Basic Engineering Correlation (Physics Reviewer) 4.

The structure shown is formed of three separate solid aluminum cylindrical

(A Collaborative work of GaMbit, jay729, and airsWTP) rods, each with a 1 cm diameter. What is the -coordinate of the centroid of
volume for the structure?
1. The system shown is in static equilibrium. Find W. Select one:
a. 15.2 cm
b. 16.0 cm
c. 15.9 cm
d. 14.0 cm

5. A projectile has an initial velocity of 110 m/s and a launch angle of 20o
from the horizontal. The surrounding terrain is level, and air friction is to be
disregarded. What is the maximum elevation achived by the projectile?

Select one: Select one:

a. 1000 N a. 350 m
b. 1700 N b. 72 m
c. 1500 N c. 140 m
d. 830 N d. 620 m

2. What is the force in member AF? 6. What are R1 and R2? (insert question #11)
Select one:
a. 1250 N
b. 1250 N; R2 /
c. 1000 N; R2 /
d. R1 /
e. 3750 N
f. 4000 N
g. 2500 N; R2 /
h. 1250 N
i. R1 /
j. R1 /
k. 3750 N; R2 /
Select one: l. R1 /
a. 5000 N
b. 15 000 N
7. What is the reaction at point A?
c. 10 000 N
d. O

3. A ball is dropped from rest at a point 12 m above the ground into a

smooth, frictionless chute. The ball exist the chute 2 m above the ground and
at angle 45o from the horizontal. Air resistance is negligible. Approximately
how far will the ball travel in the horizontal direction before hitting the
ground?

Select one:
a. 22 m Select one:
b. 20 m a. 710 N
c. 24 m b. O
d. 12 m c. 500 N
d. 290 N

8. A turntable capable of angularly accelerating at 12 rad/s2 needs to be

given an initial angular velocity if it is to rotate through a net 400 radians in 6
seconds. What must its initial angular velocity be?

Select one:
a. 33 rad/s
b. 21 rad/s
c. 200 rad/s
d. 28 rad/s
9. A 550 kg mass initially at rest acted upon by a force of 50 et N. What are
the acceleration, speed, and displacement of the mass at t = 4 s?
Select one:
a. 4.96 m/s2,4.87 m/s,19.5 m
b. 4.96 m/s2,135.5 m/s,2466 m
c. 4.96 m/s2,271 m/s,3900 m
d. 4.96 m/s2,4.96 m/s,19.8 m

10. A constant force of 750 N is applied through a pulley system to lift a mass
of 50 kg as shown. Neglecting the mass and friction of the pulley system,
what is the acceleration of the 50 kg mass? Select one:
Select one: a. 3500 N
a. 20.2 m/s2 b. 2500 N
b. 16.2 m/s2 c. O
c. 8.72 m/s2 d. 550 N
d. 5.20 m/s2
16. Link AB of the linkage mechanism shown in the illustration rotates with
11. A child keeps a 1 kg toy airplane flying horizontally in a circle by holding an instantaneous counterclockwise angular velosity of 10 rad/s. What is the
onto a 1.5 m long string attached to its wing tip. The string is always in the instantaneous angular velocity of link BC when link AB is horizontal and link
plane of the circular flight path. If the plane flies at 10 m/s, what is the CD is vertical?
tension in the string?
Select one:
a. 15 N
b. 28 N
c. 7 N
d. 67 N

12. One newton is the force required to

Select one:
a. give a 1 g mass an acceleration of 1m/s2.
b. accelerate a 10 kg mass at a rate of 0.10 m/s2.
c. accelerate a 1 kg mass at a rate of 9.81 m/s2
d. accelerate a 1 kg mass at a rate of 1.00 cm/s2.

13. What is the approximate centroidal polar moment of inertia of the area?
Select one:
a. 3.25 rad/s (counterclockwise)
b. 2.25 rad/s (clockwise)
c. 12.5 rad/s (clockwise)
d. 5.50 rad/s (clockwise)

17. Why does a spinning ice skater's angular velocity increase as she brings
her arms in toward her body?
Select one:
a. Her angular momentum is constant
Select one: b. Her radius of gyration is reduced.
a. 27.3cm4 c. Her mass moment of inertia is reduced.
d. all of the above
b. 25.6 cm4
c. 16.2 cm4
d. 21.4 cm4 18. A flywheel rotates at 7200 rev/min when the power is suddenly cut off.
The flywheel decelerates at a constant rate of 2.1 rad/s2 and comes to rest 6
min later. How many revolutions does the flywheel make before coming to
14. A 4-A current is maintained in a simple circuit with a total resistance of 2
. How much energy is delivered in 3 seconds rest?
Select one:
Select one:
a. 390 000 rev
a. 3J
b. 12J b. 18 000 rev
c. 22 000 rev
c. 6 J
d. 72 000 rev
d. 96J
19. Two 2 kg block are linked as shown. Assuming that the surfaces are
15. In the pin-jointed truss shown, what is the force in member DE?
frictionless, what is the velocity of block B if block A is moving at a speed of 3
m/s?
 d. 1.1

24. If the sum of the forces on a particle is not equal to zero,the particle is
Select one:
a. moving with a constant velocity opposite to the direction of the resulatnt
force.
b. accelerating in a direction opposite to the resultant force.
c. accelerating in the same direction as the resultant force.
d. moving with constant velocity in the direction of the resultant force.

