Test-Bank for Inquiry into Physics 8th Edition by Ostdiek GRADED A+ 2023 LATEST UPDATE

Test-Bank for Inquiry into Physics 8th Edition by Ostdiek GRADED A+ 2023 LATEST UPDATE 1. A vector quantity has only a magnitude and no direction associated with it. a. True b. False ANSWER: False POINTS: 1 QUESTION TYPE: True / False HAS VARIABLES: False DATE CREATED: 6/13/2016 10:28 AM DATE MODIFIED: 6/13/2016 10:28 AM 2. Motion in a circle at constant speed is motion with constant acceleration. a. True b. False ANSWER: False POINTS: 1 QUESTION TYPE: True / False HAS VARIABLES: False DATE CREATED: 6/13/2016 10:28 AM DATE MODIFIED: 6/13/2016 10:28 AM 3. Motion in a circle at constant speed is motion with constant velocity. a. True b. False ANSWER: False POINTS: 1 QUESTION TYPE: True / False HAS VARIABLES: False DATE CREATED: 6/13/2016 10:28 AM DATE MODIFIED: 6/13/2016 10:28 AM 4. Uniform motion is any motion at constant speed. a. True b. False ANSWER: False POINTS: 1 Copyright Cengage Learning. Powered by Cognero. Page 2 QUESTION TYPE: True / False Copyright Cengage Learning. Powered by Cognero. Page 3 HAS VARIABLES: False DATE CREATED: 6/13/2016 10:28 AM DATE MODIFIED: 6/13/2016 10:28 AM 5. The terms velocity and speed have identical meanings in physics. a. True b. False ANSWER: False POINTS: 1 QUESTION TYPE: True / False HAS VARIABLES: False DATE CREATED: 6/13/2016 10:28 AM DATE MODIFIED: 6/13/2016 10:28 AM 6. If an object’s speed is constant, its velocity must also be constant. a. True b. False ANSWER: True POINTS: 1 QUESTION TYPE: True / False HAS VARIABLES: False DATE CREATED: 6/13/2016 10:28 AM DATE MODIFIED: 6/13/2016 10:28 AM 7. If an object’s velocity is constant, its speed must also be constant. a. True b. False ANSWER: True POINTS: 1 QUESTION TYPE: True / False HAS VARIABLES: False DATE CREATED: 6/13/2016 10:28 AM DATE MODIFIED: 6/13/2016 10:28 AM 8. The proper abbreviation for ‘seconds’ is ‘sec.’ a. True b. False ANSWER: False POINTS: 1 QUESTION TYPE: True / False Copyright Cengage Learning. Powered by Cognero. Page 4 HAS VARIABLES: False DATE CREATED: 6/13/2016 10:28 AM DATE MODIFIED: 6/13/2016 10:28 AM 9. The proper abbreviation for ‘grams’ is ‘g.’ a. True b. False ANSWER: True POINTS: 1 QUESTION TYPE: True / False HAS VARIABLES: False DATE CREATED: 6/13/2016 10:28 AM DATE MODIFIED: 6/13/2016 10:28 AM 10. The proper abbreviation for ‘kilohertz’ is ‘kHz.’ a. True b. False ANSWER: True POINTS: 1 QUESTION TYPE: True / False HAS VARIABLES: False DATE CREATED: 6/13/2016 10:28 AM DATE MODIFIED: 6/13/2016 10:28 AM 11. The metric prefix that means one thousand is milli-. a. True b. False ANSWER: False POINTS: 1 QUESTION TYPE: True / False HAS VARIABLES: False DATE CREATED: 6/13/2016 10:28 AM DATE MODIFIED: 6/13/2016 10:28 AM 12. Twenty milliseconds is 0.020 s. a. True b. False ANSWER: True POINTS: 1 QUESTION TYPE: True / False Copyright Cengage Learning. Powered by Cognero. Page 5 HAS VARIABLES: False DATE CREATED: 6/13/2016 10:28 AM DATE MODIFIED: 6/13/2016 10:28 AM 13. There are one thousand megabytes in a gigabyte. a. True b. False ANSWER: True POINTS: 1 QUESTION TYPE: True / False HAS VARIABLES: False DATE CREATED: 6/13/2016 10:28 AM DATE MODIFIED: 6/13/2016 10:28 AM 14. The second is a metric unit of measure. a. True b. False ANSWER: True POINTS: 1 QUESTION TYPE: True / False HAS VARIABLES: False DATE CREATED: 6/13/2016 10:28 AM DATE MODIFIED: 6/13/2016 10:28 AM 15. The number of cycles of a periodic process that occur per unit time is called the period. a. True b. False ANSWER: False POINTS: 1 QUESTION TYPE: True / False HAS VARIABLES: False DATE CREATED: 6/13/2016 10:28 AM DATE MODIFIED: 6/13/2016 10:28 AM 16. The time for one complete cycle of a periodic process to take place is called the period. a. True b. False ANSWER: True POINTS: 1 QUESTION TYPE: True / False Copyright Cengage Learning. Powered by Cognero. Page 6 HAS VARIABLES: False DATE CREATED: 6/13/2016 10:28 AM DATE MODIFIED: 6/13/2016 10:28 AM 17. The period of oscillation for a signal having a frequency of 60 Hz is 60 seconds. a. True b. False ANSWER: False POINTS: 1 QUESTION TYPE: True / False HAS VARIABLES: False DATE CREATED: 6/13/2016 10:28 AM DATE MODIFIED: 6/13/2016 10:28 AM 18. The maximum possible speed in nature is the speed of light. a. True