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Physics 71
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Third Long Exam
First Semester, AY 20142015

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Instructions: Choose the letter of the best answer to each of the following questions. To
change your answer, cross (X) out the shaded letter and supply your new answer with your
signature beside the item. Any form of cheating in examinations or any act of dishonesty in
relation to studies, such as plagiarism, shall be subject to disciplinary action.
1. Square and square. The following uniform squares are pivoted about their center of mass.
Which of them is in static equilibrium?

2. Modulus operandi. A 200- kg load is hung on a wire of length 4.00 m, cross-sectional

area 0.200 104 m2 , and Youngs modulus 8.00 1010 N/m2 . What is its increase in
length?
A. 5.00 104 m
B. 1.23 103 m
C. 4.91 103 m
D. 3.07 104 m
3. Atlas the Kargador. Atlas supports a 10.- kg beam at one end to put it in static equilibrium
when inclined 30. from the horizontal. Let the contact point of the crate and the floor be
the axis of rotation. If the magnitude of the torque due to Atlas is 85 N m, what is the
length of the beam?
A. 0.50 m
B. 0.87 m
C. 1.0 m
D. 2.0 m

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4. Tis the season for shearing. A shear force of 2300 N is

applied on a cube of side length 0.50 m, causing it to deform
through an angle of 9.5 . What is the shear modulus of the
material?
A. 1.5 kPa
B. 9.2 kPa
C. 11 kPa
D. 55 kPa
5. Fluffy. You want to display a fluffy 100.- N unicorn stuffed
toy by hanging it in two thin wires 1.00 m apart. How far
from the left wire is the center of gravity of the unicorn if the
tension in this end is 60.0 N?
A. 0.200 m
B. 0.300 m
C. 0.400 m
D. 0.600 m
6. Atraksyon. Two uniform spheres with mass M and radius R touch each other. What is the
magnitude of their gravitational force of attraction?
GM 2
A.
R2

GM 2
B.
2R2

GM 2
C.
4R2

GM 2
D.
8R2

7. Net. Four point particles, each with mass M , are located in the corners of a square with
side length L. What is the magnitude of the net gravitational force experienced by a point
particle placed at the center of the square?
A. zero

16GM 2
B.
L2

4GM 2
C.
L2

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8GM 2
D.
L2

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8. Satellites. Consider two of the Earths satellite, A and B, with orbital periods TA =
8.21 days and TB =1.58 days, respectively. What is the ratio of their orbital radii (rA /rB )?
A. 27:1

B. 5:1

C. 3:1

D. 4:1

9. European Union Satellite! What is the total mechanical energy of a 1.00 103 kg satellite
that is instantaneously stationary at a height of 3.00 105 m above Earths surface? (The
Earths radius is 6.37 106 m.)
A. 2.98 1010 J
B. 4.42 1010 J
C. 5.96 1010 J
D. 6.24 1010 J
10. The other 2nd law. Which of the following is an implication of Keplers second law?
A. the gravitational force follows the inverse square law
B. the gravitational potential energy of the planet-sun system is conserved
C. the linear momentum of the planet is conserved
D. the angular momentum of the planet is conserved
11. Dy-Namek. A satellite observer moves around Planet Namek in a circular orbit with a
radius of 3.12 106 m. If Nameks mass is half of the Earths, what is the orbital speed of
the satellite? (The Earths mass is 5.97 1024 kg.)
A. 7.00 103 m/s
B. 8.00 103 m/s
C. 9.00 103 m/s
D. 1.00 104 m/s
12. Appeal yon! A newly found asteroid moves around the sun in an elliptical orbit. At the
perihelion, the asteroid is 3.10 108 km from the sun. The semi-major axis of the orbit is
1.05 109 km. How far from the sun is the asteroid when it is at the aphelion?
A. 1.79 109 km
B. 7.40 108 km
C. 2.10 1012 km
D. 1.05 1012 km

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13. Spheres. The two spheres shown in the figure with masses mA = 2.00 kg and mB =
0.500 kg, have their centers on a common line, with d = 4.00 m. You move sphere B along
the line until its center-to-center separation from A is 2d. How much work is done on
sphere B by the net gravitational force on B due to sphere A?
A. 8.34 1012 J
B. 8.34 1012 J
C. 1.67 1011 J
D. 1.67 1011 J
14. No air. An airtight rigid container having a lid with negligible mass and an area of 8.8
103 m2 is partially evacuated. If the pressure inside the container is 4.5 104 Pa, what is
the minimum force needed to open the lid off the container? The atmospheric pressure is
1.0 105 Pa.
A. 480 N

