1. A pilot of a spaceship traveling at 90% the speed of light (0.

9 c ) turns on the ship's

laser headlights just as it passes a stationary observer. Which of the following
statements is true?
A. The pilot will measure the speed of the light coming out of the headlights as c ,
and the observer will measure the speed of the light as 0.9 c .
B. The pilot will measure the speed of the light coming out of the headlights as c ,
and the observer will measure the speed of the light as 1.9 c .
C. The pilot will measure the speed of the light coming out of the headlights as
0.9 c , and the observer will measure the speed of the light as 1.9 c .
D. The pilot will measure the speed of the light coming out of the headlights as
1.9 c , and the observer will measure the speed of the light as 0.9 c .
E. The pilot will measure the speed of the light coming out of the headlights as c ,
and the observer will measure the speed of the light as c .

2. Which of the following graphs best represents the length L of a horizontal meter
stick traveling horizontally with speed v as it approaches the speed of light?

3. Two identical, very precise clocks are started at the same time. One clock is taken on
a trip at a very high speed, and the other is left at rest on Earth. When the traveling
clock is returned to Earth, it shows that one hour has passed. Which of the following
could be the time that has passed on the Earth-bound clock?
A. 30 minutes
B. 45 minutes
C. 59 minutes
D. 1 hour
E. 2 hours

4. The mass of an object increases as its speed increases. This increase in mass comes
from
A. nuclear binding energy.
B. electron energy in the ground state.
C. potential energy being converted into mass by E = mc2
D. kinetic energy being converted into mass by E = mc2 .
E. the lower pressure on the mass.
5. Which of the following is NOT a correct pairing of physicist and field in which he made significant
contributions?
A. Newton — gravitation
B. Einstein — relativity
C. Faraday — electricity and magnetism
D. Coulomb — quantum mechanics
E. Bohr — atomic structure

6. An Imperial battle cruiser, sitting in a hanger deck, is measured to have a length of 200
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m by a worker on the deck. If the cruiser travels at a speed of c past a planet, what
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will be the length of the cruiser, as measured by the inhabitants of the planet?
A. 0
B. Between 0 and 200 m
C. 200 m
D. Greater than 200 m
E. None of the above, since it is impossible to reach the described speed

7. The impossibility of making simultaneous, arbitrarily precise measurements of the momentum

and the position of an electron is accounted for in
A. Thermodynamics
B. quantum mechanics
C. classical electrodynamics
D. special relativity
E. general relativity

8. Redshift of distant galaxies is evidence for which of the following?

A. Expansion of the universe
B. The Uncertainty Principle
C. Black holes
D. Dark matter
E. Superconductivity

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9. Two spaceships are traveling directly toward each other, one traveling at a speed of
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c
and the other at a speed of , as measured by observers on a nearby planet. The faster
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ship emits a radar pulse directed toward the approaching ship. What is the speed of this
radar pulse, as measured by observers on the planet?
c c c
A. B. C. c D. E. 2c
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