UTMSPACE FOUNDATION PROGRAMME

IFP 1014 PHYSICS

TEST 1 (40 marks)

Instruction: Answer ALL Questions

Time: 1 Hour

1. (10 marks)

a) Name a derived physical quantity and state the base quantities that it is derived from.

b) In one experiment the average size of a bacteria is found to be 0.0000021 m. Write the
result using the appropriate prefix.
2.1 μm

c) If a plane is moving at a cruising speed of 200 m/s, what is the speed in km/hr?

m 1 km 3600 s km
v = 200 × 3 × = 720
s 10 m 1 hr hr

d) Write the product of 0.0502 and 0.065 in scientific notation format.

0.0502 × 0.065 = 3.263 × 10−3 = 3.3 × 10−3

2. (10 marks)

a) ⃗ has a magnitude of 100 unit, and makes an angle q = 30o below the x-axis as
Vector A
shown in Figure 1 below. Determine the x- and y-component of vector A
⃗.

Figure 1 30o 0 x

A
⃗

A x = A cos q = 100 cos (210) = −86.6 unit

A y = A sin q = 100 sin(210) = −50.0 unit

b) ⃗ = −3 ^i + 4 ^j and vector C
Given vector B ⃗ = 3 ^i − 5 ^j − 2 k^ , determine;
 i) the dot product B ⃗ ,
⃗ ⋅C

B
⃗ ⋅C
⃗ = (−3)(3) + (4)(−5) + (0)(−2)

= −9 − 20 + 0 = −29

ii) the vector D

⃗ =C ⃗ , and
⃗ ×B

^i ^j k^
⃗ ×B
C ⃗=
| 3
−3
−5
4
−2
0
| = 8 ^i + 6 ^j − 3 k^

iii) a unit vector parallel to vector D

⃗

⃗ = 8 ^i + 6 ^j − 3 k^ ,
D D = √ 82+ 62 +(−3) 2 = √109 = 10.44

D
⃗ 1
d^ = = (8 ^i + 6 ^j − 3 k)
^
D √ 109

3. (10 marks)

a) Describe the difference between the average and the instantaneous velocity.
Average velocity = change of position (displacement) over change of time, it represents the
average value of the velocity over the time interval
Instantaneous velocity = time derivative of position, it represents the velocity at particular
position and time.

b) A boy launches a projectile with initial velocity u = 20 m/s that makes 60o angle with the
horizontal ground. The projectile then hits a glass window of a nearby house located at a
distance 20 m horizontally from the launching point. Calculate the followings; (g = 10 m/s2)
i) The time when the projectile hits the window.

S x = u x t = u cos (q)t = 20 cos (60o ) t w = 20

t w = 2.0 s

ii) The vertical height of the window from ground.

 1 2 1
S y = uy t − g t = u sin (q) t − g t 2
2 2

S w = 20 sin (60o )(2.0) − (0.5)(10)(2.0 2 ) = 34.6 − 20 = 14.6 m

iii) The velocity of the projectile just before it hits the window.

v x = u x = u cos (q) = 20 cos (60o ) = 10 m s−1

v y = u y − g t = u sin(q) − g t w = 20 sin( 60o ) − (10)(2.0)
= 17.3 − 20 = −2.7 m s−1

⃗v w = v x ^i + v y ^j = (10 ^i − 2.7 ^j ) m s−1

4. (10 marks)

a) State the Newton’s second law of motion.

Under the action of a net force F⃗ net object of mass m will undergo acceleration ⃗
a whose
magnitude a is directly proportional to Fnet and inversely proportional to mass m and its
direction follows the direction of F⃗ net .

b) A constant horizontal force F

⃗ A of magnitude 100 N is used to push a block of mass m = 20
kg over a rough horizontal floor as shown in Figure 2 below. The block is observed
accelerating with a constant acceleration a = 2 m/s2. (g = 10 m/s2)

F
⃗A
m

Figure 2

i) Sketch the free-body diagram (FBD) for the block.

N
⃗

F
⃗R F
⃗A
m

W
⃗
ii) Calculate the normal force and friction acting on the block

x −comp .of F net : F A − F R = ma

F R = F A − m a = 100 − (20)(2) = 100 − 40 = 60 N

y−comp . of F net : N −W =0

N = W = m g = (20)(10) = 200 N

iii) Determine the friction coefficient μ between the floor and the block.

F R = 60 N , N = 200 N and FR = μ N

FR 60
μ= = = 0.3
N 200