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Prelim Lab Exam

Started on Wednesday, 2 March 2022, 7:05 PM

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4.4 Further Applications of Newton's Laws

A 10-kg mass and a 6.0-kg mass are connected by a light string over a massless, frictionless pulley. If g = 9.8 m/s2, what is the
acceleration of the system when released?

Select one:
a. 7.8 m/s2

b. 6.5 m/s2

c. 2.5 m/s2 Correct

d. 9.8 m/s2

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Three identical 6.0-kg cubes are placed on a horizontal frictionless surface in contact with one another. The cubes are lined up from
left to right and a force is applied to the left side of the left cube causing all three cubes to accelerate to the right at 4.0 m/s2. What is
the magnitude of the force exerted on the right cube by the middle cube in this case?

Select one:
a. 48 N Incorrect

b. 72 N

c. ​96 N

d. ​none of the above

e. 24 N
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Which of the following expresses a principle, which was initially stated by Galileo and was later incorporated into Newton's laws of
motion?

Select one:
a. The natural condition for a moving object is to come to rest.

b. The natural condition for a moving object is to remain in motion. Correct

c. An object's acceleration is inversely proportional to its mass.

d. For every action there is an equal but opposite reaction.

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Three identical 5.0-kg cubes are placed on a horizontal frictionless surface in contact with one another. The cubes are lined up from
left to right and a 25-N force is applied to the left side of the left cube causing all three cubes to accelerate to the right. If the cubes
are each subject to a frictional force of 5.0 N, what is the magnitude of the force exerted on the right cube by the middle cube in this
case?

Select one:
a. 5.0 N

b. 10 N Correct

c. 25 N

d. 15 N

e. ​none of the choices

Question 5

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4.2 Projectile Motion

A ball is launched from ground level at 30 m/s at an angle of 25° above the horizontal. How far does it go before it is at ground level
again?

Select one:
a. 70 m Correct

b. 43 m

c. 14 m

d. 86 m
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Which one of the choices below represents the preferred practice regarding significant figures when adding the following: ?

Select one:
a. ​85.29

b. ​85.3

c. ​85 Correct

d. ​85.2940

e. ​85.294

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The distance to the Andromeda Galaxy is estimated at about 2 × 106 light years. A light year is the distance traveled by light in one
year; if the speed of light is 3 × 108 m/s, about how far is it from our galaxy to Andromeda? (1 year = 3.15 × 107 s)

Select one:
a. 10 × 1015 m

b. 6 × 1012 m

c. 2 × 1022 m Correct

d. 1 × 1018 m

Question 8

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The prefixes which are abbreviated f, d, and T represent which of the following?

Select one:
a. 1​0-30, 10-1, and 10-2

b. 10-15, 102, and 1024

c. 10-30, 10-2, and 1024

d. 10-15, 10-1, and 1012 Correct

e. 10-13, 102, and 1024

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A baseball is moving in the air along the customary parabola. Ignoring air drag, where is the force on the baseball zero?

Select one:
a. nowhere Correct

b. just when it has started upward

c. where it is about to impact

d. at the top of the parabola

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4.6 Projectile Motion Revisited: The Effect of Air Drag

A sphere is dropped from a great height and when its speed reaches 20 m/s, its acceleration downward is 8.4 m/s2. If the drag force
is proportional to the square of the speed, what will be its acceleration downward when its speed reached 40 m/s?

Select one:
a. 4.2 m/s2 Correct

b. 8.0 m/s2

c. 0 m/s2 because it has now reached terminal velocity.

d. 2.6 m/s2

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4.4 Further Applications of Newton's Laws

A 250-kg crate is placed on an adjustable inclined plane. If the crate slides down the incline with an acceleration of 0.25 m/s2 when
the incline angle is 25°, then what should the incline angle be for the crate to slide down the plane at constant speed? Note: g = 9.8
m/s2.

Select one:
a. 29°

b. 24° Correct

c. 21°

d. 12°
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1.4 Physical Quantities and Units of Measure

The current standard definition for the second has been based on which of the following?

Select one:
a. characteristic frequency of the light from cesium atoms Correct

b. average solar day

c. Greenwich Civil Time

d. sidereal day

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3.3 Adding Friction to the Mix

A hockey puck moving at 8.0 m/s coasts to a halt in 75 m on a smooth ice surface. What is the coefficient of friction between the ice
and the puck?

Select one:
a. µ = 0.12

b. µ = 0.044 Correct

c. µ = 0.025

d. µ = 0.033

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As I pull a rope connected to a box at constant speed up a frictionless slope, pulling parallel to the slope, the tension in the rope will
be:

Select one:
a. equal to the weight of the box.

b. greater than the weight of the box.

c. less than the weight of the box. Correct

d. greater than the tension would be if the box were stationary.

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4.1 Statics

A trapeze artist, with swing, weighs 700 N; he is momentarily held to one side by his partner so that the swing ropes make an angle
of 30.0° with the vertical. In such a condition of static equilibrium, what is the horizontal force being applied by the partner?

