PHYSICS

Lecturer: Engr. Jaime P. Licuanan, CCNA

TOPICS COVERED :

I. STANDARDS, UNITS and VECTORS

II. UNIVERSAL GRAVITATION

III. WORK, ENERGY and POWER

IV. IMPULSE and MOMENTUM

V. BOUYANCY and PRESSURE

VI. GERERAL PHYSICS

1. Cubit is a unit of length which has a range of
a. 18 -22 cm
b. 18-22 in
c. 18-22 ft
d. 18-22 yds

2. A __________is a unit of time: 3.3357 times 10 raised to the -11 (3.3357x10^-11)

seconds. So named for the length of time it takes light to travel a cm in a vacuum
a. happy
b. jiggly
c. jiffy
d. puff

3. Which of the following are SI basic quantities

1.Mass 2. Length 3. Time
4. Luminous Intensity 5. Amount of substance
a. 1,2,3
b. 1,2,3,4
c. 1,2,3,5
d. 1,2,3,4,5

4. The earth completes the orbit of the sun in about 365.25 days. What is the average
orbital velocity of earth?
a. 0
b. 32 km/s
c. 9.8 m/s
d. 100 m/s
5. If two vectors are in parallel with each other, what is their cross product?
a. Unity
b. zero
c. maximum
d. indeterminate

6. Three finalist in a contest are brought to the center of the field and measures three
displacements. The three displacements lead to the point where the key of a new Porche is
buried. What is the location of the key in unit vector?
Displacements: 72.4 m, 32 degrees East of North
57.3 m, West 30 degrees South
17.8 m, straight South
a. -0.63i + 0.78j
b. 0.631 – 0.78j
c. 0.45i + 0.55j
d. -0.22 + 0.47j

7. Which of the following statements is correct about an aircraft travelling at constant speed in
straight line?
a. there is no resultant force acting on the aircraft
b. speed is maintained by a resultant force in the forward direction
c. drag force is equal to the weight of the craft
d. lift is greater than the weight

8. How many are the fundamental forces or interactions of Physics?

a. 4
b. 3
c. 1
d. 10
9. The acceleration due to gravity in the moon is one-sixth that of the earth. How much will a 720
object body on earth weigh on moon?
a. 1 177 N
b. 720 N
c. 2355 N
d. 120 N

10. A body weighs 500 N on the surface of the earth. How much will it weigh at an altitude of 2 000
m?
a. still 500 N
b. 498 N
c. 50.5 kg
d. 322 N

11. What is the acceleration due to gravity at an altitude 4 times that of the radius of the earth?
a. 9.81 m/s2
b. 0.39 m/s2
c. 1.12 m/s2
d. 2.224 m/s2

12. The moon is 384 400 km away from the earth. It follows that its orbital period
is______________.
a. 27 days
b. 30 days
c. 29 days
d. 25 days
13. In about 1610,Johannes Kepler formulated 3 laws of planetary motion based on
experimental observations. The third law described the relationships between the
radius of orbit (r) and period (T). Thanks to the later work of Newton, we can now
prove theoretically the relationship between r and T.
a. r3 ∞T2
b. r3 ∞T3
c. r2 ∞T3
d. r ∞T

14. The distance between planet A and planet B is 3 x 108 km. The mass of A is 1.2 x
1027 kg while B is 3.0 x 1026 kg. At what point along the line joining A to B is the
resultant gravitational field be zero.
a. 2x108 km from A
b. 2x108 km from B
c. 2x104 km from A
d. 2x104 km from B

15. Centrifugal force is _________________.

a. directly proportional to the radius of curvature
b. inversely proportional to the square of tangential velocity
c. directly proportional to the square of tangential velocity
d. inversely proportional to the square of the weight of the object
16. If drinking a C2 enables a person to perform 40 000J of work, how high should a 60 kg person
climb a coconut tree after drinking the softdrink?
a. 67.95 m
b. 6.795 m
c. 13.35 m
d. 22.33 m

17. A bomb weighing 32 slugs was released by a fighter plane 32 ft above the ground. What is the
expected and ideal velocity of the bomb upon hitting the ground?
a. 45 ft/s
b. 32 ft/s
c. 64 ft/s
d. 52 ft/s

