112 學年會考 A 卷題庫

1. Two objects, each of weight W, hang vertically by spring scales as shown in the figure. The
pulleys and the strings attached to the objects have negligible weight, and there is no
appreciable friction in the pulleys. The reading in each scale is

(A) W. (B) more than W, but not quite twice as much. (C) less than W. (D) 2W.
(E) more than 2W.
Ans : (A)

2. To speed postal service, a mounted police officer was making a mail drop directly into a
moving postal truck. He stood on an overpass directly above a straight level load. The mail
truck started from rest as shown and drove along the road with a constant acceleration of
1/2 g. The mail bag was released from rest at the correct instant to land in the truck. How
long should he wait after the truck starts before dropping the bag? Answer in seconds
(A) 8.9 (B) 3.9 (C) 2.5 (D) 1.7 (E) 6.4

Ans : (B)

3. Driver A is cruising along enjoying the fall colors. Driver B starts her car at the instant he
passes her. Their velocities are shown as functions of time in the graph below. At what
instants in time on the graph are drivers A and B side by side?

(A) 0 s, 2 s (B) 0 s, 4 s (C) 2 s, 4 s (D) 2 s, 6 s (E) 4 s, 6 s

Ans : (D)
4. A runner maintains constant acceleration after starting from rest as she runs a distance of
60.0 m. The runner's speed at the end of the 60.0 m is 9.00 m/s. How much time did it
take the runner to complete the 60.0 m distance?
(A) 6.67 s (B) 15.0 s (C) 9.80 s (D) 10.2 s (E) 13.3 s
Ans : (A)

5. An object moving on the x axis with a constant acceleration increases its x coordinate by
80 m in a time of 5.0 s and has a velocity of +20 m/s at the end of this time. Determine the
acceleration of the object during this motion.
(A) −1.6 m/s2 (B) 6.4 m/s2 (C) 1.6 m/s2 (D) −2.0 m/s2 (E) −6.4 m/s2
Ans : (C)

6. An automobile traveling along a straight road increases its speed from 30.0 m/s to 50.0 m/s
in a distance of 180 m. If the acceleration is constant, how much time elapses while the
auto moves this distance?
(A) 6.00 s (B) 4.50 s (C) 3.60 s (D) 4.00 s (E) 9.00 s
Ans : (D)

7. Cart A, of mass m, starts from rest and travels in a straight line with acceleration a. It
reaches velocity v in time t. Cart B, of mass 4m, starts from rest and travels in a straight
line with acceleration a/2. At time t it has reached velocity
(A) v/4 (B) v/2 (C) v (D) 2v (E) 4v
Ans : (B)

8. A toy rocket, launched from the ground, rises vertically with an acceleration of 20 m/s2 for
6.0 s until its motor stops. Disregarding any air resistance, what maximum height above
the ground will the rocket achieve?
(A) 1.1 km (B) 0.73 km (C) 1.9 km (D) 0.39 km (E) 1.5 km
Ans : (A)

9. A system comprising blocks, a light frictionless pulley, a frictionless incline, and

connecting ropes is shown in the figure. The 9.0-kg block accelerates downward when the
system is released from rest. The tension in the rope connecting the 6.0-kg block and the
4.0-kg block is closest to
 (A) 30 N. (B) 33 N. (C) 36 N. (D) 39 N. (E) 42 N.
Ans: (E)

10. A driver in a car traveling at slams on the brakes and skids to a stop.
If the coefficient of friction between the tires and the horizontal road is 0.80, how long
will the skid marks be?
(A) 26 m (B) 21 m (C) 33 m (D) 24 m (E) 40 m
Ans: (A)

11. The horizontal surface on which the objects slide is frictionless. If M = 2.0 kg, the tension
in string 1 is 12 N. Determine F

(A) 25 N (B) 20 N (C) 30 N (D) 35 N (E) 40 N

Ans: (B)

12. If P = 6.0 N, what is the magnitude of the force exerted on block 1 by block 2?

(A) 6.4 N (B) 5.6 N (C) 4.8 N (D) 7.2 N (E) 8.4 N
Ans: (C)

13. The horizontal surface on which the objects slide is frictionless. If M = 1.0 kg and the
magnitude of the force of the small block on the large block is 5.2 N, determine F.
 (A) 6.0 N (B) 9.0 N (C) 7.8 N (D) 4.8 N (E) 4.1 N
Ans: (C)

14. If the tension, , is 15 N and the magnitude of the acceleration, a, is 3.0 m/s2, what is the
mass, m, of the suspended object? Assume that all surfaces and the pulley are frictionless.

