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Addis Ababa University

Department of Physics

Phys 1011 Final Exam September 22, 2021

Name___________________________________ ID.No.____________

Section (Department): _________________ Time allowed: 3:00 hrs

General Instructions:

• This examination has three parts: 25 Multiple Choice, 10 Short-Answer, and 3

Workout Questions.
• Follow the instruction under each part.
• You are not allowed to use Mobile phone. Switch off, not silent!
• You may use your own calculator.
• You can use the back pages for rough works and if you need more space.
• Any form of cheating will result in a serious penalty.
Constants you may need:

Coulomb’s constant; 𝑘 = 9 × 109 𝑁𝑚2 /𝐶 2

Permeability of free space; 𝜇0 = 4𝜋 × 10−7 𝑇𝑚/𝐴

Electron charge; 𝑒 = 1.6 × 10−19 𝐶

Electron mass; 𝑚𝑒 = 9.1 × 10− 31 𝑘𝑔

Acceleration due to gravity; g = 10 m/s2

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PART 1: MULTIPLE CHOICE

Instruction: write the letter of your choice in capital in the answer sheet provided.

1. A 75-g ball strikes a wall horizontally at 12 m/s and rebounds in the opposite direction at 10 m/s.
The ball s change of momentum has magnitude
A. 0.150 kg. m/s B. 0.75 kg. m/s C. 0.90 kg. m/s D. 1.65 kg. m/s

2. If the momentum of an object is increased by a factor of 4, its kinetic energy will change by a
factor of
A. Four B. 1/4 C. 16 D. 1/16

3. A 10.0 g bullet moving at 300 m/s is fired into a 1.00 kg block at rest. The bullet emerges at the
back of the block with half of its original speed. What is the velocity of the block just after the
collision?
A. 1.50 m/s B. 2.97 m/s C. 3.00 m/s D. 273 m/s

4. Object 1 has four times the mass of Object 2. Both objects have the same kinetic energy. Which
of the following statements is true about the magnitudes of their momenta 𝑃1 and 𝑃2 ?
A. 𝑃1 = 𝑃2
B. 𝑃1 = 2𝑃2
C. 𝑃2 = 4𝑃1
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D. 𝑃1 = 2 𝑃2

5. A 2.0 kg mass moves with a speed of 6.0 m/s. It collides head-on with a 4.0 kg mass at rest. If the
collision is perfectly inelastic, the speed of the masses after the collision is
A. 10 m/s B. 2.5 m/s C. 25 m/s D. 2.0 m/s

6. An interval of one Celsius degree is equivalent to an interval of:

A. one Fahrenheit degree.
B. 5/9 Fahrenheit degree
C. one kelvin.
D. 5/9 kelvin.

7. If two thermodynamic systems are in thermal equilibrium,

A. there is no net exchange of heat energy
B. their volumes are equal
C. their masses are equal
D. they have different temperatures.

8. A 0.20 kg object is attached to a spring with spring constant k = 10 N/m and moves with simple
harmonic motion over a horizontal frictionless surface. At the instant that it is displaced from
equilibrium by −0.050 m, its acceleration is
A. 1000 m/s2 B. 2.5 m/s2 C. 0.1 m/s2 D. −40 m/s2
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9. Which of the following is true about a mass-spring system executing SHM on a horizontal
frictionless surface?
A. When the mass is at its equilibrium position, its speed is zero and the energy of the
system is all elastic potential energy.
B. When the mass is at its maximum displacement from equilibrium, its speed is
maximum and the energy is all kinetic energy.
C. When the mass is at its equilibrium, both its speed and acceleration are maximum, and
its energy is all kinetic energy.
D. The speed is zero at the maximum displacement and maximum at the equilibrium
position; whereas the acceleration is zero at the equilibrium position and maximum at
the maximum displacement.

10. A 0.20 kg mass attached to a spring is undergoing SHM on a horizontal frictionless surface. When
it is at a displacement of 2.6 cm for equilibrium, it has a kinetic energy of 1.4 J and an elastic
potential energy of 2.2 J. The maximum speed of the mass during its oscillation is
A. 3.7 m/s B. 4.7 m/s C. 6.0 m/s D. 6.3 m/s

11. A mass on a spring vibrates in simple harmonic motion at a frequency of 4.0 Hz and amplitude of
8.0 cm. If the mass of the object is 0.20 kg, what is the spring constant?
A. 40 N/m B. 87 N/m C. 160 N/ D. 126 N/m

12. A mass attached to a spring oscillates both on Earth and on the Moon. Where is the period the
greatest?
A. same on both Earth and the Moon
B. Earth
C. the Moon
D. it varies from point to point on both Earth and Moon

13. When the length of a simple pendulum is increased four times, the time for one complete
oscillation increases by a factor of
A. 1/2 B. 2 C. 4 D. 1/4

14. A simple pendulum of length 1.00 m has a mass of 100 g attached. It is drawn back 30.0° and
then released. The maximum speed of the mass is (cos300 = 0.866, sin 300 = 0.5 to front page)
A. 2.68 m/s B. 3.13 m/s C. 2.21 m/s D. 1.64 m/s

15. Simple pendulum A swings back and forth at twice the frequency of simple pendulum B. Which
statement is correct?
A. The length of pendulum A is four times the length of A.
B. Pendulum B is twice as massive as A.
C. The length of B is four times the length of A.
D. The mass of B is four times the mass of A.
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16. Two point charges are separated by a distance d. The first charge is larger in magnitude than the
second charge. Which of the following is correct?
A. The charges exert equal and opposite forces on each other.
B. The larger charge exerts a larger force on the smaller charge.
C. The smaller charge exerts a larger force on the larger charge.
D. The charges exert equal forces on each other in the same direction.