Select one: 25. What is the -coordinate of the centroid of the perimeter line?
a. 1.30 m/s
b. 0 m/s
c. 5.20 m/s
d. 1.73 m/s

20. Find the distance between position B and C.

Select one:
a. 1.66 cm
b. 1.56 cm
c. 1.75 cm
Select one:
d. 1.80 cm
a. 3.23 m
b. 10.1 m
26. An angle bracket is subjected to the forces and couple shown. Determine
c. 4.78 m
the equivalent force-couple system at point A
d. 7.78 m

21. A weekend plumber, unable to loosen a pipe fitting, slips a piece of scrap
pipe (a "cheater") over his wench handle. He then applies his full mass of 100
kg to the end of the cheater by standing on it. The distance from the center
of the fitting on the point where the weight acts is 0.80 m and the wrench
handle and cheater make an angle of 19° with the horizontal. Find the
magnitude and direction of the torque he applies about the center of the
pipefitting.
Select one:
a. 740 N
b. 120 N
c. 360 N
d. 520 N Select one:
a. 292 N at -5.9o ; 103 N.m
22. A 1530 kg car is towing a 300 kg trailer. The coefficient of friction b. 333 N at 42.9o ; 53 N.m
between all tires and the road is 0.80. How fast can the car and trailer travel c. 114 N at 15.3o ; 50 N.m
around an unbanked curve of radius 200 m without either the car or trailer d. 307 N at 10.4o ; 110 N.m
skidding?
Select one: 27. In the figure, a very small toy race car of mass m is released from rest on
a. 143 km/h the loop-the-loop track. If it is released at a height 2R above the floor, how
b. 75.2 km/h high is it above the floor when it leaves the track, neglecting friction?
c. 40.0 km/h Select one:
d. 108.1 km/h a. 1.33 R
b. 2.00 R
23. A rope passes over a fixed sheave as shown. The two rope ends are c. 1.67 R
parallel. A fixed load on one end of the rope is supported by a constant force d. 1.50 R
on the other end. The coefficient of friction between the rope and the sheave
is 0.30. What is the ratio of tensile forces in the two rope ends? 28. Find the acceleration of block A after the blocks are released.

Select one:
Select one: a. 2.5 m/s
a. 2.6 b. 0 m/s
b. 1.6 c. 1.4 m/s
c. 1.2 d. 5.6 m/s
29. Where can a couple be moved on a rigid body to have an equivalent
effect?
Select one:
a. along the perpendicular bisector joining the two original forces
b. along the line of action
c. anywhere on the rigid body
d. in a parallel plane

30. What is the reaction at point B?

Select one:
a. -280 N (down)
b. 120 N (down)
Select one: c. 180 N (down)
a. 20 000 N d. -250 N (down)
b. 10 000 N
c. 15 000 N 36. A cable passes over a stationary sheave and supports a 60 kg bucket, as
d. 5000 N shown. The coefficient of friction between the cable abd the sheave is 0.10.
The cable has a uniform mass per unit length of 0.4 kg/m. The cable is in the
31. Find the -and y-coordinates of the centroid of wire ABC shape of a catenary due to its own weight. The tension o fthe cable at the
pulley is given by T = wy, where w is the weight per unit lenght and the
constant y (for this configuration) is known to be 151 m. How much more
mass can be added to the4 bucket before the cable slips over the pulley?

Select one:
a. 0.43 m ; 1.29 m
b. 2.71 m ; 1.49 m
c. 3.33 m ; 2.67 m
d. 0.64 m ; 2.83 m

32. For a force to do work it must be ____ the displacement

Select one:
a. shorter than Select one:
b. equal in magnitude to a. 12.1 kg
c. paralllel or antiparallel to b. 11.6 kg
d. perpendicular to c. 10.0 kg
d. 0
33. For which of the following situation is the net force acting on a particle
necessarily equal to zero? 37. The moment of inertia about the -axis o fthe cross section shown is
Select one: 245833 cm4. If the cross-sectional area is 250 cm2 and the thickness of the
a. The particle has constant loinear momentum. web and the flanges are the same, what is the moment of inertia about the
b. The particle has constant angular momentum. centroidal axis?
c. The particle has constant kinetic energy.
d. The particle is traveling at constant velocity around a circle.

34. A perfect sphere moves up a frictionless incline. Which of the following

quantities increases?
Select one:
a. potential energy
b. total energy
c. angular velocity
d. linear momentum

35. A single force (not shown) is applied at point B in the y-direction, in line Select one:
with points A and B. What should this force bein order for the frame to be in a. 2.1 x 104 cm4
equilibrium in that direction?. b. 1.5 x 105 cm4
c. 2.5 x 105 cm4
d. 8.0 x 104 cm4

38. Assume that the centroidal moment of inertia of area A2 with respect to
the composite centroidal -axis is 73.94 cm4. The moment of inertia of area
A2 with respect to the composite centroidal horizontal axis is 32.47 cm4.
What is the moment of inertia o fthe composite area with respect to its
centroidal -axis?

Select one:
a. 4130 N (tension)
b. 0
c. 2320 N (compression)
d. 3840 N (tension)

42. What is the period of a pendulum that passes the center point 20 times a
minute.
Select one:
a. 0.2 s
Select one: b. 3 s
a. 560 cm4 c. 6 s
b. 460 cm4 d. 0.3 s
c. 480 cm4
d. 350cm4 43. A 2kg block rests on 34o incline. If the coefficient of static friction is 0.2,
how much additional force, F, must be applied to keep the block from sliding
39. Find the tension, T, that must be applied to pulley A to lift the 1200 N down the incline?
weight.

