Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Schools DIVISION OF VALENCIA CITY
REGION X
VALENCIA NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
LAPU-LAPU ST. POBLACION, VALENCIA CITY
GENERAL PHYSICS 1

Multiple Choice. Directions: Read each item carefully. Write the letter that best corresponds to your answer on the
space provided before each number.

_____1 Which of the following is always TRUE for _____5. Which of the following is the work done
a body in equilibrium? by gravity during the descent of a
a. It is at rest. projectile?
b. It is moving at constant velocity a. is positive
c. There are no forces acting on it. b. is negative
d. There are no unbalanced force acting c. is zero
on it d. depends for its sign on the direction
_____2. Which force arises from direct physical of the y axis
contact between two objects? ______6. By definition, work is defined as
a. Field force a. the cross product of force and
b. Friction displacement
c. fundamental force b. the dot product of force and
d. gravitational force displacement
_____3. According to Newton’s Second Law of c. the cross product of force and
Motion, the acceleration of the object is distance travelled
inversely proportional to ________. d. the dot product of force and distance
a. the net force acting on it travelled
b. its position ______7. In which areas in the force vs. position
c. its velocity graph is the work positive?
d. its mass a. Areas above the position axis
_____4. Which of the following is b. Areas below the position axis
NOT true about the dot c. Areas in the left of the force axis
product of two vectors A d. Areas in the right of the force axis
and B? ______8. Which of the following does NOT affect
a. The dot product of vectors A and B is gravitational potential energy?
defined as ABcosθ. a. An object’s mass.
b. The result of the dot product is a b. The free-fall acceleration.
positive scalar quantity. c. An object’s height relative to a zero
c. The unit of the dot product is the level.
product of the units of vectors A and d. The object’s speed.
B.
d. It is dimensionless and always points
in the direction of vector A.

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______9. A ball is dropped from the top of a. momentum is not conserved but
the building. As it falls, what happens to kinetic energy is conserved
its gravitational potential energy and b. total mass is not conserved but
kinetic energy? momentum is conserved
a. Its gravitational potential energy and c. neither kinetic energy nor momentum
kinetic energy increases. is conserved
d. momentum is conserved but kinetic
b. Its gravitational potential energy
energy is not conserved
increases while its kinetic energy
______14. A 1,500-kilogram car is moving to the
decreases. right at a constant velocity of 25m/s.
c. Its gravitational potential energy What is the net force exerted on the car?
decreases while its kinetic energy a. 50N c. 100N
increases. b. 0N d. 250N
d. Its gravitational potential energy and ______15. A brick slides on a horizontal
kinetic energy decreases. surface. Which of the following will
______10. Which of the following statements in increase the magnitude of the frictional
TRUE? force on it?
a. the center of mass of an object must a. Putting a second brick on top
lie within the object b. Increasing the surface area of contact
b. all the mass of an object is actually c. Decreasing the surface area of contact
concentrated at its center of mass d. Decreasing the mass of the brick
c. the center of mass of an object ______16. A person standing in an elevator
cannot move if there is zero net force finds to be weightless in which of the
on the object following cases?
d. none of the above a. When the elevator moves upward
______11. The center of mass of a system of with constant acceleration.
particles has a constant velocity if: b. When the elevator moves downward
a. the forces exerted by the particles on with constant acceleration.
each other sum to zero c. When the elevator moves upward
b. the external forces acting on particles with constant velocity.
of the system sum to zero d. When the elevator falls freely as its
c. the velocity of the center of mass is cable breaks.
initially zero ______17. Two objects of different masses were
d. the particles are distributed attached to a rope running over a pulley.
symmetrically around the center of If the pulley is said to be frictionless,
mass what is the acceleration of the objects
______12. Newton’s Second Law can be used to when m1 < m2.
relate the momentum of an object to the (m1−m2 )g
resultant force acting on it. Which among
a.
m1+ m2
the equation below is CORRECT?
∆ ⃗v (m1−m2 )g
a. ⃗
F net = c. ⃗
F net = b.
∆m∆t
m1 +m2
m ∆ ⃗v
∆t ( m1 +m2 )g
m∆t ∆ m ∆ ⃗v c.
b. ⃗
F net = d. ⃗
F net = m1−m2
∆ ⃗v ∆t

