GEAS Exam

1. A traffic officer uses a radar gun to clock a

Ferrari at 131 mph. However, the actual speed
of the car was at 127 mph. What is the percent
error in the officers radar gun?
a. 3.15%
b. 4.55%
c. 6.17%
d. 8.55%
2. Which of the following is NOT a property of
metals?
a. Metals have more luster
b. Metals have high electrical conductivity
c. Metals are neither malleable nor ductile
d. Metals have high thermal conductivity
3. During a 5-minute period, a man lifts 75 boxes,
each with a mass of 25kg, from floor level to a
height of 1.5m. At what average power in
horsepower does the man work?
a. 0.1 hp
b. 0.2 hp
c. 0.5 hp
d. 1.0 hp
4. A mass of 8 kg is above a given datum, where
local g is 9.70 m/s2. Calculate the gravitational
force with respect to the datum?
a. 77.6 N
b. 78.5 N
c. 79.1 N
d. 79.5 N
5. An acid can react with a base to produce a ___.
a. Salt
b. Oxide
c. Hydroxide
d. Hydrogen gas
6. A 3.5 lb weight hangs at the end of a spring
with k = 20 lb/ft. The weight is pulled slightly
and released. Calculate at what frequency it will
vibrate?
a. 2.16 Hz
b. 2.46 Hz
c. 3.16 Hz
d. 3.72 Hz
7. Friction force is ______ of area of contact.
a. Dependent
b. Inversely proportional
c. Independent
d. Proportional
8. What is the SI unit of temperature?

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a. Celsius
b. Kelvin
c. Fahrenheit
d. Rankine
Two persons both 132 lb stand 2 m apart. What
is the gravitational attraction between them?
a. 6x10-8 N
b. 7x10-8 N
c. 8x10-8 N
d. 9x10-8 N
In chemistry, who formulated the planetary
model of the atom?
a. JJ Thomson
b. Pierre Curie
c. Ernest Rutherford
d. James Chadwick
Atoms of the same element which have
different masses are called ____.
a. Molecules
b. Ions
c. Allotropes
d. Isotopes
What is the identity of an atom?
a. Mass number
b. Atomic number
c. Atomic weight
d. Atomic mass
The mass of a neutron is approximately how
many times greater than the mass of an
electron?
a. 1839
b. 1863
c. 1836
d. 1893
What are the rows in the periodic table called?
a. Periods
b. Transitions
c. Groups
d. Families
What is the pressure of 7 kg of nitrogen gas
confined to a volume of 0.4 cubic meters at 20
degrees Celsius?
a. 15 atm
b. 22 atm
c. 29 atm
d. 31 atm
What is the most abundant element in the
human body?
a. Carbon

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b. Hydrogen
c. Oxygen
d. Calcium
What physical property of a material that refers
to the rate of heat flow per unit time in a
homogeneous material under steady-state
conditions, per unit area, per unit temperature
gradient in a direction perpendicular to area?
a. Thermal expansion
b. Thermal conductivity
c. Heat distortion temperature
d. Water absorption
In a selenium atom, the valence ring contains
how many electrons?
a. 1
b. 2
c. 4
d. 8
Determine the final temperature of a 150 g
piece of glass at 24 degrees Celsius that absorbs
800 calories of heat, when exposed to sunlight.
Specific heat capacity of glass = 0.12 cal/gC.
a. 56C
b. 69C
c. 71C
d. 78C
The density of water is maximum at what
temperature in Celsius scale?
a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4
What is another name for modulus of elasticity?
a. Shear modulus
b. Bulk modulus
c. Youngs modulus
d. Modulus of elasticity
What is the power of an elevator which can lift
a 100 kg mass a distance of 20 m in 5 seconds?
a. 4.14 hp
b. 4.88 hp
c. 5.26 hp
d. 6.13 hp
Calculate the mass of oxygen that reacts with
1.25 g of methane to form 3.41 g or carbon
dioxide and 2.70 g of water
a. 1.25 g
b. 2.50 g
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Metals can be drawn into wires. This illustrates
what property of metals?
a. Malleability
b. Rigidity
c. Ductility
d. Plasticity
What is the process of changing from gas state
to liquid state?
a. Condensation
b. Sublimation
c. Deposition
d. Vaporization
What is the process of changing from solid state
to gas state?
a. Condensation
b. Deposition
c. Vaporization
d. Sublimation
A brass plug has a diameter of 10 cm at 150C.
At what temperature will the diameter be 9.95
cm if the coefficient of thermal expansion is
19x10-6 for brass?
a. -91C
b. -98C
c. -103C
d. -113C
What is the component of the solution that is
dissolved?
a. Solvent
b. Solute
c. Catalyst
d. Colloid
A 1000-gram metal block fell through a distance
of 10m. If all the energy of the block went into
heat energy, how many units of heat energy
appeared?
a. 98.1 J
b. 105.5 J
c. 110.2 J
d. 121.1 J
What is considered as the most common
solution on earth?
a. Seawater
b. Air
c. Blood
d. Freshwater
Which of the following is NOT an SI-derived
unit?

