AP Physics Quiz 1

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1. A ball is thrown straight up, reaches a maximum height, then falls to its initial
height. As the ball is coming down,
a) both its velocity and its acceleration point upward.
b) its velocity points upward and its acceleration points downward.
c) its velocity points downward and its acceleration points upward.
d) both its velocity and its acceleration point downward.
2. When an object is released from rest and falls in the absence of friction, which of
the following is true concerning its motion?
a) Its acceleration is constant.
b) Its velocity is constant.
c) Neither its acceleration nor its velocity is constant.
d) Both its acceleration and its velocity are constant.
3. A ball is thrown straight up. When the ball reaches the highest point
a) both its velocity and its acceleration are zero.
b) its velocity is zero and its acceleration is not zero.
c) its velocity is not zero and its acceleration is zero.
d) neither its velocity nor its acceleration is zero.
4. Ball A is dropped from the top of a building. One second later, ball B is dropped
from the same building. As time progresses, the distance between them
a) increases. y=1/2gt2
b) remains constant.
c) decreases.
d) increases and then decreases
5. Ball A is dropped from the top of a building. One second later, ball B is dropped
from the same building. As time progresses, the velocity between them
a) increases.
b) remains constant. v = vo + at
c) decreases.
d) increases and then decreases
6. Objects A and B both start at rest. They both accelerate at the same rate.
However, object A accelerates for three times longer as object B. What is the
final speed of object A compared to that of object B?
a) the same speed
b) three times as fast v = vo + at
c) six times as fast
d) nine times as fast

7. Two objects are thrown at the same speed from the top of a tall building. One is
thrown down, and the other is thrown up. What are their speeds when they hit the
street? Circle all that apply
a) The one thrown down is traveling faster
b) The one thrown up is traveling faster.
c) They are traveling at the same speed just before they hit the ground
d) Their accelerations are the same
e) The acceleration of the thrown up ball is greater than the thrown down ball.
f) The acceleration of the thrown up ball is less than the thrown down ball.
8. A ball is thrown straight up, reaches a maximum height, then falls to its initial
height. As the ball is going up,
a) both its velocity and its acceleration point upward.
b) its velocity points upward and its acceleration points downward.
c) its velocity points downward and its acceleration points upward.
d) both its velocity and its acceleration points downward.
1984 Basic Kinematics

9. The graph shows the velocity versus time for an

object moving in a straight line. At what time after time =
0 does the object again pass through its initial position?
(A) Between O and 1 s
(B) 1 s
(C) Between 1 and 2
(D) 2 s
(E)Between 2 and 3 s
10. A body moving in the positive x direction passes the origin at time t = 0. Between t =
0 and t = 1 seconds, the body has a constant speed of 24 meters per second. At t = 1
second, the body is given a constant acceleration of 6 meters per second squared in
v = x
t v = x = 1 s ( 24 m/s ) = 24 m
the negative x direction. The position x of the body at t = 11 seconds is
t
(A)
(B)

+99 m
+36 m

x = xo + vot + at2
x = 24 m + ( 24 m/s ) ( 10s ) + (-6 m/s/s) ( 10s)2
x = - 36 m

(C)
(D)
(E)

-36 m
-75 m
-99 m
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11. The displacement x of an object moving along the x-axis is shown above as a function
of time t. The acceleration of this object must be
(A) zero
(B) constant but not zero
(C) increasing
(D) decreasing
(E) equal to g
12. A truck traveled 400 meters north in 80 seconds, and then it traveled 300 meters east
in 70 seconds. The magnitude of the average velocity of the truck was most nearly
(A) 1.2 m/s
(B) 3.3 m/s
(C) 4.6 m/s
(D) 6.6 m/s
(E) 9.3 m/s

x=

( 400 m)2 + ( 300 m)2 = 500m

500 m/ 150 s = 3.3 m/s

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13. In which of the following situations would an object be accelerated?
I. It moves in a straight line at constant speed.
II. It moves with uniform circular motion.
III. It travels as a projectile in a gravitational field with negligible air resistance.
(A) I only
(B) III only
(C) I and II only
(D) II and III only
(E) I, II, and III

