1.

The product of force and

time during which the
force acts is called
A. Momentum
B. Impulse
C. Moment
D. Impulsive force
2. Momentum is the product
of
A. Mass and acceleration
B. Mass and velocity
C. Force and acceleration
D. Acceleration and time
3. A 2000kg truck traveling
at 20m/s east has a
momentum of
A. 4x102 kg m/s east
4. For a system consisting of
two particles that undergo
elastic collision,
A. Both the kinetic energy
and momentum are
conserved
B. Neither the kinetic energy
nor momentum is
conserved
C. Momentum is conserved
but kinetic energy is not
conserved
D. Kinetic energy is
conserved but momentum
is not
5. Which of the following is
not true about center of
gravity?
A. It is always inside the
body
B. It is located at the
geometric center of a
regularly shaped body
C. It is the point where the
weight of the body is
concentrated
D. It may be outside or inside
of the body

6. A rifle recoils from a firing

bullet. The recoil speed of
the rifles is small because
A. The rifle is more
massive than the bullet
B. Momentum of the rifle is
unchanged
C. Force against the rifle is
relatively small
D. Impulse on the rifle is less
than the impulse of the
bullet
7. For a rigid body to be in
equilibrium
A. Net force acting on it must
be zero
B. Net torque about any axis
should be zero
C. Net force acting on it
as well as the net
torque about any axis
must be zero
D. Frictional forces must be
zero
8. What is the coefficient if
restitution for a perfectly
inelastic collision?
A. 0
B. 1
C. Between 0 and 1
D. From 0 to 1

9. What is/are always

conserved in all types of
collision?
A. Momentum
B. Kinetic energy
C. Both momentum and
kinetic energy
D. Neither momentum nor
kinetic energy

10. Conservation of
momentum is a statement
of
A. Newtons first law of
motion
B. 2nd
C. 3rd
D. Law of conservation of
energy
11. Compare to its original
value, what would a
passenger bus new
momentum if its velocity
were doubled?
A. Twice
B. 1/2
C. 4 times
D. 1/4

12-13. Two billiard balls having

the same mass of 1.25kg roll
toward each other, each moving
at the same speed of 3.0m/s.
What is the combined
momentum of the two balls
after collision?
A. 0 kg.m/s
B. 1.875 kg.m/s
C. 3.75 kg.m/s
D. 7.5 kg.m/s
14-15 You (50kg mass) are
skating on ice at 4.0m/s when
you collide with your friend
(50kg) mass, who is standing
still. You embraced her and
move off together. With what
speed do you move off
together?
A. Zero
B. 2.0m/s
C. 5.0m/s
D. 1.0m/s

16-17. A uniform meter stick

has 45.0g mas placed at the
20cm mark. If a pivot is placed
at the 42.5cm mark and the
meter stick remains horizontal
in static equilibrium, what is the
mass of the meter stick?
A. 100g
B. 115g
C. 120g
D. 135g
18-19. A boy of mass 75kg and
a girl of mass 50kg sit at the
opposite ends of a 4.0m long
uniform seesaw pivoted at the
center. Where should a 40kg
child sit to balance the seesaw?
All distances are measured from
the pivot point
A. 1.25m same side as the
girl
20-21. A 10kg bomb is heading
toward the North with a velocity
of 4.0m/s when it exploded into
three fragments. The three
fragment are: a 40kg fragment
moving west with a speed of
10.0m/s; a 4.0kg fragment
moving east with a speed of
10m/s; and a third fragment
with a mass of 2.0kg. What is
the velocity of the third
fragment?
A. Zero
B. 20m/s north
C. 20 m/s south
D. 4m/s north
22-23. A 0.98N ball falls freely
from a height of 12m. Its
momentum when it strikes the
ground is
A. 1.5 kg m/s
B. 1.8 kg m/s
C. 2.4 kg m/s
D. 4.8 kg m/s