B. 390 N

C. 880 N

D. 580 N

15. Sea elephant. An elephants weight exerts a pressure Pelephant = 3.92104 Pa on a smooth
pavement. At what depth from the surface of seawater (with specific gravity = 1.03) would
the gauge pressure be equivalent to Pelephant ?
A. 3.90 m

B. 4.12 m

C. 3880 m

D. 4120 m

16. Seawater. A cylindrical container with radius 1.25 m and height 5.00 m is full of seawater.
The top of the container is open to the atmosphere and the pressure at the bottom of the
container is 5.15 105 Pa. What is the density of seawater? (The atmospheric pressure is
1.01 103 Pa.)
A. 1.03 103 kg/m3
B. 2.03 103 kg/m3
C. 3.03 103 kg/m3
D. 4.03 103 kg/m3
17. Splash! Water runs through a fountain at a steady rate of 0.750 m3 /s. How fast will it
shoot out of a hole 0.0225 m in radius? (The density of water is 1.00 103 kg/m3 .)
A. 316 m/s

B. 393 m/s

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C. 401 m/s

D. 472 m/s

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18. The Fountainhead. A fountain is designed to shoot a jet of water from its nozzle with a
speed of 15.3 m/s. The pump, also at ground level, is connected to the nozzle by a pipe
with a different diameter where water flows with a speed of 3.83 m/s. Find the pump
pressure necessary if the fountain is to operate as designed. (The atmospheric pressure is
1.01 105 Pa, and the density of water is 1.00 103 kg/m3 .)
A. 211 kPa

B. 108 kPa

C. 101 kPa

D. 322 kPa

19. Sudden winter. A fish is in an open cylindrical aquarium filled with water up to 0.850 m
from the bottom. The aquarium was initially near sea level, where the atmospheric pressure
is 101.3 kPa. It is then brought to the peak of Mt. Everest, where the pressure is 33.7 kPa.
How much will the pressure felt by the fish decrease if it always stays at the bottom of the
aquarium?
A. 33.8 kPa
B. 42.0 kPa
C. 67.6 kPa
D. 135 kPa
20. Mystery fluid. A 10 - N object is floating in a fluid. If 2 104 m3 of fluid was displaced,
what is the density of the fluid?
A. 1000 kg/m3
B. 2000 kg/m3
C. 5000 kg/m3
D. 8000 kg/m3
21. The cargo of deceit. A person in a boat floating in a small freshwater pond throws a cargo
from the boat into the water, sinking the entire cargo in the process. If the cargo has a
greater density than water, what happens to the water level of the pond?
A. It falls.
B. It remains the same.
C. It rises.
D. It depends on the cargos mass.

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22. SHM or SMH? Which of the following statement/s correctly describe/s a system undergoing simple harmonic motion?
I. There must be a restoring force acting on the system.
II. The force on the system must be proportional to its displacement.
III. The acceleration must be constant.
A. I and II
B. II and III
C. I and III
D. I, II and III
23. Christmas lights. Three light bulbs oscillate between on and off at a rate of 3 Hz, 4 Hz,
and 5 Hz, respectively. You observed them to light up at the same instant several times.
What is the time interval between two such consecutive events?
A.

1
s
60

B. 1 s

C. 60 s

D. 120 s

24. Pendulumeterstick. A physical pendulum consists of a meter stick that is pivoted at a

distance 5.6 cm from the 50. cm mark. What is the period of small oscillations? (The
1
moment of inertia of a meter stick about its center of mass is 12
M L2 , where M and L are
the mass and length of the stick, respectively.)
A. 0.16 s

B. 0.40 s

C. 1.01 s

D. 2.49 s

25. Period! A spring with force constant k = 10.0 N/m was mounted horizontally. One end
of the spring is fixed to a wall and a block of mass 5.00 102 kg was attached to the other
end. If the box was made to move in simple harmonic motion, what is the period?
A. 14.0 s

B. 0.031 s

C. 2.81 s

D. 0.444 s

26. Hypnotism. To hypnotize a patient, one must use a simple pendulum that completes one
swing every second. How long should this pendulum be?
A. 0.25 m

