CID# Quiz #1
Physics 121 Friday, May 2, 2008
1. The number of unit tests to be given this semester is .
2. Walk-in lab reports are submitted (a) in the slots across the hallway from N373 ESC, (b) directly to my instructor
during regular class time, (c) in a slot just inside the door of the lab, S415 ESC, (d) to lab director Freeman Anderson
in N490 ESC, (e) to my instructor's box in the Physics Office, N283, ESC.3. The principal topic covered in most quizzes (today's being a possible exception) is (a) the recently submitted
homework assignment, (b) the current week's walk-in lab experiment, (c) material covered in the previous lecture,
(d) the current day's reading assignment.
4. The final exam (a) will be given in the regular
classroom and will involve problems similar to the homework
problems, (b)
will be given in the testing center and will involve problems
similar to the homework problems,
(c) will be given in the
testing center and will involve quick calculation-type
problems that will make possible a multiple-choice format, (d) will be
an optional exam in the regular classroom, only for those
students wanting to improve upon their grade-to-date.
5. The typical weekly time commitment required of most
students for successfully completing Physics 121 is about (a)
5
hours (in-class time only), (b) 10 hours,
(c) 30 hours,
(d) 60 hours.
6. Given that there are
currently about 3´108
Americans, with an average life expectancy of about 75 years, the number of
persons who die each minute in the United States is roughly (a)
0.25, (b) 0.8, (c) 2.5,
(d) 8 (e) 25, (f) 80.
7.
The famous Indianapolis 500 auto race consists of 200 laps around a 2.5 mile
track. The fastest time ever recorded for
completing the race (in a year when it was not shortened by
rainfall) was 2 hours 41 minutes 18.4 seconds. The average
velocity for that record-setting race was
mph .