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Problem Set
1. A submarine operates at a depth of 1000 m. What force would be exerted by the seawater (sp. gr. 1.025) on an observation
window, 0.10 meters in radius?
a. 163 kN b. 316 kN c. 361 kN d. 613 kN

2. A buoyant force of 26 N acts on a piece of quartz that is completely immersed in ethyl alcohol (sp. gr. 0.789). What is the volume
of quartz?
a. 2400 cm3 b. 3400 cm3 c. 4400 cm3 d. 5400 cm3

3. A solid, square wooden raft has an area of 16 m2 and is 0.30 m thick. The density of the wood in the raft is 550 kg/m 3. Does the
raft float in water?
a. Yes b. No c. Sometimes d. Don’t know

4. A geologist finds that a rock having a mass of 8.20 kg in air has an apparent mass of 6.18 kg when submerged in water. What is
the density of the rock?
a. 1 g/cm3 b. 2 g/cm3 c. 3 g/cm3 d. 4 g/cm3

5. What is the area of the smallest block of ice 0.5 m thick that will just support a man weighing 100 kg? The specific gravity of ice is
0.9 and it is floating in fresh water.
a. 1 m2 b. 1.5 m2 c. 2 m2 d. 2.5 m2

6. The end of a stretched rope is being vibrated up and down at 120 Hz. A “snapshot” of the wave indicates a wavelength of 0.50 m.
What is the speed of the wave?
a. 60 m/s b. 120 m/s c. 180 m/s d. 240 m/s

7. One end of a horizontal string is attached to a prong of an electrically-driven tuning fork whose frequency of vibration is 240
vib/sec. The other end passes over a pulley and supports a weight of 6 lb. The linear weight density of the string is 0.0133 lb/ft.
What is the speed of the transverse wave in the string?
a. 60 ft/s b. 80 ft/s c. 100 ft/s d. 120 ft/s

8. What is the wavelength?

a. 0.25 ft b. 0.33 ft c. 0.42 ft d. 0.5 ft

9. A steel wire 2 m long has a mass of 20 g and is stretched with a tension of 1000 N. What is the velocity of propagation of a
transverse wave in the wire?
a. 230 m/s b. 320 m/s c. 450 m/s d. 540 m/s

10. What is the total power output of a sound source with intensity of 0.050 W/m2 at a distance of 3.0 m from the source?
a. 1.4 W b. 3.3 W c. 5.7 W d. 7.2 W

11. Calculate the speed of sound in hydrogen at 27°C.

a. 350 m/s b. 1120 m/s c. 1320 m/s d. 1870 m/s

12. Calculate the speed of sound in helium at 30°C.

a. 350 m/s b. 940 m/s c. 1020 m/s d. 1460 m/s

13. By how much would the sound intensity decrease when a listener moves from a location 20 ft from the source to 200 ft from the
source of sound?
a. 5 times b. 10 times c. 50 times d. 100 times

14. What is the intensity of a 4.0 W sound source at 2.0 m?

a. 0.08 W/m2 b. 0.12 W/m2 c. 0.16 W/m2 d. 0.20 W/m2

15. If the intensity from a sound source is 4.0 x 10-3 W/m2 at 12 m, what will the intensity be at 4.0 m?
a. 0.012 W/m2 b. 0.036 W/m2 c. 0.12 W/m2 d. 0.36 W/m2

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16. Most people experience pain at sound levels above 100 dB. What is the intensity associated with 100 dB?
a. 0.0001 W/m2 b. 0.001 W/m2 c. 0.01 W/m2 d. 0.1 W/m2

17. A fixed source emits sound of frequency 1000 Hz. What is the frequency as heard by an observer moving towards the source at a
constant speed of 20 m/s? The speed of sound is 340 m/s.
a. 940 Hz b. 970 Hz c. 1030 Hz d. 1060 Hz

18. What is the apparent frequency of a siren emitting a 300 Hz sinusoidal signal that is moving away from you at 50 m/s?
a. 226 Hz b. 262 Hz c. 344 Hz d. 368 Hz

19. How many excess electrons must be placed on each of two spheres spaced 3 cm apart if the force of repulsion between the
spheres is 10-19 N?
a. 125 b. 625 c. 3125 d. 15625

20. An electric field of 1.0 ×103 V/m and a magnetic field of 0.35 T act on a stream of electrons so as to produce zero net force. What
is the speed of the electrons?
a. 2860 m/s b. 3220 m/s c. 3500 m/s d. 3990 m/s

21. Calculate the magnetic field 7.0 m below a power line carrying 12000 of current.
a. 1.6 x 10-4 T b. 2.2 x 10-4 T c. 2.8 x 10-4 T d. 3.4 x 10-4 T

22. A wire 100 m long and 2 mm in diameter has a resistivity of 4.8 x 10-8 Ω-m. What is the resistance of the wire?
a. 1.5 ohms b. 2 ohms c. 2.5 ohms d. 3 ohms

23. An object is placed in front of a concave mirror, 30 cm from the mirror's focal point. The image formed by the mirror is four times
farther away from the focal point. Calculate the focal length of the mirror.
a. 20 cm b. 30 cm c. 40 cm d. 50 cm

24. A concave mirror is to form an image of the filament of a headlight lamp on a screen 4 m from the mirror. The filament is 5 mm
high, and the image is to be 40 cm high. What should be the radius of curvature of the mirror?
a. 6.77 cm b. 7.67 cm c. 8.98 cm d. 9.88 cm

25. Which of the following best describes the image formed by a plane mirror?
a. Virtual, inverted and enlarged c. Virtual, upright and the same size as object
b. Real, inverted and reduced d. Real, upright and the same size as object

26. When the image of an object is seen in a concave mirror the image will ____.
a. Always be real c. Be either real or virtual
b. Always be virtual d. Will always be magnified

27. A ray of light is incident on a reflecting surface at 70° with respect to the surface. What is the angle of the reflected ray?
a. 20° with respect to the normal c. 35° with respect to the normal
b. 20° with respect to the surface d. 35° with respect to the surface

28. What is the angle of refraction for a light ray in air incident on glass at an angle of 35°? Index for glass is 1.62.
a. 14° b. 21° c. 28° d. 35°

29. Find the critical angle for a fiber optic material with index 1.50.
a. 28.6° b. 33.7° c. 41.8° d. 48.2°

30. Determine the speed of light (in m/s) travelling through soda-lime glass if the refractive index at a given instant is equal to 1.5.
a. 1.33 x 108 m/s c. 4.5 x 108 m/s
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b. 2 x 10 m/s d. 6.75 x 108 m/s

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