Select one:
a. 14 N
b. 9.1 N
c. 7.7 N
d. 8.8 N

44. A uniform rod (AB) of length L and weight W is pinned at point C. An

Select one: initial impulse starts the rod accelerating with an initial angular acceleration
a. 600 N (in rad/s2) of g/L. What is the initial reaction at point C?
b. 300 N
c. 100 N
d. 400 N

40. What are the - and y-coordinates of the centroid of the area?

Select one:
Select one: a. w/3
a. 3.0 cm ; 4.0 cm b. w/4
b. 2.4 cm ; 3.4 cm c. 4w/7
c. 3.0 cm ; 3.6 cm d. 4w/7
d. 3.0 cm ; 3.8 cm
45. What is the radius of gyration about a horizontal axis passing through the
41. Determine the force in member FH for the pi-connected truss shown. centroid?
Select one:
a. 1.7 cm
b. 0.86 cm
c. 3.7 cm
d. 2.3 cm

46. A 153 kg car is towing a 300 kg trailer. The coefiicient of friction between
all tires and the road is 0.80. The car and trailer are traveling at 100 km/h
around a banked curve of radius 200 m. What is the necessary banking angle d. 25 N s (gain)
such that tire friction will not be necessary to prevent skidding?
Select one: 51. What is the magnitude o fthe couple that exactly replaces the moment
a. 36o that is removed?
b. 78o
c. 21o
d. 8o

47. A 47.2-kg child is standing on the outer edge of a merry-go-round that

has moment of inertia 543 kg · m2 and radius 2.40 m. The entire system is
initially rotating at 0.180 rev/s. Find the angular velocity if the child moves to
a final position 1.10 m from the center of the merry-go-round. Select one:
Select one: a. 2.5 N m
a. 4.123 rev/s b. 0.16 N m
b. 0.132 rev/s c. 15 N m
c. 0.244 rev/s d. 0.08 N m
d. 1.324 rev/s
52. Refer to a particle for which the position is defined by s(t) = 2 sin tj [tin
48. A hollow cylinder has a mass of 2 kg, a height of 1 m, an outer diameter radians]. What is the magnitude of the particles velocity at t = 4 rad?
of 1 m, and an inner diameter of 0.8 m. What is the cylinders mass moment Select one:
of inertia about an axis perpendicular to the cylinders longitudinal axis and a. 3.30
located at the cylinders end? b. 4.12
c. 2.75
d. 2.61

53. A 2 kg mass swings in a vertical plane at the end of a 2 m cord. When =

30o, the magnitude of the tangential velo9city of the mass is 1 m/s. What is
the tension in the cord at this position?

Select one:
a. 0.79 kg m2
b. 0.87 kg m2
c. 1.49 kg m2
d. 0.41 kg m2

49. Rigid link AB is 12 m long. It rotates counterclockwise about point A at 12

rev/min. A thin disk with radius 1.75 m is pinned at its center to the link at
point B. The disk rotates counterclockwise at 60 rev/min with respect to
point B. What is the maximum tangetial velocity seen by any point on the
disk?

Select one:
a. 19.6 N
b. 29.4 N
c. 18.0 N
d. 24.5 N

54. What total torque is apllied to the pulley?

Select one:
a. 45 m/s
b. 28 m/s
c. 33 m/s
d. 6 m/s
Select one:
50. A car is pulling a trailer at 100 km/h. A 5 kg cat riding on the roof of the a. O
car jumps from the car to the trailer. What is the change in the cat's b. 230 N m
momentum? c. 300 N m
Select one: d. 280 N m
a. -25 N s (loss)
b. 0 N s 55. A fisherman cuts his boats engine as it is entering a harbor. The boat
c. 1300 N s(gain) comes to a dead stop with its front end touching the dock. The fisherman's
mass is 80 kg. He moves 5 m from his seat in the back to the front of the boat 60. If the car described in Prob.72 moves along a track that is banked 5o,
in 5 s, expecting to be able to reach the dock. if the empty boat has a mass of what is the smallest radius it can travel without skidding?
300 kg, how far will the fisherman have to jump to reach the dock? Select one:
Select one: a. 47 m
a. 1.3 m b. 6 m
b. 0.0 m c. 26 m
c. 5.0 m d. 18 m
d. 1.9 m
61. Find the force in member BC.
56. A cannonball of mass 10 kg is fired from a cannon of mass 250 kg. The
initial velocity of the cannonball is 1000 km/h. All of the cannon's recoil is
absorbed by a spring with a spring constant of 250 N/cm. What is the
maximum recoil distance of the cannon?
Select one:
a. 0.59 m
b. 0.35 m
c. 0.92 m
d. 0.77 m

57. The cylinder shown is acted on by couple M. Wall A is frictionless (&#181s

= 0), but the coefficeint of static friction between the cylinder and wall B is
&#181s = 0.3. The cylinder has a weigh of 200 N. What is the largest value of
the couple M for which the cylinder will not turn?

Select one:
a. 50 000 N (compression)
b. 50 000 N (tension)
c. 52 700 N (compression)
d. 16 700 N (tension)
Select one:
62. A projectile is fired from a cannon with an initial velocity of 1000 m/s and
a. 96 N m
b. 31 N m at an angle of 30o from the horizontal. What distance from the cannon will
c. 72 N m the projectile strike the ground if the point of impact is 1500 m below the
d. 48 N m point of release?

58. Whatb is the polar radius of gyration?

Select one:
a. 4.2 m Select one:
b. 4.9 m a. 90 800 m
c. 3.6 m b. 78200 m
d. 4.0 m c. 67300 m
d. 8200 m
59. Three concurrent forces act as shown.
63. Quantity of inertia possessed by an object or the proportion between
force and acceleration
Select one:
a. Mass
b. Moment of inertia
c. Velocity
d. Momentum

64. A varying force acts on a 40 kg weight as shown in the following force

versus time diagram. What is the object's velocity at t = 4 s if the object start
from
If the forces are in equilibrium, and F2 is 11 N, what is the magnitude of F1?
Select one:
a. 10 N
b. 8 N
c. 12 N
d. 11 N
 70. A 100 kg block is pulled along a smooth, flat surface by an external 500 N
force. If the coefficient of friction between the block and the surface is 0.15,
what acceleration is experienced by the block due to the external force?

