NMAT PHYSICS SIMULATIONS (MOCK 2) 6.

A metal cube is heated in Bunsen flame and then

dropped into an insulated beaker containing water. The
DIRECTIONS: Select the best answer to each of the masses of the water, the beaker and the cube, the initial
following questions and blacken the appropriate space on and the final temperatures of the water, and the beaker are
your answer sheet. known. Without further measurement, which of the
following can be calculated?
1. A 200-kg lift is raised by an electric motor through a a. The density of the cube
height of 15 m in 20 seconds (g = 10 ms2). b. The specific heat capacity of the cube
a. The weight of the lift is 2,000 N. c. The thermal conductivity of the cube
b. The useful work done is 30,000 J. d. The specific latent heat of the cube
c. The power output of the motor is 1.5 kW.
d. All of the above statements are correct. 7. A capacitor acquires 0.004 coulomb when 50 volts is
applied. Its capacitance is
2. What are the factors that determine the speed of a a. 0.8 microfarad c. 8.0 microfarad
satellite which move in a stable orbit around a planet? b. 80.0 microfarad d. 800.0 microfarad
a. Mass of the planet and G
b. Mass of the satellite and G 8. Which of the following is true when the magnetic flux
c. Mass of the satellite, mass of the planet and G through a coil at 100 turns is reduced from 0.25 weber to 0
d. Orbital radius of the satellite, mass of the planet & G weber in 0.2 second?
a. The induced emf in the coil is 125 volts
3. A body thrown vertically up into the air possesses kinetic b. The induced emf in the coil is 120 volts
energy at the beginning of its flight, but as it rises, it loses c. The emf is 220 volts
kinetic energy and acquires potential energy with respect to d. The emf is 225 volts
the level from which it started. Which of the following is
NOT likely to happen? 9. A rock of mass m is dropped to the ground from a height
a. When it reaches the highest point, the kinetic energy was h. A second rock with mass 2m is dropped from the same
wholly changed to potential energy. height. When the second rock strikes the ground, its kinetic
b. As it falls, its potential energy is again transformed to energy is…
kinetic energy. a. twice that of the first rock
c. The potential energy is maximum at the highest point of b. four times that of the first rock
its flight. c. the same as that of the first rock
d. The kinetic energy is minimum at the lowest point of its d. half as much as that of the first rock
flight.
10. A boy ties on end of a string and
spins it vertically as shown by the
diagram on the right. At which point
is the tension greatest?
a. at the bottom
b. at the side
c. at the top
d. at all points

11. Car A has a mass of 1,000 kg and

4. Bernoulli’s principle states that A1V1= A2V2. Blood flows a speed of 60 km/hr while car B has mass of 2,000 kg and a
from artery A1, whose cross-sectional area is 502, at at a speed of 30 km/hr. The kinetic energy of a car A is:
velocity of 20 mm/s to its more peripheral branches, A2, A3, a. half that of car B c. equal to that of car B
A4 and A5. If the total cross-sectional area of the branches is b. twice that of car B d. four times that of car B
5002 and each branch has exactly the same diameter as
the other, what is the velocity of the blood in the branches? 12. A box of the same weight is placed at different positions
a. 0.5 mm/s c. 10.0 mm/s on one end of a lever. Which one requires the greatest force
b. 1.0 mm/s d. 2.0 mm/s to lift the box?

5. A car of mass 800 kg is being driven along a level road.

This engine supplies a forward force of 3600 N and the total
resistive force is 2000 N. What is the acceleration of the
car?
a. 2.0 m/s2 c. 4.5 m/s2
b. 2.5 m/s 2 d. 7.0 m/s2

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13. Both light and sound travel in waves. In a vacuum.. 20. In which of the following activities is work done equal to
a. only sound can travel zero?
b. only light can travel a. Pushing a cart to a distance of 8 meters
c. both light and sound can travel b. Carrying books from home to school
d. neither can travel c. Lifting a sack of rice
d. Carrying a pale of water from the kitchen to the garage
14. Three holes are drilled along the side of a tank filled
with water. The holes are about 12 cm vertically apart. 21. The amount of work a 0.6 KW electric drill can do in 1
Which option best represents the result? min is…
a. 0.6 J c. 0.6 KJ
b. 36 J d. 36 KJ

22. A solid whose volume is 9 𝑚3 and weighing 750 kg is

dropped into a pool of fresh water. The weight of the water
it displaces is greater than 750 kg. Which of the following
d. water would not flow will happen?
a. The solid will float.
15. A nail is driven 1.5 m from the ground of a 3.5 m tall b. The solid will sink.
tree. When the tree grows to a height of 7 m, the nail is c. The solid will be suspended.
how many meters from the ground? d. The solid will float then sink.
a. 1.5 m c. 2 m
b. 3m d. 2.5 m 23. What would happen to the temperature and pressure of
the air inside the bus tires if the bus travels over a long
16. A box is placed along a wooden plank whose one end is distance on a very hot day?
raised. At the exact moment the box slides, its a. The air inside the tire increases in temperature;
measurements are as illustrated in the diagram below. What therefore, pressure increases.
is its coefficient of static friction? b. The air inside the tire increases in temperature;
therefore, volume increases
c. The air inside the tire decreases in temperature;
therefore, volume decreases
d. The air inside the tire increases in temperature;
therefore, pressure decreases.

