GEAS 1

ENGR. REYNILAN L. DIMAL

1. What is the range of a projectile if the

initial velocity is 30 m/s at an angle of 30
degrees with the horizontal?
A. 100 m
B. 92 m
C.79.45 m
D.110 m

2. Newtons Second law of motion states

that the rate of change of momentum
with respect to time is:
A. force
B. power
C. energy
D. work

3. The number 175.00 has how many

significant figures?
A. 3
B. 4
C. 5
D. 2

4. The kilowatt-hour is a unit of

___________.
A. work
B. energy
C. Power
D. work or energy

5. What is another term for a scalar

product of two vectors?
A. Cross product
B. Dot product
C. Vector product
D. Plus product

6. What is another term for vector product

of two vectors?
A. Cross product
B. Dot product
C. Vector product
D. Plus product

7. What is the property of matter which is

the reluctance to change its state of rest
or of uniform motion?
A. impulse
B. inertia
C. momentum
D. equilibrium

8. What is the maximum value of the static

friction?
A. starting friction
B. kinetic friction
C. sliding friction
D. dynamic friction

9. What is the energy something possesses

by virtue of its motion?
A. kinetic energy
B. potential energy
C. rest energy
D. mechanical energy

10. What is the energy something

possesses by virtue of its mass?
A. kinetic energy
B. potential energy
C. rest energy
D. mechanical energy

11. What is the energy something

possesses by virtue of its position?
A. kinetic energy
B. potential energy
C. rest energy
D. mechanical energy

12. The Acceleration of a particular body is

directly proportional to the resultant force
acting on it and inversely proportional to
its mass is a statement of
A. Joules Law
B. 1st Law of Thermodynamics
C. Newtons 2nd Law of Motion
D. Boyles Law

13. In a trajectory, at what angle will the

object be fired in order to reach a
maximum range?
A. 45O
B. 30O
C. 60O
D. 75O

14. The quantity of heat required to change

the temperature of unit mass through one
degree.
A. Temperature
B. Specific Heat
C. Thermal Equilibrium
D. Calorie

15. From the speed of 100 kph, a car

decelerates at the rate of 15 m/min/sec
along a straight road. Which of the
following gives the distance travelled at
the end of 40 sec.
A. 3800 m
B. 911.112 m
C. 91.111 m
D. 455.56 m

16. In optics, this effect refers to the

blurring of the image produced on a
concave mirror due to the convergence of
rays far from the mirror to other points on
the principal axis. What do you call this
effect?
A. spherical aberration
B. focal divergence
C. parallax error
D. Snells effect

17. A rock is dropped into an old well. After

4 seconds, the sound of the rock
splashing into the water is heard. What is
the depth of the well if the speed of sound
is 330 m/s?
A. 65.43m
B. 70.34m
C. 76.33m
D. 82.54m

18. The velocity of a particle moving along

the x axis is defined by v = x^4 + 2x^3
3x^2 where v is in m/s and x is in m.
Which of the following gives the velocity
when x = 2m.
A. 20 m/s
B. 44 m/s
C. 40 m/s
D. 22 m/s

19. An automobile accelerates at a constant

rate of 15 mi/hr to 45 mi/hr in 15
seconds, while travelling in a straight line.
What is the average acceleration?
A. 2 ft/s
B. 2.12 ft/s
C. 2.39 ft/s
D. 2.93 ft/s

20. It describes the luminous flux incidence

per unit area and is expressed in lumens
per square meter.
A. Illuminance
B. Luminance
C. Luminous intensity
D. Radiance

21. The energy stored in a starched elastic

material such as spring is
A. Mechanical energy
B. Elastic potential energy
C. Internal energy
D. Kinetic energy

22. What is the unit of mass moment of

inertia?
A. kg-m^4
B. kg-m^3
C. kg-m^2
D. kg-m

23. The principles of kinetics of particles

are derived from which law?
A. Newtons first law
B. Newtons third law
C.Newtons second law
D.dAlemberts principle

24. If the coefficient of restitution is zero,

the impact is __________.
A. partially elastic
B. perfectly elastic
C. perfectly inelastic
D. partially elastic

