Mechanics_Revision_P1 [41 marks]

1. [Maximum mark: 0]
A ball falls with terminal velocity through air. What is correct about the
kinetic energy and the total energy of the ball?

Kinetic energy Total energy

A. constant decreases
B. increases decreases
C. constant constant
D. increases constant

2. [Maximum mark: 1]
A ball attached to a string is made to rotate with constant speed along
a horizontal circle. The string is attached to the ceiling and makes an
angle of θ ° with the vertical. The tension in the string is T.

What is correct about the horizontal component and vertical

component of the net force on the ball?
 Horizontal component Vertical component

A. T cos θ T sin θ

B. T sin θ T cos θ

C. T cos θ 0

D. T sin θ 0
[1]

3. [Maximum mark: 1]
A block of mass 2.0 kg accelerates uniformly at a rate of 1.0 m s−2 when
a force of 4.0 N acts on it.
The force is doubled while resistive forces stay the same. What is the
block’s acceleration?

A. 4.0 m s−2

B. 3.0 m s−2

C. 2.0 m s−2

D. 1.0 m s−2 [1]

4. [Maximum mark: 1]
A tennis ball is dropped from rest from a height. It hits the ground and
bounces back to a lower height. Air resistance is negligible.

What is correct about the collision of the tennis ball with the ground?

A. Elastic because momentum of the system is conserved

B. Elastic because the kinetic energy of the system is conserved

 C. Inelastic because momentum of the system is not conserved

D. Inelastic because the kinetic energy of the system is not conserved

[1]

5. [Maximum mark: 1]
A stuntman rides a motorcycle on the inside surface of a cylinder.

Which is the correct free-body diagram showing all the forces acting
on the cyclist at that position?
 [1]

6. [Maximum mark: 1]
A toy car of mass 2 kg is at rest on a horizontal surface. A force of 30 N is
applied to the toy car at time t = 0. Frictional forces of 10 N act on the
toy car throughout its motion.

What is the speed of the toy car at t = 2 s?

A. 10 m s−1

B. 20 m s−1

C. 30 m s−1

D. 40 m s−1
 [1]

7. [Maximum mark: 1]
A variable force with a maximum Fmax is applied to an object over a
time interval T. The object has a mass m and is initially at rest.

What is the speed of the object at time T?

FmaxT
A. 2m

FmaxT
B. m

C. FmaxTm

D. 2FmaxTm [1]

8. [Maximum mark: 1]
The angle θ between a ramp and a horizontal surface slowly increases
from zero. An object on the ramp does not slide as θ increases.
 The frictional force on the object is

A. constant.

B. negligible. [1]

C. proportional to cos θ.

D. proportional to sin θ.

9. [Maximum mark: 1]
An object of mass M is accelerated vertically upwards by a motor at a
constant acceleration.
The object is initially at rest and reaches a vertical speed of 4.0 m s−1 in
2.0 s.

What is the average power output of the motor?

A. 8M
 B. 24M

C. 32M

D. 48M [1]

10. [Maximum mark: 1]

An object is released from rest at X and slides to Y. The vertical distance
between X and Y is 10 m. During the motion, 20 % of the object’s initial
gravitational potential energy is lost as friction.

What is the speed of the object at Y?

16
A.
√g

B. 2√ g

C. 4√ g

D. 8g [1]

11. [Maximum mark: 1]

A mass on the end of a string is rotating on a frictionless table in
circular motion of radius R1 and undergoes an angular displacement of
θ in time t.
 The string tension is kept constant, but the angular displacement of the
mass is increased to 2θ in time t. The radius of the motion changes to R2.

What is R2?

R1
A. 4

B. 2R1

C. 4R1
[1]
D. R1 × R1

12. [Maximum mark: 1]

A car engine has a useful power output of 20 kW and an efficiency of
50 %. The engine consumes 1 × 10−5 m3 of fuel every second. What is
the energy density of the fuel?

A. 2 MJ m−3

B. 4 MJ m−3

C. 2 GJ m−3

D. 4 GJ m−3
 [1]

13. [Maximum mark: 1]

A stone of mass m is projected vertically upwards with speed u from the
top of a cliff. The speed of the stone when it is just about to hit the
ground is v.

What is the magnitude of the change in momentum of the stone?

