PCS 211 Midterm: PCS211_Midterm-Test_2015 (1)
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Department of Physics
PCS 211 – Physics: Mechanics
Midterm Test – October 16, 2015
Read the following attentively
• Ensure that your name and student number are correct in the bubble sheet.
• Duration of the exam is 90 minutes.
• The exam consists of 13 multiple-choice questions. Answer ALL questions.
• Each multiple-choice question has 1 mark.
• For each multiple choice question:
o You need to show, in the space provided in this booklet, a justification for your answer. If no
work or correct argument is shown, the resultant mark may be zero, even if the answer in
the bubble sheet is correct.
o The work shown in your exam booklet may be checked, at least for one of the questions,
selected randomly.
o Transfer your choices to the bubble sheet only when you are sure of them.
o Some answers may be rounded off.
• Pagers and cell phones must be silenced and placed out of reach. Hats and earphones are not
allowed. If a phone rings, its owner is responsible for disrupting the exam and the phone will be
confiscated or the owner will be asked to leave the room resulting in a zero on the test.
• Sharing of pencils, erasers and calculators is not permitted.
• Talking to another student or glancing over another student’s paper is not permitted and may
result in a charge of academic misconduct.
• The calculator models allowed for the test are either Sharp EL-546 or Casio FX-991 (or similar
models). If you are found to have another type of calculator, it may be confiscated for the
duration of the test.
• The exam booklet has a total of 10 pages. You are responsible for checking that you have all
pages.
Please Print Clearly:
Student:_______________________________ ___________________________
Last Name First Name
Student Number: __________________________ Student Section: _______________
Please insert in the circle the
initial of your last name
Sign here to signify you read the instructions
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1. Which of the following quantities has the same dimensions as kinetic energy, ?
Note: [a] = [g] = LT−2; [h] = L and [v] = LT−1.
a.
ma
b.
mvx
c.
mvt
d.
mgh
e.
mgt
2. Assume 1inch = 2.54 cm. The standard exam page is 8.50 inches by 11.0 inches. Its area in cm2 is
a.
19.5
b.
36.8
c.
93.5
d.
237.
e.
603.
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3. Find the componets of force F1 and represent it in a Carthesian form
a. F1= ( 480i+360k) lb
b. F1= ( 360i+480k) lb
c. F1= ( 120i+270k) lb
d. F1= ( 480i - 260k) lb
e. F1= ( 135i+360k) lb
