National University – Ho Chi Minh City QUIZ OF PHYSICS A1

University of Technology TEST 1

Department of Engineering Physics
Student’s name: Student ID:

MCQ ANSWER SHEET :

Choose for each question only one correct answer and darken corresponding circle in the following answer sheet.

A B C D E A B C D E A B C D E
1 O O O O 6 O O O O 11 O O O O
2 O O O O 7 O O O O 12 O O O O
3 O O O O 8 O O O O 13 O O O O
4 O O O O 9 O O O O 14 O O O O
5 O O O O 10 O O O O 15 O O O O

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1. A proton initially has v  4.i  2. j  3.k and then 4.0 s later has v  2.i  2. j  5.k (in meters per second).
For that 4.0 s, what are the magnitude of proton’s average acceleration?
A. 1.6m/s2 B. 1.8m/s2
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C. 16m/s D. No correct answer
E. …(your answer)…
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* Situation for questions 2- 5. The velocity v of a particle moving in the xy plane is given by v  6t  4t 2 i  8. j ,
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with v in meters per second and t (>0) in seconds.

2. What is the acceleration

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when t = 3s? 
A. (18m/s 2 ).i B. (-18m/s2 ).i
C. d = 4 d0 D. No correct answer
E. …(your answer)…

3. When (if ever) is the acceleration zero?

A. 0,75s B. 0,57s
C. 0,23s D. the acceleration cannot be zero

E. …(your answer)…
4. When (if ever) is the velocity zero?
A. 0, 57s B. 0,057s C. 0,23s D. No correct answer
E. …(your answer)…

5. When (if ever) does the speed equal 10 m/s?

A. 2,2s B. 1,2s C. 3s D. 0,3s
E. …(your answer)…

6. A soccer ball is kicked from the ground with an initial speed of 19.5 m/s at an upward angle of 45°. A player 55 m
away in the direction of the kick starts running to meet the ball at that instant. What must be his average speed if he is to
meet the ball just before it hits the ground?
A. 8,5m/s B. 5,8m/s C. 3,5m/s D. 5,3m/s
E. …(your answer)…

7. A projectile’s launch speed is five times its speed at maximum height. Find launch angle  0 .
A. 78,50 B. 87,50 C. 58,50 D. 70,50
E. …(your answer)…
* Situation for questions 8 and 9. An Earth satellite moves in a circular orbit 640 km above Earth’s surface with a
period of 98.0 min.

8. What are the speed of the satellite?

A. 7490m/s B. 4790m/s C. 5490m/s D. No correct answer
E. …(your answer)…

9. What are the magnitude of the centripetal acceleration of the satellite?

A. 2m/s2 B. 5m/s2 C. 8m/s2 D. No correct answer
E. …(your answer)…
* Situation for questions 10 and 11. A light plane attains an airspeed of 500 km/h. The pilot sets out for a destination
800 km due north but discovers that the plane must be headed 20.0° east of due north to fly there directly. The plane
arrives in 2.00 h.

10. What were the magnitude of the wind velocity?

A. 105km/h B. 815km/h C. 185km/h D. No correct answer
E. …(your answer)…

11. What were the direction of the wind velocity?

A. 22,30(south of east) B. 22,30(north of west)
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C. 22,3 (south of west) D. I = 0.56 kg m2
E. …(your answer)…

12. Snow is falling vertically at a constant speed of 8.0 m/s. At what angle from the vertical do the snowflakes appear to
be falling as viewed by the driver of a car traveling on a straight, level road with a speed of 50 km/h?

A. 500 B. 700 C. 600 D. No correct answer

E. …(your answer)…

* Situation for questions 13-15. At one instant a bicyclist is 40.0 m due east of a park’s flagpole, going due south with a
speed of 10.0 m/s.Then 30.0 s later, the cyclist is 40.0 m due north of the flagpole, going due east with a speed of 10.0
m/s. For the cyclist in this 30.0 s interval,

13. What is the magnitude direction of the displacement?

A. 45,6m B. 65,6m C. 56,6m D. 54,6m

E. …(your answer)…

14. What is the magnitude of the average velocity?

A. 1,89m/s B. 3m/s C. 2,5 m/s D. 2m/s
E. …(your answer)…

15. What is the magnitude of the average acceleration?

A. 1,47m/s2 B. 0,147m/s2 C. 2,125m/s2 D. 1,107m/s2
E. …(your answer)