Practice Tests for AP Physics 1 - 8 Grade 11 MCQs & solutions - Free

A velocity-time graph for a moving object shows a straight line starting at v = 4 m/s at t = 0 s and reaching v = 12 m/s at t = 4 s. What is the displacement of the object during this 4-second interval?

Which of the following quantities is a scalar?

A ball is launched horizontally from a height of 20 m above the ground with an initial speed of 15 m/s. Using g = 9.8 m/s², approximately how far horizontally does the ball travel before hitting the ground?

A stone is dropped from rest off a cliff. What is the distance the stone falls in 3 seconds? (g = 9.8 m/s²)

A position-time graph for a moving object shows a curve with an increasingly steep positive slope over time. Which of the following best describes the motion of the object?

A hockey puck slides across a frictionless ice surface at constant velocity. Which of the following correctly describes the net force on the puck?

A student pushes blocks of different masses along the same horizontal surface with the same applied force and records the resulting accelerations. Which of the following correctly identifies the independent variable (IV) and dependent variable (DV)?

A 10 kg box rests on a horizontal floor. The coefficient of static friction is 0.4 and kinetic friction is 0.3. A horizontal force of 35 N is applied to the box. Which statement correctly describes the situation? (g = 9.8 m/s²)

A 0.5 kg ball on a string of length 1.2 m moves in a horizontal circle at a constant speed of 4 m/s. What is the magnitude of the centripetal force on the ball?

A force-vs-displacement graph for a spring shows a straight line through the origin with a slope of 200 N/m. A student stretches the spring 0.15 m from its natural length. What is the elastic potential energy stored in the spring?

A student carries a heavy box horizontally across a room at constant velocity. The student exerts an upward support force on the box equal to its weight. How much work does the student's upward support force do on the box?

A net force of 60 N acts on a 4 kg object over a displacement of 10 m in the direction of motion. The object starts from rest. What is the final speed of the object?

A 3 kg block slides down a ramp that is 5 m long and inclined at 30° above the horizontal. The coefficient of kinetic friction between the block and the ramp is 0.2. What is the speed of the block at the bottom of the ramp? (g = 9.8 m/s²)

A student lifts a 20 kg box 1.5 m vertically in 3 seconds at constant speed. What is the average power exerted by the student on the box? (g = 9.8 m/s²)

An energy bar chart (LOL diagram) for a ball rolling down a hill with friction shows an initial state with only gravitational potential energy, and a final state with kinetic energy and thermal energy. Which of the following is the correct interpretation of this diagram?

A 0.2 kg ball moving at 10 m/s to the right strikes a wall and rebounds at 8 m/s to the left. The collision lasts 0.02 s. Taking rightward as positive, what is the magnitude of the impulse exerted on the ball?

A 4 kg cart moving at 6 m/s to the right collides with a stationary 2 kg cart on a frictionless track. The two carts stick together after the collision. What is their common velocity immediately after the collision?

A force-time graph shows a rectangular pulse: a constant force of 40 N acts on a 2 kg object initially at rest for a duration of 0.5 s. The area under a force-time graph represents the impulse on the object. What is the final velocity of the object?

Two identical 1 kg carts collide head-on on a frictionless track. Cart A moves at 4 m/s to the right and Cart B moves at 2 m/s to the left before the collision. After the collision, Cart A moves at 2 m/s to the left. Taking rightward as positive, which of the following correctly describes the collision?

A force of 20 N is applied to a wrench handle at a distance of 0.3 m from the pivot point. The force is applied perpendicular to the handle (at 90° to the moment arm). What is the magnitude of the torque produced about the pivot?

A uniform 4 m long beam of mass 10 kg is supported at both ends. A 30 kg object is placed 1 m from the left end. What is the magnitude of the upward force exerted by the right support? (g = 9.8 m/s²)

A disk with rotational inertia I = 0.4 kg·m² is acted upon by a net torque of 2 N·m. What is the angular acceleration of the disk?

A student balances a uniform meter stick at its center pivot. Various masses are hung at different positions to study rotational equilibrium. Which of the following changes would cause the meter stick to rotate clockwise?

A figure skater spinning with arms extended has a rotational inertia of 4 kg·m² and an angular velocity of 2 rad/s. She pulls her arms inward, reducing her rotational inertia to 2 kg·m². What is her final angular velocity? (Assume no external torques act on the skater.)

A solid cylinder with rotational inertia I = 0.5 kg·m² rotates about its central axis at 6 rad/s. What is its rotational kinetic energy?

A solid sphere (rotational inertia I = 2/5 mr²) of mass 2 kg and radius 0.1 m rolls without slipping along a flat surface at a translational speed of 4 m/s. What is the total kinetic energy of the sphere?

A planet orbits a star in an elliptical orbit. At point P (closest approach), the orbital radius is r₁ and the speed is v₁. At point Q (farthest point), the orbital radius is 2r₁. Using conservation of angular momentum, what is the planet's orbital speed at point Q?

A student compares a mass-spring oscillator and a simple pendulum. Which of the following correctly describes a distinction between the two systems?

A 0.4 kg mass is attached to a spring with spring constant k = 100 N/m and set into oscillation. What is the period of oscillation?

For a mass-spring system undergoing simple harmonic motion, at which position is the kinetic energy of the mass at its maximum value?