Test 1 – Fall 2010 Phys 2211 Name:…………………………….

Answer all the questions. You may assume g=9.8m/s2

1. Starting from home you bicycle 6km North and turn to East and bicycle another 3km.
Then turn to South, bicycle 2km and reach your destination. Your net displacement is
(a) 4.0 km (b) 5.0 km (c) 6.7 km (d)11.0 km

2. A man swims straight across a river at 5m/s (relative to the shore) when the current is
1.5m/s. What is the magnitude of the velocity of the swimmer relative to water?
(a) 5.22m/s (b) 4.77m/s (c) 4.50 m/s (d) 6.5m/s

3. The following graph shows the position of an object vs time.

Select the correct statement about the motion.

(a) The object change the direction of the motion during the time interval
(b) The acceleration of the motion is zero
(c) The initial and final velocities of the object are zero.
(d) The acceleration of the motion is initially positive and becomes negative during
the time interval

4. The position of an object is given by x = t3 + t2 +ct. What is the acceleration of the

object at t=2s? (c is a constant)
(a) 16m/s2 (b) 10m/s2 (c) 12m/s2 (d) 14m/s2

5. The speed of a train at t=0min. is 28km/h. At t=2min. the speed is measured to be

36km/h. Find the acceleration of the train in m/s2.
(a) 0.020 (b) 4.0 (c) 0.012 (d) 1.11

6. The following statements except one are true for any projectile motion. Select the false
statement.
(a) The horizontal velocity is constant.
(b) The velocity at the maximum height is zero.
(c) The acceleration is constant.
(d) The vertical component of the velocity at the maximum height of the trajectory is
zero.
7. An object is projected at 16m/s in a direction 400 with the horizontal. What is the
maximum height of the projectile?
(a) 5.4 m (b) 0.52m (c) 10.3m (d) 7.7m

8. The velocity of a space craft in x and y directions are 120m/s and 360m/s respectively.
Find the magnitude of the net velocity.
(a) -240m/s (b) 240m/s (c) 480m/s (d) 379m/s

9.

The motion of an object is shown in the above graph. Find the total displacement of the
object.
(a) 9m (b) 6m (c) 15m (d) 2m

10. Which of the following graphs display, a constant (non-zero) acceleration?

x x v a

t t t t

(i) (ii) (iii) (iv)

(a) (iii) only (b) (iii) and (iv) (c) (i) and (iv) (d) (ii) and (iii)

11. Which of the above graphs represents a stationary object (use the same graphs)?
(a) (iii) (b) (iv) (c) (i) (d) (ii)
12. Which of the followings is an eastward acceleration?
(a) A car travels eastward and slows down
(b) A car travels westward and slows down
(c) A car travels westward and speeds up
(d) A car travels westward at constant speed

13. The following diagram shows a trajectory of a projectile. A, B and C are three points
on the trajectory. Select the correct answer that shows the correct ranking of the speeds at
points A, B and C.

B (a) VA>VB>VC
A
(b) VCVB>VA
C
(c) VC>VA>VB
(d) VA>VC>VB

14. Which of the followings is a scalar quantity?

(a) Position (b) Speed (c) Velocity (d) Displacement

15. You are throwing a ball straight up in the air.

At the highest point, the ball’s
(a). velocity and acceleration are zero.
(b) velocity is nonzero but its acceleration is zero.
(c) acceleration is nonzero, but its velocity is zero.
(d) velocity and acceleration are both nonzero.

16. The captain of an airplane needs to proceed due South. The wind blows from West to
East(relative to the ground). In which direction should the pilot head the airplane?
(assume an upward arrow shows the northward direction)

(a) (b) (c) (d)

17. The velocity of a spacecraft at t=500s and t=1000s are given in the following table.
Vx is the velocity in the x-direction and Vy is the velocity in the y-direction.

Time (s) 500 1000

Vx (m/s) 240 -120
Vy (m/s) -120 240
What is the average acceleration in the x-direction?
(a) 0.24 m/s2
(b) -0.24 m/s2
(c) -0.12 m/s2
(d) -0.72 m/s2

18. A rifle is fired straight upward from an accelerating car. In the absence of air
resistance the bullet would land (assume that the car is travelling along a straight road)
(a) ahead of the car
(b) into the car
(c) behind the car
(d) The information given in the question is not sufficient.

19. A sports car can accelerate from rest to 80km/h in 20 seconds. What is the average
acceleration of the car in m/s2?
(a) 4.0 (b) 1.1 (c) 2.9 (d) 2.0

20. A rock is dropped from a 40m cliff. At what height (from the ground) will the rock be
after 2.5 seconds?
(a) 19.6 m (b) 30.6m (c) 24.5 m (d) 9.4m