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Physics 105, sections 1, 2 and 3

Final Exam
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No time limit. No notes. No books. Student calculators only. All problems equal weight, 100 points total.

Constants/Materials parameters:
g = 9.8 m/s2 Radius of Earth = 6.38  106 m Specific heat of steam: 2010 J/kgC
G = 6.67  10-11 Nm2/kg2 Radius of Earth’s orbit = 1.496  1011 m Specific heat of alum.: 900 J/kgC
kB = 1.381  10-23 J/K Density of water: 1000 kg/m3 Latent heat of melting (water): 3.33  105 J/kg
NA = 6.022  1023 Density of air: 1.29 kg/m3 Latent heat of boiling (water): 2.26  106 J/kg
R = kB·NA = 8.314 J/mol·K Linear exp. coeff. of copper: 17  10-6 /C Thermal conduct. of alum.: 238 J/smC
 = 5.67  10-8 W/m2·K4 Linear exp. coeff. of steel: 11  10-6 /C vsound = 343 m/s at 20C
Mass of Sun = 1.991  1030 kg Specific heat of water: 4186 J/kgC
Mass of Earth = 5.98  1024 kg Specific heat of ice: 2090 J/kgC

Conversion factors
1 kg = 2.205 lb 1 hp = 745.7 W TF  95 TC  32
1 inch = 2.54 cm 1 gallon = 3.785 L
1 mile = 1.609 km 1 atm = 1.013  105 Pa = 14.7 psi TK  TC  273.15
1 m3 = 1000 L

Other equations
Idisk = (1/2) mR2 5 5
b  b 2  4ac U Nk BT  nRT (diatomic,
x Irod (center) = (1/12) mL2 2 2
2a Irod (end) = (1/3) mL2 around 300K)
Surface area of sphere = 4r2 L  r p  rp  rp sin  Qh = |Wnet| + Qc
Volume of sphere = (4/3)r3
P  P0   gh W Q
vi  v f e  net  1  c
vave  VFR = A1v1 = A2v2 Qadded Qh
2 1 1
v  v0  at P1   v12   gy1  P2   v2 2   gy2 emax  1 
Tc
2 2 Th
x  x0  v0 t  12 at 2 L   L0 T
k m
v f 2  v0 2  2ax V   V0 T ;   3  , T  2
m k
w = mg, PEg = mgy 1 3
transl. KEave  mvave 2  k BT g L
F = -kx, PEs = ½ kx2 2 2  , T  2
f  k N (or f   s N ) Q  mcT ; Q  mL L g
P  F/ / v  Fv cos  Q T T T
   kA 2 1 v , m L
F t  p t L 
Elastic: (v1 - v2)bef = (v2 - v1)after P  e AT 4  I 
arc length: s = r |Won gas| = area under P-V curve   10 log   I0 = 10-12 W/m2
 I0 
v = r = PV (constant pressure)
v  v0
atan = r = nRT ln V2 V1  (isothermal) f ' f
ac = v2/r v  vS
GMm GMm = U (adiabatic) sin = v/vs
Fg  2 , PE g  
r r 3 3 o-o/c-c: f n  nf1 ; n  1, 2,3,...
U Nk BT  nRT (monatomic)
Ipt mass = mR2 2 2 o-c: f n  nf1 ; n  1,3,5,...
Isphere = (2/5) mR2
Ihoop = mR2

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Instructions:
 Write your CID at the top of the first page, otherwise you will not get this exam booklet back.
 Circle your answers in this booklet if you wish, but be sure to record your answers on the bubble sheet.
 Unless otherwise specified, ignore air resistance, viscosity, and fluid compressibility in all problems.
 Use g = 9.8 m/s2.

