The University of Jordan 2nd Semester 2014/2015

Faculty of Science 05/04/2015

Department of Physics 3:00-4:00 pm
General Physics-1 (0302101) / First Exam

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- Choose the closest correct answer and fill the Answer Table. (Use g = 9.8 m/s2)

1. A particle moving with a constant acceleration has a velocity of 20 cm/s when its position
is x = 10 cm. Its position 7.0 s later is x = 30 cm. What is the acceleration of the
particle?
a. 7.3 cm/s2 b. 4.5 cm/s2 c. 11 cm/s2 d. 15 cm/s2 e. 13 cm/s2

2. The position of a particle moving along the x axis is given by x 6t 2 t 3 , where x is in

meters and t in seconds. What is the position of the particle when it achieves its
maximum speed in the positive x direction?
a. 24 m b. 12 m c. 32 m d. 16 m e. 2.0

3. A rock is thrown downward from an unknown height above the ground with an initial
speed of 10 m/s. It strikes the ground 3.0 s later. Determine the initial height of the rock
above the ground.
a. 44 m b. 14 m c. 74 m d. 104 m e. 60 m

4. If A 2i 6 j 3k , what is the angle (in degrees) the vector A makes with the z-axis?
a. 56 b. 65 c. 73 d. 149 e. 90

5. If vector B is added to vector A , the result is 6i j . If B is subtracted from A , the result

is 4i 7 j . What is the magnitude of A ?
a. 4.1 b. 6.4 c. 5.4 d. 5.8 e. 8.2

6. If vectors A and B have magnitudes 12 and 15, respectively, and the angle between them
when they are drawn starting from the same point is 110, what is the scalar product of
these two vectors?
a. 76 b. 62 c. 51 d. 47 e. 170

7. Two vectors are given by A i 2k and B 2i 3k . Find A B .
a. 7 j b. j c. i 5k d. 7k e. 7 j

8. A particle starts from the origin at t = 0 with a velocity of (16i 12 j) m/s and moves in

the xy plane with a constant acceleration of a (3i 6 j) m/s2. What is the speed of the
particle at t = 2.0 s?
a. 52 m/s b. 39 m/s c. 46 m/s d. 33 m/s e. 26 m/s

9. A projectile is thrown from the top of a building with an initial velocity of 30 m/s in the
horizontal direction. If the top of the building is 30 m above the ground, how fast will the
projectile be moving just before it strikes the ground?
a. 36 m/s b. 20 m/s c. 24 m/s d. 43 m/s e. 39 m/s

10. A boy throws two balls to the same height so that one is at the halfway point going up
when the other is at the halfway point coming down. At that point:
a. Their velocities and accelerations are equal.
b. Their velocities are equal but their accelerations are equal and opposite.
c. Their accelerations are equal but their velocities are equal and opposite.
d. Their velocities and accelerations are both equal and opposite.
e. Their velocities are equal to their accelerations.

-Answer Table-
Fill the appropriate square of the correct answer with (X).

Q a b c d e Q a b c d e

1 6
2 7
3 8
4 9
5 10