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Physics 71
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Second 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. Marble. A 10.0 kg marble is moving at an initial speed of 2.00 m/s. A constant force is
applied to the marble giving it a final speed of 7.00 m/s. What is the total work done on
the marble?
A. 200. J

B. 225 J

C. 250. J

D. 270. J

2. Do the Dot! What is the dot product of vectors A = 20. u, 20 N of E and B =

30. u, 30. N of E?
A. 120 u2

B. 390 u2

C. 460 u2

D. 590 u2

3. Rebolusyon. A block with a mass of 1.00 kg is attached to a cord passing through a hole
in a frictionless, horizontal surface. The block is originally revolving at a certain distance
from the hole with a speed of 1.50 m/s. The cord is then pulled from below, shortening
the radius of the circular path by 0.750 m. If the pulling force does 2.00 J of work on the
block, what is the final speed of the block?
A. 0.75 m/s
B. 1.63 m/s
C. 2.50 m/s
D. 6.25 m/s
4. Trabaho. A child pulls a box of toys using a steady force of 10. N at an angle 60 from
the horizontal. How much work is done by the child after the box moves with a distance of
4.0 m horizontally?
A. 18 J
B. 20 J
C. 30. J
D. 32 J

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5. The Crate of Deceit. A person pushes a 30.0- kg crate horizontally at a distance of 4.50 m
along a level floor at constant velocity. The coefficient of kinetic friction between the crate
and the floor is 0.250. What is the total work done on the crate?
A. +331 J

B. 331 J

C. 0 J

D. +73.6 J

6. FX Driver. The net horizontal force Fx acting

on a particle is varying as a function of the particles position x as shown. How much work
is done on the particle from x = 1.0 m to
x = 2.0 m?
A. zero
B. 1.5 J
C. 2.5 J
D. 4.5 J

7. Stop! A 5.0- kg cart was travelling at a constant speed of 8.0 m/s. It then encounters
a 6.0- m long rough road where it eventually came to a stop. How much work did the
frictional force of the rough road exert on the cart?
A. 160 J

B. 160 J

C. 290 J

D. 290 J

8. Conservative. Which of the following statements are FALSE?

I. Kinetic friction is a conservative force.
II. The spring force is a non-conservative force.
III. The work done by frictional force is zero if the particle moves in a closed path.
A. I and II

B. II and III

C. I and III

D. I, II and III

9. Stable. The plot shows how the potential energy function changes with position. Which
of the following labeled point/s correspond to position/s of stable equilibrium?
A. points 1 and 3
B. points 2 and 5
C. points 4 and 5
D. point 4
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10. Compress and Comprehend. A 2.0- kg block initially moving with speed 5.0 m/s across
a frictionless horizontal surface hits a horizontal spring, compressing it by at most 10. cm.
If the initial speed of the block is changed to 10. m/s, what will be the maximum compression of the spring?
A. 5.0 cm

B. 10. cm

C. 20. cm

D. 40. cm

11. The fall of the rise. Two objects are connected by a massless
string passing over a light, frictionless pulley. The object with
mass m1 = 5.00 kg is released from rest and hits the table. If the
speed of the second object with mass m2 = 3.00 kg is 3.00 m/s
the moment m1 hits the table, what is the initial height h of m1 ?
A. 0.275 m
B. 0.459 m
C. 0.734 m
D. 1.83 m
12. The New Master. To save the world, Krillin should punch Cell with a force of 250. N at a
speed of 15.0 m/s. How much power must Krillin exert to create this heroic punch?
A. 16.7 W

B. 167 W

C. 3750 W

D. 36800 W

13. Sumo-swimmer. A 234- kg sumo-swimmer jumps into the sea from a cliff 3.25 m above
the water. What is his speed just before he hits the water if he jumped with a speed of
2.50 m/s?
A. 4.13 m/s

B. 5.60 m/s

C. 8.37 m/s

D. 9.12 m/s

14. Height. A baseball pitcher is on a cliff and throws a ball with a speed of 5.00 m/s. If the
ball hits the ground at 10.0 m/s, how high is the cliff?
A. 3.82 m
B. 5.10 m
C. 7.64 m
D. 10.2 m

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15. The Plot of Potential. If the potential energy U (x) is given as in Figure A, which curves in
Figure B represents the force F (x) that corresponds to the potential diagram in Figure A?

