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ENGINEERING
MECHANICS
Sample Problems
 1.A 7 kg mass is suspended in a rope. What
is the tension in the rope in SI?
 a. 68.67 N
 b. 70 N
 c. 71 N
 d. 72 N
 2.A body weighing 100 kg is hanging at the
end of a rope 5 m long. What horizontal force
is needed to move the body a horizontal
distance of 1 m.
 a. 30.4 kg
 b. 20.4 kg
 c. 100 kg
 d. 50.7 kg
 3.Determine the resultant of the following
forces: A = 600 N at 40 deg; B = 800 N at
160 deg and C = 200 N at 300 deg.
 a. 532.78 N, 55.32 deg
 b. 435.94 N, 235.12 deg
 c. 522.68 N, 111.57 deg
 d. 627.89 N, 225.81 deg
 4.A certain cable is suspended between two
supports at the same elevation and 500 ft
apart. The load is 500 lbs per horizontal foot
including the weight of the cable. The sag of
the cable is 30 ft. Calculate the total length of
the cable.
 a. 503.21 ft
 b. 504.76 ft
 c. 505.12 ft
 d. 506.03 ft
 5.A pipe crossing a river is suspended from
a steel cable stretched between two posts
100 m apart. The weight of the pipe is 14
kg/m while the cable weighs 1 kg/m
assumed to be uniformly distributed
horizontally. If the allowed sag is 2 m,
determine the tension of the cable at the
post.
 a. 9047.28 kg
 b. 9404.95 kg
 c. 9545.88 kg
 d. 9245.37 kg
 6.A ball is thrown upward with an initial
velocity of 50 ft/s. How high does it go? (ECE
Board November 2001).
 a. 39 ft
 b. 30 ft
 c. 20 ft
 d. 45 ft
 7.An airplane travels from points A to B with
a distance of 1500 km and a wind along its
flight. If it takes the airplane 2 hours from A
to B with the tailwind and 2.5 hours B to A
with the headwind, what is the velocity? (ECE
Board November 2001).
 a. 700 kph
 b. 675 kph
 c. 450 kph
 d. 750 kph
 8. A missile is fired with a speed of 100 fps in
a direction 30 degrees above the horizontal.
Determine the maximum height to which it
rises? (ECE Board April 2000).
 a. 60 ft
 b. 52 ft
 c. 45 ft
 d. 39 ft
 9.A stone is thrown vertically upward at the
rate of 20 m/s. It will return to the ground
after how many seconds? (ECE Board
November 2000).
 a. 3.67 sec
 b. 5.02 sec
 c. 4.08 sec
 d. 2.04 sec
 10. A plane dropped a bomb at an elevation
1000 meters from the ground intended to hit
a target which is 200 m from the ground. If
the plane was flying at a velocity of 300 kph,
at what distance from the target must the
bomb be dropped to hit the target? Wind
velocity and atmospheric pressure to be
disregarded. (ECE Board April 1991).
 a. 1864.71 m
 b. 2053.20 m
 c. 1574.37 m
 d. 1064.20 m
 11. A flywheel of a puncher is to be brought
to a complete stop in 8 seconds from a speed
of 60 rpm. Compute for the number of turns
the flywheels makes if its deceleration is
uniform.
 a. 1
 b. 3
 c. 4
 d. 2
 12. What is the acceleration of a point on a
rim of a flywheel 0.8 m in diameter turning at
the rate of 1400 rad/min? (ECE Board
November 2000).
 a. 214.77 m/s2
 b. 217.77 m/s2
 c. 220.77 m/s2
 d. 227.77 m/s2
 13. What retarding force is required to stop
a 0.45 caliber bullet of mass 20 grams and
speed of 300 m/s as it penetrates a wooden
block to a depth of 2 inches? (ECE Board
November 2001).
 a. 17,716 N
 b. 19,645 N
 c. 15,500 N
 d. 12,500 N
 14. A 350 lbf acts on a block at an angle of
15o with the horizontal. What is the work
done by this force if it is pushed 5 feet
horizontally? (EE Board Problem).
 a. 1350.3 ft-lb
 b. 1690.4 ft-lb
 c. 1980 ft-lb
 d. 2002 ft-lb
 15. What is the minimum distance can a
truck slide on a horizontal asphalt road if it is
traveling at 25 m/s? The coefficient of sliding
friction between the asphalt and rubber tire is
at 0.60. The weight of the truck is 8500 kg.
(ME Board April 1998).
 a. 44.9
 b. 58.5
 c. 53.2
 d. 63.8
 16. A body weighing 40 lbs starts from rest
and slides down a plane at an angle of 30o
with the horizontal for which the coefficient
of friction f = 0.3. How far will it move during
the third second?
 a. 19.63 ft
 b. 19.33 ft
 c. 18.33 ft
 d. 19.99 ft
 17. A golf weighs 1.6 ounce. If its velocity
immediately after being driven is 225 fps,
what is the impulse of the blow in slug-
feet/sec? (ECE Board April 2000).
 a. 0.855
 b. 0.812
 c. 0.758
 d. 0.699
 18. Two masses collide on a frictionless
horizontal floor and in perfectly inelastic
collision. Mass 1 is 4 times that of mass 2.
Velocity of mass 1 = 10 m/s to the right
while the velocity of mass 2 = 20 m/s to the
left. What is the velocity and direction of the
resulting combined mass?
 a. 10 m/s to the right
 b. 4 m/s to the right
 c. 10 m/s to the left
 d. 15 m/s to the left
 19. A 3500 lbf car is towing a 500 lbf
trailer. The coefficient of friction between all
tires and the road is 0.80. How fast can the
car and trailer travel around an unbanked
curve of radius 0.12 mile without either the
car or trailer skidding?
 a. 87 mph
 b. 26 mph
 c. 72 mph
 d. 55 mph
 20. A highway curve with radius 800 ft is to
be banked so that a car traveling 55 mph will
not skid sideways even in the absence of
friction. At what angle should the curve be
banked
 a. 0.159 deg
 b. 75 deg
 c. 6.41 deg
 d. 14.2 deg
 END

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