Republic of the Philippines

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHEASTERN PHILIPPINES

College of Agriculture and Related Sciences
Department of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering

Final Examination
BES 117: Engineering Mechanics-Dynamics 2nd sem 2020-2021

NAME _______________________ COURSE/YEAR/SECTION _____________________ DATE ____________

TEST I. MULTIPLE CHOICE. CHOOSE the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.
ENCIRCLE the letter of your choice. NO ERASURE(S).

1. A mass is dropped from a height of 4.00 m onto a spring with a spring constant of 120 N/m. If the spring
compresses by a maximum amount of 1.25 m, what is the mass of the object?
a. 15.0 kg b. 4.80 kg c. 1.82 kg d. 1.50 kg
2. What was the speed of the mass in item #1 when the spring was compressed a distance of 0.500 m?
a. 84.6 m/s b. 60 m/s c. 18.2 m/s d. 8.46 m/s
3. What is the work done by friction in slowing a 10.5-kg block traveling at 5.85 m/s to a complete stop in a distance
of 9.65 m?
a. 169.7 J b. 179.7 J c. 189.7 J d. 199.7 J
4. What is the coefficient of kinetic friction in item #3?
a. 0.20 b. 0.18 c. 0.17 d. 0.15
5. A 220-kg motorcycle is cruising at 14 m/s. What is the total work that must be done on the motorcycle to increase
its speed to 19 m/s?
a. 15,000 J b. 16,500 J c. 18,000 J d. 18,500 J
6. A loaded truck collides with a car causing a large damage to the car. Which of the following is true about the
collision?
a. The force on the truck is greater than the force on the car.
b. The force on the car is greater than the force on the truck.
c. The force on the truck is the same in magnitude as the force on the car.
d. During the collision, the truck has a greater displacement than the car.
e. During the collision, the truck has a greater acceleration then the car.
7. An elevator car weighs 5500 N. If the car accelerates upwards at a rate of 4.0 m/s, what is the tension in the
support cable lifting the car? Use g = 10 m/s2.
a. 1600 N b. 3,300 N c. 4,400 N d. 7,700 N
8. A block of mass 4m can move without friction on a horizontal table (Refer to figure below). This block is attached
to another block of mass m by a string that passes over a frictionless pulley. If the masses of the string and the
pulley are negligible, what is the magnitude of the acceleration of the descending block?
a. g/5 b. g/4 c. g/3 d. 2g/3

