G0023

Name ______________________________________________ Section _____________ Date

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General Instructions:
Read and understand each statement carefully.
Avoid unnecessary erasures. If you want to change your answer, enclose it in a parenthesis and
write your final answer on the space provided before each number.
Use black or blue pen only. Pencils are not allowed.
If you have questions, raise your hand and the exam proctor will attend to you.
MULTIPLE CHOICE (10 Items x 2 Points Each)
Read and analyze each item. Encircle the letter of the
best answer.
1. Branch of engineering mechanics that deals with the analysis of bodies in motion.
a. Kinematics
c. Dynamics
b. Kinetics
d. None of the Above
e.
2. Mass point and an approximate model of a body whose dimension is negligible in the formulation of
the problem.
a. Kinematics
c. Dynamics
b. Kinetics
d. None of the Above
f.
3. Movement of a particle on a straight line either horizontal or vertical.
a. Rectilinear
c. All of the above
b. Linear
d. None of the Above
e.
4. Defined as a motion a particle undertakes when the velocity is constant, thus having zero
acceleration.
a. Linear
c. Uniform Rectilinear
b. Rectilinear
d. None of the Above
f.
5. The position of a particle depends on the position of one or more other particles.
a. Independent
c. Interdependent
b. Dependent
d. None of the Above
e.
6. Described by particles moving along a curve other than a straight line.
a. Position vector
c. Curvelinear
b. None of the above
d. All of the above
e.
7. Defined by a vector between origin 0 of a fixed reference frame and the position occupied by a
particle.
a. Position vector
c. Curvelinear
b. None of the above
d. All of the above
e.
8. Branch of dynamics that relates position/displacement, velocity, acceleration, and time without
reference to the cause of motion by focusing on the geometry of motion.
a. Kinematics
b. Kinetics
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c. Dynamics
d. None of the Above
e.
9. Branch of dynamics that studies the relationship between forces acting on a body and the mass and
motion of a body.
a. Kinematics
c. Dynamics
b. Kinetics
d. None of the Above
10.
10. Idealization of a solid body in which deformation is neglected.
a. Rigid Body
c. Hard Body
b. Smooth Body
d. Soft Body

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f.
g. PROBLEM SOLVING (4 Items x 15 Points Each)
h. Solve the following problem and provide the correct solution.

i.
1. Given: x(t) = 2t2 0.5t3
j.
k.
v(t) = dx/dt = 4t 1.5t2
l.
m.
a(t) = dv/dt = d2x/dt2 = 4 3t
n.
o.
p.
Determine the following: position, velocity and acceleration
q.
r. Solution:

s.
t.
2. Given a(t) = 3t2 + 5t + 1m/s2
u.
@ t = 0, v0 = 4m/s
v.
Find v (t = 3) and x (3 = t)
w.
x. Solution:
y.
z. The velocity at time t = 3sec is:

aa.
ab.
ac. At position at t = 3:
ad.

ae.
af.
3. A motorist enters a freeway at 45km/h and accelerates uniformly to 99km/h. From the odometer in
the car, the motorist knows that she travelled 0.2km while accelerating. Determine (a) the
acceleration of the car and the time required to reach 99km/h.
ag.
ah. Solution:
ai.
aj. Initial and Final Velocity and displacement:
ak.

al.
am.
an. Velocity @ 99km/hr:
ao.

ap.
aq.
4. A truck travels 220m in 10sec while being decelerated at a constant rate of 0.6m/s2. Determine (a)
initial velocity, (b) final velocity (c) distance travelled during the first 1.5s.
ar.
as. Solution:
at.
au. Initial Velocity @ 0 = V0

av.
aw.
ax.

Final Velocity = Vf

ay.
az.
ba. Displacement:
bb.

bc.
bd.
be. TRUE OR FALSE (10 Items x 2 Points Each)
bf. Write TRUE if the statement is correct, if the statement is incorrect, underline the word that made the
statement incorrect then writes the correct replacement on the space provided before each number.

bg.
1. Motion is determined if the position of a particle is known for all time t. True
2. For particle in linear motion, the acceleration is zero and the velocity is constant. Rectinear

3. For a particle in uniform accelerated rectilinear motion, the acceleration of the particle is zero.
Constant
4. If several particles are moving along the same line, time should be recorded from the same starting
instant. True
5. If several particles are moving along the same line, displacement should be measured from the last
point in the same direction. Same origin
6. The position of a particle may depend on the position of one or more or other particles. True
7. For non linear related position, similar relations hold between velocities and accelerations. Linear
8. Rectangular components are particularly effective when component accelerations can be integrated
independently. True
9. Motion in horizontal direction is not uniform. Uniform
10.Motion of projectile could be replaced by two dependent rectilinear motions. independent