Select one:
Select one: a. 4.33 m/s2
a. 0.30 m/s b. 3.23 m/s2
b. 0.075 m/s c. 5.00 m/s2
c. 0.15 m/s d. 3.80 m/s2
d. 0 m/s
71. A motorist is travelling at 70 km/h when he sees a traffic light in an
65. A I kg uniform rod 1 m long is suspended from the ceiling by a frictionless intersection 250 m ahead turn red. The light's red cycle is 15 s. The motorist
hinge. The rod is free to pivot. What is the product of inertia of the about the wanst to enter the intersection without stopping his vehicle, just as the light
pivot point? turns green. What uniform deceleration of the vehicle will just put the
Select one: motorist in the intersection when the light turns greens?
a. 0 kg m2 Select one:
b. 0.045 kg m2 a. 0.18 m/s2
c. 0.13 kg m2 b. 1.3 m/s2
d. 0.33 kg m2 c. 0.37 m/s2
d. 25 m/s2
66. Three forces act on a hook. Determine the magnitude of the resultant of
the forces. Neglect hook bending. 72. The nuts on a collar are each tightened to 18 N m torque. 17% of this
torque is used to overcome screw thread friction. The bolts have a nominal
diameter of 10 mm. The threads are a simple square cut with a pitch abgle of
15o. The coefficient of friction in the threads is 0.10. What is the
approximate tensile force in each bolt?

Select one:
a. 1250 N
b. 989 N
c. 1510 N Select one:
d. 1140 N a. 203 N
b. 1620 N
67. The support force exerted on an object in contact with another stable c. 405 N
object d. 132 N
Select one:
a. Normal force 73. During the time a compact disc (CD) accelerates from rest to a constant
b. Weight rotational speed of 477 rev/min, it rotates through an angular displacement
c. Tension of 0.250 rev. What is the angular acceleration of the CD
d. Gravity Select one:
a. 358 rad/s2
68. Refer to a particle whose curvilinear motions is represented by the b. 794 rad/s2
equation s = 20t + 4t2 - 3t3. What is particles initial velocity? c. 126 rad/s2
Select one: d. 901 rad/s2
a. 25 m/s
b. 20 m/s 74. A 6.0-kg block is released from rest 80m above the ground. When it has
c. 32 m/s fallen 60m its kinetic energy is approximately:
d. 30 m/s Select one:
a. 4800 J
69. What is the tension in cable AB? b. 1176 J
c. 3528 J
d. 120 J

75. A particle starting from rest experienced an acceleration of 3 m/s2 for 2 s.

The particle then returned to rest in a distance of 8 m. Assuming all
accelerations were uniform, what was the total time elapsed for the particles
motion?
Select one:
a. 5.33 s
Select one: b. 4.67 s
a. 250 N c. 2.67 s
b. 430 N d. 4.00 s
c. 870 N
d. 500 N
76. A rope passes over a fixed sheave as shown. The two rope ends are Select one:
parallel. A fixed load on one end of the rope is supported by a constant force a. 4.43 rad /s
on the other end. The coefficient of friction between the rope and the sheave b. 1.98 rad/s
is 0.30. What is the ratio of tensile forces in the two rope ends? c. 3.92 rad /s
d. 1.40 rad/s

83. A rigid body is subjecyed to three cfoncurrent, coplanar forces. What is

the minimum number of independent equations that are necessary to
establish the equilibrium conditions?
Select one:
a. 3
b. 2
Select one:
c. 1
a. 1.6
d. 0
b. 1.2
c. 1.1
84. Two meshing spur gears are arranged such that neither gear is turning
d. 2.6
and both are in equilibrium. Gear 1 has a radius of 4 cm. Gear 1's shaft carries
a torsional moment of 65 N m from an external motor. Gear 2 has a radius of
77. In an isolated system it does not change with time when there are no
6 cm. Assuming a 100% transmission efficiency, what torque is transmitted
forces acting on the system
by the shaft of gear 2?
Select one:
Select one:
a. displacement
a. 97.5 N m
b. force
b. 65 N m
c. momentum
c. 107 N m
d. position
d. 101 N m
78. The coeffecicient of friction between the brqake pad and drum is 0.3.
85. Determine the force in member AG for the pin-conneted truss shown.
Assuming that the beam supporting the cable drum is more than adequate
for the loads involved, what load,W, can be held stat5ionary?(Insert question
#12)
Select one:
a. 100 N
b. 180 N
c. 33 N
d. 90 N

79. The elevator in a 12--story building has a mass of 1000 kg. Its maximum
velocity and maximum acceleartion ar 2 m/s and 1 m/s2, respectively. A
paasenger with a mass of 75 kg stands on a bathroom scale in the elevator as Select one:
the elevator ascends at its maximum acceleration. what is the scale reading a. 37 500 N (tension)
just as the elevator reaches its maximum velocity? b. 31 500 N (compression)
Select one: c. 25 000 N (compression)
a. 886 N d. 50 000 N (tension)
b. 150 N
c. 75 N 86. What are the -and y-coordiantes of the centroid of the area?
d. 811 N

80. The braced frame shown is constructed with pin-connected members and
supports. All applied forces are horizontal. What is the force in the diagonal
member AB?(Insert question #10)
Select one:
a. 160 N
b. 250 N
c. 0
d. 200 N

81. An automobile travels on a perfectly horizontal, unblanked circular track

of radius r. The coefficient of friction between the tires and the track is 0.3. If
the car's velocity is 10 m/s, what is the smallest radius it may travel without
skidding?
Select one: Select one:
a. 10 m a. 3.50 cm ; 5.50 cm
b. 50 m b. 3.93 cm ; 4.79 cm
c. 34 m c. 4.00 cm ; 5.00 cm
d. 68 m d. 3.40 cm ; 5.60 cm

82. A 10 kg block is resting on a horizontal circular disk (e.g., turntable) at a 87. An ideal spring is hung vertically from the ceiling. When a 2.0-kg block
radius of 0.5 m form the center. The coefficient of friction between the block hangs at rest from it the spring is extended 6.0 cm from its relaxed length. A
and disk is 0.2. the disk begins to rotate with a uniform angular acceleration. upward external force is then applied to the block to move it upward a
What is the minimum angular velocity of the plate that will cause the block to distance of 16 cm. While the block is moving upward the work done by the
slip? spring is
Select one:
a. -2.09 J
b. -1.75 J
c. -1.05 J
d. -0.52 J

