CERTC Weekly Exam 5 ESAS

Instruction: Select the correct answer for each of the following questions. 17. Sheena, a sexy chow stands in front of a plane mirror on a wall to
Mark only one answer for each item by shading the box corresponding to view both her head and her feet as she stands in front of the mirror,
the letter of your choice on the answer sheet provided. what can you say about the required length of the mirror?
A. Equal to its height
Strictly no erasures allowed. Use pencil no. 1 only. B. Equal to half its height*
NOTE: Whenever you come across a caret (^) sign, it means C. Depends on the distance from the mirror
exponentiation.
D. Depends on both height and distance
1. Calculate the number of aluminum atoms in a can containing 25.0 g
of aluminum. 18. Find the location of the image of an object placed 10 cm to the left
A. 5.57×1023 atoms Al* C. 5.57×1024 atoms Al of the lens that has a focal length of 6 cm.
B. 5.57×1025 atoms Al D. 5.57×1026 atoms Al A. 13 cm C. 15 cm*
2. It is the amount of substance, which contains as many elementary B. 14 cm D. 16 cm
units as there are carbon atoms in exactly 0.012 kg of C12.
A. kg C. mole* 19. What is the maximum size of the image of a 1.3 cm wide stamp
B. Avogadro’s number D. atomic mass unit upon using a magnifying glass with a focal length of 8 cm?
A. 4 cm C. 3.54 cm
3. Calculate the empirical formula of glucose, a simple sugar, if a
B. 4.36 cm D. 5.36 cm*
certain sample contains 393.4 g of carbon, 66.07 g of hydrogen,
and 524.2 g of oxygen.
A. CH2O2 C. C2H2O 20. An object is placed 10 cm to the left of the lens that has a focal
B. CH2O3 D. CH2O* length of 6 cm. What is the magnification of the lens?
A. -.15* C. -16
4. Naturally occurring magnesium consists 78.70% of 24Mg, with B. -14 D. -18
atoms of mass 23.98504 amu, 10.13% of 25Mg, with
atomsofmass24.98584amu,and11.17% 26Mg,withatomsofmass 21. How far must a girl stand in front of a concave spherical mirror of
25.98259 amu. Calculate the atomic mass of magnesium. radius 120 cm to see an erect image of her face four times its
A. 24.20 C. 24.31* natural size?
B. 24.00 D. 24.60 A. 40 cm from the mirror C. 45 cm from the mirror*
5. Calculate the number of atoms in 3.50 mol of atoms. B. 50 cm from the mirror D. 55 cm from the mirror
A. 2.11x10^24* C. 3.4x10^22
B. 4.5x10^25 D. 3.4x10^21 22. An object is placed at a distance of 12 cm from a convex lens on its
principal axis and a virtual image of certain size is formed. If the
6. Calculate the number of molecules in 5.00 mol of NH3.
object is moved further 8 cm away from the lens, a real image of the
A. 3.01×1025 C. 3.01×1024*
same size as that of the virtual image is formed. Which one of the
B. 3.01×1026 D. 3.01×1026
following is the focal length of the lens?
7. Calculate the number of molecules in 56.7gNH3. A. 15 cm C. 16 cm*
A. 3.01×1024 C. 2.01×1024* B. 18 cm D. 20 cm
B. 5.01×1024 D. 6.01×1024
23. What kind of image is formed by a concave lens irrespective of the
8. Calculate the percent composition of N in NH4NO3, another
position of the object?
