Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region III – Central Luzon
Schools Division of Tarlac Province
La Paz National High School
San Roque, La Paz, Tarlac

General Physics I
1ST Quarter Exam
SY 2019-2020

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TEST I. MULTIPLE CHOICE

Instruction: Write the letter of the correct answer. STRICTLY NO ERASURE.

1. Which is NOT an SI fundamental quantity?

A. Force B. Mass C. Temperature D. Time
2. Uncontrolled changes in air pressure while determining the boiling point of a
liquid give rise to __________.
A. personal error B. random error C. relative error D. systematic error
3. A density of 5400 kg/m3 is equal to ___________ g/cm3.
A. 5.4 B. 54 C. 540 D. 5400
4. Which statement is NOT true?
A. Precise measurements are always accurate.
B. Accurate measurements can be precise.
C. Precise measurements can be inaccurate.
D. Inaccurate measurements can be precise.
5. Which method of adding vectors is otherwise known as the tip-to-tail method?
A. component B. graphical C. parallelogram D. polygon method
method method method
6. Which quantity is NOT a scalar quantity?
A. the age of Earth B. the mass of a C. Earth’s pull on your D. the temperature of an
body iron bar
football
7. If a ball is thrown with a velocity of 25 m/s at an angle of 37˚ above the
horizontal, what is the vertical component of its velocity?
A. 15 m/s B. 18 m/s C. 20 m/s D. 25 m/s
8. Vector A is 5 m, 30˚ north of east. What is the negative of vector A?
A. – 5 m, 30˚ north of B. – 5 m, 30˚ south of C. 5 m, 30˚ south D. 5 m, 30˚ south of
east west of east west
9. The following terms are examples of vector quantities EXCEPT
A. Force B. Mass C. Gravity D. Weight
10. Which two quantities are needed to determine the average velocity of an
object?
A. displacement B. displacement C. distance and D. initial speed and
and acceleration and elapsed time elapsed time final speed
11. A girl runs around a circular track of radius 65 m at a speed of 2 m/s. What is
her displacement after finishing one round?
A. 0 B. 65 m C. 130 m D. 408 m
12. One year is exactly _______ seconds.
A. 8 640 B. 86 400 C. 88 600 D. 94 600
13. Which of the following best describes Physics?
A. Physics is the study of matter and its properties.
B. Physics is the study of energy and its
transformation.
 C. Physics is the study of matter and functions of living
things.
D. Physics is the study of interaction between matter
and energy.
14. Which of the following is a source of systematic error?
A. noise B. vibration C. measuring D. uncontrollable presence of
instrument wind
15. The sum of two or more vectors represented by a single vector is called
______________.
A. scalar B. vector force C. vector arrow D. resultant vector
16. What do you call the total length of path taken by an object in moving from its
initial to its final position?
A. displacement B. distance C. speed D. velocity
17. A car traveled 60 km/h, west from rest for 180 minutes. What is the car’s
acceleration?
A. 20 km/h2 B. 0.33 km/h2 C. 20 km/h2, west D. 0.33 km/h2,
west
18. Which of the following statements shows a body that does not accelerate?
A. A roller coaster ride.
B. A jeepney moving in a zigzag road.
C. A car moving at constant speed in a straight road.
D. A car moving at constant speed in a circular track.
19. Which law tells us that in every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction?
A. law of inertia B. law of C. law of D. law of friction
acceleration interaction

For items 20 – 21, refer to the following situation.

A student pulls a 10 N block along a rough horizontal surface. The horizontal
and the vertical components of the force that he applies are 4 N and 3 N,
respectively.
20. What is the normal force?
A. 3 N B. 4 N C. 7 N D. 13 N
21. If the block is in an impending motion, what is the value of the maximum static
friction?
A. 3 N B. 4 N C. 7 N D. 13 N
22. The distance to the Andromeda Galaxy is estimated at about 2 x 106 light
years. A light year is the distance traveled by light in one year; if the speed of light
is 3 x 108 m/s, about how far is it from our galaxy to Andromeda? (1 year = 3.15 x
107 s)
A. 10 x 1015 m B. 6 x 1012 m C. 1 x 1018 m D. 2 x 1022 m
23. A projectile is thrown upward with an initial velocity v0 at an angle with the
horizontal. Which of the following is true for the projectile at its maximum height?
A. velocity = 0; acceleration = 0
B. velocity = 0; acceleration = - g
C. velocity along x-component = 0; acceleration = 0
D. velocity along y-component = 0; acceleration = -g

