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Take Test: Online Assignment 1

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Description Dear all, 

  This is the first of the two online assignments for SCSE students.  

  Tip: you can use scientific/exponential notation to represent numeric values. Eg.,
0.0001 can be written as 1.0e-4 or as 1.0E-4. Spaces are not allowed.  

  You do not have to finish the assignment in one seating.  You have also been given
more than one attempt if you get your answer wrong.

  The deadline is 25 Aug 2021, 23:59.

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Multiple This test allows multiple attempts.
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QUESTION 1 15 points   Saved

Paper weight and hence thickness are indicated by the unit gsm (grams
per square meter).  With this knowledge, determine the mass (in kg) of
a ream of 500 pieces of 90 gsm A4 paper.  (You can do any length
measurement you need). Leave your answers to 2 decimal places.

4.59

QUESTION 2 15 points   Saved

An average family of four uses roughly 1200 L (about 300 gallons) of

water per day (1L=1000 cm3).   How much depth (cm) would a lake lose
per year if it uniformly covered an area of 89 km2 and supplied a local
town with a population of 45 thousand people?  Consider only
population uses, and neglect evaporation and so on. Please leave your
answer to 1 decimal place.

65.9

QUESTION 3 10 points   Save Answer

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The equation Status: airflow through a computer chassis to
for required
maintain a safe operating temperature is given by

where Q is the heat transferred per unit time (kW),   is the specific
heat capacity of air,   is the density of air and   is the temperature
change.  Which of the following is a possible unit for  ?       

kg/s

kg/m3

J/m3

m3/s

J/s

QUESTION 4 15 points   Save Answer

Some hard drives are rated 7200 rpm (rev per minute). which means
that it can spin up to  7200 rounds in one minute.  If a read-and-write
head is 3.1 cm from the rotation axis, how fast (in m/s) is the disk
moving just beneath the read-and-write head? leave your answer to 1
decimal place.

QUESTION 5 15 points   Saved

An underwater data center is submerged at a depth of 0.14 km. 

Determine the pressure (in atm) that it is able to withstand.  (ρsea = 1
020 kg/m3 and 1.01 × 105 N/m2 = 1 ATM.)  Leave your answer to 3
s.f.
1410000

QUESTION 6 10 points   Saved

A scuba diver and her gear displace a volume of 63.3 L and have a total
mass of 67.1 kg. What is the buoyant force (in N) acting on the diver?
(Density of sea water is 1025 kg/m3) Leave your answer to 3 s.f.

63600

QUESTION 7 15 points   Saved

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A standard cylinder of oxygen used in a hospital has a pressure of 1.7 x

107 Pa and volume of 27 L at T = 25oC.  How long (in min) will the
cylinder last, if the flow rate measured at atmospheric pressure is
constant at 2.5 L/min at T = 25oC? Leave your answer to 3 s.f.
Atmospheric pressure is 1.01 x 105 Pa.

11

QUESTION 8 15 points   Save Answer

A house has a volume 692 m3.  What is the total mass of air inside the
house at 22.6oC.  Assume that pressure is 1 atm.  The molar mass of
air is 29.2 g.  What is the total mass (in kg) of air inside the house? 
Leave your answer to 3 s.f.

QUESTION 9 15 points   Save Answer

The figure on the right shows an aerostat filled with helium and can lift
antennas and receivers to an altitude of 250 meters and deliver mobile
broadband to rural communities.  The aerostat is tethered to the ground
by a system of cables.  One such system can provide ground coverage
for up to 10,000 km2, an area that would normally require about 15 cell
phone towers – reducing the deployment costs by 60%.  It is a viable
candidate to deliver the 5G networks. The density of helium at 1.0 atm
and 15 oC is 0.168 kg/m3 and the density for air is 1.225 kg/m3.  For a
particular system, the mass of the balloon (skin without helium), cables
and the equipment is 605 kg.  The volume of the balloon is 800 m3
when in operation. Determine the tension in the cables required to hold
the aerostat at a constant height.
 Leave your answer to 3 s.f.

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A flat metal washer is heated. As the washer's temperature increases,
what happens

Question to theStatus:
Completion hole in the center?

The hole in the center of the washer will expand.

The hole in the center of the washer will contract.

The hole in the center will remain the same size.

Changes in the hole cannot be determined without know the

composition of the metal.

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