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Physics Principles Physics PrinciplePhysics PrinciplesGiancoli Test Bank/Test Bank for Physics: Principles with Applications Sixth Edition Douglas Giancoli (All Chapters complete, 100% Verified Answers)Physics Principles With Applications 6th Edition Giancoli Test Bank Test Bank for Physics: Principles with Applications Sixth Edition Douglas Giancoli Chapter 1 Introduction, Measurement, Estimating Conceptual Questions 1) Four students measure the mass of an object, each using a different scale. They record their results as follows: Student A B C D Mass (g ) 49..2 Which student used the least precise scale? A) A B)B C) C D) D Answer: C Diff: 1 Page Ref: Sec. 1.4 2) Four students measure the mass of an object, each using a different scale. They record their results as follows: Student A B C D Mass (g ) 49..2 Which student used the most precise scale? A) A B)B C) C D) D Answer: A Diff: 1 Page Ref: Sec. 1.4 3) A useful method of expressing very small or very large numbers is A) scientific notation. B) arabic numerals. C) the metric system. D) roman numerals. Answer: A Diff: 1 Page Ref: Sec. 1.4 2 Chapter 1: Introduction, Measurement, Estimating 4) All of the following are base units of the SI system except: A) kilogram. B) kelvin. C) meter. D) volt. Answer: D Diff: 1 Page Ref: Sec. 15-1.6 5) Select the list which contains only SI basic units. A) liter, meter, second, watt B)joule, kelvin, kilogram, watt C) candela, kelvin, meter, second D) joule, newton, second, watt Answer: C Diff: 1 Page Ref: Sec. 1.5-1.6 6) How many basic units does the SI system have? A) four B)five C) seven D) ten Answer: C Diff: 1 Page Ref: Sec. 1.5-1.6 7) The base SI unit of time is A) hour. B) minute. C) second. D) millisecond. Answer: C Diff: 1 Page Ref: Sec. 1.5-1.6 8) In the CGS system, what are the fundamental units? A) Newton, centimeter, second B)kilogram, meter, second C) gram, centimeter, minute D) gram, centimeter, second Answer: D Diff: 2 Page Ref: Sec. 1.5-1.6 3 Physics: Principles with Applications, Sixth Edition 9) The metric prefix for one one-thousandth is A) milli. B) centi. C) kilo. D) mega. Answer: A Diff: 1 Page Ref: Sec. 1.5-1.6 10) The metric prefix for one one-hundredth is A) milli. B) centi. C) kilo. D) mega. Answer: B Diff: 1 Page Ref: Sec. 1.5-1.6 11) The metric prefix for one thousand is A) milli. B) centi. C) kilo. D) mega. Answer: C Diff: 1 Page Ref: Sec. 1.5-1.6 12) Express the number 0.02 days using a prefix of Table 1-4. A) 2 decidays B) 2 centidays C) 2 millidays D) 2 microdays Answer: B Diff: 1 Page Ref: Sec. 1.5-1.6 13) A) 0.0278 m/s B) 0.278 m/s C) 3.60 m/s D) 16.7 m/s Answer: B Diff: 1 Page Ref: Sec. 1.5-1.6 What is the conversion factor between km/h and m/s? 4 Chapter 1: Introduction, Measurement, Estimating 14) What is the conversion factor between km/h2 and m/s2? A) 7.72 ˛ 10-6 m/s2 B) 2.78 ˛ 10-1 m/s2 C) 1.30 ˛ 104 m/s2 D) 3.60 m/s2 Answer: A Diff: 1 Page Ref: Sec. 1.5-1.6 15) What is the conversion