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MIDTERM EXAMINATION
PHYSICS 1 (SCI 5103)
NOVEMBER 2016

Date/Day : 01/11/2016

Time : 9.30 AM - 12.30 PM

Length : 3 HOURS

Venue : HALL B

1. Papers are not to be read until the supervisor indicates.

2. The total marks allocated for this exam is 100 marks.
3. This exam paper contains 3 sections.
4. Read the instructions before answer the questions.
5. Write all the answers in the answer sheet provided.
6. Return all exam papers and scripts upon completion of the exam.
7. A candidate may not leave an examination area within 30 minutes of the start of an
examination or enter more than 30 minutes after the start of an exam.

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SECTION A: MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS (20 marks)

Answer ALL TWENTY (20) sub-questions.

1. What is speed?

A. Distance Time
B. Displacement Time.
C. Time Distance
D. Time Dislplacement

2. Which of these is SI unit for velocity?

A. m/s
B. m/kg
C. s/m
D. kg/m

3. When a object is moving with zero acceleration the object is at?

A. Rest
B. Constant acceleration
C. Constant velocity
D. Constant speed

4. A car is moving with the velocity of 2 m/s. How much distance will it travel in 10 s?

A. 10 m
B. 15 m
C. 12 m
D. 20 m

5. When a ball is free fall from 5th floor, how much is the balls acceleration?

A. 98 m/s
B. 9.8 m/s
C. 9.8 m/s
D. -9.8 m/s

6. Acceleration is the changes in:-

A. Changes in velocity over time

B. Changes in time over velocity
C. Changes in speed over velocity
D. Force

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7. What is the acceleration of a car moving from rest to a final velocity of 2 m/s in 2 seconds?

A. 2 m/s
B. 1 m/s
C. 4 m/s
D. 2 m/s

8. Force is equal to?

A. Product of time and mass

B. Product of mass and acceleration
C. Product of mass and velocity
D. Product of mass and speed

9. When a force acting on a body is equalibrium, the object is at:-

A. Constant velocity
B. Rest
C. Uniform acceleration
D. Constant velocity or at rest

10. The front and rear section of a car is designed to crumple easily during collision so as to:-

A. Increase impulsive force

B. Decrease momentum
C. Increase impact time
D. Decrease frictional energy

11. Which is the physical component stay constant when a pen falls from a cupboard?

A. Velocity
B. Acceleration
C. Kinetic energy
D. Potential energy

12. What is the momentum of a 2 kg body moving with velocity of 10 m/s?

A. 10 kgm/s
B. 15 kgm/s
C. 18 kgm/s
D. 20 kgm/s

13. How much work done by a general worker that lift a box 1 meter vertically with a force of
100 N?

A. 100 Joule
B. 100 Newton
C. 200 Joule
D. 200 Newton
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14. Which of the following statement about energy is false?

A. Energy cannot be destroyed

B. Energy cannot be created
C. Energy cannot be converted from one form to another
D. Total energy in a system is constant

15. Calculate the frequency of the pendulum having period of 10s.

A. 0.1 Hertz
B. 0.2 Hertz
C. 0.3 Hertz
D. 0.4 Hertz

16. Which one of this is false damping?

A. Critically damped
B. Under damped
C. Over damped
D. Middle damped

17. Resonance occur when:-

A. Maximum frequency
B. Higher damping
C. Driving frequency is close to natural frequency
D. The system have critical damping.

18. Critically damped system is:-

A. Oscillating system
B. Maximum time to return to equilibrium.
C. Minimum time to return to equilibrium and no oscillation
D. Higher damping time.

19. All the below are anergy form except:-

A. Kinetic energy
B. Nuclear energy
C. Atom energy
D. Potential energy

20. What happens to the horizontal velocity of a ball which is projected horizontally.

A. Constant
B. Increasing
C. Decreasing
D. Zero

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SECTION B: SHORT ESSAY QUESTIONS (30 marks)

ANSWER ALL THE QUESTIONS

1. a) Explain what Newtons Second Law states. (3 marks)

b) A car with a mass of 1800kg accelerate from rest to a velocity of 50 m/s in 5

seconds. Calculate how much force used by the car? (5 marks)

c) What will be the force exerted by motorcycle with a mass of 200kg which

have the same acceleration in 1(b). (4 Marks)

d) What is the conclusion can be deduced from both 1(b) and 1(c). (3 Marks)

2. a) Define Inertia and the law associated with inertia. (4 Marks)

b) What is the relation between the mass and inertia? (2 Marks)

c) State 3 phenomenon involving inertia and elaborate. (6 Marks)

d) List three ways to reduce negative impact of inertia? (3 Marks)

[Total: 30 marks]

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SECTION C: LONG ESSAY QUESTIONS. (50marks)

ANSWER ALL THE QUESTIONS

1. a) Define Momentum and Impulse Force? (4 marks)

b) A ball (1) is moving with a constant velocity of 4 m/s from west to east and collide
elastically with a ball (2) which is having initial velocity of 1m/s. Calculate the final
velocity of ball 1 and direction of the ball aided by diagram :-
(6 Marks)

Mass Ball 1: 2 kg
Mass Ball 2: 2 kg
Final Velocity Ball 2: 3 m/s

c) Calculate both balls velocity after collision if the two balls collide non elastically in 1(b).
(6 Marks)

Diagram 1

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d) If a gun in diagram 1 with the mass of 1.5kg is fired, determine the final velocity and
direction of the gun if the bullet with a mass of 100g is moving with a velocity of 50 m/s.
(5 Marks)
e) Calculate the impulse force of the ball A with mass of 5 kg which moves from rest to a
velocity of 10 m/s. in 3seconds. (4 Marks)

2. a) State the definition and formula of torque. (2 marks)

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b) The width of a door is 40 cm. If it is opened by applying a force of 2 N at its edge

(away from the hinges), calculate the torque produced which causes the door to open?
(2
marks)

Diagram 1

c) There are two blocks of mass 5 kg and 2 kg is tied to the two ends of the string. Find the
tension in the string if the system is free.

Given m1 = 5 kg
m2 = 2 kg
g=9.8m/s (5 Marks)

d) Define angular momentum and state the equation of angular momentum in term of linear
momentum and moment of inertia of rotating body in an axis. (3 Marks)

e) A solid cylinder of mass 500 kg rotates about its axis with angular speed of 90ms-1. If the
radius of cylinder is 0.5 m. Calculate the angular momentum of the cylinder about its axis?
(5 marks)

f) If an identical spring were connected in parallel, what mass would need to be attached to
produce an extension of 15 cm? Sketch and explain the situation
(5 marks)

g) Define stress and explain the theory by using a diagram (3 marks)

[Total: 50 marks]

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