9. Multi-Correct. Students will need to select all the correct answers to the question below in order to earn credit.
(Right minus Wrong).
Which of the following are true about kinetic friction and the static friction forces?
a. Kinetic friction force is constant during an object’s motion.
b. Static friction force does not change with an applied force.
c. The coefficient of static friction is greater than the coefficient of kinetic friction.
d. The coefficient of static friction is less than the coefficient of kinetic friction.
10. Multi-Correct. Students will need to select all the correct answers to the question below in order to earn credit.
(Right minus Wrong).
Which of the following is an inertial reference frame?
a. Amusement Park carousel
b. Automobile traveling at a constant velocity.
c. Automobile rounding a curve at a constant speed.
d. Spaceship traveling at a constant speed in a straight line.
11. Two masses collide in a perfectly inelastic collision. What is the velocity of the combined mass after collision?
Given: m1 = 4m2 v1= 10 m/s v2 = -20 m/s
a. -5 m/s b. 0 c. 4 m/s d. 10 m/s
12. Which one of the following statements describes perfectly inelastic collision?
a. The kinetic energy is conserved.
b. The masses collide and then separate from each other.
c. The kinetic energy and momentum are conserved.
d. Some of the kinetic energy is converted to another form.
13. A ball is dropped from an initial height h0. If the coefficient of restitution is 0.90, how high will the ball rebound?
a. 0.45h0 b. 0.81h0 c. 0.85h0 d. 0.90h0
14. Which one of the following statements describes a force that is “conservative”?
a. If the work of the given force is independent of the path.
b. If the work of the given force is dependent of the path.
c. If the work of the given force depends upon the starting and ending points on the path.
d. If the work of the given force depends upon the effect of gravity.
15. The principle of work and energy relates a change in the position of an object to the change in its ___.
a. momentum b. velocity c. time of motion d. All of the mentioned.
16. Suppose a car traveling at a speed v skids a distance d after its brakes lock. Estimate how far it would skid if it
were traveling at speed 2v when its brakes locked.
a. 2d b. d/2 c. 4d d. d/4
17. Potential energy always takes a system of at least ___ interacting object(s).
a. one b. two c. three d. four
18. In any isolated system of objects interacting only through conservative forces, the total mechanical energy of
the system remains the same at all times.
a. True b. False
19. A glass ball is dropped on smooth horizontal floor from a height H meters and after the first bounce it attains a
height of 11.2 m and after successive fourth bounce, it attains a height of 2.9 m. What is the value of the coefficient
of restitution?
a. 0.75 b. 0.78 c. 0.80 d. 0.82
20. A ball is dropped from a height ho = 5.0 m on a smooth floor. Knowing that the height of the first bounce is h1 =
300 cm, what is the expected height after the third bounce?
a. 201 cm b. 185 cm c. 124 cm d. 108 cm
21. A 0.046-kg marble attains a velocity of 76 m/s in a slingshot. Contact with the slingshot is 1/25 of a second. What
is the average force on the marble during the launch?
a. 74.8 N b. 84.7 N c. 85.0 N d. 87.4 N
22. A car and a large truck traveling at the same speed collide head-on and stick together. Which vehicle experiences
the larger change in the magnitude of its momentum?
a. the car b. the truck
c. the change in the magnitude of momentum is the same for both.
d. Impossible to determine.
23. A boy standing at one end of a floating raft that is stationary relative to the shore walks the opposite end of the
raft, away from the shore. As a consequence, the raft
a. remains stationary.
b. moves away from the shore.
c. moves toward the shore.
d. It depends on the amount of force applied by the boy.
24. In an elastic collision, momentum is conserved as well as the kinetic energy.
a. True b. False
25. The momentum of an isolated system is conserved in all collisions. However, the kinetic energy of an isolated
system is conserved only when the collision is ___.
a. inelastic b. elastic c. perfectly inelastic d. rigidly elastic
26. A bullet with mass 5.00 g is fired horizontally into a 2.000-kg block attached to a horizontal spring. The spring
has a constant 6.00 x 102 N/m and reaches a maximum compression of 6.00 cm. What is the initial speed of the
bullet-block system?
a. 1.04 m/s b. 2.52 m/s c. 10.5 m/s d. 14.0 m/s
27. What is the speed of the bullet in item #26?
a. 350 m/s b. 417 m/s c. 557 m/s d. 671 m/s
28. An object of mass m moves to the right with a speed v. It collides head-on with an object of mass 3m moving
with a speed v/3 in the opposite direction. If the two objects stick together, what is the speed of the combined
object, of mass 4m, after the collision?
a. 0 b. v/2 c. v d. 2v
29. The 100-lb crate is released from rest on the inclined surface at time t = 0. The coefficient of kinetic friction
between the crate and the surface is μk = 0.18.

What is the magnitude of the linear impulse due to the forces acting on the crate from t = 0 to t = 2 s?
a. 55.8 lb-s b. 62.5 lb-s c. 68.8 lb-s d. 71.6 lb-s
30. Refer to item # 29: How fast is the crate moving at t = 2 s?
a. 20.2 ft/s b. 22.2 ft/s c. 23.4 ft/s d. 24.2 ft/s
31. A 120-lb woman (refer to the figure below) rides a 15-lb bicycle up a 3% slope at a constant speed of 5 ft/s.

