WorksheetsPre-Test: Physics for Engineers — Multiple Choice Extraction
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 11mins
Multiple Choice — choose the letter of the correct answer. Which of the following is a scalar quantity?
Velocity
Acceleration
Force
Mass
Multiple Choice — choose the letter of the correct answer. The SI unit of length is:
Centimeter
Meter
Kilometer
Millimeter
Multiple Choice — choose the letter of the correct answer. Which of the following is a vector quantity?
Distance
Speed
Displacement
Time
Multiple Choice — choose the letter of the correct answer. The slope of a displacement–time graph represents:
Acceleration
Speed
Velocity
Distance
Multiple Choice — choose the letter of the correct answer. What is the SI unit of force?
Joule
Pascal
Newton
Watt
Multiple Choice — choose the letter of the correct answer. An object moving at constant velocity has:
Increasing speed
Zero acceleration
Increasing acceleration
Decreasing velocity
Multiple Choice — choose the letter of the correct answer. Which law of motion explains inertia?
Newton’s First Law
Newton’s Second Law
Newton’s Third Law
Law of Gravitation
Multiple Choice — choose the letter of the correct answer. The equation F = ma represents:
Newton’s First Law
Newton’s Second Law
Newton’s Third Law
Law of Conservation of Energy
Multiple Choice — choose the letter of the correct answer. What happens to the acceleration of an object if the net force is doubled and mass is constant?
Halved
Doubled
Remains the same
Becomes zero
Multiple Choice — choose the letter of the correct answer. Which of the following best defines work in physics?
Force divided by distance
Force times distance in the direction of motion
Energy divided by time
Mass times velocity
Multiple Choice — choose the letter of the correct answer. The SI unit of work is:
Newton
Watt
Joule
Pascal
Multiple Choice — choose the letter of the correct answer. Which of the following is a form of kinetic energy?
Energy due to position
Stored energy
Energy due to motion
Heat energy
Multiple Choice — choose the letter of the correct answer. The formula for kinetic energy is:
mv
mgh
21mv2
Fd
Multiple Choice — choose the letter of the correct answer. What happens to kinetic energy if velocity is doubled?
Doubled
Tripled
Quadrupled
Halved
Multiple Choice — choose the letter of the correct answer. Which of the following is an example of potential energy?
Moving car
Flowing water
Raised hammer
Rolling ball
Multiple Choice — choose the letter of the correct answer. The SI unit of power is:
Joule
Newton
Watt
Pascal
Multiple Choice — choose the letter of the correct answer. Power is defined as:
Work multiplied by time
Work divided by time
Force divided by time
Energy multiplied by distance
Multiple Choice — choose the letter of the correct answer. Which quantity measures resistance to change in motion?
Weight
Density
Mass
Volume
Multiple Choice — choose the letter of the correct answer. The acceleration due to gravity on Earth is approximately:
4.9 m/s^2
8.9 m/s^2
9.8 m/s^2
10.8 m/s^2
Multiple Choice — choose the letter of the correct answer. Which graph best represents constant acceleration?
Horizontal velocity–time graph
Straight line velocity–time graph
Curved displacement–time graph
Horizontal displacement–time graph
Multiple Choice — choose the letter of the correct answer. Density is defined as:
Mass × Volume
Volume ÷ Mass
Mass ÷ Volume
Weight ÷ Volume
Multiple Choice — choose the letter of the correct answer. The SI unit of density is:
kg/m^3
g/cm^3
N/m^3
kg/m^2
Multiple Choice — choose the letter of the correct answer. Which of the following increases when friction increases?
Speed
Acceleration
Resistance to motion
Kinetic energy
Multiple Choice — choose the letter of the correct answer. A freely falling object moves under the influence of:
Air resistance only
Gravity only
Applied force only
Friction only
Multiple Choice — choose the letter of the correct answer. What is the net force acting on an object at rest?
Maximum
Equal to its weight
Zero
Constant
Multiple Choice — choose the letter of the correct answer. Which law states that “for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction”?
Newton’s First Law
Newton’s Second Law
Newton’s Third Law
Law of Inertia
Multiple Choice — choose the letter of the correct answer. Momentum is equal to:
Force × Time
Mass × Acceleration
Mass × Velocity
Force × Distance
Multiple Choice — choose the letter of the correct answer. The SI unit of momentum is:
kg·m/s
N·m
kg/m^3
m/s2
Multiple Choice — choose the letter of the correct answer. Which of the following quantities is conserved in an isolated system?
Speed
Force
Energy
Acceleration
Which instrument is commonly used to measure time in physics experiments?
Ruler
Balance
Stopwatch
Vernier caliper