For items 24 to 27, a ball was thrown vertically upward and returned to the hand
after 2.0 s.
24. What was the time taken by the ball to reach its maximum height?
A. 0.5 s B. 1.0 s C. 1.5 s D. 2.0 s
25. With what initial velocity was the ball thrown?
A. – 19.6 m/s B. – 9.8 m/s C. 9.8 m/s D. 19.6 m/s
26. What was the initial velocity of the ball just before it returned to the hand?
A. – 19.6 m/s B. – 9.8 m/s C. 9.8 m/s D. 19.6 m/s
27. What was the maximum height reached by the ball?
A. 4.9 m B. 9.8 m C. 19.6 m D. 29.4 m
28. Displacement is which of the following types of quantities?
A. vector B. scalar C. magnitude D. dimensional
29. A bird, accelerating from rest at a constant rate, experiences a displacement of
28 m in 11 s. What is the average velocity?
A. 1.7 m/s B. 2.5 m/s C. 3.4 m/s D. zero
30. In the terminology a 500-N block, the 500-N refers to the block’s:
A. mass B. force C. weight D. None of the
above
31. The unit of work, joule, is dimensionally the same as:
A. newton/second B. newton/kilogram C. newton-second D. newton-meter
32. The area under the force vs. displacement curve represents:
A. area B. force C. work D. coefficient of static
friction
33. The rate at which work is done is equivalent to which of the following?
A. power B. thermal energy C. potential energy D. increase in potential
energy
34. A valid unit for momentum is which of the following?
A. kg-m/s2 B. kg/m2 C. kg-m/s D. N-m
35. A truck moves 70 m east, then moves 120 m west, and finally moves east
again at a distance of 90 m. If east is chosen as the positive direction, what’s the
truck’s resultant displacement?
A. 40 m B. – 40 m C. 280 m D. – 280 m
36. Alex throws a 0.15-kg rubber ball down onto the floor. The ball’s speed just
before impact is 6.5 m/s, and just after is 3.5 m/s. if the ball is in contact with the
ball for 0.025 s, what is the magnitude of the average force applied by the floor on
the ball?
A. 3.0 N B. 3.5 N C. 60 N D. 133 N
37. A hot air balloon having initial velocity v0 rises. Stone dropped from this
balloon, when it is 135 m height, hits the ground after 9 s. Find the velocity of the
balloon.
A. 20 m/s B. 30 m/s C. 40 m/s D. 50 m/s
38. Distance is a scalar, while displacement/position is a vector. What does this
mean?
A. Distance can't be positive or negative, but displacement/position
can
B. Distance and displacement/position always have the same
direction.
C. Distance and displacement/position always have different
magnitudes.
D. Distance can never be negative, but displacement/position can.
39. A grindstone spinning at the rate of 8.3 rev/s has what approximate angular
speed?
A. 3.2 rad/s B. 22 rad/s C. 56 rad/s D. 81 rad/s
40. The law of conservation of momentum is applicable to systems made up of
objects described by which of the following?
A. macroscopic B. microscopic C. interacting through D. All of the above choices
friction are valid.
41. At an altitude of 4 times the radius of the earth, the acceleration due to gravity
is
A. g/2 B. g/4 C. g/16 D. not given
42. An ice skater spins at 2.5 rev/s when is arms are extended. He draws his arms
in and spins at 6.0 rev/s. by what factor does this moment of inertia change in the
process?
A. 2.4 B. 1.0 C. 0.42 D. 0.12
43. A solid sphere of mass 4.0 kg and radius 0.12 m is at rest at the top of a ramp
inclined 15˚. It rolls to the bottom without slipping. The upper end of the ramp I 1.2
m higher than the lower end. Find the sphere’s total kinetic energy when it reaches
the bottom.
A. 70 J B. 47 J C. 18 J D. 8.8 J
44. As an object is lowered into a deep hole in the surface of the earth, which of
the following must be assumed in regard to its potential energy?
A. increase B. decrease C. zero D. remain constant
45. When a stone and feather is dropped at the same time in a closed system,
which of the following is correct?
A. The stone will reach the ground first.
B. The feather will reach the ground first.
C. The air resists the motion of the feather.
D. The stone and feather will reach the ground at the same time.
46. When we subtract a velocity vector from another velocity vector, the result is:
A. another velocity B. an acceleration C. a displacement D. a scalar
47. In mechanics, physicists use three basic quantities to derive additional
quantities. Mass is one of the three quantities. What are the other two?
A. length and B. power and force C. length and time D. force and time
force

For item numbers 48 to 50:

^
Given: A = 3 i−2 ^j−4 k^ and B = ^
−2 i−7 ^j+3 k^

48. What is the sum of vectors A and B?

^
A. i−9 ^j−k^ ^
B. i−9 ^j+ k^ C. 5^i+5 ^j−7 k^ D. ^
5 i−9 ^j+7 k^
49. What is the difference of vectors A and B?
^
A. i−9 ^j−k^ ^
B. i−9 ^j+ k^ C. 5^i+5 ^j−7 k^ D. ^
5 i−9 ^j+7 k^
50. What is the dot product of vectors A and B?
A. -2 B. 2 C. -4 D. 4

Prepared by: Reviewed and

Checked by:

NHESZIE D. CORTEZ AIMEE L.

JUATCO, Ph.D.
Special Science Teacher I Mater Teacher II
Noted: Approved:

JUANA CONCEPCION B. RAZON MARIOLITO G.

MAGCALAS
Head Teacher VI Principal III

Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region III – Central Luzon
Schools Division of Tarlac Province
La Paz National High School
San Roque, La Paz, Tarlac

General Physics I
1ST Quarter Exam
SY 2019-2020

ANSWER KEY

1. A 22. D
2. B 23. D
3. A 24. B
4. A 25. C
5. D 26. B
6. C 27. A
7. A 28. A
8. D 29. B
9. B 30. C
10. D 31. D
11. A 32. C
12. B 33. A
13. D 34. C
14. C 35. A
15. D 36. C
16. B 37. B
17. C 38. D
18. C 39. C
19. C 40. D
20. A 41. C
21. B 42. C
43. B 47. C
44. B 48. A
45. D 49. C
46. A 50. C
Prepared by: Reviewed and
Checked by:

NHESZIE D. CORTEZ AIMEE L.

JUATCO, Ph.D.
Special Science Teacher I Mater Teacher II

Noted: Approved:

JUANA CONCEPCION B. RAZON MARIOLITO G.

MAGCALAS
Head Teacher VI Principal III