Below you will find a set of 5 conceptual and numerical revision questions selected randomly from lots of questions I have put together covering the material in Chapter 2, "Motion in One Dimension". There are questions on displacement, velocity and speed, and acceleration. When you have finished the quiz, click on the "Submit Quiz" button at the bottom and within seconds it will be automatically graded and the results returned to you!

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Many thanks to Mark Wood for producing the quiz-maker code.

Q1: A particle moves from x₁ = -50 cm to x₂ = 30 cm. The displacement of this particle is

-50 cm
30 cm
80 cm
-30 cm
-80 cm

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Q2: Four successive displacements of 4 km, 5 km, 4 km, and 2 km are at right angles to each other as shown in the diagram.

The magnitude of the resultant displacement is:

4 km
15 km
3 km
5 km
None of these is correct

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Q3: An elevator is moving upward with a speed of 11 m/s. Three seconds later, the elevator is still moving upward, but it's speed has been reduced to 5.0 m/s. What is the average acceleration of the elevator during the 3.0 s interval?

2.0 m/s², downward
2.0 m/s², upward
5.3 m/s², downward
5.3 m/s², upward
2.7 m/s², downward

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Q4: In which graph of v versus t is the magnitude of the particle's acceleration the greatest?

1
2
3
4
5

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Q5: What maximum height will be reached by a stone thrown straight up with an initial speed of 35 m/s?

98 m
160 m
41 m
62 m
18 m

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