Practice Quiz 17
Choose the best answer
- The ratio between the stress acting on an object
and the resulting strain is called
- force constant
- stress constant
- Hook's constant
- elastic limit
- modulus
Answer: E
- Which of the following statements is correct.
- Stress and strain are inversely proportional
only on a certain range
- Stress and strain are always proptional.
- Stress and strain are proportional only on a
certain range
- Stress and strain are always inversely
proportional
- Stress s always proportional to the square of
strain
Answer: C
- An aluninum wire has a length of 5 m and a
cross-sectional radius of 0.006 m. Calculate the weight
of a hanging object that will extend its length by 1e-5 m.
(modulus = 7e10 Pa)
- 20.643 N
- 15.834 N
- 25.367 N
- 11.748 N
- 8.817 N
Answer: B
- A spherical solid aluminum ball of radius 0.1 m is
compressed by a force of 5000 N that is applied perpendicularly
through out its entire surface area. Calculate the
change in its volume. (modulus = 2.5e10 Pa).
- 0.793e-8 m 3
- 0.27e-8 m 3
- 0.591e-8 m 3
- 0.397e-8 m 3
- 0.667e-8 m 3
Answer: E
- A 1000 N force is acting on a circular surface of radius
0.06 m perpendicularly. Calculate the pressure exerted
by the force on the surface.
- 146622.539 Pa
- 104914.854 Pa
- 18559.839 Pa
- 136664.633 Pa
- 88419.413 Pa
Answer: E
- At what depth in an ocean would the pressure be
5 times atmospheric pressure at sea level. (Assume the
density of the ocean to be 1000 kg ⁄ m 3 )
- 4.484 m
- 22.08 m
- 77.952 m
- 41.347 m
- 46.628 m
Answer: D
- In an open manometer filled with mercury (densty =
13600 kg ⁄ m 3 ), the level of mercury column in the air side is
0.1 m higher than that in the gas side. Determine the pressure
of the gas. Atmospheric pressure is 9.8e4 Pa.
- 14660.8 Pa
- 13328 Pa
- 84672 Pa
- 15993.6 Pa
- 111328 Pa
Answer: E
- In an open manometer filled with mercury (densty =
13600 kg ⁄ m 3 ), the level of mercury column in the air side is
0.03 m lower than that in the gas side. Determine the pressure
of the gas. Atmospheric pressure is 9.9e4 Pa.
- 102998.4 Pa
- 95001.6 Pa
- 4798.08 Pa
- 4398.24 Pa
- 3998.4 Pa
Answer: B
- In a closed manometer filled with mercury (densty =
13600 kg ⁄ m 3 ), the level of mercury column in the vacuum side is
0.01 m higher than that in the gas side. Determine the pressure
of the gas. Atmospheric pressure is 9.6e4 Pa.
- 94667.2 Pa
- 1199.52 Pa
- 1332.8 Pa
- 1066.24 Pa
- 97332.8 Pa
Answer: C
- Determine the atmospheric pressure at a place
where a mercury (density = 13600 kg ⁄ m 3 ) barometer
rises by 0.65 m.
- 34310.765 Pa
- 114679.931 Pa
- 86632 Pa
- 66476.58 Pa
- 136092.887 Pa
Answer: C