14. A bullet moving horizontally with a speed of 500 m/s strikes a sandbag and penetrates
a distance of 10.0 cm. What is the average deceleration, in m/s2, of the bullet? How long
does it take to come to a rest? 8pts
Given
Find
F/R/S
vo =500 m/s
x=10 cm = 0.10m
V= 0m

v2 = vo2 + 2 a x
v2 - vo2 = 2 a x

a = ? m/s/s
t = ? m/s/s

v2-vo2 = a = (0m/s)2 (500m/s)2 = -1.25x106 m/s2

2 x
2(0.10m)
a = v vo
t
t = v - vo = 0 m/s 500m/s = 4.00x 10-4 s
a
-1.25x106 m/s2

14. A package is released by a helicopter traveling 25 m/s upward 200 m from the
ground. How long does it take the package to reach the ground, assuming no air
resistance.
Given
Find
F/R/S
yo = 200m
t=?s (up)
a = v vo
voy = 25 m/s
t
g = -9.8 m/s/s
vy = 0m
t = v - vo = 0 m/s 25 m/s = 2.55 s
a
-9.8m/s/s
y = yo + vot + gt2
y = 200m + 25 m/s ( 2.55s) + (-9.8m/s/s) ( 2.55s)2
y = 232 m
y = yo + vot + gt2
y = gt2
2 y = t =
g

2 ( 232 m) = 6.88s
9.8m/s/s

t up and t down = 2.55s + 6.88 s = 9.431s

y = yo + vot + gt2

0 m = 200 m + (25 m/s ) t + (-9.8m/s/s) t2

C=200 B=25
A = -4.9
therefore t = 9.43 s
15. A car is traveling towards a motorcycle at 25 m/s. The car is 1000 m from the
motorcycle when the motorcycle accelerates from rest towards the car at 4.5 m/s2. How
far will the car travel before they pass each other. How long will it take for the car and
motorcycle to pass each other?

Given
Find
xmort + xcar =1000m xcar = ? m
xmort = ? m
vcar = 25 m/s
t=?s

FRSA
vcar = xcar
t vcar = xcar
t
xmort = vot + at2

vomort = 0 m/s
amort = 0 m/s/s

xmort = at2
t vcar + at2 = 1000 m
0 = 1000 m t vcar + at2
(4.5m/s/s) t2 + 25 m/s t - 1000 m = 0 m
A=2.25
B=25
C=-1000m
t = 16.2 s
t vcar = xcar 16.2s (25 m/s) = 405 m
xmort = at2 = (4.5m/s/s) ( 16.2s)2 = 590.5m

16 An object is moving with constant non-zero velocity in the +x axis. The position
versus time graph of this object is
a) a horizontal straight line.
b) a vertical straight line.

c) a straight line making an angle with the time axis.

d) a curve with an increasing slope

x
t

17 An object is moving with constant non-zero acceleration in the +x axis. The

position versus time graph of this object is
a) a horizontal straight line.
b) a vertical straight line.
c) a straight line making an angle with the time axis.
d) a parabolic curve.

x
t

18 An object is moving with constant non-zero velocity in the +x axis. The velocity
versus time graph of this object is
a) a horizontal straight line.
b) a vertical straight line.
c) a straight line making an angle with the time axis.
d) a parabolic curve.

v
0 m/s
t

19 The slope of a velocity versus time graph gives

a) position
b) velocity
c) acceleration
d) displacment

time
20. The position versus time graph of an object is a horizontal line, the object is
a) moving with constant non-zero speed.
b) moving with constant non-zero acceleration.
c) at rest.
d) moving with infinite speed.

t
20. If the position versus time graph of an object is a vertical line, the object is

a) moving with constant non-zero speed.

b) moving with constant non-zero acceleration.
c) at rest.
d) moving with infinite speed.

t
21. If the velocity versus time graph of an object is a straight line making an angle of
30 degrees with the time axis, the object is
a) moving with constant non-zero speed.
b) moving with constant non-zero acceleration.
c) at rest.
d) moving with infinite speed.

t
22. The area under a velocity vs time graph indicates
a) displacement
b) velocity
c) acceleration
d) time
e) none of the above
23. The area under a acceleration vs time graph indicates
a) displacement
b) velocity
c) acceleration
d) time
e) none of the above

AP Physics
1. An object moves in the positive x direction with just enough speed to reach the top of
the incline and move down the incline to the same level on a frictionless surface.
b)Sketch a graph that will illustrate the change in x velocity as a function of time for
this object on the graph below (8pts)

X
Velocity
0
m/s
time

AP Physics
2. An object moves in the positive x direction with just enough speed to reach the top of
the incline and move down the incline to the same level on a frictionless surface.
a) Sketch a graph that will illustrate the change in x position as a function of time for this
object on the graph below (8pts)

X
Position
meters

time