A.
v+u
m( )
2

B.
v−u
m( )
2

C. m(v + u)

D. m(v − u) [1]
14. [Maximum mark: 1]
A block of mass 2.0 kg is placed on a trolley of mass 5.0 kg, moving
horizontally. A force of 8.0 N is applied to the block which slides on the
surface of the trolley. The frictional force between the trolley and the
ground is zero.

The trolley accelerates at a rate of 1.0 m s−2. What is the coefficient of

dynamic friction between the block and the trolley?

A. 0.05

B. 0.15

C. 0.25

D. 0.35 [1]

15. [Maximum mark: 1]

A mass is suspended by a light string from the roof of a car. The car is
accelerating up an incline.

What is the free-body diagram for the mass?

 [1]

16. [Maximum mark: 1]

The angle θ between a ramp and a horizontal surface slowly increases
from zero. An object on the ramp does not slide as θ increases.

The frictional force on the object is

 A. constant.

B. negligible.

C. proportional to cos θ. [1]

D. proportional to sin θ.

17. [Maximum mark: 1]

A ball of mass 1.5 kg strikes a force sensor and bounces. The ball
experiences a change in velocity of 10 m s−1. The graph shows the
variation with time t of the force F recorded by the sensor.

What is ΔT?

A. 0.15 s

B. 0.30 s

C. 0.60 s

D. 3.0 s [1]
18. [Maximum mark: 1]
An engine is exerting a horizontal force F on an object that is moving
along a horizontal surface at a constant velocity v. The mass of the
object is m and the coefficient of dynamic friction between the object
and the surface is μ.

What is the power of the engine?

A. Fv

B. μF v

mgv
C. μ

D. μmgv [1]

19. [Maximum mark: 1]

A model rocket is launched from rest. The graph shows the variation
with time t of the net force F applied on the rocket. The average mass of
the rocket is 0.20 kg.

What is the maximum velocity reached by the rocket?

 A. 3.0 m s−1

B. 25 m s−1

C. 75 m s−1 [1]

D. 150 m s−1

20. [Maximum mark: 1]

Two masses m1 and m2 are connected by a string over a frictionless
pulley of negligible mass. The masses are released from rest. Air
resistance is negligible.

g m1
Mass m2 accelerates downwards at 2
. What is m2
?
A. 1

B. 1

C. 2

D. 3 [1]
21. [Maximum mark: 1]
Two trolleys of equal mass travel in opposite directions as shown.

The trolleys collide head-on and stick together.

What is their velocity after the collision?

A. 1 m s−1

B. 2 m s−1

C. 5 m s−1

D. 10 m s−1 [1]

22. [Maximum mark: 1]

A rocket has just been launched vertically from Earth. The image shows
the free-body diagram of the rocket. F1 represents a larger force than F2.

Which force pairs with F1 and which force pairs with F2, according to
Newton’s third law?
 [1]

23. [Maximum mark: 1]

Two bodies each of equal mass travelling in opposite directions collide
head-on.

What is a possible outcome of the collision?

[1]
24. [Maximum mark: 1]
A solid metal ball is dropped from a tower. The variation with time of
the velocity of the ball is plotted.

A hollow metal ball with the same size and shape is dropped from the
same tower. What graph will represent the variation with time of the
velocity for the hollow metal ball?
 [1]

25. [Maximum mark: 1]

A book of mass m lies on top of a table of mass M that rolls freely along
the ground. The coefficient of friction between the book and the table
is μ. A person is pushing the rolling table.

What is the maximum acceleration of the table so that the book does
not slide backwards relative to the table?

g
A. μ

B. μg
 mg
C. Mμ

[1]
D. m

M
μg

26. [Maximum mark: 1]

An elevator (lift) and its load accelerate vertically upwards.

Which statement is correct in this situation?

A. The net force on the load is zero.

B. The tension in the cable is equal but opposite to the combined

weight of the elevator and its load.

C. The normal reaction force on the load is equal but opposite to the
force on the elevator from the load.

D. The elevator and its load are in translational equilibrium. [1]

27. [Maximum mark: 1]

 X and Y are two objects on a frictionless table connected by a string.
The mass of X is 2 kg and the mass of Y is 4 kg. The mass of the string is
negligible. A constant horizontal force of 12 N acts on Y.

What are the acceleration of Y and the magnitude of the tension in the
string?

[1]

28. [Maximum mark: 1]

An object of mass 1.0 kg hangs at rest from a spring. The spring has a
negligible mass and the spring constant k is 20 N m−1
 What is the elastic potential energy stored in the spring?