1. Consider the velocity vs time graph of a car moving along a road. The car’s v
acceleration is:
a. increasing in magnitude
b. decreasing in magnitude
c. constant t

2. Consider the position vs. time graph of a car moving along a road.
At t = 10 seconds, which value is closest to the car’s instantaneous
velocity?
a. 5 m/s e. 7
b. 5.5 f. 7.5
c. 6 g. 8
d. 6.5 h. 8.5 m/s

3. A car traveling at 34 m/s (76 mph) can slow down with a maximum acceleration magnitude of 8 m/s2 as it comes to
rest. What is the distance the car needs to stop?
a. Less than 61 m
b. 61 – 63
c. 63 – 65
d. 65 – 67
e. 67 – 69
f. 69 – 71
g. 71 – 73
h. More than 73 m

4. A cannonball is fired at a castle wall at a 30 angle from the horizontal, with an unknown initial speed. At exactly
3 seconds later, the ball hits the wall during the “on the way down” part of its trajectory. The ball leaves a hole in the
wall 15 m off the ground. How far was the cannon from the base of the wall?
a. Less than 80 m
b. 80 – 85
c. 85 – 90
d. 90 – 95
e. 95 – 100
f. 100 – 105
g. 105 – 110
h. More than 110 m

5. Consider a basketball player shooting the ball. After the ball leaves his hand, the force on the ball is:
a. upwards and constant
b. upwards and decreasing
c. downwards and constant
d. downwards and decreasing
e. tangent to the path of the ball and constant
f. tangent to the path of the ball and decreasing
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6. A 5 kg bucket is accelerated upwards by rope at a rate of 3 m/s2. What is the tension in the rope?
a. Less than 50 N
b. 50 – 53
c. 53 – 56
d. 56 – 59
e. 59 – 62
f. 62 – 65
g. 65 – 68
h. More than 68 N

7. A 2.3 kg block on a ramp doesn’t slide until the ramp’s angle is 31 from horizontal. What is s?
a. Less than 0.50
b. 0.50 – 0.54
c. 0.54 – 0.58
d. 0.58 – 0.62
e. 0.62 – 0.66
f. 0.66 – 0.70
g. 0.70 – 0.74
h. More than 0.74

8. A burglar hangs motionless as shown, supported by a cable that goes horizontally to the
left and another cable that goes up and to the right. The burglar’s mass is 70 kg. The
angle  is 40. What is the tension in the left cable?
a. Less than 800 N
b. 800 – 810
c. 810 – 820
d. 820 – 830
e. 830 – 840
f. 840 – 850
g. 850 – 860
h. More than 860 N

9. A pendulum consisting of a string (length L) with a metal ball (mass m) on the end is released from
an angle , measured from the vertical. How fast is the ball going at the lowest point of the swing?

a. 2gL e. gL sin 
f. 2mgL tan 
b. 2 gL 1  cos 
g. mg 1  cos 
h. mgL 1  sin  
c. 2 gL cos
i. mL  g  cos 
d. 2 gL sin 

10. Suppose a friend pushes a heavy cart (m = 20 kg) at you with a speed of 5 m/s. The cart has frictionless wheels. You
try to stop the cart by applying a force of 70 N over a distance of 0.4 m. That is not enough to stop it. What is the
final velocity of the cart? (It doesn’t change its direction.)
a. Less than 4.3 m/s
b. 4.3 – 4.4
c. 4.4 – 4.5
d. 4.5 – 4.6
e. 4.6 – 4.7
f. 4.7 – 4.8
g. 4.8 – 4.9
h. More than 4.9 m/s

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11. A 80 kg woman stands in the middle of a frozen pond of radius 20 m. She is unable to get to the other side because
of lack of friction between her shoes and the ice. To overcome this difficulty, she throws her 2 kg physics textbook
horizontally towards the north shore, at a speed of 5 m/s. How long does it take her to reach the south shore? Choose
the closest number. (The 80 kg number is her mass without the book.)
a. 135 s
b. 140
c. 145
d. 150
e. 155
f. 160
g. 165
h. 170 s

12. A 6 kg block moving east at 3 m/s on a horizontal frictionless surface collides with (and bounces off of) a 9 kg block
moving north at 4 m/s. Energy is not conserved. After the collision, you measure the 6 kg block moving straight
north at 2 m/s. How fast will the second block be going after the collision?
a. Less than 3.3 m/s
b. 3.3 – 3.4
c. 3.4 – 3.5
d. 3.5 – 3.6
e. 3.6 – 3.7
f. 3.7 – 3.8
g. 3.8 – 3.9
h. More than 3.9 m/s