fertilizer.
A. virtual, upright and diminished*
A. 25% C. 30%
B. 35%* D. 40% B. real, upright and diminished
C. virtual, upright and magnified
9. Calculate the mass of the product of reaction of 6.54 g of zinc with
D. real, inverted and magnified
3.21 g of sulfur.
A. 9.75 g* C. 3.33 g
B. 2.04 g D. 20.99 g 24. In the equation for Newton’s second law, what does Fnet stand for?
A. Net Internal force C. Frictional force
10. IF 6.537 g of zinc reacts with exactly 7.0906 g of chlorine to form B. Net unbalance force* D. Zero
the only compound of chlorine and zinc, how much zinc must react
with 28.3624 g of chlorine? 25. One object exerts a force of magnitude F1 on another object and
A. 19.611* C. 20.34 experiences a force of magnitude F2 in return. What is true for F1
B. 15.43 D. 17.21 and F2?
11. A diverging lens has a focal length of 10 cm. Where is the image A. F1 > F2 C. F1 = F2*
located when an object is placed 30 cm from the lens? B. F1 < F2 D. All are correct
A. 7.5 cm on the near side* C. 15 cm on the near side 26. A runner makes one lap around a 200 m track in a time of 25 s.
B. 30 cm on the near side D. 7.5 cm on the far side What is the runner’s average velocity?
12. What is the image distance given focal length of 90 cm and object is A. 8 m/s C. 0 m/s*
placed 10 cm? B. 4 m/s D. 16 m/s
A. -11.25 cm* C. -20cm 27. The property of a body by virtue of which it tends to oppose the
B. -30 cm D. -60 cm state of rest or the state of uniform motion of a body.
A. momentum C. inertia*
13. A planoconvex lens has Radius of 40 cm and a focal length of 30 B. acceleration D. velocity
cm. What is the refractive index of the lens?
A. 2.33* C. 3.33 28. For an object moving with uniform velocity, which of the following is
B. 4.33 D. 5.33 not true?
A. the magnitude of velocity is equal to speed
B. the average velocity is equal to instantaneous velocity
14. A meniscus converging lens with Radius 90 cm and 66 cm and
C. acceleration is zero
refractive index of 1.6. Compute for the focal length.
D. net force is non-zero*
A. 0.042 C. 0.077
B. 0.016* D. 0.043 29. A cyclists cycles for t seconds at a speed of 3 m/s and then for the
same time at a speed of 5 m/s along a straight road due north.
15. Wasaw, a farsighted dog, cannot see an object when the object is What is the average speed of the cyclist?
closer than 1 m from his eyes. In order for him to read a letter 30 cm A. 0 m/s C. 2 m/s
away, a correcting lens is necessary. What should be the power of B. 4 m/s* D. 8 m/s
the correcting lens for Wasaw to see nearby objects? 30. A car of mass 500 kg is moving at 8m/s when it hits another car.
A. 1.2 diopters C. 2 diopters The first car stops moving after which the second car starts moving
at a speed of 15m/s. What is the mass of the second car?
B. 2.32 diopters* D. 3 diopters
A. 167.7 kg C. 327.8 kg
B. 266.7 kg* D. 367.6 kg
16. Time rate of change of momentum of a body is equal to 31. A body at rest may have
A. Displacement C. Velocity A. Energy* C. Momentum
B. Applied Force* D. Speed B. Speed D. Velocity

