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MATHEMATICS, SCIENCE & COMPUTER DEPARTMENT

Politeknik Sultan Abdul Halim Muadzam Shah,
06000 Bandar Darulaman, Jitra, Kedah Darulaman.

DBS 1012 ENGINEERING SCIENCE

Test
Duration : 60 minutes
Instruction : Answer the entire question.
QUESTION 1
a) Define and give its unit.
i)
Force

ii)

Moment of force

10 marks

b) Find resultant force for the system below.

60 N
15 N

600

7 marks

20 N

c) By referring to the diagram below, the system is said to be in equilibrium. Find center
of gravity.
45 N

20 N

15 N

40 N

300

4m

4m

2m

5 marks

d) A car of weight 900 N is on a bridge of weight 2000 N. Calculate the reaction force of
A and B.

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Length of the bridge is 100 meter and the system is said to be in balance.
25 m

25 m

50 m

900 N

2000 N

B
7 marks

QUESTION 2

a) Define potential energy and kinetic energy and give one example of each
6 marks

b) A man building a wall lifts 75 bricks through a vertical distance of 3.5m. If each brick
weighs 5kg, how much work does the man do against gravity?
4 marks

c) A science book is dropped 4.5 meters. Using conservation of energy principle,

calculate the speed does the book have just before it hits the ground?
4 marks

d) An electric motor is used to lift a mass of 120 kg. The power of the motor is 1200 W. If
the motor is 50% efficiency, calculate the time taken to lift the mass through a height
of 4.0 m.
7 marks

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