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Test Bank for Inquiry into Physics 8th Edition by Ostdiek

  • A vector quantity has only a magnitude and no direction associated with it.
  • True
  • False

ANSWER: False

POINTS: 1

QUESTION TYPE: True / False

HAS VARIABLES: False

DATE CREATED: 6/13/2016 10:28 AM

DATE MODIFIED: 6/13/2016 10:28 AM

  • Motion in a circle at constant speed is motion with constant acceleration.
  • True
  • False

ANSWER: False

POINTS: 1

QUESTION TYPE: True / False

HAS VARIABLES: False

DATE CREATED: 6/13/2016 10:28 AM

DATE MODIFIED: 6/13/2016 10:28 AM

  • Motion in a circle at constant speed is motion with constant velocity.
  • True
  • False

ANSWER: False

POINTS: 1

QUESTION TYPE: True / False

HAS VARIABLES: False

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DATE MODIFIED: 6/13/2016 10:28 AM

  • Uniform motion is any motion at constant speed.
  • True
  • False

ANSWER: False

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QUESTION TYPE: True / False 3 / 10

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HAS VARIABLES: False

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  • The terms velocity and speed have identical meanings in physics.
  • True
  • False

ANSWER: False

POINTS: 1

QUESTION TYPE: True / False

HAS VARIABLES: False

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DATE MODIFIED: 6/13/2016 10:28 AM

  • If an object’s speed is constant, its velocity must also be constant.
  • True
  • False

ANSWER: True

POINTS: 1

QUESTION TYPE: True / False

HAS VARIABLES: False

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DATE MODIFIED: 6/13/2016 10:28 AM

  • If an object’s velocity is constant, its speed must also be constant.
  • True
  • False

ANSWER: True

POINTS: 1

QUESTION TYPE: True / False

HAS VARIABLES: False

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DATE MODIFIED: 6/13/2016 10:28 AM

  • The proper abbreviation for ‘seconds’ is ‘sec.’
  • True
  • False

ANSWER: False

POINTS: 1

QUESTION TYPE: True / False 4 / 10

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HAS VARIABLES: False

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  • The proper abbreviation for ‘grams’ is ‘g.’
  • True
  • False

ANSWER: True

POINTS: 1

QUESTION TYPE: True / False

HAS VARIABLES: False

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DATE MODIFIED: 6/13/2016 10:28 AM

  • The proper abbreviation for ‘kilohertz’ is ‘kHz.’
  • True
  • False

ANSWER: True

POINTS: 1

QUESTION TYPE: True / False

HAS VARIABLES: False

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DATE MODIFIED: 6/13/2016 10:28 AM

  • The metric prefix that means one thousand is milli-.
  • True
  • False

ANSWER: False

POINTS: 1

QUESTION TYPE: True / False

HAS VARIABLES: False

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DATE MODIFIED: 6/13/2016 10:28 AM

  • Twenty milliseconds is 0.020 s.
  • True
  • False

ANSWER: True

POINTS: 1

QUESTION TYPE: True / False 5 / 10

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HAS VARIABLES: False

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  • There are one thousand megabytes in a gigabyte.
  • True
  • False

ANSWER: True

POINTS: 1

QUESTION TYPE: True / False

HAS VARIABLES: False

DATE CREATED: 6/13/2016 10:28 AM

DATE MODIFIED: 6/13/2016 10:28 AM

  • The second is a metric unit of measure.
  • True
  • False

ANSWER: True

POINTS: 1

QUESTION TYPE: True / False

HAS VARIABLES: False

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DATE MODIFIED: 6/13/2016 10:28 AM

  • The number of cycles of a periodic process that occur per unit time is called the period.
  • True
  • False

ANSWER: False

POINTS: 1

QUESTION TYPE: True / False

HAS VARIABLES: False

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DATE MODIFIED: 6/13/2016 10:28 AM

  • The time for one complete cycle of a periodic process to take place is called the period.
  • True
  • False

