Honors Physics Final Exam Review

1. A nanosecond is:
A) 109 s
B) 10–9 s
C) 10–10 s
D) 10–10 s
E) 10–12

2. The number of significant figures in 0.00150 is:

A) 2
B) 3
C) 4
D) 5
E) 6

3. 1 mi is equivalent to 1609 m so 55 mph is:

A) 15 m/s
B) 25 m/s
C) 66 m/s
D) 88 m/s
E) 1500 m/s

4. 1 m is equivalent to 3.281 ft. A cube with an edge of 1.5 ft has a volume of:
A) 1.2 × 102 m3
B) 9.6 × 10–2 m3
C) 10.5 m3
D) 9.5 × 10–2 m3
E) 0.21 m3

5. A car starts from Hither, goes 50 km in a straight line to Yon, immediately turns around, and returns to Hither.
The time for this round trip is 2 hours. The magnitude of the average velocity of the car for this round trip is:
A) 0
B) 50 km/hr
C) 100 km/hr
D) 200 km/hr
E) cannot be calculated without knowing the acceleration

6. Two automobiles are 150 kilometers apart and traveling toward each other. One automobile is moving at 60
km/h and the other is moving at 40 km/h. In how many hours will they meet?
A) 2.5
B) 2.0
C) 1.75
D) 1.5
E) 1.25

7. A ball rolls up a slope. At the end of three seconds its velocity is 20 cm/s; at the end of eight seconds its
velocity is 0. What is the average acceleration from the third to the eighth second?
A) 2.5 cm/s2
B) 4.0 cm/s2
C) 5.0 cm/s2
D) 6.0 cm/s2
E) 6.67 cm/s2

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 8. Of the following situations, which one is impossible?
A) A body having velocity east and acceleration east
B) A body having velocity east and acceleration west
C) A body having zero velocity and non-zero acceleration
D) A body having constant acceleration and variable velocity
E) A body having constant velocity and variable acceleration

9. A car, initially at rest, travels 20 m in 4 s along a straight line with constant acceleration. The acceleration of
the car is:
A) 0.4 m/s2
B) 1.3 m/s2
C) 2.5 m/s2
D) 4.9 m/s2
E) 9.8 m/s2

10. A racing car traveling with constant acceleration increases its speed from 10 m/s to 30 m/s over a distance of
60 m? How long does this take?
A) 2.0 s
B) 4.0 s
C) 5.0 s
D) 8.0 s
E) The time cannot be calculated since the speed is not constant

11. A car starts from rest and goes down a slope with a constant acceleration of 5 m/s2. After 5 seconds the car
reaches the bottom of the hill. Its speed at the bottom of the hill, in meters per second, is:
A) 1
B) 12.5
C) 25
D) 50
E) 160

12. At a stop light, a truck traveling at 15 m/s passes a car as it starts from rest. The truck travels at constant
velocity and the car accelerates at 3 m/s2. How much time does the car take to catch up to the truck?
A) 5 s
B) 10 s
C) 15 s
D) 20 s
E) 25 s

13. A ball is in free fall. Its acceleration is:

A) downward during both ascent and descent
B) downward during ascent and upward during descent
C) upward during ascent and downward during descent
D) upward during both ascent and descent
E) downward at all times except at the very top, when it is zero

14. A baseball is thrown vertically into the air. The acceleration of the ball at its highest point is:
A) zero
B) g, down
C) g, up
D) 2g. down
E) 2g, up

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15. Planet 1 and planet 2 are both in circular orbits around the same central star. The orbit of planet 2 has a radius
that is much larger than the radius of the orbit of planet 1. This means that:
A) the period of planet 1 is greater than the period of planet 2 and the speed of planet 1 is greater than the
speed of planet 2
B) the period of planet 1 is greater than the period of planet 2 and the speed of planet 1 is less than the speed
of planet 2
C) the period of planet 1 is less than the period of planet 2 and the speed of planet 1 is less than the speed of
planet 2
D) the period of planet 1 is less than the period of planet 2 and the speed of planet 1 is greater than the speed
of planet 2
E) the planets have the same speed and the same period

