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Created on 17th August 2025

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PHYSICS TEST : 01

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1. What is the velocity of an object that travels 100 meters in 5 seconds?

20 m/s

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2. A car accelerates uniformly from rest to a speed of 30 m/s in 10 seconds. What is the acceleration?

2 m/s²

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3. If the mass of an object is 10 kg and it is subjected to a force of 50 N, what is its acceleration?

10 m/s²

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4. Which of the following equations represents the kinetic energy of an object?

KE = 1/2 mv²

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5. A projectile is launched with an initial speed of 20 m/s at an angle of 30 degrees. What is the maximum height it reaches?

10 m

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6. What is the total mechanical energy of a system at the highest point of a projectile's motion?

Potential energy

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7. If a spring has a spring constant of 200 N/m and is compressed by 0.5 m, what is the potential energy stored in the spring?

50 J

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8. A 5 kg block slides down a frictionless incline of height 10 m. What is its speed at the bottom?

14 m/s

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9. How much work is done when a force of 50 N moves an object 4 m in the direction of the force?

200 J

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10. What is the frequency of a wave with a wavelength of 2 m and a speed of 340 m/s?

170 Hz

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11. A car accelerates from rest at a rate of 2 m/s². What is its speed after 5 seconds?

10 m/s

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12. If the mass of an object is doubled and the velocity is halved, how does its kinetic energy change?

It halves

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13. What is the gravitational force between two 5 kg masses separated by 2 meters?

6.25 N

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14. A circuit contains a 12V battery and a resistor of 4 ohms. What is the current flowing through the circuit?

2 A

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15. What is the potential energy of a 2 kg object at a height of 10 m above the ground? (g = 9.8 m/s²)

98 J

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16. A projectile is launched with an initial velocity of 20 m/s at an angle of 30 degrees. What is its maximum height?

10 m

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17. What is the period of a pendulum that is 2 meters long? (g = 9.8 m/s²)

1.4 s

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18. If a wave has a frequency of 500 Hz and a wavelength of 0.5 m, what is its speed?

1000 m/s

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19. A mass of 10 kg is attached to a spring with a spring constant of 200 N/m. What is the potential energy stored in the spring when compressed by 0.1 m?

1 J

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20. How much work is done when a force of 50 N is applied to move an object 4 meters in the direction of the force?

200 J

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21. If an object is moving in a circular path of radius 5 m with a speed of 10 m/s, what is its centripetal acceleration?

10 m/s²

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22. A 2 kg object is moving at 3 m/s. What is its momentum?

6 kg·m/s

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23. What is the frequency of a wave with a period of 0.2 seconds?

5 Hz

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24. A body is moving with a uniform velocity of 15 m/s. How far will it travel in 10 seconds?

150 m

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25. What is the pressure exerted by a force of 100 N acting on an area of 2 m²?

50 Pa

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26. If a beam of light enters from air into water, which of the following statements is true regarding its speed?

It decreases

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27. A battery provides a voltage of 9V and a circuit has a resistance of 3 ohms. What is the power consumed?

27 W

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28. What is the total resistance of two resistors of 4 ohms and 6 ohms connected in series?

10 ohms

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29. A 5 kg object is lifted to a height of 4 m. What is the work done against gravity? (g = 9.8 m/s²)

39.2 J

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30. What is the formula for calculating the energy of a photon?

E = hf

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31. If a gas occupies a volume of 4 m³ at a pressure of 200 kPa, what is its work done when it expands to 8 m³ at constant pressure?

400 kJ

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32. A vector A has components A_x = 3 and A_y = 4. What is the magnitude of vector A?

5

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33. If vector B = 2i + 3j and vector C = -1i + 4j, what is the dot product B · C?

10

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34. A particle moves in the xy-plane with a position vector r(t) = (2t)i + (3t²)j. Find the velocity vector v(t) at time t = 1.

(2)i + (6)j

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35. What is the angle between the vectors A = (1, 2) and B = (2, -1)?

45 degrees

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36. Two forces F1 = 5N at 0 degrees and F2 = 10N at 90 degrees are applied to an object. What is the resultant force?

12.25N

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37. Find the cross product of vectors A = (1, 2, 3) and B = (4, 5, 6).

(-3, 6, -3)

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38. A vector D has a magnitude of 10 units and makes an angle of 30 degrees with the positive x-axis. Find the components of vector D.

(5√3, 5)

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39. If the position of an object is given by r(t) = (2t^2)i + (3t)j, find the acceleration vector a(t).

(4t)i + (3)j

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40. Calculate the work done by a force F = (3i + 4j) acting on an object that moves from point A(0,0) to point B(3,4).

12 J

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41. A vector E has components E_x = -2 and E_y = 3. Find the unit vector in the direction of E.

(-0.5547, 0.8321)

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42. A projectile is launched with an initial velocity of 20 m/s at an angle of 45 degrees. Calculate the horizontal range.

40 m

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43. If vector F = (2i + 4j + 6k) is rotated about the z-axis by 90 degrees, what are the new components?

(-4, 2, 6)

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44. A force of 10 N is applied at an angle of 60 degrees to the horizontal on a box. What is the horizontal component of the force?

