m long. If the force of friction as she rides down the hill is 20 N, what is her speed at the bottom?
a. 63.1 m/s
b. She stops before she reaches the bottom.
c. 13.8 m/s
d. 4.00 m/s
e. 15.8 m/s

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18. Two points on a merry-go-round are located at distances from the center r1 and r2, where r1 < r2. While the merry-go-
round is in the process of speeding up to operational speed, which of the following equations involving magnitudes of
angular speed, angular acceleration, and tangential speed for these points is incorrect?
a. vt1 = vt2
b. 1 = 2
c. 1 = 2
d. All of the equations are correct.

19. A 0.650-kg object is swung in a circular path and in a vertical plane on a 0.500-m-length string. If the angular speed at
the bottom is 8.00 rad/s, what is the tension in the string when the object is at the bottom of the circle?
a. 14.4 N
b. 6.37 N
c. 27.2 N
d. 20.8 N

20. A 7.00-kg mass is placed on a 28.0 incline and friction keeps it from sliding. The coefficient of static friction in this
case is 0.574, and the coefficient of sliding friction is 0.528. What is the frictional force in this situation?
a. 32.2 N
b. 34.8 N
c. 60.6 N
d. 3.29 N
e. 32.0 N

21. A point on the rim of a 0.30-m-radius rotating wheel has a tangential speed of 5.0 m/s. What is the tangential speed of
a point 0.20 m from the center of the same wheel?
a. 0.50 m/s
b. 17 m/s
c. 1.0 m/s
d. 3.3 m/s

22. Adisa pulls a 35.0-N crate up a 4.00-m-long inclined plane at a constant velocity. If the plane is inclined at an angle of
39.0 to the horizontal and there is a constant force of friction of 13.0 N between the crate and the surface, what is the net
change in potential energy of the crate?
a. 88 J
b. 109 J
c. 88 J
d. 109 J
e. None of these

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23. A solid cylinder of mass 3.0 kg and radius 0.2 m starts from rest at the top of a ramp, inclined 15, and rolls to the

bottom without slipping. (For a cylinder I = MR2.) The upper end of the ramp is 1.5 m higher than the lower end. Find

the linear speed of the cylinder when it reaches the bottom of the ramp. (g = 9.8 m/s2)
a. 4.0 m/s b. 4.4 m/s
c. 4.7 m/s d. 2.4 m/s

24. A Hooke's law spring is compressed a distance d and is used to launch a mass m vertically to a height h above its
starting position. Under the same compression d, the spring is now used to launch a mass of 2m. How high does this
second mass rise?
a. h/2
b. h/

c. h/4
d. h

25. A 0.30-m-radius automobile tire accelerates from rest at a constant 2.0 rad/s2 over a 5.0-s interval. What is the
tangential component of acceleration for a point on the outer edge of the tire during the 5.0-s interval?
a. 0.30 m/s2
b. 33 m/s2
c. 0.60 m/s2
d. 6.7 m/s2

26. Three masses are positioned along the x-axis. Their masses and positions are m1 = m with x1 = 1.0 m, m2 = 2m with x2
= 2.0 m, and m3 = 6.0m with x3 = 3.0 m. What is the x-coordinate of the center of mass of this system, to the nearest
tenth?
a. 2.6 m b. Not enough information
c. 2.0 m d. 4.7 m
e. 0.9 m

27. A 0.30-m-radius automobile tire rotates how many rad after starting from rest and accelerating at a constant 2.0 rad/s2
over a 5.0-s interval?
a. 25 rad
b. 0.50 rad
c. 2.0 rad
d. 12.5 rad

28. A 150-kg crate is placed on an adjustable inclined plane. As one end of the incline is raised, the crate begins to move
downward. If the crate slides down the plane with an acceleration of 0.20 m/s2 when the incline angle is 18, what is the
coefficient of kinetic friction between ramp and crate? (g = 9.8 m/s2)
a. 0.40
b. 0.30
c. 0.50
d. 2.8
e. 0.20
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29. A 3.00-kg mass is placed at (2.00, 3.00) m, and a 4.50-kg mass is placed at (2.00, 3.00) m. What is the moment of
inertia of this system of masses about the y axis?
a. 97.5 kgm2 b. 22.5 kgm2
c. 30.0 kgm2 d. 67.5 kgm2
e. 15.0 kgm2

30. Consider a point on a bicycle wheel as the wheel makes exactly four complete revolutions about a fixed axis. Compare
the linear and angular displacement of the point.
a. Neither is zero.
b. Only the angular displacement is zero.
c. Both are zero.
d. Only the linear displacement is zero.

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Answer Key
1. d

2. b

3. c

4. c

5. e

6. d

7. d

8. d

9. b

10. c

11. b

12. a

13. b

14. c

15. d

16. b

17. c

18. a

19. a

20. a

21. d

22. c

23. b

24. a

25. c

26. a
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27. a

28. b

29. c

30. d

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