16. A feather, initially at rest, is released in a vacuum 12 m above the surface of the Earth. Which of the following
statements is correct?
A) The maximum velocity of the feather is 9.8 m/s
B) The acceleration of the feather decreases until terminal velocity is reached
C) The acceleration of the feather remains constant during the fall
D) The acceleration of the feather increases during the fall
E) The acceleration of the feather is zero

17. A heavy ball falls freely, starting from rest. Between the third and fourth second of time it travels a distance of:
A) 4.9 m.
B) 9.8 m.
C) 29.4 m
D) 34.3 m.
E) 39.8 m.

18. An object dropped from a window of a tall building hits the ground in 12.0 s. If its acceleration is 9.80 m/s2,
the height of the window above the ground is:
A) 29.4 m
B) 58.8 m
C) 118 m
D) 353 m
E) 706 m

19. The area under a velocity-time graph represents:

A) acceleration
B) change in acceleration
C) speed
D) change in velocity
E) displacement

20. The diagram shows a velocity-time graph for a car moving in a straight line. At point Q the car must be:

A) moving with zero acceleration

B) traveling downhill
C) traveling below ground-level
D) reducing speed
E) traveling in the reverse direction to that at point P

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21. Consider the following five graphs (note the axes carefully). Which of these represent(s) motion at constant
speed?

A) IV only
B) IV and V only
C) I, II, and III only
D) I and II only
E) I and IV only

22. Which of the following is a scalar quantity?

A) Speed
B) Velocity
C) Displacement
D) Acceleration
E) None of these

23. A jet plane in straight horizontal flight passes over your head. When it is directly above you, the sound seems
to come from a point behind the plane in a direction 30° from the vertical. The speed of the plane is:
A) the same as the speed of sound
B) half the speed of sound
C) three-fifths the speed of sound
D) 0.866 times the speed of sound
E) twice the speed of sound

24. Identical guns fire identical bullets horizontally at the same speed from the same height above level planes, one
on the Earth and one on the Moon. Which of the following three statements is/are true?
I. The horizontal distance traveled by the bullet is greater for the Moon.
II. The flight time is less for the bullet on the Earth.
III. The velocities of the bullets at impact are the same.
A) III only
B) I and II only
C) I and III only
D) II and III only
E) I, II, III

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25. The airplane shown is in level flight at an altitude of 0.50 km and a speed of 150 km/h. At what distance d
should it release a heavy bomb to hit the target X? Take g = 10 m/s2.

A) 150 m
B) 295 m
C) 417 m
D) 2550 m
E) 15,000 m

26. A boy on the edge of a vertical cliff 20 m high throws a stone horizontally outwards with a speed of 20 m/s. It
strikes the ground at what horizontal distance from the foot of the cliff? Use g = 10 m/s2
A) 10 m
B) 40 m
C) 50 m
D) 50 5 m
E) none of these

27. A boat is able to move through still water at 20 m/s. It makes a round trip to a town 3.0 km upstream. If the
river flows at 5 m/s, the time required for this round trip is:
A) 120 s
B) 150 s
C) 200 s
D) 300 s
E) 320 s

28. A car rounds a 20-m radius curve at 10 m/s. The magnitude of its acceleration is:
A) 0
B) 0.20 m/s2
C) 5.0 m/s2
D) 40 m/s2
E) 400 m/s2

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29. A dart is thrown horizontally toward X at 20 m/s as shown. It hits Y 0.1 s later. The distance XY is:

A) 2m
B) 1m
C) 0.5 m
D) 0.1 m
E) 0.05 m

30. A girl jogs around a horizontally circle with a constant speed. She travels one fourth of a revolution, a distance
of 25 m along the circumference of the circle, in 5.0 s. The magnitude of her acceleration is:
A) 0.31 m/s2
B) 1.3 m/s2
C) 1.6 m/s2
D) 3.9 m/s2
E) 6.3 m/s2

31. A girl wishes to swim across a river to a point directly opposite as shown. She can swim at 2 m/s in still water
and the river is flowing at 1 m/s. At what angle θ with respect to the line joining the starting and finishing
points should she swim?

