PHYS 1800: Mock Exam- For practice Thursday December 14, 2023

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General Instructions

• Formula Sheets are attached to the back of the exam.

• Solve all numerical problems as completely as you can.
• Clearly identify your final answer
• Be sure to report the correct number of significant digits, and don’t forget units.
• There are a total of 55 Marks.

Note: This was based of a final exam previous used in another first-year physics class (not PHYS 1800). The topics
are similar, not identical. I cross out a couple of questions, and adding a new question to make it more
applicable.
MULTIPLE CHOICE (11 MARKS TOTAL , 1 Mark Each, Circle only one. Pick the best answer.)

1. In an elastic collision
a) The momentum is not conserved, but the kinetic energy is conserved
b) The momentum and the kinetic energy are both conserved
c) The momentum is conserved, but the kinetic energy is not conserved
d) Depends, I need more information

2. When given a velocity vs time graph of an object, one can determine-

a) The average velocity from the slope, and displacement from the area underneath?
b) The displacement from the slope, and the acceleration from the area underneath?
c) The acceleration from the slope, and the displacement from the area underneath ?
d) The displacement from the slope, and the average velocity from the area underneath?
e) The acceleration from the slope, and the area underneath is meaningless.

3. What are the units of Energy?

a) Watts
b) Work
c) kilowatt-hours
d) Horsepower
e) Joules

4. A small sports car collides head-on with a massive truck. Which vehicle experiences the greater
acceleration?
a) The car
b) The Truck
c) They experience the same acceleration
d) Depends, I need more information

5. Four different objects- a solid sphere, a hollow sphere, a hoop, and solid cylinder, each having the
identical mass and the identical radius, are placed at the top of an incline. The objects are released at
the same time, and roll without slipping. Which object will make it to the bottom of the incline fastest?
a) A solid sphere of radius R
b) A hollow sphere of radius R
c) A solid cylinder of radius R
d) A hoop of radius R
e) They will all make it to the bottom in the same amount of time.
6. A car is driving on a flat highway, and experiences a significant amount of air drag. If there is no net
force on the car:
a) The car will slow down over time.
b) The drag force acting on the car depends on the force of gravity.
c) The car will maintain a constant speed, with the engine working to overcome the drag.
d) The car will accelerate due to gravity.

7. A person exerts a constant horizontal force on a large box. As a result, the box moves across a horizontal
floor at constant speed 𝑣𝑜 . The constant horizontal force applied by the person :
a) Is greater than the weight of the box.
b) Has the same magnitude as the friction force which resists the motion of the box.
c) Is greater than the friction force which resists the motion of the box.
d) Is greater than both the weight of the box and the friction force which resists the motion.

8. Due to the Earth’s rotation about its axis you weigh:

a) Slightly more at the equator than at the poles.
b) Slightly less at the equator than at the poles.
c) The same everywhere on the surface on the Earth.
d) Cannot say, depends on if the Earth is rotating clockwise or counter-clockwise.

9. A sealed container contains 5.6 𝐿 of an ideal gas at 234 °𝐶. The walls of the container are rigid, and
cannot move. The temperature is then lowered to 154°𝐶. The pressure in the container:
a) Increases
b) Remains unchanged
c) Decreases
d) Depends on atmospheric pressure

10. A box is dragged a distance 𝑑 across a floor by a force 𝐹⃗ which makes an angle 𝜃 with the ground. The
work done by 𝐹⃗ on the box :
a) Increases if the angle 𝜃 is increased
b) Increases if the angle 𝜃 is decreased
c) Increases if the distance 𝑑 decreases
d) Does not depend on 𝜃
 SHORT ANSWER (10 Marks Total, 5 Questions)

1. Write the following in scientific notation, in base SI units (2 MARKS).

a) 214.78 𝑀𝑚

b) 0.0065 𝑛𝑔

2. A velocity vs time graph is given below.

a) What is the displacement between 𝑡 = 4.0𝑠 and = 7.0𝑠 ? (1 MARK)

b) What is the acceleration at 𝑡 = 8.5𝑠? (1 MARK)

3. The position vs time of an object is given by 𝑥(𝑡) = 3.4𝑡 3 − 6.5𝑡 2 + 45. What is the instantaneous
acceleration at 𝑡 = 3.4𝑠? (2 MARKS)

4. The speed profile a non-visous fluid flowing in a pipe is given below. Sketch the speed profile for viscous
fluid flow. (2 MARKS)

5. A car drives at a steady 86 𝑘𝑚/ℎ down a straight section of highway. You (perhaps unwisely) hold your
arm straight out of the window and in your hand, you hold a string on which a rock is hanging. Draw a
free body diagram for the rock, and label the forces. What is the net force on the rock? (2 MARKS)
 PROBLEM SOLVING (34 Marks Total, 9 Questions)

1. An object with mass 𝑚1 = 5.00 𝑘𝑔 rests on a frictionless horizontal table, and is connected to a cable
that passes over a massless, frictionless pulley and then is fastened to a hanging object 𝑚2 of mass
9.00𝑘𝑔.

