Ministry of High Education SPRING 2023 Final Exam

Madina Higher Institute for Course Name: Physics I

Engineering and Technology Course Code: EPHS 120
All Engineering Dept. Time Allowed: 2 Hours
Total Mark: 40 Marks Date: 4 / 6/ 2023
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Attempt all Questions: [40 Marks ] [ ILO’s 3.1,3.2.3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 3.7 }

Choose the Correct Answer showing your working

1. Two identical balls are at rest and side by side at the top of a hill. You let one ball, A, start rolling
down the hill. A little later you start the second ball, B, down the hill by giving it a shove. The second
ball rolls down the hill along a line parallel to the path of the first ball and passes it. At the instant ball
B passes ball A:
a. it has the same position and the same velocity as A.
b. it has the same position and the same acceleration as A.
c. it has the same velocity and the same acceleration as A.
d. it has the same displacement and the same acceleration as A. (2 marks)

2. The diagram below shows 3 vectors which sum to zero, all of equal length. Which statement below is
true?
a. A + B = A – C b. A + B = B – C
c. A – B = 2A – C d. A – B = 2A + C

(2 marks)
3. Which statement is true about the unit vectors i, j and k?
a. Their directions are defined by a left-handed coordinate system.
b. The angle between any two is 90 degrees.
c. Each has a length of 1 m.
d. If i is directed east and j is directed south, k points up out of the surface. (2 marks)

4. We know the signs of the components of two vectors, A and B, which have equal magnitudes. The
signs are: Ax negative; Ay positive; Bx negative; By negative. Which statement is always true?
a. A + B = 0. b. A – B = 0.
c. A – B is perpendicular to A + B.
d. B – A is perpendicular to A – B. (2 marks)

5. Two cars are traveling around identical circular racetracks. Car A travels at a constant speed of 20 m/s.
Car B starts at rest and speeds up with constant tangential acceleration until its speed is 40 m/s. When
car B has the same (tangential) velocity as car A, it is always true that:
a. it is passing car A.
b. it has the same linear (tangential) acceleration as car A.
c. it has the same centripetal acceleration as car A.
d. it has the same total acceleration as car A. (2 marks)

6. The vector r indicates the instantaneous displacement of a projectile from the origin. v is the
instantaneous velocity of the projectile and a its acceleration when at r. Which statement is correct?
a. v is always perpendicular to r.
b. a is always perpendicular to r.
c. a is always perpendicular to v.
d. a is always perpendicular to vx. (2 marks)

P.T.O.
7. A constant force is applied to a body that is already moving. The force is directed at an angle
of 60 degrees to the direction of the body's velocity. What is most likely to happen is that:
a. the body will stop moving.
b. the body will move in the direction of the force.
c. the body's velocity will increase in magnitude but not change direction.
d. the body will gradually change direction more and more toward that of the force while
speeding up. (2 marks)

8. Two bodies, A and B, collide as shown in Figures a and b below.

Which statement is true:
a. They exert equal and opposite forces on each other in (a) but not in (b).
b. They exert equal and opposite force on each other in (b) but not in (a).
c. They exert equal and opposite force on each other in both (a) and (b).
d. The forces are equal and opposite to each other in (a), but only the
components of the forces parallel to the velocities are equal in (b).
(2 marks)

9. You throw a ball up in the air and hold your hand under it to catch it when it comes down. The
reason why the ball stops is because
a. your hand is there: your hand exerts no force on the ball.
b. your hand exerts a force on the ball perpendicular to its velocity.
c. your hand exerts a force on the ball in the direction of its velocity.
d. your hand exerts a force on the ball in the direction opposite to its velocity. (2 marks)

10. In a contest, two tractors pull two identical blocks of stone the same distance over identical surfaces.
However, block A is moving twice as fast as block B when it crosses the finish line. Which statement
is correct?
a. Block A has twice as much kinetic energy as block B.
b. Block B has lost twice as much kinetic energy to friction as block A.
c. Block B has lost twice as much kinetic energy as block A.
d. Both blocks have had equal losses of energy to friction. (2 marks)
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11. The same constant force is used to accelerate two carts of the same mass on frictionless tracks. The
force is applied to cart A twice as long as it is applied to cart B. The work the force does on A is
WA; that on B is WB. Which statement is correct?
a. WA = WB. b. WA = 2 WB.
c. WA = 2 WB. d. WA = 4 WB. (2 marks)

12. A small lead sphere of mass m is hung from a spring of spring constant k. The gravitational
potential energy of the system equals zero at the equilibrium position of the spring before the weight
is attached. The total mechanical energy of the system when the mass is hanging at rest is:
1
a. –kx2. b. – 2 kx2.
1
c. 0. d. + 2 kx2. (2 marks)
13. A 5.0-kg object is pulled along a horizontal surface at a constant speed by a 15 N force acting 20
above the horizontal. How much work is done by this force as the object moves 6.0 m?
a. 78 J b. 82 J c. 85 J d. 74 J e. 43 J (5 marks)

P.T.O.
14. A 0.30-kg mass attached to the end of a string swings in a vertical
circle (R = 1.4 m), as shown. At an instant when ϴ = 30, the
speed of the mass is 6.0 m/s. What is the magnitude of the resultant
force on the mass at this instant?
a. 5.7 N b. 4.3 N
c. 11 N d. 8.2 N
(2 marks)

15. If A = 12i – 16j and B = –24i + 10j, what is the direction of the
vector C = 2A – B?
a. –49 b. –41 c. –90 d. +49 (5 marks)

16 If M = 6.0 kg, what is the tension in string 1 shown?

a 51 N b. 44 N
c. 34 N d. 29 N

(5 marks)

17. An automobile moving along a straight track changes its velocity from 40 m/s to 80 m/s in a
distance of 200 m. What is the (constant) acceleration of the vehicle during this time?
a. 8.0 m/s b. 9.6 m/s
c. 12 m/s d. 6.9 m/s (5 marks)

Good Luck.
Dr. Kamal Shoaib