Description : When a fast charged particle traverses a dielectric medium at a velocity exceeding the velocity of light in that medium, radiation is emitted. This radiation is known as: w) point radiation x) Cerenkov radiation y) Synchrotron radiation z) Bremsstrahlung
Last Answer : ANSWER: X -- CERENKOV RADIATION
Description : A pendulum which is suspended from the ceiling of a railroad car is observed to hang at an angle of 10 degrees to the left of vertical. Which of the following answers could explain this phenomena? w ... is moving with constant velocity to the right. z) The railroad car is accelerating to the right.
Last Answer : ANSWER: Z -- THE RAILROAD CAR IS ACCELERATING TO THE RIGHT.
Description : A pendulum which is suspended from the ceiling of a railroad car is observed to hang at an angle of 10 degrees to the right of vertical. Which of the following answers could explain this phenomena? ... is moving with constant velocity to the right. z) The railroad car is accelerating to the right.
Last Answer : ANSWER: X -- THE RAILROAD CAR IS ACCELERATING TO THE LEFT.
Description : A car is moving along a straight horizontal road at a speed of 20 meters per second. The brakes are applied and a constant force of 5000 Newtons decelerates the car to a stop in 10 seconds. The mass of the car is: w) 1250 kilograms x) 2500 kilograms y) 5000 kilograms z) 10,000 kilograms
Last Answer : ANSWER: X -- 2500 KILOGRAMS
Description : The greatest induced EMF will occur in a straight wire moving at constant speed through a uniform magnetic field when the angle between the direction of the wire's motion and the direction of the magnetic field is w) 0 degrees x) 30 degrees y) 60 degrees z) 90 degrees
Last Answer : ANSWER: Z -- 90 DEGREES
Description : Consider a car driving around a circular bend in the road. Which of the following CANNOT be constant? w) velocity of car x) speed of car y) nonrelativistic mass of car z) angular momentum of the car about the center of the circle
Last Answer : ANSWER: W -- VELOCITY OF CAR
Description : A satellite is observed to move in a circle about the earth at a constant speed. This means that the force acting upon it is: w) zero x) parallel to the direction of the satellite ... velocity y) perpendicular to the direction of the satellite's instantaneous velocity z) none of the above
Last Answer : ANSWER: Y -- PERPENDICULAR TO THE INSTANTANEOUS DIRECTION OF THE SATTELITE’S VELOCITY
Description : If viewed on an oscilloscope, the loudness of a sound wave would be associated with the wave's: w) frequency x) wavelength y) velocity z) amplitude
Last Answer : ANSWER: Z -- AMPLITUDE
Description : A car traveling at a constant velocity of 20 meters per second passes a second car which is initially at rest. The car which was at rest starts accelerating at 10 meters per second squared the instant it is passed ... car. They will meet again in: w) 2 seconds x) 4 seconds y) 6 seconds z) 8 seconds
Last Answer : ANSWER: X -- 4 SECONDS
Description : A 5 kilogram mass is lifted at constant velocity from a shop floor by a rope that passes through a pulley attached to the shop's ceiling. Neglecting the mass of the rope and friction in the pulley, what is the approximate tension in the rope? w) 100 newtons x) 50 newtons y) 25 newtons z) 5 newtons
Last Answer : ANSWER: X -- 50 NEWTONS
Description : Which of the following statements is TRUE about an ELASTIC collision between two particles? Is it true that: w) neither particle loses any of its kinetic energy x) neither particle loses any of ... that lost by the other z) the total kinetic energy before and after the collision remains constant
Last Answer : ANSWER: Z -- THE TOTAL KINETIC ENERGY BEFORE AND AFTER THE COLLISION RE
Description : In simple harmonic motion, the acceleration is: w) constant x) proportional to the distance from the central position y) greatest when the velocity is greatest z) none of the above
Last Answer : ANSWER: X -- PROPORTIONAL TO THE DISTANCE FROM THE CENTRAL POSITION
Description : Which of the following statements dealing with simple harmonic motion of a mass-spring system is TRUE? w) The acceleration is largest when the oscillating mass is instantaneously at rest. x) The ... of the motion. z) The acceleration is larger when the oscillating mass has its greatest velocity.
Last Answer : ANSWER: W -- THE ACCELERATION IS LARGEST WHEN THE OSCILLATING MASS IS INSTANTANEOUSLY AT REST
Description : After a projectile is fired horizontally near the earth's surface, the horizontal component of its velocity, neglecting any air resistance: w) increases steadily x) decreases steadily y) first decreases, then increases z) remains constant
Last Answer : ANSWER: Z -- REMAINS CONSTANT
Description : If the velocity-time graph of a particle is represented by y = mt + c, then the particle is moving with– (1) constant speed (2) constant velocity (3) constant acceleration (4) varying acceleration
Last Answer : (3) constant acceleration Explanation: In this case the given equation shows that that the velocity is linear with time and therefore the particle is moving with constant acceleration because for a ... acceleration the graph of the velocity time graph should be in linear with the time function.