13. Chuck (mass 90 kg) is on a Ferris Wheel (radius 12 m). He is sitting on a chair and going at a constant speed of
4.2 m/s, without stopping. When he rounds the bottom of the circle, what is the normal force on him from the chair?
a. Less than 950 N
b. 950 – 960
c. 960 – 970
d. 970 – 980
e. 980 – 990
f. 990 – 1000
g. 1000 – 1010
h. More than 1010 N

14. A small block (mass m) rests on a rotating turntable a distance r from the center. The coefficient of static friction
between the two objects is s. How fast can the turntable spin before the block starts to slip?
a. (1  ) rg
b.  rg
c.  rg
d. rg 
e. (1 (  m)) rg
f.  m rg
g.  mrg
h. rg (  m)

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15. A 200 kg satellite is in a circular orbit 9000 km (9  106 m) from the center of the Earth. What is its speed?
a. Less than 6.5 km/s
b. 6.5 – 6.6
c. 6.6 – 6.7
d. 6.7 – 6.8
e. 6.8 – 6.9
f. 6.9 – 7.0
g. 7.0 – 7.1
h. More than 7.1 km/s

16. Object A is initially rotating at a certain angular speed. A torque is applied to stop it, and it stops after NA revolutions
(not necessarily an integer). Object B undergoes the same situation, with everything being exactly the same except it
has twice the moment of inertia of object A. How does NB (the number of revolutions for the second situation)
compare to NA? NB = _____ NA
a. 1/4 
b. 1/2 
1
c. 
2
d. same as
e. 2
f. 2 
g. 4 

17. Two boxes are balanced on a plank as shown. The plank is 4 meters long, and
has a mass of 20 kg. The left and right boxes are balanced 3 m and 1 m away
from the fulcrum (triangle), respectively. If the box on the right is 40 kg, what
must be the mass of the box on the left? (Hint: the plank’s own mass is
significant, don’t neglect it.)
a. Less than 4 kg
b. 4 – 5
c. 5 – 6
d. 6 – 7
e. 7 – 8
f. 8 – 9
g. 9 – 10
h. More than 10 kg

18. A hoop rolls without slipping down a ramp that is 2.2 m long, with an angle of 20 from horizontal. How fast will
the hoop be going at the bottom? The hoop has a mass of 13 kg and a radius of 30 cm.
a. Less than 2.2 m/s
b. 2.2 – 2.4
c. 2.4 – 2.6
d. 2.6 – 2.8
e. 2.8 – 3.0
f. 3.0 – 3.2
g. 3.2 – 3.4
h. More than 3.4 m/s

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19. A student sits on a rotating stool holding two weights at arm’s length. He rotates with a certain angular velocity, 1.
By bringing in his arms, he then reduces the moment of inertia of himself & weights to one half the original value.
How does his new angular velocity (2) compare to the original one? 2 = _____ 1
a. 1/4  e. 2
b. 1/2  f. 2 
c. 1 2  g. 4 
d. same as

20. T/F: Same situation. The student & weights have more kinetic energy at the end than at the beginning.
a. True
b. False

21. Water flows from a little pipe into a big pipe while also decreasing in height. That is, the water is flowing downhill.
The volume flow rate (m3/s) in the little pipe will be ______ in the big pipe.
a. greater than
b. the same as
c. less than
d. cannot be determined from the information given

22. Same situation. The pressure in the little pipe will be ______ in the big pipe.
a. greater than
b. the same as
c. less than
d. cannot be determined from the information given

23. A certain model airplane (m = 4 kg) is being tested in a wind tunnel; it’s hovering in mid air. It has two wings (as
usual), and each wing has a horizontal area of 0.10 m2. The wings are shaped so that the air is traveling faster above
the wing than below in order to generate lift (as usual). Suppose the air above each wing is moving at 50 m/s. If all
of the lift is explained by the Bernoulli effect, how fast must the air below the wing be moving? Use 1.29 kg/m3 as
the density of air, and neglect the gh terms in the equation.
a. Less than 45.8 m/s
b. 45.8 – 46.0
c. 46.0 – 46.2
d. 46.2 – 46.4
e. 46.4 – 46.6
f. 46.6 – 46.8
g. 46.8 – 47.0
h. More than 47.0 m/s