B. 0.50 m

C. 1.0 m

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27. AmF, SHM. What will happen to the frequency of an object undergoing a simple harmonic
oscillation if the amplitude is doubled?
A. it will remain the same
B. it will be halved
C. it will be doubled
D. it will be quadrupled
28. Energies. An oscillating block-spring system has a total mechanical energy of 1.00 J, an
amplitude of 0.100 m, and a maximum speed of 1.20 m/s. What is the ratio of the force
constant of the spring to the mass of the block (k/m)?
A. 75.7 s2

B. 121 s2

C. 144 s2

D. 90.3 s2

29. Critical. Which of the following is true about a system undergoing a critically damped
oscillation?
A. The system will go back to its equilibrium position without oscillating.
B. The system will never go back to its equilibrium position.
C. The systems amplitude of oscillation will remain constant.
D. The system will keep oscillating until a force acts to stop it.
30. The tale of three waves. Three sinusoidal waves are described by the following functions:
y1 (x, t) = +3 sin(2t + x),
y2 (x, t) = 2 sin(t + 3x),
y3 (x, t) = sin(2t 3x).
Which of them propagates toward the positive x-direction?
A. y1 (x, t)
B. y2 (x, t)
C. y3 (x, t)
D. none of the above
31. Bilis. A wave has an angular frequency of 95.0 rad/s and a wavelength of 2.50 m. What is
the speed of the wave?
A. 32.9 m/s

B. 48.2 m/s

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C. 26.1 m/s

D. 37.8 m/s

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32. Cable. A machine sets up a harmonic wave of constant amplitude and frequency on a
cable. If the frequency is multiplied by 5 but the amplitude was diminished to 1/4 of its
original magnitude, what is the new power delivered in terms of the original power P0 ?
A.

25
P0
16

B.

4
P0
5

C.

16
P0
25

D.

5
P0
4

33. Harmonic. A harmonic wave on a string is described by the equation

f (x, t) = (0.020 m) sin[(2.5 m1 )x (3.5 s1 )t].
What is the wave speed?
A. 1.7 m/s

B. 1.4 m/s

C. 1.1 m/s

D. 0.71 m/s

34. Stringed and pulleyed. A string with linear mass density of

1.60 103 kg/m. Its one end is attached to a wall while
its other end passes over a small fixed pulley 5.00 m away
from the wall and attached to a hanging object with a mass of
4.00 kg. If the horizontal part of the string is plucked, what is
the fundamental frequency of its vibration?
A. 5.00 Hz

B. 15.7 Hz

C. 31.4 Hz

D. 62.6 Hz

35. Power Rangers. Light can be treated as a harmonic wave with a constant wave speed.
Each color corresponds to a certain wavelength. Which of the following colors has the
highest frequency?
A.
B.
C.
D.

Red (650 nm)

Green (520 nm)
Blue (475 nm)
Yellow (580 nm)

36. String theory. The two consecutive normal modes of a 2.45-m long string are 105 Hz and
145 Hz. What is the speed of the waves on this string?
A. 98.2 m/s

B. 125 m/s

C. 196 m/s

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D. 227 m/s

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37. Wiggle wiggle. Two strings of different densities are tied together to form a composite
string. When the string is wiggled from the less dense string, a part of the wave is transmitted to the denser string and a part is reflected back. Which of the following best describes
the reflected wave?

A. Undiminished and upright

B. Undiminished and inverted
C. Diminished and upright
D. Diminished and inverted
38. Standing. Which of the following statement is false about the standing waves in a string?
A. It is a superposition of incident and reflected waves.
B. The anti-nodes are points where the amplitude is constant.
C. The wave pattern does not appear to be moving in any direction along the string.
D. It does not travel energy from one end point to another.
39. Doppler+Resonance. A wine glass, whose natural frequency is 1180 Hz, will break if
exposed to a sound wave of the same frequency. An opera singer wants to break the glass
using only the sound wave she cant emit at 1050 Hz. What should be her velocity relative
to the stationary wine glass in order to break it?
A. 37.5 m/s toward the wine glass
B. 37.5 m/s away from the wine glass
C. 42.1 m/s toward the wine glass
D. 42.1 m/s away from the wine glass
40. Mariah, Carry! Mariah Carey is on a car moving away from a stationary listener at
40. m/s. If Mariah sings a note with frequency 330 Hz, what wavelength of sound does the
listener hear? Assume that the speed of sound is vs = 340 m/s.
A. 1.2 m

B. 0.92 m

C. 1.0 m

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D. 0.12 m