2017 E.
C
Physics Work sheet
AT ADAMA MODEL SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL PHYSICS WORK SHEET
ON SIMPLE MACHINE (G-9)
Direction: Choose the best among the given options.
1. Which of the following is not true?
A. A machine that is designed to increase the force has an AMA greater than unity
B. A machine designed to increase speed has an AMA less than unity
C. A machine can increase force and speed at the same time
D. No machine can create energy
2. A lever used with fulcrum at one end and effort at other end 2m long. A load is 40cm from fulcrum and
is raised by an effort. What are velocity ratio and purpose of the lever?
A. 4, force multiplier C. 5, speed multiplier
B. 5, force multiplier D. 4, speed multiplier
3. What is the purpose of a lever?
A. To generate energy C. To reduce the amount of force needed
B. To amplify energy output beyond input D. To operate at 100% efficiency
4. Which of the following action increases efficiency of a machine?
A. Decreasing the load C. Decreasing distance moved by the load
B. Decreasing AMA D. Decreasing the VR
5. The diameters of the wheel and axle machine shown in the diagram below are 60cm and 6cm
respectively. A 90N force is applied to the rim of the wheel can lift a load of 810N on the axle. The
efficiency of the machine is
A. 90% B. 81% C. 10% D. 60%
6. On a 1.5m long second class lever a load of 450N is placed 0.5m away from the fulcrum. How large is
the VR of the lever?
A. 0.5 B. 0.33 C. 2 D. 3
7. If velocity ratio of a simple machine is 3 then
A. Effort has moved three times as far as load C. Effort is three times greater than the load
B. Load has moved three times as far as effort D. Load is three times greater than effort
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8. A block sliding down on a surface inclined at an angle with the horizontal as shown below,
If the coefficient of friction of friction between the block and the surface is . What is the MA of inclined
plane?
A. B. C. D.
9. An inclined plane is 20m long and is inclined at an angle of 15 to the horizontal. If the effort required
to push a block of weight 3000N up the slope is 900N, what is the efficiency of the inclined plane?
A. 100% B. 86.7% C. 25.9% D. 30%
10. A student wants to raise an object of mass m through a height h using an inclined plane that makes an
angle above the horizontal. If l is the length of the inclined surface, which one of the following is correct
about the actual mechanical advantage (AMA) and ideal mechanical advantage (IMA) of the inclined
plane?
A. Neglecting friction, its AMA is C. In the presence of friction, its AMA is
B. Neglecting friction, its IMA is D. In the presence of friction, AMA is and IMA is
11. What do we mean when we say that a certain machine is 98% efficient?
A. Machine wastes 2J of an input energy C. Machine multiplies an input energy by 98%
B. Machine wastes 2% of an input energy D. Machine multiplies a force by a factor of 98
12. A wedge of 8cm and thickness 2cm is pushed in to a block of wood. If the effort applied in 40N, what
is the load on the wooden block? (Assume the wedge is 100% efficient)
A. 10N B. 160N C. 80N D. 320N
13. A machine having an efficiency of 50% is used to raise a load of 400N through a height at 60m in 20s.
What is the input power?
A. 24kW B. 24MW C. 2.4kW D. 12Kw
14. What is the purpose of the second class lever?
A. force multiplier B. speed multiplier C. direction changer D. energy creator
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15. Consider the pulley system in the figure below. Assume the pulley system is frictionless and massless.
F(Effort)
200N(Load)
If the load shown attached to the lower movable pulley is raised upward by 10cm, then the mechanical
advantage and velocity ratio of the pulley system are, respectively,
A. 2 and 2 B. 3 and 5 C. 2 and 1.5 D. 1.5 and 2
16. In a compound pulley there are 8 ropes that support movable pulley. If the effort is 40N and useful load
that effort lifts is 240N. What is wasted energy by the pulley system?
A. 75% B. 15% C. 25% D. 5%
17. A 200N force is required to be applied at one end of 1m long lever, 80cm from its fulcrum, in order to
lift a load of 600N placed at other end as shown the figure below.
Effort = 200N
Load = 600N
80cm
What is the efficiency of the lever?
A. 25% B. 17% C. 75% D. 83%
18. The radius of a wheel is 50cm and that of axle is 5cm. What force must be applied at the rim of the
wheel in order to lift a load of 800N which is attached to a cable wound around axle neglecting friction?
A. 10N B. 80N C. 8000N D. 16N
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19. In screw effort is the force
A. moves screw tip in to material C. turns the screw
B. separation between two threads D. inclined plane wrapped around cylinder
20. Which of the following double wedges with different length l and thickness t offers the greater IMA?
t 2t 2t t
I l II l III 2l IV 2l
A. I B. IV C. III D. II
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