24. How much energy does the Earth lose due to radiation, each second? The average temperature of the Earth is 15C,
and Wikipedia says its average emissivity is 0.612.
Side note: the Earth also gains about that same amount of energy from the sunlight it absorbs, so that (neglecting global warming) there is no
net energy gain or loss.
a. Less than 1.2  1010 J
b. 1.2 – 1.4
c. 1.4 – 1.6
d. 1.6 – 1.8
e. 1.8 – 2.0
f. 2.0 – 2.2
g. 2.2 – 2.4
h. More than 2.4  1010 J
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25. An old-fashioned 1 liter glass milk jug is “empty” (still has air inside at 1 atm), at 300 K. You seal it, then put it into
a fire at 700 K. The jug does not burst. What is the final pressure in the jug?
a. Less than 1.8 atm
b. 1.8 – 2.0
c. 2.0 – 2.2
d. 2.2 – 2.4
e. 2.4 – 2.6
f. 2.6 – 2.8
g. 2.8 – 3.0
h. More than 3.0 atm

26. As mentioned in class, Joule used falling weights to churn water with paddles, thus
turning gravitational potential energy into random kinetic energy that could be
measured as an increase in temperature. See the figure. Suppose the two weights are
2.5 kg each, start 1 m off the ground, and there is 3 kg of water inside the churn. When
the weights hit the ground, they are moving at 2 m/s. How much has the temperature of
the water increased? Assume that only the water changes in temperature.
Side note: Joule would not have been able to measure such a small increase in temperature, but he
potentially could have lifted the weights back up and repeated the experiment several times until the total
temperature change was large enough for him to measure.
a. Less than 0.0020C
b. 0.0020 – 0.0022
c. 0.0022 – 0.0024
d. 0.0024 – 0.0026
e. 0.0026 – 0.0028
f. 0.0028 – 0.0030
g. 0.0030 – 0.0032
h. More than 0.0032C

27. First, a monatomic ideal gas (initial volume of 1.50 m3) is compressed to 0.50 m3 via a constant pressure process.
Next, the gas is expanded again back to its original volume while keeping its temperature constant. Which of the
following diagrams best represents the two processes on a standard P-V diagram?

a) b) c) d)

e) f) g) h)

P
28. A diatomic ideal gas undergoes the process shown in the figure. For this process is
2
Won gas positive, negative, or zero?
a. Positive
b. Negative 1
c. Zero
V

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29. A diatomic ideal gas is compressed isothermally from state 1 (100 kPa, 0.008 m3, 300 K) P
2
to state 2 (200 kPa, 0.004 m3, 300 K), as in the figure. Was heat added or taken away
from the gas?
a. Added 1
b. Taken away
c. Neither (Qadded = 0)
V

30. A large power plant takes in steam at 550C to power turbines and then exhausts the steam at 140C. Each second
the fuel powering the turbines produces 90 megajoules of heat energy, which is then used to produce work. If the
power plant operates at the theoretical maximum possible efficiency (according to the Carnot theorem), what will its
power output be?
a. Less than 44 MW
b. 44 – 46
c. 46 – 48
d. 48 – 50
e. 50 – 52
f. 52 – 54
g. 54 – 56
h. More than 56 MW

31. The second law of thermodynamics (remember the song: “Heat cannot of itself pass from one body to a hotter
body”) is a statement of:
a. conservation of energy
b. conservation of linear momentum
c. conservation of angular momentum
d. conservation of mass and/or volume
e. probability

32. A 0.2 kg mass hangs on a spring (spring constant 5 N/m) and oscillates. What will be the frequency of the
oscillation?
a. Less than 0.60 Hz
b. 0.60 – 0.63
c. 0.63 – 0.66
d. 0.66 – 0.69
e. 0.69 – 0.72
f. 0.72 – 0.75
g. 0.75 – 0.78
h. More than 0.78 Hz

