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TIME ELEMENT: 4 HOURS 1. An object has a centripetal acceleration of 30 m/s2 and a tangential acceleration of 40 m/s2. What is the total acceleration of the object? A. B. 2. 1200 m/s 50 m/s2 *
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10. Determine the speed of sound in air at 20C assuming the mean molecular mass of air to be 28.9 x 10-3 kg/mol and the ratio of specific heats to be = 1.4. A. B. 343 m/s * 363 m/s C. 353 m/s D. 373 m/s 19. What is the momentum (in kg-m/s) of a 0.055 photon? A. B. 1.17 x 10-23 1.38 x 10-23 C. 1.21 x 10-23 * D. 1.44 x 10-28

C. 70 m/s D. 10 m/s2

A person pushes on a door 0.5 m from the hinge with a force of 25 N at an angle of 35 magnitude of the torque that the person applies about the hinge? A. B. 10.2 N-m 13 N-m C. 8.8 N-m D. 7.2 N-m *

11. The lowest frequency of standing waves which can exist in a tube open at both ends is 250 Hz. What is the length of the tube? A. B. 0.57 m 0.65 m C. 0.62 m D. 0.69 m *

20. A convex lens of focal length 25 cm receives light from the sun. A diverging lens of focal length 12 cm is placed 37 cm to the right of the converging lens. Where is the final image located relative to the diverging lens? A. B. C. D. 6 cm to the left * 25 cm to the left At infinity 12 cm to the right

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A hydraulic lift has an input piston with a diameter of 1.0 cm and an output piston with a diameter of 25 cm. How much force acts on the input piston if the output piston supports a 1500 kg car? A. B. 2.4 N * 0.24 N C. 6.0 N D. 0.6 N

12. A metal wire changes its length by 0.23 % when its temperature changes by exactly 100 linear expansion of the metal? A. B. 4.3 x 10-5 4.3 x 10-6 C. 23 x 10-6 * D. 23 x 10-5

21. Sound is produced by a small speaker with a diameter of 2.54 cm. What frequency of sound produced by the speaker would have a diffraction angle of 60 ? A. B. 15.6 kHz 9.5 kHz C. 19 kHz * D. 5.4 kHz

13. An object is placed 75 cm in front of a convex mirror of focal length 55 cm. What is the magnification of this mirror? A. B. 0.41 * 0.54 C. 0.33 D. 0.62

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The Sears tower is 512 m high. What must be the minimum water pressure in a pipe at ground level in order to get water up to a restaurant on the top floor? A. B. 2 x 106 Pa 4 x 106 Pa C. 3 x 106 Pa D. 5 x 106 Pa *

14. A proton whose mass is 1.67 x 10-27 kg is traveling at a speed v = 0.999c relative to the earth. What is the relativistic momentum of the proton as measured by an earth based observer? Express your answer in kg-m/s. A. B. 1.12 x 10-17 * 3.12 x 10-17 C. 2.31 x 10-17 D. 4.88 x 10-17

22. A 1.5 kg object moving with a speed of 2.5 m/s strikes a wall and rebounds with a speed of 1.5 m/s. The ball is in contact with the wall for 45 ms. What is the magnitude of the average force exerted on the ball by the wall? A. B. 2.7 N 130 N * C. 0.7 N D. 270 N

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How much heat is required to convert 250 g of ice at 0C to liquid water at 0C? A. B. 8.4 x 104 J * 1100 J C. 8.4 x 104 cal D. 1100 cal

23. A 440 Hz sound wave travels with a speed of 340 m/s. What is the wavelength of the wave? A. B. 0.67 m 0.87 m C. 0.77 m * D. 0.97 m

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A black object absorbs 84% of the radiation which falls on it and remains at a constant temperature. How much of this energy does it re-emit as radiation if this is the only method by which it can loss energy? A. B. 100 % * 42 % C. 84 % D. 21 %

15. Hydrogen molecules in the upper atmosphere (where the temperature is about 1500 K) have an appreciable chance of escaping the earths gravitational attraction. The escape speed for hydrogen gas is about 10.7 km/s. Calculate the rms speed of the H2 molecules at this altitude. A. B. 4100 m/s 4300 m/s * C. 4200 m/s D. 4400 m/s

24. What power lens is needed to correct for farsighted where the uncorrected near point is 250 cm? A. B. C. D. + 3.6 diopters * 3.6 diopters + 0.2 diopters 0.28 diopters