88. Refer to a particle for which the position is defined by s(t) = 2 sin tj [tin
radians]. What is the magnitude of the particle's acceleartion at t = π?
Select one:
a. 2.00 Select one:
b. 2.56 a. 18 000 N (compression)
c. 4.00 b. 8000 N (tension)
d. 3.14 c. 8000 N (compression)
d. 18 000 N (tension)
89. A satellite is placed in a circular orbit to observe the surface of Mars from
an altitude of 144 km. The equatorial radius of Mars is 3397 km. If the speed
of the satellite is 3480 m/s, what is the magnitude of the centripetal 94. A projectile whose mass is 10 g is fired directly upward from ground level
acceleration of the satellite? with an initial velocity of 1000 m/s. Neglect the effects of air resistance, what
Select one: will be speed of the projectile when it impacts the ground?
a. 2.99 m/s2 Select one:
b. 2.17 m/s2 a. 981 m/s
c. 3.42 m/s2 b. 1414 m/s
d. 2.60 m/s2 c. 1000 m/s
d. 707 m/s
90. A motorist is travelling at 70 km/h when he sees a traffic light in an
intersection 250 m ahead turn red. The light's red cycle is 15 s. The motorist 95. The 285 kg plate shown is suspended horizontally by four wires of equal
wanst to enter the intersection without stopping his vehicle, just as the light loenght, and the tension of each wire is equal. If wire D snaps, the tension in
turns green. What uniform deceleration of the vehicle will just put the the three remaining wires is redistributed. Determined the tension in each
motorist in the intersection when the light turns greens? wire after wire D snaps.
Select one:
a. 0.37 m/s2
b. 25 m/s2
c. 0.18 m/s2
d. 1.3 m/s2

91. The location of a particle moving in the -y plane is given by the

parametric equations = t2 + 4t and y =(1/4)t4 - 60t, where and y are in
meters and t is in seconds. What I sthe particles velocity at t = 4 s?
Select one:
a. 16.0 m/s
b. 8.95 m/s
c. 11.3 m/s
d. 12.6 m/s

92. The two cables shown carry a 100 N vertical load. What is the tension in Select one:
cable AB? a. TA /= 699 N ; TB /= 699 N ; TC /= 1398 N
b. TA /=1398 N ; TB /= 1398 N ; TC /= 0 N
c. TA /
d. TA /= 1398 N ; TB /= 0 N ; TC /= 1398 N
e. TA = 699 N ; TB = 1398 N ; TC = 699 N

96. Identfy the zero-force members in the truss shown.

Select one:
a. 80 N
b. 60 N
c. 50 N
d. 40 N

93. The pedestrian bridge truss shown has 10 000 N applied loads at points Select one:
I,J, and K. What is the force in member IJ? a. AB,GH,GI,HI,EG
b. AB,GH
c. AB,HI,GI
d. GI,HI

97. Three coplanar forces are in equilibrium on the surface of a steel plate, as
shown. Two of the forces are known to be 10 N. What is the angle, , of the
third force?
Select one:
a. 82.5o Select one:
b. 26.7o a. 300 000N (tension)
c. 53.8o b. 50 000 N (tension)
d. 7.50o c. 37 500 N (tension)
d. 350 000 N (tension)
98. A signal arm carries two traffic signals and a sign, as shown. The siognals
and sign are rigidly attached to the arm. Each traffic signal is 0.2 m2 in frontal 101. A projectile has an initial velocity of 110 m/s and a launch angle of 20o
area and weighs 210 N. The sign weighs 60 N/m2. The design wind pressure from the horizontal. The surrounding terrain is level, and air friction is to be
is 575 N/m2. The maximum moment that the connection between the arm disregarded. What is the horizontal distance traveled by the projectile?
and pole can withstand due to wind is 6000 N m , and the maximum Select one:
permitted moment due to the loads is 4000 N m. As limited by moment on a. 1200 m
the connection, what is the maximum area of the sign? b. 80 m
c. 800 m
d. 400 m

102. QUEST032::Figure shows a uniform disk, with mass M = 2.5 kg and

radius R = 20 cm, mounted on a fixed horizontal axle. A block with mass m =
1.2 kg hangs from a massless cord that is wrapped around the rim of the disk.
Find the acceleration of the falling block. The cord does not slip, and there is
no friction at the axle.

Select one:
a. -4.8 m/s2
b. 4.8 m/s2
Select one: c. -3.2 m/s2
a. 5.65 m2 d. 3.2 m/s2
b. 1.15 m2
c. 8.03 m2 103. Find the velocity of block A 2.5 s after the blocks are released.
d. 1.04 m2

99. A uniform thin disk has a radius of 30 cm and a mass of 2 kg. A constant
force of 10 N is applied tangentially at a varying, but unknown, distance from
the center of the disk. The disk accelerates about its axis at 3t rad/s2. What is
the distance from the center of the disk at which the force is apllied at t = 12
s? Select one:
a. 3.5 m/s
b. 0 m/s
c. 4.4 m/s
d. 4.9 m/s

104. A box has uniform density and a total weight of 600 N. It is suspended
by three equal-length cables, AE,BE, and CE, as shown. Point E is 0.5 m
directly above the center of the box's top surface. What is the tension in
cable CE?
Select one:
a. 108 cm
b. 32.4 cm
c. 54.0 cm
d. 36.0 cm

100. Four bolts (not shown) connect support A to the ground. Determine the
design load for each o fthe four bolts.
Select one: Select one:
a. 400 N a. 720 N to 1360 N
b. 200 N b. 560 N to 1360 N
c. 128 N c. 720 N to 1510 N
d. 370 N d. 670 N to 1440 N