b. False ANSWER: True POINTS: 1 QUESTION TYPE: True / False HAS VARIABLES: False DATE CREATED: 6/13/2016 10:28 AM DATE MODIFIED: 6/13/2016 10:28 AM 19. Experimenting is part of the scientific method. a. True b. False ANSWER: True POINTS: 1 QUESTION TYPE: True / False HAS VARIABLES: False DATE CREATED: 6/13/2016 10:28 AM DATE MODIFIED: 6/13/2016 10:28 AM 20. A body at the end of a spring oscillates up and down ten times in five seconds. The period of oscillation is 2 s. a. True b. False ANSWER: True POINTS: 1 Copyright Cengage Learning. Powered by Cognero. Page 7 QUESTION TYPE: True / False HAS VARIABLES: False DATE CREATED: 6/13/2016 10:28 AM DATE MODIFIED: 6/13/2016 10:28 AM 21. The slope of a distance vs. time graph is the acceleration. a. True b. False ANSWER: False POINTS: 1 QUESTION TYPE: True / False HAS VARIABLES: False DATE CREATED: 6/13/2016 10:28 AM DATE MODIFIED: 6/13/2016 10:28 AM 22. The slope of a velocity vs. time graph is the acceleration. a. True b. False ANSWER: True POINTS: 1 QUESTION TYPE: True / False HAS VARIABLES: False DATE CREATED: 6/13/2016 10:28 AM DATE MODIFIED: 6/13/2016 10:28 AM 23. An object moving in a circle undergoes centripetal acceleration. a. True b. False ANSWER: True POINTS: 1 QUESTION TYPE: True / False HAS VARIABLES: False DATE CREATED: 6/13/2016 10:28 AM DATE MODIFIED: 6/13/2016 10:28 AM 24. If an object’s acceleration is positive, its speed must be increasing. a. True b. False ANSWER: False Copyright Cengage Learning. Powered by Cognero. Page 8 RATIONALE: It could have a negative velocity that is getting less negative, which corresponds to a decreasing speed. POINTS: 1 QUESTION TYPE: True / False HAS VARIABLES: False DATE CREATED: 6/13/2016 10:28 AM DATE MODIFIED: 6/13/2016 10:28 AM 25. A fast-moving body must have a larger acceleration than a slow-moving body. a. True b. False ANSWER: False POINTS: 1 QUESTION TYPE: True / False HAS VARIABLES: False DATE CREATED: 6/13/2016 10:28 AM DATE MODIFIED: 6/13/2016 10:28 AM 26. An aircraft approaches a runway that runs directly east as a strong wind blows out of the south. The direction that the aircraft should aim in order to land is east of north. a. True b. False ANSWER: False POINTS: 1 QUESTION TYPE: True / False HAS VARIABLES: False DATE CREATED: 6/13/2016 10:28 AM DATE MODIFIED: 6/13/2016 10:28 AM The figure shows a distance versus time graph for an object. Copyright Cengage Learning. Powered by Cognero. Page 9 27. The velocity of the moving object is a non-zero constant. a. True b. False ANSWER: True POINTS: 1 QUESTION TYPE: True / False HAS VARIABLES: False PREFACE NAME: d vs. t graph (1) DATE CREATED: 6/13/2016 10:28 AM DATE MODIFIED: 7/29/2016 1:53 PM 28. The acceleration of the moving object is a non-zero constant. a. True b. False ANSWER: False POINTS: 1 QUESTION TYPE: True / False HAS VARIABLES: False PREFACE NAME: d vs. t graph (1) DATE CREATED: 6/13/2016 10:28 AM DATE MODIFIED: 7/29/2016 1:54 PM The figure shows the distance versus time graph of an object. Copyright Cengage Learning. Powered by Cognero. Page 10 29. The velocity of the moving object is a non-zero constant. a. True b. False ANSWER: False POINTS: 1 QUESTION TYPE: True / False HAS VARIABLES: False PREFACE NAME: d vs. t graph (2) DATE CREATED: 6/13/2016 10:28 AM DATE MODIFIED: 7/29/2016 1:54 PM 30. The acceleration of the moving object is a non-zero constant. a. True b. False ANSWER: True POINTS: 1 QUESTION TYPE: True / False HAS VARIABLES: False PREFACE NAME: d vs. t graph (2) DATE CREATED: 6/13/2016 10:28 AM DATE MODIFIED: 7/29/2016 1:54 PM The figure shows a distance vs. time graph of an object with three distinct regions, I, II, and III. Copyright Cengage Learning. Powered by Cognero. Page 11 31. The object’s velocity is zero in region II. a. True b. False ANSWER: True POINTS: 1 QUESTION TYPE: True / False HAS VARIABLES: False PREFACE NAME: d vs. t graph 3 regions DATE CREATED: 6/13/2016 10:28 AM DATE MODIFIED: 7/29/2016 1:55 PM 32. The object’s velocity is positive in region II. a. True b. False ANSWER: False POINTS: 1 QUESTION TYPE: True / False HAS VARIABLES: False PREFACE NAME: d vs. t graph 3 regions DATE CREATED: 6/13/2016 10:28 AM DATE MODIFIED: 7/29/2016 1:55 PM 33. The object’s velocity is never negative. a. True b. False ANSWER: False