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Physics Consolidation Exercise
Mechanics B2
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Class: _________________ ( ) Date:______________
Section A. Multiple choice. Please put a tick in the table provided below. (18 marks)
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
1. A helicopter of mass 1000 kg rises from rest to a height of 60 m in 10 s with constant acceleration. What is the
thrust on the blades of the helicopter for taking off ?
A. 600 N B. 1200 N C. 8800 N D. 11010 N
2. An object hangs from a spring balance attached to the roof of a lift. The readings is 9.81 N when the lift is
stationary. What will be the reading when the lift moves upwards with an acceleration of 2 m s-2 ?
A. 7.81 N B. 9.81 N C. 11.81 N D. 18.81 N
3. A student is playing air hockey. The puck is travelling from the right to the left with a constant speed. The
student strikes the puck with a constant force F at the instant shown below.
Which of the following diagrams best shows the subsequent path of the puck ?
4. Which of the following statements concerning the motion of an object are correct ?
(1) A minimum unbalanced force is required to maintain the velocity of an object.
(2) An unbalanced force is required to change the velocity of an object.
(3) There is no unbalanced force acting on an object at rest.
A. (1) and (2) only B. (1) and (3) only C. (2) and (3) only D. (1), (2) and (3)
5. A bullet of mass 0.02 kg travelling at a speed of 100 m s-1 penetrates into a wall for a depth of 5 cm. Find the
resisting force the wall acts on the bullet.
A. 20 N B. 1000 N C. 2000 N D. 100 000 N
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6. A horizontal force F acting on a block causes the block to move with an
acceleration a on a horizontal rough surface The force is then doubled to 2F,
the acceleration becomes a’. Which of the following statements correctly
describe the magnitude of a’ ? Assume that the friction acting on the block
remains unchanged.
A. a' is greater than 2a
B. a’ is equal to 2a
C. a’ is between a and 2a
D. There cannot be any conclusion on the magnitude of a’ since the friction acting on the block is unknown.
7. A block of mass is hung vertically from the ceiling by an inelastic string as shown in the
diagram.
F1 is the weight of the block, F2 is the tension acting on the block by the string, F3 is the
force acting on the ceiling by the string, F4 is the force acting on the string by the ceiling.
Which of the following statements are correct ?
(1) F1 = F2 = F3 = F4
(2) F1 and F2 is an action and reaction pair.
(3) F3 and F4 is an action and reaction pair.
A. (1) and (2) only B. (1) and (3) only C. (2) and (3) only D. (1), (2) and (3)
8. An object on a rough horizontal surface is acted on by two horizontal forces. One force has a magnitude of 9 N
and acts to the right. The other force has a magnitude of 3 N and acts to the left. The object remains at rest on
the surface. What is the frictional force acting on the surface by the object ?
A. 9 N to the right B. 3 N to the left C. 6 N to the right D. 6 N to the left
9. An object of mass 4 kg is suspended vertically from the ceiling of a lift by an inelastic string. Find the tension
in the string if the lift is accelerating downward at a rate of 2 m s-2.
A. 8 N B. 31.2 N C. 39.2 N D. 47.2 N
Section B. Structural Question. (24 marks)
1. The following figure shows a runway ABC in an amusement park. A passenger sitting in a sledge slides down
an inclined plane AB and then slides along a horizontal runway BC.
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(a) The following figure shows the velocity-time graph of the sledge. Describe the motion of the sledge from t
= 0 to 5 s. (2 marks)
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(b) (i) Consider the sledge and the passenger as a system. Draw a free-body diagram of the system
as it slides along AB. (2 marks)
(ii) Find the acceleration of the system along AB. (1 mark)
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(c) If the total mass of the sledge and the passenger is 60 kg, find the frictional force experienced by the
sledge along BC. (2 marks)
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(d) Find the total distance travelled by the sledge before it comes to rest. (2 marks)
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2. A trolley of mass 2 kg is pulled from rest with two identical springs along a horizontal table. The springs are
stretched by the same amount during the whole period of motion. The velocity-time graph of the trolley in the
first 3 seconds is shown in Fig.b
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(a) If the friction acting on the trolley is 2 N, find the force exerted by one spring on the trolley. (2 marks)
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(b) At t = 3 s, one of the springs slips off from the trolley. Find the acceleration of the trolley at that instant.
(2 marks)
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(c) At t = 6 s, the remaining spring also slips off from the trolley. Find the acceleration of the trolley at that
instant. (2 marks)
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(d) Complete the velocity-time graph of the trolley until the trolley comes to rest. Hence, find the total
distance travelled by the trolley. (3 marks)
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3. Below is the list of apparatus used for investigating the relationship between net force and acceleration.
• A trolley of mass 1 kg
• Motion sensor and data logger
• Few pieces of rubber band
• A friction-compensated runway
• Data-logger
Describe the procedures of the experiment. State one precaution that you would take to enhance the
accuracy of the experiment. (6 marks)
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