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a. C
b. Joules
c. Pascal
d. Watt
The pressure of a gas is directly proportional to
the Kelvin temperature.
a. Boyles Law
b. Gay-Lussacs Law
c. Charles Law
d. Ideal Gas Law
The pressure of 1 bar is equivalent to how many
Pascals?
a. 1,000,000
b. 100,000
c. 1,000
d. 100
In physics, what is the unit of luminous
intensity?
a. Lumen
b. Candela
c. Footcandle
d. Lux
Which of the following is equivalent to the unit
farad?
a. Joule/volt
b. Joule/coulomb
c. Coulomb/volt
d. Coulomb/joule
How many dynes are there in 1 N?
a. 10,000
b. 100,000
c. 1,000
d. 100
The English unit slug is a unit of ____.
a. Mass
b. Weight
c. Force
d. Energy
What is another term for a scalar product of
two vectors?
a. Cross product
b. Vector product
c. Dot product
d. Plus product
What is a measure of the inertia of an object?
a. Density
b. Force
c. Mass
d. Weight

40. What is the property of matter which is the

reluctance to change its state of rest or of
uniform motion?
a. Momentum
b. Inertia
c. Impulse
d. Equilibrium
41. Which of the following has the characteristics of
both metals and non-metals?
a. Conductors
b. Metalloids
c. Insulator
d. Semiconductor
42. How fast will pulses propagate along a string
whose mass per unit length is 0.10 kg/m, when
it is subjected to a tension of 50 N?
a. 18.23 m/s
b. 22.36 m/s
c. 25.66 m/s
d. 32.12 m/s
43. How many calories are developed in 1 min in an
electric heater which draws 5 A when
connected to a 110-V line?
a. 7.9 kcal
b. 8.2 kcal
c. 8.5 kcal
d. 9.1 kcal
44. What is the energy something possesses by
virtue of its mass?
a. Rest energy
b. Potential energy
c. Kinetic energy
d. Mechanical energy
45. A 60-ohm electric lamp if left connected to a
240-volt line for 3.0 min. How much energy is
taken from the line?
a. 15.5 kJ
b. 16.1 kJ
c. 17.2 kJ
d. 18.8 kJ
46. A 1-hp motor is rated at 1kW. What is its
efficiency?
a. 71.9%
b. 77.5%
c. 74.6%
d. 73.2%
47. What is the maximum number of electrons that
can be accommodated in the valence shell of an
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a. 6
b. 10
c. 8
d. 12
What is a substance that speeds up a chemical
reaction without itself undergoing a chemical
change?
a. Ingredients
b. Solvent
c. Reactants
d. Catalyst
What refers to the product of the force and the
time during which a force acts?
a. Power
b. Energy
c. Impulse
d. Momentum
What is defined as a value equal to the number
of gram moles of solute per 1000 grams of
solvent?
a. Molality
b. Molarity
c. Normality
d. Formality
What is the kinetic energy of a 1-pound weight
that has fallen 16 feet?
a. 2 ft-lb
b. 8 ft-lb
c. 0.5 ft-lb
d. 16 ft-lb
A persons mass is 75.2 kg. If the person walks
up a flight of stairs 12.6 m high in 28 s at
constant velocity, what is the power output?
a. 216 W
b. 275 W
c. 184 W
d. 332 W
An ordinary light bulb contains a fine tungsten
wire that is heated to a high temperature by
passing an electric current through it. A typical
filament has a surface area of about 1 cm2 (10-4
m2) and is heated to a temperature of
approximately 3000 K. At this temperature, the
emissivity of tungsten is 0.34. What is the
radiated power of such light bulb?
a. 64 W
b. 128 W
c. 132 W
d. 156 W

