ENTRY TEST#1

MEASURMENTS
EXAMPLES
1. (4 10
-10
)(5 10
14
) =?
a. 20 10
4

b. 2.0 10
4

c. 2.0 10
5

d. 4 5 10
4

Process: Multiply 4 by 5 and add the exponents.
Answer: 20 10
4
= 2 10
5

2. (4 10
-10
) / (5 10
14
) =?
a. 20 10
4

b. 8 10
-4

c. 0.8 10
-24

d. 8 10
-25

3. (6.0 10
4
)
2

a. 36 10
16

b. 3.6 10
5

c. 36 10
8

d. 36 10
6

4. 3.7 10
4
+ 1.5 10
3
=?
a. 5.2 10
7

b. 3.85 10
4

c. 3.7 10
4

d. 5.2 10
12

5. A certain substance has a density 8.4 g / mL.
What is the mass of 422.4 mL?
a. 0.020 mg,
b. 3.55 mg
c. 350.3 mg
d. 3550 mg
6. If the wavelength of the green line of the visible
spectrum is 546 nm, its value in metre is
a. 546 10
10

b. 546 10
19

c. 54.6 10
8

d. 54.6 10
9

7. Which one of the following has not been expressed
in proper units?
a. momentum kg m s
1

b.
power kg m
2
s
3
c. power kg m
2
s
1

d. pressure kg m
2
s
2

8. Which of the following is the smallest one in
magnitude?
a. one metre
b. one millimeter
c. one Fermi
d. one angstron unit
9. One torr is
a. 1 m of Hg
b. 1 atmosphere
c. 1 mm of Hg
d. 1 cm of Hg
10. How many picoseconds are there in 1 Ms?
11. How many micrograms make 1 kg?
12. How many nanometers are there in 1 cm?
13. Rewrite the following quantities in scientific
notation without prefixes.
a. 3582 gigabytes
b. 0.0009231 milliwatts
c. 53657 nanoseconds
d. 5.32 milligrams
e. 88900 megahertz
f. 0.00000083 centimeters
14. Rewrite the following quantities in units with SI
prefixes.
a. 36582472 g
b. 0.000000452 m
c. 53236 V
d. 4.62 10
3
s
15. Express the measurement 4.29478416 kg with 8, 6,
4, and 2 significant figures.
16. Calculate the following products and quotients
a. (3.0 10
5
) (2.0 10
3
)
b. (3.0 10
5
) (2.0 10
3
)
c. (3.0 10
2
) (2.0 10
5
)
d. (3.0 10
2
) (2.0 10
5
)
e. (3.0 10
2
) (2.0 10
5
)
f. (3.0 10
2
) (2.0 10
5
)
17. Convert the following measurements to the units
specified.
a. 2.5 days to seconds
b. 35 km to millimeters
c. 43 cm to kilometers
d. 22 mg to kilograms
e. 671 kg to micrograms
f. 8.76 10
7
mW to gigawatts
g. 1.753 10
13
s to picoseconds
18. How many significant figures are there in the
following measurements?
a. 0.0845 kg
b. 37.00 h
c. 8 630 000.000 mi
d. 0.000 000 0217 g
e. 750 in.
f. 0.5003 s
g. 0.005032 4.0009
h. 0.0080750 10.037
i. (3.52 10
11
) (7.823 10
11
)
19. There is no SI base unit for area because:
a. an area has no thickness; hence no
physical standard can be built
b. we live in a three (not a two)
dimensional world
c. it is impossible to express square feet
in terms of meters
d. area can be expressed in terms of
square meters
20. A nanosecond is:
a. 10
9
s
b. 10
9
s
c. 10
10
s
d. 10
10
s
21. A gram is:
a. 10
6
kg
b. 10
3
kg
c. 1 kg
d. 10
3
kg
22. (5.0 10
4
) (3.0 10
6
) =
a. 1.5 10
9

b. 1.5 10
10

c. 1.5 10
11

d. 1.5 10
12

23. (5.0 10
4
) (3.0 10
6
) =
a. 1.5 10
3

b. 1.5 10
1

c. 1.5 10
1

d. 1.5 10
3

24. 5.0 10
5
+ 3.0 10
6
=
a. 8.0 10
5

b. 5.3 10
5

c. 3.5 10
5

d. 3.5 10
6

25. (7.0 10
6
)/(2.0 10
6
) =
a. 3.5 10
12

b. 3.5 10
6

c. 3.5
d. 3.5 10
12

26. The number of significant figures in 0.00150 is:
a. 2
b. 3
c. 4
d. 5
27. The number of significant figures in 15.0 is:
a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4
28. 3.2 2.7 =
a. 9
b. 8
c. 8.6
d. 8.64
29. 1.513 + 27.3 =
a. 29
b. 28.8
c. 28.9
d. 28.81
30. During a short interval of time the speed v in m/s of
an automobile is given by v = at
2
+ bt
3
, where the
time t is in seconds. The units of a and b are
respectively:
a. ms
2
; ms
4

b. s
3
/m; s
4
/m
c. m/s
2
; m/s
3

d. m/s
3
; m/s
4

31. The ratio M/m of the prefixes M and m has what
value?
a. 10
3

b. 10
6

c. 10
9

d. 10
18

32. Areas always have dimensions ____ while
volumes always have dimensions ____.
a. m
2
, m
3

b. L
2
, L
3

c. Both a and b are correct.
d. No answer is correct because of the
"always."
33. A physics class in a large lecture hall has 150
students. The total mass of the students is about
____ kg.
a. 10
2

b. 10
3

c. 10
4

d. 10
5

34. If a toy magnet is able to generate one centitesla,
how many teslas would 108 magnets be able to
generate?
a. 1 kT
b. 1 MT
c. 1 GT
d. 1 TT
35. What is the dimension of the physical quantity in
the equation, P = Density / , where P is the
pressure?
a. ML
2
T
1

b. ML
4
T
2

c. L
2
T
2

d. ML
2
T
2
.
36. Plancks constant has the dimensions of
a. Power
b. Electric charge
c. Angular momentum
d. Linear momentum.
37. If C and R denote the capacity and resistance
respectively the dimensions of CR are
a. M
0
L
2
T
b. M
0
L
0
T
c. M
0
L
0
T
0

d. M
0
LT
1
.
38. Suppose A = BC, where A has the dimension L/M
and C has the dimension L/T. Then B has the
dimension:
a. T/M
b. L
2
/TM
c. TM/L
2

d. L
2
T/M
39. Suppose A = B
n
C
m
, where A has dimensions LT,
B has dimensions L
2
T
1
, and C has dimensions
LT
2
. Then the exponents n and m have the values:
a. 2/3; 1/3
b. 2; 3
c. 4/5; -1/5
d. 1/5; 3/5
40. The dimensional formula for P.E. is
a.