FINAL EXAMINATION

SEMESTER II, SESSION 2021/2022

COURSE CODE : FSPP 0014

COURSE : PHYSICS I

PROGRAMME : FOUNDATION UTM

DURATION : 2 HOURS

DATE : 29 NOVEMBER 2021

INSTRUCTION TO CANDIDATES:
1. ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS.

WARNING!
Students caught copying/cheating during the examination will be liable for
disciplinary actions and SPACE may recommend the student to be expelled from the
study.

This examination question consists of (7) printed pages only including this page.
PART A
 Centrifugal force Centripetal force
-Tendency of an object following -The force that keeps an object
SESSION 20212022_2 a curved path to fly away from FSPP0014
moving with a uniform speed
the center of curvature along a circular path
-Along the radius of the circle, -Along the radius of the circle,
from the center towards the from the object towards the
QUESTION 1 [20 Marks] object center
-ex:Mud flying off a tire -Satellite orbiting a plane
a) Describe the difference between centripetal force and centrifugal force. Add an
example for a better understanding.
[4 marks]

b) i. Examine the speed of the ball at the bottom and top of track to make sure the
string does not go loose if a 4 kg ball tightened with string is circulated in a
vertical position of a 1.3 m radius. Assume the tension of the string at the lowest
point of the track is 45 N.
1.37 m/s,3.57 m/s [4 marks]

ii. Investigate which one will have the smaller acceleration if there are two satellites
with a distance r from each other in a space. Assume one of the satellites has a
mass of m and the other has a mass of 3m.
As you can see, the acceleration for m1 is triple the acceleration [4 marks]
for m2. Therefore, the mass 3m will have the smaller
acceleration
c) i. Figure 1 shows a 2 kg load hanging on a pulley system. The pulley is a solid
cylinder of radius 4 cm and the mass of 6 kg. Compute the angular acceleration
1
of the pulley. Given moment of inertia for solid cylinder, I  MR 2 .
2
98 rad/s^2

Figure 1
[4 marks]

ii. A circular disc of 0.3 kg and 0.1 m weight and radius respectively, rotates about a
vertical axis through its centre with an angular speed of 4.8 rads-1. The moment
of inertia of the disc about its axis is 1.5  10 3 kgm 2 . A small bug of mass 0.02
kg drops onto the disc and sticks to the edge of it. Compute the angular speed of
the disc immediately after the bug sticks on it.
4.24 rad/s [4 marks]

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QUESTION 2 [20 Marks]

a) State two conditions for equilibrium.

The sum of forces add up must be zero, = 0 [2 marks]
There be no torque around any axis, = 0

b) i. Two cords support a chandelier as shown in Figure 2. Cord A makes an angle of

600 with the ceiling. Determine FA and FB that the mass of the chandelier is 220
kg. Fa= 2492N, Fb=1246 N

Figure 2

[4 marks]

ii. A concrete column of cross-sectional area 1.5 m2 supports a mass of 30000 kg.
Determine the stress and strain within the column. The Young modulus for
concrete is 20 x 109 Nm-2. 196200 N/m,9.81 x 10^-6
[4 marks]

c) i. Three children, each of weight of 358 N, make a log raft by lashing together logs
of diameter 0.30 m and length 1.80 m. Draw free body diagram and calculate
how many logs will be needed to keep them afloat in freshwater. Take the density
of the logs to be 800 kgm3. 4
[6 marks]

ii. A cylinder tank with height 20 cm and radius 5.0 cm is opened at the top. A
round hole 1.0 cm2 area is drilled in the bottom of the tank. Later, water is added
from the top of the tank at a volume flow rate of 140 cm2 s1. By using
Bernoulli’s equation, calculate the high of the water will rise in the tank.
[4 marks]
10 cm