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32. What is a kip? 47. The word “acceleration” means to

A. 1000 lbf-in (torque) C. 1000 lbf (force)* A. exert a force on another object.
B. 1000 lbm (mass) D. 1000 psi (pressure) B. create a balanced force on another object.
33. Two objects m1 and m2 each with a mass of 6 kg and 9 kg C. create an unbalanced force on another object.*
separated by a distance of 5 cm. Object m3 = 1 kg is placed D. change the speed or direction.
between the two. If the gravitational force experienced by m3 = 0,
calculate the distance m3 from m1. 48. What is the kinetic energy of a rocket with a mass of 4000 lbm at a
A. 3.22 m C. 2.25 m* speed of 27,000 ft/sec?
B. 1.55 m D. 2.50 m A. 4.53 x10^10 ft-pdl C. 1.46x10^12 ft-lbf
B. 4.53 x10^10 ft-lbf* D. none of these
34. The weight of a spacecraft is W. If D=earth’s diameter, determine
the weight of the spacecraft if is at 2D above the earth’s surface. 49. Two main outside forces acting on most anything on earth are
A. W/4 C. W/8 A. friction and mass. C. friction and gravity.*
B. W/6 D. W/16* B. gravity and inertia. D. gravity and mass.

35. What is the SI unit of temperature? 50. The atomic number is not changed by which type of radioactive
A. Kelvin* C. Celsius decay?
B. Fahrenheit D. Rankine A. Beta
B. Gamma*
36. Force that produces an acceleration of 1 ms−2 in a body of mass of C. Alpha
1 kg is called D. The atomic number is affected by all forms of radioactive decay
A. slow newton C. zero newton
B. one newton* D. two newton 51. A 50 g bullet moving with velocity 10 m/s strikes a block of mass
950 g at rest and gets embedded in it. The loss in kinetic energy will
37. Determine the weight of a 1.0 lbm chow in a gravitational field of be
27.5 ft/sec^2. A. 100% C. 95%*
A. 27.5 lbf C. 0.854 lbf* B. 5% D. 50%
B. 1.0 lbf D. 32.2 lbf
52. Which of the following is the weakest form of attraction?
38. Which of the following is the largest unit of mass? A. Friction C. Gravity*
A. kg C. slug* B. Electromagnetic D. Nuclear weak force
B. lbm D. gram
53. A hammer striking a nail is an example of which of the following
39. When a net force act on a body, it produces acceleration in body in laws?
direction of net force which is directly proportional to net force acting A. Newton’s Second Law of Motion
on body and inversely proportional to its mass. This statement is B. Newton’s First Law of Motion
called: C. Newton’s Third Law of Motion*
A. Newton’s Second Law of Motion*
D. Newton’s Law of Momentum
B. Newton’s First Law of Motion
C. Newton’s Third Law of Motion 54. The greater the mass of an object,
D. Newton’s Law of Momentum A. the less force it can exert C. the more balanced it is
B. the more space it takes up D. the greater the inertia*
40. Friction is an example of which fundamental forces?
A. Gravitational C. Electromagnetic* 55. At a height equal to the earth’s radius, the acceleration due to
B. Nuclear Force D. Internal force gravity
A. Remains the same
41. Determine the mass of an object at a height twice the radius of the B. Becomes less*
earth if its weight at the surface is 90 lb. C. Becomes higher
A. 90 slugs C. 9 kg
D. More information is needed
B. 90 lbm* D. 2.79 lbm
56. How many kg are contained in 1 slug?
42. According to Newton’s first law of motion, a moving object that is A. 15.47 kg C. 14.57 kg*
not acted on by an unbalanced force will B. 9.81 kg D. 12.37 kg
A. remain in motion.* C. eventually come to a stop
B. change its momentum. D. accelerate 57. What is the mass of a 160-lb man?
A. 5 lbm C. 16.3 lbm
B. 5 slugs* D. 5 kg
43. The tendency of an object to resist any change of motion is known
as ______. 58. Helium nuclei particles are called
A. force C. mass A. Gamma particles
B. inertia * D. balance B. Beta particles
C. Alpha particles*
44. The force of gravity of a person or object at the surface of a planet D. No particles that are helium nuclei
is known as? 59. A 10-gram ball falls freely from a height, hits the floor at 15 m/s,
A. mass C. air resistance then reflected upward at 10 m/s. Determine the impulse!
B. inertia D. weight* A. 0.05 kg m/s C. 0.25 kg m/s*
B. 0.50 kg m/s D. 2.50 kg m/s
45. A book is sitting on a dashboard of a car that’s stopped at a traffic
light. As the car starts to move forward, the book slides off the 60. A 200-gram ball thrown horizontally with a speed of 4 m/s, then the
dashboard. Pick the most correct explanation.
ball was hit in the same direction. The duration of the ball in contact
A. There was grease on the dashboard. with the bat is 2 milliseconds and the ball speed after leaving the
B. The object had inertia.* bat is 12 m/s. Calculate the force exerted by the batter on the ball.
C. A supernatural force took over. A. 1600 N C. 800 N*
D. Air resistance made the book move backward. B. 590 N D. 240 N

46. A force that one surface exerts on another when the two rub against 61. An object will possess uniform motion as long as the
each other is called ________. A. resultant force acting on it begins to decrease
A. gravity C. acceleration B. resultant force on acting on it increases continuously
B. inertia D. friction* C. resultant force is right angles to its rotation
D. resultant force acting on it is zero*