How much power must be developed by the woman?

a. 18.5 ft-lb/s b. 20.2 ft-lb/s c. 62.4 ft-lb/s d. 118.7 ft-lb/s
32. A ball rolls off a table and hits the floor at 5 m/s. What is the height of the table?
a. 1.25 m b. 1.35 m c. 1.45 m d. 1.55 m
33. A person of mass 70 kg runs up a flight of stairs with a vertical height of 5 m. If the trip takes 7 s to complete,
how much power was expended?
a. 3500 W b. 750 W c. 500 W d. 450 W
34. A vehicle of mass 5,000 kg changes velocity from 2 m/s to 6 m/s. What is the change in momentum?
a. 40,000 kg-m/s b. 30,000 kg-m/s c. 20,000 kg-m/s d. 10,000 kg-m/s
35. The law of conservation of momentum is true regardless of any energy changes that may occur.
a. True b. False
36. In elastic collisions the total kinetic energy before and after collisions is unchanged and so one can use both
conservation of energy and momenta.
a. True b. False
37. A 100-kg weightlifter performs a lift called a clean and jerk, raising a 190-kg bar from the ground to a height of
1.9 m in a time of 1.8 s. What is his output power?
a. 3,540 W b. 2,800 W c. 2,000 W d. 1,850 W
40. Four students run up the stairs in the times shown. Rank in order, from largest to smallest, their power outputs
PA through PD.

a. PB > PA > PC > PD b. PA > PC > PD > PB c. PB > PD = PC > PA d. PB > PA = PC > PD
41. A mass-spring system makes 20 complete oscillations in 5 seconds. What is the period of the oscillations?
a. 0.25 s b. 0.50 s c. 2 s d. 4 s
For items 42- 46: Refer to the following problem.
A 0.5-kg mass is attached to a horizontal spring which undergoes SHM. The graph of elastic potential energy (EPE)
as a function of position is shown below. The total energy of the oscillating system is 0.08 J.

42. What is the maximum displacement of the oscillating mass?

a. -0.05 m b. 0.05 m c. -0.10 m d. 0.10 m
43. What is the potential energy at the position of 2 cm?
a. 0.0128 J b. 0.028 J c. 0.0672 J d. 0.080 J
44. What is the kinetic energy at the position of 2 cm?
a. 0.0128 J b. 0.028 J c. 0.0672 J d. 0.080 J
45. Where is the location of the oscillating mass when its potential energy is 0.07 J?
a. 4.0 cm b. 4.5 cm c. 4.7 cm d. 4.8 cm
46. What is the period of oscillations?
a. 0.1576 s b. 0.1656 s c. 0.1725 s d. 0.1756 s
For items 47- 51: Refer to the following problem.
A 1.75-kg particle moves as a function of time as follows:

x = 4 cos(1.33t + π/5), where distance is measured in meters and time in seconds.

47. What is the amplitude?
a. 1.33 m b. π/5 m c. 4 m d. 5.32 m
48. What is the frequency?
a. 0.211/s b. 0.628/s c. 1.33/s d. 4.724/s
49. What is the period of this motion?
a. 0.211 s b. 0.628 s c. 1.33 s d. 4.724 s
50. What is the equation of the acceleration of this particle?
a. a = -5.32sin(1.33t + π/5) b. a = 5.32sin(1.33t + π/5)
c. a = -7.08cos(1.33t + π/5) d. a = 7.08cos(1.33t + π/5)
51. At what next time t > 0, will the object be at maximum amplitude?
a. 0.709 s b. 1.89 s c. 3.071 s d. 4.25 s
For item 52: Refer to the following problem.
A 100-g ball hangs from a 1-m long string. Its swing is shown at t = 0 and it is moving to the right.