25. The load that acts on a body with some

velocity causing loss of potential energy
and kinetic energy is known as
_________.
A. moving load
B. impact load
C. apparent load
D. impulse load

26. If two forces, 30kN and 20kN are

separated by 50 degrees, what is the
resultant force?
A. 43.54 kN
B. 45.51 kN
C. 44.45 kN
D. 46.63 kN

27. Given 3 vectors, 500N at 30O, 300N at

150O and 400N at 270O, what is the
magnitude of the resultant vector?
A. 137.21N
B. 143.71N
C. 173.21N
D. 177.31N

28. What is the dot product of the vectors:

A = 6i +4j -5k and B = 5i + 3j + 7.
A. 4
B. 5
C. 6
D. 7

29. What is the cross product of the

vectors: A = 6i +4j -5k and B = 5i + 3j +
7.
A. 43i-67j-2k
B. 43i+67j-2k
C. 43i-67j+2k
D. 43i+67j+2k

30. How long does it take for a ball tossed

up along the y-axis to reach its maximum
height if it was given a vertical initial
speed of 15m/s?
A. 1.35s
B. 1.53s
C. 3.15s
D. 5.13s

31. What is the horizontal range of a

projectile if the object is fired from a
building 400m high and initial velocity of
350 m/s? The angle of elevation of the
projectile is 25O.
A. 10.4 km
B. 11.2 km
C. 12.6 km
D. 14.4 km

32. What is the force exerted by an 80-kg

man if he is standing in an elevator that is
moving at 2.75 m/s^2 downward?
A. 220.0N
B. 356.6N
C. 564.8N
D. 784.8N

33. How much work is required to raise a

0.1-kg block to a height of 2 m and
simultaneously give it a velocity of 3 m/s?
A. 1.42 J
B. 1.67 J
C. 2.12 J
D. 2.41 J

34. A particle moves such that its

displacement (in centimeters) at any time
t (in seconds), measured from a fixed
reference point along a straight line, is
defined as: s = 5t^3 + 18t^2 -8t + 3.
How far will the particle travel during the
fifth second?
A. 459 cm
B. 574 cm
C. 1038 cm
D. 1245 cm

35. If the lifetime of pions at rest in the

laboratory is 2.6 x 10-8s, at what speed
must the pions travel with respect to the
laboratory so that their lifetime is 7.8 x
10-8s as measured by a laboratory
observer?
A. 0.89c
B. 0.94c
C. 0.98c
D. 0.49c

36. A projectile weighing 100 pounds

strikes the concrete wall of a fort with an
impact velocity of 1200 ft/s. the projectile
comes to rest in 0.01 s, having penetrated
the 8-foot thick wall to a distance of 6 feet.
What is the average force exerted on the
wall by the projectile?
A. 3.57 x10^5 lbs
B. 3.75 x10^5 lbs
C. 37.5 x 10^5 lbs
D. 35.7 x10^5 lbs

37. What is the weight of the water in a

waterbed which is 2.4 m long, 1.8 m wide
and 0.23 m deep?
A. 11.7 kN
B. 10.7 kN
C. 9.7 kN
D. 8.7 kN

38. A pendulum of length 4m is pulled aside

and released. Find the period of the
pendulum on earth.
A. 0.25 s
B. 0.40 s
C. 2.5 s
D. 4.0 s

39. An airplane is flying in a horizontal

circle of radius 1.5 km with a speed of 450
km/hr. What is the magnitude of the
centripetal acceleration of the plane?
A. 13.5 m/s2
B. 30.0 m/s2
C. 10.4 m/s2
D. 15.2 m/s2

40. A 1200 kg car oscillates vertically on its

suspension springs with a period of 0.60s
when empty. If six persons, each of mass
80 kg, get into the car, how far down will
the supporting springs be depressed?
A. 3.6 cm
B. 3.6 m
C. 0.36 m
D. 0.36 cm

41. What is the fundamental frequency of a

0.3 m string if the string wave speed is
equal to 900 m/s?
A. 1000 Hz
B. 2000 Hz
C. 500 Hz
D. 1500 Hz

