Bulacan State University 8. The system as shown is in equilibrium.

College of Engineering Determine the force exerted by cable AB.

COE FRESHMEN REVIEW SESSIONS

PHYSICS 1
1. Determine the values of P and E to maintain the
equilibrium of the forces.

9. Two men are just able to lift a 300 kg weight

with a crowbar when the fulcrum for the lever is
2. Determine the resultant force. 0.3 m from the weight. The first man exerts his
strength at 0.9m while the second is at 1.5 m
from the fulcrum respectively. If the men
interchanged their positions, they can raise a 340
kg weight. What amount of forces do the men
exert?
10. Determine the resultant force:

3. A box is being pulled by a force 50 lb exerted by

the rope inclined 40ᴼ with horizontal. What’s the
effective component of the force pulling the 11. Determine the centroid of the shaded portion.
box?
4. In the system shown, a 5 kg block rests on a
horizontal table top and is attached with
horizontal string to a second string as shown.
What is the maximum value for the mass M, if
the block is to remain stationary? Assume µs =
0.5

12. Determine the

5. A 250 kg weight rests on a 30ᴼ inclined plane. abscissa of the centroid
Neglecting friction, how much pull must one for the shaded area as
exert to bring the weight up the plane? shown.
6. A 56 lb mass rests on horizontal surface. The
force needed to move it along the surface is 25
lb . Determine the coefficient friction.
7. A homogeneous ladder 18 ft long and weighing
120 lbs rests against a smooth wall. The angle
between it and the floor is 70ᴼ. The coefficient
of friction between the floor and the ladder is
0.25 . How far up the ladder can a 180 lb man
walk before the ladder slips?
13. What is the magnitude of resultant force?
14. Compute the moment of force about point A.
F = 450 lbs , P = 300 lbs
15.An electric post is supported by a guy wire
which exerts a pull of 100N on the top of the post.
If the angle between the guy wire and the ground is
60ᴼ . Determine the vertical component of the force
supporting the pole.
16. A 150 lb cylindrical tank is at rest as shown.
Determine force P requires to move the tank up the
higher level surface:
17. An automobile moving at a constant velocity of
45ft/sec passes a gasoline station. Two seconds
later, another automobile leaves the gasoline station
and accelerates at a constant rate of 6ft/𝑠𝑒𝑐 2 . How
soon will the second automobile overtake the first?
18. Two cars A and B have a velocity of 60mph in
the same direction. A is 250 ft behind B giving it to
decelerate at a constant rate of 10 ft/𝑠𝑒𝑐 2 . In what
time will A overtake B and how far will each have
traveled?
19. A truck traveling along a straight road of
20km/hr increase its speed to 120km/hr in 15 sec. If
its acceleration is constant, determine the distance
traveled.
20. An automobile starting from rest speed up to 40ft/sec
with a constant acceleration of 4ft/𝑠𝑒𝑐 2 runs at this
speed for a time and finally comes to rest with a
deceleration of 5ft/𝑠𝑒𝑐 2. If the total distance traveled is
1200ft, find the total time required?
21. A ball is dropped from an 80ft high tower and at the
same instance a second ball is thrown vertically of 40
feet per second. When and where will the ball pass each
other?
22. A stone is dropped down in a well; 5 seconds later
the sound of splash is heard. If the velocity of the sound
is 350m/sec, what is the depth of the well?
23. A stone thrown vertically upward has a velocity of
48.3fps. One second later, another stone is thrown
vertically upward with a velocity of 96.6fps. How far
above the ground will the stones be of the same level?
24. A projectile is fired from an angle of 60ᴼ to the
horizontal with an initial velocity of 100ft/sec. After
hitting the level ground at the base of the hill, it has
curve a horizontal distance of 500ft. How high will the
hill?
PHYSICS II
1. Two equal point charges of +2.1 x 10-6 C are
placed 0.4 m apart. What is the magnitude of
the force each exerts on the other?
2. Two capacitors C1 and C2 are connected in
