TECHNOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF THE PHILIPPINES

MANILA
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING

APPLIED PHYSICS
1. The wavelength of a sound wave in a certain material 13. The siren of a stationary fire engine has a frequency
as measured is 18 cm. The frequency of the wave is of 500 Hz, a car drives away from it at 20 m/sec.
1900 Hz. Compute the speed of sound wave? What frequency does the person in the car hears
A. 342 m/s C. 400 m/s now? Take velocity of sound in still air 343 m/sec.
B. 542 m/s D. 300 m/s A. 471 Hz C. 445 Hz
2. A steel wire 2 meters long has a mass of 20 grams B. 531 Hz D. 500 Hz
and is stretched with a tension of 1000 Newton. What 14. A car moving 20 m/sec with its horn blowing at f 0 =
is the velocity of propagation of a transverse wave in 1200 Hz is chasing another car going at 15 m/sec.
the wire? Assume the linear density of steel at 0.01 What is the apparent frequency of the horn as heard
kg/m. by the driver being chased? Take the speed of sound
A. 422 m/sec C. 316 m/sec to be 340 m/sec.
B. 329 m/sec D. 300 m/sec A. 1,219 Hz C. 1,083 Hz
3. A horizontal cord 5 m long has a mass of 2.5 grams. B. 1,331 Hz D. 1,183 Hz
What must be the tension in the cord if the 15. A train blowing its whistle at 750 Hz approaches a
wavelength of a 120 Hz wave on it is to be 50 cm? station at the rate of 35 mph. What frequency is
A. 1.50 N C. 1.80 N heard by a man standing at the station considering
B. 2.50 N D. 4.3 N the velocity of sound in air 1100 ft/s?
4. A string 2.0 m long is driven by a 240 Hz vibrator at A. 379.7 Hz C. 857.4 Hz
its end. The string resonates in four segments. What B. 716.4 Hz D. 786.7 Hz
is the speed of transverse waves on the string? 16. Compute the index of refraction of a material if the
A. 120 m/s C. 200 m/s speed of light through the material is 2.37 x108 m/s?
B. 150 m/s D. 240 m/s A. 1.18 C. 1.35
5. A string vibrates in 5 segments to a frequency of 460 B. 1.27 D. 1.87
Hz. What frequency will cause it to vibrate in 2 17. The ratio of the sines of the angles of incidence and
segments? refraction is equal to the ratio of the speeds of the
A. 1150 Hz C. 92 Hz light in the two media. This statement is known
B. 184 Hz D. 575 Hz as_____?
A. Snell’s Law C. Huygen’s principle
6. A metal string under tension of 88.2 N has a length B. Doppler’s effect D. Maxwell’s equation
of 50 cm and mass of 0.50 gram. Determine the
frequency in the second overtone. 18. A glass plate is 0.6 cm thick and has a refractive
A. 891 Hz C. 987 Hz index of 1.55. How long does it take for a pulse of
B. 790 Hz D. 670 Hz light to pass through the plate?
7. What prefix refers to 10 to the negative 18 th power? A. 4.1x10-11 sec C. 2.1x10-11 sec
-11
A. atto C. pico B. 5.1x10 sec D. 3.1x10-11 sec
B. femto D. nano 19. What is the critical angle for a light passing from
8. An explosion occurs at distance of 5km from the diamond to air if the index of refraction of diamond is
observer. How long after the explosion does a 2.42?
person hear if the temperature is 18ºC? A. 33º C. 21º
A. 14.62 s C. 12.45 s B. 24º D. 28º
B. 11.87 s D. 17.54 s 20. Calculate the speed at which an object must travel
9. What is the speed of sound in a diatomic ideal gas so that it’s mass will increase by 10%?
that has density of 3.50 kg/m3 and a pressure of A. 0.877c C. 0.567c
245kPa? B. 0.416c D. 0.768c
A. 134 m/s C. 314 m/s 21. A particle travelling at a speed of 0.98c. Find the ratio
B. 313 m/s D. 343 m/s of the relativistic mass to the rest mass?
10. What is the speed of sound in neon gas at A. 4.08 C. 3.04
B. 7.02 D. 5.03
temperature of 18 ℃ considering that the molecular
mass of this gas is 20.18 g/mole? 22. At what speed must a particle move in order to
A. 543.7 m/s C. 478.6 m/s double its mass?
B. 321.7 m/s D. 447.5 m/s A. 3x108 m/sec C. 2.6x108 m/sec
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11. A sound has an intensity of 3x10-8 W/m2. What is the B. 1.5x10 m/sec D. 2x108 m/sec
sound level in dB? 23. Two twins are 25 years old when one of them sets
A. 44.8 dB C. 48.8 dB out on a journey through space at nearly constant
B. 84.8 dB D. 88.8 dB speed. The twin in the space ship measures time
with an accurate watch. When he returns to earth, he
12. A noise-level meter reads the sound level in a room
claims to be 31 years old, while the twin left on earth
to be 85 dB. What is the sound intensity in the room? is then 43 years old. What was the speed of the
A. 6.12 x10– 4 W/m2 C. 1.26 x10– 6 W/m2 spaceship?
2
B. 3.16 x10– 4 W/m D. 5.12 x10– 6 W/m2 A. 0.643c C. 0.843c
B. 0.743c D. 0.943c
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MANILA
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING

24. A beam of photon has a wavelength of 526 nm. 35. A plano-convex lens has a focal length of 35 cm and
Compute its energy. an index of refraction of 1.53. Find the radius of the
A. 2.35 eV C. 2.45 eV convex surface.
B. 3.41 eV D. 1.45 eV A. 18.55 cm C. 15.7 cm
25. In order to break a chemical bond in the molecules B. 17.6 cm D. 10.7 cm
of human skin, causing sunburn, a photon energy of 36. A magnifying glass has a lens with an index of
about 3.5 eV is required. To what wavelength does refraction 5.4 and radii of curvature of 2.95 feet and
this correspond? 4.27 feet for the two faces. What is the magnification
of the lens when it is held 2.36 inches from an object
A. 355x10– 9meter C. 355 x10– 6meter
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being viewed?
B. 535x10 meter D. 553 x10– 6meter A. 1.6 C. 2.78
26. How far is the object from the image formed by a B. 2.16 D. 1.98
converging lens of focal length 50 cm, if the real 37. Loudness of sound proportional to the square of
image formed is 2 times larger than the object? ________.
A. 75 cm C. 225 cm A. intensity C. amplitude
B. 150 cm D. 100 cm B. vibration D. frequency
27. A magnifying glass has a lens with an index of 38. Estimate the distance for which a 30-cd lamp provide
refraction 5.4 and radii of curvatures of 2.95 ft. and the same illumination as a standard lamp of 80-cd
4.27 ft. for the two faces. What is the magnification placed 17 ft. from the screen?
of the lens when it held 2.36 inches from the object A. 9.76 ft. C. 10.41 ft.
being viewed? B. 8.5 ft. D. 12.7 ft.
A. 1.75 C. 1.98 39. In a certain room, one person that is talking has an
B. 2.75 D. 2.98 approximate average sound level of 40 dB.
28. How much should a 75-W be lowered to double the Assuming that each person speaks the same level
illumination on an object which is 75 cm directly as did the single, what will be the sound level when
20 people speak simultaneously?
under it?
A. 47 dB C. 53 dB
A. 21.97 cm C. 20.76 cm
B. 78 dB D. 64 dB
B. 18.45 cm D. 17.45 cm
40. What is the rest energy of electron equivalent to its
29. Which of the following electromagnetic waves has rest mass? Note: 1Mev = 1.60 x 10-13J and mass of
the maximum frequency? electron is 9.11 x 10-31 kg.
A. alpha rays C. beta rays A. 0.512 MeV C. 0.987 MeV
B. gamma rays D. infrared B. 0.345 MeV D. 0.675 MeV
30. What wavelength must electromagnetic radiation 41. What is the highest frequency present in the radiation
have if a photon in the beam is to have the same from X-ray machine operating at a potential of 50KV?
momentum as an electron moving with a speed 2 A. 1.2 x 1019Hz C. 2.4 x 1019Hz
x105 m/sec? 19
B. 3.2 x 10 Hz D. 4.2 x 1019Hz
A. 36.41 Å C. 0.364 Å
42. What is the energy something possesses by virtue of
B. 3.641 Å D. 364.1 Å
its mass?
A. rest energy C. potential energy
SUPPLEMENTARY PROBLEMS B. kinetic energy D. mechanical energy

31. What is the relative intensity level of sound in decibel 43. A horizontal cord 6m long has a mass of 3.5 grams.
if its intensity is 3 x 10-7 W/cm2? What muse be the tension in the cord if the
A. 94.8 C. 78.7 wavelength of a 120 Hz wave on it is to be 60cm?
B. 80.5 D. 75.4 A. 3.02 N C. 2.30 N
B. 1.51 N D. 5.11 N
32. A light ray is incident at an angle of 45º on one side
of a glass plate of index of refraction 1.6. Find the 44. What is the frequency of photon has energy of 2 eV?
angle at which the ray emerges from the other side A. 250 THz C. 483 THz
of the plate. B. 300 THz D. 560 THz
A. 26º C. 20º 45. Sound intensity that reaches 1.2 Watt/m2 is painful to
B. 22º D. 28º human ear. How many decibels is 1.2 Watt/m2?
33. A converging lens of focal length 20 cm is placed 37 A. 241.6 C. 60.4
cm in front of a screen. At what distance that the B. 120.8 D. 85.4
object be placed so that its image appears on the
screen?
A. 43.5 cm C. 35.7 cm
B. 27.6 cm D. 50.7 cm
34. Determine the focal length of the converging lens
which will project the image of a lamp, magnified 3
times, upon a screen 16 cm from the lamp.
A. 3.0 cm C. 1.4 cm
B. 2.2 cm D. 0.7 cm