(A) 3.1 kg (B) 2.5 kg (C) 2.8 kg (D) 2.2 kg (E) 3.7 kg
Ans: (D)

15. In order to jump off the floor, the floor must exert a force on you
(A) in the direction of and equal to your weight (B) opposite to and equal to your weight
(C) in the direction of and less than your weight (D) opposite to and less than your weight
(E) opposite to and greater than your weight
Ans: (E)

16. Suppose that an object is moving with constant nonzero acceleration. Which of the
following is an accurate statement concerning its motion?
(A) In equal times its speed changes by equal amounts.
(B) In equal times its velocity changes by equal amounts.
(C) In equal times it moves equal distances.
(D) A graph of its position as a function of time has a constant slope.
(E) A graph of its velocity as a function of time is a horizontal line.
Ans: (B)

17. Swimmers at a water park have a choice of two frictionless water slides as shown in the
figure. Although both slides drop over the same height, h, slide 1 is straight while slide 2
is curved, dropping quickly at first and then leveling out. How does the speed v1 of a
swimmer reaching the end of slide 1 compares with v2, the speed of a swimmer reaching
the end of slide 2?
 (A) v1 > v2
(B) v1 < v2
(C) v1 = v2
(D) v1 = 2*v2
(E) No simple relationship exists between v1 and v2 because we do not know the
curvature of slide 2.
Ans : (C)

18. A graph of the force on an object as a function of its position is shown in the figure.
Determine the amount of work done by this force on an object that moves from x = 1.0 m
to x = 6.0 m. (Assume an accuracy of 2 significant figures for the numbers on the
graph.)

(A) 26 J (B) 29 J (C) 22 J (D) 35 J (E) 27 J

Ans : (A)

19. A force on a particle depends on position such that F(x) = (3.00 N/m2)x2 + (6.00 N/m)x
for a particle constrained to move along the x-axis. What work is done by this force on
a particle that moves from x = 0.00 m to x = 2.00 m?
(A) 10.0 J (B) 20.0 J (C) -48.0 J (D) 24.0 J (E) 48.0 J
Ans : (B)

20. A ball of mass mB is released from rest and acquires velocity of magnitude vB before hitting
the ground. The ratio of the impulse delivered to the Earth mE to the impulse delivered to
the ball is
(A) about 0. (B) mB/mE (C) 2*(mB/mE) (D) 1 (E) mE/mB
Ans : (D)
21. A force acting on an object moving along the x axis is given by Fx = (14x − 3.0x2) N where
x is in m. How much work is done by this force as the object moves from x = −1 m to x =
+2 m?
(A) +12 J (B) +18 J (C) +24 J (D) +30 J (E) -18 J
Ans : (A)

22. It requires 49 J of work to stretch an ideal very light spring from a length of 1.4 m to a
length of 2.9 m. What is the value of the spring constant of this spring?
(A) 15 N/m (B) 44 N/m (C) 29 N/m (D) 22 N/m (D) 32 N/m
Ans : (A)

23. A constant horizontal pull acts on a sled on a horizontal frictionless ice pond. The sled
starts from rest. When the pull acts over a distance x, the sled acquires a speed v and a
kinetic energy K. If the same pull instead acts over twice this distance:
(A) The sled's speed will be 2v and its kinetic energy will be 2K.
(B) The sled's speed will be 2v and its kinetic energy will be K .
(C) The sled's speed will be v and its kinetic energy will be 2K.
(D) The sled's speed will be v and its kinetic energy will be K .
(E) The sled's speed will be 4v and its kinetic energy will be 2K.
Ans : (C)

24. You slam on the brakes of your car in a panic, and skid a certain distance on a straight,
level road. If you had been traveling twice as fast, what distance would the car have
skidded, under identical conditions?
(A) It would have skidded 4 times farther.
(B) It would have skidded 2 times farther.
(C) It would have skidded times farther.
(D) It would have skidded 1/ times farther.
(E) It would have skidded 1/2 as far.
Ans : (A)

25. A flywheel requires 3 sec to rotate through 234 rad. Its angular velocity at the end of this
time is 108 rad/sec. Find its constant angular acceleration (in rad/sec2).
(A) 45 (B) 20 (C) 10 (D) -10 (E) -20
Ans: (B)

26. A heavy cylindrical drum, with moment of inertial I and radius R, is mounted on a
 horizontal axis with frictionless bearings. A light rope is tightly wrapped around the drum,
so that no slipping occurs. Your professor, mass M, practicing for his role of Tarzan, puts
on his loin cloth and grabs the hanging rope, as shown. Derive an expression for his
downward acceleration.
(A) gI/MR2 (B) MgR2/(I – MR2) (C) MgR2/(I + MR2) (D) MgR2/I (E) gI/(I + MR2)
Ans: (C)

27. A circular hoop rolls without slipping down a track, as shown. Its speed at A is:

(A) √2gh (B) √(4/3)gh (C) √gh (D) √(3/4)gh (E) √(1/2)gh
Ans: (C)

28. A child is trying to stack two uniform wooden blocks, 12 cm in length, so they will
protrude as much as possible over the edge of a table, without tipping over, as shown in
the figure. What is the maximum possible overhang distance d?