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The pressure in a tank of nitrogen is 1.75 x 107 Pa at 20C. If the nitrogen would occupy 30 m3 find the volume of the tank. A. B. 0.154 cu. m 0.173 cu. m * C. 0.162 cu. m D. 0.188 cu. m

16. A Carnot engine does 2500 J of work and rejects 750 J of heat into the cold reservoir at 57C. What is the kelvin temperature of the hot reservoir? A. B. 160 K 430 K C. 330 K D. 1400 K *

25. The driver of a car moving at 49 m/s slams on the brakes and the car comes to a halt. If the coefficient of friction between the car and the road is 0.5, how long does it take for the car to come to rest? A. B. 5s 15 s C. 10 s * D. 8 s

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A piston cylinder arrangement contains 1.5 moles of ideal air ( = 7/5) at 27C. The piston is quickly pushed down compressing the gas to one-half of its original volume. What is the final temperature of the gas? A. B. 365 K 381 K C. 378 K D. 396 K *

17. If you were able to convert 1 g of matter into energy, with 100% efficiency, how much energy would result? A. B. 8 x 1013 J 6 x 1013 J C. 9 x 1013 J * D. 7 x 1013 J

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In a steam turbine, steam heated to

18. A 1.0 m x 1.5 m window made from a single pane of glass conducts heat energy at the rate of 2100 watts when the inside temperature is 22C and the outside temperature is 0C. How thick is the glass pane? A. B. C. D. 1.3 cm * 2.5 cm 0.63 cm 0.95 cm

26. A certain region of a soap bubble reflects red light of vacuum wavelength = 650 nm. What is the minimum thickness that this region of the soap bubble could have? Take the index of refraction of the soap film to be 1.41. A. B. 1.2 x 10-7 m * 3.6 x 10-7 m C. 2.4 x 10-7 m D. 4.8 x 10-7 m

minimum efficiency that this turbine can attain? A. B. 0.463 0.612 C. 0.582 * D. 0.621

27. The intensity level of normal conversation (one person speaking) is 65 dB. What is the intensity level if two persons are speaking? A. B. 65 dB 68 dB * C. 130 dB D. 128 dB

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28. A 1500 kg car rounds an 85 m unbanked curve with a speed of 28 m/s. If it wheels are on the verge of slipping on the road, what is the coefficient of friction between the tires and the road? A. B. 0.94 * 0.60 C. 0.87 D. 0.78 37. A manufacturing firm maintains one product assembly line to produce signal generators. Weekly demand for the generators is 35 units. The line operates for 7 hours per day, 5 days per week. What is the maximum production time per unit required of the line to meet the demand? A. B. 1 hour * 1.25 hours C. 0.75 hour D. 1.5 hour

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44. Given that d is the distance between dislocations, and b is the Burgers vector, what is the expression for the misorientation angle X of the tilt boundary? A. B. Sin X = d/b X = b/d C. Tan X = b/d * D. X = d/b

29. A steel tank holds 0.3 m3 of air at a pressure of 8.0 atm. If air behaves as an ideal gas, the volume this air would occupy at the same temperature but at a pressure of 2.0 atm is ____ cu. m. A. B. 0.3 1.2 * C. 0.6 D. 2.4

45. Which of the following describes diffusion in a crystal structure? A. B. C. D. It is not possible. It occurs only in alloys, never in pure crystals. It often uses an exchange or vacancy mechanism. * It does not affect material strength.

38. What is the indirect product cost (IPC) spending variance? A. B. The difference between actual IPC and IPC absorbed. The difference between actual IPC and IPC volume adjusted budget. * The IPC volume adjusted budget (fixed +volume(variable IPC rate)) The IPC volume adjusted budget minus the total IPC absorbed

30. A piston cylinder arrangement contains 1.5 moles of ideal air ( The piston is quickly pushed down compressing the gas to one-half of its original volume. How much work was done ON the air during the process? A. B. 1800 J * 2000 J C. 1900 J D. 2100 J

C. D.

46. The case with which dislocations are able to move through a crystal under stress accounts for which of the following? A. B. C. D. Ductility Ductility and lower yield strength * Hardness and lower yield strength Ductility and hardness

39. Surface tension has which of the following properties? A. B. C. D. It has units of force per unit length. It exists whenever there is a density discontinuity. It is strongly affected by pressure. It has units of force per unit length and exists whenever there is a density discontinuity. *

