BIOMECHANICS EXAM 1 2025
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
What is the study of *forces* and their effects?
a. mechanics
b. kinematics
c. kinetics
d. biomechanics - ANS a. mechanics
What is the branch of mechanics that deals with the geometry of the *motion of objects*,
including *displacement, acceleration, velocity*?
a. mechanics
b. kinematics
c. kinetics
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,d. biomechanics - ANS b. kinematics
What is the study of *relationships* between the *force* system acting on the body and the
changes it produces in *body motion*?
a. mechanics
b. kinematics
c. kinetics
d. biomechanics - ANS c. kinetics
What uses principles of mechanics for *solving problems* related to structure and function of
biologic and physiologic systems?
a. mechanics
b. kinematics
c. kinetics
d. biomechanics - ANS d. biomechanics
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,Which of the following is a scalar quantity meaning "how much ground an object has covered"
during its motion?
a. distance
b. displacement - ANS a. distance
Which of the following is a vector quantity meaning "how far out of place an object is" and
overall change in position?
a. distance
b. displacement - ANS b. displacement
Which of the following is a scalar quantity meaning "how fast an object is moving," rate at
which an object covers distance, *distance/time*, and is ignorant of direction?
a. speed
b. velocity - ANS a. speed
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, Which of the following is a vector quantity meaning "the rate at which an object changes its
position," to maximize it, one must maximize the amount displaced from original position,
*displacement/time*, and is direction aware?
a. speed
b. velocity - ANS b. velocity
What vector quantity is the rate at which an object changes its velocity, *change in
velocity/time*? - ANS acceleration
What are the 2 things that direction of the acceleration vector depends on? - ANS whether
the object is speeding up or slowing down and whether the object is moving in the + or -
direction
Which of the following is a *scalar quantity* referring to the *amount of matter* that is
contained by the object or how much stuff is present in the object?
a. mass
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
What is the study of *forces* and their effects?
a. mechanics
b. kinematics
c. kinetics
d. biomechanics - ANS a. mechanics
What is the branch of mechanics that deals with the geometry of the *motion of objects*,
including *displacement, acceleration, velocity*?
a. mechanics
b. kinematics
c. kinetics
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,d. biomechanics - ANS b. kinematics
What is the study of *relationships* between the *force* system acting on the body and the
changes it produces in *body motion*?
a. mechanics
b. kinematics
c. kinetics
d. biomechanics - ANS c. kinetics
What uses principles of mechanics for *solving problems* related to structure and function of
biologic and physiologic systems?
a. mechanics
b. kinematics
c. kinetics
d. biomechanics - ANS d. biomechanics
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,Which of the following is a scalar quantity meaning "how much ground an object has covered"
during its motion?
a. distance
b. displacement - ANS a. distance
Which of the following is a vector quantity meaning "how far out of place an object is" and
overall change in position?
a. distance
b. displacement - ANS b. displacement
Which of the following is a scalar quantity meaning "how fast an object is moving," rate at
which an object covers distance, *distance/time*, and is ignorant of direction?
a. speed
b. velocity - ANS a. speed
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, Which of the following is a vector quantity meaning "the rate at which an object changes its
position," to maximize it, one must maximize the amount displaced from original position,
*displacement/time*, and is direction aware?
a. speed
b. velocity - ANS b. velocity
What vector quantity is the rate at which an object changes its velocity, *change in
velocity/time*? - ANS acceleration
What are the 2 things that direction of the acceleration vector depends on? - ANS whether
the object is speeding up or slowing down and whether the object is moving in the + or -
direction
Which of the following is a *scalar quantity* referring to the *amount of matter* that is
contained by the object or how much stuff is present in the object?
a. mass
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