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Mid-Term Exam : PHYSICS, Group I

Allocated time: 180 minutes ( 3h00 ) 9 November 2012

Surname:_______________________ First Name(s):____________________

Total Marks: 80 Full Marks: 70

Q1 (20) Describe the motion of a ball as it rolls up a slanted driveway. The ball starts at 2.50
m/s, slows down for 5.00 s, stops for an instant, and then rolls back down at an increasing speed.
The positive direction is chosen to be up the driveway, and the origin is at place where the
motion begins.

a) Sketch the motion diagram ? [7]

b) Draw the velocity graph versus time based on the motion diagram? [7]
c) What is the sign of the ball’s acceleration as it rolls up the driveway? [2]
d) What is the magnitude of the ball’s acceleration as it rolls up the driveway? [2]
e) Find the magnitude of the acceleration from the slope of the graph. [2]

b)

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Q2 (20) A golfer, putting on a green, requires three to
“hole the ball”. During the first putt, the ball rolls 5.0 m
to East. For the second putt, the ball travels 2.1 m at an
angle of 20.0° North of East. The third putt is 0.50 m to
North. What displacement ( magnitude and direction)
would have been needed to “ hole the ball ” on the very
first putt?
r
Q3 (20) The position vector of a point particle as a function of time, r ( t ) , is given by:
r
( )
r ( t ) =  1.0 m/ s 2 t 2 - ( 2.0 m/ s ) t  i+ ( )
ˆ ( 2.0 m/ s ) t+ 1.0 m/ s 2 t 2  ˆj
 
Answer the following questions by making use of the basic definitions of the kinematic
quantities of interest: r
a) Does the above expression for r ( t ) make sense dimensionally? Motivate your answer. [2]
b) Determine the displacement of the particle for motion from to time :
express your answer in unit vector notation. [6]
c) Determine the average velocity of the particle for motion from to time
: express your answer in unit vector notation. [6]
d) Determine the magnitude and direction of the average acceleration vector of the particle for
motion from time to time . [6]

Q4 (10) A projectile is shot at an angle of 45o with the ground. It hits the ground at a distance of
5 km from the cannon. Determine
a) initial velocity, [2]
b) time of flight, [2]
c) maximum height, [3]
d) the velocity at the point of maximum height. [3]

Q5 (10) A woman rides a carnival Ferries wheel at radius 15 m, completing five turns about its
horizontal axis every minute. What are:
a) the period of the motion, [3]
b) magnitude and direction of her centripetal acceleration at the highest point, [5]
d) magnitude and direction of her centripetal acceleration at lowest point. [2]

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Mid-Term Exam : PHYSICS, Group II

Allocated time: 180 minutes ( 3h00 ) 9 November 2012

Surname:_______________________ First Name(s):____________________

Total Marks: 80 Full Marks: 70

Q1 (20) Describe the motion of a ball as it rolls up a slanted driveway. The ball starts at 2.00
m/s, slows down for 5.00 s, stops for an instant, and then rolls back down at an increasing speed.
The positive direction is chosen to be up the driveway, and the origin is at place where the
motion begins.

a) Sketch the motion diagram ? [7]

b) Draw the velocity graph versus time based on the motion diagram? [7]
c) What is the sign of the ball’s acceleration as it rolls up the driveway? [2]
d) What is the magnitude of the ball’s acceleration as it rolls up the driveway? [2]
e) Find the magnitude of the acceleration from the slope of the graph. [2]

b)

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Q2 (20) Figure shows the part taken by a drunk person over level ground, from initial point i to
final point f. The angels and distances are shown on the figure. What are the
a) magnitude and [10]
b) angle of drunk persons′s displacement from i to f ? [10]

r
Q3 (20) The position vector of a point particle as a function of time, r ( t ) , is given by:
r
( ) ( ) ( )
r ( t ) =  1.0 m/ s 3 t 3 - 2.0 m/ s 2 t 2  ˆi+ ( 2.0 m/ s ) t+ 1.0 m/ s 2 t 2  ˆj

Answer the following questions by making use of the basic definitions of the kinematic
quantities of interest: r
a) Does the above expression for r ( t ) make sense dimensionally? Motivate your answer. [2]
b) Determine the displacement of the particle for motion from to time :
express your answer in unit vector notation. [6]
c) Determine the average velocity of the particle for motion from to time
: express our answer in unit vector notation. [6]
d) Determine the magnitude and direction of the average acceleration vector of the particle for
motion from time to time . [6]

Q4 (10) A projectile is shot at an angle of 60o with the ground, with speed v0=600 m/s.
Determine:
a) range, [2]
b) maximum height, [2]
c) the speed and the height after 30 s. [6]

Q5 (10) A woman rides a carnival Ferries wheel at radius 9 m, completing four turns about its
horizontal axis every minute. What are:
a) the period of the motion, [3]
b) magnitude and direction of her centripetal acceleration at the highest point, [5]
d) magnitude and direction of her centripetal acceleration at lowest point. [2]