31. A photon has an energy of 5.42 eV. What is the frequency of the photon? A. B. C. D. 1.31 1.41 1.51 1.61 x 1015 Hz * x 1015 Hz x 1015 Hz x 1015 Hz

47. What is the proper relationship between the modulus of elasticity, E, the Poisson ration, v and the bulk modulus of elasticity, K? A. B. E = K(1 2v) E = 3K(1 2v) * C. E = K(1 v) D. E = 3K(1 v)

32. A price tag of P 1,200 is payable in 60 days but if paid within 30 days it will have a 3% discount. Find the rate of interest. A. B. 35.12 % 37.11 % * C. 36.13 % D. 38.54 %

40. If hg = enthalpy of the saturated vapor and hf = enthalpy of the saturated liquid, what is the equation for the heat of vaporization? A. B. hg x hf hg hf * C. hg + hf D. hg/hf

48. In general, what are the effects of coldworking a metal? A. B. C. D. Increased strength and ductility Increased strength and decreased ductility * Decreased strength and ductility Decreased strength, increased ductility

33. A man borrowed P 2,000 from a bank and promised to pay the amount for one year. He received only the amount of P 1,920 after the bank collected an advance interest of P 80. What was the rate of interest that the bank collected in advance? A. B. 4.17 % * 4.32 % C. 4.21 % D. 4.49 %

41. Which of the following affects most the electrical and thermal properties of materials? A. B. C. D. The atomic weight expressed in grams per gram-atom. The electrons, particularly the outermost ones. * The magnitude of electrical charge of the protons. The weight of the atoms.

49. Which of the following is NOT a basic component of motion of a fluid element? A. B. C. D. Translation Rotation Angular and volume distortion Twist *

34. What was the present worth of two P 100 payments at the end of the third year and fourth year? The annual interest rate is 8 %. A. B. P 152.88 * P 154.09 C. P 153.23 D. P 155.63

42. Cesium (Cs) and sodium (Na) both have the same valence (+1), yet with chlorine (Cl), cesium has a coordination number of 8 in CsCl, while sodium has a coordination number of only 6 in NaCl. What is the main reason for this difference? A. B. C. D. The atomic weight of Cs is larger than the weight of Na. Cs form covalent bonds in CsCl. Cs contains more electrons than Na. Cs is too large to be coordinated by only 6 chloride ions. *

50. What is the borrower of a particular loan almost always required to do during repayment? A. B. C. D. Pay exactly the same amount of interest each payment. Repay the loan over an agreedupon amount of time. * Pay exactly the same amount of principal each payment. All choices are correct

35. What is the present worth of a 3 year annuity paying P 3,000 at the end of each year with interest at 8% compounded annually? A. B. P 7,137.92 P 7,371.92 C. P 7,173.92 D. P 7,731.29 *

51. A scientific law can be expressed as A. B. C. D. a written concept an equation a graph all choices are correct *

36. An asset is purchased for P 9,000. Its estimated economic life is 10 years after which it will be sold for P 1,000. Find the depreciation in the first three years using straight line method. A. B. P 2,100 P 2,300 C. P 2,200 D. P 2,400 *

43. Which of the following does not produce vacancies, interstitial defects, or impurity defects in a material? A. B. C. D. Plastic deformation Slow equilibrium cooling * Quenching Irradiation with high energy particles

52. The accounting device of a barrel of oil is defined to hold how many U.S. gallons of petroleum? A. B. 24 55 C. 42 * D. 100

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53. A longitudinal mechanical wave causes particles of a material to move A. B. C. D. back and forth in the same direction the wave is moving * perpendicular to the direction the wave is moving in a circular motion in the direction the wave is moving in a circular motion opposite the direction the wave is moving A. B. C. D. decompose to nutrients, which accelerates plant growth do not readily decompose and tends to accumulate * do not contain vitamins as natural materials do become a source of food for fish but ruin the flavor of fish meat D. none of the choices

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68. Which of the following is a measure of electrical work? A. B. kilowatt kWh * C. C D. C/s

61. Which of the following is most likely to be radioactive? A. B. C. Nuclei with an even number of protons and neutrons Nuclei with an odd number of protons and neutrons * Nuclei with the same number of protons and neutrons Nuclei of protons and neutrons have nothing to do with radioactivity

69. If you consider a current to be positive charges that flow from the positive to the negative terminal of a battery, you are using which description of a current? A. B. C. D. Electron current Conventional current * Proton current Alternating current

54. Max Planck made the revolutionary discovery that the energy of vibrating molecules involved in blackbody radiation existed only in A. B. C. D. multiples of certain fixed amounts * amount that smoothly graded one into the next the same, constant amount of energy in all situations amounts that were never consistent from one experiment to the next

D.