52. What is the phase constant Ф0 in degrees?

a. 126.90 b. 233.40 c. 236.10 d. 326.40
53. A block on the end of a spring is pulled to position x = A and released. Through what total distance does it travel
in one full cycle of its motion?
a. A/2 b. A c. 2A d. 4A
54. For a simple harmonic oscillator, which of the following pairs of vector quantities cannot be both point in the
same direction?
a. position and velocity b. velocity and acceleration
c. position and acceleration d. None of the mentioned
55. If the amplitude of a system moving in simple harmonic motion is doubled, which of the following quantities
does not change?
a. total energy b. maximum speed c. maximum acceleration d. period
56. Using a pendulum of length 0.171 m, a geologist counts 72.0 complete swings in a time of 60.0 s. What is the
value of g in this location?
a. 9.67 m/s2 b. 9.73 m/s2 c. 9.79 m/s2 d. 9.80 m/s2
57. The period of a simple pendulum does not depend on the mass, but only on the pendulum’s length and on the
angular velocity.
a. True b. False
58. A pendulum does not exhibit true simple harmonic motion for any angle.
a. True b. False
For items 59 - 62: Refer to the following problem.
A mass of 1.4 kg is attached to a horizontal spring with a spring constant of 75 N/m. The spring is stretched from
equilibrium position by 5 cm and released.
59. What is the maximum elastic potential energy?
a. 0.0738 J b. 0.0838 J c. 0.0938 J d. 0.1038 J
60. What is the maximum kinetic energy?
a. 0.0738 J b. 0.0838 J c. 0.0938 J d. 0.1038 J
61. What is the maximum speed of the mass?
a. 0.2352 m/s b. 0.3660 m/s c. 0.3895 m/s d. 0.4170 m/s
62. At which point the maximum speed will be reached?
a. x = 0 b. x = 0.025 m c. x = 0.050 m d. 0.075 m
63. Consider a spring that is standing on end in the vertical position. You place 100 grams on the spring and it
compresses a distance of 9.8 cm. If an additional 200 grams are placed on top of the 100 gram mass, how much
will the spring compress?
a. 9.8 cm b. 19.6 cm c. 96.04 cm d. 105.8 cm
64. When waves meet crest to crest and trough to trough, they undergo destructive interference.
a. True b. False
65. A mass vibrates on the end of the spring. The mass is replaced with another mass and the frequency of oscillation
doubles. The mass was changed by a factor of ___.
a. ¼ b. ½ c. 2 d. 4
66. A particle executes SHM. When the velocity of the particle is a maximum which one of the following gives the
correct values of potential energy and acceleration of the particle?
a. Potential energy is maximum and acceleration is maximum.
b. Potential energy is maximum and acceleration is zero.
c. Potential energy is minimum and acceleration is maximum.
d. Potential energy is minimum and acceleration is zero.
67. The speed of a wave refers to ___
a. How often it vibrates to and fro.
b. How high it vibrates.
c. How much time it takes to vibrate to and fro.
d. How far a given point on the wave travels per unit time.
68. What is the speed of a wave that has a frequency of 2.50 Hz and a wavelength of 0.600 m?
a. 1.2 m/s b. 1.3 m/s c. 1.5 m/s d. 1.7 m/s
69. The speed of a transverse wave in a string is 15.0 m/s. If a source produces a disturbance that has a frequency
of 5.00 Hz, what is its wavelength?
a. 1.0 m b. 2.0 m c. 3.0 m d. 5.0 m
For items 70 - 75: Refer to the following:
Consider the diagram below. It represents the beginnings of an electromagnetic spectrum. Complete the diagram
by labeling the following regions: ultraviolet, infrared, x-ray, radio wave, gamma radiation, and microwave
radiation.

Visible Light

Long wavelength Short wavelength

Low frequency High frequency
TEST II. Solve the following problems. Show your solutions.

1. A spring-mass system executes simple harmonic motion: x(t) = A cos (λt – Ф). The system starts with initial
conditions x(0) = 25 mm and ẋ(0) = 160 mm/s and oscillates at the rate of 2 cycles/sec. Find
a. The time period of oscillation. (2 pts.)
b. The oscillation frequency. (2 pts.)
c. The amplitude of oscillation. (2 pts.)
d. The displacement of the mass at t = 1.5 s. (2 pts.)
e. The velocity of the mass at t = 1.5 s. (2 pts.)

2. A car weighing 4000 lb is driven down a 5o incline at a speed of 60 mi/h when the brakes are applied, causing a
constant total braking force (applied by the road on the tires) of 1500 lb. Determine the distance traveled by the
car as it comes to a stop. (10 pts.)

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Roland R. Bayron

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