Find the tension in the string the acceleration of each object. (3 MARKS)
 𝑚
2. A 38𝑘𝑔 skier, initially moving at a speed of 2.8 𝑠 , skis down a slope which is 128 𝑚 long, at an angle of
12°, and then onto a horizontal section. The coffecient of friction 𝜇𝑘 is 0.09 everywhere. How far along
the horizontal section does the skier travel before coming to a stop? (5 MARKS)

12°
3. A cylindrical cooking pot with a radius of 0.11𝑚, contains 1.0 𝐿 of oil, 0.5 𝐿of vinegar, and 2.0 𝐿 of
water. Assuming the liquids will not mix, the liquids will settle to different levels due to their different
densities.

𝜌𝑜𝑖𝑙 = 840 𝑘𝑔/𝑚3 , 𝜌𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑔𝑎𝑟 = 1050 𝑘𝑔/𝑚3 , 𝜌𝑤𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟 = 1000 𝑘𝑔/𝑚3 , recall 1000 𝐿 = 1 𝑚3

What is the gauge pressure at the bottom of the pot (NOTE: volume of a cylinder is 𝜋𝑟 2 ℎ)? (3 MARKS)
 4. What exhaust speed is required to accelerate a rocket in deep space from 800 m/s to 1000 m/s in 5.0 s
if the total rocket mass (including remaining fuel) is 1200 kg with on 55 kg of fuel left? (4 MARKS)

[this question replaced a question which was not relevant to PHYS 1800]
5. Two shuffleboard disks of equal mass are involved in an elastic collision. Disk B is initially at rest, and is
struck by Disk A, which was initially moving 5.00 𝑚/𝑠 to the right. After the collision, the disks are
travelling as indicated below. Determine the final speed of Disk A and Disk B.
(4 MARKS)
6. An athlete swings a 5.0kg ball horizontally on the end of a rope. The ball moves in a circle of radius
1.00m, with an angular speed of 3.0 rad/s. (4 MARKS TOTAL)
a) What is the tangential speed of the ball? (1 MARK)

b) What is the centripetal acceleration of the ball? (1 MARK)

c) If the maximum tension the rope can withstand before breaking is 100N, what is the
maximum tangential speed the ball can have? (2 MARK)
7. An airplane flying upward at 35.3𝑚/𝑠 and an angle of 30.0° with respect to the horizontal releases a
ball when it is 255𝑚 above the ground. (4 MARKS TOTAL)
a) How long does it take the ball to hit the ground? (2 MARKS)

b) What is the maximum height of the ball? (1 MARK)

c) Determine the horizontal distance that the ball travels from the release point. (1 MARK)
8. A 150 𝑘𝑔 merry-go-round in the shape of a uniform, solid, horizontal disk of radius 1.9 𝑚 is set in
motion by wrapping a rope around the rim of the disk and pulling the rope. (4 MARKS TOTAL)

a) What constant torque is required to bring the merry-go-round from rest to an angular speed of
4.8 𝑟𝑎𝑑/𝑠 in 2.0𝑠. (2 MARKS)

b) What constant force must be exerted on the rope to cause this torque? (1 MARK)

c) What is the angular momentum of the merry-go-round when it is at its final angular speed? (1
MARK)
9. A tennis ball is thrown directly upwards in a lecture hall from an initial height of 1.2𝑚 above the floor.
The tennis ball almost (but not quite) hits the ceiling before returning to the thrower’s hand 1.8𝑠 later.
How high is the ceiling in the lecture hall? (3 MARKS)
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Constants:

𝑚 𝑚3
𝑔 = 9.81 𝐺 = 6.67𝑥10−11
𝑠2 𝑘𝑔𝑠 2

Formulas:

Δ𝑥⃗ 𝑑
Δ𝑥 = 𝑥 − 𝑥0 𝑣𝑎𝑣𝑔 =
⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗ 𝑣𝑎𝑣𝑔 =
Δ𝑡 Δ𝑡

𝑑𝑥⃗(𝑡) ⃗⃗
Δ𝑣 ⃗⃗(𝑡)
𝑑𝑣
𝑣⃗(𝑡) = 𝑎𝑎𝑣𝑔 =
⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗ 𝑎⃗(𝑡) =
𝑑𝑡 Δ𝑡 𝑑𝑡
1 2
𝑣 = 𝑣𝑜 + 𝑎𝑡 Δ𝑥 = 𝑣𝑜𝑥 𝑡 + 𝑎𝑥 𝑡 2 𝑣𝑥2 = 𝑣0𝑥 + 2𝑎Δ𝑥
2