70. The mass of the nucleus is always ______ the sum of the masses of the individual particles of which it is made. A. B. C. D. equal to less than * more than unable to say without more information

62. A current-carrying wire has a magnetic field around it because A. a moving charge produces a magnetic field of its own * the current aligns the magnetic domains in the metal of the wire the metal was magnetic before the current was established and the current enhanced the magnetic effect none of the choices is correct

55. The main problems with a solar system model of the atom is that A. B. C. D. electrons move in circular, not elliptical orbits the electrons should lose energy since they are accelerating * opposite charges should attract one another the mass ratio of the nucleus to the electrons is wrong

B. C.

71. Which of the following is not converted to blood sugar by the human body? A. B. Lactose Cellulose * C. Dextrose D. Glycogen

D.

63. The earths atmosphere is mostly composed of A. B. C. D. oxygen, carbon dioxide and water vapor nitrogen, oxygen and argon * oxygen, carbon dioxide and nitrogen oxygen, nitrogen and water vapor

72. The R in ROH represents A. B. C. D. a functional group a hydrocarbon group with a name ending in -yl * an atom of an inorganic element a polyatomic ion that does not contain carbon

56. The energy released in burning materials produced by photosynthesis has what relationship to the solar energy that was absorbed in making the materials? A. B. C. D. It is less than the solar energy absorbed. It is the same as the solar energy absorbed. * It is more than the solar energy absorbed. It is variable, having no relationship to the energy absorbed.

64. Water molecules can go (1) from the liquid state to the vapor state and (2) from the vapor state to the liquid state. When is the movement from the liquid to the vapor state only? A. B. C. D. Evaporation Condensation Saturation Usually, none of the choices *

73. When a solution of an acid and a base are mixed together A. B. C. D. a salt and water are formed they lose their acid and base properties both are neutralized all choices are correct *

57. According to the label, a bottle of vodka has a 40% by volume concentration. This means the vodka contains 40 mL of pure alcohol A. B. C. D. in each 140 mL of vodka to every 100 mL of water to every 60 mL of vodka mixed with water to make 100 mL vodka *

74. You know that an expected ion exchange reaction has taken place if the products include A. B. C. D. a precipitate a gas water any of the choices is correct *

65. Without adding or removing any water vapor, a sample of air experiencing an increase in temperature will have A. B. C. D. a higher relative humidity a lower relative humidity * the same relative humidity a changed absolute humidity

58. The organic compound 2, 2, 4trimethylpentane is an isomer of A. B. Propane Heptain C. Pentane D. Octane *

66. The temperature increases with altitude in the atmosphere because A. B. C. D. it is closed to the sun than the troposphere heated air rises to the stratosphere of a concentration of ozone * the air is less dense in the stratosphere

75. Since wood is composed of carbohydrates, you should expect what gases to exhaust from a fireplace when complete combustion takes place? A. B. C. D. Carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide and pollutants Carbon dioxide and water vapor * Carbon monoxide and smoke It depends on the type of wood being burned

59. The basic difference between a monomer of polyethylene and a monomer of polyvinyl chloride is A. B. C. D. the replacement of a hydrogen by a chlorine * the addition of four flourines the elimination of double bonds the removal of all hydrogens

76. Two isotopes of the same element have 67. Your ear makes a pop sound as you descend in an elevator because A. B. air is moving from the atmosphere into your eardrum * air is moving from your eardrum into the atmosphere air is not moving into or out of your eardrum A. B. the same number of protons, neutrons and electrons the same number of protons and neutrons but different number of electrons the same number of protons and electrons but different number of neutrons *

60. Many synthetic polymers become a problem in the environment because they

C.

C.

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D. the same number of neutrons and electrons but different number of protons 84. Saturated hydrocarbon compounds A. B. C. D. Contain many double bonds in long chains Contain triple bonds in oxygen molecules Are open to hydrogen bonding Contain only single bond * D. Criminal obligation

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77. The proposal that matter, like light, has wave properties in addition to particle properties was A. B. C. D. verified by diffraction equipments with a beam of electrons * never tested, since it was known to be impossible tested mathematically, but not by actual experiments verified by physical measurement of a moving baseball

92. The superimposition of pi bonds on sigma bonds results in the formation of what type of bonds? A. B. C. D. Beta-sigma bonds Sigma-pi bonds Pi-alpha bonds Double bonds or triple bonds *

85. What is heavy water? A. B. C. D. Water with mercury added Water made mostly from deuterium and oxygen * Water made from 2 molecules of hydrogen And unreactive, neutral form of distilled water

93. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of ionic compounds? A. B. C. D. They have high melting point. They are normally brittle crystalline solids. They have low boiling point. * They are poor conductor of electricity when in the solid phase.