______13. Which of the following is TRUE about

m2 g
d.
an inelastic collision? m1+ m2

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 b. -112 J d. 112 J

______18. A 5 kg box is at rest on the floor. The

coefficient of static friction between the
box and the floor is 0.4. A horizontal ______22. The net horizontal force on a box F as
force of 50 N is applied to the box. Will it a
move? function of the horizontal position x is
a. No, because the applied force is less shown below. What is the work done on
than the maximum limiting static the box from x=0m to 7.0m?
friction.
b. No, because the applied force is more
than the maximum limiting static
friction.
c. Yes, because the applied force is less
than the maximum limiting static
friction.
d. Yes, because the applied force is more
than the maximum limiting static
friction a. 70 J c. 193J
______19. Given the two vectors, A ⃗ = (8i ̂ - 4j ̂ - b. 155 J d. 228 J
6k ̂) m and B ⃗ = (2i ̂ + 3j ̂ - 7k ̂) m, what
will be the angle between vectors A ⃗&B ______23. A soccer ball with mass 0.40 kg is
⃗? initially moving with speed 3 m/s. A
a. 57º c. 77º soccer player kicks the ball, exerting a
b. 67º d. 87º constant force of magnitude 50.0 N in the
______20. A block of mass m is pulled at same direction as the ball’s motion. Over
constant what distance must the player’s foot be
velocity along a rough horizontal floor by in contact with the ball to increase the
an applied force T as shown. The ball’s speed to 8 m/s?
magnitude of the frictional force is: a. 0.22 m c. 0.24 m
b. 0.23 m d. 0.25 m
______24. A truck spring has a spring constant of
5 x 104 N/m. When unloaded, the truck
a. T cos θ c. zero sits 0.9m above the road. When loaded
b. T sin θ d. mg with goods, it lowers to 0.8m above the
______21. An object, initially at rest, is pulled up ground. How much potential energy is
in an incline that makes an angle of 35° stored in the spring of the truck?
with the horizontal by a force F = 100 N a. 250J c. 750J
parallel to the incline. The mass of the b. 500J d. 1000J
object is 12 lb and the coefficient of _____25. Which of the following statements
friction between the object and the best describes the conservation of
surface is 0.3. The object moves up the mechanical energy?
incline at a distance of 12 ft. Calculate a. Energy can neither be created nor
the amount of work done by the destroyed; it can only be converted
gravitational force.
from one form to another.
a. -102 J c. 102 J
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 b. Mass can neither be created nor d. increases to four times
destroyed but is transformed from _____30. Blocks A and B are moving toward each
one form to another. other. A has a mass of 2.0 kg and a velocity
c. In the absence of conservative forces, of 50 m/s, while B has a mass of 4.0 kg and a
the total energy in an isolated system velocity of −25 m/s. They suffer a completely
remains constant. inelastic collision. The kinetic energy lost
during the collision is:
d. In the absence of non-conservative
a. 0 c. 3750 J
forces, the total energy in an isolated
b. 1250 J d. 5000 J
system remains constant.

_____26. The diagram shows a plot of the

potential energy as a function of x for a _____31. Two 20.0-N weights are suspended at
particle moving along the x axis. Of the opposite ends of a rope that passes over
labeled points, the points of neutral a light, frictionless pulley. The pulley is
equilibrium are: attached to a chain that goes to the
a. only a ceiling. What is the tension in the rope?
b. only b a. 20N c. 40N
c. only c b. 30N d. 50N
d. b and d _____32. A forward horizontal force of 12 N is
used to pull a 240-N crate at constant
_____27. The x and y
velocity across a horizontal floor. The
coordinates of the center of
coefficient of friction is:
mass of the three-particle system shown
a. 0.5 c. 2
below are:
b. 0.05 d. 0.2
_____33. A soccer player starts at rest and
accelerates forward, reaching a velocity
of 10 m/s in 2 seconds. If the player’s
mass is 65 kg, what is her average
acceleration?
a. 5 m/s2 c.15 m/s2
2
b. 10 m/s d. 20 m/s2
_____34. A 60 kg lady is being pulled away from
a. 0, 0 c. 1.4 m, 1.9 m
a
b. 1.3 m, 1.7 m d. 1.9 m, 2.5 m
burning building as
_____28. Ron and Arn, with masses of 40 kg and
shown in the figure
60 kg, respectively, stand on a horizontal
below. What is the
frictionless surface holding the ends of a
value of T 1.
light 10-m long rod. The boys pull
themselves together along the rod.
a. 152.92 N
When they meet the 60-kg Arn will have
b. 581.87 N
moved at what distance?
c. 1371.59 N
a. 4 m c. 6 m
d. 1345.29 N
b. 5 m d. 10 m
_____29. If the velocity of a system increases to
twice its original value while its mass
_____35. A floating ice block is pushed through a
remains constant, what happens to the
displacement of d = (15 m)i − (12 m)j
momentum of the system?
along a straight embankment by rushing
a. decreases to one-fourth
water, which exerts a force F = (210 N)i−
b. decreases to one-half
(150 N)j on the block. How much work
c. increases to twice