105. The five forces shown act at point A. What is the magnitude of the 109. A model T-beam is constructed from five balsa boards. Refer to the
resultant force? illustration for the as-built dimensions. What is the approximate centroidal
Select one: moment of inertia about an axis parallel to the -axis?

a. 234 N
b. 182 N
c. 156 N
d. 32 N

106. Determine the reaction at point C.

Select one:
a. 660 cm4
b. 600 cm4
c. 500 cm4
d. 560 cm4
Select one:
a. -417 N (down) 110. A 3 kg disk with a diameter of 0.6 m is rigidly attached at point B to 1 kg
b. + 83 N (down) rod 1 m in length. The rod-disk combination rotates around point A. What is
c. +333 N (up) the mass moment of inertia about A for the combinanation
d. -83 N (down)

107. A 50 kg cylinder has a height of 3 m and a radius of 50 cm. The cylinder

sits on the -axis and is oriented with its major axis parallel to the y-axis. What
is the mass moment of inertia about the -axis?
Select one:
a. 41 kg mo
b. 16 kg mo
c. 150 kg mo
d. 4.1 kg mo

108. A rope is wrapped over a 6 cm diameter pipe to support a bucket of

Select one:
tools being lowered. The coefficient of friction between the rope and the
pipe is 0.20. The combined mass of bucket and tools is 100 kg. What is the a. 0.56 kg m2
b. 0.87 kg m2
range of force that can be applied to the free end of the rope such that the
c. 047 kg m2
bucket remains stationary?
d. 3.7 kg m2

111. A 2.5-kg ball and a 5.0-kg ball have an elastic collision. Before the
collision, the 2.5-kg ball was at rest and the other ball had a speed of 3.5 m/s.
What is the kinetic energy of the 2.5-kg ball after the collision?_____"
Select one:
a. 27 J
b. 14 J
c. 5.8 J
d. 8.1 J

112. A spring has a constant of 50 N/m. The spring is hung vertically, and a
mass is attached to its end. The spring end displaces 30 cm from its
equilibrium position. The same mass is removed from the first spring and
attached to the end of a second (different) spring, and the displacement is 25
Select one:
cm. What is the spring constant of the second spring?
a. -6500 N m (counterclockwise)
Select one:
b. 12 000 N m (clockwise)
a. 63 N/m
c. 3500 N m (clockwise)
b. 56 N/m
d. -9000 N m (counterclockwise)
c. 60 N/m
d. 46 N/m
117. What is the magnitude of the forces that constitute the moment?
113. What is the polar moment of nertia about the composite centroid?

Select one:
a. 8.3 N
Select one: b. 6.3 N
a. 1530 m4 c. 4.2 N
b. 1020 m4 d. 2.1 N
c. 2410 m4
d. 1260 m4 118. A 28 mm diameter circuit area is reduced by a 21 mm diameter circular
area that is cut out. Both circles are tangent to the y-axis. What is the
114. An area is a composite of a semicircle and a triangle, as shown. What is moment of inertia about the y-axis of the remaining (shaded) area?
the distance between the -axis an dthe centroid?
Select one:
a. 103 000 mm4
b. 330 000 mm4
c. 1340 000 mm4
d. 20 600 mm4

119. What is the coefficient of friction between the plane and the block?
Select one:
a. 0.15
b. 0.78
c. 0.22
d. 0.85
Select one:
a. 3.46 mm 120. Two blocks are connected over a pulley. The mass of block A is 10 kg and
b. 3.68 mm the coefficient of kinetic friction between A and the incline is 0.20. Angle θ of
c. 5.35 mm the incline is 30°. Block A slides down the incline at constant speed. What is
d. 4.28 mm the mass of block B

115. Find the velocity at position B.

Select one: Select one:

a. 9.83 m/s a. 2.1 kg
b. 6.95 m/s b. 5.0 kg
c. 2.41 m/s c. 3.7 kg
d. 4.12 m/s d. 3.3 kg

116. In the structure shown, the beam is pinned at point B. Point E is a roller 121. The center of gravity of a roller coaster car is 0.5 m above the rails. The
support. The beam is loaded with a distributed load from point A to point B rails are 1 m part. What is the maximum speed that the car can travel around
of 400 N/m, a 500 N m couple at point C, and a vertical 900 N force at point an unbanked curve of radius 15 m without the inner wheel losing contact
D. If the distributed load and the vertical load are removed and replaced with with the top of the rail?
a vertical upward force of 1700 N at point F, what moment at point F would Select one:
be necessary to keep the reaction at point E at the same?. a. 8.58 m/s
b. 17.2 m/s
c. 24.2 m/s
d. 12.1 m/s 127. The maximum kinetic and potential energy of a spring when stretched at
various displacements is equal to
122. Two particles are fixed to an x axis : particle 1 of charge -2.00 x 10-7 C at Select one:
x=6.00 cm and particle 2 of charge +2.00 x 10-7 C at x=21.0 cm. Midway
a. 1 /2Kx2
between the particles, what is their net electric field in unit vector notation?
Select one: b. mg
a. -3.20 X 105 N/C i ̂ c. –mx2
b. -6.39 x 105 N/C i ̂ d. None of the choices
c. -4.00 x 105 N/C i ̂
d. -2.40 x 105 N/C i ̂

123. Find the force in member DE. 128. A car with a mass of 1530 kg tows a trailer (mass of 200 kg) at 100 km/h.

What is the total momentum of the car-trailer combination?

Select one:
a. 46 000 N s
b. 22 N s
c. 37 N s
d. 48 000 N s

129. If W = 80 N, what are the reactions

Select one:
a. 8800 N (tension) at pont A?
b. 10 000 N (compresiion)
c. 0
d. 6300 N (tension)

124. A force is defined by the vector A = 3.5 i - 1.5 j + 2.0k. i,j, and k are unit
vectors in the -,y-, and z-direction, respectively. What is the angle that the
force makes with the positive y-axis?