(A) 5 cm (B) 6 cm (C) 7 cm (D) 8 cm (E) 9 cm

Ans: (E)

29. A uniform sign is supported against a wall at point P as shown in the figure. If the sign is

a square 0.40 m on a side and its mass is 4.0 kg, what is the magnitude of the horizontal
force that the wall at P experiences?
(A) 20 N (B) 0.00 N (C) 7.8 N (D) 40 cm (E) 98 N
Ans: (A)
30. A wheel rotating about a fixed axis has an angular position given by θ = 3.0 − 2.0t3,
where θ is measured in radians and t in seconds. What is the angular acceleration of the
wheel at t = 2.0 s?
(A) −1.0 rad/s2 (B) −24 rad/s2 (C) −2.0 rad/s2 (D) −4.0 rad/s2 (E) −3.5 rad/s2
Ans: (B)

31. A wheel rotates about a fixed axis with a constant angular acceleration of 4.0 rad/s2. The
diameter of the wheel is 40 cm. What is the linear speed of a point on the rim of this
wheel at an instant when that point has a total linear acceleration with a magnitude of 1.2
m/s2?
(A) 39 cm/s (B) 42 cm/s (C) 45 cm/s (D) 35 cm/s (E) 53 cm/s
Ans: (B)

32. A force F is applied to a cylindrical roll (I= MR2/2) of paper of radius R and mass M by
pulling on the paper as shown. The acceleration of the center of mass of the roll of paper
(when it rolls without slipping) is

(A) F/(2M) (B) F/M (C) 3F/(2M) (D) 4F/(3M) (E) 2F/M.
Ans: (D)

33. In the figure, determine the character of the collision. The masses of the blocks, and the
velocities before and after are given, and no other unbalanced forces act on these blocks.
The collision is

(A) perfectly elastic.

(B) partially inelastic.
(C) completely inelastic.
(D) characterized by an increase in kinetic energy.
(E) not possible because momentum is not conserved.
Ans : (E)
34. Two carts (A and B), having spring bumpers, collide as shown. Cart A has a mass of 2 kg
and is initially moving to the right. Cart B has a mass of 3 kg and is initially stationary.
When the separation between the carts is a minimum?

(A) cart B is still at rest (B) cart A has come to rest (C) both carts have the same
momentum (D) both carts have the same kinetic energy (E) the kinetic energy of the
system is at a minimum
Ans : (E)

35. A golf ball mass m is hit by a golf club so that the ball leaves the tee with speed v. The club
is in contact with the ball for time T. The average force on the club on the ball during the
time T is
(A) mvT (B) mv/T (C) (1/2)mv2T (D) mv2/(2T) (E) mT2/(2v)
Ans : (B)

36. A 2 kg frictionless puck is moving north at 3 m/s on a horizontal smooth ice surface. The
puck is then pushed east by a constant 4 N force. After how many seconds is the puck
moving exactly northeast?
(A) 1.5/√2 (B) 1.5√2 (C) 1.5 (D) 2.75 (E) 4.25
Ans : (C)

37. A cart of mass m, traveling on a horizontal air track with speed v, collides with a stationary
cart of mass 2m. The carts stick together. The impulse exerted by one cart on the other is:
(A) 0 (B) 2mv/3 (C) mv (D) 3mv/2 (E) 2mv
Ans : (B)

38. A 500 kg sack of coal is dropped onto a 2000 kg railroad flatcar which was initially moving
at 3 m/s. After the sack is added, the speed of the flatcar is:
(A) 0.6 (B) 1.2 (C) 1.8 (D) 2.4 (E) 3.6 (Answer in m/s.)
Ans : (D)

39. A dog weighing 100 N is standing on a canoe so that he is 10 m from the shore. He walks
4.0 m along the boat toward shore and then halts. The boat weighs 400 N and one can
assume that there is no friction between it and the water. How far is he from the shore when
he stops? Answers in m.
(A) 6.0 (B) 6.8 (C) 10.0 (D) 12.4 (E) None of these
 Ans : (B)

40. A 3 kg and a 2 kg cart approach each other on a horizontal air track in such a way that their
center of mass has a speed of 4 m/s. They collide and stick together. After the collision
their total kinetic energy in joules is:
(A) 16 (B) 20 (C) 24 (D) 40 (E) can’t tell from the given data
Ans : (D)