Engineering Mechanics/Strength of Materials

1. The weight of a mass of 10 kg at a location where g = 9.77 m/s^2 is:

A. 79.7 N C. 97.7 N
B. 77.9 N D. 977N

2. What is the acceleration of the body that increases in velocity from 20m/s to 40m/s in 3 seconds?
Answer in S.I units.

A. 8m/s^2 C. 5m/s^2
B. 6.67m/s^2 D. 7m/s^2

3. An elevator weighing 2,000 lb attains an upward velocity of 16 fps in 4 sec with uniform
acceleration. What is the tension in the supporting cables?

A. 1,950 lb C. 2,495 lb
B. 2,150 lb D. 2,250 lb

4. A 10 kg block is raised vertically 3 meters. What is the change in potential energy. Answer in S.I inits
closest to:

A. 350 N-m C. 350 kg - m/s^2

B. 294 J D. 320 J

5. A force of 10 N is applied to one end of a 10 inches diameter circular rod. Calculate the stress.

A. 0.20 kPa C. 0.10 kPa

B. 0.05 kPa D. 0.15 kPa

6. The maximum allowable torque in kN-m, for a 50-mm diameter steel shaft when the allowable
shearing stress is 81.5 MPa is:

A. 3 C. 4
B. 1 D. 2

7. The rotation of twist in degrees of a shaft, 800 mm long subjected to a torque of 80 N-m, 20 mm in
diameter and shear modulus G of 80, 000 MPa is:

A. 3.03 C. 2.92
B. 4.04 D. 1.81

8. Compute the value the shear modulus G of steel whose modulus of elasticity e is 200 GPa and
Poisson’s ratio is 0.30.

A. 72,456 MPa C. 79, 698 MPa

B. 76, 923 MPa D. 82,400 MPa

9. What is the rate of flow of water passing through a pipe with a diamater of 20 mm and speed of
0.5m/sec?

A. 1.24x10^-4 m^3/s C. 1.57x10^-4 m^3/s

B. 2.51x10^-4 m^3/s D. 1.87x10^-4 m^3/s

10. An orifice has a coefficient of discharge of 0.62 and a coefficient of contraction of 0.63. Determine
the coefficient of velocity for the orifice.

A. 0.98 C. 0.97
B. 0.99 D. 0.96
 Physics

1. The wavelength of a sound wave in a certain material as measured is 18 cm. The frequency of the
wave is 1900 Hz. Compute the speed of sound wave.

A. 342 m/s C. 542 m/s

B. 400 m/s D. 300 m/s

2. A 3 m string is driven by a 240 Hz vibrator at its end. Determine the speed of transverse waves on
the string if it resonates four segments?

A. 340 m/s C. 430 m/s

B. 360 m/s D. 420 m/s

3. A piano string with a length of 1.17 m and a mass of 21 g in under tension of 6.4 x 10^3 N, what is
the fundamental frequency?

A. 255 Hz C. 150 Hz
B. 187 Hz D. 290 Hz

4. A rope 4 ft long weighs 0.7 lb. A blow on the rope produce a transverse wave. Determine the
velocity of the wave considering that the tension is 40 lb.

A. 85.8 ft/s C. 78.5 ft/s

B. 95.7 ft/s D. 68.75 ft/s

5. What is the relative intensity level of sound in decibels if its intensity is 3 x 10^-7 W/cm^2?

A. 94.8 C. 80.5
B. 78.7 D. 75.5

6. A car starts from rest and has a constant acceleration of 3 ft/s^2. Find the average velocity during
the first 10 seconds of motion.

A. 13 ft/s C. 14 ft/s
B. 15 ft/s D. 12 ft/s

7. A ball is thrown vertically upward from the ground and a student gazing out of the window sees it
moving upward pass him at 5 m/s. The window is 10 m above the ground. How high does the ball go
above the ground/

A. 15.25 m C. 9,97 m
B. 14.87 m D. 11.30 m

8. A ball is dropped from a height of 60 m above ground. How long does it take to hit the ground?

A. 2.1 s C. 5.5 s
B. 3.5 s D. 1.3 s

9. What is the wavelength of yellow light whose frequency is 5 x 10^-14 Hz?

A. 800 nm C. 600 nm
B. 200 nm D. 700 nm

10. It was found that the speed of light in water is 75 % of its speed in vacuum. What is the index
refrsction of water?

A. 1.46 C. 1.26
B. 1.33 D. 1.67