17. Sphere A carries a net charge and sphere B is neutral. They are placed near each other on an
insulated table. Which statement best describes the electrostatic force between them?
A. There is no force between them since B is neutral.
B. There is a force of repulsion between them.
C. There is a force of attraction between them.
D. The force is attractive if A is charged positively and repulsive if A is charged negatively.

18. Two point particles of charge 10Q each are separated by a distance d. The force between them is
F. If half the charge on one particle is transferred to the other particle while at the same time the
distance between them is doubled, what is the new force between the two particles?
A. 0.25 F
B. 0.19 F
C. 4.0 F
D. no change in F

19. A charge of q1 = −4 µC is located at the origin and a charge q2 = −5 µC is located along the y-axis
at y = 2 m. Where is electric field is zero on the y-axis?
A. −1.05 m B. 1.05 m C. −0.94 m D. 0.94 m

20. Two point charges of +3.0 𝜇C and −7.0 𝜇C are placed at x = 0 and x = 0.20 m. What is the
magnitude and direction of the electric field at the point midway between them?
A. 9.0 x 106 N/C in the positive x direction
B. 1.8 x 106 N/C in the positive x direction
C. 3.6 x 106 N/C in the negative x direction
D. 4.5 x 106 N/C in the positive y direction

21. The electric potential at the center of a square is 3.0 V when a charge of +Q is located at one of
the square's corners. What is the electric potential at the square's center when each of the other
corners is also filled with a charge of +Q?
A. zero B. 9.0 V C. 3.0 V D. 12 V

22. It takes 50 J of energy to move 10 C of charge from point A to point B. What is the potential
difference between points A and B?
A. 500 V B. 50 V C. 5.0 V D. 0.50 V
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23. If the voltage across a circuit of constant resistance is doubled, the power dissipated by that
circuit will
A. double.
B. decrease to one half.
C. decrease to one fourth.
D. quadruple.

24. The current in a single loop circuit is I1 = 5 A. When an additional resistor of resistance R = 2  is
added in series, the current drops to I2 = 4 A. What was the resistance of the original circuit?
A. 6  B. 4  C. 8  D. 2 
25. Which graph indicates the relationship between the potential difference and electric current for
materials obeying Ohm’s law?
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PART 2: SHORT-ANSWER QUESTIONS

Instruction: Write your responses in the space provided in the Answer Sheet.

1. A 1000 kg car traveling East at 24 m/s collides with a 2000 kg car traveling West at 21 m/s. The
cars lock together. Their velocity after the collision is ___________.
2. A billiard ball (Ball 1) moving East at 5.00 m/s strikes a stationary ball (Ball 2) of the same mass.
After the collision, Ball 1 moves West at a speed of 4.35 m/s. The velocity of Ball 2 after the
collision is ________________.

3. The temperature changes from 35°F during the night to 71°F during the day. What is the
temperature change on the Celsius scale? ______________
4. In simple harmonic motion, the restoring force is proportional to _________________.
5. A positive charge of 3.0 × 10–8 coulomb is placed in an upward directed uniform electric field of
4.0 × 104 N/C. When the charge is moved 0.5 meter upward, the work done by the electric force
on the charge is ____________________.
6. Points R and S are each the same distance d from two
unequal charges, +Q and +2Q, as shown in the figure. The
potential difference in going from point R to point S is
____________.
7. A conducting cable of cross-sectional area 1mm2 and 20 m long has a resistance of 5 ohms. The
resistivity of the cable is ___________________.
8. When Ohm’s Law, V = IR, is applied to a resistor R, the “V” refers to _______________.
9. A hair dryer is rated as 1200 W, 120 V. Its effective internal resistance is_______.
10. Two identical resistors are placed in parallel with a 12 Volt battery. If the total current in the
circuit is 6 amperes, the resistance of each resistor is ___________ ohms.
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PART III: WORK-OUT PROBLEMS

Instruction: Solve the following problems by showing all the necessary steps.

1. A steel ball with mass 40.0 g is dropped from a height of 2.00 m onto a horizontal steel slab. The
ball rebounds to a height of 1.60 m.
a. Calculate the impulse delivered to the ball during impact.
b. If the ball is in contact with the slab for 0.002 s, find the average force on the ball during
impact.

SOLUTION 
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2. A particle is in simple harmonic motion along the x axis on a frictionless surface. The amplitude of
the motion is 𝐴 = 10 cm and the maximum speed of the motion is 10 m/s. Calculate
a. the angular frequency of the motion,
b. the period of the motion,
c. the maximum potential energy (measured with U = 0 at x = 0) of the oscillation,
d. the maximum kinetic energy of the block.

SOLUTION 
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3. Two point charges 𝑞 = 2𝜇𝐶 and 𝑄 = −3𝜇𝐶 are placed, respectively, at 𝑥 = 0 and 𝑥 = 2 𝑚 along
the x-axis as shown in the figure.
a. Find the location of zero potential on the x-axis.
b. Find the electric field at the location of zero potential found in (a).

SOLUTION 
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Department of Physics, Addis Ababa University

General Physics (Phys1101) Final Semester Examination Answer sheet, September 2021
(Regular Class)

Name ___________________________________, ID Number _______________

College ______________________________ Section ____________ Room No: _____

Part A: Multiple Choice Questions

QN Answer Answer QN Answer Answer QN Answer Answer QN Answer

1 8 15 22
2 9 16 23
3 10 17 24
4 11 18 25
5 12 19
6 13 20
7 14 21

Part B: Short Answer Questions

QN Answer

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