A) 30°
B) 45°
C) 60°
D) 63°
E) 90°

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32. A heavy ball is suspended as shown. A quick jerk on the lower string will break that string but a slow pull on
the lower string will break the upper string. The first result occurs because:

A) the force is too small to move the ball

B) action and reaction is operating
C) the ball has inertia
D) air friction holds the ball back
E) the ball has too much energy

33. The mass and weight of a body:

A) differ by a factor of 9.8
B) are identical
C) are the same physical quantities expressed in different units
D) are both a direct measure of the inertia of the body
E) have the same ratio as that of any other body placed at that location

34. A feather and a lead ball are dropped from rest in vacuum on the Moon. The acceleration of the feather is:
A) more than that of the lead ball
B) the same as that of the lead ball
C) less than that of the lead ball
D) 9.8 m/s2
E) zero since it floats in a vacuum

35. A crate rests on a horizontal surface and a woman pulls on it with a 10-N force. Rank the situations shown
below according to the magnitude of the normal force exerted by the surface on the crate, least to greatest.

A) 1, 2, 3
B) 2, 1, 3
C) 2, 3, 1
D) 1, 3, 2
E) 3, 2, 1

36. A car travels east at constant velocity. The net force on the car is:
A) east
B) west
C) up
D) down
E) zero

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37. A 9000 N automobile is pushed along a level road by four students who apply a total forward force of 500 N.
Neglecting friction, the acceleration of the automobile is:
A) 0.055m/s2
B) 0.54 m/s2
C) 1.8 m/s2
D) 9.8 m/s2
E) 18 m/s2

38. A 25-kg crate is pushed across a frictionless horizontal floor with a force of 20 N, directed 20° below the
horizontal. The acceleration of the crate is:
A) 0.27 m/s2
B) 0.75 m/s2
C) 0.80 m/s2
D) 170 m/s2
E) 470 m/s2

39. A circus performer of weight W is walking along a "high wire" as shown. The tension in the wire is:

A) approximately W
B) approximately W/2
C) much less than W
D) much more than W
E) depends on whether he stands on one or two feet

40. A 1000-kg elevator is rising and its speed is increasing at 3 m/s2. The tension in the elevator cable is:
A) 6800 N
B) 1000 N
C) 3000 N
D) 9800 N
E) 12800 N

41. A 25-N crate is held at rest on a frictionless incline by a force that is parallel to the incline. If the incline is 25°
above the horizontal the magnitude of the applied force is:
A) 4.1 N
B) 4.6 N
C) 8.9 N
D) 11 N
E) 23 N

42. A 90-kg man stands in an elevator that has a downward acceleration of 1.4 m/s2. The force exerted by him on
the floor is about:
A) zero
B) 90 N
C) 760 N
D) 880 N
E) 1010 N

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43. Two blocks are connected by a string and pulley as shown. Assuming that the string and pulley are massless,
the magnitude of the acceleration of each block is:

A) 0.049 m/s2
B) 0.020 m/s2
C) 0.0098 m/s2
D) 0.54 m/s2
E) 0.98 m/s2

44. When the brakes of an automobile are applied, the road exerts the greatest retarding force:
A) while the wheels are sliding
B) just before the wheels start to slide
C) when the automobile is going fastest
D) when the acceleration is least
E) at the instant when the speed begins to change

45. A box with a weight of 50 N rests on a horizontal surface. A person pulls horizontally on it with a force of 10 N
and it does not move. To start it moving, a second person pulls vertically upward on the box. If the coefficient
of static friction is 0.4, what is the smallest vertical force for which the box moves?