24-25. A wooden square of side

length 1m is on a horizaontal
tabletop and is free to rotate
about its center axis. The
square is subject to two forces
and rotates. Find the net torque
of the system in meter Newton.
A. 0
B. 8
C. -8
D. 11.2
1. Which of the following is
not an example of a fluid?
a. Hydrogen
b. Water
c. Coffee
d. Ice
2. Blood pressure
measurements should be
taken
a. Above the heart
b. Below the heart
c. At the level of the
heart
d. Anywhere
3. As you climb higher in a
mountain, air pressure
a. Decreases
b. Increases
c. Remains the same
d. decreases and then
increases
4. As you go deeper in the
sea, the water pressure
a. Decreases
b. Increases
c. Remains the same
d. Decreases and then
increases
5. Assume a liquid is flowing
through a horizontal pipe
of cross sectional area A
at a pressure P and
velocity V. If, at some

point, the area decreases

then
a. Velocity will increase
and pressure will
remain the same
b. Velocity increases
but pressure
decreases
c. Both velocity and
pressure will decrease
d. Both velocity and
pressure will increase
6. The spike heels of
womens shoes are very
damaging flooring
because they are capable
of transmitting
tremendous
a. Pressure
b. Force
c. Energy
d. Power
7. Oil has a smaller density
than water. Therefore, an
object will float in oil will
a. Float in water, with
more of the object
submerged
b. Float in water, with the
same amount of the
object submerged
c. Float in water, with
less of the object
submerged
d. Not float in water
8. The flow of liquid through
a small opening is given
by
a. Archimedes principle
b. Bernoullis equation
c. Continuity equation
d. Torricellis equation
9. The difference between
the absolute pressure at a
point in a fluid and

a.
b.
c.
d.

atmospheric pressure is
called
Barometric pressure
Air pressure
Gauge pressure
Tire pressure

10. The speed of liquid

through an opening in
tank is dependent upon
a. Height of the tank
b. Density of the liquid
c. Height of liquid
above the opening
d. Shape of the tank
11. Salt water is denser than
fresh water. An object is
partially submerged in
both fresh water and in
salt water
a. Buoyant force is greater in
salt water. A greater
volume of salt water is
displaced.
b. Buoyant force is greater in
fresh water. Less volume
of fresh water will be
displaced.
c. Buoyant force is the same
in both. A greater volume
of salt is displaced.
d. Buoyant force is the
same. Lesser volume of
salt water is displaced.
12. A 20 kg solid block of
aluminum (Pal = 2.70
g/cc) is placed in a beaker
of water filled to the brim.
Some water overflows.
The same is done in
another beaker with a 20
kg solid block lead. (Plead
= 11.3 g/cc). Does the
block of lead displace
more, less, or the same
amount of water as the
aluminum block?

a.
b.
c.
d.

More
Less
The same amount
There is not enough
information

13. The hydraulic automobile

jack is an application of
a. Archimedes principle
b. Bernoullis principle
c. Pascals principle
d. Torricellis theorem
14. Which will not change if a
fluid is undergoing
incompressible flow?
a. The speed of liquid
b. Pressure
c. Density of liquid
d. Elevation of the liquid
15. An object wholly or
partially immersed in a
fluid is buoyed up a force
equal to the weight of
fluid displaced by the
object is a statement of
a. Archimedes principle
b. Bernoullis principle
c. Continuity equation
d. Torricellis theorem
Test 2
1. A force F1 is applied to the
small piston of a hydraulic
press. What must be the
ratio of the diameter of
the big piston to the
diameter of the small
piston for the input force
F1 to be multiplied 10
times?
a. 10:1
b. 100:1
c. square root of 10:1
d. 1: square root of 10