parallel and their combined capacitance is
measured as 9μF. When they are combined in
series their capacitance is 2μF. What are the
individual capacitances?
3. If the plate separation for a capacitor is 2.0 x 10-
3
m, determine the area of the plates if the
capacitance is exactly 1 F.
4. At what separation will two charges, each of
magnitude 6.0 μC, exert a force of 1.4 Non each
other?
5. It is branch of physics that deals with the study
of electricity at rest.
a. Electrodynamics
b. Electrostatics
c. Electricity
d. Electronics
6. It is the property which permits a component to
accumulate and store electric charge.
a. Inductance
b. Battery
c. Capacitance
 d. Resistance
7. What is the charge of an electron?
a. 1.6 x 1019 C 13.
b. 1.6 x 10-19 C 14.
15.
c. 1.6 x 10-27 C
d. 1.6 x 10-12 C 16.
8. A battery causes 250 mA to flow when it is
applied to a light bulb with a resistance of 50
ohms. How much current would flow if the 17.
same source were applied to a 12 ohm resistor?
9. Three resistors of 4 Ω, 6 Ω and 12Ω are
connected together in parallel. This parallel
arrangement is then connected in series with a
1 Ω and 2 Ω resistors. If a potential difference of
120V is applied across the end of the circuit, 18.
what will be the potential drop across the part
of the circuit connected in parallel?
10. Find the total resistance of the circuit
19.
20.
11. Two resistances R1 and R2 give combined 21.
resistance of 4.5 ohms when in series and 1
ohm when in parallel. The resistances are?
12. If you wish to increase the amount of current in
a resistor from 120 mA to 160 mA by changing 22.
the 24 V source, what should the new voltage
setting be?
For 21-23, refer to the following circuit diagram:
23.
24.
What is the voltage drop across R3?
What is the current at R2?
What is the power dissipated at R1?
A toaster oven is plugged into an outlet that
provides a voltage difference of 120 V. What
power does the oven use if the current is 10A?
The temperature at which certain materials lose
their permanent magnetic properties
a. Carie point
b. Curie point
c. Caring point
d. Curing point
A nail that touches a magnet will __________ ?
a. Melt
b. Demagnetized the magnet
c. Become polarized
d. Generate an electric current
What happens if you cut a magnet in half?
a. You get two magnets
b. You get a separate south pole and a
separate north pole
c. It becomes demagnetized
d. You get monopoles
A magnet will strongly attract
a. Diamagnetic material
b. Ferromagnetic material
c. Paramagnetic material
d. Geomagnetic material
A 10-m long wire carrying 5 A of current is at
right angles to a uniform magnetic field of 0.01
T. What is the magnitude of the force on the
wire?
A 2m long wire weighs 4 g and carries a 10A
current. It is constrained to move only vertically
above another wire carrying 15A in the opposite
direction. At what separation would its weight
be supported by magnetic force?
Early concepts of magnetism are introduced by
a. Amber
b. Magnesia
c. Gold
d. Lodestone
The wavelength of a sound wave in a certain
material as measured is 18cm. The frequency of
 the wave is 1900 Hz. Compute the speed of
sound wave.
25. What is the number of complete waves which
pass a given point in a unit time?
a. Amplitude
b. Period
c. Wavelength
d. Frequency
26. It is the bending of wave due to the physical
makeup of the medium through which the wave
passes.
a. Absorption
b. Reflection
c. Refraction
d. Diffraction
27. It is the maximum frequency which the human
ear can hear.
a. 10,000 Hz
b. 20,000 Hz
c. 30,000 Hz
d. 40,000 Hz
28. It is the ratio of the speed of light in air to the
speed of light in the substance.
a. Index of reflection
b. Index of refraction
c. Index of reciprocity
d. Index of reference
29. What is the time required for the passing of one
complete wave?
a. Period
b. Frequency
c. Amplitude
d. Wavelength
30. Ampere-second could be the unit of?
a. Current
b. Power
c. Voltage
d. Charge
31. Ohm’s law is not applicable to
a. DC Circuits
b. High Currents
c. Small Resistors
d. Semi-conductors