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Scholastica’s College – Westgrove

Ayala Westgrove Heights Silang, Cavite
Senior High School Department
SY 2022 – 2023

FINAL EXAMINATIONS IN GENERAL PHYSICS 1

Name: _____________________________________ Score: ________

Grade 12 – St. Irmina (STEM) Date: ________

I. Multiple Choices: Choose the letter that corresponds with the correct answer. Write:
A if X is correct and Y; B if X is incorrect and Y is correct; C if both X and Y are correct;
or D if both X and Y are incorrect. Answers must be written in CAPITAL LETTERS in
the space provided.
_______ 1. Kinematics deals with the … (KQP) (Ans: A)
X. quantitative description of motion.
Y. qualitative description of force.
_______ 2. A ________ is a physical entity to which we refer motion. (KQP) (Ans: B)
X. frame of direction Y. frame of reference
_______ 3. Which is true about the Earth’s acceleration due to gravity? (FF) (Ans: A)
X. All bodies near the surface of the earth fall with the same acceleration due to
gravity.
Y. All bodies near the surface of earth fall with different acceleration due to gravity.
_______ 4. Which is correct about mass and weight? (M&W) (Ans: D)
X. mass is the measure of how force of gravity acting on an object.
Y. Weight is the measure of amount of matter in an object.
_______ 5. Weight depends on the …(M&W) (Ans: C)
X. acceleration due to gravity Y. strength of the gravitational pull
_______ 6. Which is correct about mass and weight? (M&W) (Ans.: C)
X. The mass of an object is always constant.
Y. The weight of the body changes depending on the acceleration due to gravity.
_______ 7. These are forces that have physical origin such as gravitational pull. (DFC) (Ans: A)
X. Fictitious forces Y. Real forces
_______ 8. It refers to the forces acting outside the body or a system. (DFC) (Ans. A)
X. External forces Y. Isolated forces
_______ 9. Which of the following pairs are examples of fundamental forces? (DFC) (Ans.: C)
X. gravitational and electromagnetic forces
Y. strong & weak nuclear for forces
_______ 10. A technique used to illustrate all the external forces acting on a body is called ____.
(FBD) (Ans.: A)
X. Free drawing diagram Y. Ray diagram
_______ 11. It is the attractive and repulsive force between two charged bodies. (C&N) (Ans: A)
X. Electromagnetic force Y. Gravitational force
_______ 12. He is first to developed ideas about motion. (ANL) (Ans: B)
X. Newton Y. Galileo
_______ 13. Credited for having been the first to formulate laws governing all motions. (ANL) (
Ans: A)
X. Newton Y. Galileo
_______ 14. Which of the following knowledge are contributions of Isaac Newton? (ANL) (Ans: C)
X. Calculus & Mechanics Y. Optics & Law of Gravitational Pull
_______ 15. The study of the forces to cause objects and systems to move is called ______. (ANL)
(Ans.: A)
 X. dynamics Y. Kinematics
_______ 16. Which of the following states the 1 law of motion? (1st LM) (Ans. D)
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X. An object will not stay at rest if nothing is doing anything on it.

Y. An object is going to just roll forever with a large force acting upon it.
_______ 17. Which of the following is correct about inertia? (1 st LM) (Ans.: C)
X. Inertia is the directly proportional to the amount of matter in an object.
Y. Inertia is the resistance to change in motion.
_______ 18. What type of force(s) will cause a change in object’s motion? (1 st LM)
X. zero net force Y. balanced force
_______ 19. It refers to the object’s speed in a given direction. (KQP)
X. Motion Y. Velocity
_______ 20. Net force is a combination of all _____ acting on an object. (DFC) (Ans.: B)
X. velocities Y. forces
_______ 21 What is speed? (KQP) (Ans. D)
. X. It is how far you go. Y. It is how fast you accelerate.
_______ 22. What is velocity? (KQP) (Ans. B)
X. The quickness of an object. Y. It is the speed in given direction.
_______ 23. A change in velocity over time is known as _________. (KQP) (Ans. D)
X. average speed Y. average velocity
_______ 24. The speedometer on your car tells you _______. (KQP) (Ans: B)
X. average speed Y. instantaneous speed
_______ 25. You run from your house to a friend’s house that is 3 km away. You then walk home.
The distance you travelled is 6 km. What is your displacement? (KQP) (Ans. D)
X. 6 kilometers Y. 3 kilometers
_______ 26. An object is not accelerating if it is moving ____________. (A) (Ans: A)
X. at constant velocity Y. at increasing speed
_______ 27. A track and field athlete runs exactly 2 laps around 400 m track. Determine her
displacement. (V) (Ans: D)
X. 200 m Y. 800 m
_______ 28. In physics, acceleration refers to ______________. (A) (Ans: C)
X. changing direction Y. change in velocity
_______ 29. The 2 components of velocity are ___________. (V) (ans: A)
X. time and distance Y. direction and change in speed
_______30. A ______ object is an object that is falling under the influence of gravity. FF
X. free-falling Y. free-flowing

II. Modified TRUE or FALSE: Write TRUE if the statement is correct; and if the statement
is incorrect’ change the underlined word or group of words to make the statement
correct. Write your answer on the space provided.

