Engineering Physics Assignment 1 Questions

Question 1 (1 point)
Which of the following is/are not matter?
A: Sound
B: Cloud
C: Rainbow
D: Shadow
Question 1 options:
B
A,C and D
A and D
C and D

Question 2 (1 point)
When a solid is heated, it will change to a liquid and eventually a gas. In which state are the
particles the biggest?
Question 2 options:
A) Gas

B) Solid

C) Liquid

D) Particles remain the same size

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Question 3 (1 point)
The melting point of bromine is -7.0 °C and its boiling point is 59 °C. What state is bromine in at
room temperature?
Question 3 options:
A) Mixture of liquid and gas

B) Gas

C) Liquid

D) Solid

Question 4 (1 point)
Which is a difference between evaporation and boiling?

Question 4 options:
A
C
D
B

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Question 5 (1 point)
The graph below shows the temperature variation of a solid X when heated. What is happening
during the time interval BC ?

Question 5 options:
A) Melting

B) Boiling

C) Condensation

D) Freezing

Question 6 (1 point)
Which of these is a compound?
Question 6 options:
A) Water

B) Helium

C) Carbon

D) Copper

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Question 7 (1 point)

What is the number of neutrons found inside an atom of the following element?
Question 7 options:
A) 2

B) 1.008

C) 0

D) 1

Question 8 (1 point)
What are some atoms trying to achieve when they bond with other atoms?
Question 8 options:
A) To become even more reactive

B) To lose all their protons

C) To have the same outer shell structure of noble gases

D) To lose all their electrons

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Question 9 (1 point)
What happens when a covalent bond is formed?
Question 9 options:
A) Electrons are shared between two atoms

B) Protons are transferred from one atom to another

C) Electrons are transferred from one atom to another

D) Protons are shared between two atoms

Question 10 (1 point)
How many electrons are shared between the two atoms of a nitrogen (N2) molecule? (Atomic
number = 7)
Question 10 options:
A) 3

B) 6

C) 4

D) 8

Question 11 (1 point)
Which of the following is not a vector quantity?
Question 11 options:
A) Temperature

B) Velocity

C) Force

D) Displacement

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Question 12 (1 point)
Which of the following is not a scalar quantity?
Question 12 options:
A) Energy

B) Weight

C) Speed

D) Time

Question 13 (1 point)
Two concurrent forces have a maximum resultant of 45 N and a minimum resultant of 5.0 N.
What is the magnitude of each of these forces?
Question 13 options:
A) 0 N and 45 N

B) 0 N and 50 N

C) 5.0 N and 9.0 N

D) 20 N and 25 N

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Question 14 (1 point)
A 5.0 N force directed East and a 5.0 N force directed North act on a body at the same time.
What is the resultant of the two forces?

Question 14 options:
A) 7.0 N South-West

B) 5.0 N North-East

C) 10 N South-West

D) 7.0 N North-East

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Question 15 (1 point)
What is the total displacement of a student who walks 2.0 km East, 3.0 km South, 4.0 km West
and then 3.0 km North?

Question 15 options:
A) 2.0 km East

B) 0

C) 2.0 km West

D) 8.0 km

Question 16 (1 point)
An airplane travels 1.8 km at a constant speed for 5 seconds. What is the speed of the airplane ?
(Given: v = u + at ; s = ut + ½ at2 ; v2 = u2 + 2as)
Question 16 options:
A) 180 m/s

B) 18 m/s

C) 900 m/s

D) 360 m/s

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Question 17 (1 point)
Which of the following formulae gives acceleration?
Question 17 options:
A)

B)

C)

D) Velocity x time

Question 18 (1 point)
If a car is moving at a velocity of 30 m/s, then slows down uniformly to 20 m/s in 6 seconds, what
is its deceleration?
(Given: v = u + at ; s = ut + ½ at2 ; v2 = u2 + 2as)
Question 18 options:
A) 2.33 m/s2

B) 4.0 m/s2

C) 1.67 m/s2

D) 5.0 m/s2

Question 19 (1 point)
A ball is thrown vertically upwards with a speed of 7.0 m/s. What is the magnitude of its
acceleration at the highest point? Air resistance is ignored.
Question 19 options:
A) 10 m/s2

B) 7 m/s2

C) 0 m/s2

D) 5 m/s2

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Question 20 (1 point)
A brick is dropped from the top of a building. If it hits the ground after 6 seconds, what is the
height of the building? (g=10m/s2)
(Given: v = u + at ; s = ut + ½ at2 ; v2 = u2 + 2as)
Question 20 options:
A) 110 m

B) 180 m

C) 150 m

D) 120 m

Question 21 (1 point)
Which of the following statements about horizontal projectile motion is true?
Question 21 options:
A) The horizontal acceleration is zero.

B) The horizontal velocity changes continuously throughout the motion.

C) The time of flight depends on the initial horizontal velocity.

D) The vertical acceleration is zero.

Question 22 (1 point)
Consider two projectiles launched horizontally from the same height, but with different initial
velocities. Which of the following statements is true regarding their time of flight?
Question 22 options:
A) The projectile with the higher initial velocity will have a longer time of flight.

B) Both projectiles will have the same time of flight.

C) The projectile with the lower initial velocity will have a longer time of flight.

D) The time of flight cannot be determined from the given information.

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Question 23 (1 point)
A ball is thrown horizontally from the edge of a cliff with an initial speed of 20 m/s. If the cliff is
50 meters high, how far from the base of the cliff does the ball land? Neglect air resistance and
take g = 10 m/s2.
Question 23 options:
A) 60 m

B) 100 m

C) 40 m

D) 80 m

Question 24 (1 point)
A projectile is fired horizontally from the top of a cliff 100 meters high with an initial velocity of
30 m/s. What is the time taken for the projectile to reach the ground? Take g = 10 m/s2.
Question 24 options:
A) 2 s

B) 3 s

C) 4 s

D) 5 s

Question 25 (1 point)
The area under the displacement-time graph of a body represents ________________________.
Question 25 options:
A) the acceleration of the body

B) no physical quantity

C) the change in velocity of the body

D) the resultant force exerted on the body

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Question 26 (1 point)
The graph shows the displacement versus time graph for 2 trains X and Y running on parallel
tracks. The two graphs intersect at a time, tB. Which of the following statement is correct?

Question 26 options:
A) At time tB, both trains have the same velocity.

B) Both trains speed up all the time.

C) Both trains have the same velocity at some time before tB.

D) Somewhere on the graph, both trains have the same acceleration

Question 27 (1 point)
Which of the following may be determined from a speed-time graph?
Question 27 options:
A) Force

B) Power

C) Displacement

D) Distance

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Question 28 (1 point)
The graph below shows the velocity-time (v-t) graph of an object. What does the graph tell you?

Question 28 options:
A) The object is decelerating.

B) The object is accelerating.

C) The change in displacement of the object is zero.

D) The acceleration of the object is zero.

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Question 29 (1 point)

The graph shows the movement of a bicycle over a period of 30 s.

B) 10 m/s

C) 8.75 m/s

D) 3.75 m/s

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Question 30 (1 point)

The following figure shows how the speed, v of the hovercraft varies with time, t for part of its
journey.
Calculate the total distance travelled by the hovercraft in 4.5 s.
Question 30 options:
A) 41.25 m

B) 10 m

C) 31.25 m

D) 21.25 m

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