Model Test- MCQ- Unit II- Forces

Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.

1. Which of the following devices can be used to measure force?

a. bathroom scale
b. spring scale
c. force sensor
d. all of the above
2. Which of the following best describes a free-body diagram?
a. a sketch showing all the objects involved in a situation
b. a diagram that represents a specific area drawn to scale
c. a simple drawing that shows all the forces acting on an object
d. a diagram showing the network of a multi-body system
3. Which of the following is a pulling force from a rope or a string on an object?
a. tension
b. normal force
c. applied force
d. gravitational force
4. In the following system diagram, which of the following can be considered a tension force?

a. the force of the boy pulling on the rope

b. the force of the girl pushing the wagon
c. the normal force on the wagon counteracting gravity.
d. the force of the rope pulling on the wagon
5. Which of the following forces always acts opposite to an object’s motion or attempted motion?
a. friction force
b. normal force
c. tension force
d. gravitational force
6. What is the force of gravity acting on a 1.0 kg object in free fall?
a. 4.9 N
b. 9.8 N
c. 9.8 N
d. 0 N
7. Which of the following best describes the net force?
a. the sum of all forces acting on an object
b. the difference between the normal force and the gravitational force
c. the resultant force from a pull against the force of friction
d. the force resulting from a net or cage
8. Which of the following scientists first performed experiments that helped clear up misconceptions about force
and motion?
a. Galileo
b. Huygens
c. Aristotle
d. Einstein
9. Which of the following best describes inertia?
a. the property of matter that causes it to resist changes in motion
b. the property of matter that causes gravitational attraction
c. the property of matter that causes atoms to form
d. the property of matter that creates magnetism
10. A non-zero net force acting on an object can have which of the following effects on the object?
a. The velocity of the object can decrease.
b. The velocity of the object can change direction.
c. The velocity of the object can increase.
d. all of the above
11. Determine and if the object is to remain at rest.

a. N; N
b. N; N
c. N; N
d. N; N

12. Which of the following objects has the most inertia?

a. a car
b. a laptop
c. a molecule
d. a pen
13. How does a G-suit counteract the effects of inertia on astronauts?
a. It allows an astronaut to change direction if they are floating away in space.
b. It exerts pressure on the legs to squeeze blood upwards to the brain.
c. It creates a downward gravitational force so that they can stand in the space station.
d. It creates a magnetic field that slows down the particles radiated from the Sun.
14. A 2100 kg car experiences a force of 5500 N [S] from the engine and a frictional
force of 701 N [N]. What is the acceleration of the car?
a. 2.4 m/s2
b. 2.2 m/s2
c. 2.3 m/s2
d. 2.5 m/s2

15. The following object has a mass of 320 kg. Determine the acceleration of the object.

a. 4 m/s2 [Upward]
b. 6 m/s2 [Upward]
c. 5 m/s2 [Upward]
d. 3 m/s2 [Upward]
16. A student pushes a box to the left across a rough floor. Which of the following free-body diagrams can be
used for this situation?
a.

b.
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d.

17. Two students are playing tug of war. Student A has a mass of 54 kg and is pulling with a force of 320 N to the
left. Student B has a mass of 61 kg and is pulling with a force of 290 N to the right. Determine the
acceleration of the students.
a. 0.26 m/s2
b. 0.21 m/s2
c. 0.17 m/s2
d. 0.29 m/s2
18. The weight in the following diagram has a mass of 0.50 kg and the cart has a mass of 0.26 kg. Friction is
negligible. What is the acceleration of the cart?

a. 9.3 m/s2
b. 7.2 m/s2
c. 8.1 m/s2
d. 6.4 m/s2
19. A 156 g hockey puck is initially travelling with a speed of 18 m/s. The force of friction acting on the puck is
0.30 N. If no other forces act on the hockey puck, how far will it slide before coming to rest?
a. 168 m
b. 84 m
c. 42 m
d. 21 m
20. In the following diagram the bottom block is being pulled downward with a force of 15 N. Calculate the
tension in rope A if the mass of the top block is 2.0 kg and the mass of the bottom block is 5.0 kg.

