ELEMENTS

ENGINEERING MECHANICS
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1. A freely falling body is a body in rectilinear
motion and with constant ________. (ECE Board
November 2001).
a. Velocity
b. Speed
c. Deceleration
d. Acceleration

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2. When the total kinetic energy of a system is the
same as before and after the collision of two bodies,
it is called: (ECE Board November 2001).
a. Static collision
b. Elastic collision
c. Inelastic collision
d. Plastic collision

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3. The periodic oscillations either up or down or
back and forth motion in a straight line is known as
_________. (ECE Board April 2001).
a. Transverse harmonic motion
b. Resonance
c. Rotational harmonic motion
d. Translational harmonic motion
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4. Impulse causes _________. (ECE Board
November 2000).
a. The objects momentum to change
b. The objects momentum to decrease
c. The objects momentum to increase
d. The objects momentum to remain constant or to
be conserve
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5. The study of motion without reference to the
force that causes the motion known as ______.
(ECE Board November 2000).
a. Statics
b. Dynamics
c. Kinetics
d. Kinematics

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6. Momentum is properly related to the objects
_____. (ECE Board April 2000).
a. Motion and mass
b. Mass and acceleration
c. Motion and weight
d. Weight and velocity

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7. A vector quantity that describes both how fast it
it is moving and the direction in which it is headed.
a. Acceleration
b. Motion
c. Linear
d. Velocity
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8. g = 32.2 ft/sec2. How is it expressed in SI?
(ECE Board October 2000).
a. 9.81 m/sec2
b. 9.86 m/sec2
c. 9.06 m/sec2
d. 9.91 m/sec2

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9. The path of a projectile is a: (ME Board October
2000).
a. Ellipse
b. Parabola
c. Part of a circle
d. Hyperbola

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10. What is the name for a vector that represent the
sum of two vectors? (ME Board October 2000).
a. Moment
b. Torque
c. Scalar
d. Resultant
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11. A diagram which shows only the forces acting
on the body. (ME Board October 2000).
a. Free body diagram
b. Cash flow
c. Forces flow diagram
d. Motion diagram
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12. What is the equivalent of one horsepower? (ME
Board October 2001).
a. 746 W
b. 3141 kW
c. 33,000 ft-lb/min
d. 2545 Btu/lb

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13. Resistance to motion, caused by one surface
rubbing against another. (ME Board April 2002).
a. Inertia
b. Resistance
c. Gravity
d. Friction

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14. Why should a person weigh less on the moon
than on the earth? (ME Board April 2002).
a. The force of earths gravity is greater than that of
the moon.
b. The mass of the moon is smaller than the mass
of the earth.
c. The moon is only a satellite of the earth.
d. None of the above.

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15. What causes space capsules to become hot
when they re-enter the earths atmosphere? (ME
Board April 2002).
a. The firing of its rocket engine
b. Earth atmosphere is hot
c. The friction of the air
d. All of these

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16. At what angle does a projectile go farthest when
fired? (ME Board April 2002).
a. 30 deg
b. 45 deg
c. 60 deg
d. 75 deg

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17. Jun is standing on a weighing scale attached to
the floor of an elevator which reads zero. What does
this indicate? (ME Board April 2002).
a. Jun is still accelerating
b. Jun is moving at constant speed
c. Jun is at rest
d. Jun is freely falling
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18. The impulse and momentum principle is mostly
useful for solving problem involving:
a. Velocity, acceleration, and time
b. Force, velocity, and time
c. Force, acceleration, and time
d. Force, velocity, and acceleration

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19. One joule of work is done by a force of Newton
acting through a distance of:
a. One meter
b. One inch
c. A foot
d. One cm

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20. Momentum = Force x ________.
a. Velocity2
b. Velocity
c. velocity
d. Time

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21. The first derivative of kinetic energy with respect
to time is:
a. Power
b. Work
c. Momentum
d. Force

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22. Points that lie in the same plane:
a. Coplanar
b. Parallel
c. Oblique
d. Collinear
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23. The study of motion without reference to the
forces which causes motion is known:
a. Kinetics
b. Acceleration
c. Kinematics
d. Motion

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24. What is the branch of mechanic which deals with
bodies in motion?
a. Kinematics
b. Dynamics
c. Statics
d. Kinetics

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25. Work for energy can be a function of all of the
following EXCEPT:
a. Force and distance
b. Force and time
c. Power and time
d. Torque and angular motion

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