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Extended TIme AP Physics Basic Skills Exam 2023

Total questions: 33

Worksheet time: 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of these is not a divider in your folder/binder?

a)

labs

b)

graded papers

c)

notes

d)

references

2.

What can you use to attach graphs and other extraneous bits of paper in your lab book instead of glue sticks?

a)

tape or staples

b)

a sewing machine set to length 7

c)

rocks

3.

All data tables should include what?

a)

units

b)

the name of the equipment

c)

a description of the experiment

d)

line of best fit

4.
Which of the columns in your lab book should be widest?
a)
date
b)
Title of the lab
c)
page
d)
lab partners
5.
It's fine to have one person in the group keep the data.  Everyone else just needs a graph.
a)
No
b)
Yes
6.
Set F = m1a equal to F = Gm1m2/r2 and solve for a.  What happens to m1?
a)

divides out

b)
it is squared
c)
it is doubled
7.
Set F = m1a equal to F = Gm1m2/r2 and solve for a. 
a)
a= Gm22/r2
b)
a = m2/r2
c)
a = Gm2/r2
8.
What is the sine of 35 degrees?
a)
1.74
b)
.574
c)
-.428
9.
How many significant digits are there in 300.0 N?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
10.

28 N/m x 100 m = ? with the correct number of significant digits using the rules of significant digits?

a)
2800 m
b)
2800.0 m
c)
3000 m
11.
Which of these is not a base unit for physics in the metric system?
a)
meter
b)

Liter

c)
joule
d)
second
12.

Convert 55 pounds into kg.

a)
121
b)

34

c)
24
d)

none of these is correct

13.

In a lab, your team determines the average stretch for new rubber band to be 3.78 cm when a 100.0 g mass is hung on it. The manufacturer's value is 3.75 cm. Calculate the percent difference.

a)

7.97 %

b)

.0797 %

c)

.797%

d)

none of these is correct

14.
Convert 62.5 mph to m/s
a)
27.9 m/s
b)
140. m/s
c)
39.0 m/s
15.
How many radians are in a circle?
a)
57.3
b)
2
c)
16.
A physics event takes 35 ms.  What is this in seconds?
a)
.35
b)
.035
c)
.0035
17.
Which of these prefixes is smallest?
a)
pico
b)
nano
c)
milli
d)
micro
18.
Which of these prefixes is largest?
a)
kilo
b)
tera
c)
giga
d)
mega
19.

Which of these types of error does not exist?

a)

human

b)

random

c)

experimental

d)

systemic

20.
What does truncate mean?
a)
to put in a box
b)
to box the answer
c)
chop off extraneous digits
d)
darkly color the circles on a bubble sheet
21.
Which of these might be causing systematic error in a lab?
a)
Your calculator needs new batteries
b)
The lab table warming up over time
c)
Your lab partner is talking to the group next to you
d)
blunted meter stick
22.
Which of these is a systematic error?
a)
guesstimating a value
b)
Not zeroing the balance before you start
c)
issues due to weather
23.
When do you use percent difference instead of percent error?
a)
When you don't have an accepted value.
b)
When the accepted value depends on location like gravity.
c)
When you need the value to be positive.
24.

In a lab, you drop a tennis ball from a railing.  The measured time is 1.292 seconds using the Seconds Count app.  The expected value is 1.248 s.  What is your percent error?

a)
-3.526 %
b)
-3.406 %
c)
3.406 %
d)
3.526 %
25.

What does a negative percent error mean?

a)

your data is low instead of high

b)

your data is high instead of low

26.

What is the shape of the line for the volume to mass for the candy buoyancy lab?

a)

linear sloping up

b)

linear - horizontal

c)

parabolic

d)

inverse

27.

What is the identity of the y intercept for the candy lab?

a)

volume of the floating beaker

b)

volume of the candies

c)

minimum number of candies

d)

maximum number of candies

28.

You have two composition notebooks for AP Physics 1. What are they ?

a)

graphing and labs

b)

homework problems and labs

c)

Physics Aviaries and labs

d)

homework and physics aviaries

29.

What percentage on an AP Physics exam is a 5?

a)

50%

b)

70%

c)

80%

d)

85%

30.

What is the tangent of 35 degrees?

a)
1.74
b)
.574
c)
-.428
d)

none of these is correct

31.

Which of these is a book Mrs. Dunigan wrote?

a)

An AP Physics supplement used in high shools all across America

b)

A victorian novel about a governess who falls in love with her employer only to discover he has a wife locked in the attic.

c)

A dystopian Young Adult novel about the installation of computer chips in the human brain.

d)

The teacher's edition of a high school physics text

32.

What is the primary safety rule in physics?

a)

if an electrical fire starts, use the fire extinguisher

b)

if a human is on fire, use a fire blanket

c)

Don't put your face over that

d)

if something enters your eye, use the eye wash station.

33.

In the candy container lab, you generate the following equation:

total mass = 1.258 g/candy (# candies) + 35.4 g

What is the mass of container with 51.0 candies? Do not include the unit of a gram. Go to 3 significant digits.