Description : If the velocity-time graph of a particle is represented by y = mt + c, then the particle is moving with (1) constant speed (2) constant velocity (3) constant acceleration (4) varying acceleration
Last Answer : constant acceleration
Description : An electron and a proton are moving at the same speed in circular paths in the same uniform magnetic field. The radius of the path of the proton is one of the following. Is this radius: w) the same ... of the electron y) a little larger than that of the electron z) smaller than that of the electron
Last Answer : ANSWER: X -- ABOUT 2000 TIMES LARGER THAN THAT OF THE ELECTRON
Description : When the speed of a train moving on a circular track is doubled, the centripetal force acting on the train does one of the following. Does the force: w) remain the same x) increase by a factor of 2 y) increase by a factor of 4 z) increase by a factor of 8
Last Answer : ANSWER: Y -- INCREASE BY A FACTOR OF 4
Description : A car with a mass of 1000 kilogram is moving at a speed of 10 meters per second. The kinetic energy of the car is: w) 100 Joules x) 5000 Joules y) 10,000 Joules z) 50,000 Joules
Last Answer : ANSWER: Z -- 50,000 JOULES
Description : Two bodies of equal mass are moving in circular paths at equal speed. The first body moves in a circle whose radius is twice as great as that of the second. The ratio of the centripetal or radial acceleration of the first body to that of the second is: w) 1 to 4 x) 1 to 3 y) 1 to 2 z) 1 to 1
Last Answer : ANSWER: Y -- 1 TO 2
Description : As the temperature of the air increases from 0 degrees C to 20 degrees C, the wavelength of a sound made by a tuning fork of fixed frequency does which of the following? Does the wavelength w) increase x) decrease y) remain the same z) increase up to a maximum, then remain constant
Last Answer : ANSWER: W -- INCREASE
Description : If there is to be a change in velocity, there MUST be a change in w) speed only x) direction only y) either speed or direction z) both speed and direction
Last Answer : ANSWER: Y -- EITHER SPEED OR DIRECTION
Description : A two-stage rocket attains a velocity of 3,000 meters per second when it drops the first stage and ignites the second. It consumes 1 kilogram of fuel per second and its exhaust speed is 2,000 meters per second. ... ? w) 2,000 Newtons x) 3,000 Newtons y) 2,000 Newton-seconds z) 3,000 Newton-seconds
Last Answer : ANSWER: W -- 2,000 NEWTONS
Description : What is the wavelength in millimeters of a sound wave whose frequency is 35 KILOHERTZ. Assume the speed of sound is 350 METERS PER SECOND? w) 100 millimeters x) 1,000 millimeters y) 10 millimeters z) 1/10 millimeters
Last Answer : ANSWER: Y -- 10 MILLIMETERS
Description : The speed of sound (at sea level) in air is: w) 340 meters per second x) 400 meters per second y) 500 meters per second z) 760 kilometers per second
Last Answer : ANSWER: W -- 340 METERS PER SECOND
Description : Planck's constant was first introduced in order to obtain a correct theoretical prediction of: w) the distribution of frequencies occurring in black body radiation. x) the energy produced by the transformation of mass into energy. y) the speed of light. z) lifetime of the neutron.
Last Answer : ANSWER: W -- THE DISTRIBUTION OF FREQUENCIES OCCURRING IN BLACK BODY RADIATION
Description : A satellite travels at a constant speed in a circular orbit. The acceleration of the satellite is w) zero x) toward the center of the orbit y) away from the center of the orbit z) at a tangent to the orbit
Last Answer : ANSWER: X -- TOWARD THE CENTER OF THE ORBIT
Description : When light is traveling through a vacuum, what is the product of the light's wavelength and frequency equal to? w) speed of light x) Plank's constant y) momentum z) wave number
Last Answer : ANSWER: W -- SPEED OF LIGHT
Description : A body moving in a circular path with a constant speed has a – (1) constant velocity (2) constant acceleration (3) constant kinetic energy (4) constant displacement
Last Answer : (3) constant kinetic energy Explanation: In circular motion, the magnitude of the velocity of the body is constant but the direction is constantly changing. This means that, even though the speed is ... accelerating. At any instant, the direction of the velocity is a tangent to the circular path.