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 does the force do on the block during the b. 490 J d. 1099 J
displacement? _____40. A coiled spring in a waist trimming
a. 3950J c. 5950J exerciser used by Wednesday requires a
b. 4950J d. 6950J force of 50N to compress it by 0.10m.
_____36. A 2-kg object is moving at 3 m/s. A 4-N How much work is done in compressing
force is applied in the direction of motion the spring by 0.40m?
and then removed after the object has a. 40J c. 100J
traveled an additional 5 m. The work b. -40J d. -100J
done by this force is: _____41. The following statements are true
a. 12 J c. 18 J about
b. 15 J d. 20 J conservative force EXCEPT
a. The work done by a conservative
force is independent of the path taken
by the object.
b. In any closed loop, the amount of
_____37. A baseball is hit high into the upper work done by a conservative force is
bleachers of left field. Over its entire equal to zero.
flight the work done by gravity and the c. The amount of work done by a
work done by air resistance, respectively, conservative force depends only on
are: ____________. the initial and final positions of the
a. positive; positive object.
b. positive; negative d. Gravitational force, electrostatic
c. negative; positive force, and tension force are typical
d. negative; negative examples of conservative forces.
_____38. Consider the situation of a block being _____42. How many point/s in the potential
pulled across a table with a constant energy diagram is/ are considered
force of 5 N over a displacement of 5 m, unstable?
then the force gradually tapers off over a. 1
the next 5 m. Based on Figure below in b. 2
which color will work be higher? c. 3
d. 4

_____43. In order to rescue the victims of the

earthquake in San Fernando, Darna
immediately runs 400 m in a direction,
40º North of East and then 250 m, 58º
West of North. Calculate the dot product
of the two vectors.
a. -30, 900 m2 c. 30, 900 m2
2
a. Red b. -30, 902 m d. 30, 902 m2
b. Green _____44. A 4.0-kg and a 5.0-kg cart approach
c. Both enjoy equal work each
d. The information is insufficient. other on a horizontal air track. They
_____39. Bella having a mass of 56 kg collide and stick together. After the
sits on a swing that is attached to ropes 2 collision their total kinetic energy is 60 J.
m long. Edward pulls the swing to a side The speed of their center of mass is:
so that the ropes make an angle of 40º a. 0 c. 4m/s
with the horizontal. What is the gain in b. 2m/s d. 5m/s
potential energy of the woman relative _____45. A baseball has a mass of 0.15 kg. If the
to her lowest position? velocity of a pitched ball has a magnitude
a. 390 J c. 258 J of 50 m/s and the batted ball’s velocity is
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 60 m/s in the opposite direction, d. air friction holds the ball back
determine the magnitude of the change _____50. A circus performer of weight W is
in momentum of the ball. walking along a “high wire” as shown.
a. a. 16.5 kg∙ m/s c. 15.6 kg∙ m/s The tension in the wire:
b. b. 1.5 kg∙ m/s d. –1.5 kg∙ m/s a. is approximately W
_____46. A very massive object traveling at 10 b. is approximately W/2
m/s strikes a very light object, initially at c. is much less than W
rest, and the light object moves off in the d. is much more than W
direction of travel of the heavy object. If _____51. The Gaisano escalator can move 20
the collision is elastic, people (60 kg each) per minute from the
the speed of the lighter object is: first floor to the second floor, 5 m above.
a. 5.0 m/s c. 15 m/s Neglecting friction, what is the power
b. 10 m/s d. 20 m/s required?
a. 98W c. 980W
b. 200W d. 2000W