8.66 N

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45. A vector G = (1, -2, 3) is reflected across the yz-plane. What are the new components?

(-1, -2, 3)

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46. A car travels 100 m east and then 100 m north. What is the displacement vector from the starting point?

(100, 100)

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47. If the vector H = (3, 4, 0) is scaled by a factor of 2, what are the new components?

(6, 8, 0)

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48. Determine the component form of a vector that has a magnitude of 5 and an angle of 120 degrees.

(-2.5, -4.33)

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49. A vector I = (3, 0) is rotated 180 degrees. What are the new components?

(-3, 0)

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50. A particle moves in a circular path with a radius of 5 m. What is the magnitude of the centripetal acceleration at a speed of 10 m/s?

20 m/s²

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51. A vector J has components J_x = 1 and J_y = -1. What is the angle it makes with the positive x-axis?

135 degrees

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52. What is the dot product of two vectors A = (2, 3) and B = (4, -1)?

14

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53. Which of the following vectors represents a unit vector?

(1, 0)

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54. If vector A = (3, 4) and vector B = (1, 2), what is the angle between them in degrees?

60°

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55. Which operation will give a vector perpendicular to vectors A and B?

A x B

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56. What is the resultant of vector A = (5, 2) and vector B = (-3, 4)?

(2, 6)

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57. Which component of vector A = (3, 4) contributes to its magnitude?

Both 3 and 4

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58. If vector C = (x, y) has a magnitude of 10, what is the relation between x and y?

x^2 + y^2 = 100

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59. Which of the following represents the projection of vector A = (4, 3) onto the x-axis?

(4, 0)

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60. What is the formula for the angle between two vectors A and B using the dot product?

θ = cos⁻¹(A.B / |A||B|)

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61. What is the scalar triple product of vectors A, B, and C?

(A x B) . C

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62. What is the dot product of two vectors A = (2, 3) and B = (4, 1)?

11

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63. If vector A has a magnitude of 5 and makes an angle of 60 degrees with the x-axis, what are the x and y components of vector A?

2.5, 4.33

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64. Which of the following statements about vector addition is true?

Both of the above

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65. What is the cross product of two vectors A = (1, 0, 0) and B = (0, 1, 0)?

(0, 0, 1)

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66. If two vectors A and B are perpendicular, what is the value of their dot product?

0

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67. A vector has a magnitude of 10 units and is directed at an angle of 30 degrees to the horizontal. What is the horizontal component of this vector?

10 * cos(30)

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68. What is the magnitude of the resultant vector if A = (3, 4) and B = (1, 2)?

5

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69. If vector A = (2, 3) and is scaled by a factor of 2, what is the new vector?

(4, 6)

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70. Which of the following represents a unit vector in the direction of vector A = (3, 4)?

(0.6, 0.8)

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71. What is the angle between two vectors A = (1, 0) and B = (0, 1)?

90 degrees

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72. What is the projection of vector A = (3, 4) onto vector B = (1, 0)?

(3, 0)

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73. A vector in three-dimensional space has coordinates (1, 2, 2). What is its magnitude?

5

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74. If A = (2, -1) and B = (1, 2), what is the angle between A and B?

135 degrees

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75. For vectors A and B, if A = (1, 2, 3) and B = (4, 5, 6), what is A + B?

(5, 7, 9)

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76. What is the scalar triple product of vectors A = (1, 0, 0), B = (0, 1, 0), and C = (0, 0, 1)?

1

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77. If A = (3, 4) and B = (4, 3), what is the angle between them?

45 degrees

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78. If vector A is represented in polar coordinates as (5, 30°), what is its rectangular form?

(4.33, 2.5)

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79. What is the resultant vector of A = (5, 5) and B = (0, -5)?

(5, 0)

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80. In vector notation, what is the expression for the resultant of two vectors A and B?

R = A + B

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81. If vector A has coordinates (x, y) and vector B has coordinates (y, x), what is the relationship between their dot product?

A·B = x^2 + y^2

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82. In a right triangle, if one side is 3 and the other is 4, what is the length of the hypotenuse in terms of vector magnitude?

5

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83. What is the resultant of two vectors of equal magnitude, 5 units each, that are at an angle of 60 degrees to each other?

8.66 units

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84. If vector A = 3i + 4j and vector B = 2i - j, what is the dot product A · B?

10

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85. Vector A has a magnitude of 10 units and is directed along the positive x-axis. If vector B is directed at an angle of 45 degrees to the positive x-axis, what is the x-component of vector B if its magnitude is also 10 units?

7.07 units

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86. A force vector of 10 N acts at an angle of 30 degrees to the horizontal. Calculate the horizontal component of the force.

8.66 N

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87. Which of the following statements is true about the cross product of two vectors?

It is anti-commutative.

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88. If a vector A has coordinates (2, 3) and vector B has coordinates (4, -1), what is the angle θ between them?

45 degrees

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89. What is the unit vector of vector A = 4i + 3j?

(4/5)i + (3/5)j

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90. For two vectors A and B, if |A| = 6 and |B| = 8, and the angle between them is 90 degrees, what is the magnitude of the resultant vector?

