KJ Notes Flashcards
Who is the father of modern chemistry?
A. Aristotle
B. Antoine Lavoisier
C. Robert Boyle
D. John Dalton
B. Antoine Lavoisier
“The volume of gas is proportional to the amount of substance in moles at constant pressure and temperature.” This statement is known as ____.
A. Avogadro’s principle
B. Archimedes’ principle
C. Rutherford’s principle
D. Bohr’s principle
A. Avogadro’s principle
There is no Si base unit for area because:
A. an area has no thickness; hence no physical standard can be built
B. we live in a three (not a two) dimensional world
C. It is impossible to express square feet in terms of meters
D. area can be expressed in terms of square meters
D. area can be expressed in terms of square meters
A watt second is a unit of:
A. Force
B. Displacement
C. Power
D. Energy
D. Energy
We say that the displacement of a particle is a vector quantity. Our best justification for this assertion is:
A. displacement can be specified by a magnitude and a direction
B. operating with displacements according to the rules for manipulating vectors leads to results in agreement with experiments.
C. a displacement is obviously not a scalar
D. displacement can be specified by three numbers
B. operating with displacements according to the rules for manipulating vectors leads to results in agreement with experiments.
The mass number of an atom is equal to:
A. the number of protons
B. the number of nucleons
C. the number of protons and electrons
D. the number of neutrons
C. the number of protons and electrons
Which of the following does NOT affect owner’s equity?
A. License to start operation
B. Dividends paid
C. Expense to get license to start operation
D. Invested capital
A. License to start operation
The mean free path of molecules in a gas is proportional to:
A. the root-mean-square molecular speed
B. the molecular cross-sectional area
C. the reciprocal of the molecular cross-sectional area
D. the square of the average molecular speed
C. the reciprocal of the molecular cross-sectional area
Which of the following statements is FALSE?
A. It is not possible for bonds between a pair of atoms to be different (e.g. different bond lengths or bond energies) in different compounds.
B. The bond length for a pair of atoms is the point of lowest energy.
C. The electrostatic repulsion between two nuclei increases as the atoms are brought together.
D. The repulsion between two nuclei increases as their charge increases.
A. It is not possible for bonds between a pair of atoms to be different (e.g. different bond lengths or bond energies) in different compounds.
A ball is in free fall. Upward is taken to be the positive direction. The displacement of the ball during a short time
interval is:
A. positive during both ascent and descent
B. negative during both ascent and descent
C. negative during ascent and positive during descent
D. positive during ascent and negative during descent
D. positive during ascent and negative during descent
Acceleration is always in the direction:
A. of the displacement
B. of the net force
C. of the initial velocity
D. opposite to the frictional force
B. of the net force
A golf ball of mass m is hit by a golf club so that the ball leaves the tee with speed v. The club is in contact with the ball for time T. The magnitude of the average force on the club on the ball during the time T is:
A. mvT
B. (1/2)mv^2T
C. mV/T
D. mv^2/(2T)
C. mV/T
The law which states that the amount of gas dissolved in a liquid is proportional to its partial pressure.
A. Dalton’s Law
B. Henry’s Law
C. Gay Lussac’s Law
D. Raoult’s Law
B. Henry’s Law
What is “work in progress” classified as?
A. An asset
B. An expense
C. A liability
D. A revenue
A. An asset
In a crystal structure, what is an interstitial atom?
A. An extra atom sitting at a nonlattice point
B. A different element at a lattice point
C. An atom missing at a lattice point
D. A line defect
A. An extra atom sitting at a nonlattice point
A physical law that states “Pressure set up in a confined liquid acts equally in all directions and always in right angles to the containing surfaces.”?
A. Pascal’s law
B. Charles law
C. Boyle’s law
D. Torricelli’s law
A. Pascal’s law
How many degrees of freedom does a coin rolling on the ground have?
D. Five
C. Two
B. Three
A. One
A. One
Which of the following statements is FALSE?
A. The time rate of change of the angular momentum about a fixed point is equal to the total moment of the external forces acting on the system about the point.
B. The coefficient of restitution can be less than zero.
C. The frictional force always acts to resist motion.
D. Momentum is conserved during elastic collisions.
B. The coefficient of restitution can be less than zero.
When the volume of 1 kg of an ideal gas is halved while the absolute temperature is also halved, what happens to the pressure?
A. Pressure is cut in half
B. Pressure is unchanged
C. Pressure is doubled
D.Pressure is quartered
A. Pressure is cut in half
The capital required to get the project started is called _____.
A. First cost
B. fixed cost
C. variable cost
D. sunk cost
A. First cost
A substance is oxidized when which of the following occurs?
A. It turns red.
B. It loses electrons.
C. It becomes more negative.
D. It gives off heat.
B. It loses electrons.
Which of the following affects most of the electrical and thermal properties of materials?
A. The atomic weight expressed in grams per gram-atom.
B. The electrons, particularly the outermost ones.
C. The magnitude of electrical charge of the photons.
D. The weight of the atoms.
B. The electrons, particularly the outermost ones.
What are van der Waals forces?
A. Weak secondary bonds between atoms
B. Forces between electrons and protons
C. Primary bonds between atoms
D. Forces not present in liquids
A. Weak secondary bonds between atoms
What is an annuity?
A. The future worth of a present amount.
B. An annual repayment of a loan.
C. A series of uniform amounts over a period of time.
D. A lump sum at the end of the year.
C. A series of uniform amounts over a period of time.
What is the formula for a straight-line depreciation rate?
A. (100% - % net salvage value) / (estimated service life)
B. (% net salvage value) / (estimated service life)
C. (100% net salvage value) / (estimated service life)
D. (average net salvage value) / (estimated service life)
A. (100% - % net salvage value) / (estimated service life)
Which of the following are NOT units of pressure?
A. kРа
B. bars
C. N/cm^2
D. 8 kg/m^3
D. 8 kg/m^3
Which of the following are intensive properties?
I. Temperature
Il. Pressure
III. Composition
IV. Mass
A. I, Il and III
B. IV only
C. I only
D. I and II
A. I, Il and III
Which of the following statements is FALSE?
A. Kinematics is the study of the effects of motion, while kinetics is the study of the causes of motion.
B. The radius of gyration for a mass of uniform thickness is identical to the radius of gyration for a planar area of the same shape.
C. Angular momentum for rigid bodies may be regarded as the product of angular velocity and inertia.
D. The acceleration of any point within a homogeneous body rotating with a constant angular velocity proportional to the distance of that point to the center of mass.
C. Angular momentum for rigid bodies may be regarded as the product of angular velocity and inertia.
The mass number of a nucleus is always less than its atomic number is ____.
A. always less than its atomic number
B. the sum of the number of protons and neutrons present in the nucleus
C. always more than the atomic weight
D. a fraction
B. the sum of the number of protons and neutrons present in the nucleus
Which property of state is NOT an extensive state?
A. Temperature
B. Number of molecules
C. Volume
D. Mass
A. Temperature