AP Physics C: Kinematics MC Questions and Answers

AP Physics C: Kinematics MC
Questions and Answers

1. (MC) The most useful tool to designate a simple and clear


frame of reference in a physics problem is a


(A) vector magnitude


(B) vector direction


(C) complete vector, with direction and magnitude


(D) coordinate axis system


(E) detailed written procedure ✅✅D




2. (MC) Displacement is a


(A) frame of reference (B) change in object's position


(C) vector magnitude (C) vector direction


(E) None of these ✅✅B




4. (MC) Under what conditions are average velocity and

, instantaneous velocity equal?


(A) They are entirely different and this can never be true.


(B) Unlike speed velocity has only one type, so this is


always true.


(C) When velocity changes at a uniform rate.


(D) This is consistently true when velocity is constant.


(E) Only when a change in direction is occurs. ✅✅D




5. (MC) An object moving in a circular path completes one


circumference. Which statement(s) below is (are) true?


I. The displacement is zero.


II. The average speed is zero.


III. Velocity is changing.


(A) I only (B) II only (C) III only


(D) I and II (E) I and III ✅✅E