A) 4N
B) 10 N
C) 14 N
D) 25 N
E) 35 N

46. A car is traveling at 15 m/s on a horizontal road. The brakes are applied and the car skids to a stop in 4.0 s. The
coefficient of kinetic friction between the tires and road is:
A) 0.38
B) 0.69
C) 0.76
D) 0.92
E) 1.11

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47. A 12-kg crate rests on a horizontal surface and a boy pulls on it with a force that is 30° below the horizontal. If
the coefficient of static friction is 0.40, the minimum magnitude force he needs to start the crate moving is:
A) 44 N
B) 47 N
C) 54 N
D) 56 N
E) 71 N

48. A crate is sliding down an incline that is 35° above the horizontal. If the coefficient of kinetic friction is 0.40,
the acceleration of the crate is:
A) 0
B) 2.4 m/s2
C) 5.8 m/s2
D) 8.8 m/s2
E) 10.3 m/s2

49. A 0.2-kg stone is attached to a string and swung in a circle of radius 0.6 m on a horizontal and frictionless
surface. If the stone makes 150 revolutions per minute, the tension force of the string on the stone is:
A) 0.03 N
B) 0.2 N
C) 0.9 N
D) 1.96 N
E) 30 N

50. A man pulls a 100-N crate up a frictionless 30° slope 5 m high as shown. Assuming that the crate moves at
constant speed, the work done by the man is:

A) –500 J
B) –250 J
C) 0
D) 250 J
E) 500 J

51. A 8000-N car is traveling at 12 m/s along a horizontal road when the brakes are applied. The car skids to a stop
in 4.0 s. How much kinetic energy does the car lose in this time?
A) 4.8 × 104 J
B) 5.9 × 104 J
C) 1.2 × 105 J
D) 5.8 × 105 J
E) 4.8 × 106 J

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52. A 6.0-kg block is released from rest 80 m above the ground. When it has fallen 60 m its kinetic energy is
approximately:
A) 4800 J
B) 3500 J
C) 1200 J
D) 120 J
E) 60 J

53. A 1.0 kg-ball moving at 2.0 m/s perpendicular to a wall rebounds from the wall at 1.5 m/s. The change in the
momentum of the ball is:
A) zero
B) 0.5 N ⋅ s away from wall
C) 0.5 N ⋅ s toward wall
D) 3.5 N ⋅ s away from wall
E) 3.5 N ⋅ s toward wall

54. A man is marooned at rest on level frictionless ice. In desperation, he hurls his shoe to the right at 15 m/s. If the
man weighs 720 N and the shoe weighs 4.0 N, the man moves to the left at approximately:
A) 0
B) 2.1 × 10–2 m/s
C) 8.3 × 10–2 m/s
D) 15 m/s
E) 2.7 × 10–3 m/s

55. A 0.2 kg rubber ball is dropped from the window of a building. It strikes the sidewalk below at 30 m/s and
rebounds up at 20 m/s. The magnitude of the impulse due to the collision with the sidewalk is:
A) 10 N ⋅ s
B) 6.0 N ⋅ s
C) 2.0 N ⋅ s
D) 19.6 N ⋅ s
E) 9.8 N ⋅ s

56. A student's life was saved in an automobile accident because an airbag expanded in front of his head. If the car
had not been equipped with an airbag, the windshield would have stopped the motion of his head in a much
shorter time. Compared to the windshield, the airbag:
A) causes a much smaller change in momentum
B) exerts a much smaller impulse
C) causes a much smaller change in kinetic energy
D) exerts a much smaller force
E) does much more work

57. A 4.0-N puck is traveling at 3.0 m/s. It strikes an 8.0-N puck, which is stationary. The two pucks stick together.
Their common final speed is:
A) 1.0 m/s
B) 1.5 m/s
C) 2.0 m/s
D) 2.3 m/s
E) 3.0 m/s

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58. A 160-N child sits on a light swing and is pulled back and held with a horizontal force of 100 N. The
magnitude of the tension force of each of the two supporting ropes is:
A) 60 N
B) 94 N
C) 120 N
D) 190 N
E) 260 N

59. A picture can be hung on a wall in three different ways, as shown. The tension in the string is:

A) least in I
B) greatest in I
C) greatest in II
D) least in III
E) greatest in III

