CALCULUS-BASED PHYSIC 1 /MIDTERM QUIZ 1
Question 1
Quantities that are fully described by a magnitude.
a. scalars
Question 2
Quantities that are fully described by both magnitude and a direction.
b. vectors
Question 3
The moment of the resultant of a system of forces with respect to any axis or point is equal to the vector
sum of the moments of the individual forces of the system with respect to the same access or point.
True
Question 4
An airplane accelerates down a runway at 3.20 m/s2 for 32.8 s until is finally lifts off the ground.
Determine the distance traveled before takeoff.
a. 1720 m
Question 5
The motion of objects can not be described by words
False
Question 6
A feather is dropped on the moon from a height of 1.40 meters. The acceleration of gravity on the moon
is 1.67 m/s2. Determine the time for the feather to fall to the surface of the moon.
a. 1.29 sec
Question 7
Add the following vectors and determine the resultant. 3.0 m/s, 45 deg and 5.0 m/s, 135 deg
a. 5.38 m/s
Question 8
It is the science of describing the motion of objects using words, diagrams, numbers, graphs, and
equations
d. kinematics
Question 9
The mathematical quantities that are used to describe the motion of objects can be divided into three
categories.
false
Question 10
If ∠A = 89 o and ∠C = 56o, find the value of ∠B.
a. 35
Question 11
A car starts from rest and accelerates uniformly over a time of 5.21 seconds for a distance of 110 m.
Determine the acceleration of the car.
a. 8.10 m/s2
Question 12
Two vectors A and B are added by drawing the arrows which represents the vector in such a way that
the initial point of B is on the terminal point of A. The resultant C = A + B, is the vector from the initial
point of A to the terminal point of B.
b. Polygon Method
Question 13
If the polygon is closed, the resultant is a vector of zero magnitude and has no direction. This is called
the ________ vector.
a. empty
Question 14
In order to add ______ quantities, one has merely to make the algebraic addition.
d. Scalar
Question 15
The vectors are translated, to a common origin.
a. Parallelogram Method
Question 16
A race car accelerates uniformly from 18.5 m/s to 46.1 m/s in 2.47 seconds. Determine the acceleration
of the car.
a. 11.2 m/s2
Question 17
To find the resultant vector's magnitude, use the _________ theorem
b. Pythagorean
Question 18
In triangle DEF, side e = 8 cm, f = 10 cm, and the angle at D is 60°. Find side d.
b. 9.17
Question 19
Three forces act on a point: 3 N at 0°, 4 N at 90°, and 5 N at 217°. What is the net force?
c. 1.4 N, 135 degrees
Question 20
The resultant and equilibrant of several sets of such known forces are determined by both graphical and
analytical methods.
c. method