16. M-to-2M. Two objects rolls along an incline of length l. The object with mass 2m rolls
a distance of 34 l along the incline. The object with mass m rolls a distance 21 l along the
incline. What is the ratio of the gravitational potential energy of m to 2m?
A. 1/3
B. 1/2
C. 1
D. 2/3

17. Pro. A professional stuntman of mass 60.0 kg jumps over a cart that is moving with a
velocity of 1.50 m/s to the right. The horizontal velocity of the stuntman just before he
lands on the cart is 4.00 m/s to the left toward the cart. If their final velocity is 0.150 m/s
to the left, what is the mass of the cart?
A. 140. kg
B. 160. kg
C. 92.4 kg
D. 171 kg

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18. COM, COM, COM! A system consists of a 1.0- kg particle, a 3.0- kg particle, and a 6.0kg particle. The 1.0- kg particle is located at (1.0 m, 2.0 m, 0.00 m). The 3.0- kg particle is
located at (0.00 m, 1.0 m, 1.0 m). The 6.0- kg particle is located at (0.00 m, 0.00 m, 3.0 m).
Where is the center of mass of the system?
A. (2.1 m, 0.50 m, 0.10 m)
B. (2.1 m, 0.10 m, 0.50 m)
C. (0.10 m, 0.50 m, 2.1 m)
D. (0.50 m, 2.1 m, 0.10 m)
19. Sentro. A system consists of two particles in 1D. Initially, particle A with mass 0.50 kg is
at x = 0.0 m and particle B, with an unknown mass, is at x = 6.0 m; their center of mass
is at x = 2.4 m. What will be the acceleration of the center of mass if the system is acted
by a 0.67-N force along the positive x-direction?
A. 0.25 m/s2

B. 0.50 m/s2

C. 1.0 m/s2

D. 2.0 m/s2

20. Bat Man. Alordis Chapman throws the fastest baseball pitch at 47.0 m/s but you are able
to hit and return the 0.150 kg ball at the same speed in the opposite direction. What is the
magnitude of the impulse imparted by the bat on the ball?
A. 7.05 N s

B. 14.1 N s

C. 47.0 N s

D. 94.0 N s

21. Split Pea. A split pea fires three identical peas at the same time. Two peas are fired to the
left, each with speed vL , and one pea is fired to the right at a speed vR . If the plant remains
at rest every time it fires, what is the ratio vR /vL of their speeds?
A. 1/2
B. 1
C. 2
D. 4
22. You and I Collide! Which of the following statements is always true for head-on inelastic
collisions between two bodies?
A. Both objects have the same velocity after the collision.
B. There is an external force acting on the objects.
C. Their relative velocities are reversed.
D. The initial relative speed is not equal to the final relative speed.
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23. Metal balls. A 4.0-kg metal ball with an initial momentum of 20. kg m/s, collides with
a 1.0- kg metal ball, initially at rest. After collision, the final momenta of the 4.0- kg and
1.0- kg metal balls are 16 kg m/s and 4.0 kg m/s, respectively. What is the change in
energy of the system? Is the collision elastic or inelastic?
A. 0.0 J ; elastic
B. 10. J ; inelastic
C. 29 J ; inelastic
D. 1.5 J ; elastic
24. Ball Catch. Two balls, with masses mA and mB , are traveling horizontally with the same
momentum. If mA > mB and the same constant force was used to stop them, which of the
following statements is true?
A. It will take longer time to stop ball A.
B. It will take longer time to stop ball B.
C. It will take the same time to stop each ball.
D. Greater impulse is needed to stop ball B.
25. Come Together. A block of mass m is released from rest at the top of a hemispherical
frictionless bowl with radius R. It collides with a block of mass 3m that is initially at rest
at the bottom of the bowl. If the two masses stick together after collision, how high above
the bottom of the bowl will the masses go?
A. R
R
B.
2
R
C.
4
R
D.
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26. WTPuck. Puck A has an initial velocity of +3.00 m/s along the x-axis. It then collides
with Puck B, which is initially at rest. After the collision, the two pucks fly apart. Puck
A is deflected at an angle A = 50.0 above the +x-axis and puck B got deflected at
B = 20.0 below the +x-axis. What is the magnitude of the velocity of puck A right after
the collision?
A. 1.09 m/s