60. A ladder leans against a wall. If the ladder is not to slip, which one of the following must be true?

A) The coefficient of friction between the ladder and the wall must not be zero
B) The coefficient of friction between the ladder and the floor must not be zero
C) Both A and B
D) Either A or B
E) Neither A nor B

61. A 960-N block is suspended as shown. The beam AB is weightless and is hinged to the wall at A. The tension
force of the cable BC has magnitude:

A) 720 N
B) 1200 N
C) 1280 N
D) 1600 N
E) none of these

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62. Which of the following groups does NOT contain a scalar quantity?
A) velocity, force, power
B) displacement, acceleration, force
C) acceleration, speed, work
D) energy, work, distance
E) pressure, weight, time

63. A good example of kinetic energy is provided by:

A) a wound-up clock spring
B) the raised weights of a grandfather's clock
C) a tornado
D) a gallon of gasoline
E) an automobile storage battery

64. If two objects are in thermal equilibrium with each other

A) they cannot be moving
B) they cannot be undergoing an elastic collision
C) they cannot have different pressures
D) they cannot be at different temperatures
E) they cannot be falling in the Earth's gravitational field

65. The air temperature on a summer day might be about:

A) 0°C
B) 10°C
C) 25°C
D) 80°C
E) 125°C

66. The two metallic strips that constitute some thermostats must differ in:
A) length
B) thickness
C) mass
D) rate at which they conduct heat
E) coefficient of linear expansion

67. Heat is:

A) energy transferred by virtue of a temperature difference
B) energy transferred by macroscopic work
C) energy content of an object
D) a temperature difference
E) a property objects have by virtue of their temperatures

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68. An object is undergoing simple harmonic motion. Throughout a complete cycle it:
A) has constant speed
B) has varying amplitude
C) has varying period
D) has varying acceleration
E) has varying mass

69. An object attached to one end of a spring makes 20 vibrations in 10s. Its period is:
A) 2 Hz
B) 10 s
C) 0.5 Hz
D) 2 s
E) 0.50 s

70. In simple harmonic motion:

A) the acceleration is greatest at the maximum displacement
B) the velocity is greatest at the maximum displacement
C) the period depends on the amplitude
D) the acceleration is constant
E) the acceleration is greatest at zero displacement

71. A sinusoidal wave is traveling toward the right as shown. Which letter correctly labels
the amplitude of the wave?

A) A
B) B
C) C
D) D
E) E

72. Let f be the frequency, v the speed, and T the period of a sinusoidal traveling wave. The
correct relationship is:
A) f = 1/T
B) f = v + T
C) f = vT
D) f = v/T
E) f = T/v

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73. The speed of a sound wave is determined by:
A) its amplitude
B) its intensity
C) its pitch
D) number of overtones present
E) the transmitting medium

74. A sound wave has a wavelength of 3.0 m. The distance from a compression center to the
adjacent rarefaction center is:
A) 0.75 m
B) 1.5 m
C) 3.0 m
D) need to know wave speed
E) need to know frequency

75. A fire whistle emits a tone of 170 Hz. Take the speed of sound in air to be 340 m/s. The
wavelength of this sound is about:
A) 0.5 m
B) 1.0 m
C) 2.0 m
D) 3.0 m
E) 340 m

76. "Beats" in sound refer to:

A) interference of two waves of the same frequency
B) combination of two waves of slightly different frequency
C) reversal of phase of reflected wave relative to incident wave
D) two media having slightly different sound velocities
E) effect of relative motion of source and observer

77. Which of the following properties of a sound wave determine its "pitch"?
A) amplitude
B) distance form source to detector
C) frequency
D) phase
E) speed

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78. A column of argon is open at one end and closed at the other. The shortest length of such
a column that will resonate with a 200 Hz tuning fork is 42.5 cm. The speed of sound in
argon must be:
A) 85.0 m/s
B) 170 m/s
C) 340 m/s
D) 470 m/s
E) 940 m/s

79. A 1024 Hz tuning fork is used to obtain a series of resonance levels in a gas column of
variable length, with one end closed and the other open. The length of the column
changes by 20 cm from resonance to resonance. From this data, the speed of sound in
this gas is:
A) 20 cm/s
B) 51 cm/s
C) 102 cm/s
D) 205 cm/s
E) 410 cm/s

