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SECTION I: MULTIPLE CHOICE (PART A & B)

Question 1-3 

1. "During which of the labled segments on the graph is the object moving but not accelerating?"

2. "The object has a speed of 2 m/s at which of the following times?"

3. "An object falls freely from rest under the influence of gravity."

Question 4-5

"A sphere on the end of a string is released from rest at point X and swings through point Y to point Z, as shown in the figure above."

Question 6

"A block of mass m is pulled by a rope along a horizontal surface with negligible friction."

Question 7

"A 300g cart with a force sensor attached start at rest on a track."

Question 8-10

"Identical satellites X and Y of mass m are in circular orbits around a planet of mass M."

Question 11

"Car A can travel around a curved section of road without skidding at a maximum constant speed of 10 m/s"

Question 12

"A car is travelling down the highway at speed v when the driver slams on the brakes and skids to a stop in a distance d"

Question 13

"A 3.0 kg block accerlerates at 2.0 m/s2 because of a consistant net force."

Question 14

"A cart is moving to the right with a constant speed of 20 m/s."

Question 15

"A block of mass M is suspended from two identical springs of negligible mass, spring constant k and unstretched length L."

Question 16

"A block is hung vertically from an idea spring."

Question 17

"Two moon of equal mass are in circular orbits around a planet."

Question 18

"A comet moves in elliptical orbit around the Sun."

Question 19-20

"The graph above shows velocity as a function of time for a cart moving on a straight, horizontal track."

Question 21-22

"Three identical spheres are thrown from the same height above the ground."

Question 23-24

"A block on a level horizontal surface of negligible friction is initially travelling at 20 m/s to the left."

Questions 25-26

"The variable x represents the position of particle A in a two-particle system."

Question 27-28

"A 0.50 kg object is attached to a vertical spring of constant."

Question 29

"A ball rolling without slipping on a horizontal surface, encounters a frictionless, downward-sloping ramp, as shown above"

Question 30

"Block X and Y of masses 3.0 kg and 5.0 kg"

Question 31-32

"In order to model the motion of an extinct ape, scientists measure its hand and arm bones."

Question 33-34

"An object moves along a straight line with a velocity v given as a function of time t by the equation v(t) =  At2 + Bt + Y."

Question 33-34

"A cart is moving in the +x-direction and passes the orgin when time t=0."

SECTION II: FREE RESPONSE 

Question 1 

"A student sets up an experiment with a cart on a level horizontal track."

Question 2

"The variable x represents the position of particle A in a two-particle system."

Question 3

"A cylinder of mass M and radius R is released from rest at the top of an inclined plane, as shown above."