Physics 1D03 Test 2 Version 2

November 18, 2010

Name_________________________________
Duration: 80 min
Student Number:________________________
Instructors:
N. McKay (sections C05, C06) Mac email:[email protected]
W. Okon (sections C01, C02, C03)
J. Preston (section C04) Instructor:______________________________

This test has 13 questions and 8 pages, plus a detachable formula sheet attached after page 8. Make sure your
paper is complete.

Write your name and student number on this test paper before you begin. There are nine multiple-choice
questions worth 2 marks each, and four long-answer problems worth 3 marks each.

Only the McMaster standard calculator is allowed. Notes are not permitted.

A sheet of formulae is attached at the end of this test. Do not write solutions on either side of this sheet; they
will not be marked.

Answers for the multiple-choice questions (Part A) must be marked on the optical scan sheet, using an HB
pencil. Before you begin, print your name on the optical scan sheet and code your student number in the
spaces provided on the scan sheet as well. You must code your student number correctly to receive full
marks.

You must also code your test version correctly in the Version column of the scan sheet to receive full
marks.

Long-answer problems (Part B) are to be answered directly on this test paper in the spaces provided. Clear and
complete solutions are required for full marks.

PLEASE DO NOT WRITE IN THIS AREA

1—9 10 11 12 13 Total
(18) (3) (3) (3) (3) (12)
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Part A (multiple choice): Mark the letter corresponding to the best or most nearly correct answer on
the optical scan sheet. Each correct answer is worth 2 marks. An incorrect answer or unanswered
question counts as zero marks.

Before you begin, write your name on the test and scan card, code your student number and test
version number. This test is Version 2.

1. The uniform beam of length L and weight w is supported in a horizontal position by a hinge at one end and a
vertical cable at a distance ¾ L from the hinge. The tension in the cable will be

A) 1.5 w
B) 0.75 w
C) 1.33 w ¾L
D) 0.67 w
E) 0.5 w
L

2. To cause a car to start moving forward, the torque applied to one of the driving wheels should be represented
by

A) a vector pointing to the driver’s left

B) a vector pointing backwards
C) a vector pointing to the driver’s right
D) a vector pointing forwards

3. An a wheel spinning with 100 J of rotational kinetic energy can be stopped in 4 revolutions by a brake
supplying a constant torque. To stop the wheel in one revolution would require a braking torque:

A) 16 times as large
B) 8 times as large
C) 4 times as large
D) twice as large

4. For the diagram below, about which pivot point would a torque
equation not involve the force of tension in the rope supporting the beam?
A
A) About C only
B) About B only
C) About A only
D) About A or C
E) About A or B

B C

5. Several particles are bouncing around in a closed box. The total momentum of the particles plus the box will
not remain constant if:
A) there are unbalanced forces exerted on the particles from an object outside the box.
B) the particles collide, and the collisions are inelastic.
C) the particles collide, and the collisions are elastic.
D) Any of the above.
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6. The truss shown in the diagram shown rests on smooth supports.

The member AC is in:

A) always zero force in AC

B) tension
C) compression
D) tension or compression, depending on the magnitude of nA

7. Consider the system of four small spheres arranged as shown in the figure below, and rotating about the y-axis
as shown. What would happen to the rotational kinetic energy of the system if both distances a and b were
increased by a factor of two and the angular velocity kept constant?

A) it would increase by a factor of 16

B) it would increase by a factor of 8
C) it would increase by a factor of 4
D) it would increase by a factor of 2

8. If a heavy ball and a light ball are each kicked, one after the other, with equal impulses, then:
A) they will have equal momenta, and equal kinetic energies.
B) they will have equal momenta, but the heavier ball will have less kinetic energy.
C) they will have equal momenta, but the heavier ball will have more kinetic energy.
D) they will have equal kinetic energies, but the heavier ball will have less momentum.
E) they will have equal kinetic energies, but the heavier ball will have more momentum.

9. A person who weighs 500N jumps off of a bridge with a bungee cord tied to his ankle and drops a total of
20 m before bouncing back up. The unstretched length of the cord is 10 m. The spring constant of the cord is:

A) 400 N/m
B) 200 N/m
C) 100 N/m
D) 50 N/m
E) 5 N/m
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Part B (Problems): Write a clear solution showing how the answer is obtained. Each problem is worth 3
marks.

10. A block of mass m = 15 kg is suspended from a light string, which is wrapped around a pulley. The pulley
has radius R = 0.20 m, and moment of inertia (about its rotation axis) I = 2.0 kg⋅m2. The block is released and
causes the pulley to turn as it falls. The string does not slip while the mass falls. Calculate the angular
acceleration of the pulley. Include free-body diagrams for both the block and the pulley.
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11. A 2500 N shark is supported by a cable attached to a 4.0 m uniform rod which has a weight of 640 N. The
rod can pivot around the base, and has two ropes fixed to its top end.

a) Calculate the cable tension in the top cable needed to hold the system in
position as shown.

b) Find the horizontal and vertical forces exerted by the hinge on the base of the rod.
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12. On a level, frictionless sheet of ice, a puck of mass m sliding to the right at speed v0 collides with a puck of
mass 1.5 m sliding to the left at the same speed v0. After the collision, the first (lighter) puck is observed to be
sliding back to the left at speed v0. How much total kinetic energy of both particles is lost during the collision?
Express your answer in terms of m and v0.

m v0 v0 1.5 m

?
v0
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13. A block of mass 0.25 kg is released with zero initial velocity at point A on the frictionless track shown in the
diagram. What is the normal force exerted on the block at point B?
A

B
4m

2m

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