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1. A cart starts from rest with constant acceleration 3 m/s². What is its speed after 4 s?

2. An object moves at constant acceleration from 2 m/s to 10 m/s in 4 s. What is its displacement?

3. A velocity–time graph is a straight line rising from 2 m/s at t = 0 to 8 m/s at t = 3 s. What is its acceleration?

4. A ball is thrown straight upward. Neglecting air resistance, what is its acceleration at its highest point?

5. A 4 kg block experiences a net horizontal force of 12 N. What is its acceleration?

6. A person stands on a scale in an elevator accelerating upward. How does the scale reading compare with the person’s weight mg?

7. A book slides right across a horizontal table and slows due to kinetic friction. Which direction is the frictional force on the book?

8. A puck moves at constant speed in a horizontal circle. What is the direction of its net force?

9. A 5 N force acts parallel to a block’s 3 m displacement. What work does the force do?

10. If an object’s speed doubles while its mass is unchanged, its kinetic energy becomes how large?

11. A frictionless object starts from rest 5 m above a reference level. Taking g = 10 m/s², what is its speed when it reaches that level?

12. A motor lifts a 200 N load vertically through 6 m in 4 s at constant speed. What average mechanical power is delivered to the load?

13. A constant net force of 8 N acts for 0.25 s. What impulse does it deliver?

14. A 2 kg cart moving at 3 m/s sticks to an initially stationary 1 kg cart. External horizontal impulse is negligible. What is their common velocity?

15. Two carts exert collision forces on each other. During the collision, how do the force magnitudes compare?

16. A 10 N force is applied perpendicular to a wrench 0.30 m from its pivot. What torque magnitude does it exert?

17. A rigid object has moment of inertia 2 kg·m² and net torque 6 N·m about a fixed axis. What is its angular acceleration?

18. A skater pulls in their arms while external torque is negligible. What happens to their angular speed?

19. A solid disk and a hoop have the same mass and radius and roll without slipping from rest down the same height. Which reaches the bottom faster in an ideal model?

20. A mass on an ideal spring has period T. If its mass is quadrupled and the spring constant is unchanged, what is the new period?

21. At the equilibrium position of an ideal mass–spring oscillator, which statement is true?

22. Water has density 1,000 kg/m³. Taking g = 10 m/s², what gauge pressure does it exert at a depth of 2 m?

23. An object displaces 0.003 m³ of water while fully submerged. With ρwater = 1,000 kg/m³ and g = 10 m/s², what is the buoyant force?

24. Water flows steadily through a horizontal pipe whose cross-sectional area decreases to one-half its original value. Treating water as incompressible, what happens to its speed?

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AP Physics 1 preparation includes Kinematics, Forces and translational dynamics, Work, energy, and power, Linear momentum, Rotation, Oscillations, Fluids. This StudySim bank provides original multiple-choice skill practice. Consult the official framework for the complete exam format, required tasks, and current policies.

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