42. An astronaut carries a meter stick in his

spaceship. The meter stick is aligned in the
direction of motion of his spaceship, which
is moving at a speed of 0.8c relative to the
earth. What is the length of the meter stick,
as measured by an observer back on earth?
A. 0.8 m
B. 0.9 m
C. 0.6 m
D. 0.7 m

43. A small boy stands with his finger

plugging a hole in a dike. The hole has a
diameter of 12 mm and is located 3.4 m
below the surface level of the water behind
the dike. How much force must the boy
exert to hold back the water?
A. 3.30 N
B. 3.08 N
C. 3.80 N
D. 0.38 N

44. A string 80cm long has a mass of 6.4 x

10^-2 g and is stretched by a force of 96N.
What is the frequency of the fundamental
vibration?
A. 6.8 x 10^2 vib/s
B. 6.8 x 10^3 vib/s
C. 1.1 x 10^3 vib/s
D. 1.1 x 10^2 vib/s

45. Calculate the wavelength of a 1500-kg

automobile traveling with a speed of 25m/s.
A. 2.21 x 10^-38 m
B. 2.12 x 10^-38 m
C. 1.80 x 10^-38 m
D. 1.08 x 10^-38 m

46. What effect do the following forces have

on a point: 100N, 30E of N; 200 N, 80S
of E; 150N, 45S of W; 175 N, 25W of N;
50N, due N.
A. 95.6 N, 4.5 S of W
B. 95.6 N, 4.5 W of S
C. 59.6 N, 4.5W of S
D. 59.6 N, 4.5S of W

47. An airplane lands on a carrier deck at

150 mi/hr and is brought to a stop
uniformly, by an arresting device, in 500 ft.
Find the time required to stop.
A. 5.44 s
B. 10.88 s
C. 4.55 s
D. 9.1 s

48. A projectile fired at an angle of 45

degrees with the horizontal has an initial
velocity of 10 m/s. After what time will it
reach its maximum range?
A. 4.14 s
B. 1.44 s
C. 1.09 s
D. 2.18 s

49. What average force is necessary to

stop a bullet of mass 20g and speed 250
m/s as it penetrates wood to a distance of
12 cm?
A. 3.8 KN
B. 5.2 KN
C. 4.1 KN
D. 7.3 KN

50. An automobile traveling 30 m/s has

wheels of 0.75 m diameter. What is the
angular speed of the wheels about the axle?
A. 22.5 rad/s
B. 80 rad/s
C. 40 rad/s
D. 45 rad/s

51. A ball is shot at a ground level at an

angle of 60 degrees with the horizontal with
an initial velocity of 100 m/s. Which of the
following gives the height of the ball after 2
seconds?
A. 135.6 m
B. 315.2 m
C. 173.2 m
D. 153.6 m

52. The number of electrons in a neutral

atom of every element is always equal to
the atoms ____.
A. Number of nucleons
B. Number of neutrons
C. Number of positrons
D. Number of protons

53. The atom of carbon-14

contains______.
A. 6 protons, 8 neutrons, and 8 electrons
B. 6 protons, 8 neutrons, and 6 electrons
C. 6 protons, 6 neutrons, and 8 electrons
D. 8 protons, 6 neutrons, and 6 electrons

54. Compounds are mostly classified as

A. Homogenous and heterogeneous
B. Acids and bases
C. Gaseous, liquids and solids
D. Metals and non-metals

55. What is the property of metals that

allow them to be rolled without breaking?
A. Ductility
B. Malleability
C. Luster
D. Elasticity

56. What acid is added to carbonated

drinks to produce a tart taste?
A. Citric acid
B. Phosphoric acid
C. Sulfuric acid
D. Nitric acid

57. The masses of elements in a pure

compound are always in the same
proportion. This statement is known as
___________.
A. Law of multiple proportion
B. Law of definite proportion
C. The periodic table
D. Daltons theory

58. The discovery of radioactivity further

confirms the existence of subatomic
particles. Who discovered radioactivity?
A. Henri Becquerel
B. Marie Curie
C. Pierre Curie
D. Niels Bohr

59. Elements in the group 1A in the

periodic table are _______.
A. Boron Group
B. Alkali earth metals
C. Alkali metals
D. Carbon group

