Thursday, January 20, 2005
Sample Residency Questions for 1-21
Motion
Multiple Choice
Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
____ 1. If you ride your bicycle down a straight road for 500 m then turn around and ride back, your distance is ____ your displacement.
a. greater than b. equal to c. less than d. can’t determine
____ 2. The speed you read on a speedometer is ____.
a. instantaneous speed b. constant speed c. average speed d. velocity
____ 3. 3 m/s north is an example of a(n) ____.
a. speed b. velocity c. position d. acceleration
____ 4. The relationship among speed, distance, and time is ____.
a. t = s/d b. d = t/s c. s = dt d. s = d/t
____ 5. A merry-go-round horse moves at a constant speed but at a changing ____.
a. velocity b. balanced force c. inertia d. unbalanced force
____ 6. Acceleration is rate of change of ____.
a. position b. time c. velocity d. force
____ 7. If you ride your bike up a hill, then ride down the other side, your acceleration is ____.
a. all positive b. all negative c. first positive, then negative d. first negative, then positive
____ 8. The equation used to find acceleration is a = ____.
a. vf – vi/t b. v/t c. vi – vf /t d. vi + vf/t
Completion
Complete each sentence or statement.
9. ____________________ is a measure of how far an object has moved.
10. The speed and direction with which an object moves is its ____________________.
11. The distance an object travels per unit of time is ____________________.
12. Acceleration occurs when an object changes its ____________________ or ____________________ or both.
13. An object changing its speed from 10 m/s to 3 m/s is undergoing ____________________ acceleration.
14. As a car slows down approaching a red traffic light its ____________________ is negative.
15. When calculating acceleration, to find the change in velocity, you subtract the ____________________ velocity from the ____________________ velocity.
Short Answer
16. A truck travels to and from a stone quarry that is located 2.5 km to the east. What is its distance? What is its displacement?
17. Two cars start at the same point and drive in a straight line for 5 km. At the end of the drive their distances are the same but their displacements are different. Explain.
Motion
Answer Section
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. A
2. A
3. B
4. D
5. A
6. C
7. D
8. A
COMPLETION
9. Distance
10. velocity
11. speed
12. speed, direction
13. negative
14. acceleration
15. initial, final
SHORT ANSWER
16. 5 km, 0 km
17. The two cars drove in different directions.
Multiple Choice
Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
____ 1. If you ride your bicycle down a straight road for 500 m then turn around and ride back, your distance is ____ your displacement.
a. greater than b. equal to c. less than d. can’t determine
____ 2. The speed you read on a speedometer is ____.
a. instantaneous speed b. constant speed c. average speed d. velocity
____ 3. 3 m/s north is an example of a(n) ____.
a. speed b. velocity c. position d. acceleration
____ 4. The relationship among speed, distance, and time is ____.
a. t = s/d b. d = t/s c. s = dt d. s = d/t
____ 5. A merry-go-round horse moves at a constant speed but at a changing ____.
a. velocity b. balanced force c. inertia d. unbalanced force
____ 6. Acceleration is rate of change of ____.
a. position b. time c. velocity d. force
____ 7. If you ride your bike up a hill, then ride down the other side, your acceleration is ____.
a. all positive b. all negative c. first positive, then negative d. first negative, then positive
____ 8. The equation used to find acceleration is a = ____.
a. vf – vi/t b. v/t c. vi – vf /t d. vi + vf/t
Completion
Complete each sentence or statement.
9. ____________________ is a measure of how far an object has moved.
10. The speed and direction with which an object moves is its ____________________.
11. The distance an object travels per unit of time is ____________________.
12. Acceleration occurs when an object changes its ____________________ or ____________________ or both.
13. An object changing its speed from 10 m/s to 3 m/s is undergoing ____________________ acceleration.
14. As a car slows down approaching a red traffic light its ____________________ is negative.
15. When calculating acceleration, to find the change in velocity, you subtract the ____________________ velocity from the ____________________ velocity.
Short Answer
16. A truck travels to and from a stone quarry that is located 2.5 km to the east. What is its distance? What is its displacement?
17. Two cars start at the same point and drive in a straight line for 5 km. At the end of the drive their distances are the same but their displacements are different. Explain.
Motion
Answer Section
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. A
2. A
3. B
4. D
5. A
6. C
7. D
8. A
COMPLETION
9. Distance
10. velocity
11. speed
12. speed, direction
13. negative
14. acceleration
15. initial, final
SHORT ANSWER
16. 5 km, 0 km
17. The two cars drove in different directions.
# posted by Mr. Gibney @ 7:39 PM 