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QUESTION 3 [20 Marks]

a) i. How could you double the maximum speed of a simple harmonic oscillator
(SHO)? The maximum speed can be doubled by doubling
The Doppler
effect occurs the amplitude, A [2 marks]
when a source of
sound is moving ii. When an ambulance passes with its siren blaring, you hear the pitch of the siren
with
respect to an change: as it approaches, the siren’s pitch sounds higher than when it is moving
observer. away from you. Explain briefly the concept that is involved in this situation.
A source moving [2 marks]
toward an
observer will have
shorter b) The displacement x of a particle in simple harmonic motion varies with time t
wavelength and according to the equation x  10 sin 2t where x is in mm and t in s.
higher frequency,
a source moving i. Sketch the graph of 𝑥 against 𝑡.
away from ii. Determine the period of the simple harmonic motion. 3.14 s
an observer will
have longer iii. Determine the time taken for the particle to travel from 𝑥 = 0 to 𝑥 = 5 mm. 0.262 s
wavelength and
lower frequency [6 marks]

c) A progressive wave describe by the equation

𝑥
𝑦 = 10 𝑠𝑖𝑛 2𝜋 [𝑡 − ( )]
120
where 𝑥 and 𝑦 are in centimetres and t in seconds. Find:
i. The amplitude, A. 10 cm
ii. The displacement when 𝑡 = 0 and 𝑥 = 3 cm. -1.564 cm
iii. The wavelength, 𝜆. 120 cm
iv. The frequency, f. 1 Hz
[5 marks]

d) The frequency of an ambulance siren is 700 Hz. Determine the frequencies heard by a
stationary pedestrian as the ambulance:
(Assume that Vsound = 343 ms⁻¹)
i. Approaches her at a speed of 90 kmh-1. 755 Hz
ii. Passes her at a speed of 90 kmh-1. 652.4 Hz
[5 marks]

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APPENDIXES
List of constants
𝑔 = 9.80 ms −1 𝑅 = 8.314 Jmol−1 K −1 𝑁𝐴 = 6.022 × 1023 mol−1

𝐺 = 6.67 × 10−11 N m2 kg −2 k =1.38 × 10−23 JK−1

List of formulas

𝑚1 𝑚2 𝑀 𝑣2
𝐹𝐺 = 𝐺 𝑔=𝐺 𝑎𝑐 =
𝑟2 𝑟2 𝑟
𝑣 = 𝑟𝜔 𝜔 = 2𝜋𝑓 𝑎 = 𝑟𝛼

𝑠 = 𝑟𝜃 𝜔 = 𝜔𝑜 + 𝛼𝑡 1
𝜃 = 𝜔𝑜 𝑡 + 𝛼𝑡 2
2
𝜔2 = 𝜔02 + 2𝛼𝜃 𝜏 = 𝐹𝑟𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃 𝐼 = 𝑚𝑟 2

𝜏 = 𝐼𝛼 𝐿 = 𝐼𝜔 𝜎
𝐸=
𝜀
𝐹 ∆𝐿 𝑚
𝜎= 𝜀= 𝜌=
𝐴 𝐿0 𝑉
𝐹 𝑃 = 𝜌𝑔ℎ 𝑃𝑎𝑏𝑠 = 𝑃𝑎𝑡𝑚 + 𝜌𝑔ℎ
𝑃=
𝐴
𝐹𝐵 = 𝜌𝑔𝑉 𝐹𝐵 = 𝑊𝑎𝑖𝑟 − 𝑊𝑎𝑝𝑝 𝑣𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑚𝑒 𝑓𝑙𝑜𝑤 𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑒 = 𝐴𝑣

𝐴1 𝑣1 = 𝐴2 𝑣2 𝑚𝑎𝑠𝑠 𝑓𝑙𝑜𝑤 𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑒 = 𝜌𝐴𝑣 1

𝑃1 + 𝜌𝑔ℎ + 𝜌𝑣12 = 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑡
2
𝐹 = 𝑘𝑥 𝑔
𝑘 𝜔𝑝𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑢𝑙𝑢𝑚 = √
𝜔𝑠𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 = √ 𝑙
𝑚

𝑚 𝑣𝑚𝑎𝑥 = 𝐴𝜔 𝑎𝑚𝑎𝑥 = 𝐴𝜔2

𝑇 = 2𝜋√
𝑘
𝑣 = 𝜔√𝐴2 − 𝑥 2 2𝜋 1
𝑘= 𝐸𝑇 = 𝑘𝐴2
𝜆 2

𝑇 𝐸 𝐵
𝑣=√ 𝑣=√ 𝑣=√
𝜇 𝜌 𝜌

𝐼2 𝑟12 𝑣 𝑛𝜆
= 𝑓𝑛 = 𝑛 𝑙=
𝐼1 𝑟22 2𝑙 2
𝑣 ± 𝑣0 ∆𝐿 = 𝛼𝐿0 (∆𝑇) ∆𝑉 = 𝛽𝑉0 (∆𝑇)
𝑓0 = 𝑓𝑠 ( )
𝑣 ∓ 𝑣𝑠
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𝑃𝑉 𝑃𝑉 = 𝑛𝑅𝑇 𝑃𝑉 = 𝑁𝑘𝑇
𝑇
𝑚𝑎𝑠𝑠 𝑄 = 𝑚𝑐∆𝑇
𝑛= 3𝑘𝑇
𝑚𝑜𝑙𝑒𝑐𝑢𝑙𝑎𝑟 𝑚𝑎𝑠𝑠 𝑣𝑟𝑚𝑠 =√
𝑚

