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b.The cart experiences a force that it didn’t

before.
1. Which of the following statements correctly c. The track is not level.
states Newton's first law of motion? d.Friction reversed direction.
a. Every object retains its state of rest or its 8. Which object has more inertia and why? A
state of accelerated straight-line motion unless bowling ball at rest or a high-speed soccer
acted upon by an unbalanced force. ball?
b. Every object retains its state of rest or its a. Soccer ball. Because it is moving with a high
state of uniform straight-line motion unless velocity.
acted upon by a balanced force. b. Soccer ball. Because it has a greater volume
c. Every object retains its state of rest or its than the bowling ball.
state of uniform straight-line motion unless c. Bowling ball. Because it is not moving.
acted upon by an unbalanced force. d. Bowling ball. Because it is more massive.
d. None of the above is correct. 9. When a 20-N falling object encounters 5 N of
2. A constant net force_________________. air resistance, its acceleration of fall is
a. Does not affect the velocity. a. Less than g. c. More than g.
b. Causes a uniform change in velocity. b.g. d.Terminated.
c. Does not cause a change in velocity. 10. If a 50-N person is to fall at terminal speed, the
d. Does not cause a uniform change in velocity. air resistance needed is
3. When a horse pulls a wagon, the force that a. Less than 50 N.
causes the horse to move forward is the force b.50 N.
a. the horse exerts on the wagon c. More than 50 N.
b. the wagon exerts n the horse d.None of the above.
c. the horse exerts on the ground 11. As the skydiver falls faster and faster through
d. the ground exerts on the horse the air, air resistance
4. A force of 10 N gives an object an acceleration a. Increases.
of 5 m/s2. What force would be needed to give b.Decreases.
it an acceleration of 2 m/s2? c. Remains the same.
a. 2 N c.50 N d.Not enough information.
b. 4 N d. 5 N 12. As the skydiver continues to fall faster and
5. A sheet of paper can be quickly withdrawn faster through the air, net force
from under a soft-drink can without the can a. Increases.
toppling, because b.Decreases.
a. Gravity pulls harder on the can than on the c. Remains the same.
paper. d.Not enough information.
b.The can has weight. 13. As the skydiver continues to fall faster and
c. The can has inertia. faster through the air, her acceleration
d.None of the above. a. Increases.
6. Consider a cart pushed along a track with a b.Decreases.
certain force. If the force remains the same c. Remains the same.
while the mass of the cart decreases to half, the d.Not enough information.
acceleration of the cart 14. A soccer player kicks a ball with 1500 N of
a. Remains the same. force. The ball exerts a reaction force against
b.Halves. the player’s foot of
c. Doubles. a. Somewhat less than 1500 N.
d.Changes unpredictably. b.1500 N.
7. Push a cart along a track so twice as much net c. Somewhat more than 1500 N.
force acts upon it. If the acceleration remains d.None of the above.
the same, what is a reasonable explanation? 15. When a cannon is fired, the accelerations of the
a. The mass of the cart doubled when the force cannon and cannonball are different, because the
doubled. a. Forces don’t occur at the same time.
 b. Forces, although theoretically are the same,
in practice aren’t the same.
c. Masses are different.
d. Ratios of force to mass are the same.
16. Two people of equal mass on slippery ice push
off from each other. Will both move at the same
speed in opposite directions?
a. Yes.
b. Yes, but only if both push equally.
c. No.
d. No, unless acceleration occurs.
17. An object will accelerate when
a. ΣF = 0.
b. It is unbalanced.
c. It is pushed or pulled with a net force.
d. Its mass increases.
18. What does the amount of friction depend on?
a. The acceleration of the two objects
b. The size of the two objects
c. The orientation of the two objects
d. The material of the two objects
19. When you hold a rock in your hand at rest, the
forces on the rock
a. Are mainly due to gravity.
b. Are mainly due to the upward push of your
hand.
c. Cancel to zero.
d. Don’t act unless the rock is dropped.
20. Harry gives his little sister a piggyback ride.
Harry weighs 400 N and his little sister weighs
200 N. The support force supplied by the floor
must be
a. 200 N. c. 600 N.
b. 400 N. d. more than 600 N
21. When a desk is horizontally pushed across a
floor at a steady speed in a straight-line
direction, the amount of friction acting on the
desk is
a. Less than the pushing force.
b. Equal to the pushing force.
c. Greater than the pushing force.
d. Dependent on the speed of the sliding crate.
22. A passenger standing in a moving bus, facing
forward suddenly falls backward.
This can be an indication which of the following?
a. The bus speeds
b. The bus slows down
c. The bus doesn’t change its velocity
d. The bus turns to the right
23. Kevin and Suzanne go sky diving. Kevin is
heavier than Suzanne, but both use the same size
parachute. Kevin has a greater terminal speed
compared with Suzanne because
a. He has to fall faster for air resistance to
match his weight.
b. Gravity acts on him more.
c. He has greater air resistance.
d. He has weaker terminal velocity.
