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25 Multiple Choice Questions - General Physics | PHYSICS 103, Exams of Physics

Material Type: Exam; Class: General Physics; Subject: PHYSICS; University: University of Wisconsin - Madison; Term: Unknown 1989;

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Physics 103 Exam 3 November 25, 2003
Name__________________________________________ ID #____________________
Section #______________ TA Name_________________________________________
Fill in your name, student ID # (not your social security #), and section # (under ABC of
special codes) on the Scantron sheet. Fill in the letters given for the first 5 questions on
the Scantron sheet. These letters determine which version of the test you took, and it is
very important to get this right. Make sure your exam has questions 6–25.
1. A
2. E
3. D
4. C
5. B
6. A 1.5m long wire with a cross sectional area of 1.5mm2 is attached to the ceiling. It is
stretched 2.0mm when a 15 kg mass is hung from its free end. What is the value of
Young’s modulus for this wire?
a. 3.35x104 N/m2
b. 1.26x1010 N/m2
c. 5.92x107 N/m2
d. 2.65x1019 N/m2
e. 7.35x1010 N/m2
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Physics 103 Exam 3 November 25, 2003 Name__________________________________________ ID #____________________ Section #______________ TA Name_________________________________________ Fill in your name, student ID # (not your social security #), and section # (under ABC of special codes) on the Scantron sheet. Fill in the letters given for the first 5 questions on the Scantron sheet. These letters determine which version of the test you took, and it is very important to get this right. Make sure your exam has questions 6–25.

  1. A
  2. E
  3. D
  4. C
  5. B
  6. A 1.5m long wire with a cross sectional area of 1.5mm 2 is attached to the ceiling. It is stretched 2.0mm when a 15 kg mass is hung from its free end. What is the value of Young’s modulus for this wire? a. 3.35x10^4 N/m^2 b. 1.26x 10 N/m 2 c. 5.92x 7 N/m 2 d. 2.65x 19 N/m 2 e. 7.35x10^10 N/m^2
  1. A rowboat floating on a small pond carries a heavy anchor on its deck. The skipper of the boat lowers the anchor into the water by its rope, but the rope is too short, leaving the anchor suspended in the water. Compared to the case with the anchor on the deck: a. the water level in the pond goes up. b. the buoyant force on the boat is the same. c. the water level in the pond is unchanged. d. the pressure at the surface of the pond decreases. e. the density of the anchor decreases by the density of water.
  2. An oddly shaped metallic object suspended in air from a scale shows a weight of 15 N. When the object is suspended in a fluid of density 0.80 x 10 3 kg/m 3 the scale reads 10. N. The density of the metallic object is: a. 0.95 x 10 6 kg/m 3 b. 2.73 x 10 3 kg/m 3 c. 13.6 x 10 3 kg/m 3 d. 6.13 x 10^4 kg/m^3 e. 19.3 x 10^3 kg/m^3
  3. A 15 000-N car on a hydraulic lift rests on a cylinder with a piston of radius 0.20 m. If a connecting cylinder with a piston of 0.040-m radius is driven by compressed air, what force must be applied to this smaller piston in order to lift the car? a. 1 500 N b. 600 N c. 3 000 N d. 7 000 N e. 15 000 N
  1. The absolute temperature of an ideal gas is directly proportional to which of the following properties, when taken as an average, of the molecules of that gas? a. speed b. momentum c. mass d. kinetic energy e. acceleration
  2. A steel sphere sits on top of an aluminum ring. The steel sphere ( a = 1.10 ¥ 10 - 5 /C°) has a diameter of 4.0000 cm at 0°C. The aluminum ring ( a = 2.40 ¥ 10 -^5 /C°) has an inside diameter of 3.9940 cm at 0°C. Closest to which temperature given will the sphere just fall through the ring? Assume the ring and the sphere are always at the same temperature. a. The sphere will never fall through the ring. b. 208°C c. 462°C d. 57.7°C e. 116°C.
  3. A spherical air bubble originating from a scuba diver at a depth of 18.0 m has a diameter of 1.0 cm. What will be the bubble’s diameter when it reaches the surface? The density of water is 1000 kg/m 3 . (Assume constant temperature, and atmospheric pressure 1.01 x 10^5 Pa.) a. 1.7 cm b. 1.0 cm c. 0.7 cm d. 1.4 cm e. 2.5 cm
  1. Tricia puts 44 g of dry ice (solid CO 2 ) into a 2.0-L container and seals the top. The dry ice turns to gas at room temperature (20°C). Find the pressure increase in the 2.0-L container. (One mole of CO 2 has a mass of 44 g, R = 0.082 1 L·atm/mol·K.) a. 6.0 atm b. 12 atm c. 18 atm d. 2.0 atm e. 0.8 atm
  2. Two ideal gases, X and Y, are thoroughly mixed and at thermal equilibrium in a single container. The molecular mass of X is 9 times that of Y. What is the ratio of root- mean-square velocities of the two gases, v X, rms / v Y, rms? a. 9/ b. 3/ c. 1/ d. 1/ e. 1/
  3. Heat flow occurs between two bodies in thermal contact when they differ in what property? a. mass b. specific heat c. density d. temperature e. total internal energy
  1. In a greenhouse, electromagnetic energy in the form of visible light enters through the glass panes, is absorbed, and then reradiated as infrared radiation. What happens to this reradiated electromagnetic radiation from within the greenhouse? a. It’s reflected as visible light upon striking the glass.. b. 100% returns to the atmosphere. c. It’s transformed into ultraviolet upon striking the glass. d. It’s blocked by glass. e. It combines with greenhouse gasses to form carbon dioxide.
  2. The volume of an ideal gas changes from 0.40 to 0.55 m 3 although its pressure remains constant at 50 000 Pa. What work is done on the gas by its environment? a. 7 500 J b. - 200 000 J c.. –7 500 J d. 200 000 J e. 275 000 J
  3. According to the second law of thermodynamics, which of the following applies to the heat received from a high temperature reservoir by a heat engine operating in a complete cycle? a. equals the entropy increase b. cannot be completely converted to work c. converted completely into internal energy d. must be completely converted to work e. must be completely returned to the hot reservoir
  1. On a P-V diagram, if a process involves a closed curve, the area inside the curve represents a. internal energy. b. heat. c. work. d. zero. e. entropy
  2. An ideal gas at pressure, volume, and temperature, P 0 , V 0 , and T 0 , respectively, is heated to point A, allowed to expand to point B also at A’s temperature 2 T 0 , and then returned to the original condition. The internal energy decreases by 3 P 0 V 0 /2 going from point B to point T 0. How much heat left the gas from point B to point T 0? a. P 0 V 0 / b. 5 P 0 V 0 / c. 3 P 0 V 0 / d. 0 e. 7 P 0 V 0 /
  3. A gasoline engine with an efficiency of 30.0% operates between a high temperature T 1 and a low temperature T 2 = 320 K. If this engine operates with Carnot efficiency, what is the high-side temperature T 1? a. 868 K b. 457 K c. 614 K d. 41 070 K e. 390 K

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2 P 0

A

V

V 0 2 V 0

P 0

T 0 B

2 T 0