factor between cm2 and m2? A) 0.01 m2/cm2 B) 0.0001 m2/cm2 C) 100 m2/cm2 D) 10000 m2/cm2 Answer: B Diff: 1 Page Ref: Sec. 1.5-1.6 16) The position, x, of an object is given by the equation x = A + Bt +Ct2, where t refers to time. What are the dimensions of A, B, and C? A) distance, distance, distance B)distance, time, time2 C) distance, distance/time, distance/time2 D) distance/time, distance/time2, distance/time3 Answer: C Diff: 2 Page Ref: Sec. 1.8 Quantitative Problems 1) What is the percent uncertainty in the measurement 2.58 ± 0.15 cm? A) 2.9% B) 5.8% C) 8.7% D) 12% Answer: B Diff: 2 Page Ref: Sec. 1.4 2) What, approximately, is the percent uncertainty for the measurement 5.2? A) 1% B) 2% C) 3% D) 4% Answer: B Diff: 2 Page Ref: Sec. 1.4 5 Physics: Principles with Applications, Sixth Edition 3) What is the percent uncertainty in the area of a circle whose radius is 1.8 ˛ 104 cm? A) 1.1% B) 5.6% C) 11% D) 56% Answer: C Diff: 3 Page Ref: Sec. 1.4 4) What is the volume, and its approximate uncertainty, of a sphere of radius 1.96 ± 0.01 m? A) 31.5 ± 0.2 m2 B) 31.5 ± 0.3 m2 C) 31.5 ± 0.4 m2 D) 31.5 ± 0.5 m2 Answer: D Diff: 3 Page Ref: Sec. 1.4 5) The number of significant figures in 10001 is A) two. B)three. C) five. D) six. Answer: C Diff: 1 Page Ref: Sec. 1.4 6) The number of significant figures in 0.01500 is A) two. B)three. C) four. D) five. Answer: C Diff: 1 Page Ref: Sec. 1.4 7) The number of significant figures in 0.040 is A) one. B)two. C) three. D) four. Answer: B Diff: 1 Page Ref: Sec. 1.4 6 Chapter 1: Introduction, Measurement, Estimating 8) Which of the following has three significant figures? A) 305.0 cm B) 0.0500 mm C) 1.00081 kg D) 8.060 ˛ 1011 m2 Answer: B Diff: 1 Page Ref: Sec. 1.4 9) What is the sum of 2.67 + 1.976 + 2.1? A) 6.7 B) 6.75 C) 6.746 D) 6.7460 Answer: A Diff: 1 Page Ref: Sec. 1.4 10) What is the difference between 103.5 and 102.24? A) 1.3 B) 1.26 C) 1.260 D) 1.2600 Answer: A Diff: 1 Page Ref: Sec. 1.4 11) What is the product of 12.56 and 2.12? A) 27 B) 26.6 C) 26.23 D) 26.627 Answer: B Diff: 1 Page Ref: Sec. 1.4 12) What is the result of 2.43 d 4.561? A) 5.3278 ˛ 10-1 B) 5.328 ˛ 10-1 C) 5.33 ˛ 10-1 D) 5.3 ˛ 10-1 Answer: C Diff: 1 Page Ref: Sec. 1.4 7 Physics: Principles with Applications, Sixth Edition 13) What is the cosine of 55e? A) 0.6 B) 0.57 C) 0.574 D) 0.5736 Answer: B Diff: 1 Page Ref: Sec. 1.4 14) The length and width of a rectangle are 1.125 m and 0.606 m, respectively. Multiplying, your calculator gives the product as 0.68175. Rounding properly to the correct number of significant figures, the area should be written as A) 0.68 m2. B) 0.682 m2. C) 0.6818 m2. D) 0.68175 m2. Answer: B Diff: 1 Page Ref: Sec. 1.4 15) The length and width of a rectangle are 1.125 m and 0.606 m, respectively. You calculate the rectangle's perimeter by adding these and multiplying by two. Your calculator's display reads 3.462. To the correct number of significant figures, this should be written as A) 3.5 m. B) 3.46 m. C) 3.462 m. D) 3.4620 m. Answer: