Statics

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Quiz on Statics, created by Nicole Saville on 27/10/2014.
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Question 1

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What is accuracy?
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  • How close the measurement is to the accepted value
  • The degree to which you measure
  • The skill of the experimenter
  • The level of uncertainty

Question 2

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The smallest scale increment on a measuring device is the...
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  • Precision
  • Accuracy
  • Reliablity
  • Uncertainty

Question 3

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What does the level of uncertainty depend on?
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  • Accuracy
  • Precision
  • Number of repeats

Question 4

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All experiments are uncertain
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  • True
  • False

Question 5

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Which of these are systematic errors?
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  • experimental set up
  • Human error
  • faulty equipment
  • inconsistent parallax error
  • reaction time
  • Zero errors on meters

Question 6

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Which of the following does not apply to random errors?
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  • They reduce the accuracy
  • The reduce the precision
  • They can never be fully eliminated

Question 7

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Systematic errors can be totally eliminated
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  • True
  • False

Question 8

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When adding or subtracting measured quantities, how do we find the uncertainty?
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  • Add the absolute uncertainty of each
  • Add the percentage uncertainty of each
  • Multiply the percentage uncertainties together
  • Use the biggest absolute uncertainty

Question 9

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When multiplying or dividing quantities, how do we find the uncertainty?
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  • Add the percentage uncertainty
  • Multiply the percentage uncertainties
  • Add the absolute uncertainties
  • Double the uncertainty

Question 10

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What is a scalar quantity?
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  • A quantity with magnitude only
  • A quantity with magnitude and direction

Question 11

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Which of these are scalar quantities?
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  • Distance
  • Speed
  • Velocity
  • Current
  • Acceleration
  • Mass
  • Density

Question 12

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How do you combine scalar quantities?
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  • Add them
  • Multiply them
  • Resolve them

Question 13

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Momentum is a vector
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  • True
  • False

Question 14

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Force is a scalar
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  • True
  • False

Question 15

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How do you combine parallel vectors?
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  • Add/subtract them
  • Multiply/divide them
  • Make them into a triangle and use pythagoras

Question 16

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How do you combine vectors that are at random angles relative to each other?
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  • Add their magnitude and their angles
  • Resolve them
  • Use the parallelogram rule

Question 17

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Upthrust is...
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  • The force on an object due to the difference in pressure when immersed in a fluid.
  • The contact force of water
  • The opposite of gravity

Question 18

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Weight is...
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  • The force on an object due to gravity
  • Gravity
  • The mass of an object

Question 19

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What is the pulling force exerted by a string, chain, cable or similar object?
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  • Tension
  • Normal reaction force
  • Weight
  • Upthrust

Question 20

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What is friction
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  • A force resisting the parallel movement of two surfaces in contact
  • A force that slows down objects
  • A force which prevents objects from sliding

Question 21

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Which of these are fundamental forces?
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  • Strong Nuclear
  • Weak Nuclear
  • Gravitational
  • Electromagnetic

Question 22

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In which direction does weight act?
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  • Vertically downwards
  • Perpendicularly downwards to the object
  • Parallel to the surface

Question 23

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In which direction does the normal reaction force act?
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  • Vertically upwards
  • Perpendicular to the surface producing it
  • Perpendicular to the object
  • Parallel to the object

Question 24

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If an object is in equilibrium it is static
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  • True
  • False

Question 25

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What does equilibrium mean?
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  • There are no forces acting on a body
  • There is no resultant force
  • A body is completely still
  • A body is balanced

Question 26

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What is a moment?
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  • The turning effect of a single force
  • force x distance
  • force x perpendicular distance
  • weight x distance
  • force/distance
  • A pair of forces that are equal and opposite
  • The forces on an object

Question 27

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What is the principle of moments?
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  • The sum of the clockwise moments of an object = the sum of the anticlockwise moments of an object
  • If an object is in equilibrium: the sum of clockwise moments = the sum of anticlockwise moments
  • The sum of anticlockwise moments on an object can never fully equal the sum of clockwise moments on an object

Question 28

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A couple of forces is two forces that are equal and opposite and acting in the same line
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  • True
  • False

Question 29

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What is torque?
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  • The moment of a couple
  • Fd
  • Fd/2
  • The resultant of two perpendicular forces
  • The distance of forces from the pivot

Question 30

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What is pressure measured in?
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  • Nm^-2
  • Nm^2
  • N/m
  • Pa

Question 31

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Pressure = perpendicular force/area
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  • True
  • False

Question 32

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Pressure = density x height x gravity
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  • True
  • False
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