18. What is the kinetic energy of a person weighing100 lbs running around an oval at a speed of 2
ft/s?
a. 200 ft-lb
b. 20.38 ft-lb
c. 6.211 ft-lb
d. 12.36 ft-lb

19. A rocket is moving through a vacuum. It changes its velocity from 510 ft/s to 902 ft/s in a
minute. How much power in Hp is required to accomplish with this if the rocket mass is 10
000 lbs?
a. 76000
b. 25000
c. 35000
d. 88000
20. A 50 kg object strikes the unstretched spring attached to a vertical wall having a
spring constant of 20 kN/m. find the max deflection of the spring when the velocity
of the object before it strikes the spring is 40 m/s
a. 1 m
b. 2 m
c. 3 m
d. 4 m

21. A crane lifts a 200 kg load through 16 m height in 12 sec. It is driven by 4.0 KW
electric motor. What is the efficiency of the crane?
a. 72%
b. 18%
c. 51%
d. 65%

22. One cubic meter of water inside a 1 kilogram aluminum container is heated from 20
to 30 degree Celsius, find the heat in BTU supplied to the system if Cal=0.22
cal/gC
a. 39690
b. 184770
c. 10002200
d. 40002200
23. A 20 m beam is installed in a bridge at 25 degrees Centigrade. At what temperature
in degrees Celsius the beam becomes 20.02 m if the coefficient of thermal
expansion is 12 x 10-6?
a. 108
b. 100
c. 200
d. 75

24. Many houses have an electricity meter that is read so that the cost of the electricity
used by the customer can be calculated. What does the electric meter record?
a. current
b. power
c. voltage
d. energy
25. What momentum does 50 Kg projectile possess if the projectile is moving at 400
kph.
a. 5555 kg m/s
b. 5555 kg cm/s
c. 2222 kg m/s
d. 2222 kg cm/s

26. A toy car having a mass of 200 g is accelerated so that its velocity changes from 1.5
m/s to 4.5 m/s in 4 sec. What is the force applied to the toy?
a. 0.15 N
b. 0.30 N
c. 0.45 N
d. 0.60 N

27. George holds a rifle of mass 3.00 kg and aims to shot Osama. He fired the bullet of
mass of 5 grams horizontally with a velocity relative to the ground of 300 m/s,
what is the recoil velocity of the rifle?
a. 0.25 m/s
b. 0.75 m/s
c. 1 m/s
d. 0.5 m/s
28. A ball is dropped from an initial height of 6 meters above a solid floor, how high is
the ball on its 2nd bounce if the coefficient of restitution of the floor is 0.92.
a. 5.08 m
b. 4.3 m
c. 2.5 m
d. 6 m

29. The annual number of deaths in road was reduced dramatically when it was made
compulsory to wear seat belts. Seat belts protect people because
a. they reduce the deceleration of the car during impact
b. they encourage people to drive slowly
c. they reduce energy change in the accident
d. they reduce the rate of change of momentum of the people in the vehicle

30 Who created the formula for the computation of momentum, p = mv where p-

momentum, m- mass and v-velocity ?
a. Albert de Broglie
b. Isaac Newton
c. Jean Le Rond D’Alembert
d. Kwon Tok-je
31. A rectangular piece of wood 15 cm x 8 cm x 1cm floats in water with half a thickness above
water. What is the weight of the piece of wood in dynes?
a. 58800
b. 42000
c. 31800
d. 67900

32. Piece of wood floating on the ocean has what kind of buoyancy?
a. positive buoyancy
b. negative buoyancy
c. zero-buoyancy
d. fouyancy

33. A swimming pool is 10 m long and 6 m wide. It is filled with water to a uniform depth of 3 m.
What is the pressure exerted by the water on the bottom of the pool?
a. 29 500 Pa
b.14 500 Pa
c. 21 000 Pa
d. 12 300 Pa

34. Brownian movement refers to the random movements of water molecules. What shape
resembles at the water surface?
a. circle
b. adhesion
c. meniscus
d. capillarity
35. What is the definition of the term "viscosity"?
a. resistance of fluids under shear stress
b. flow of liquid under shear stress
c. resistance of liquids in extreme stress
d. resistance of liquids under bearing stress

