School of Indiana Alem Bank Branch

Department of Natural Sciences Physics Unit

1st Semester 1st Quarter Physics Final Exam for Grade 10 Students in 2016 E.C

Time allowed: 80 min Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2023

Directions:
Print your name and write the correct answers for each part in the separate answer sheet.
Also, detach the answer sheet from the question paper and submit only the answer sheet.
Use: g =10 m/s2 if necessary

I. Write the most simplified answer [6 pts]

1. A vector has a component of 10 m in the +x direction and a component of 5 m in the +y direction. The
magnitude of this vector is:
2. If A car travels from town A to town B 100 km north, then to town C 60 km east, and then to town D 20 km
south. The magnitude of the car’s displacement is:
3. If the x component of a vector A, in the xy plane, is half as large as the magnitude of the vector, the tangent of
the angle between the vector and the x axis is:
4. A car is traveling at 10 m/s when the traffic light ahead turns red. The car decelerates and comes to a stop in 5s.
The acceleration of the car is:
5. A stone is released from rest from the edge of a building roof 125 m above the ground. Neglecting air
resistance, the speed of the stone, just before striking the ground, is:
6. An object with an initial velocity of 12 m/s west experiences a constant acceleration of 4 m/s2 west for
3 seconds. During this time the object travels a distance of:
II. Write TRUE if the statement is correct and FALSE otherwise [6 pts]
7. Vector − 𝐴⃗ is greater in magnitude than vector 𝐴⃗.
8. As a freely falling body speeds up, the acceleration due to gravity increases.
9. When two vectors are added, the sum is independent of the order of the addition.
10. For a uniform motion, the average and instantaneous accelerations have the same value.
11. A given vector in xy-plane which has 2 units in x-direction and 3 units in y-direction is a unit vector.
12. The resultant of vector addition using a polygon method is referred to as drawn a vector from the start of the
first vector to the tip of the last.
III. Choose the best options from the given alternatives [20 pts]
13. Identify the vector quantity among the following.
A. Distance C. Momentum
B. Heat D. Energy
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14. Which one of the following statements is TRUE?
A. If you end up where you started, then all the vectors cancel out and there is a non-zero resultant vector.
B. The components of a vector have no the same effect as the original vector.
C. Resolving means splitting a vector into two perpendicular components.
D. A vector quantity is completely specified only by a number with an appropriate unit.
15. A vector of magnitude 3 CANNOT be added to a vector of magnitude 4 so that the magnitude of the resultant
is:
A. zero C. 3
B. 1 D. 5
16. Let V = (2, 6) m. The magnitude of V is:
A. √10 𝑚 C. 8 m
B. 2√10 𝑚 D. 4 m
17. Two vectors 𝑎⃗ and 𝑏⃗⃗ are shown below. Which of the following most likely represents 𝑎⃗ - 𝑏⃗⃗?

A. B. C. D.

18. Which of the following actions is permissible when you are graphically adding one vector to another?
A. move the vector
B. the direction it points in
C. rotate the vector
D. change the vector’s length
19. What is the first step in that you follow to resolve a vector graphically?
A. Select a scale and draw the vector to scale in the appropriate direction.
B. Draw the x-component from the tail of the vector to the intersection of the perpendicular projection
with the x-axis.
C. Draw the y-component from the tail of the vector to the intersection of the perpendicular projection
with the y-axis.
D. Measure the length of the two components and use the scale to determine the magnitude of the
components.

