Physics 202 Online Mock Exam

A projectile is fired horizontally in a region of no air resistance. The projectile maintains its horizontal component of velocity because

A 100-N force vector, acting at an angle of 45 degrees to the horizontal, has

A car travels 120 km east and then 50 km north. What distance should the car travel in order to return to its origin in a straight path?

At what angle should the car in preceding item head in order to return to its origin in a straight path?

What can be said when a net force acts on a body?

What is the acceleration of a car that maintains a constant velocity of 60 km/h for 2 hrs

A ball is thrown upward and caught when it comes back down. Neglecting air resistance, the speed with which the ball is caught is

A stone is thrown at an angle of 30 degrees above the horizontal. As it rises, its vertical component of velocity

If you drop an object, it will accelerate downward at a rate of 9.8 m/s2. If you instead throw it upward, its acceleration (in the absence of air resistance) will be

You stand at the top of a cliff and throw a rock downward, and another rock horizontally at the same speed. The rock that stays in the air for the longer time is the one thrown

Races are timed to 1/1000 of a second. What distance could skater moving at a speed of 10 m/s travel in that period of time?

A, B and C are coplanar, concurrent forces. If A= 100 dyn, 35o N of W; B= 150 dyn, 25o W of S; and A+B+C = 200 dyn, E:
1. What is the magnitude of C?

A, B and C are coplanar, concurrent forces. If A= 100 dyn, 35 degrees N of W; B= 150 dyn, 25 degrees W of S; and A+B+C = 200 dyn, E:
2. What is the direction of C?

A, B and C are coplanar, concurrent forces. If A= 100 dyn, 35 degrees N of W; B= 150 dyn, 25 degrees W of S; and A+B+C = 200 dyn, E:
3. What is the magnitude of A-B-2C?

A, B and C are coplanar, concurrent forces. If A= 100 dyn, 35 degrees N of W; B= 150 dyn, 25 degrees W of S; and A+B+C = 200 dyn, E:
4. What is the direction of A-B-2C?

II. From the top of a 100-m cliff overlooking the sea, a physics student throws, stones A and B. The stones have identical initial speeds of Vo =13 m/s and are thrown at the same angle of θ = 30o, stone A above the horizontal and stone B below the horizontal. Neglecting air resistance:
5. What is the velocity of stone A just before it hits the lake?

II. From the top of a 100-m cliff overlooking the sea, a physics student throws, stones A and B. The stones have identical initial speeds of Vo =13 m/s and are thrown at the same angle of θ = 30o, stone A above the horizontal and stone B below the horizontal. Neglecting air resistance:
6. What is the velocity of stone B just before it hits the lake?

II. From the top of a 100-m cliff overlooking the sea, a physics student throws, stones A and B. The stones have identical initial speeds of Vo =13 m/s and are thrown at the same angle of θ = 30o, stone A above the horizontal and stone B below the horizontal. Neglecting air resistance:
7. What is the distance between the points where the stones hit the lake?

II. From the top of a 100-m cliff overlooking the sea, a physics student throws, stones A and B. The stones have identical initial speeds of Vo =13 m/s and are thrown at the same angle of θ = 30o, stone A above the horizontal and stone B below the horizontal. Neglecting air resistance:
8. How long after stone B hits the lake does stone A hit the lake?

III. A car and a truck start from rest at the same instant, with the car initially at some distance behind the truck. The truck has a constant acceleration of 3 ft/s2 while the car has a constant acceleration 4 ft/s2. The car overtakes the truck after the truck has moved 60ft.
9. How long did it take the car to overtake the truck?

III. A car and a truck start from rest at the same instant, with the car initially at some distance behind the truck. The truck has a constant acceleration of 3 ft/s2 while the car has a constant acceleration 4 ft/s2. The car overtakes the truck after the truck has moved 60ft.
10. How far was the car behind the truck initially?

III. A car and a truck start from rest at the same instant, with the car initially at some distance behind the truck. The truck has a constant acceleration of 3 ft/s2 while the car has a constant acceleration 4 ft/s2. The car overtakes the truck after the truck has moved 60ft.
11. What was the velocity of the car when they were abreast?

III. A car and a truck start from rest at the same instant, with the car initially at some distance behind the truck. The truck has a constant acceleration of 3 ft/s2 while the car has a constant acceleration 4 ft/s2. The car overtakes the truck after the truck has moved 60ft.
12. What was the velocity of the truck when they were abreast?