54. A sample of oxygen gas occupies a volume of

5.00 L at 27C. If the pressure is unchanged,
what volume does it occupy at 77C?
a. 5.83 L
b. 6.82 L
c. 4.12 L
d. 6.44 L
55. Which of the following about the speed of
sound is correct?
a. The speed of sound in moist air is greater
than in dry air.
b. The speed of sound increases with the
increase of the gas density.
c. The speed of sound increases with the
density of the medium.
d. The speed of sound decreases with
increasing temperature.
56. The velocity of sound is ___ to the pressure of a
gas.
a. Directly proportional
b. Inversely proportional
c. Independent of
d. None of the above
57. What is the characteristic of a wave that is
responsible for what we interpret as pitch?
a. Amplitude
b. Height
c. Shape
d. Frequency
58. Which one cannot travel in a vacuum?
a. Radio waves
b. Sound wave
c. Light wave
d. Short wave
59. What is the work done in a piston-cylinder
system that contains 0.5 cu meter of air initially
at 150 kPA and 50 degrees Celsius if the
temperature remains constant while the
volume is decreased to a quarter of the original
volume?
a. -44.1 kJ
b. -49.1 kJ
c. -51.1 kJ
d. -56.3 kJ
60. 11.0 g of carbon dioxide occupy a volume of 10
L at a temperature of 350 K. Find the pressure
exerted by the gas in atm.
a. 0.214
b. 0.691

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c. 0.718
d. 0.452
The sky appears to be blue when the sun is high
in the sky. Why?
a. Red light is scattered more that blue
b. Blue light is scattered more than the other
colors
c. The color of the sky is really blue
d. Blue is the color of air, water and the other
fluids in large amounts
A copper rod has a diameter of 4 cm and a
length of 0.8 m. One end of the rod is placed in
boiling water and the other end is placed in an
iced bath. How much heat is conducted through
the bar in 1 min? (thermal conductivity of
copper is 381 J/msC)
a. 3592 J
b. 3881 J
c. 4123 J
d. 4496 J
Suppose you add 500 g of copper shot that has
been heated in boiling water to 0.8 kg of water
at 19C. We allow the mixture to reach
equilibrium and find that the temperature is
23.41C. Assuming no heat loss, what is the
specific heat capacity of the copper in J/kgC?
a. 144
b. 251
c. 386
d. 412
A ball is projected upwards. Its acceleration at
the highest point is ____
a. Downwards
b. Upwards
c. Infinite
d. Zero
A roller coaster car with mass 200 kg is at the
top of a 30 m hill and is moving with a speed of
4 m/s. The car drives down into a valley whose
deepest point is at a height of 10 m and then
climbs to the top of a 20-m hill. Assume that the
car moves frictionlessly. Find the speed of the
car at the top of the 20-m hill.
a. 14.6 m/s
b. 18.8 m/s
c. 21.1 m/s
d. 24.0 m/s
A horizontal force of 5 N is required to maintain
a velocity of 2 m/s for a box of mass 10 kg

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sliding over a certain rough surface. How much

