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Physics 73
Set A
First Problem Set
First Semester, AY 2017–2018

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First Problem Set First Semester, AY 2017–2018 Physics 73

Instructions: Choose the letter of the best answer to each of the following questions. Use
pencil only to shade your answer.To change your answer, erase neatly your old answer and
simply shade the new one. Any form of cheating in examinations or any act of dishonesty
in relation to studies, such as plagiarism, shall be subject to disciplinary action.
USEFUL CONSTANTS
cwater = 4190 J/kg · K
cice = 2100 J/kg · K
Lf (water) = 334 × 103 J/kg
Lv(water) = 2256 × 103 J/kg
σ = 5.6704 × 10− 8 W/m2 · K4
R = 8.31447 J/mol · K = 0.08206 L · atm/mol · K
NA = 6.022 × 1023 molecules/mol
k = 1.381 × 10−23 J/molecule · K
USEFUL CONVERSION FACTOR
1.00 cal = 4.186 J
1, 000 L = 1.00 m3
1.00 atm = 1.013 × 105 Pa

1. Saan ang totoo. Which statement defines thermal equilibrium between two objects?
A. They have the same pressure
B. They have the same temperature
C. They have the same number of moles
D. They have the same volume
2. Cool it! The temperature of a glass of water at 100.◦ C drops by 50.0 K. What is its final
temperature?

A. 50.0◦ C B. 72.2◦ C C. 50.0◦ F D. 72.2◦ F

3. Stress Drilon. An aluminum rod at 20.0◦ C with cross-sectional area of 12.5 cm2 and
length of 7.00 cm is perpendicularly placed between two walls that are 7.00 cm apart. What
is the thermal stress in the rod if the rod is to be subjected to heat such that it will change its
temperature from 20.0 ◦ C to 30.0 ◦ C? Use YAl = 7.0 × 1010 Pa and αAl = 2.4 × 10−5 K−1 .
A. −16.8 MPa
B. −476 MPa
C. 476 MPa
D. 16.8 MPa

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4. Alpha 3. Consider the lengths of three metal rods at different temperatures as shown below.
Which of the following is TRUE about their coefficients of linear expansion?

Rod Length (cm) at 20 ◦ C Length (cm) at 70 ◦ C

X 10 12
Y 5 10
Z 20 30
A. αX < αY < αZ C. αY < αZ < αX
B. αZ < αY < αX D. αX < αZ < αY

5. Painitin. Two boxes A and B with the same mass and temperature were both heated with
energy Q. It was observed that after heating, box A has a higher temperature than box B.
What can be said about their specific heats?
A. Box A has a higher specific heat than box B
B. Box B has a higher specific heat than box A
C. They have the same specific heat
D. Nothing can be concluded
6. Morning Hot Bath. How much water that is initially at 100.0◦ C must be added to a 2.80
kg of water to increase its temperature from 5.00◦ C to 30.00◦ C?
A. 7.84 kg
B. 2.80 kg
C. 1.00 kg
D. 0.500 kg
7. Sabaw-no-more. A container has 0.50 kg of ice at 0.00 ◦ C. A tube connected from a boiler
let 0.100 kg of steam at 100.0◦ C inside the container. What is the temperature of the system
when it has reached equilibrium? Assume that no heat is absorbed by the container.
A. 24.0◦ C
B. 40.0◦ C
C. 54.0◦ C
D. 93.0◦ C

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8. Heat Transfer 1. The Earth is heated by the Sun. What kind of heat transfer is involved
here?
A. Combustion
B. Conduction
C. Convection
D. Radiation
9. T-pain. Three rods A, B and C of equal dimensions are used to form the configura-
tion shown in the figure. Their thermal conductivities are kA = 350. W/m · K, kB =
575 W/m · K and kC = 123 W/m · K. What is the temperature at the junction?

A. 88.3◦ C
B. 75.2◦ C
C. 74.0◦ C
D. 50.0◦ C

10. Radiant sphere. A metallic sphere with radius R is heated to some temperature T , emit-
ting radiation at a rate H. If the radius of the sphere is doubled while keeping the temper-
ature constant, what is the new rate of radiation?
A. H
B. 2H
C. 3H
D. 4H
11. Ideal Relationships 1. Let n be the number of moles, R be the ideal gas constant, T be
the absolute temperature, p be the absolute pressure and V be the volume. Which of the
following statements is true for ideal gases?

