TEST BANK FOR Physics, 12th Edition John D. Cutnell, Kenneth W. Johnson, David Young, Shane Stadler Updated 2025

Ans: B
TEST BANK FOR Physics, 12th Edition John D. Cutnell, Kenneth
W. Johnson, David Young, Shane Stadler
Difficulty: Medium
SectionDef: Section 1-2 and Section 1-3
Chapter: Chapter 1

Multiple Choice
4. Complete the following statement: Today, the standard unit of time is defined in terms of
1. Which one of the following is an SI base unit? A) the electromagnetic waves emitted by cesium atoms.
A) gram B) the motion of the moon around the earth.
B) slug C) the motion of a precision pendulum.
C) newton D) the average solar day.
D) centimeter E) the speed of light.
E) kilogram
Ans: A
Ans: E Difficulty: Medium
Difficulty: Easy SectionDef: Section 1-2 and Section 1-3
SectionDef: Section 1-2 and Section 1-3



5. The mass of a raindrop is 4 milligrams. Which one of the following statements indicates the
2. Complete the following statement: Today, the standard meter is defined in terms of correct mass of the raindrop in grams?
A) the distance from the earth's equator to the north pole. A) The raindrop has a mass of 4 × 106 grams.
B) the wavelength of light emitted from a krypton atom. B) The raindrop has a mass of 4 × 10–3 grams.
C) the wavelength of light emitted from a sodium atom. C) The raindrop has a mass of 4 × 10–1 grams.
D) a platinum-iridium bar kept in France. D) The raindrop has a mass of 4 × 103 grams.
E) the speed of light. E) The raindrop has a mass of 4 × 10–6 grams.

Ans: E Ans: B
Difficulty: Medium Difficulty: Medium
SectionDef: Section 1-2 and Section 1-3 SectionDef: Section 1-2 and Section 1-3




3. Complete the following statement: Today, the standard unit of mass is defined in terms of 6. Which one of the following is the longest length?
A) a specified volume of water at 4 °C. A) 100 meters
B) Planck’s constant h. B) 102 centimeters
C) a specified number of cesium atoms. C) 104 millimeters
D) a standard platinum bar. D) 105 micrometers
E) the speed of light. E) 107 nanometers

Ans: C

,Difficulty: Medium SectionDef: Section 1-2 and Section 1-3
SectionDef: Section 1-2 and Section 1-3



10. Which one of the following choices is equivalent to 8.0 m2?
7. In a diving competition, a woman dives from a platform that is ten meters above the surface A) 8.0 × 10–4 cm2
of the water. What is the height, expressed in feet, of the platform? B) 8.0 × 102 cm2
A) 13 feet C) 8.0 × 10–2 cm2
B) 18 feet D) 8.0 × 104 cm2
C) 24 feet E) 8.0 × 103 cm2
D) 33 feet
E) 47 feet Ans: D
Difficulty: Hard
Ans: D SectionDef: Section 1-2 and Section 1-3
Difficulty: Medium
SectionDef: Section 1-2 and Section 1-3


11. Which one of the following pairs of units may not be added together, even after the
appropriate unit conversions have been made?
8. A candy shop sells a pound of chocolate for $ 10.85. What is the price of 1.50 kg of A) grams and milligrams
chocolate at the shop? B) kilometers and kilograms
A) $ 8.17 C) miles and kilometers
B) $ 13.49 D) slugs and kilograms
C) $ 17.98 E) centimeters and yards
D) $ 29.73
E) $ 35.81 Ans: B
Difficulty: Easy
Ans: E SectionDef: Section 1-2 and Section 1-3
Difficulty: Hard
SectionDef: Section 1-2 and Section 1-3


12. Which one of the following choices is equivalent to 44.5 mm?
A) 4.45 × 101 m
1 milligram B) 4.45 × 10–2 m
C) 44.5 × 10–1 m
9. Complete the following statement: The ratio 1 kilogram is equal to D) 44.5 × 10–2 m
A) 102. E) 4.45 × 100 m
B) 103.
C) 106. Ans: B
D) 10–3. Difficulty: Medium
E) 10–6. SectionDef: Section 1-2 and Section 1-3
Ans: E
Difficulty: Medium

, 16. The surface of a lake has an area of 15.5 km2. What is the area of the lake in m2?
13. Which one of the following choices is equivalent to 152 m? A) 1.55 × 104 m2
A) 1.52 × 101 m B) 1.55 × 105 m2
B) 1.52 × 102 m C) 1.55 × 106 m2
C) 1.52 × 10–1 m D) 1.55 × 107 m2
D) 1.52 × 10–2 m E) 1.55 × 108 m2
E) 1.52 × 100 m
Ans: D
Ans: B Difficulty: Hard
Difficulty: Easy SectionDef: Section 1-2 and Section 1-3
SectionDef: Section 1-2 and Section 1-3



b2
a 
14. In the sport of horseshoe pitching, two stakes are 40.0 feet apart. What is the distance in 17. The mathematical relationship between three physical quantities is given by c . If the
meters between the two stakes? [L]
A) 24.4 m
B) 4.80 m dimension of b is; [T] and the dimension of c is [L]. Which one of the following choices is the
C) 18.3 m dimension of a?
D) 12.2 m A) [L]
E) 15.7 m
[L]
2
Ans: D B) [T]
Difficulty: Medium
SectionDef: Section 1-2 and Section 1-3 [L]
C) [T]

D) [T]
15. The Boston Marathon is the oldest annual foot race, in which those that finish complete a
[L]2
distance of 26 miles, 385 yards. Express this distance in kilometers. 2
A) 16.295 km E) [T]
B) 16.398 km
C) 42.193km Ans: B
D) 42.453 km
E) 56.496 km Difficulty: Medium
SectionDef: Section 1-2 and Section 1-3
Ans: C

Difficulty: Medium
SectionDef: Section 1-2 and Section 1-3
18. The distance d that a certain particle moves may be calculated from the expression d = at +
bt2 where a and b are constants; and t is the elapsed time. What must the dimensions of the
quantities a and b be, respectively?

, [L] [L]
, 2 2 f 
A) [T] [T]
D)
B) [L], [L]2
E) f  2 gl
[L] [L]
2
, 3 Ans: C
C) [T] [T]

[L] [L]2 Difficulty: Hard
, SectionDef: Section 1-2 and Section 1-3
[T] [T]2
D)

1 1
, 2
E) [T] [T] 20. A certain physical quantity, R, is calculated using the formula: R = 4a2(b – c) where a, b,
and c are distances. What is the SI unit for R?
Ans: A A) cm
B) cm2
Difficulty: Medium C) m
SectionDef: Section 1-2 and Section 1-3 D) m2
E) m3

Ans: E
Difficulty: Medium
19. Using the dimensions given for the variables in the table, determine which one of the SectionDef: Section 1-2 and Section 1-3
following expressions is correct.

variable dimension
f 1
[T] 21. Which one of the following expressions may be used to correctly find the angle  in the
drawing?
l [L]

g [L]
[T]2

g
f 
A) 2l
 5 
B) f = 2gl   cos1  
A)  2
 5 
g   tan1  
2 f 
l B) 2 
C)