80. If the speed of sound is 340 m/s, the shortest closed pipe which resonates at 218 Hz is:
A) 23 cm
B) 17 cm
C) 39 cm
D) 78 cm
E) 1.56 cm

81. A battery is connected across a series combination of two identical resistors. If the
potential difference across the terminals is V and the current in the battery is i, then:
A) the potential difference across each resistor is V and the current in each resistor is i
B) the potential difference across each resistor is V/2 and the current in each resistor is
i/2
C) the potential difference across each resistor is V and the current in each resistor is
i/2
D) the potential difference across each resistor is V/2 and the current in each resistor is
i
E) none of the above are true

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82. A battery is connected across a parallel combination of two identical resistors. If the
potential difference across the terminals is V and the current in the battery is i, then:
A) the potential difference across each resistor is V and the current in each resistor is i
B) the potential difference across each resistor is V/2 and the current in each resistor is
i/2
C) the potential difference across each resistor is V and the current in each resistor is
i/2
D) the potential difference across each resistor is V/2 and the current in each resistor is
i
E) none of the above are true

83. A total resistance of 3.0 Ω is to be produced by combining an unknown resistor R with a

12 Ω resistor. What is the value of R and how is it to be connected to the 12 Ω resistor?
A) 4.0 Ω, parallel
B) 4.0 Ω, series
C) 2.4 Ω, parallel
D) 2.4 Ω, series
E) 9.0 Ω, series

84. Four 20-Ω resistors are connected in parallel and the combination is connected to a 20-
V emf device. The current in the device is:
A) 0.25 A
B) 1.0 A
C) 4.0 A
D) 5.0 A
E) 100 A

85. Four 20-Ω resistors are connected in series and the combination is connected to a 20-V
emf device. The current in any one of the resistors is:
A) 0.25 A
B) 1.0 A
C) 4.0 A
D) 5.0 A
E) 100 A

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86. Each of the resistors in the diagram is 12 Ω. The resistance of the entire circuit is:

A) 5.76 Ω
B) 25 Ω
C) 48 Ω
D) 120 Ω
E) none of these

87. The resistance of resistor 1 is twice the resistance of resistor 2. The two are connected in
parallel and a potential difference is maintained across the combination. Then:
A) the current in 1 is twice that in 2
B) the current in 1 is half that in 2
C) the potential difference across 1 is twice that across 2
D) the potential difference across 1 is half that across 2
E) none of the above are true

88. In the diagram R1 > R2 > R3. Rank the three resistors according to the current in them,
least to greatest.

A) 1, 2, 3
B) 3, 2, 1
C) 1, 3, 2
D) 3, 1, 2
E) All are the same

89. Resistances of 2.0 Ω, 4.0 Ω, and 6.0 Ω and a 24-V emf device are all in series. The
potential difference across the 2.0-Ω resistor is:
A) 4 V
B) 8 V
C) 12 V
D) 24 V
E) 48 V

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90. The current in the 5.0-Ω resistor in the circuit shown is:

A) 0.42 A
B) 0.67 A
C) 1.5 A
D) 2.4 A
E) 3.0 A

91. A 3-Ω and a 1.5-Ω resistor are wired in parallel and the combination is wired in series to
a 4-Ω resistor and a 10-V emf device. The potential difference across the 3-Ω resistor is:
A) 2.0 V
B) 6.0 V
C) 8.0 V
D) 10 V
E) 12 V
92. A virtual image is one:
A) toward which light rays converge but do not pass through
B) from which light rays diverge but do not pass through
C) from which light rays diverge as they pass through
D) toward which light rays converge and pass through
E) with a ray normal to a mirror passing through it

93. When you stand in front of a plane mirror, your image is:
A) real, erect, and smaller than you
B) real, erect, and the same size as you
C) virtual, erect, and smaller than you
D) virtual, erect, and the same size as you
E) real, inverted, and the same size as you