14 units

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91. Which of the following represents the scalar triple product of vectors A, B, and C?

A · (B × C)

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92. If vector A = 5i + 2j + 3k and vector B = 2i - 4j + k, what is the magnitude of the vector A + B?

8 units

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93. In a two-dimensional Cartesian coordinate system, which of the following statements about the vector (-3, 4) is true?

It lies in the second quadrant.

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94. Vector A is given as 2i + 3j. What is the projection of vector A onto the vector B = i + j?

2.5 units

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95. If a vector is represented in polar coordinates as (r, θ) = (5, 30°), what are its rectangular coordinates?

(5√3/2, 5/2)

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96. The angle between two vectors A and B is 0 degrees. What can be said about the vectors?

They are in the same direction.

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97. In a right triangle, if the lengths of the two perpendicular sides are 6 units and 8 units, what is the length of the hypotenuse?

10 units

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98. What is the angle between the vectors A = (1, 0) and B = (0, 1)?

90 degrees

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99. When two vectors are added, what is the condition for them to be equal?

Their components must be equal.

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100. What is the resultant of two vectors A and B, where A = 3i + 4j and B = 1i + 2j?

4i + 6j

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101. If vector A = 5i + 2j and vector B = -3i + 7j, what is A - B?

8i - 5j

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102. What is the dot product of vectors A = 2i + 3j and B = 4i + 1j?

11

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103. Given vectors A = 3i + 2j and B = 6i - 4j, find the angle between them.

60 degrees

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104. If the magnitude of vector A is 10 and it makes an angle of 30 degrees with the x-axis, what are the components of A?

5√3i + 5j

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105. What is the cross product of vectors A = i + 2j and B = 3i + 4j?

2i - 3j

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106. If A = 2i + j and B = -i + 3j, what is |A + B|?

√10

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107. Two vectors A and B are perpendicular. If |A| = 5 and |B| = 12, what is |A × B|?

60

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108. If the vector A = 3i + 4j is scaled by a factor of 2, what is the new vector?

6i + 8j

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109. For vectors A = 4i + 5j and B = 2i + 6j, find the angle between A and B using the dot product.

cos⁻¹(0.8)

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110. What are the coordinates of the midpoint of segment AB, where A(2, 3) and B(4, 7)?

(3, 5)

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111. If A = 1i + 2j and B = 3i + 4j, what is |A + B|^2?

25

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112. What is the projection of vector A = 3i + 4j onto vector B = -4i + 3j?

1i + 2j

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113. If a vector A = 6i - 8j is rotated 90 degrees counterclockwise, what is the new vector?

-8i + 6j

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114. What is the sum of vectors A = 3i + 4j and B = 1i - 2j?

4i + 2j

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115. If vector A = 2i + 3j and vector B = 4i + 5j, what is the dot product A · B?

29

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116. What is the sum of vectors A = 3i + 4j and B = 1i - 2j?

3i + 2j

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117. Which of the following represents a scalar quantity?

Speed

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118. In which quadrant does the vector (−3, 4) lie?

Second quadrant

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119. What is the magnitude of vector A = 6i - 8j?

10

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120. If vector C = 5i + 12j, how would you find its direction?

All of the above

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121. The area of a triangle formed by vectors A and B can be calculated using which formula?

1/2 |A x B|

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122. Which mathematical operation can be performed on vectors to get a scalar?

Dot product

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123. If vector A has a magnitude of 10 units and makes an angle of 30 degrees with the positive x-axis, what are the components of vector A?

10i + 5j

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124. A vector with no direction is known as __________.

null vector

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125. If the coordinates of point A are (3, 4) and point B are (6, 8), what is the distance between the points A and B?

5

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126. Which of these vectors has the largest magnitude?

5i + 12j

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127. What does a vector's scalar product signify?

Magnitude

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128. Which of the following statements is true regarding parallel vectors?

All of the above

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129. If vector D = 3i - 4j, what is its direction in degrees?

None of the above

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130. What is the formula for finding the projection of vector A onto vector B?

proj_B(A) = (A · B / |B|) * (B / |B|)

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131. Which of these is not considered a fundamental quantity?

Velocity

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132. What is the result of multiplying two quantities with the same unit?

The same unit

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133. What is the main purpose of dimensional analysis?

To find the dimensions of a physical quantity

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134. What does the term 'significant figures' refer to?

The digits that carry meaning contributing to its precision

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135. Which instrument measures atmospheric pressure?

Barometer

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136. What unit is used to measure temperatur in the SI system?

Kelvin

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137. Which of the following is not a method to express uncertainty?

Absolute value

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138. In the metric system, what does the prefix 'milli-' signify?

1/1000

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139. What is the absolute zero temperature in Kelvin?

0 K

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140. In physics, what does the term 'dimension' refer to?

The measure of the extent of a property

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141. Which of the following describes the term 'energy efficiency'?

Useful energy output divided by total energy input

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142. What is the primary purpose of a pulley?

To measure weight

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143. What does the term 'thermal energy' refer to?

Energy due to temperature

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