24. If you push on a railroad boxcar with a force of
200 N and it doesn't move, you can conclude
that
a. Newton's second law is not valid.
b. This force is cancelled by the third law force.
c. The boxcar has too much mass to accelerate.
d. There is a force of 200 N in the opposite
direction
25. An astronaut inside a rocket was taking its
weight using a scale when the rocket lift-off with
an acceleration of 12.2 m/s^2, if her weight on
earth before lift-off is 490 N, what is the reading
on the scale during the lift-off?
a. 0 N c. 120 N
b. 490 N d.1100 N
26. The same net force is applied to object A and
object B. The observed accelerations of the two
objects are not the same; object A has
acceleration three times that of object B. Which
of the following is correct?
a. Object A has three times the mass of object B.
b. Object A has one-third the mass of object B.
c. Object A has a different, less streamlined
shape than object B.
d. Object A has more friction than object B.
27. A person is dragging a box attached to a string
along the ground. Both the person and the box
are moving to the right with a constant velocity,
v. What horizontal forces are acting on the
person?
a. The tension force in the string is pulling the
person to the left
b. The tension force in the string is pulling the
person to the left, and the Earth is pushing the
person to the right
c. The tension force in the string is pulling the
person to the left, and the Earth is pushing the
person to the left
d. The tension force in the string is pushing the
person to the right, and the Earth is pushing the
person to the right
28. Since the forces demanded by Newton's third
law of motion are equal in magnitude and
opposite in direction, how can anything ever be
accelerated?
a. Newton's 3rd law only applies when there is
NO acceleration.
b. The forces in question act on different bodies.
 c. Newton's 2nd law is more important. c. 1.82 m/s/s, left
d. Other changes create the acceleration. d. None of the above
29. A child stands on a bathroom scale while
riding in an elevator. The child's weight when the For numbers 39-41. A 10-kg box rests on a
elevator is not moving is 100 pounds. What does horizontal floor. The coefficient of static friction
the scale read as the elevator comes to a stop at and kinetic friction is 0.40 and 0.20 respectively.
the tenth floor on its upward trip? a. 0 N c. 19.6 N
a. greater than 100 lbs b. 10 N d. 40 N
b. less than 100 lbs 36. What is the force of friction if the applied force
c. equal to 100 lbs exerted is 0 N?
d. Not enough information is given to answer the 37. What is the force of friction if the applied force
question. exerted is 10 N?
30. A force F is acting on an object of mass m to 38. What is the force of friction if the applied force
give it an acceleration of a. If m is halved and F is exerted is 40 N?
quadrupled, what happens to a? 39. What is a normal force?
a. It is divided by eight a. The same as a frictional force.
b. It remains unchanged b. It is equivalent to the weight of an object.
c. It is multiplied by two c. It is a force that acts perpendicular to the
d. It is multiplied by eight contact surface.
31. You release a 5.0-kg box and a 1.0 kg book on d. It is equivalent to inertia.
a ramp of 12 degrees, and the coefficient of 40. A force of 250 N is used to keep a 65 kg crate
static friction for the box and the ramp is 0.15 sliding across the warehouse floor. What is the
and 0.30 for the book and the ramp. Which coefficient of sliding friction for the crate and
object will slide down the ramp? the floor?
a. Book c. Both book and Box a. 0.39 b. 0.25
b. Neither book nor box d. Box b. 0.40 d. 2.5
32. A refrigerator breaks away from the movers 41. An elevator of mass M is pulled upwards by a
and slides down a 23-degree ramp that has a cable; the elevator has a positive, but decreasing
coefficient of kinetic friction of 0.25. What is its velocity. What is the tension in the cable
acceleration? (neglecting the mass of the cable)?
a. 0 m/s2 b. 4.9 m/s2 a. less than zero
b. 1.90 m/s2 d. 1.58 m/s2 b. between zero and Mg
33. A 5.20-N force is applied to a 1.05-kg object to c. equal to Mg
accelerate it rightwards. The object encounters d. greater than Mg
3.29-N of friction. Determine the acceleration 42. An elevator of mass M is pulled upwards at
of the object. (Neglect air resistance.) constant velocity by a cable. What is the tension
a. 1.82 m/s/s, down in the cable (neglecting the mass of the cable)?
b. 1.82 m/s/s, right a. less than zero
c. 1.82 m/s/s, left b. between zero and Mg
d. None of the above c. equal to Mg
34. The coefficient of static friction between two d. greater than Mg
surfaces is 0.25. What force must be used to 43. What is the acceleration of a crate if two
move a 345 N crate on a horizontal surface? movers apply 85.0 N and 52.5 N force
a. 1.82 m/s/s, down respectively, and a frictional force of 45.5 N
b. 1.82 m/s/s, right acts in the opposite direction of the motion?
c. 1.82 m/s/s, left The mass of the crate is 175 kg
d. None of the above a. 0.613 m/s2 b. 0.526 m/s2
35. A 50-kg skier slides horizontally along the snow b. 1.90 m/s 2
d. 0 m/s2
for a distance of 21 m before coming to rest. The 44. The coefficient of friction (µ) is equal to
coefficient of kinetic friction between the skier a. TanΦ c. SinΦ
and the snow is 0.05. What is the initial speed of b. CotΦ d. CosΦ
the skier? 45. The force of friction is maximum when the
a. 1.82 m/s/s, down surface
b. 1.82 m/s/s, right a. Is on the point of motion
 b. Is at rest 51. What is the acceleration of the blocks? If the
c. Is moving coefficient of kinetic friction is 0.2.