1 1
A. T ∝ for constant n, p and V C. T ∝ for constant n and V
R p
1 1
B. T ∝ for constant p and V D. T ∝ for constant p and n
n V

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12. Ex and Whys. Consider two cylindrical containers X and Y with the same amount of gas
molecules and maintained at the same temperature. If the diameter of container X is half
the diameter of container Y , which of the following is TRUE about the pressures in each
container?
A. PX = 2PY
B. PX = PY /2
C. PX = 4PY
D. PX = PY /4
13. Medyo ideal gas. Consider n moles of gas. If you are to include the finite volume b of a
mole, how should you write the equation of state based on the ideal gas equation given that
the pressure is p, the volume is V and the temperature is T ?
A. p(V − b) = nRT
B. (p/b)V = nRT
C. p(V − nb) = nRT
D. bpV = nRT
14. Only One Real. Which of the following is NOT an assumption of the kinetic theory of
ideal gases?
A. The particles may undergo inelastic collisions with themselves.
B. The gas molecules are treated as point particles.
C. The particles move according to Newton’s laws of motion.
D. The velocities of the particles are randomly distributed.
15. tfvsjs. An ideal gas initially can be characterized with a root-mean-square speed vrms . If
the state variables of the ideal gas can be varied, while maintaining vrms , which of the
following statements must be true?
A. An increase in pressure must be compensated by an increase in volume
B. Temperature can only decrease
C. An increase in volume must be compensated by an increase in temperature
D. An increase in pressure must be compensated by a decrease in volume

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16. To A Faster/Slower Life? A certain gas in a sealed container is at temperature T . If its

temperature is raised 9 times, by what factor will the root-mean-square speed change?
1
A.
9
1
B.
3
C. 9
D. 3
17. Are You In Or Out? A box contains Nitrogen gas (N2 ) with molar mass of 28.0 g/mol.
If the temperature is 314.16 K, what is the fraction of the gas that has speeds between
317.40 m/s and 846.41 m/s? The table below shows fractions of molecules in an ideal gas
with speeds less than various multiples of vrms .

v/vrms fraction v/vrms fraction

0.20 0.011 1.20 0.771
0.40 0.077 1.40 0.882
0.60 0.218 1.60 0.947
0.80 0.411 1.80 0.979
1.00 0.608 2.00 0.993
A. 0.053
B. 0.729
C. 0.782
D. 1.000
18. Boxes of Gases. Two boxes containing two different types of gas with the same number
of moles are heated at constant volume so that their temperature rises by 1.0 C◦ . If box M
contains monatomic gas and box D contains diatomic gas, which of the following is the
correct relationship between the heat added to the gases?

A. QM = QD
B. QM = 2QD
C. 5QM = 3QD
D. 3QM = 2QD

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19. O-O. What is the molar heat capacity of oxygen gas (O2 ) at constant volume? Assume
that the oxygen gas behaves like an ideal gas.
A. 2.50 J/mol K
B. 8.31 J/mol K
C. 12.5 J/mol K
D. 20.7 J/mol K

20. In your PHASE! Consider a typical pT

phase diagram in the figure. Each of the
labeled curve correspond to a phase equi-
librium curve that exclude the triple point
and the critical point. At which curve or
curves can a solid phase exist?
A. Curves I and II only
B. Curves II and III only
C. Curve I only
D. Curve III only

21. Dabbing Squidward. Consider the following figure.

What are the signs of the heat flow Q and the work W
done BY Squidward’s body?
A. Q is positive, W is positive
B. Q is positive, W is negative
C. Q is negative, W is positive
D. Q is negative, W is negative

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22. Working ON it. An n moles of an ideal

gas is compressed at constant temperature
of T from a pressure of pi to a pressure of
pf . If the work done ON the gas is nRT /2,
what is the ratio pi /pf ?
A. e−1/2
B. e−2
C. e2
D. e1/2

23. Initsigan (Thermodynamics in Filipino). Thirty joules of heat flow into a system. The
system in turn does 50.0 J of work. What will happen to the internal energy of the system?
A. It will increase by 80.0 J
B. It will decrease by 80.0 J
C. It will increase by 20.0 J
D. It will decrease by 20.0 J
24. Akala ko “Bida Ang Saya”? Which of the following processes yields a zero change in
internal energy for an ideal gas aside from the cyclic process?
A. Isobaric Process
B. Isochoric Process
C. Isothermal Process
D. Adiabatic Process
25. Wal Tsrif. Consider an isobaric process at pressure P0 that changes the volume of n moles
of an ideal monatomic gas from V0 to (α + 1)V0 . What is the heat involved the process?
A. 3αP0 V0 /2
B. 5αP0 V0 /2
C. 7αP0 V0 /2
D. 9αP0 V0 /2

