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1.A battery is used to power the electric motor in a toy car.
The battery has a measured potential difference of 1.45V
when the motor is not on. There is a potential difference of 1.38V
when the motor operates drawing a current of 0.35A
.Calculate the 'lost volts'.
1.45V
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0.07V
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1.38V
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2.83V
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2.A battery has an EMF of 4.50 Volts
and internal resistance of 0.24 Ohms
.Calculate the expected short circuit current.
18.8A
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0A
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2.4A
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45A
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3.Which of the following expressions gives the energy stored in a capacitor?
E =QV
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E = 1/2 QV
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E = 1/2 CV
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none of the above
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4.Which of the following statements applies to a 10uF
capacitor?
10uC charges to 1V
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1uC charges to 10V
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1C charges to 10uV
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none of the above
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5.A heater element has resistance of 26 Ohms
. It is connected to the mains which has an r.m.s. voltage of 230 Volts
. Calculate the r.m.s. current in the heater.
12.5A
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8.85A
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0.113A
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none of the above
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6.What is the magnitude of the acceleration of a moving object equal to?
The gradient of a velocity-time graph
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The area under a velocity-time graph
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The gradient of a displacement-time graph
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none of the above
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7.A motorbike undergoes a constant acceleration from rest and travels a distance of 60 m in 6.0 s.
What is the acceleration of the motorbike?
1.67ms^-2
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3.3ms^-2
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20ms^-2
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none of the above
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8.An arrow is fired with a velocity of 27ms^-1 at 25 degrees above the horizontal.
It lands on level ground.
Calculate the vertical component of the initial velocity.
11.4ms^-1
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24.5ms^-1
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27ms^-1
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none of the above
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9.A car of mass 1100kg
accelerates uniformly from rest to 20ms^-1
over a distance of 133m
.What is the resultant force on the car during the acceleration?
10800N
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1650N
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22000N
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none of the above
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10.An arrow is fired with a velocity of 27ms^-1 at 25 degrees above the horizontal.
It lands on level ground.
Calculate the horizontal component of the initial velocity.
11.4ms^-1
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24.5ms^-1
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27ms^-1
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none of the above
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11.By how many orders of magnitude is a whale (length approx. 20 m) larger than a fly (length 2 cm)?
1
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2
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3
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4
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12.What is the name of the group of particles which make up all matter?
Protons
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Fermions
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Bosons
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none of the above
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13.How many quarks are needed to make up a proton or neutron?
1
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2
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3
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4
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14.What are the four fundamental forces of nature?