94. The image produced by a convex mirror of an erect object in front of the mirror is
always:
A) virtual, erect, and larger than the object
B) virtual, erect, and smaller than the object
C) real, erect, and larger than the object
D) real, erect, and smaller than the object
E) none of the above

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95. An erect object is located between a concave mirror and its focal point. Its image is:
A) real, erect, and larger than the object
B) real, inverted, and larger than the object
C) virtual, erect, and larger than the object
D) virtual, inverted, and larger than the object
E) virtual, erect, and smaller than the object

96. As an object is moved from the center of curvature of a concave mirror toward its focal
point its image:
A) remains virtual and becomes larger
B) remains virtual and becomes smaller
C) remains real and becomes larger
D) remains real and becomes smaller
E) remains real and approaches the same size as the object

97. The image of an erect candle, formed using a convex mirror, is always:
A) virtual, inverted, and smaller than the candle
B) virtual, inverted, and larger than the candle
C) virtual, erect, and larger than the candle
D) virtual, erect, and smaller than the candle
E) real, erect, and smaller than the candle

98. The units of index of refraction are:

A) m/s
B) s/m
C) radian
D) m/s2
E) none of these

99. The diagram shows the passage of a ray of light from air into a substance X. The index
of refraction of X is:

A) 0.53
B) 0.88
C) 1.9
D) 2.2
E) 3.0

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100. If nwater = 1.33, what is the angle of refraction for the ray shown?

A) 19°
B) 22°
C) 36°
D) 42°
E) 48°

101. The index of refraction for diamond is 2.5. Which of the following is correct for the
situation shown?

A) (sin a)/(sin b) = 2.5

B) (sin b)/(sin d) = 2.5
C) (cos a)/(cos c) = 2.5
D) (sin a)/(sin c) = 1/(2.5)
E) a/c = 2.5

102. When light travels from medium X to medium Y as shown:

A) both the speed and the frequency decrease

B) both the speed and the frequency increase
C) both the speed and the wavelength decrease
D) both the speed and the wavelength increase
E) both the wavelength and the frequency are unchanged

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103. When light passes from air to glass, it bends:
A) toward the normal without changing speed
B) toward the normal and slows down
C) toward the normal and speeds up
D) away from the normal and slows down
E) away from the normal and speeds up

104. A ray of light passes through three media as shown. The speeds of light in these media
obey:

A) v1 > v2 > v3
B) v3 > v2 > v1
C) v3 > v1 > v2
D) v2 > v1 > v3
E) v1 > v3 > v2

105. As light goes from one medium to another, it is bent away from the normal. Then:
A) the speed of the light has increased
B) dispersion must occur
C) the second medium has a higher index of refraction
D) no change in speed has occurred
E) refraction has not occurred because refraction means a bending toward the normal

106. The index of refraction of a certain glass is 1.50. The sine of the critical angle for total
internal reflection at a glass-air interface is:
A) 0.50
B) 0.67
C) 0.75
D) 1.00
E) 1.50

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Answer Key

1. B 50. E 92. B
2. B 51. B 93. D
3. B 52. B 94. B
4. B 53. D 95. C
5. A 54. C 96. C
6. D 55. A 97. D
7. B 56. D 98. E
8. E 57. A 99. C
9. C 58. B 100. D
10. B 59. E 101. D
11. C 60. B 102. C
12. B 61. D 103. B
13. A 62. B 104. C
14. B 63. C 105. A
15. D 64. D 106. B
16. C 65. C
17. D 66. E
18. E 67. A
19. E 68. D
20. E 69. E
21. E 70. A
22. A 71. D
23. B 72. A
24. B 73. E
25. C 74. B
26. B 75. C
27. E 76. B
28. C 77. C
29. E 78. C
30. C 79. E
31. A 80. C
32. C 81. D
33. E 82. C
34. B 83. A
35. E 84. C
36. E 85. A
37. B 86. B
38. B 87. B
39. D 88. E
40. E 89. A
41. D 90. C
42. C 91. A
43. E
44. B
45. D
46. A
47. A
48. B

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