36. Oil floats in water because

a. density of oil is unity
b. specific gravity of oil is less than that of water
c. all matter has a mass
d. specific gravity of oil is greater than that of water

37. Any two points along a streamline in an ideal fluid in steady flow, the sum of the pressure, the
potential energy per unit volume and kinetic energy per unit volume have the same value.
This concept is known as:
a. fluid theory
b. hydraulic theorem
c. Pascal’s theorem
d. Bernoulli’s theorem

38. The fluid pressure is the same in all directions. This is known as _________.
a. Pascal’s principle
b. Ideal Fluid principle
c. Bernoulli’s principle
d. Archimedes principle
39. To reduce the strength, a man dilute a 150 g of alcohol(density = 790 kg/m3) with a 100g of water.
What then is the specific gravity of the mixture?
a. 0.862
b. 0.322
c. 0.933
d. 1.022

40. A certain metal having a mass of 70 g at an initial temperature of 110ֹC is placed in a 120 g of water at
25 C. If the final temperature of the mixture is 30C, what is the specific heat of the metal in cal/g C?
a. 0.112
b. 0.107
c. 0.35
d. 0.55

41. This Danish born scientist built the most recognized yet inaccurate model of the hydrogen atom. He
founded the modern quantum theory of matter and worked under Ernest Rutherford in Manchester,
England. In 1939 he was elected president of the Royal Danish Academy of Science and Letters.
He also helped in the British-American atomic bomb project at Los Alamos.
a. Niels Henrik David Bohr
b. Isaac Newton
c. Wemer Karl Heisenberg
d. Lord Rayleigh

42. His credentials extend into the heart of mathematical representations. He developed calculus. What
we recognize as derivatives, he labeled fluxions. What we call integral, he appropriately chose
inverse fluxions. The notation familiar to many mechanical engineers, the "dot" notation
representing derivatives, was created by this gentleman. Beyond math, he pioneered representing
light as a particle.
a. Albert Einstein
b. Isaac Newton
c. Wemer Karl Heisenberg
d. Lord Rayleigh
43. Formerly, he received only a primary education yet he develped the modern theory of
electromagnetic fields. Beyond his success in the then theoretical branch of physics, this
gentleman created a series of lectures aimed at children. Those lectures discussed "The
Chemical History of a Candle."
a. Albert Einstein
b. Michael Faraday
c. Wemer Karl Heisenberg
d. Lord Rayleigh

44. Referred to as the "father of integral calculus", he initiated the sciences of hydrostatics, static
mechanics and pycnometry (the measurement of the volume or density of an object). He
was killed by a Roman soldier who did not know who he was.
a. Albert Einstein
b. Archimedes
c. Galileo
d. Lord Rayleigh

45. He first developed the principle of relativity.

a. Albert Einstein
b. Archimedes
c. Galileo
d. Lord Rayleigh

46. The word 'physics' derives from the Greek - φϿσις (phusis), which means this.
a. love
b. nature
c. life
d. earth
47. Free-fall is defined as a condition in which a falling object experiences acceleration due only to gravity.
Therefore, in this case, the only weight acting on an object is its own weight. Which of the following
is not an example of an object in free-fall?
a. A feather falling through a vacuum tube
b. A skydiver with an open parachute
c. A space shuttle with the rockets off
d. The Earth's orbit around the Sun

48. English physicist, mathematician, and astronomer Sir Isaac Newton presented his findings on the
universal law of gravity in his work commonly referred to as "Principia Mathematica," which was
published in what year?
1687
1192
1992
1557

49. This Fellow of the Royal Society was a professor of anatomy and physiology at Bonn in 1858. He
helped to show how heat is related to mechanical energy and was first to study the propagation
speed of nerve impulses in frogs. He once was quoted saying "Whoever in the pursuit of science,
seeks after immediate practical utility may rest assured that he seeks in vain."
a. Herman Von Helholtz
b. Albert Einstein
c. Marie Curie
d. Galileo

50. It is the most slippery substance known to man with a friction coefficient of 0.029. That's more slippery
than Teflon at 0.04.
a. foil
b. saliva
c. tufoil
d. acetate