33. A 3 kg mass on a frictionless horizontal surface is attached to a horizontal spring and oscillates with an amplitude of
8 cm. If the spring constant is 70 N/m what will be the maximum speed of the mass?
a. Less than 0.10 m/s
b. 0.10 – 0.15
c. 0.15 – 0.20
d. 0.20 – 0.25
e. 0.25 – 0.30
f. 0.30 – 0.35
g. 0.35 – 0.40
h. More than 0.40 m/s

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34. Suppose you want to know the height of a tower. You climb to the top and set up a pendulum extending all the way
down to the ground with a large weight on the end. You then measure the period of this pendulum to be 7.8 s. How
tall is the tower?
a. Less than 11 m
b. 11 – 12
c. 12 – 13
d. 13 – 14
e. 14 – 15
f. 15 – 16
g. 16 – 17
h. More than 17 m

35. A clock pendulum made out of aluminum keeps perfect time at 20C. If the temperature in the room falls to -12.5C,
will the clock run fast (gain time) or slow (lose time)?
a. Fast
b. Slow

36. A rubber cord is 4 m long and has a mass of 0.2 kg. A transverse wave pulse is produced by plucking one end of the
taut cord. That pulse makes three round trips (down and back) along the cord in 0.7 s. What is the tension in the
cord?
a. Less than 59 N
b. 59 – 61
c. 61 – 63
d. 63 – 65
e. 65 – 67
f. 67 – 69
g. 69 – 71
h. More than 71 N

37. A firecracker goes off and produces a sound of 98 dB where Sarah is standing. What is the intensity of the sound
wave? Choose the closest number.
a. 0.000019 W/m2
b. 0.000063
c. 0.00019
d. 0.00063
e. 0.0019
f. 0.0063
g. 0.019
h. 0.063
i. 0.19
j. 0.63 W/m2

38. Same situation. Suppose Casey is standing twice as far away from the firecracker as Sarah. How many decibels get
produced at Casey’s location? You may assume the sound travels away from the firecracker in spherical waves.
a. 90 dB
b. 91
c. 92
d. 93
e. 94
f. 95
g. 96
h. 97
i. 98 dB

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39. A car drives very fast at 70 m/s toward a hill, and honks its horn with a frequency of 670 Hz. What frequency will a
man on the hill hear? Use 343 m/s for the speed of sound. Choose the closest number.
a. 443 Hz
b. 533
c. 556
d. 670
e. 807
f. 842
g. 1014 Hz

40. The fundamental frequency (first harmonic) of the trumpet I brought to class is very close to 150 Hz. How long
would the trumpet’s uncoiled length be (not including valves)? Take the speed of sound in air to be 343 m/s. Hint:
a trumpet is like an open-open pipe.
a. Less than 1.12 m
b. 1.12 – 1.15
c. 1.15 – 1.18
d. 1.18 – 1.21
e. 1.21 – 1.24
f. 1.24 – 1.27
g. 1.27 – 1.30
h. More than 1.30 m

41. A student sits a distance of x from one speaker and a distance of y from another speaker. Both speakers are playing
the same tone, in phase. (This is like the demo we did in class.) Under what conditions will the student hear a
maximum in the sound level? (n = an integer)
a. x  y  n
b. x  y  n
c. x  y  (n  12 )
d. x  y  (n  12 )

42. In the arrangement shown in the figure, an object of mass

m = 4.4 kg hangs from a cord around a light pulley. The
length of the cord between point P and the pulley is L = 2 m.
When the vibrator is set to a frequency of 275 Hz, a standing
wave with six antinodes is formed. What must be the cord’s
linear mass density ?
a. Less than 1.14 g/m
b. 1.14 – 1.17
c. 1.17 – 1.20
d. 1.20 – 1.23
e. 1.23 – 1.26
f. 1.26 – 1.29
g. 1.29 – 1.32
h. More than 1.32 g/m

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