Select one: Select one:

a. 69.6o
a. 27 i N - 100j N
b. 20.4o
c. 110o b. -27 i N - 100j N
d. 66.4o c. 0 i N+ 180j N
d. 0 i N + 100j N
125. The position (in radians) of a car travelling around a curve is described
by the following function of time (in seconds). What is the angular velocity at
t = 3 s? 130. A parallel-plate air capacitor is made from two plates 0.070 m square,
Select one: spaced 6.3 mmapart. What must the potential difference between the plates
a. -16 rad/s be to produce an energydensity of 0.037 J/m3?
b. -4 rad /s Select one:
c. 15 rad/s
a. 470 V
d. 11 rad/s
b. 370V
126. A stone is dropped down a well. 2.47 s after the stone is realeased, a c. 270 V
splash is heard. If the velocity of sound in air is 342 m/s, find the distance to d. 570 V
the surface of the water in the well.
Select one:
a. 38 m 131. Block d side freely on the homogeneous bar and experiences a
b. 2.4 m gravitation force of 50 N. Homogeneous bar AB experiences a gravitational
c. 28 m force of 25 N. What is the force between the bar and block D?
d. 7.2 m
 135. A 6 kg sphere moving at 3m/s collides with a 10 kg sphere traveling 2.5
m/s in the same direction. The 6 kg ball comes to a complete stop after the
collision. What is the new velocity of the 10 kg ball immediately after the
collision?
Select one:
a. 0.5 m/s
b. 5.5 m/s
c. 2.8 m/s
d. 4.3 m/s

136. Which type of load is not resisted by a pinned joint?

Select one:
Select one:
a. 21 N
a. compression
b. 19 N
b. moment
c. 15 N
c. shear
d. 28 N
d. axial

132. A motorist is travelling at 70 km/h when he sees a traffic light in an

137. What is the resultant R of the system of forces shown?
intersection 250 m ahead turn red. The light's red cycle is 15 s. The motorist
wanst to enter the intersection without stopping his vehicle, just as the light
turns green. If the vehicle decelerates at a constant rate of 0.5 m/s2, what
will be its speed when the light turns green?
Select one:
a. 52 km/h
b. 63 km/h
c. 43 km/h
d. 59 km/h

133. Which of the structures shown is statically determinant and stable?

Select one:
Select one:

a.

a. I and III
b. I and IV
c. I only b.
d. II and III

134. The rotor of a steam turbine is rotating at 7200 rev/min when the steam
supply is suddenly cut off. The rotor decelerates at a constant rate and comes
to rest after 5 min. What was the angular deceleration of the rotor?
Select one:
a. 2.5 rad/s2
c.
b. 5.8 rad/s2
c. 0.40 rad/s2
d. 16 rad/s2
 142. A disk-shaped bofy with a 4 cm radius has a 320 N force acting through
the center at an unknown angle , and two 40 N loads acting as a couple, as
shown. All of these forces are removed and replaced by a single 320 N force
at point B, parallel to the original 320 N force. What is the angle ?

d.

138. If the frame is pinned so that it rotates around point B, what

counteracting moment must be applied at point A to put the frame in
equilibrium?

Select one:
a. 0o
b. 7.6o
c. 15o
d. 29o

143. A block with a mass of 150 kg is pulled over a horizontal surface by a

cable guided by a pulley as shown. The coefficients of friction are 0.58
between the surface and the block, and 0.90 between the cable and the
pulley. What force,F, must be applied to the cable for the block to move?

Select one:
a. 1150 N m
b. 1240 N m
c. 650 N m
d. 890 N m

140. An isolated parallel-plate capacitor (not connected to a battery) has a

charge of Q = 2.9 × 10-5 C. The separation between the plates initially is d =
1.2 mm, and for this separation the capacitance is 3.1 × 10-11 F. Calculate the Select one:
work that must be done to pull the plates apart until their separation a. 2500 N
becomes 5.3 mm, if the charge on the plates remains constant. The capacitor b. 900 N
plates are in a vacuum c. 1700 N
Select one: d. 2200 N
a. 5 J
b. 46 J 144. Refer to a particle whose curvilinear motions is represented by the
c. 48 J equation s = 20t + 4t2 - 3t3. What is the acceleration of the particle at time t
d. 47 J = 0?
Select one:
141. A wheel with a radius of 80 cm rolls along a flat surface at 3 m/s. If arc a. 2 m/s2
AB on the wheels perimeter measures 90o, what is the velocity of point A b. 5 m/s2
when point B contacts the ground? c. 3 m/s2
Select one: d. 8 m/s2
a. 3.39 m/s
b. 3.75 m/s 145. A playground merry-go-round has a radius of 3.0m and a rotational
c. 4.24 m/s inertia of 600 kg m2.It is initially spinning at 0.80 rad/s when a 20-kg child
d. 3.00 m/s crawls from the center to the rim. When the child reaches the rim the
angular velocity of the merry-go-round is
Select one:
a. 0.80 rad/s radius of 1 m. What is the instantaneous angular velocity ( in rad/s) of the
particle?
b. 1.04 rad/s
Select one:
c. 0.73 rad/s a. t2+cost+ 3 In |csct|
d. 0.62 rad/s b. t2-cost+ 3 In |csct|
c. t2-cost+ 3 In |sint|
146. Traffic travels at 100 km/h around a banked high-way curve with a d. t2+cost+ 3 In |sint|
radius of 1000m. What banking angle is necessary such that friction will not 152. A golfer on level ground attempts to drive a gof ball across a 50 m wide
be required to resist the centrifugal force? pond, hitting the ball so that it travels initially at 25 m/s. The ball travels at an
Select one: initial angle of 45o to the horizontal plane. How far will the golf ball travel,
a. 46o and does it clear the pond?
Select one:
b. 2.8o
a. 58 m; the ball clears the pond
c. 4.5o b. 32 n; the ball does not clear the pond
d. 1.4o c. 45 m; the ball does not clear the pond
d. 64 m ; the ball clears the pond
147. Resolve the 300 N force into two components, one along line p and the
153. A 2000 kg car pulls a 500 kg trailer. The car and trailer accelerates from
other along line Q. (F, P and Q are coplanar.) 50 km/h to 75 km/h at rate of 1 m/s2. What linear impules does the car
Select one: impart on the trailer?
a. Fp = 126 N ; FQ /= 272 N Select one:
b. Fp = 226 N ; FQ = 135 N a. 12 500 N s
b. 3470 N s
c. Fp = 186 N ; FQ /= 232 N
c. 17400 N s
d. Fp = 226 N ; FQ /=212 N d. 8680 N s