C Diff: 1 Page Ref: Sec. 1.4 16) A rectangle is 3.25 m long and 1.5 m wide. What is its area? A) 4.875 m2 B) 4.87 m2 C) 4.80 m2 D) 4.9 m2 Answer: D Diff: 2 Page Ref: Sec. 1.4 8 Chapter 1: Introduction, Measurement, Estimating 17) A rectangular garden measures 15 m long and 13.7 m wide. What is the length of a diagonal from one corner of the garden to the other? A) 18 m B) 19 m C) 20 m D) 4.1 ˛ 102 m Answer: C Diff: 2 Page Ref: Sec. 1.4 18) Select the smallest value. A) 15 ˛ 10-3 B) 0.15 ˛ 100 C) 0.00015 ˛ 103 D) 0. ˛ 106 Answer: A Diff: 1 Page Ref: Sec. 1.4 19) Write the number 0.00045 in power of ten notation. A) 4.5 ˛ 10-4 B) 4.5 ˛ 10-3 C) 4.5 ˛ 10-2 D) 4.5 ˛ 10-1 Answer: A Diff: 1 Page Ref: Sec. 1.4 20) 0. can also be expressed as A) 1.776 ˛ 10-4. B) 17.72 ˛ 104. C) 1772 ˛ 105. D) 177.2 ˛ 107. Answer: A Diff: 1 Page Ref: Sec. 1.4 21) 4567.89 is properly expressed in scientific notation as A) 4.56789 ˛ 103. B) 45.6789 ˛ 102. C) 456.789 ˛ 101. D) 4567.89 ˛ 100. Answer: A Diff: 1 Page Ref: Sec. 1.4 9 Physics: Principles with Applications, Sixth Edition 22) Convert 1.2 ˛ 10-3 to decimal notation. A) 1.200 B) 0.1200 C) 0.0120 D) 0.0012 Answer: D Diff: 1 Page Ref: Sec. 1.4 23) Write out the number 8.42 ˛ 10-5 in full with a decimal point and correct number of zeros. A) 0. B) 0. C) 0. D) 0.00842 Answer: B Diff: 1 Page Ref: Sec. 1.4 24) What is the result of (0.410 + 0.021) ˛ (2.20 ˛ 103)? A) 880 B) 946 C) 948 D) 950 Answer: C Diff: 2 Page Ref: Sec. 1.4 25) Write the number 13.5 gigameters as full (decimal) numbers with standard units. A) 135,000 m B) 135,000,000 m C) 135,000,000,000 m D) 13,500,000,000 m Answer: D Diff: 1 Page Ref: Sec. 1.5-1.6 26) 100 mL is equivalent to which of the following? A) 1 kL B) 10-6 mL C) 0.1 L D) 0.01 ML Answer: C Diff: 1 Page Ref: Sec. 1.5-1.6 10 Chapter 1: Introduction, Measurement, Estimating 27) How many grams is forty milligrams? A) 0. g B) 0.00040 g C) 0.040 g D) 40000 g Answer: C Diff: 1 Page Ref: Sec. 1.5-1.6 28) How many meters is sixty kilometers? A) 600,000 m B) 60,000 m C) 60 m D) 0.06 m Answer: B Diff: 1 Page Ref: Sec. 1.5-1.6 29) 1 angstrom = 10-10 m and 1 fermi = 10-15 m, what is the relationship between these units? A) 1 angstrom = 105 fermi B) 1 angstrom = 10-5 fermi C) 1 angstrom = 10-25 fermi D) 1 angstrom = 10+25 fermi Answer: A Diff: 1 Page Ref: Sec. 1.5-1.6 30) 0.00325 ˛ 10-8 cm can also be expressed in mm as A) 3.25 ˛ 10-12 mm. B) 3.25 ˛ 10-11 mm. C) 3.25 ˛ 10-10 mm. D) 3.25 ˛ 10-9 mm. Answer: C Diff: 2 Page Ref: Sec. 1.5-1.6 31) Which one of the following is not equivalent to 2.50 miles? (1 mi = 1.609 km = 5280 ft, 1 ft = 12 in.) A) 1.32 ˛ 104 ft B) 1.58 ˛ 105 in. C) 4.02 ˛ 103 km D) 4.40 ˛ 103 yd Answer: C Diff: 1 Page Ref: Sec. 1.5-1.6

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ChapterN6 WorkNandNEnergy 104
ChapterN7 LinearNMomentum 127
ChapterN8 RotationalNMotion 148
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ChapterN10 Fluids 180
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