A. 1.0 J

B. 2.5 J

C. 5.0 J

D. 10 J [1]

29. [Maximum mark: 1]

A ball rolls on the floor towards a wall and rebounds with the same
speed and at the same angle to the wall.

What is the direction of the impulse applied to the ball by the wall?

[1]
30. [Maximum mark: 1]
A block rests on a frictionless horizontal surface. An air rifle pellet is
fired horizontally into the block and remains embedded in the block.

What happens to the total kinetic energy and to the total momentum
of the block and pellet system as a result of the collision?

[1]

31. [Maximum mark: 1]

Two identical boxes are stored in a warehouse as shown in the
diagram. Two forces acting on the top box and two forces acting on the
bottom box are shown.
 [1]

Which is a force pair according to Newton’s third law?

A. 1 and 2

B. 3 and 4

C. 2 and 3

D. 2 and 4

32. [Maximum mark: 1]

The graph shows the variation with time of the resultant net force
acting on an object. The object has a mass of 1kg and is initially at rest.
 What is the velocity of the object at a time of 200 ms?

A. 8 m s–1

B. 16 m s–1

C. 8 km s–1
[1]
D. 16 km s–1

33. [Maximum mark: 1]

A waiter carrying a tray is accelerating to the right as shown in the
image.

What is the free-body diagram of the forces acting on the tray?

 [1]

34. [Maximum mark: 1]

The mass at the end of a pendulum is made to move in a horizontal
circle of radius r at constant speed. The magnitude of the net force on
the mass is F.
 What is the direction of F and the work done by F during half a
revolution?

[1]

35. [Maximum mark: 1]

A compressed spring is used to launch an object along a horizontal
frictionless surface. When the spring is compressed through a distance
x and released, the object leaves the spring at speed v. What is the

distance through which the spring must be compressed for the object
to leave the spring at 2v ?

A. x

4
 B. x

C. x

√2

[1]
D. x√ 2

36. [Maximum mark: 1]

A ball of mass m collides with a wall and bounces back in a straight line.
The ball loses 75 % of the initial energy during the collision. The speed
before the collision is v.

What is the magnitude of the impulse on the ball by the wall?

√3
A. (1 −
2
)mv

B. 1

2
mv

5
C. 4
mv

D.
3

2
mv [1]
37. [Maximum mark: 1]
An object falls from rest from a height h close to the surface of the
Moon. The Moon has no atmosphere.

When the object has fallen to height above the surface, what is
h

h
kinetic energy of the object at
4

gravitational potential energy of the object at h

?

3
A. 4

4
B. 3

9
C. 16

16
D. 9
[1]

38. [Maximum mark: 1]

Child X throws a ball to child Y. The system consists of the ball, the
children and the Earth. What is true for the system when the ball has
been caught by Y?
 A. The momentum of child Y is equal and opposite to the momentum
of child X.

B. The speed of rotation of the Earth will have changed.

C. The ball has no net momentum while it is in the air. [1]

D. The total momentum of the system has not changed.

39. [Maximum mark: 1]

The graph shows the variation with time t of the force F acting on an
object of mass 15 000 kg.

The object is at rest at t = 0.

What is the speed of the object when t = 30 s?

A. 0.18 m s–1

B. 6 m s–1

C. 12 m s–1

D. 180 m s–1 [1]

40. [Maximum mark: 1]
A ball of mass m is thrown with an initial speed of u at an angle θ to the
horizontal as shown. Q is the highest point of the motion. Air resistance
is negligible.

What is the momentum of the ball at Q?

A. zero

B. mu cosθ

C. mu

D. mu sinθ [1]

41. [Maximum mark: 1]

A weight W is tied to a trolley of mass M by a light string passing over a
frictionless pulley. The trolley has an acceleration a on a frictionless
table. The acceleration due to gravity is g.
 What is W ?

M ag
A. (g−a)

M ag
B. (g+a)

Ma
C. (g−a)

D.
Ma
[1]
(g+a)

42. [Maximum mark: 1]

A ball of mass m collides with a vertical wall with an initial horizontal
speed u and rebounds with a horizontal speed v. The graph shows the
variation of the speed of the ball with time.

What is the magnitude of the mean net force on the ball during the
collision?

m(u−v)
A. (t2+t1)

m(u−v)
B. (t2−t1)

m(u+v)
C. (t2+t1)
D.
m(u+v)
[1]
(t2−t1)

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