60. What is the second most abundant

element in the human body?
A. Carbon
B. Hydrogen
C. Oxygen
D. Nitrogen

61. Caustic soda is used making soap,

textiles and paper. What is another term
for caustic soda?
A. Sodium benzoate
B. Sodium hydroxide
C. Potassium chlorate
D. Cesium bromide

62. An instrument that separates particles

of different isotopic composition and
measure their individual relative masses
A. mass spectrometer
B. barometer
C. hygrometer
D. hydrometer

63. These are compounds containing water

molecules loosely bound to the other
components
A. isotope
B. hydrates
C. ion
D. mixture

64. If a more active element replaces a less

active one in a compound, the reaction is
A. combustion reaction
B. replacement reaction
C. metathesis
D. double displacement

65. If a single reactant is transformed by

heat or electricity into two or more
products, the type of reaction is
A. decomposition
B. combination
C. displacement
D. double displacement

66. The numerical value for standard

pressure of any gas
A. 76 mmHg
B. 760 cmHg
C. 760 mmHg
D. 7.6 cmHg

67. The mass of a neutron is equal to

______________
A. 1.6749 x 10^-27 kg
B. 1.008665 amu
C. 1.6749 x 10^-24 g
D. All of the above

68. Proton was discovered by

A. John Dalton
B. James Chadwick
C. J. J. Thomson
D. Ernest Rutherford

69. Electron was discovered by

A. Rutherford
B. Thomson
C. Goldstein
D. Chadwick

70. The charge of a neutron is

______________
A. +1.6 x 10^-19 Coulomb
B. -1.6 x 10^-19 Coulomb
C. 4.8 x 10^-10 Coulomb
D. None of these

71. The charge of electron was

experimentally discovered by
A. Goldstein
B. Chadwick
C. Millikan
D. Thomson

72. How many independent properties are

required to completely fix the equilibrium
state of a pure gaseous compound?
A. 0
B. 1
C. 2
D. 3

73. Which of the following thermodynamic

relations is incorrect?
A. TdS = dU + pdV
B. TdS = dH V dp
C. U = Q - W
D. H = U - pV

74. If air is at a pressure, p, of 3200 lbf/ft2

and at a temperature, T, of 800 R, what
is the specific volume, v? (R = 53.3 ftlbf/lbm-R and air can be modeled as an
ideal gas)
A. 9.8 ft3/lbm
B. 11.2 ft3/lbm
C. 13.3 ft3/lbm
D. 14.2 ft3/lbm

75. Steam at 1000 lbf/ft2 pressure and 300

R has a specific volume of 6.5 ft3/lbm
and a specific enthalpy of 9800 lbf-ft/lbm.
Find the internal energy per pound mass
of steam
A. 2500 lbf-ft/lbm
B. 3300 lbf-ft/lbm
C. 5400 lbf-ft/lbm
D. 6900 lbf-ft/lbm

76. Which of the following is true for water

at a reference temperature where
enthalpy is zero?
A.Internal energy is negative.
B. Entropy is non-zero.
C. Specific volume is zero.
D. Vapor pressure is zero.

77. 3.0 lbm of air are contained at 25 psia

and 100 F. Given that Rair = 53.35 ftlbf/lbm-F, what is the volume of the
container?
A. 10.7 ft3
B. 14.7 ft3
C. 15 ft3
D. 24.9 ft3

78. On what plane is the Mollier diagram

plotted?
A. p-V
B. p-T
C. h-s
D. s-u

79. The first law of thermodynamics is

based on which of the following
principles?
A. conservation of mass
B. the enthalpy-entropy relationship
C. action-reaction
D. conservation of energy

80. What is the value of the work done for

a closed, reversible, isometric system?
A. zero
B. positive
C. negative
D. positive or negative

81. A 5 m3 vessel initially contains 50 kg of

liquid water and saturated water vapor at
a total internal energy of 27,300 kJ.
Calculate the heat requirement to
vaporize all of the liquid.
A. 100,000 kJ
B. 200,000 kJ
C. 300,000 kJ
D. 400,000 kJ