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62. By how much does kinetic energy increase if the momentum is 69. Object A and B travel along horizontal plane, as shown in figure
increased by 20% below. If the collision is perfectly elastic and the speed of object B
A. 55% C. 66% after collision is 15 m/s, what is the speed of object A after collision.
B. 44%* D. 77% A. 10 m/s*
B. 12 m/s
63. A 60g tennis ball approaches a racket at 15 m/s, is in contact with C. 9 m/s
the racket for 0.005 s and rebounds at 20 m/s. Find the average D. 8 m/s
force the racket exerted on the ball.
A. – 40 N C. – 420 N *
B. – 50 N D. – 400 N 85. At what distance above the surface of the earth does the
acceleration due to gravity have one half of the value that it has on
64. Find the gravitational force the earth exerts on the moon. The the surface of the earth?
earth’s mass is 5.98 x 1024 kg, the moon’s mass is 7.36 x 1022 kg, A. 1640 miles* C. 1460 miles
and the moon’s orbit is an average of 3.84 x 108 m in radius.
B. 4610 miles D. 1064 miles
A. 1.99 x 1020 N * C. 2.45 x 1020 N
20
B. 2.32 x 10 N D. 3.24 x 1020 N 86. A 1200-lb sled is pulled along a horizontal surface at uniform speed
by means of a rope that makes an angle of 30˚ above the
65. The energy stored in wound watch spring is horizontal. If the tension in the rope is 100 lb, what is the coefficient
A. K.E C. P.E* of friction?
B. Heat Energy D. Chemical Energy
A. 0.0753* C. 0.0537
66. The word “atom” comes from Greek “Atomos” which means what? B. 0.0357 D. 0.0573
A. Extremely Small C. Indivisible*
B. Invisible D. Microscopic 87. Which of the following is equivalent to 1 hp?
A. 746 W C. 42.4 BTU/min
67. A ray of light parallel to the principal axis of a concave mirror is
B. 33,000 lb-ft/min D. all of these*
reflected back
A. through the center of the sphere 88. A constant horizontal force of 10 N is required to drag an object
B. as if it came from the focal point across a rough surface at a constant speed of 5 m/s. How much
C. parallel to the principal axis work would be done in 30 min?
D. through the focal point* A. 50 J C. 25 W-hr*
B. 25 W D. 50 W-sec
68. What defines the isotope of an element?
A. # of protons in an atom 89. Potential energy is due to the:
B. # of electrons in an atom A. Motion of a body
C. # of neutrons in an atom* B. Chemical reaction between two metals
D. # of protons and neutrons of an atom C. Fissioning of an atom
D. Position of the body*
78. Statics deals with forces 90. Two forces act on a point objects as follows: 100 N at 170 deg. and
A. Which do not change the state of body at rest or in motion*
100 N at 50 deg. Find the magnitude and direction of the force that
B. Which change the state of body
will bring the object back to its equilibrium state.
C. Which cause motion of a body
A. 100 N at 110 degrees C. 120 N at 110 degrees
D. None of the above B. 125 N at -110 degrees D. 100 N at -70 degrees*
79. “ The moment of the resultant of two concurrent forces with respect 91. The earth can be assumed as a uniform sphere. Suppose the earth
to a center of their planes is equal to the algebraic sum of the
shrinks by 1% in diameter, the new day period will not change from
moments of the components with respect to the same center” This
A. 24 hrs. C. will reduce by about 1%
statement is otherwise known as:
B. will reduce by about 2% D. will increase by about 1%*
A. Varignon’s Theorem* C. Maas moment of inertia
B. Law of reaction D. Law of inertia 92. The coefficient of restitution for a perfectly inelastic collision is:
A. 0* C. 1
80. Two hikers set off in an eastward direction. Hiker 1 travels 3 km B. <0 D. <1
while hiker 2 travels 6 times the distance covered by hiker 1. What
is the displacement of hiker 2? 93. The coefficient of restitution ‘e’ is always ___
A. 15 km C. 18 km* A. Equal to one C. Less than one*
B. 6 km D. 9 km B. More than one D. Zero

81. A circular disc rolls down without slip on an inclined plane. The ratio 94. The escape velocity from the surface of the earth is approximately
of its rotational kinetic energy to the total energy is equal to
A. 1/4 C. 1/3* A. 9.81 km/s C. 14.0 km/s
B. 1/2 D. 2/3 B. 11.2 km/s* D. 22.0 km/s

82. If the momentum of a given particle is doubled, then its kinetic 95. Which of the following are the 7 SI base units?
energy will be A. meter,second,kg,newton,m/s, celsius, mole
A. Doubled C. halved B.meter,second,kg,kelvin,mole,ampere, candela*
B. Quadrupled* D. unaffected C. meter,dyne,minute,celsius, coulomb, ohm, slugs
D. meter,min,slug,liter,ohm,ampere,volt
83. The power required by a machine having an efficiency of 80% for
raising a load of 24 N through a distance of 36m in 1 minute is
A. 12 W C. 50 W 96. According to law of conservation of momentum:
B. 18 W* D. 450 W A. Momentum before impact > momentum after impact
B. Momentum before impact < momentum after impact
84. A roller of weight W is rolled over the wooden block shown in the C. Momentum before impact = momentum after impact*
given figure. The pull F required to just cause the said motion is D. None of the above
A. W/2 97. The total momentum of two bodies after collision will:
B. 3W * A. Increase C. Decrease
C. W B. Remain constant* D. None of the above
D. 2 W

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98. The slope of velocity-time curve represents: 110. Two masses, 2 kg and 8 kg, are moving with equal kinetic energy.
A. Displacement C. Acceleration* The ratio of magnitudes of their momentum is
B. Velocity D. Momentum A. 0.25 C. 0.625
B. 0.50* D. 1.00
99. The force F such that both the bars AC and BC (AC and BC are
equal in length) as shown in the figure are identically loaded, is 111. A bullet of mass 1 kg if fired with a velocity of u m/s from a gun of
mass 10 kg. The ratio of kinetic energies of bullet and gun is
A. 70.7 N* A. 10* C. 1.1
B. 141.4 N B. 11 D. 0.1
C. 100 N
112. Consider a truss PQR loaded at P with a force F as shown in the
D. 168 N
figure. The tension in the member QR is

