1. A box of mass m is pulled across a horizontal surface with a force $F$ as shown in the diagram. The coefficient of dynamic friction between the box and the surface is µ. What is the energy transferred to thermal energy while a box is moved by a distance of $d$?

2. Two trucks X and Y are pulling a car out of thick mud along a straight path. The only other horizontal force acting on the car is a drag force opposite to the direction of motion. The diagram shows the direction of the force applied by truck $X$ and the direction of motion of the car.

Which of the following vectors shows the direction of the force applied by truck $Y$?

3. Which of the following is a vector quantity?

4. The graph below shows the variation of the resultant force $F$ acting on a box with time $t$.

The box starts to move from rest. Which of the following graphs shows the variation of the momentum $p$ of the box with time $t$?

A.			B.
C.			D.

5. The graph shows the variation of velocity $v$ with time $t$ of a car.

Which of the following can be deduced from the graph?

I. Displacement
II. Acceleration
III. Change in velocity

6. A cargo container is released from an airplane. A parachute is opened remotely a few seconds later to land it safely. Which graph shows the variation of the vertical acceleration with time $t$ for the cargo container from when it leaves the plane until landing?

A.			B.
C.			D.

7. An object moves $9m$ east, then $12m$ north.

What is the magnitude of the total displacement of this object?

8. A coin is tossed vertically upwards from a height of 1.5m. What is the maximum height reached above the ground if the coin was projected with an initial velocity of 3.0 ms^−1? (Take g=10 ms^−2)

9. A ball rolls horizontally off the edge of the top of a cliff. It hits the ground at a distance 2.0$m$ from the base of the cliff with a vertical speed of 20ms^−1. What is the height of the cliff?

10. A projectile is fired with a launch angle $\alpha$ above the horizontal and an initial velocity of 40 m s^−1 towards a cliff that rises 300 m above the plane of projection. The cliff is 120 m from the launch point.

Assuming that air resistance has no effect on the motion, then the time of flight taken by the projectile to reach the plane of the cliff, is given by;

11. The figure below shows Sankey's diagram for a small thermal plant. What is the efficiency of the system?

12. Two cyclists, $A$ and $B$, start riding their bicycles from the same point. Cyclist $A$ moves northwards with a speed of $4v$ relative to the ground, and cyclist $B$ moves westwards with a speed of $3v$ relative to the ground.

The magnitude of the velocity of the Cyclist $A$ relative to the Cyclist $B$ is

13. A jet aircraft is performing a “loop-the-loop” stunt in which it moves in a vertical circular path as shown in the diagram.

A.			B.
C.			D.

14. A ball is projected in an environment where air resistance can be ignored.

Which graph shows the variation of the resultant force $R$ acting on the ball with the height $h$ of the object?

A.			B.
C.			D.

15. A spring with spring constant $k$ is extended by a distance x.

The uncertainty of $k$ is 2% and that of $x$ is 3%.

What is the uncertainty of the potential energy stored in the spring?

16. A ball of mass $m$ is falling vertically through the air. The drag force acting on the ball is given by kv^2 where $k$ is constant and $v$ is the speed of the ball. What is the maximum speed reached by the ball?

17. The engine of a racing car provides a forward thrust of $800N$. The average of the total resistive forces acting on the car is $300N$ and the car covers a distance of $1.0km$ in $10s$.

What is the average output power of the engine?

18. A basketball is launched at an angle and undergoes projectile motion. Air resistance is negligible. Which of the following is correct for the direction of its velocity vector and its acceleration vector at the highest point of its trajectory?

19. An object sits on a rotating horizontal disc. The disc rotates from rest with uniform angular acceleration $\alpha$. After time $t$ the object slides off of the disc.

What is the linear speed of the object at this time?

20. A rocket ejects hot gas in space in a direction opposite to its travelling direction. What is correct for the magnitude of the momentum and the kinetic energy of the rocket?

21. An object of mass M on a string moves in a circle of radius r at a constant speed.

Which of the following statements is true about the motion of the object:

• I.  The resultant work done on the object is zero.
• II.  The velocity of the object is constant.
• III.  The object is accelerating

22. A builder uses a block and tackle pulley system to lift a bundle of materials of mass 15 kg to the top of a building of height 6 m in 9 s. What is the power delivered to the bundle?

23. A pilot intends to fly a plane from point $A$ to point $B$. Due to strong winds, she points the nose of the plane in the direction shown by the vector $P$. Which of the choices below best represents the direction of the wind encountered by the plane?

A.			B.
C.			D.

24. Which of the following units is not a unit of power?

25. A wheel rotates from rest with uniform angular acceleration. After $16s$, it makes 5 revolutions per second.

What is the angular displacement of the wheel during this time?