a. 72 N
b. 69 N
c. 64 N
d. 84 N
21. Two ice skaters are standing in the middle of the rink. Skater A has a mass of 65 kg, while skater B has a
mass of 72 kg. Skater A pushes off skater B and accelerates at a rate of 1.6 m/s2. What is the acceleration of
skater B?
a. 1.3 m/s2
b. 1.5 m/s2
c. 1.4 m/s2
d. 1.6 m/s2
22. A 0.500 kg mass gives a reading of 4.91 N when held by a spring scale. What is the gravitational field
strength at this location?
a. 5.07
b. 4.81
c. 4.91
d. 5.02
23. Which of the following is a measure of the force of gravity acting on an object?
a. weight
b. mass
c. inertia
d. volume
24. Which of the following will change the mass of an object?
a. placing the object in a vacuum
b. changing the location
c. changing the gravitational field strength
d. none of the above
25. If a person has a mass of 60 kg on Earth, what would be their mass on the Moon?
a. 60 kg
b. 30 kg
c. 115 kg
d. 90 kg
26. A 69 kg person is standing on a bathroom scale (calibrated in newtons) in the middle of an elevator.
Determine the reading on the scale when the elevator is moving downward at a constant rate of 2.2 m/s.
a. 520 N
b. 480 N
c. 680 N
d. 720 N
27. A 15 kg box sits on top of a 24 kg box in the middle of an elevator. Calculate the normal force acting on the
bottom box from the floor when the elevator is accelerating downward at a rate of 2.2 m/s2.
a. 2.2 N
b. 3.8 N
c. 3.0 N
d. 4.7 N
28. A person drops a 22 kg box on a scale which for a short time reads 255 N. Determine the acceleration of the
box as it hits the scale.
a. 2.4 m/s2
b. 1.8 m/s2
c. 2.2 m/s2
d. 2.0 m/s2
29. What type of friction does a plane experience when in flight?
a. rolling friction
b. static friction
c. air resistance
d. none of the above
30. The force of surface friction acting on an object depends on which of the following?
a. the colour of the object
b. the surface area of the object
c. the shape of the object
d. the mass of the object
31. Why can determining the coefficient of friction between a pair of materials be difficult?
a. The materials may vary in roughness.
b. The materials may not be clean.
c. The materials may change in wetness.
d. all of the above
32. What force is required to keep a steel block in motion, if the steel block weighs 22 kg and is sliding on ice?
The coefficient of static friction for steel on ice is 0.10 and the coefficient of kinetic friction for steel on ice is
0.020.
a. 0.44 N
b. 22 N
c. 4.3 N
d. 2.2 N
33. Two students want to determine the coefficient of kinetic friction of leather on oak for an experiment in their
physics class. They have a block wrapped in leather that weighs 2.2 kg and notice that when they pull the
block with a spring scale, the maximum force it reaches before the block starts to move is 13 N, and after the
block starts to move the scale reads 11 N. What is the coefficient of kinetic friction?
a. 5.9
b. 0.51
c. 5.0
d. 0.60
34. In which of the following situations would you want to minimize friction?
a. creating brakes for a bicycle
b. playing ice hockey
c. designing the grip for a weightlifting device
d. designing track running shoes
35. A student pulls a sled carrying a box with a force of 51 N. The sled weighs 12 kg and has a coefficient of
friction of 0.36 with the ground. What is the acceleration of the sled? Assume the coefficient of static friction
and kinetic friction are the same.
a. 0.54 m/s2
b. 0.82 m/s2
c. 0.65 m/s2
d. 0.72 m/s2
36. The coefficient of static friction between the ground and the soles of a runner’s shoes is 0.98. What is the
maximum speed in which the runner can accelerate without slipping if they have a mass of 73 kg?
a. 9.4 m/s2
b. 10.0 m/s2
c. 9.6 m/s2
d. 9.8 m/s2
37. A child wearing socks is trying to see how far he can slide across his kitchen floor.
If he weighs 48 kg and the coefficient of friction between him and the floor is 0.51, how far can he slide with
an initial velocity of 7.8 m/s?
a. 5.6 m
b. 5.8 m
c. 6.0 m
d. 6.2 m
38. A mom is pulling her son and daughter who are sitting in two sleds that are connected by a rope. The mass of
the girl and sled 1 is 54 kg, the mass of the boy and sled 2 is 61 kg. The mom is pulling so that the sleds move
at a constant velocity. If the coefficient of kinetic friction between the sleds and the ice is 0.24, what is the
tension in the string between them?

a. 170 N
b. 140 N
c. 150 N
d. 160 N
39. A dad is pulling his son and a load of groceries on two sleds that are connected by a rope. The mass of the
boy and sled 1 is 46 kg, and the mass of the groceries and sled 2 is 51 kg. The dad is pulling so that the sleds
accelerate at a rate of 0.56 m/s2. If the coefficient of kinetic friction between the sleds and the ice is 0.18, what
is the tension in the string between them?

a. 1.0 N
b. 1.1 N
c. 9.0 N
d. 1.2 N
40. A 5.0 kg block is attached to a weight with a mass of 2.2 kg. The coefficient of kinetic friction between the
block and the table is 0.56. What is the acceleration of the block? Assume that it starts slightly in motion.

a. 2.7 m/s2
b. 2.1 m/s2
c. 2.3 m/s2
d. 2.5 m/s2
41. For which of the following items will the friction increase with an increasing surface area?
a. wooden sleds
b. steel skates
c. tires
d. plastic skis
42. Which of the following is designed to increase friction?
a. golf club grips
b. fluid bearings
c. near-frictionless carbon
d. ice skates