82. Find the change in internal energy of 5

lbm of oxygen gas when the temperature
changes from 100 F to 120 F. cv = 0.157
BTU/lbm-R.
A. 14.7 BTU
B. 15.7 BTU
C. 16.8 BTU
D. 147 BTU

83. Water (specific het cv = 4.2 kJ/kg k) is

being heated by a 1500 W heater. What is
the rate of change in temperature of 1 kg
of the water?
A. 0.043 K/s
B. 0.179 k/s
C. 0.357 k/s
D. 1.50 K/s

84. One kilogram of water (cv = 4.2 kJ/kg

K) is heated by 300 BTU of energy. What
is the change in temperature, in K?
A. 17.9 k
B. 71.4 K
C. 73.8 K
D. 75.4 K

85. Determine the change in enthalpy per

lbm of nitrogen gas as its temperature
changes from 500 F to 200 F. (cp =
0.2483 BTU/lbm-R)
A. -74.49 BTU/lbm
B. -72.68 BTU lbm
C. -68.47 BTU/lbm
D. 63.78 BTU/lbm

86. What is the resulting pressure when

one pound of air at 15 psia and 200 F is
heated at constant volume to 800 F?
A. 15 psia
B. 28.6 psia
C. 36.4 psia
D. 52.1 psia

87. What horsepower is required to

isothermally compress 800 ft3 of air per
minute from 14.7 psia to 120 psia?
A. 13,900 hp
B. 108 hp
C. 256 hp
D. 28 hp

88. Which of the following relations defines

enthalpy?
A.h=u+P/T
B.h=u+pV
C.h=u+P/V
D.h=pV+T

89. For an irreversible process, what is true

about the total change in entropy of the
system and surroundings?
A. dS=dQ/T
B. dS = 0
C. dS > 0
D. dS < 0

90. If 658 g of sucrose (molecular

mass = 342 g) is dissolved in 2000 g
of water (essentially 2 L), what will be
the freezing point of this solution?
A. -0.51OC
B. -1.86OC
C. -1.79OC
D. -6.58OC

91. A carnot heat engine receives 500KJ

of heat per cycle from a high-temperature
source at 600 C and rejects heat a low
temperature sink at 25C. Determine the
thermal efficiency of this Carnot engine
A. 93.33%
B. 65.86%
C. 6.67%
D. 64.15%

92. Three moles of an ideal gas

are compressed slowly and
isothermally from a volume of 3
to 2.5 ft3, at a temperature of
450K. How much work is done?
A. -2.05 kJ
B. -3.45 kJ
C. -5.67 kJ
D.-9.32 kJ

93. A certain gas, with cP=0.529

Btu/lb.RO and R=96.2 ft.lb/lb.OR,
expands from 5 cu ft and 80 OF to 15 cu
ft while the pressure remains constant
at 15.5 psia. Compute T2.
A. 240 OR
B. 1620 OR
C. 26.67 OR
D. 180 OR

94. If 10 g of ice melts at 0OC,

the total quantity of heat
absorbed is
A. 3.35 kJ
B. 80 kJ
C. 800 kJ
D. 8000 kJ

95. A pressure gage register 50 psig

in a region where the barometer is
14.52 psia. Find the absolute
pressure in Pascals.
A. 445 Pa
B.435 kPa
C.434 kPa
D.445 kPa

96. At 5 atm pressure and 70OC,

how many moles are present in 3L
of O2 gas?
A. 0.036
B. 0.267
C. 0.533
D. 1.60

97. The ratio in water of oxygen to

hydrogen by mass is
A. 1:9
B. 8:1
C. 1:2
D. 1:8

98. It is the calculation of both

energy balances and material
balances in a chemical system.
A. molarity
B. molality
C. calorimetry
D. stoichiometry

99. It is an impure form of carbon,

formed when coal is heated
strongly in the absence of air.
A. graphite
B. austentite
C. coke
D. wrought carbon

100. What pressure must be

applied to 225mL of gas at
1atm to reduce its volume to
100mL?
A. 2.25 kPa
B. 227.98 kPa
C. 3.27 kPa
D. 357.23 kPa

TO GOD BE THE GLORY!!!

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