1. 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 $Y$?

2. 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 $d$?

3. 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?

4. 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.

5. 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;

6. A stone attached to one end of a rod rotates in a vertical circle at a constant speed. Two positions of the stone at two different instants, X and Y, are shown in the diagram below.

In the table below, which row is correct for the centripetal force acting on the stone at X and Y?

7. 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?

8. An electric motor is used to raise a block of mass 18.0 kg vertically to the top of a building at a constant speed of 1.5ms^−1. If the power rating of the motor is 297 W, calculate the efficiency of the motor.

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

10. A mass is attached to the mirror of a car by a string. As the car accelerates to the left, the string makes an angle with the vertical as shown in the diagram below.

Which of the following shows the correct free-body diagram that represents the forces acting on this mass when it is accelerating?

A.			B.
C.			D.

11. An airplane in straight level flight experiences a lift force $L$ that is proportional to the speed of the plane and is perpendicular to the axis of the wings and as shown in diagram.

On a banked turn at the same speed, the wings make an angle $\theta$ with the horizontal.

Which of the following gives the centripetal force on the airplane?

12. An object moves in a circular path of radius $2m$ with angular displacement of π/2​rad in $5s$.

What is the linear speed of the object?

13. A car of mass $m$ and a truck of mass $3m$ travelling in opposite directions collide and stick together. The speeds of the car and the truck just before the crash are $2v$ and $v$ respectively. What is their speed after the collision?

14. 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

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

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

16. Consider the weight, $W$, of a skydiver falling through air with a drag force Fdrag​

If the skydiver experiences terminal velocity, which of the following best represents the skydiver's motion by means of a free body diagram?

A.			B.
C.			D.

17. 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?

18. The Sankey diagram below shows the energy degraded at different stages of a nuclear power plant.

Which of the following sections corresponds to the stage with the highest energy degradation?

19. 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?

20. 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?

21. As a truck is brought to rest, the brakes apply a force of 5.1×10^3 N. Which answer best describes the magnitude of the change in momentum of the truck if the brakes are applied for 3.0 $s$?

22. 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?

23. A student throws a ball with an initial velocity in the horizontal direction. Air resistance is negligible. At t=2.0 s, the ball has travelled a distance $x$ in the horizontal direction and a distance $y$ in the vertical direction.

What are the horizontal and vertical distances covered at t=1.0 s, in terms of $x$ and $y$?

24. 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

25. Which of the following is a vector quantity?