Description : A body moving in a circular path with a constant speed has a (1) constant velocity (2) constant acceleration (3) constant kinetic energy (4) constant displacement
Last Answer : constant kinetic energy
Description : The Doppler Effect predicts that the spectrum of light from a visible body moving AWAY from the Earth will experience a shift in frequency when viewed from Earth. This particular shift is known as the: w) Blue shift x) Neutral shift y) Red shift z) Dirac shift
Last Answer : ANSWER: Y -- RED SHIFT
Description : An ELECTRON moving horizontally along the +x axis enters a region of space with a horizontal uniform magnetic field pointing in the +y direction. The electron will be deflected: w) -y direction x) +y direction y) -z direction z) +z direction
Last Answer : ANSWER: Y -- -Z DIRECTION
Description : According to Gauss' Law, the magnitude of the electric field is zero everywhere inside a conductor if: w) electrostatic equilibrium is achieved x) the surface is a metal y) the conductor is moving z) the conductor is a non-Gaussian surface
Last Answer : ANSWER: W -- ELECTROSTATIC EQUILIBRIUM IS ACHIEVED
Description : A 500 kilogram car moving at 20 meters per second strikes a stone wall and is brought to a halt in 0.1 second. The average force of the car on the wall during impact is: w) 10 Newtons x) 1000 Newtons y) 10,000 Newtons z) 100,000 Newtons
Last Answer : ANSWER: Z -- 100,000 NEWTONS
Description : Ten coulombs of positive charge are placed on an irregularly-shaped, solid piece of copper. Once the charge has stopped moving, the electric field inside the copper is: w) zero x) changes as one ... squared y) becomes smaller as you approach the center z) becomes larger as you approach the center
Last Answer : ANSWER: W -- ZERO
Description : Which of the following will increase the ANGULAR MOMENTUM of a person spinning on a rotatable frictionless bar chair? w) moving the arms closer to the body x) moving the arms farther from the body y) ... from the body and the other arm closer to the body with spastic repetition z) none of these
Last Answer : ANSWER: Z -- NONE OF THESE
Description : The force on a charged particle moving parallel to magnetic field lines is: w) in the direction of the field x) zero y) perpendicular to the field z) in the opposite direction of the field
Last Answer : ANSWER: X -- ZERO
Description : For an object moving in uniform circular motion, the direction of the instantaneous acceleration vector is: w) tangent to the path of motion x) equal to zero y) directed radially outward z) directed radially inward
Last Answer : ANSWER: Z -- DIRECTED RADIALLY INWARD
Description : A mass 2m moving with some speed is directly approaching another mass m moving with double speed.
Last Answer : A mass 2m moving with some speed is directly approaching another mass m moving with double speed. After some time, they ... 3/2 (C) 2 (D) 1/2
Description : What name is given to the visible light emitted when charged particles pass through a transparent medium with a velocity exceeding the velocity of light in the medium?
Last Answer : ANSWER: CERENKOV RADIATION
Description : The non-relativistic mass of an object w) must be the same as its weight x) depends on where you measure it y) does not change with increasing velocity z) is greatest at the poles
Last Answer : ANSWER: Y -- DOES NOT CHANGE WITH INCREASING VELOCITY
Description : If two different gases have the same volume, temperature, and pressure and behave like ideal gases, they will also be identical in which one of the following ways? w) average molecular velocity x) total mass y) total molecular kinetic energy z) average momentum per molecule
Last Answer : ANSWER: Y -- TOTAL MOLECULAR KINETIC ENERGY
Description : An object in equilibrium always has zero: w) velocity x) momentum y) mass z) acceleration.
Last Answer : ANSWER: Z -- ACCELERATION
Description : The statement, "In regions where fluid velocity is smaller, the pressure is higher, and vice versa", is known as the principle of: w) Pascal x) Bernoulli y) Torricelli z) Archimedes
Last Answer : ANSWER: X -- BERNOULLI
Description : For a body to be in equilibrium, which of the following conditions must exist? w) no forces may be acting on the body. x) the body must be accelerating. y) the velocity of the body must be zero. z) the sum of the forces acting on the body must be equal to zero.
Last Answer : ANSWER: Z -- THE SUM OF THE FORCES ACTING ON THE BODY MUST BE EQUAL TO ZERO.
Description : An automobile needs an antenna for its radio to play properly because: w) the automobile's tires insulate it from the ground. x) the automobile's body acts as a Faraday cage. y) when the ... signal appears changed with respect to when it is at rest. z) the transmitter also uses an antenna.
Last Answer : ANSWER: X -- THE AUTOMOBILE'S BODY ACTS AS A FARADAY CAGE.
Description : A proton and an alpha particle pass through the gap of a strong magnet. If both particles have the same initial velocity, how many times greater will the defection of the proton be relative to the deflection of the alpha particle? Will it be: w) the same x) 2 times y) 4 times z) 8 times
Last Answer : ANSWER: X -- 2 TIMES
Description : The idea that we CANNOT know both the position and velocity of a subatomic particle at the same time was formulated by: w) Einstein x) Heisenberg y) Fermi z) Schroedinger
Last Answer : ANSWER: X -- HEISENBERG
Description : A ball is thrown upwards with an initial velocity of 5 meters per second. How many seconds will it take to reach maximum height? w) 0.5 seconds x) 1 second y) 1.5 seconds z) 2 seconds
Last Answer : ANSWER: W -- 0.5 SECONDS
Description : In the mass spectrograph, two positively charged ions having the same velocity pass through a slit and enter a uniform magnetic field at right angles to their initial velocities. The ions will NOT be ... charges and their masses are equal z) the ratios of their charges to their masses are equal
Last Answer : ANSWER: Z -- THE RATIOS OF THEIR CHARGES TO THEIR MASSES ARE EQUAL