78. The sky appears to be blue when the sun is high in the sky because A. B. C. D. blue is the color of air, water and other fluids in large amounts red light is scattered more than blue blue light is scattered more than the other colors * none of the choices is correct

86. Which metal wins the friendliest award? A. B. Sodium Mercury C. Nickel D. Iron *

94. A polymer in which two different repeat units are randomly distributed along the molecular chain is called _____. A. B. C. D. uneven copolymer random copolymer * specific copolymer even copolymer

87. Electronegativity describes the A. A bad attitude of chemists when experiments dont work Inability to maintain a charge Electron loss in a covalent bond Ability of an atom in a covalent bond to pull electrons to itself *

79. Water molecules move back and forth between the liquid and the gaseous state A. B. only when the air is saturated at all times, with evaporation, condensation and saturation defined by the net movement * only when the outward movement of vapor molecules produces a pressure equal to the atmospheric pressure only at the boiling point

B. C. D.

95. What is the basic atomic crystalline structure of chromium? A. B. C. D. Hexagonal closed-packed Body-centered cubic * Face-centered cubic Cubic lattice-closed

C.

88. Which of the following is not a rule of thumb for deciding whether or not a solution is an acid A. B. C. In dilute solution, acids taste bitter * Litmus paper changes from blue to red Acids react with metals like iron, magnesium, and zinc and release hydrogen gas When combined with bass , the products are water and salt

D.

96. A polymer in which adjacent linear molecular chains are joined at various positions by covalent bonds is called __. A. B. C. D. 97. elastomer branched polymer copolymer crosslinked polymer *

80. In calculating the upward force required to lift an object, it is necessary to use g if the mass is given in kg. The quantity of g is not needed if the weight is given in lb because A. B. the rules of measurement are different in the English system the symbol for metric mass has the letter g in it and the symbol for pound does not a pound is defined as a measure of force, and a kilogram is not * a kilogram is a unit of weight

D.

89. A Bronsted-Lowry acid A. B. Changes litmus paper from red to blue Donates a proton in a reaction while a base is on the receiving end of the proton transfer * Is a classification if a strong acid Ionizes almost completely in water

What refers to the case hardening process by which the carbon content of the steel near the surface of a part is increased? A. Carburizing * B. Normalizing C. Annealing D. Martempering

C. D.

C. D.

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81. When photoelectrons produced by light in films are fed into the loudspeaker, the loudness of sound depends upon A. B. C. D. the mass of electrons the number of electrons released * the wavelength of the original light the charge of the electrons

90. Which is not a property of covalent solid? A. B. C. D. The very stable bonding produces high melting and boiling points The contrasting forces give these solids high melting point * They are held together by single covalent bonds Net, chains, and balls of carbon bonded into stable molecules make these solid hard and stable

What is a method of casehardening involving diffusion in which the steel to be casehardened is machined, heattreated, placed in an air-tight box and heated to about 1000oF? A. Annealing B. Carburizing C. Normalizing D. Nitriding *

99. What is the AISI-SAE designation for nickel steel? A. B. 21XX 23XX * C. 22XX D. 24XX

82. Gaps were included in the first periodic table A. B. C. D. Because they didnt understand the octet rule To allow for undiscovered elements * To make it easier to write on one page To eliminate arguments about placement

83. The simplest hydrocarbon molecule is A. B. Methane * Propane C. Ethane D. Butane

91. On Jan. 16, 1988 Juan borrowed from Pedro P10,000 payable on Jan. 16, 1989. Here, Pedro is obliged to pay Juan P 10,000 on Jan. 16, 1989, otherwise if no payment is made on that date, Juan is entitled to file an action in court against D for the payment of P 10,000. This is an example of what kind of obligation? A. B. C. Civil obligation * Natural obligation Quasi obligation

100. Yellow brass contains approximately how many percent of zinc? A. B. C. 20 % 30 % * END C. 50 % D. 40 %

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