A. 0.5 F
100. A large coil spring (k = 10 lb/in) is elongated, within its elastic range B. 0.73 F
by one foot. Stored energy in foot - pounds is nearest to: C. 0.63 F*
A. 10 C. 40 D. 0.87 F
B. 60 * D. 80

101. A spring has a natural length of 12” when at rest. If a force of 10 lbs 113. A 0.12-kg ball is moving at 6 m/s when it is hit by a bat, causing it to
is required to stretch it 1”, find the work required ( in ft-lb) to stretch reverse direction and have a speed of 14 m/s. What is the change
the spring from a total length of 13” to a length of 15”. in the magnitude of the momentum of the ball? 

A. 3.5 ft lb * C. 2.5 ft lb A. 0.39 kg-m/s C. 1.3 kg-m/s
B. 1.5 ft lb D. 4.5 ft lb
B. 0.42 kg-m/s D. 2.4 kg-m/s 
*
102. Which one of the following statements is correct?
A. Energy and work are scalars* 114. If the momentum of an object is tripled, its kinetic energy will
B. Energy, momentum and velocity are vectors change by what factor? 

C. Force and work are vectors A. zero
 C. three 

D. Force, momentum and velocity are scalar B. one-third D. nine 
*
103. A 10” diameter pulley is belt driven with a net torque of 250 ft - lbs. 115. When a collision is perfectly inelastic, then:
The ratio of tensions in the tight to slack sides of the belt is 4 to 1. A. all the kinetic energy is conserved.
What is the maximum tension in the belt?
B. all the kinetic energy is gone.

A. 250 lbs. C. 83 lbs.
C. the participants stick together.
*
B. 800 lbs. * D. 500 lbs.
D. the total momentum is zero.
104. A mass of 35 kg is suspended from a weightless bar AC, which is 116. Compute the force of gravitational attraction between the large and
supported by a cable CB and a pin at A as shown in the Fig. The small sphere of a Cavendish balance, if m=1 gm, m’=500 gm, r=5
pin reactions at A on the bar AB are cm.
A. RX = 343.4N ; Ry = 755.4N A. 1.33x10-6 dynes* C. 3.33x10-6 dynes
-6
B. 3.11x10 dynes D. 2.23x10-6 dynes
C. RX = 755.4N ; Ry = 343.4N
117. A newly discovered planet has twice the density of the earth, but the
B. RX = 343.4N ; Ry = 0
acceleration due to gravity on its surface is exactly the same as on
D. RX = 755.4N ; Ry = 0 * the surface of the earth. What is its radius?
A. 1/3 re C. 1/4 re
105. Where must an 800 N object be hung on a uniform, 100 N pole so B. 1/2 re* D. re
that a girl at one can supports one-third as much as a woman at the
118. Consider the following statements:
other end?
A man holding the point A of the rope walks 2 m (see figure given).
A. 0.33 C. 0.11
Assuming the pulley to be frictionless and g = 10 m/s2 one can say
B. 0.22* D. 0.55
that the
1. work done by the man is 100 J.
106. The reaction (in kN) at the support 'A' for the beam shown in the
2. work done by the man is zero.
given figure is
3. work done by the force of gravity is 100 J.
A. 18
4. increase in potential energy of the 5 kg mass is 100 J.
B. 1.8
Of these statements:
C. 1.8*
A. 1 and 4 are correct* C. 1, 3 and 4 are correct
D. 0.8
2 and 4 are correct D. 2 and 3 are correct
107. A uniform solid sphere rolls on a horizontal surface at 20 m/s and
119. The block shown in the given figure is kept in equilibrium and
then rolls up the incline. If friction losses are negligible, what will be
prevented from sliding down by applying a force of 500 N. The
the value of h where the ball stops?
coefficient of friction is √3/5. The weight of the block would be
A. 28.6 m* C. 18.7 m
B. 26.5 m D. 31.8 m
A. 4000 N
108. As a solid disk rolls over the top of a hill on a track, its speed is 80 B. 1000 N
cm/s. If friction losses are negligible, how fast is the disk moving C. 2500 N*
when it is 18 cm below the top? D. 500 N
A. 1.73 m/s* C. 1.81 m/s
B. 2.81 m/s D. 3.71 m/s 120. Which of the following is the largest unit?
109. A 20 kg electric motor is mounted on four vertical springs, each
having a spring constant of 30 N/cm. find the period with which the A. 1 slug C. 1 quintal*
motor vibrates vertically. B. 1 amu D. all are equal
A. 0.256 s* C. 0.625 s
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