B. 2.05 m/s

C. 2.45 m/s

D. 6.72 m/s

27. The Roll. A solid cylinder of radius 0.35 m is released from rest from a height of 1.8 m and
rolls (without slipping) down an incline. What is the angular speed of the cylinder when it
reaches the bottom of the incline? The moment inertia of a solid cylinder about its axis of
1
symmetry is I = M R2 , where M is the cylinders mass and R is the radius.
2
A. 12 rad/s
B. 14 rad/s
C. 17 rad/s
D. 24 rad/s
28. Wind turbine. Consider a wind turbine with blades of radius 0.400 m. After rotating for
1.39 s, the tangential speed at the tip of the blades is 2.27 m/s. The angular acceleration is
0.500 rad/s2 . What is the initial angular velocity of the blades?
A. 0.208 rad/s
B. 1.58 rad/s
C. 4.98 rad/s
D. 2.14 rad/s
29. Square Tayo. Four identical particles, each of mass m, are on the corners of a square of
side L and connected by massless rods. If the system is rotated at an axis perpendicular to
the plane of the square passing through one corner as shown, what is the moment of inertia
of the system?
A. mL2
B. 2mL2
C. 3mL2
D. 4mL2

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30. Just a Moment. Four rods of mass M and length L form

a square. If the moment of inertia of a rod about its center
1
M L2 , what is the moment of inertia of the
is I =
12
square about its center?
4
A. M L2
3
4
B. M L2
12
5
C. M L2
12
D. 4M L2
31. The Disk of Naivete. A disk rotates with a constant 2.25 rad/s2 angular acceleration. After
4.00 s, it has rotated through an angle of 60.0 rad. What is the angular velocity of the disk
after the 4.00- s interval?
A. 10.5 rad/s
B. 19.5 rad/s
C. 6.00 rad/s
D. 15.0 rad/s
32. Fly. Flew. Flown. A person decided to reheat some food in a microwave oven. In the
process, a fly decided to join in and landed on the outer edge of the rotating plate and
stayed there. If the plate has a radius of 0.1 m and rotates at 50. rad/s, what is the total
distance traveled by the fly during a 90- s reheating period.
A. 45 m
B. 4500 m
C. 450 m
D. 300 m
33. Hating magkapatid. What fraction of the total kinetic energy is rotational for a uniform
solid sphere rolling without slipping on a horizontal surface? The moment of inertia of a
2
uniform solid sphere of mass M with radius R about its center is I = M R2 .
5
1
2
1
2
A.
B.
C.
D.
8
7
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34. Ballet. A ballerina spins and completes one revolution in 1.50 s. If her moment of inertia
is 30.0 kg m2 about the axis of her spin, what is the corresponding angular momentum?
A. 126 kg m2 /s
B. 20.0 kg m2 /s
C. 30.0 kg m2 /s
D. 188 kg m2 /s
35. The Sphere of Elegance. A uniform solid sphere rolls without slipping down an incline.
What must be the incline angle if the linear acceleration of the center of mass of the sphere
is to have a magnitude of 0.981 m/s2 ? The moment of inertia of a uniform solid sphere of
2
mass M with radius R about its center is I = M R2 .
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A. 8.05
B. 9.59
C. 20.5
D. 69.5
36. Change It! What happens to the angular acceleration of an angularly accelerating disk if
both its mass and its radius are doubled, and the torque applied to it is quadrupled?
A. decreased by a factor of 4
B. decreased by a factor of 2
C. increased by a factor of 2
D. increased by a factor of 4
37. Torque. A 12- N force is applied to an end of a 5- m hinged rod. The applied force forms
an angle with the moment arm. Which angle will give the greatest magnitude of torque?
A. 0

B. 30

C. 60

D. 150

38. Golden skater. A 60.0- kg skater spins with an angular speed of 6.0 rad/s. By changing
the position of her arms, the skater decreases her moment of inertia by 50 %. What is the
skaters final angular speed?
A. 3.0 rad/s
B. 4.0 rad/s
C. 9.0 rad/s
D. 12 rad/s

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39. Its nice to unwind. A 3.0- kg box is suspended from the

free end of a very light wire that is wrapped around the
outer rim of a pulley. The pulley is a solid cylinder with
mass 4.0 kg and radius 0.25 m. What is the linear acceleration of the box as the string unwinds? The moment of
inertia of a solid cylinder about its axis of symmetry is
1
I = M R2 where M is the mass and R is the radius.
2
A. 5.9 m/s2
B. 7.8 m/s2
C. 29 m/s2
D. 39 m/s2

40. Cross. Two vectors A = 1.4335 + 1.0038 and B = 1.1329 0.5283 lies on the

x-y plane. If vector C = A B , what is C ?

A. 0.3799 k
B. 0.3799 k
C. 1.895 k
D. 1.895 k

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