SAT II Physics Practice Test 1

Question 1:

What is the magnitude of the vector 3A - B in the figure above?

A.3 B.4 C.5 D.2 E.6

Question 2:

The graph above shows the acceleration of a particle. At t = 0s, the speed of the particle is 1m/s. What is the
speed of the particle at t = 4s?
11 m/s
9 m/s
19 m/s
13 m/s
10 m/s

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Question 3:

Forces F1 and F2 in the figure above act on a block of mass m = 10kg that moves on a frictionless surface.
What is the acceleration of the block?
1 m/s
1.5 m/s
2 m/s
2.5 m/s
3 m/s

Question 4:

A block of mass m is moving down an inclined plane with a decreasing speed. The coefficient of friction
between the block and the plane is . Which of the following statements is true?
sin() <
sin() >
cos() <
cos() >
tan() <

Question 5:
When a car's kinetic energy increases 9 times, what happens with its speed?

increases 9 times
increases 3 times
decreases 9 times
decreases 3 times
remains constant

Question 6:

An object of mass 4kg is attached to a spring. The equilibrium position of the object is .4m from the point
where the spring exerts no force on the object. What is the spring constant, k?
10 N/m
80 N/m
100 N/m
150 N/m
200 N/m

Question 7:

An object of mass 10kg sitting on a frictionless horizontal plane is moved from a stationary state by the force
shown above. What is the velocity of the object at time t = 5s?
2.5 m/s
3 m/s
4 m/s
5 m/s
6 m/s
Answers and Explanations

Question 1:

What is the magnitude of the vector 3A - B in the figure above?

Solution:

The magnitude of the vector 3A is 3 and the magnitude of vector B is 4. The angle between vectors
3A and B is 90o. According to the Pythagorean theorem, the magnitude of 3A - B is 5.

Question 2:

The graph above shows the acceleration of a particle. At t = 0s, the speed of the particle is
1m/s. What is the speed of the particle at t = 4s?
Solution: At t = 2s, the speed of the particle is v2s = v0s + 2m/s22s = 5m/s.
At t = 4s, the speed of the particle is v4s = v2s + 3m/s22s = 11m/s.

Question 3:

Forces F1 and F2 in the figure above act on a block of mass m = 10kg that moves on a
frictionless surface. What is the acceleration of the block?
Solution: F1cos(60o) + F2cos(60o) = ma
201/2 + 301/2 = 10a
25 = 10a
a = 2.5m/s2

Question 4:

A block of mass m is moving down an inclined plane with a decreasing speed. The coefficient
of friction between the block and the plane is . Which of the following statements is true?
Solution: mg sin() - mg cos() = a
The speed is decreasing so a < 0. This means that
mg sin() - mg cos() < 0
mg sin() < mg cos()
tan() <

Question 5:
When a car's kinetic energy increases 9 times, what hapens with its speed?
Solution: The car's initial kinetic energy is Ei = mvi2/2 and the final kinetic energy is Ef = mvf2/2.
Ef/Ei = (vf/vi)2
(vf/vi)2 = 9
vf/vi = 3

Question 6:
An object of mass 4kg is attached to a spring. The equilibrium position of the object is .4m
from the point where the spring exerts no force on the object. What is the spring constant, k?
Solution:
F = kx
mg = kx
k = mg/x
k = 40N/.4m
k = 100N/m

Question 7:

An object of mass 10kg sitting on a frictionless horizontal plane is moved from a stationary
state by the force shown above. what is the velocity of the object at time t = 5s?
Solution: The area under a force versus time graph gives us the impulse given to the object.
p = 10/2 + 30 + 10/2 = 40 kg m/s
v = p/m
v = 4 m/s