𝑣2 𝑚 𝑚
𝑎𝑟 = ∑ 𝐹⃗ = 𝑚𝑎⃗ ⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗
𝐹12 = 𝐺 1 2 2
𝑟 𝑟

𝑓𝑠 ≤ 𝜇𝑠 𝑁 𝑓𝑘 = 𝜇𝑘 𝑁 𝐹𝑠 = −𝑘𝑥
𝑏 1
𝑊𝐹 = 𝐹⃗ ∙ 𝑑⃗ 𝑊 = ∫𝑎 𝐹 (𝑥 )𝑑𝑥 𝑊𝑏𝑦 𝑠𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 = − 𝑘𝑥 2 𝑊𝑛𝑒𝑡 =
2
1 1
Δ𝐾 𝐾𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑠. = 𝑚𝑣 2 Δ𝑈𝑔 = 𝑚𝑔Δℎ Δ𝑈𝑠 = 𝑘 Δ𝑥 2
2 2
𝑑𝑈𝑥
Δ𝐸 = 𝑊𝑁𝐶 𝐹𝑥 = 𝐹⃗ = −∇
⃗⃗𝑈
𝑑𝑥
Δ𝑊
𝑃𝑎𝑣𝑔 = 𝑝⃗ = 𝑚𝑣⃗ 𝐼⃗ = Δ𝑝⃗ =
Δ𝑡
𝑡2 𝑎𝑣𝑔 Δ𝑝⃗
∫𝑡 𝐹⃗𝑛𝑒𝑡 𝑑𝑡 𝐹⃗𝑛𝑒𝑡 =
Δ𝑡
1

∑𝑁
𝑖=1 𝑥𝑖 𝑚𝑖 𝑑𝑝⃗𝐶𝑀
𝑥𝐶𝑀 = ∑𝑁
= 𝐹⃗𝑒𝑥𝑡 if 𝐹⃗𝑒𝑥𝑡 = 0 then Δ𝑝⃗ = 0
𝑖=1 𝑚𝑖 𝑑𝑡

𝑀𝑖
Δ𝑣 = 𝑣𝑒𝑟 ln ( ) 𝐹𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑢𝑠𝑡 = 𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑅
𝑀𝑓

Δ𝑠 = 𝑟Δ𝜃 𝑣=𝑟𝜔 𝑎𝑇 = 𝑟 𝛼
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1
Δ𝜃 = 𝜔𝑖 𝑡 + 𝛼𝑡 2 𝜔𝑓 = 𝜔𝑖 + 𝛼𝑡 𝜔𝑓2 = 𝜔𝑖2 + 2𝛼Δ𝜃
2

𝜏⃗ = 𝑟⃗ × 𝐹⃗ 𝜏 = 𝑟𝐹𝑠𝑖𝑛𝜃 𝜏⃗𝑛𝑒𝑡 = 𝐼 𝛼⃗
1
𝐼𝑝𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑡 𝑚𝑎𝑠𝑠 = 𝑚𝑟 2 𝐾𝑟𝑜𝑡 = 𝐼 𝜔2 𝑊𝜏 = 𝜏Δ𝜃
2

𝑎𝑣𝑔 ⃗⃗𝑛𝑒𝑡
Δ𝐿
𝐿⃗⃗ = 𝐼𝜔
⃗⃗ 𝐿⃗⃗ = 𝑟⃗ × 𝑝⃗ 𝜏⃗𝑛𝑒𝑡 =
Δ𝑡

𝐹 Δ𝐿
𝜎= 𝜖= 𝜎 = 𝑌𝜖
𝐴 𝐿
1
𝑓= 𝑥 (𝑡) = 𝐴𝑐𝑜𝑠(𝜔𝑡 + 𝜙) 𝜔 = 2𝜋𝑓
𝑇

𝑘 2𝜋
𝜔=√ 𝑣 = 𝜆𝑓 𝑘=
𝑚 𝜆

𝑇𝑠
𝑣=√ 𝐷(𝑥, 𝑡) = 𝐴𝑠𝑖𝑛(𝑘𝑥 − 𝜔𝑡 + 𝜙)
𝜇

4
𝐴𝑠𝑝ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 = 4𝜋𝑟 2 𝑉𝑠𝑝ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 = 𝜋𝑟 3
3

−𝑏±√𝑏2 −4𝑎𝑐
If 𝑎𝑡 2 + 𝑏𝑡 + 𝑐 = 0 then 𝑡 =
2𝑎

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