𝑄 = 𝑚𝐿 𝐸𝑖𝑛𝑡 = 𝑄 − 𝑊 𝑊 = 𝑃∆𝑉

𝑉2 𝑊 𝑇𝐿
𝑊 = 𝑛𝑅𝑇𝑙𝑛 𝑒= 𝑒𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑎𝑙 = 1 −
𝑉1 𝑄𝐻 𝑇𝐻
𝑄𝐿 ∆𝑄
𝐶𝑂𝑃 = 𝑆=
𝑊 𝑇

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 FINAL EXAMINATION
SEMESTER II, SESSION 2021/2022

COURSE CODE : FSPP 0014

COURSE : PHYSICS I

PROGRAMME : FOUNDATION UTM

DURATION : 1 HOURS

DATE : 29 NOVEMBER 2021

INSTRUCTION TO CANDIDATES:
1. ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS.

WARNING!
Students caught copying/cheating during the examination will be liable for
disciplinary actions and SPACE may recommend the student to be expelled from the
study.

This examination question consists of (6) printed pages only including this page.
PART B
SESSION 20212022_2 FSPP0014

QUESTION 4 [20 Marks]

a) i. State the difference between Boyle’s law and Charles’s law.

[2 marks]
ii. Explain this statement briefly.
“Dry ice not last long at room temperature”
[2 marks]

b) i. U.S. Steel Tower built of wrought steel approximately 26600 cm tall. If the
estimation of height changes between February (average temperature of 7 ºC)
and August (average temperature of 28 ºC) is 7 cm, calculate the value of the
coefficient of linear expansion of steel, α of this tower. Ignore the angles of the
iron beams and treat the tower as a vertical beam.
[3 marks]

ii. If the atmospheric pressure of the manometer is 35.2 m, calculate the depth of
the pool, h, if the volume of an air bubble at the bottom of the pool of the depth,
h is 3/7 of its volume at the surface.
[3 marks]

c) A 50 liter gas container is filled with 650 g of helium at 29 ºC. The molar mass of
helium is 32 gmol-1. Given R = 8.314 Jmol-1K-1. Calculate:
i. The pressure of the helium gas.
ii. The amount of remaining gas in the container in units of g, if the pressure of gas
drops to 1800 kPa.
[ 6 marks]

d) The temperature of gas at point A is 45 ºC. If the root mean square (rms) speed of the
gas molecules is reduced by 10%. Calculate the temperature of gas in Celsius (ºC) at
point B after 5 minutes.
[4 marks]

QUESTION 5 [20 Marks]

a) i. When a hot object warms a cooler object, does temperature flow between them?
Are the temperature changes of the two objects equal? Explain.
[2 marks]
ii. Explain why air-temperature readings are always taken with the thermometer in
the shade, not in direct sunlight.
[2 marks]

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b) A 0.20 kg glass container contains 300 cm3 of water, both at temperature of 20 ºC.
An unknown mass of lead at 120 ºC added to the water in the container. Determine
the mass of lead needed for the system to be in thermal equilibrium with the final
temperature at 40 ºC.
(Given: Specific heat capacity of water = 4186 Jkg-1 ºC-1, Specific heat capacity of
lead = 129.77 Jkg-1 ºC-1. Specific heat capacity of glass = 837.20 Jkg-1 ºC-1, density of
water = 1000 kgm-3).
[5 marks]

c) Figure 3 shows a Pressure -Volume graph for a series of thermodynamic processes,

STU. During the process ST and process TU, 150 J of heat and 700 J of heat added
respectively. Calculate:
i. The work done in process TU.
ii. The change in internal energy in process STU.
[5 marks]

Figure 3

d) Carnot engine A has an efficiency of 0.65 and Carnot engine B has an efficiency of
0.80. Both engines utilise the same hot reservoir, which has a temperature of 650 K
and delivers 1500 J of heat to each engine. Calculate:
i. The work produced by each engine.
ii. The heat release by each engine.
iii. The temperature of the cold reservoir by each engine.
[6 marks]