ANSWER: True

POINTS: 1

QUESTION TYPE: True / False 6 / 10

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HAS VARIABLES: False

DATE CREATED: 6/13/2016 10:28 AM

DATE MODIFIED: 6/13/2016 10:28 AM

  • The period of oscillation for a signal having a frequency of 60 Hz is 60 seconds.
  • True
  • False

ANSWER: False

POINTS: 1

QUESTION TYPE: True / False

HAS VARIABLES: False

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DATE MODIFIED: 6/13/2016 10:28 AM

  • The maximum possible speed in nature is the speed of light.
  • True
  • False

ANSWER: True

POINTS: 1

QUESTION TYPE: True / False

HAS VARIABLES: False

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DATE MODIFIED: 6/13/2016 10:28 AM

  • Experimenting is part of the scientific method.
  • True
  • False

ANSWER: True

POINTS: 1

QUESTION TYPE: True / False

HAS VARIABLES: False

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DATE MODIFIED: 6/13/2016 10:28 AM

  • A body at the end of a spring oscillates up and down ten times in five seconds. The period of

    • oscillation is 2 s.

  • True
  • False

ANSWER: True

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QUESTION TYPE: True / False

HAS VARIABLES: False

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DATE MODIFIED: 6/13/2016 10:28 AM

  • The slope of a distance vs. time graph is the acceleration.
  • True
  • False

ANSWER: False

POINTS: 1

QUESTION TYPE: True / False

HAS VARIABLES: False

DATE CREATED: 6/13/2016 10:28 AM

DATE MODIFIED: 6/13/2016 10:28 AM

  • The slope of a velocity vs. time graph is the acceleration.
  • True
  • False

ANSWER: True

POINTS: 1

QUESTION TYPE: True / False

HAS VARIABLES: False

DATE CREATED: 6/13/2016 10:28 AM

DATE MODIFIED: 6/13/2016 10:28 AM

  • An object moving in a circle undergoes centripetal acceleration.
  • True
  • False

ANSWER: True

POINTS: 1

QUESTION TYPE: True / False

HAS VARIABLES: False

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DATE MODIFIED: 6/13/2016 10:28 AM

  • If an object’s acceleration is positive, its speed must be increasing.
  • True
  • False

ANSWER: False 8 / 10

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RATIONALE: It could have a negative velocity that is getting less negative, which corresponds to a decreasing speed.

POINTS: 1

QUESTION TYPE: True / False

HAS VARIABLES: False

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DATE MODIFIED: 6/13/2016 10:28 AM

  • A fast-moving body must have a larger acceleration than a slow-moving body.
  • True
  • False

ANSWER: False

POINTS: 1

QUESTION TYPE: True / False

HAS VARIABLES: False

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DATE MODIFIED: 6/13/2016 10:28 AM

  • An aircraft approaches a runway that runs directly east as a strong wind blows out of the

    • south. The direction that the aircraft should aim in order to land is east of north.

  • True
  • False

ANSWER: False

POINTS: 1

QUESTION TYPE: True / False

HAS VARIABLES: False

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DATE MODIFIED: 6/13/2016 10:28 AM

The figure shows a distance versus time graph for an object. 9 / 10

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  • The velocity of the moving object is a non-zero constant.
  • True
  • False

ANSWER: True

POINTS: 1

QUESTION TYPE: True / False

HAS VARIABLES: False

PREFACE NAME: d vs. t graph (1)

DATE CREATED: 6/13/2016 10:28 AM

DATE MODIFIED: 7/29/2016 1:53 PM

  • The acceleration of the moving object is a non-zero constant.
  • True
  • False

ANSWER: False

POINTS: 1

QUESTION TYPE: True / False

HAS VARIABLES: False

PREFACE NAME: d vs. t graph (1)

DATE CREATED: 6/13/2016 10:28 AM

DATE MODIFIED: 7/29/2016 1:54 PM

The figure shows the distance versus time graph of an object.

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