2. An ideal fluid flows at 12

m/s in a horizontal pipe. If
the pipe widens to (twice
its original) radius, what is
the flow of speed in the
wider section?
a. 12 m/s
b. 6.0 m/s
c. 4.0 m/s
d. 3.0 m/s
3. A Styrofoam cup 10 cm
high is filled with water.
The pressure on the
bottom of the cup is
a. 9.8 dynes/cm2
b. 98 dynes/cm2
c. 980 dynes/cm2
d. 9800 dynes/cm2
4. a pressure of 50mmHg
corresponds to how many
pascals?
a. 6.7Pa
b. 6.7x101 Pa
c. 6.7x102 Pa
d. 6.7x102 Pa
5. A wooden boat with a
density of 0.48 g/cc is
floating in a vat of oil
whose density is 0.80
g/cc. What percentage of
the boat is floating above
the surface of the oil?
a. 40%
b. 42%
c. 52%
d. 60%

6. The absolute pressure at

an underwater depth of
33.7 feet is 2 atm. At what
depth would the absolute

a.
b.
c.
d.

pressure be 4
atmospheres?
67.4 feet
101.1 feet
134.8 feet
the pressure can never
reach 4 atm

Refer to this for items 7-8

An object hangs from a spring
balance. The balance reads 30N
in air, 20N when the object is
submerged in water and 24N
when submerged in an unknown
liquid.
7. The density of the object
in kg/m3 is
a. 600
b. 1500
c. 2000
d. 3000
8. the specific gravity of the
unknown liquid is
a. 0.6
b. 1.5
c. 2.0
d. 3.0
9. Water (density= 1000
kg/m3) flows through a
horizontal pipe taperod
pipe. At the wide end, its
speed is 4.0m/s and at the
narrow end it is 5.0m/s.
Find the pressure
difference between the
two ends
a. 500Pa with the wide
end at a higher
pressure
b. 500Pa with the narrow
end at a higher
pressure
c. 4500Pa with the
wide end at a higher
pressure

d. 4500Pa with the narrow

end at a higher
pressure
10. A large water tank, open
at the top, has a small
hole at a height of 2.0m
along its sides. What is
the speed of water
coming out of the hole
when the level of water
inside the tank is 5.0cm?
a. 9.9m/s
b. 8.9 m/s
c. 7.7 m/s
QUIZ SET B
1. Momentum has equivalent
units of
A. Force
B. Impulse
C. Velocity
D. Acceleration
2. When a rifle fires a bullet,
the rifle will recoil
backward. This is an
illustration of
A. Conservation of
mechanical energy
B. Conservation of
momentum
C. Work-energy theorem
D. Conservation of kinetic
energy
3. What is the SI unit for
momentum?
A. Nm
B. N/s
C. Kg m/s
D. N/m
4. Aside from momentum,
what else is conserved
during an elastic collision?
A. Kinetic energy
B. Velocity
C. Potential energy
D. Power

5. A truck traveling at 20 m/s

west has a momentum of
C. 4x104 East

6. When you walked, you

interact with the Earth. Yet
you dont feel the Earth
moves because the
A. Earth is more massive
than you
B. Momentum of the earth
is unchanged
C. Force against the earth is
relatively small
D. Impulse of the earth is
less than your impulse
7. The impulse produced by a
force is proportional to
A. Change in momentum
of the object acted
upon by the force
8. Compared to its original
value, what is the
momentum of the object if
you reduce its mass and
velocity? To 1/2 their
original value?
A. Twice
B. 1/2
C. 4 times
D. 1/4
9. A boy of mass 75kg and a
girl of 50kg sit at the
opposite ends of a 4.0cm
long uniform seesaw
pivoted at the center.
Where should a 40kg child
sit to balance the seesaw?
A. 1.25m same side as the
girl

10-13. A horizontal, uniform

board of weight 125N and
length 4m is supported by
vertical chains at each end. A
person weighing 500N is sitting
on the board. The tension in the
right chain is 250N

12-13. How far from the left end

of the board is the person
sitting?
A. 0.4m
B. 1.5m
C. 2m
D. 2.5m

10-11. What is the tension in

the left chain?
A. 250 N
B. 375 N
C. 500 N
D. 875N

14. A 0.98N ball falls freely from

a height of 6.0m. Its momentum
in kg m/s is?
A. 0
B. 1.08
C. 2.4