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Physics for Scientists and Engineers: A Strategic Approach with Modern Physics,

By Randall D Knight
5th edition
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Chapter 1

MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers
the question.
1)
1) Estimation: Estimate the number of times the earth will rotate on its axis during a
human's lifetime.
A) 3 × 107 B) 3 × 104 C) 3 × 106 D) 3 × 108 E) 3 × 105
2)
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2) Estimation: Approximately how many pennies would you have to stack to reach an
average 8-foot ceiling?
A) 2 × 104 B) 2 × 103 C) 2 × 105 D) 2 × 106 E) 2 × 102
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3) Scientific notation: 0.00325 × 10-8 cm can also be expressed in mm as 3)
A) 3.25 × 10-12 mm.
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B) 3.25 × 10-11 mm.
C) 3.25 × 10-8 mm.
D) 3.25 × 10-10 mm.
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E) 3.25 × 10-9 mm.


4) Significant figures: Add 3685 g and 66.8 kg and express your answer in milligrams 4)
(mg).
A) 7.05 × 104 mg B) 7.05 × 106 mg
C) 7.05 × 107 mg D) 7.05 × 105 mg
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5) Estimation: The mass of a typical adult woman is closest to 5)
A) 150 kg. B) 35 kg. C) 20 kg. D) 75 kg.
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6) Metric system: Scientists use the metric system chiefly because it is more accurate than 6)
the English system.
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A) True B) False


7) Significant figures: What is the product of 11.24 and 1.95 written with the correct 7)
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number of significant figures?
A) 22 B) 21.9 C) 21.92 D) 21.918 E) 21.9180


8) Estimation: The height of the ceiling in a typical home, apartment, or dorm room is 8)
closest to
A) 400 cm. B) 100 cm. C) 500 cm. D) 200 cm.




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9) Estimation: Approximately how many times does an average human heart beat in a 9)
lifetime?
A) 3 × 109 B) 3 × 108 C) 3 × 1011 D) 3 × 107 E) 3 × 1010


10) Conversion of units: If a woman weighs 125 lb, her mass expressed in kilograms is x kg, 10)
where x is
A) less than 125. B) greater than 125.


11) Significant figures: What is the sum of 1.53 + 2.786 + 3.3 written with the correct 11)
number of significant figures?
A) 8 B) 7.6 C) 7.62 D) 7.616 E) 7.6160
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12) Conversion of units: A plot of land contains 5.8 acres. How many square meters does it 12)
contain? [1 acre = 43,560 ft2]
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A) 7.1 × 103 m2 B) 2.3 × 104 m2 C) 7.0 × 104 m2 D) 5.0 × 104 m2


13) Conversion of units: If a flower is 6.5 cm wide, its width expressed in millimeters is x
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mm, where x is
A) less than 6.5. B) greater than 6.5.
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14) Significant figures: What is the result of 1.58 ÷ 3.793 written with the correct number of
14)
significant figures?
A) 4.17 × 10-1
B) 4.2 × 10-1
C) 4.1656 × 10-1
D) 4.166 × 10-1
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E) 4 × 10-1
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15) Significant figures: What is 34 + (3) × (1.2465) written with the correct number of
significant figures? 15)
A) 38 B) 4 × 101 C) 37.7395 D) 37.7 E) 37.74
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16) Conversion of units: If an operatic aria lasts for 5.75 min, its length expressed in seconds
is x s, where x is 16)
A) greater than 5.75. B) less than 5.75.
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17) Conversion of units: A weight lifter can bench press 171 kg. How many milligrams (mg)
is this? 17)
A) 1.71 × 108 mg B) 1.71 × 109 mg
C) 1.71 × 107 mg D) 1.71 × 106 mg




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18) Conversion of units: A certain CD-ROM disk can store approximately 6.0 × 102 18)
megabytes of information, where 106 bytes = 1 megabyte. If an average word requires
9.0 bytes of storage, how many words can be stored on one disk?
A) 6.7 × 107 words B) 2.0 × 109 words
C) 2.1 × 107 words D) 5.4 × 109 words

19) Metric system: The current definition of the standard kilogram of mass is based on 19)
A) the mass of the earth.
B) the mass of a cesium-133 atom.
C) the mass of the sun.
D) the mass a particular object kept in France.
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20) Conversion of units: The following exact conversion equivalents are given: 1 m = 100 cm 20)
2.54 cm, and
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1 ft = 12 in. If a computer screen has an area of 1.27 ft2, this area is closest to
A) 0.118 m2.
B) 0.284 m2.
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C) 0.00284 m2.
D) 0.0465 m2.
E) 4.65 m2.
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21) Significant figures: The length and width of a rectangle are 1.125 m and 0.606 m,
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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) 0.6818 m2.
B) 0.7 m2.
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C) 0.68 m2.
D) 0.682 m2.
E) 0.68175 m2.
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22) Significant figures: What is the value of π(8.104)2, written with the correct number of
significant figures? 22)
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A) 206.3 B) 200 C) 206.323 D) 206 E) 206.324


23) Metric system: The current definition of the standard second of time is based on 23)
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A) the duration of one year.
B) the frequency of radiation emitted by cesium atoms.
C) the oscillation of a particular pendulum kept in France.
D) the earth's rotation rate.




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