_____47. A 30-Mg railroad car moving at a speed

of 0.6 m/s to the right collides with a 55- _____52. Which of the following situation best
Mg car which is at rest. If after the describes how nonconservative forces
collision the 55-Mg car is observed to affect mechanical energy?
move to the right at a speed of 0.4 m/s, a. When a car is brought to a stop by
calculate the coefficient of restitution friction on level ground, it loses
between the two cars. kinetic energy, which is dissipated as
a. 1 c. 0.88 thermal energy, reducing its
b. 0.98 d. 0.78 mechanical energy
_____48. An 800-kg Toyota Wigo is moving along b. The force of gravity works on a ball
a straight highway in Bagontaas, Valencia kicked from the ground into the air.
at 15 m/s. Another vehicle, Toyota When the ball reaches the ground the
Avanza, with mass 1100-kg and speed 25 net work done by gravity is zero.
m/s has its center of mass 5000 cm c. When you grab an object attached to
ahead of the center of mass of the a spring, pull it a distance from its
Toyota Wigo. Find the position of the equilibrium position, and release it,
center of mass of the system consisting the spring force will pull the object
of the two cars. back to equilibrium.
a. a. 2895 m c. 289.5 d. All of the above
m _____53. A particle is released from rest at the
b. b. 28.95 m d.2.895 m point x = a and moves along the x axis
_____49. A heavy ball is suspended as shown. A subject to the potential energy function
quick jerk on the lower string will break U(x) shown. Which of the following
that string but a slow pull on the lower statements below is correct?
string will break the upper string. The
first result occurs because: a. The
a. particle
the moves to
a point
to the left of x = e, stops, and
remains at rest
b. The particle moves to a point to x =
force is too small to move the ball e, then moves to the left
b. action and reaction is operating c. The particle moves to infinity at
c. the ball has inertia varying speed
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 d. The particle moves to x = b, where Two blocks of masses m1 and m2 are connected
it remains at rest by a light string passing over a frictionless and
_____54. A single frictionless roller-coaster massless pulley as shown in the figure below.
car of mass m = 800 kg tops the first hill
with speed vo = 15 m/s at height h = 50m
as shown in the figure below. What is the
maximum height reached by the car on
the last hill?

a. 60.5 m c. 61.5 m _____57. If m1 = 4 kg and m2 = 10 kg, calculate

b. 62.5 m d. 63.5 m the
acceleration of the system.
_____55. Two identical hockey pucks are moving a. 6.01 m/s2 c. 8.01 m/s2
on a hockey rink at the same speed of 3 b. 7.01 m/s2 d. 9.01 m/s2
m/s and in parallel and opposite
directions when they strike each other as _____58. The tension of the string is ____.
shown. Assuming a coefficient of a. 25 N c. 27 N
restitution e=1, what will be the b. 26 N d. 28 N
horizontal and vertical component of the _____59. The Great Pyramid of King Khufu was
velocity of puck A after impact? built of limestone (ρ = 150 lb/ft3) in
a. v A 2 x = -2.82 m/s Egypt over a 20-year period from 2560
v A 2 y = -1.03 m/s BC to 2580 BC. Its base is a square with
b. v A 2 x = 2.82 m/s side length 756 ft and its height when
v A 2 y = 1.03 m/s built was 481 ft. If the amount of work
done in building the pyramid is 1.65 x
c. v A 2 x = 2.82 m/s
1012 lb·ft, how many laborers are
v A 2 y = -1.03 m/s needed to construct the pyramid if each
v
d. A 2 x = -2.82 m/s laborer worked for 8 hours, for 340 days
v A 2 y = 1.03 m/s per year, and did 200 lb·ft/hr of work in
_____56. Marble A of mass 50-g moving at a lifting limestone blocks into place?
velocity of 0.30 m/s towards east collides a. 151, 565 laborers
a stationary marble B of mass 30-g. After b. 151, 556 laborers
an elastic collision, Marble A goes in a c. 151, 655 laborers
direction α = 40° having a final velocity d. 511, 565 laborers
of 0.20 m/s while Marble B moves in an
unknown direction β . Calculate the angle _____60. At the intersection of Jollibee Valencia
β. Highway Drive Thru, a yellow Toyota
a. 29.5° Vios with mass 1100-kg traveling east
b. 30.5° going to Batangan, Valencia collides with
c. 31.5° a red Toyota Hilux with mass 2000-kg
d. 32.5° that is traveling north to Cagayan de Oro
and has run a red light. The two vehicles
stick together as a result of the collision,
and the wreckage slides at 16 m/s in the
For 57-58 items. direction 24° east of north. Calculate the
speed of each vehicle before the
collision. Neglect

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 friction between the vehicles and the 28. A 58. D
road. 29. C 59. C
a. v vios = 18.34 m/s 30. C 60. A
v hilux = 22.66 m/s
b. v vios = 22.66 m/s
v hilux = 18.34 m/s
c. v vios = -18.34 m/s
v hilux = 22.66 m/s
d. v vios = -22.66 m/s
v hilux = 18.34 m/s

Prepared by:
ARTHURMIE J. CAITOR, JR.
SHERLYN A. DUTOSME
MARGIE B. GONZALES

ANSWER KEY:

1. D 31. A
2. B 32. B
3. D 33. A
4. D 34. B
5. A 35. B
6. B 36. D
7. A 37. D
8. D 38. A
9. C 39. A
10. D 40. A
11. B 41. D
12. C 42. D
13. D 43. D
14. B 44. C
15. A 45. A
16. D 46. D
17. B 47. C
18. D 48. B
19. A 49. C
20. A 50. D
21. B 51. C
22. C 52. A
23. A 53. B
24. A 54. C
25. D 55. D
26. C 56. D
27. C 57. B
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