Kinematics Multiple Choice Questions

(1) A ball is released from rest and falls a distance h under the influence of gravity. Its average speed
during the fall is closest to

(a) 0 (b) 0.5 gh (c) 0.7 gh (d) gh (e) 1.4 gh

(2) Someone drops an object off a tower. The object hits the ground with a speed proportional to

(a) the mass of the object

(b) the square of the mass of the object
(c) the height of the tower
(d) the square root of the height of the tower
(e) the square of the height of the tower

(3) Which of the graphs below indicates motion at constant velocity?

I. II. III.

(a) I only (b) II only (c) III only (d) I and II (e) II and III

(4) A cannon fires a shell at a target 1200 m. away on a horizontal flat plain (ignore air resistance). While
the shell is in flight, its acceleration is

(a) uniform, vertical

(b) uniform, both vertical and horizontal
(c) time-varying, vertical
(d) time-varying, horizontal
(e) time-varying, both horizontal and vertical

(5) As a drag-racing car moves from rest at t = 0, its velocity varies as the square of the elapsed time
according to the equation v = bt2, where b is a constant. The expression for the distance traveled by
the car from its position at t = 0 is

bt 3 bt 2
(a) bt3 (b) (c) 4bt2 (d) 3bt2 (e)
3 3

(6) An object, released from rest at t = 0, slides down a frictionless incline a distance of 1 meter during
the first second. The distance traveled by the object during the time interval t = 1 sec. to t = 2 sec. is

(a) 1 m. (b) 2 m. (c) 3 m. (d) 4 m. (e) 5 m.

 Questions #7 - #10

An object moves according to the equation x = vt + kebt, where k, v, and b are constants, x
represents distance in meters, t represents time in seconds, and e is the base of the natural
logarithms.

(7) The units of b must be

(a) sec (b) sec-1 (c) sec2 (d) logarithm (e) nonexistent, b is a pure number

(8) The initial velocity (at t = 0) is

(a) 0 (b) v (c) k (d) v + kb (e) k + v

1
(9) The acceleration at t = sec is closest to
b
v
(a) 0 (b) (c) kb2 (d) k (e) 2.72kb2
b

(10) The units of k must be

(a) meters (b) meters/sec (c) sec (d) sec/meter (e) non-existent, k is a pure number

Question #11 & #12

An object moving in a straight line has a velocity v in meters per second that varies with time
t in seconds according to the following function.

v = 4 + 0.5t2

(11) The instantaneous acceleration of the object at t = 2 seconds is

(a) 2 m/s2 (b) 4 m/s2 (c) 5 m/s2 (d) 6 m/s2 (e) 8 m/s2

(12) The displacement of the object between t = 0 and t = 6 seconds is

(a) 22 m. (b) 28 m. (c) 40 m. (d) 42 m. (e) 60 m.

(13) A rock is dropped from the top of a 45-meter tower, and at the same time a ball is thrown from the
top of the same tower in a horizontal direction. Air resistance is negligible. The ball and the rock
hit the level ground 30 meters apart. The horizontal velocity of the ball thrown was most nearly

(a) 5 m/s (b) 10 m/s (c) 14.1 m/s (d) 20 m/s (e) 28.3 m/s