24. You tape two different soda straws together end-to-end

to make a longer straw with no leaks. The two straws have
radii of 3 millimeters and 5 millimeters, respectively. You
a. 4 b. 2 c. none of the above d. ½ drink a soda through your combination straw. In which
straw is the speed of the liquid faster?
a. Whichever one is nearest to your mouth
17. If the coefficient of sliding friction of iron on concrete is b. The one of bigger radius
0.30, what force is required to pull an iron box weighing 70 c. The one of smaller radius
newton across a concrete floor? d. Neither. The speed is the same in both straws.
a. 70.30 N c. 21 N
b. 2333.33 N d. 140 N 25. The pressure exerted by hydrogen gas in a 5-liter
container is 780 mm. What pressure does this same
18. Which of the following will happen if a sample of gas is quantity of hydrogen gas will exert in a 3-liter container?
heated at constant pressure? a. 2,200 mm c. 3,900 mm
a. The average kinetic energy of its molecules decreases, b. 260 mm d. 1,300 mm
and the volume of the gas decreases.
b. The average kinetic energy of its molecules increases, 26. The volume of gas at 20oC is 100 mL. What will be its
and the volume of the gas decreases. volume at 100oC?
c. The average kinetic energy of its molecules decreases, a. 127.3 mL c. 2,000 mL
and the volume of the gas increases. b. 200 mL d. 150.5 mL
d. The average kinetic energy of its molecules increases,
and the volume of the gas increases. 27. Which sample of water has the greatest vapour
pressure?
19. In the axe shown on the a. 50 mL at 30oC c. 150 mL at 15oC
right, at which point is the center b. 100 mL at 120 C
o d. 75 mL at 40oC
of gravity?
a. A c. C
b. B d. D

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For questions 28-29 refer to the following situation: 35. Why is the weight of an object on the moon only 1/6 of
An astronaut weighs 588 Newtons on Earth. The gravity of its weight on the earth?
the moon is 1/6 of the Earth’s gravity. Acceleration due to a. the moon has significantly less mass than the earth
gravity on Earth is 9.8 m/s2. b. because the moon is far from the earth
c. gravitational force on the moon is stronger than that of
28. What is the astronaut’s mass on earth? the earth
a. 98 kg b. 60 kg c. 960.4 kg d. 597.8 kg d. the moon orbits the earth

29. What would be the astronaut’s weight on the moon?

a. 98 N b. 60 N c. 960.4 N d. 597.8 N A B C D

30. Why must a large force be applied to a bowling ball so Visible Light
that it can move at the same speed as the tennis ball?
a. because it is bigger 36. Compared to the wavelengths of visible lights, the
b. because it has more inertia wavelength of the radiation in C and D are:
c. because it has more friction a. Shorter
d. because it has lower velocity b. Longer
c. Just as long
31. In an experiment, the students slide a box over a flat d. Not measurable
surface. Then, they put pencils under the box and move it
again over the same surface. This simple experiment can 37. An alpha particle is the same as:
illustrate how ____ can be reduced. a. 𝟐𝟏𝑯 c. 𝟒𝟐𝑯𝒆
a. friction c. weight b. 𝟏𝑯
𝟑
d. 𝟑𝟐𝑯𝒆
b. gravity d. mass
38. A concave mirror has a 10-cm focal length. If an object
32. Shown on the right are two bar magnets. What poles of 5 cm. wide is placed 25 cm in front of the mirror, the image
the two magnets are facing each other? is:
a. Virtual and reduced c. Virtual and enlarged
b. Real and reduced d. Real and enlarged

39. The maximum speed of electrons produced by incident

photons on a metal depends only on the:
a. temperature c. frequency of the incident light
b. electric field d. intensity of the incident light

40. What color in visible spectrum has the longest

a. north: north or south: south wavelength?
b. north: south or south: north a. Red b. Yellow c. Blue d. Violet
c. east: east or west: west
d. east: west or west: east 41. Which of the following will result if the number of the
lines in a diffraction grating of a given width is decreased?
33. A man weighing 700 Newtons climbs a flight of stairs 7 a. The wavelengths that can be diffracted will be shorter
meters high? How much work does he do? b. The wavelengths that can be diffracted will be longer
a. 100 joules c. 4,900 joules c. The spectrum produced will be narrower
b. 693 joules d. 707 joules d. The spectrum produced will be broader
34. A man with a mass of 80 kg wants to play seesaw with 42. Light goes from medium A to medium B at an angle of
his son whose mass is only 40 kg. To balance the force he incidence of 30 degrees. The angle refraction is 40 degrees.
exerts with that of his son, how far should he sit from the The speed of light in B:
fulcrum if his son sits 4 meters from it. a. is less than in A
a. 4 meters c. 2 meters b. is the same as that in A
b. 3 meters d. 1 meter c. is greater than that in A
d. may be any of the above, depending on the specific
medium

43. The lowest frequencies are found in:

a. x-rays c. ultraviolet light
b. radio waves d. radar waves

44. Light of which the ff. colors has the shortest

wavelength?
a. red b. blue c. yellow d. green

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45. Which of the diagrams shown below could represent the
path of light ray through a glass block in the air?

46. Parallel rays for light passing through a convex lens can
be made parallel again by passing them through:
a. a glass plate c. translucent paper
b. concave lens d. another convex lens

47. Compared to the speed of light, the speed of sound in

air is:
a. slower c. indeterminable
b. the same d. faster

48. When a sound wave goes from air into water, the
quantity that remains unchanged is its…
a. velocity c. frequency
b. speed d. amplitude

49. Which of the following factors is responsible for

transmitting waves?
a. mass c. wavelength
b. energy d. amplitude

50. When a beam of light enters one medium from another,

a quantity that never changes its:
a. wavelength b. frequency c. speed d. direction