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26. Red Box. Two boxes A and B, each containing 1.00 mol of monatomic ideal gas, are
heated from 50.0◦ C to 70.0◦ C. Box A is heated at constant volume while box B is heated
at constant pressure. What is the ratio of the change in their internal energies ∆UB /∆UA ?
A. 1.00
B. 1.40
C. 1.67
D. 2.50
27. Kakaintan (Adiabatic in Filipino). An ideal diatomic gas undergoes adiabatic compres-
sion. Its initial pressure and volume are 1.22 × 105 Pa and 0.200 m3 . Its final pressure is
2.44 × 105 Pa. How much work is done by the gas?
A. −4.68 × 103 J
B. −3.83 × 103 J
C. −1.34 × 104 J
D. −1.17 × 104 J
28. Ideal Gas Master. An ideal gas undergoes an isothermal expansion from state 1 with
pressure p1 to state 2 with volume V2 . It then undergoes an adiabatic compression from
state 2 to state 3 such that its volume V3 is equal to its volume when it is in state 1. Let the
ratio of the heat capacities for this ideal gas be γ. Which figure gives the correct path and
the final pressure p3 ?

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29. ERM. Which of the following energy flow diagram correctly describes a heat engine that
operates by taking one mole of a diatomic gas through the cycle 1 − 2 − 3 − 4 − 1 as shown
in the PV diagram below.

A. C.

B. D.

30. Efficiency. A heat engine does 3200 J of work and dumps 8200 J of heat to the cold
reservoir. What is its efficiency?
A. 28%
B. 39%
C. 56%
D. 71%

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31. The F.L.I.R.B.S. Cycle. The figure shows a cyclic pro-

cess where a monatomic ideal gas undergoes an isochoric
process from a to b, an isobaric process from b to c, an
isochoric process from c to d and finally another isobaric
process from d back to a. Let p = 2p0 , V = 2V0 . What
is the efficiency of the cycle?
A. 75.0%
B. 37.1%
C. 22.2%
D. 15.4%
32. Ref cop. The coefficient of performance of a refrigerator is 5.5. The heat absorbed from
the inside of the refrigerator is 400 kJ. Which of the following diagrams correctly describes
the process?

A. B. C. D.

33. COP. A freezer needs an input power of 93.6 W to convert 1.80 kg of water at 25.0 ◦ C
to 1.80 kg of ice at −25.0 ◦ C in one hour. What is the coefficient of performance of the
freezer?
A. 0.65
B. 1.49
C. 2.40
D. 2.62

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34. Alin, alin, alin ang naiba. Which of the following is NOT equivalent to the statement of
the second law of thermodynamics?

A. It is impossible for heat to sponta- C. It is impossible to convert all

neously flow from a cold reservoir
to a hot reservoir.
B. It is impossible to reach absolute
zero in a finite number of thermo-
dynamic steps.
the heat absorbed into mechanical
work in a cyclic process.
D. It is impossible for an irreversible
engine to be more efficient than a
Carnot engine.

35. Tonrac. Which of the following processes is/are involved in the Carnot cycle?
I. Isochoric expansion
II. Isothermal expansion
III. Isobaric compression

A. II only C. I and II only

B. III only D. I, II, and III

36. To the max. An inventor is marketing a device and claims that it takes 25.00 kJ of heat at
327.00 ◦ C and discards heat to the environment at 27.00 ◦ C. What is the maximum possible
efficiency of this engine?
A. 1.00
B. 0.92
C. 0.50
D. 0.15
37. Car No Ref. The motor in a Carnot refrigerator has a power of 200 W. If the freezing
compartment is at 270 K and the outside air is at 300 K, what is the maximum amount of
energy that can be extracted as heat from the freezing compartment in 10.0 min?
A. 1.08 × 106 J
B. 1.20 × 106 J
C. 1.20 × 104 J
D. 1.33 × 104 J

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38. Yportne. What is the entropy change for the complete conversion of 1.00 kg of steam at
100.0 ◦ C to liquid water at 27.0 ◦ C?
A. −6960 J/K
B. −5140 J/K
C. 913 J/K
D. 6050 J/K
39. Ph.D in Entropy. What is the entropy change of the system when two moles of an ideal
diatomic gas is carried through the process N-R-P-Y as shown in the pV diagram. The
temperatures at points N, R, and Y are TN = 360 K, TR = 600 K and TY = 360 K, respec-
tively.
A. 3.5 kJ/K
B. 6.74 J/K
C. 63.9 J/K
D. −66.9 J/K

40. Macrostatic Change. Consider 100 gas molecules in a container with two equally sized
partitions A and B. Macrostate 1 consists of 99 gas molecules in partition A and one in
partition B. Macrostate 2 consists of 1 gas molecule in partition A and 99 in partition B.
What is the change in entropy from macrostate 1 to 2? The symbol k is the Boltzmann
constant.
A. k ln(100)
B. k ln(1/99)
C. k ln(99)
D. 0

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