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20. It is possible to add two vectors when the vectors that are to be added form the two adjacent sides of a
parallelogram by joining the tails of the two vectors. This ways of adding vector refers to:
A. Triangle method C. Parallelogram method
B. Polygon method D. Scale diagram method
21. Vectors that have the same magnitude and same direction is known as:
A. Unit vector C. Zero vectors
B. equal vectors D. Negative vectors
22. A vector S of magnitude 6 and another vector T have a sum of magnitude 12. The vector T:
A. must have a magnitude of at least 6 but no more than 18
B. may have a magnitude of 20
C. cannot have a magnitude greater than 12
D. must be perpendicular to S
23. Acceleration is defined as:
A. rate of change of position with time
B. speed divided by time
C. rate of change of velocity with time
D. a speeding up or slowing down
24. A brick is dropped from rest from a height of 5 m. How long does it take the brick to reach the ground?
A. 5.0 sec C. 3.5 sec
B. 2.5 sec D. 1.0 sec
25. A stone that is dropped from the top of a building is in free fall for 8.0 s. Calculate the stone’s average
speed when it reaches the ground.
A. zero C. 80 m/s
B. 60 m/s D. 40 m/s
26. A boy standing at the top of a tower of 20 m height drops a stone. The velocity with which it hits the ground is
A. 10 m/s C. 40 m/s
B. 20 m/s D. 5 m/s
27. A car moving with an initial velocity of 25 m/s north has a constant acceleration of 3 m/s2 south. After
6 seconds its velocity will be:
A. 7 m/s north C. 7 m/s south
B. 20 m/s north D. 20 m/s south
28. The velocity of train increases uniformly from 20 km/h to 60 km/h in 4 hours. The distance travelled
by the train during this period is
A. 160 km C. 100 km
B. 180 km D. 120 km
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29. Which one of the following statements is correct for an object released from rest?
A. The average velocity during the first second of time is 5 m/s
B. During each second the object falls10 m
C. The acceleration changes by 10 m/s2 every second
D. The object falls 10 m during the first second of time
30. If an object has the instantaneous velocity of 100 m/s to East, what is its instantaneous speed?
A. 50 m/s C. 50 m/s East
B. 100 m/s D. 100 m/s East
31. What type of motion is experienced by a free-falling object?
A. Uniform motion
B. Uniformly acerated motion
C. Uniformly decelerated motion
D. Uniformly retarded motion
32. A cart on an air track is moving at 0.5 m/s when the air is suddenly turned off. The cart comes to rest after
traveling 1 m. The experiment is repeated, but now the cart is moving at 1 m/s when the air is turned off.
How far does the cart travel before coming to rest?
A. 1 m C. 3 m
B. 2 m D. 4 m
IV. Workout the following the question by showing all the necessary steps clearly [8 pts]
33. Three vectors A, B and C have a magnitude and direction of 20 unit North, 15 unit East and 30 unit South,
Respectively. Graphically determine the resultant (magnitude and direction) of these three vectors? (2 pts)
34. You walk 80 m North and 60 m East. Find the magnitude and direction of the resultant displacement both
graphically and mathematically. (3 pts)
35. A car travels 100 km due East in 2 hours. It then travels 50 km South in 1 hour. What is its average velocity
(both magnitude and directions)? (2 pts)
36. A race car travels on a racetrack at 40 m/s and slows at a constant rate to a velocity of 20 m/s over 10 s. How
far does it move during this time? (1 pt)
Bonus Mark Question (2 pts)
37. At a stop light, a truck traveling at 15 m/s passes a car as it starts from rest. The truck travels at constant
velocity and the car accelerates at 3 m/s2. Determine the distance covered by the car take to catch up to the
truck.

END!
Best of Luck!

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Detach the answer sheet from the question paper
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Physics Answer Sheet for Grade 10 Students
Name _______________________________________ Section: ________
I. Short Answer Item II. True-False Item III. Multiple Choice Item
1. _____________ 7. _____________ 13. _______ 19. _______ 25. _______
2. _____________ 8. _____________ 14. _______ 20. _______ 26. _______
3. _____________ 9. _____________ 15. _______ 21. _______ 28. _______
4. _____________ 10. _____________ 16. _______ 22. _______ 29. _______
5. _____________ 11. _____________ 17. _______ 23. _______ 30. _______
6. _____________ 12. _____________ 18. _______ 24. _______ 31. _______
Score: 32. _______
Final Exam: _____ / 40% Continuous Assessment: _____/60% Total: _____/100%
IV. Workout Item
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36.

Bonus Mark Question[2pts]

37.

Best of Luck!