148. Determine the force in member 154. What are R1 and R2? (insert question #11)
BC.
Select one:
a. 1250 N
b. 4000 N
c. R1 /
d. 1000 N; R2 /
e. R1 /
f. R1 /
g. 3750 N; R2 /
h. 1250 N

155. QUEST029::Two blocks are connected over a pulley. The mass of block A
is 10 kg and the coefficient of kinetic friction between A and the incline is
0.20. Angle θ of the incline is 30°. Block A slides down the incline at constant
speed. What is the mass of block B

Select one:
a. 1000 N (compression)
b. 2500 N (tension)
c. 1500 N (tension)
d. 0

149. The statement “An object with constant momentum is in a state of

equilibrium” is
Select one:
a. Insufficient data Select one:
b. False a. 3.7 kg
c. Partly true b. 3.3 kg
d. True c. 2.1 kg
d. 5.0 kg
150. The velocity (in m/s) of a falling ball is described by the equation v = 32 +
t + 6t2. What I sthe acceleration at time t = 2 s? 156. A mass of 10 kg is suspended from a vertical spring with a spring
Select one: constant of 10 N/m. What is the period of vibration?
a. 25 m/s2
Select one:
b. 9.8 m/s2
c. 58 m/s2 a. 6.3 s
d. 32 m/s2 b. 0.30 s
c. 0.60 s
d. 0.90 s
151. A particle has a tangential acceleration of at (represented by the
equation given) when it moves around a point in a curve with instantaneous
157. What is the reaction at point A for the simply supported beam shown? 161. QUEST030::The small piston of a hydraulic lift has a cross-sectional area
of 3.00 cm2, and its large piston has a cross-sectional area of 200 cm2 . What
Select one:
force must be applied to the small piston for it to raise a load of 15.0 kN? (In
service stations, this force is usually generated with the use of compressed
air.)
Select one:
a. a. 1.00 X 102 N
b. 40 N
c. 1.00 x 103 N
b. None of the choices
d. 225 N

162. A disk rolls along a flat surface at a constant speed of 10 m/s. Its
diameter is 0.5 m. At a particular instant, point P on the edge of the disk is
45o from the horizontal. What is the velocity of point P at that instant?
c. Select one:
a. 10.0 m/s15.0 m/s16.2 m/s
b. 18.5 m/s

163. For the reciprocating pump shown, the radius of the crank is r = 0.3 m,
and the rotational speed is n = 350 rpm. What is the tangetial velocity of
d. point A on the crank corresponding to an angle of = 35o from the horizontal?
Select one:
a. 10 m/s
b. 1.1 m/s
158. A bent beam is acted upon by a moment and several concentrated c. 0 m/s
d. 11 m/s
forces, as shown. Find the missing force F and distance that will maintain
equilibrium on the member shown. 164. What is the -coordinate of the centroid of the curve y = cos between = 0
= /2?
a. pi/4
b. pi/6
c. 1 – 2/pi
d. pi/2 – 1

165. QUEST031::Two particles are fixed to an x axis : particle 1 of charge -

2.00 x 10-7 C at x=6.00 cm and particle 2 of charge +2.00 x 10-7 C at x=21.0
cm. Midway between the particles, what is their net electric field in unit
vector notation?
Select one:
a. -6.39 x 105 N/C i ̂
b. -2.40 x 105 N/C i ̂
c. -4.00 x 105 N/C i ̂
d. -3.20 X 105 N/C i ̂
Select one:
a. F = 20 N ; = 0.2 m 166. Refer to a particle whose curvilinear motions is represented by the
equation s = 20t + 4t2 - 3t3. What is the maximum speed reached by the
b. F = 10 N ; = 0.6 m particle?
c. F = 20 N ; = 0.4 m Select one:
a. 34.6 m/s
d. F = 5 N ; = 0.8 m
b. 27.9 m/s
c. 48.0 m/s
d. 21.8 m/s
159. A car travels around an unbanked 50 m radius curve without skidding.
The coefficient of friction between the tires and road is 0.3. What is the car's
167. A torsional pendulum consists of a 5 kg uniform disk with a diameter of
maximum speed?
50 cm attached at its center to a rod 1.5 m in length. The torsional spring
Select one:
constant is 0.625 N.m/rad. Disregarding the mass of the rod, what is the
a. 54 km/h
natural frequency of the torsional pendulum?
b. 25 km/h
Select one:
c. 44 km/h
a. 1.0 rad/s
d. 14 km/h
b. 1.4 rad/s
c. 1.2 rad/s
d. 2.0 rad/s
160. A force that is directed away or towards the origin
Select one: 168. The position (in radians) of a car travelling around a curve is described
a. Frictional force by the following function of time (in seconds). What is the angular
b. Uniform force acceleration at t = 5 s?
c. Central force Select one:
d. Normal force a. 4 rad/s2
b. 26 rad/s2
c. 30 rad/s2
d. 6 rad/s2

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