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APPENDIXES
List of constants
𝑔 = 9.80 ms −1 𝑅 = 8.314 Jmol−1 K −1 𝑁𝐴 = 6.022 × 1023 mol−1

𝐺 = 6.67 × 10−11 N m2 kg −2 k =1.38 × 10−23 JK−1

List of formulas

𝑚1 𝑚2 𝑀 𝑣2
𝐹𝐺 = 𝐺 𝑔=𝐺 𝑎𝑐 =
𝑟2 𝑟2 𝑟
𝑣 = 𝑟𝜔 𝜔 = 2𝜋𝑓 𝑎 = 𝑟𝛼

𝑠 = 𝑟𝜃 𝜔 = 𝜔𝑜 + 𝛼𝑡 1
𝜃 = 𝜔𝑜 𝑡 + 𝛼𝑡 2
2
𝜔2 = 𝜔02 + 2𝛼𝜃 𝜏 = 𝐹𝑟𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃 𝐼 = 𝑚𝑟 2

𝜏 = 𝐼𝛼 𝐿 = 𝐼𝜔 𝜎
𝐸=
𝜀
𝐹 ∆𝐿 𝑚
𝜎= 𝜀= 𝜌=
𝐴 𝐿0 𝑉
𝐹 𝑃 = 𝜌𝑔ℎ 𝑃𝑎𝑏𝑠 = 𝑃𝑎𝑡𝑚 + 𝜌𝑔ℎ
𝑃=
𝐴
𝐹𝐵 = 𝜌𝑔𝑉 𝐹𝐵 = 𝑊𝑎𝑖𝑟 − 𝑊𝑎𝑝𝑝 𝑣𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑚𝑒 𝑓𝑙𝑜𝑤 𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑒 = 𝐴𝑣

𝐴1 𝑣1 = 𝐴2 𝑣2 𝑚𝑎𝑠𝑠 𝑓𝑙𝑜𝑤 𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑒 = 𝜌𝐴𝑣 1

𝑃1 + 𝜌𝑔ℎ + 𝜌𝑣12 = 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑡
2
𝐹 = 𝑘𝑥 𝑔
𝑘 𝜔𝑝𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑢𝑙𝑢𝑚 = √
𝜔𝑠𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 = √ 𝑙
𝑚

𝑚 𝑣𝑚𝑎𝑥 = 𝐴𝜔 𝑎𝑚𝑎𝑥 = 𝐴𝜔2

𝑇 = 2𝜋√
𝑘
𝑣 = 𝜔√𝐴2 − 𝑥 2 2𝜋 1
𝑘= 𝐸𝑇 = 𝑘𝐴2
𝜆 2

𝑇 𝐸 𝐵
𝑣=√ 𝑣=√ 𝑣=√
𝜇 𝜌 𝜌

𝐼2 𝑟12 𝑣 𝑛𝜆
= 𝑓𝑛 = 𝑛 𝑙=
𝐼1 𝑟22 2𝑙 2
𝑣 ± 𝑣0 ∆𝐿 = 𝛼𝐿0 (∆𝑇) ∆𝑉 = 𝛽𝑉0 (∆𝑇)
𝑓0 = 𝑓𝑠 ( )
𝑣 ∓ 𝑣𝑠

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𝑃𝑉 𝑃𝑉 = 𝑛𝑅𝑇 𝑃𝑉 = 𝑁𝑘𝑇
𝑇
𝑚𝑎𝑠𝑠 𝑄 = 𝑚𝑐∆𝑇
𝑛= 3𝑘𝑇
𝑚𝑜𝑙𝑒𝑐𝑢𝑙𝑎𝑟 𝑚𝑎𝑠𝑠 𝑣𝑟𝑚𝑠 =√
𝑚

𝑄 = 𝑚𝐿 𝐸𝑖𝑛𝑡 = 𝑄 − 𝑊 𝑊 = 𝑃∆𝑉

𝑉2 𝑊 𝑇𝐿
𝑊 = 𝑛𝑅𝑇𝑙𝑛 𝑒= 𝑒𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑎𝑙 = 1 −
𝑉1 𝑄𝐻 𝑇𝐻
𝑄𝐿 ∆𝑄
𝐶𝑂𝑃 = 𝑆=
𝑊 𝑇