d. The friction remains same at all points a. 0.02 m/s^2 b. 0.25 m/s^2
46. A block slides down a smooth inclined plane at c. 0.17 m/s^2 d. 9.8 m/s^2
30° in time from the top. If an identical block is 52. What is the acceleration of the 1-kg cart when
released from the same point, falling freely to the three identical 1-kg weights are attach to the
the ground, then it will reach in time string? Ignore friction.
a. t/2 c. t/3
b. t/4 d. t
47. When a body slides down an inclined surface,
inclined at an angle β, the acceleration ‘a’ of the
body is given by
a. a = g c. a = g sinβ
c. a = g cosβ d. a = g tanβ
48. A rock is sliding across a ramp inclined at an
angle of 30 degrees shown below. The rock is
sliding at constant speed of 10 m/s^2. What is a. g/2 b. 2g/3
the coefficient of kinetic friction? c. g/3 d. 3g/4
53. In the figure to the right, two boxes of masses m
and 4m are in contact with each other on a
frictionless surface. What is the acceleration of
the more massive box?
a. 𝐹/𝑚 c. 𝐹/2𝑚
b. 𝐹/4𝑚 d. 𝐹/5𝑚
54. What is the acceleration of the 1-kg cart when it
carries two pieces of 1-kg iron and only one 1-
a. 0.5 b. 0.58
kg iron piece dangles from the pulley?
c. 0.54 d. 0.87
49. A 10-kg rock is supported by two ropes inclined
at 30 degrees with the horizontal. What is the
tension in the rope?

a. 98 N b. 49 N a. 1 g b. 2 g
c. 20 N d. 10 N c. g/2 d. g/4
55. In the Atwood machine,
For 44-45. Given the figure below that m =M = 1 shown on the diagram,
kg, θ = 30 degrees. two masses M and m are
suspended from the
pulley, what is the
magnitude of the
acceleration of the
system? (Ignore friction
and the mass of the
pulley. M > m)
a. (𝑀−𝑚)𝑔/(𝑀+𝑚)
50. What is the acceleration of the blocks? Neglect
b. B.(𝑀−𝑚)𝑔/(𝑀−𝑚)
friction.
a. (𝑀+𝑚)𝑔/(𝑀+𝑚)
a. 0.065 m/s^2 b. 0.5 m/s^2
b. (𝑀−𝑚)𝑔/2𝑀
c. 0.25 m/s^2 d. 9.8 m/s^2
56. In the figure to the right, two boxes of masses a. 98 N c. 20 N
m and 3m are connected by a string while a b. 10 N d. 4 N
force F is pulling on the more massive box; 61. The tension in a string from which a 4.0-kg
what is the tension force in the string between object is suspended in an elevator is equal to 44
the boxes? N. What is the acceleration of the elevator?
a. F/m c. F/2 a. 11 m/s2 upward
b. F/4 d.F/5 b. 1.2 m/s2 upward
c. 1.2 m/s2 downward
d. 10 m/s2 upward
For 63-64, A block is pushed across a horizontal
surface by the force F
with constant velocity.
57. If coefficient of friction between wood and
F = 20 N, θ = 30°, and
marble is 0.6,mass of wood is 6 kg, then force
M = 10 kg.
of friction between wood and horizontal marble
62. What is the
floor will be
magnitude of the normal force on the block?
a. 36 N c. 30 N
a. 108 N c. 88 N
b. 40 N d. 23 N
b. 20 N d. 98 N
58. When a certain force is applied to an object
63. What is the acceleration if the coefficient of
with a mass of 2 kg, its acceleration is 10.0
kinetic friction is 0.1?
m/s2. When the same force is applied to a
a. 0.45 m/s2 c. 0.65 m/s2
different object, its acceleration is 4.0 m/s2.
b. 0.55 m/s2 d. 0.75 m/s2
The mass of second object is
64. A 3.0-kg block slides on a frictionless 20°
a. 10.0 kg c. 8.0 kg
inclined plane. A force of 16 N acting parallel
b. 5.0 kg d. 2.5 kg
to the incline and up the incline is applied to the
59. A heavy weight is supported by two cables that
block. What is the acceleration of the block?
exert tensions of magnitude T1 and T2. Which
a. 2.0 m/s2 down the incline
statement is correct?
b. 5.3 m/s2 up the incline
c. 2.0 m/s2 up the incline
a. T1 = T2
d. 3.9 m/s2 down the incline
b. T1y = T2y
65. A block is suspended from three ropes parallel
c. T1 < T2
to each other, so that it hangs motionless in the
d. T1 > T2
air. If the magnitude of W of the block is 15.0
N, what is the magnitude of T?
60. What is the smallest value of the force F such
a. 5 N b. 30 N
that the 2.0-kg block will not slide down the
c. 7.5 N d. 45 N
wall? The coefficient of static friction between
the block and the wall is 0.2.