31. FALSE A cup sitting on a table is an example of 2nd Law of Motion. (1st LM)
(1st/3rd law)
32. TRUE A person flying out of car when they are not wearing seatbelt after the collision is
an example of 3rd Law of Motion. (3rd LM)
33.TRUE Objects with greater mass have greater inertia. (3rd LM)
34. TRUE An object can be moving for 10 seconds and can still have zero displacement.
(M&W)
35.FALSE If the change in velocity is negative, it means that the object is speeding up. (V)
(positive)
36. TRUE A body can have a constant speed and still have varying velocity. (V)
37. FALSE A stone dropped from a height moves with constant velocity. (FF)
(acceleration)
 38. FALSE The distance travelled by a freely falling body is in every successive second is
(increases) constant. (FF)
39. FALSE Direction of the motion is decided by the displacement of a body. (V)
(velocity)
40. TRUE When an object is stationary, all forces acting on it are balanced. (1st LM)
41.TRUE The only way to slow down a moving object is to apply force to it. (2nd LM)
42. TRUE A greater force is required to move an object with a greater mass.
43. TRUE Two people pushing an object across a frictionless surface will result in twice the
acceleration than if only one person pushes. (2 nd LM)
44. FALSE The relationship between mass and inertia is described by newton in the 2nd law
(First) of motion. (2nd LM)
45. TRUE Newton determine that there is direct relationship between force and mass. (2nd
LM)
46. TRUE The greater net force applied to a given object, the more it will accelerate. (3 rd
LM)
47. FALSE Among the Laws of Motion, the 3rd law gives the concept of momentum. (3rd
(First) Law)

49. FALSE Your weigh equals your mass divided by acceleration due to gravity. (M&W)
(multiplied)
50. FALSE A beam balance is use to measure the weight. (M&W)
(mass)
51. TRUE Weight is a vector quantity. (M&W)
52. TRUE The rougher the surface, the greater is the friction. (C&N)
53. True The force of friction is more if the mass of the body is greater. (C&N)
54. TRUE The resultant force is zero if forces are balanced. (C&N)
55. FALSE The greater the mass of an object, the more it will accelerate when a given net
(lesser) force is applied to it. (FBD)
55. TRUE Any change in velocity for any reason is called acceleration. I2nd LM)

III. Computation: Solve the following word problems. Draw the free body diagram if
necessary. Show your solution and box your final answer.
A. If a car going 30 m/s approaches a traffic jam and the driver hits the brakes, how
long for them to slow to a stop with a rate of -6.25 m/s^2? (A) (vf =(at) +vi) (4pts)
B. A golf ball rolls up a hill towards the hole. If the golf ball starts with a speed of 2
m/s and slows at a constant rate of 0.5 m/s^2, what is its velocity after 2 s? (Ans:
1m/s) (A) (4 pts)
C. A cheetah travels 75 m in 3 s. What is its velocity over the interval? (25 m/s) (2
pts) (V)
D. Calculate the speed of the car in m/s if it travelled 240 km in 5 hours. (48 km/hr to
m/s) (V) (3 pts)
E. An object of mass 300 kg is observed to accelerate at the rate of 4 m/s^2.
Calculate the force required to produce this acceleration. (1200 N) (2 nd LM) (3pts)
F. Find the mass of the object with 17 N and an acceleration of 1.7 m/s^2. (10 kg)
(2nd LM) (3pts.)
G. A space probe brought 600 grams of rocks to an unknown planet with an
acceleration due to gravity which is 1/8 of the Earth’s gravity. Find the weight of
that rock in that unknown planet. (2 pts) (M&W)
H. Luke Autbeloe drops a pile of roof shingles from the top of a roof located 8.52
meters above the ground. Determine the time required for the shingles to reach
the ground. (FF) (5pts) (t= 1.32s) (d=1/2at^2)
I. Draw a free body diagram of the word problem stated in the previous number/ (2
pts. (FBD)