Select one:
a. 808 N Incorrect

b. 233 N

c. 404 N

d. 924 N

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Find the resultant of the following two vectors: i) 60 units due east and ii) 100 units 45° north of west.

Select one:
a. 72 units 79° north of west Correct

b. 149 units 11° north of west

c. 100 units 45° north of west

d. ​72 units 101° north of west

e. 72 units 36° north of west

Question 17

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A cereal box has the dimensions of 0.18 m × 0.24 m × 0.080 m. If there are 3.28 feet per meter, then what is the volume of the box in
cubic feet?

Select one:
a. 0.12 cubic feet Correct

b. 0.04 cubic feet

c. 0.42 cubic feet

d. ​0.021 cubic feet

e. 0.0113 cubic feet

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Modern electroplaters can cover a surface area of 60.0 m2 with one troy ounce of gold (volume = 1.611 cm3). What is the thickness of
the electroplated gold?

Select one:
a. ​None of the above

b. 1.35 × 10−9 m

c. 2.69 × 10−8 m Correct

d. 5.38 × 10−7 m

e. 1.79 × 10−6 m

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4.1 Statics

A 200-N crate rests on a ramp; the maximum angle just before it slips is 21° with the horizontal. What is the coefficient of static
friction between crate and ramp surfaces?

Select one:
a. 0.47

b. 0.38 Correct

c. 0.11

d. 0.21

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Doug hits a hockey puck, giving it an initial velocity of 8.0 m/s. If the coefficient of kinetic friction between ice and puck is 0.150,
how far will the puck slide before stopping?

Select one:
a. 22 m Correct

b. 27 m

c. 32 m

d. ​37 m

e. 27 m
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4.2 Projectile Motion

Wiley Coyote has missed the elusive Road Runner once again. This time, he leaves the edge of the cliff at 40.0 m/s horizontal
velocity. If the canyon is 100 m deep, how far from his starting point on the edge of the cliff does the coyote land?

Select one:
a. 339 m

b. 207 m Correct

c. 400 m

d. 247 m

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2.2 What is Motion?

In which of the following cases is the displacement's magnitude half the distance traveled?

Select one:
a. 10 steps east followed by 3 steps west

b. 15 steps east followed by 5 steps west Correct

c. 22 steps east followed by 11 steps west

d. 5 steps east followed by 10 steps west

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3.6 Reasoning and Relationships: Finding the Missing Piece

Assume everyone in the United States consumes one soft drink in an aluminum can every two days. If there are 300 million
Americans, how many tons of aluminum need to be recycled each year if each can weighs 1/16 pound, and one ton = 2000 pounds?

Select one:
a. 3 million tons

b. 750,000 tons

c. 1.5 million tons

d. 1.7 million tons Correct

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Find the tension in an elevator cable if the 1,500-kg elevator is descending with an acceleration of  2.8 m/s2, downward.

Select one:
a. ​27.44 N

b. 18,900 N

c. 10,500 N Correct

d. ​214.29 N

e. 4,200 N

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In the terminology a 500-N block, the 500-N refers to the block's:

Select one:
a. None of the above.

b. weight. Correct

c. mass.

d. force.

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4.2 Projectile Motion

A stone is thrown with an initial speed of 15 m/s at an angle of 53° above the horizontal from the top of a 40-m building. If g = 9.8
m/s2 and air resistance is negligible, then what is the magnitude of the vertical velocity component of the rock as it hits the ground?

Select one:
a. 26 m/s

b. 30 m/s Correct

c. 29 m/s

d. 24 m/s
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4.2 Projectile Motion

A ball is rolled horizontally off a table with an initial speed of 0.18 m/s. A stopwatch measures the ball's trajectory time from table to
the floor to be 0.30 s. What is the height of the table? Note: g = 9.8 m/s2 and air resistance is negligible.

Select one:
a. 0.44 m Correct

b. 0.11 m

c. 0.33 m

d. 0.22 m

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Five boxes, each having weight 250 N, are stacked up. The bottom box is the fifth from the top. What is the magnitude of the normal
force upward exerted by the fourth box from the top on the third box from the top?

Select one:
a. 750 N Correct

b. ​1,250 N

c. 500 N

d. 1,000 N

e. 250 N
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3.1 Motion of a Spacecraft in Interstellar Space

A karate master strikes a board with an initial velocity of 10.0 m/s, decreasing to 2.0 m/s as his hand passes through the board. If the
time of contact with the board is 0.0020 s, and the mass of the coordinated hand and arm is 1.0 kg, what is the force exerted on the
board?

Select one:
a. 6000 N

b. 1000 N

c. 4500 N

d. 4000 N Correct

Question 30

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4.3 A First Look at Reference Frames and Relative Velocity

A plane is moving due north, directly towards its destination. Its airspeed is 200 mph. A constant breeze is blowing from west to
east at 60 mph. At what rate is the plane moving north?

Select one:
a. 196 mph Correct

b. 198 mph

c. 180 mph

d. 191 mph

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