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1. What is the intensity of the sound produced by a radio at a distance 11. A car is moving away from a person with 20 m/s velocity. Its horn
of 5 m, if the power of the radio is 600 W? ( = 3) produces a sound of frequency 400 Hz. Find the frequency heard
A. 1 W/m2 by the person that is at rest. (speed of sound=380 m/s)
B. 2 W/m2 A) 340 Hz
C. 3 W/m2 B) 360 Hz
D. 4 W/m2 C) 380 Hz
E. 5 W/m2 D) 400 Hz
E) 420 Hz
2. The distance between point A and a sound source is 3 times the
distance of B to the source. Find the ratio of intensity of sound at 12. An ambulance passes by a person that is at rest. How will the
point A to the intensity at point B, IA/IB ? frequency heard by the person be …
A. 1 : 1 before it passes after it passes
B. 1 : 3 A. higher lower
C. 1 : 9 B. lower higher
D. 3 : 1 C. constant lower
E. 9 : 1 D. higher constant
E. constant constant
3. What is the sound intensity level of an ambulance which makes a
sound of intensity 10-4 W/m2 ? 13. The third harmonics in closed pipe A has the same frequency with
A. 40 dB fundamental frequency (first harmonics) of open pipe B. If pipe B
B. 50 dB is 20 cm long, what is the length of pipe A?
C. 60 dB A. 90 cm
D. 70 dB B. 60 cm
E. 80 dB C. 30 cm
D. 15 cm
4. What is the sound intensity of a truck which makes a sound of E. 7,5 cm
intensity level 70 dB?
A. 10-5 W/m2 14. Which one is true about ultrasonic waves?
B. 10-6 W/m2 A. They have longer wavelength than audible waves
C. 10-7 W/m2 B. They have a frequency between 20 Hz and 20 kHz
D. 10-8 W/m2 C. Human beings can hear it
E. 10-9 W/m2 D. They have higher frequency than audible waves
E. They are faster than audible sound waves
5. One single machine produces 10-9 W/m2 of sound intensity. What is
the sound intensity level for 10 machines? 15. Sound propagates in the form of .... wave.
A. 40 dB A. electromagnetic
B. 50 dB B. stationary
C. 60 dB C. longitudinal
D. 70 dB D. seismic
E. 80 dB E. transverse
6. What is the sound intensity level of a police car which makes a 16. In which of the following mediums the sound will propagate
sound of intensity 2.10-8 W/m2 ? (log 2 = 0,3) (travel) with the highest speed?
A. 3 dB A. pure water
B. 23 dB B. copper wire
C. 30 dB C. salty water
D. 43 dB D. steam
E. 69 dB E. liquid iron
23. The gauge pressure in each of the four tires of an automobile is 240
kPa. If each tire has “footprint” of 200 cm2, the mass of the car is
…. A. 800 kg/m3
A. 240 kg B. 1030 kg/m3
B. 480 kg C. 1088 kg/m3
C. 960 kg D. 1300 kg/m3
D. 1440 kg E. 1360 kg/m3
E. 1920 kg
30. The area of the larger piston of the hydraulic lever in figure is 10
24. Three containers having different shapes are filled with the same times the area of the smaller. What is the minimum force acting on
liquid up to the same height (as shown on the figure above). the smaller piston, if the force on the larger piston is 10 kN? (the
Compare the pressure and the pressure at the bottom of the piston weightless)
containers. A. 100,000 N
B. 10,000 N
C. 1,000 N
D. 100 N
E. 10 N
A. p1 > p2 > p3 31. A force of 210 N applied on a hydraulic lift raises an automobile
B. p1 = p2 = p3 weighing 6000 N. If the applied force is exerted on a 7.0 m piston,
C. p1 > p2 = p3 what is the area of the piston beneath the automobile?
D. p1 <p2 = p3
E. p1 < p2 < p3