Concept Mastery Test Bank: College Physics Ninth Edition by Serway & Vuille

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 Introduction

1. Motion in One Dimension
2. Vectors and Two-Dimensional Motion
3. The Laws of Motion
4. Energy
5. Momentum and Collisions
6. Rotational Motion and the Law of Gravity
7. Rotational Equilibrium and Rotational Dynamics
8. Solids and Fluids
9. Thermal Physics
10. Energy in Thermal Processes
11. The Laws of Thermodynamics
12. Vibrations and Waves
13. Sound
14. Electric Forces and Electric Fields
15. Electric Potential
16. Electric Circuits
17. Magnetism
18. Electromagnetic Induction
19. Electromagnetic Waves
20. Optics and Optical Instruments
21. Interference and Diffraction
22. Relativity
23. Quantum Physics
24. Atomic Physics
25. Nuclear Physics

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VOLUME 1& 2

,Concept Mastery Test Bank: College Physics Ninth Edition by Serway
& Vuille

Chapter 1—Introduction

MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. Since 1983 the standard meter has been defined in terms of which of the following?
a.□specific alloy bar housed at Sevres, France
b.□wavelength of light emitted by krypton-86
c.□distance from the Earth's equator to the
North Pole
d.□the distance light travels in a certain fraction
of a second

ANS: D PTS: 1 DIF: 1
TOP: 1.1 Standards of Length, Mass, and Time

2. Since 1967 the standard definition for the second has been based on which of the following?
a.□characteristic frequency of the cesium-133
atom
b.□average solar day
c.□sidereal day
d.□Greenwich Civil Time
ANS: A PTS: 1 DIF: 1
TOP: 1.1 Standards of Length, Mass, and Time

3. In mechanics, physicists use three basic quantities to derive additional quantities. Mass is one of the three
quantities. What are the other two?
a.□length and force
b.□power and force
c.□length and time
d.□force and time
ANS: C PTS: 1 DIF: 1
TOP: 1.1 Standards of Length, Mass, and Time

4. The prefixes which are abbreviated p, n, and G represent which of the following?
a.□102, 106, and 1015
b.□109, 106, and 1010
c.□1012, 109, and 109
d.□1015, 106, and 1012
ANS: C PTS: 1 DIF: 1
TOP: 1.1 Standards of Length, Mass, and Time

5. The ratio M/m of the prefixes M and m has what value?
a.□103

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, b.□106
c.□109
d.□1018




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