PHYS 107 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT
ANSWERS STUDY GUIDE AND COMPLETE EXAM
PREPARATION 2026/2027 LATEST
1. A ball is tossed vertically upward. At its highest point - CORRECT
ANSWER>>>>speed
equals zero and velocity equals zero
2. A worker with a mass of 100 kg stands on a 60 kg platform suspended at rest
by two ropes.
The tension in the first rope is measured to be 900 N. What's the tension in the
second rope? -
CORRECT ANSWER>>>>700 N
3. A Mack truck and a Volkswagen traveling at the same speed have a head-on
collision. The
vehicle that undergoes the greatest change in velocity will be the - CORRECT
ANSWER>>>>Volkswagon
4. In class, a wooden block was suspended from above by a string. A second
sting attached to
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,the bottom of the block hung below. When the lower string was pulled quickly,
the lower string
broke. This illustrated the block's - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>mass
5. A truck is moving at constant velocity. Inside the storage compartment, a
rock is dropped
from the midpoint of the ceiling just before the driver slams on the brakes. The
rock hits the floor - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>ahead of the midpoint of the
ceiling
6. Which of the following statements reflect Aristotle's views of motion? -
CORRECT ANSWER>>>>the sun circles the Earth, an object in its proper
place will not move unless acted on by a force, and heavier objects fall faster
7. An object is in mechanical equilibrium if the net force on it is - CORRECT
ANSWER>>>>zero
8. When an object falls through the air, its velocity increases and its acceleration
- CORRECT
ANSWER>>>>decreases
9. Consider a man standing behind a car and pushing it without being able to
move the car. Which of the following are an action-reaction force pair? -
CORRECT ANSWER>>>>a man pushing the car and the car pushing the man
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,10. You run 12 miles at 12 mi/hr, but then you get tired and walk 12 miles back
at 4 mi/hr. What's
your average speed for the entire trip? - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>6 mi/hr
11. A horse exerts 500 N of force on a heavy wagon. The wagon pulls back on
the horse with an equal force. The wagon still accelerates because - CORRECT
ANSWER>>>>nevertheless there is still an unbalanced force on the wagon
12. A large and a small person wish to parachute at equal terminal velocities.
The larger person
will have to - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>get a larger parachute
13. A falling skydiver of mass 100 kg experiences 70 N air resistance. The
acceleration of the
skydiver - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>0.3 kg
14. It takes 5 seconds for a stone to fall to the bottom of a mine shaft. How deep
is the shaft? -
CORRECT ANSWER>>>>about 125 m
When a book weighing 3 N is lying at rest on a table, the support force that the
table exerts
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, on the book is due to - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>electrical forces between
atoms in the book
and table
15. A block is dragged in a straight line path across a level surface by a force of
6 N. What's the
force of friction between the block and the surface if the block is speeding up? -
CORRECT
ANSWER>>>>less than 6 N
16. According to Galileo, the natural tendency of an object is to - CORRECT
ANSWER>>>>resist the change in motion
17. Newton's first law of motion: every object continues in its state of rest, or of
uniform motion
in a straight line, unless it is compelled to change that state by forces impressed
upon it. This law
is also called the law of - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>inertia
18. Which of the following theories was first published by Copernicus?
a. heavier objects fall faster
b. a force is required to change the motion of an object
c. the sun circles the Earth
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CORRECT
ANSWERS STUDY GUIDE AND COMPLETE EXAM
PREPARATION 2026/2027 LATEST
1. A ball is tossed vertically upward. At its highest point - CORRECT
ANSWER>>>>speed
equals zero and velocity equals zero
2. A worker with a mass of 100 kg stands on a 60 kg platform suspended at rest
by two ropes.
The tension in the first rope is measured to be 900 N. What's the tension in the
second rope? -
CORRECT ANSWER>>>>700 N
3. A Mack truck and a Volkswagen traveling at the same speed have a head-on
collision. The
vehicle that undergoes the greatest change in velocity will be the - CORRECT
ANSWER>>>>Volkswagon
4. In class, a wooden block was suspended from above by a string. A second
sting attached to
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,the bottom of the block hung below. When the lower string was pulled quickly,
the lower string
broke. This illustrated the block's - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>mass
5. A truck is moving at constant velocity. Inside the storage compartment, a
rock is dropped
from the midpoint of the ceiling just before the driver slams on the brakes. The
rock hits the floor - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>ahead of the midpoint of the
ceiling
6. Which of the following statements reflect Aristotle's views of motion? -
CORRECT ANSWER>>>>the sun circles the Earth, an object in its proper
place will not move unless acted on by a force, and heavier objects fall faster
7. An object is in mechanical equilibrium if the net force on it is - CORRECT
ANSWER>>>>zero
8. When an object falls through the air, its velocity increases and its acceleration
- CORRECT
ANSWER>>>>decreases
9. Consider a man standing behind a car and pushing it without being able to
move the car. Which of the following are an action-reaction force pair? -
CORRECT ANSWER>>>>a man pushing the car and the car pushing the man
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,10. You run 12 miles at 12 mi/hr, but then you get tired and walk 12 miles back
at 4 mi/hr. What's
your average speed for the entire trip? - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>6 mi/hr
11. A horse exerts 500 N of force on a heavy wagon. The wagon pulls back on
the horse with an equal force. The wagon still accelerates because - CORRECT
ANSWER>>>>nevertheless there is still an unbalanced force on the wagon
12. A large and a small person wish to parachute at equal terminal velocities.
The larger person
will have to - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>get a larger parachute
13. A falling skydiver of mass 100 kg experiences 70 N air resistance. The
acceleration of the
skydiver - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>0.3 kg
14. It takes 5 seconds for a stone to fall to the bottom of a mine shaft. How deep
is the shaft? -
CORRECT ANSWER>>>>about 125 m
When a book weighing 3 N is lying at rest on a table, the support force that the
table exerts
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, on the book is due to - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>electrical forces between
atoms in the book
and table
15. A block is dragged in a straight line path across a level surface by a force of
6 N. What's the
force of friction between the block and the surface if the block is speeding up? -
CORRECT
ANSWER>>>>less than 6 N
16. According to Galileo, the natural tendency of an object is to - CORRECT
ANSWER>>>>resist the change in motion
17. Newton's first law of motion: every object continues in its state of rest, or of
uniform motion
in a straight line, unless it is compelled to change that state by forces impressed
upon it. This law
is also called the law of - CORRECT ANSWER>>>>inertia
18. Which of the following theories was first published by Copernicus?
a. heavier objects fall faster
b. a force is required to change the motion of an object
c. the sun circles the Earth
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