University of Jordan General Physics (101) Date: 24/7/2002
Physics Department First Exam Time:1 hour

Note: Acceleration due to gravity, g = 9.8 m/s2

1. You drive for 30 min at 100km/h and then stop for 15 min. you then drive for 45 min at
80km/h. Your average speed for the entire trip is
a. 73 km/h b. 83 km/h c. 88km/h d. 90 km/h e. 97 km/h

2. The graph shows the velocity of a particle as a function of time. In the 12s shown, the
particle travels.
a. 0 m b. 1200m c. 640 m d. 440 m e. 220m

3. For Uniformly accelerated motion, the following quantity must be zero

A. The initial velocity

B. the initial displacement

C. The rate of change of the acceleration.

D. The rate of change of the velocity. E. the rate of change of the displacement.

4. An object is dropped from rest near the surface of the earth. If the time interval during

which it falls is cut in half, the distance it falls will.

A. double B. decrease by one- half c. increase by a factor of four

d. decrease by a factor of four e. not change

5. The relationship between the velocity of a body moving a long the x axis and time is given

by v – 312 – 21, where the units are SI units. The total distance the body travels between

the times t = 2S and t = 4s is.

a. 12 m b. 60 m C 48 m d. 34 m e. 44m

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6. Three vectors A, B and C have the following x and y components.

A B C

X components +6 -3 +2

Y component -3 +4 +5

The angle that the resultant makes with the positive direction of the x axis is

a. 1.2°° b. 36°° c. 40°° d. 70°°

7. A car is traveling east at 50km/h. It rounds a curve, and 5 a later it is traveling north at

50km/h. the magnitude of the average acceleration of the car is.

a. zero b. 20 km/h c. 10km/h d. 50km/h e. None of these is correct

8. A projectile is fired with an initial speed of 1000m/s at an angle of 37 above the

horizontal. If air resistance is neglected, the horizontal component of the projectiles

velocity after 20s is a approximately.

a. 2.0m/s b. 8.2m/s c. 7.2m/s d. 6.0m/s e/ 160m/s

9. A particle initially moving at 4.0m/s along the x axis is uniformly accelerated at

3.0m/s2 along the y axis for 2.0s. The final speed of the particle is

a. 2.-m/s b. 8.2m/s c. 7.2m.s d. 6.0m.s e. 10.0m/s

10. A car going around a curve of radius R at a speed V experiences a centripetal

acceleration ao, if it goes around a curve of radius 3R at a speed of 2V its acceleration

becomes.

a. (2/3)ao b. (4/3)ao c. (2/9)ao d. (9/2)ao e. (3/2)ao

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 University of Jordan General Physics (101) Date: 24/7/2001
Physics Department First Exam Time:1 hour

Question 1- 4 are related to the following information: Given the two vectors;

A = 4 I – 3k.

B = I + 2j + 2k.

Q.1 The vector A-3B is:

a. i + 6j – 9 l b. i – 6j + 9k

c. I + 6j + 9l d. i – 6j – 9k

Q.2 the angle between B and the + ve Z – axis is:

a. cos-1 (-2/3) b. cos-1 (2/3) c. cos-1 (3/2) d. cos-1 (-3/2)

Q. 3 The cross product A x B is

a. ti – 11j + 8 k b. 3i – 5k + 4 k.

c. 6i + 11j + 8 k d. 3i + 5 j + 4 k

Q.4. The vector C such that A- 4B + C = 0 is

a. 8j- 11k b. 8i + 5k c. 8k + 11k d. 8i + 8j + 5k

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Questions 5-7 are related to the following information:
The position of a particle moving in one dimension is given by x(t) = rt3-3t, where x is

meters and t is in seconds.

5. The acceleration of the particle (in m/s2) when it achieves maximum speed is.
a. 3.c b. 6. c c. 12.c d. 24.c

A.6 The average velocity (in m/s) between t = 0 and t = sec is

a. 13.c b. 15.c c. 16 d. 19.0

Q.7. the instantaneous velocity of the particle at t = 1.0 sec (in m /s) is;
a. 15.c b. 9.c c. 7.c d. 1.0

Q.8. A ball is thrown vertically upwards (BCDE‫ أ‬BCG‫ً إ‬JKCL‫ )رأ‬from the ground. The ball is caught

(NOCPQ‫ )أ‬2.0 seconds later by a person 10 m above the ground. The initial velocity (in

m/s) of the ball is:

a. 10 b. 15 c. 20 d. 30

Q.9 . A ball is thrown horizontally from the top of the building 100m high. The ball strikes

(RSTUCT) the ground at a point 65m horizontally from the bottom of the building. The

speed of the all (in m/s) just before it strikes the ground is:

a. 47 b. 44.7 c. 30.2 d. 14.5

Q. 10. A particle travels in a circular path of circumference (VKCWQ) 8m and makes 5.0

revolutions (‫ )دورات‬per second. The acceleration ac towards the center (in m/s2) is:

a. 942.4 b. 314.1 c. 628.3 d. 1256.6

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