work is done by the force in 1 minute?
a. 500 J
b. 600 J
c. 700 J
d. 800 J
The effect of force upon a body is the same at
every point in its line of action.
a. Principle of Transmissibility
b. Continuity Law
c. Linearity Law
d. Fundamental Principle of Forces
A pressure of 75 mm of Hg is equivalent to how
many kPa?
a. 0.1 kPa
b. 1 kPa
c. 5 kPa
d. 10 kPa
A free particle, with mass 2 kg, is initially at rest.
IF a force of 10 N is applied for a period of 10s,
what kinetic energy is acquired by the particle?
a. 1500 J
b. 2000 J
c. 2500 J
d. 3000 J
An object in equilibrium may not have:
a. Any force acting on it
b. Any torque acting on it
c. Velocity
d. Acceleration
At absolute zero temperature, the matter has
minimum ____.
a. Volume
b. Kinetic energy
c. Potential energy
d. Pressure
The third law of motion is also known as ____.
a. Law of acceleration
b. Law of interaction
c. Law of inertia
d. Law of momentum
Which of the following statements is TRUE?
a. A high-frequency sound has high pitch.
b. A high-frequency sound has low pitch.
c. A high-frequency sound has low energy.
d. A high-frequency sound has low pitch and
low energy.
In which medium do sound waves travel the
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a. Liquids
b. Gasses
c. Solids
d. Vacuum
Calculate the number of mercury atoms in 1.50
L of mercury. (Density is 13.6 g/ml)
a. 5.12x1025 atoms
b. 5.55x1025 atoms
c. 6.12x1025 atoms
d. 6.55x1025 atoms
The easier atoms loses its electrons, the less its
_____.
a. Number of shells
b. Valence electrons
c. Electronegativity
d. Atomic radius
Which of the following best describes a
scientific law?
a. It describes and observes physical results.
b. It implies something accurate.
c. It implies experimentation results
d. It summarizes observed facts.
Who is the father of modern chemistry?
a. Aristotle
b. Antoine Lavoisier
c. Robert Boyle
d. John Dalton
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of
non-metals?
a. Non-metals form positive ions.
b. Non-metals have high electron affinities.
c. Non-metals have negative oxidation
number.
d. Non-metals are oxidizing agents
What is the volume of 12.5 g of ware at 25
degrees Celsius and 1 atm pressure?
a. 12.5 ml
b. 13.5 ml
c. 14.5 ml
d. 25.0 ml
What is the total number of electrons in the
fourth level?
a. 2
b. 8
c. 16
d. 32
Which of the following is NOT an intensive
property of a material?
a. Melting point

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b. Color
c. Taste
d. Surface Area
Which of the following is NOT an extensive
property of a material?
a. Volume
b. Weight
c. Length
d. Density
Which of the following is a mixture?
a. Sodium chloride
b. Lead
c. Brass
d. Charcoal
What is the pH of 0.100 M HCl?
a. 1
b. 2
c. 13
d. 14
Which of the following statements is TRUE?
a. The coefficient of expansion of gases varies
at different temperature.
b. All liquids have approximately the same
coefficient of expansion
c. All solids have approximately the same
coefficient of expansion
d. All gases have approximately the same
coefficient of expansion
How does Sir JJ Thomson call his model of an
atom?
a. Orbital
b. Plum-pudding
c. Planetary
d. Radioactive
The ___ of an atom is the sum of the number of
protons and neutrons in the nucleus of an
atom.
a. Mass number
b. Atomic mass
c. Atomic weight
d. Atomic number
What is another term for noble gases?
a. Special gases
b. Transuranic gases
c. Inert gases
d. CFC gases
A simple pendulum has a length of 60 ft. Find
the period of oscillation?
a. 8.5 s

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b. 9.5 s
c. 10.0 s
d. 12.5 s
What refers to how closely individual
measurements agree with each other?
a. Precision
b. Accuracy
c. Relative precision
d. Relative accuracy
A boy tosses a ball up along a y-axis with an
initial speed of 12 m/s. How long does it take to
reach its maximum height?
a. 1.2 s
b. 1.8 s
c. 2.4 s
d. 4.2 s
How much work is required to raise a 0.1-kg
block to a height of 2 m and simultaneously give
it a velocity of 3 m/s?
a. 2.4 J
b. 4.8 J
c. 0.8 J
d. 1.6 J
Convert 2.5 lb to grams.
a. 1135 g
b. 1387 g
c. 1883 g
d. 1911 g
What is the ratio of the transverse strain to the
corresponding axial strain in a body subjected
to uniaxial stress?
a. Poissons ratio
b. Eulers ratio
c. Refractive index
d. Dielectric index
A certain ore is made up of 17.5% by mass an
iron compound, and the compound contains
69.9% iron. Calculate the percentage of iron in
the ore.
a. 9.3%
b. 11.1%
c. 12.2%
d. 14.5%
A roller support in Engineering Mechanics has
how many reactions?
a. 0
b. 1
c. 2
d. 3

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rigid body together?
a. Internal force
b. Natural force
c. External force
d. Concentrated force
99. What refers to a pair of equal, opposite and
parallel forces?
a. Couple
b. Moment
c. Torque
d. All of the above
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Steel has a modulus of elasticity that is
equal to ___ MPa?
a. 200
b. 2,000
c. 20,000
d. 200,000