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Mid-Term Exam : PHYSICS, Group III

Allocated time: 180 minutes ( 3h00 ) 9 November 2012

Surname:_______________________ First Name(s):____________________

Total Marks: 80 Full Marks: 70

Q1 (20) Describe the motion of a ball as it rolls up a slanted driveway. The ball starts at 3.0 m/s,
slows down for 5.00 s, stops for an instant, and then rolls back down at an increasing speed. The
positive direction is chosen to be up the driveway, and the origin is at place where the motion
begins.

a) Sketch the motion diagram ? [7]

b) Draw the velocity graph versus time based on the motion diagram? [7]
c) What is the sign of the ball’s acceleration as it rolls up the driveway? [2]
d) What is the magnitude of the ball’s acceleration as it rolls up the driveway? [2]
e) Find the magnitude of the acceleration from the slope of the graph. [2]

b)

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Q2 (20) While exploring a cave, a spelunker starts at the
entrance and moves the following distances in a horizontal
plane. She goes 75.0 m North, 250.0 m East, 125.0 m at an
angle θ = 30.0° North of East, and 150.0 m South. Find
her resultant displacement ( magnitude and direction )
from the cave entrance.

r
Q3 (20) The position vector of a point particle as a function of time, r ( t ) , is given by:
r
( ) ( )
r ( t ) = ( 1.0m/s ) t − 2.0m/s 2 t 2  ˆi +  2.0m/s 3 t 3  ˆj

Answer the following questions by making use of the basic definitions of the kinematic
quantities of interest: r
a) Does the above expression for r ( t ) make sense dimensionally? Motivate your answer. [2]
b) Determine the displacement of the particle for motion from to time :
express your answer in unit vector notation. [6]
c) Determine the average velocity of the particle for motion from to time
: express your answer in unit vector notation. [6]
d) Determine the magnitude and direction of the average acceleration vector of the particle for
motion from time to time . [6]

Q4 (10) A projectile is shot at an angle of 30o with the ground. It hits the ground at a distance of
3 km from the cannon. Determine
a) initial velocity, [2]
b) time of flight, [2]
c) maximum height, [3]
d) the velocity at the point of maximum height. [3]

Q5 (10) A woman rides a carnival Ferries wheel at radius 12 m, completing six turns about its
horizontal axis every minute. What are:
a) the period of the motion, [3]
b) magnitude and direction of her centripetal acceleration at the highest point, [5]
d) magnitude and direction of her centripetal acceleration at lowest point. [2]

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2nd Mid-Term Exam : PHYSICS

Allocated time: 180 minutes ( 3h00 ) 28 December 2012

Surname:_______________________ First Name(s):____________________

Total Marks: 120 Full Marks: 100

Q1 (20) Two blocks, one of mass m1 = 1.80 kg and the other of mass m2 = 2.00 kg are on
inclined surfaces as shown in figure. The angles that the left and right incline form with the
horizontal plane are θ1= 60˚ and θ2= 30˚ respectively. The two blocks are connected by a rope
through a frictionless pulley.
a) Find the acceleration of the blocks ? [15]
b) Find the tension in the rope ? [ 5]

Q2 (20) Find the tension in each cord if the weight of the

suspended object is 490 N.

Q3 (20) A block with mass m1 lying on a inclined plane is

connected to a mass m2 by a massless cord passing over a pulley,
as shown in Figure. Suppose the coefficient of kinetic friction
between m1 and the plane in Figure is μk = 0.15, and that m1 = m2
= 2.70 kg. As m2 moves down, answer the following questions by
drawing a free-body diagram for each block, and writing Newton’s
2nd law for each block.
a) Determine the magnitude of the acceleration of m1 and m2, given θ = 25°. [10]
b) What smallest value of μk will keep this system from accelerating? [10]

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Q4 (20) A 5.00 g bullet is fired horizontally in to a 1.20 kg wooden block resting on a horizontal
surface. The coefficient of friction between the surface and the block is 0.200. The bullet remains
embedded in the block, which is observed to slide 0.230 m along the surface before stopping.
What was the initial speed of the bullet?

Q5 (20) A 2.00-kg block is pushed against a spring with negligible mass and force constant
k = 400 N/m, compressing it 0.220 m. When the block is released, it moves along a frictionless,
horizontal surface and then up a frictionless incline with slope 37.0° as shown in Figure.
a) What is the speed of the block as it slides along horizontal surface after having left the spring?
[10]
b) How far does the block travel up the incline before starting to slide back down? [10]

Q6 (20) Two blocks are connected by a light string that passes over a frictionless pulley, as
shown in Figure. The block of mass m1 lies on a horizontal surface and is connected to a spring
of force constant k. The system is released from rest when the spring is unstretched. If the
hanging block of mass m2 falls the distance h before coming to rest, calculate the coefficient of
kinetic friction between the block of mass m1 and the surface.

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