College Physics Reasoning and Relationships, 2e (Volume 1) By Nicholas Giordano (Test Bank)
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College Physics Reasoning and Relationships, 2e (Volume 1) By Nicholas Giordano (Test Bank)
College Physics Reasoning and Relationships, 2e (Volume 1) By Nicholas Giordano (Test Bank)
College Physics Reasoning and Relationships, 2e (Volume 1) By Nicholas Giordano (Test Bank all Chapter ) Chapter 01: Introduction MULTIPLE CHOICE NARRBEGIN: 1.3 1.3 Dealing with Numbers NARREND 1. Which one of the choices below represents the preferred practice regarding significant figures when adding the following: 12.4 + 14 + 67.37 + 4.201? a. 98 c. 97.97 b. 98.0 d. 97.971 ANS: A PTS: 1 DIF: 1 2. Which one of the choices below represents the preferred practice regarding significant figures when multiplying the following: 10.5 8.9 3.11? a. 290.6295 c. 291 b. 290.63 d. 290 ANS: D PTS: 1 DIF: 1 3. Calculate (0.82 + 0.042) (4.49 103), keeping only significant figures. a. 3870.8 c. 3879 b. 3870 d. 3900 ANS: D PTS: 1 DIF: 1 4. The length and width of a standard sh eet of paper is measured, and then the area is found by calculation to be 93.500 in2. The number of significant figures in the width measurement must be at least: a. 5 c. 3 b. 4 d. 2 ANS: A PTS: 1 DIF: 1 5. The number 0.0001070 has how many significa nt figures? a. 2 c. 4 b. 3 d. 7 ANS: C PTS: 1 DIF: 2 6. Multiplying a 4 significant figure number by a 3 significant figure number and then dividing the product by a six significant figure number yields a number with how many significant figures? a. 7/6 c. 2 b. 3 d. 13 ANS: B PTS: 1 DIF: 2 7. Modern electroplaters can cover a surface area of 55.0 m2 with one troy ounce of gold (volume = 1.611 cm3). What is the thickness of the electroplated gold? a. 3.64 10−7 m c. 1.83 10−6 m b. 1.46 10−9 m d. 2.93 10−8 m ANS: D PTS: 1 DIF: 3 8. The basic function of an automobile’s carburetor is to atomize the gasoline and mix it with air to promote rapid combustion. Assume that 40 cm3 of gasoline is atomized into N spherical droplets. Each droplet has a radius of 2.0 10−5 m. Find the total surface area of these N spherical droplets. a. 60,000 cm2 c. 20,000 cm2 b. 24,000 cm2 d. 2800 cm2 ANS: A PTS: 1 DIF: 3 9. A circle has an area of 2.0 m2. A second circle has triple the radius of the first . The area of the second circle is _____ times that of the first. a. 27 c. 3.0 b. 9.0 d. 0.67 ANS: B PTS: 1 DIF: 2 10. tripling the radius of a sphere results in increasing its volume by a factor of a. 27 c. 9 b. 27 d. 3 ANS: B PTS: 1 DIF: 2 11. Two numbers, one with 4 significant figures and the other with 3 significant figures, are combined using the math operations given below. Which operation can give a result with fewer than 3 significant figures? a. addition c. multiplication b. subtract ion d. division ANS: B PTS: 1 DIF: 2 NARRBEGIN: 1.4 1.4 Physical Quantities and Units of Measure NARREND 12. A room in a house has a floor area of 160 ft2. Which of the following is most likely the approximate volume of the room? a. 4000 m3 c. 40 m3 b. 400 m3 d. 4 m3 ANS: C PTS: 1 DIF: 2 13. In 1983 the standard meter was redefined to what it is currently. What was the previous definition from 1960 based on? a. specific alloy bar housed at Sevres, France b. wavelength of light emitted by certa in krypton atoms c. distance from the Earth’s equator to the North Pole d. the distance light travels in a certain fraction of a second ANS: B PTS: 1 DIF: 1 14. The current standard definition for the second has been based on which of the following? a. characteristic frequency of the light from cesium atoms b. average solar day c. sidereal day d. Greenwich Civil Time ANS: A PTS: 1 DIF: 1 15. In mechanics, physicists use three basic quantities to derive additional quantities. Mass is one of th e three quantities. What are the other two? a. length and force c. length and time b. power and force d. force and time ANS: C PTS: 1 DIF: 1 16. The prefixes which are abbreviated p, n, and T represent which of the following? a. 10−2, 10−6, and 1015 c. 10−12, 10−9, and 1012 b. 10−9, 106, and 1010 d. 10−15, 10−6, and 1015 ANS: C PTS: 1 DIF: 1 17. The ratio M/m of the prefixes M and m has what value? a. 103 c. 109 b. 106 d. 1018 ANS: C PTS: 1 DIF: 2 18. One year is about _____ seconds while one day is exactly _____ seconds. a. 3.16 107, 86,400 c. 3.16 107, 8640 b. 5.26 105, 86,400 d. 1.04 106, 36,000 ANS: A PTS: 1 DIF: 2 19. On planet Q the standard unit of volume is called the guppy. Space travelers from Eart h have determined that one liter = 38.2 guppies. How many guppies are in 200 liters? a. 70.2 guppies c. 5.24 guppies b. 9.74 guppies d. 7640 guppies ANS: D PTS: 1 DIF: 2 20. On planet Z, the standard unit of length is the foose. Ann the Astronaut is 5.90 feet tall on Earth. She lands on planet Z and is measured to be 94 foosi tall. Her partner Rachael is 83 foosi tall. How tall is Rachael on Earth? a. 5.2 feet c. 5.8 feet b. 5.5 feet d. 6.3 feet ANS: A PTS: 1 DIF: 2 21. A furlong is a distance o f 220 yards. A fortnight is a time period of two weeks. A horse is running at a speed of 4.00 yards per second. What is his speed in furlongs per fortnight? a. 2200 furlongs/fortnight c. 11,000 furlongs/fortnight b. 4980 furlongs/fortnight d. 22,000 furlo ngs/fortnight ANS: D PTS: 1 DIF: 2 22. A cereal box has the dimensions of 0.19 m 0.28 m 0.080 m. If there are 3.28 feet per meter, then what is the volume of the box in cubic feet? a. 0.0043 cubic feet c. 0.046 cubic feet b. 0.15 cubic feet d. 0.0014 cubic feet
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