WGU C165 Physics Assessment
Integrated Physical Science Exam
Questions and Answers
1. A car is moving forward and its brakes are being applied.
Which of the following is true?
A. The car's velocity is forward, and its acceleration is forward.
B. The car's velocity is backward, and its acceleration is forward.
C. The car's velocity is backward, and its acceleration is backward.
D. The car's velocity is forward, and its acceleration is backward.
Answer D. The car's velocity is forward, and its acceleration is backward.
2. A car moves forward along a
horizontal road in a straight line at constant speed. The net force
on the car is .
Answer zero
3. You are pushing a file cabinet across a floor in a straight line at
a constant speed. Which of the following can you correctly
conclude about the forces acting on the file cabinet?
A. If you were to exert twice as much force on the file cabinet,
it would slide across the floor at twice its original speed.
B. The force that you are exerting on the file cabinet is greater
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, than the force that friction is exerting on it.
C. The force that you are exerting on the file cabinet is greater than
the force of friction with the cabinet's weight.
D. The force that you are exerting on the file cabinet is equal and
opposite to the force that friction is exerting on it.
Answer D. The force that you are exerting on the file cabinet is equal and opposite to
the force that friction is exerting on it.
4. Inertia is an
object's .
Answer tendency to remain stationary or continue moving in the same way.
5. The mass of
an object measures .
Answer the amount of matter in an object.
6. Which of the following is used to increase friction?
A. spraying a lubricant onto a squeaky wheel
B. scattering sand on icy roads
C. waxing floors
Answer B. scattering sand on icy roads
7. Th
e force that slows down a person falling is called .
Answer air resistance
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Integrated Physical Science Exam
Questions and Answers
1. A car is moving forward and its brakes are being applied.
Which of the following is true?
A. The car's velocity is forward, and its acceleration is forward.
B. The car's velocity is backward, and its acceleration is forward.
C. The car's velocity is backward, and its acceleration is backward.
D. The car's velocity is forward, and its acceleration is backward.
Answer D. The car's velocity is forward, and its acceleration is backward.
2. A car moves forward along a
horizontal road in a straight line at constant speed. The net force
on the car is .
Answer zero
3. You are pushing a file cabinet across a floor in a straight line at
a constant speed. Which of the following can you correctly
conclude about the forces acting on the file cabinet?
A. If you were to exert twice as much force on the file cabinet,
it would slide across the floor at twice its original speed.
B. The force that you are exerting on the file cabinet is greater
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, than the force that friction is exerting on it.
C. The force that you are exerting on the file cabinet is greater than
the force of friction with the cabinet's weight.
D. The force that you are exerting on the file cabinet is equal and
opposite to the force that friction is exerting on it.
Answer D. The force that you are exerting on the file cabinet is equal and opposite to
the force that friction is exerting on it.
4. Inertia is an
object's .
Answer tendency to remain stationary or continue moving in the same way.
5. The mass of
an object measures .
Answer the amount of matter in an object.
6. Which of the following is used to increase friction?
A. spraying a lubricant onto a squeaky wheel
B. scattering sand on icy roads
C. waxing floors
Answer B. scattering sand on icy roads
7. Th
e force that slows down a person falling is called .
Answer air resistance
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