Lesson MA1-MA2

MA1-MA2 Dimensional analysis Quiz: AQA Further Maths, Unit 3

20 questions

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The 20 questions

  1. What is the dimension of velocity, using M for mass, L for length and T for time?

    • LT
    • L^-1 T
    • LT^-2
    • LT^-1
  2. What is the dimension of force?

    • MT^-2
    • MLT^-1
    • ML^2T^-2
    • MLT^-2
  3. What is the dimension of energy?

    • MLT^-2
    • ML^2T^-2
    • ML^2T^-3
    • MLT^-1
  4. What is the dimension of momentum?

    • MLT^-2
    • MLT^-1
    • ML^2T^-1
    • ML^-1T^-1
  5. What is the dimension of power?

    • ML^2T^-2
    • ML^2T^-3
    • ML^2T^-1
    • MLT^-3
  6. What is the dimension of a spring constant k in T = kx?

    • MLT^-2
    • MT^-2
    • MLT^-1
    • MT^-1
  7. What is the dimension of density?

    • ML^-2
    • ML^3
    • ML^-3
    • MLT^-2
  8. Which expression is dimensionally inconsistent?

    • s = ut + (1/2)at^2
    • E = ma + mv^2
    • v^2 = u^2 + 2as
    • v = u + at
  9. Which of these quantities is dimensionless?

    • v^2/(gL)
    • v/g
    • L/g
    • v^2 g
  10. Which formula for the period of a simple pendulum is dimensionally consistent?

    • T = 2 pi L/g
    • T = 2 pi g/L
    • T = 2 pi sqrt(L/g)
    • T = 2 pi sqrt(gL)
  11. Which formula for the speed v after falling through height h is dimensionally consistent?

    • v = gh
    • v = sqrt(2gh)
    • v = sqrt(2h/g)
    • v = 2gh
  12. In the potential formula T = k L^a g^b, which power a is needed for dimensional consistency?

    • 2
    • 1
    • -1/2
    • 1/2
  13. In the same formula T = k L^a g^b, what is b?

    • 1/2
    • -1
    • -1/2
    • 1
  14. What are the dimensions of rho v^2, where rho is density and v is velocity?

    • MLT^-2
    • ML^-1T^-2
    • ML^-3T^-2
    • ML^2T^-2
  15. What are the dimensions of the quantity F v, the product of force and velocity?

    • ML^2T^-3
    • ML^2T^-2
    • ML^2T^-1
    • MLT^-3
  16. What are the dimensions of impulse Ft?

    • ML^2T^-2
    • MLT
    • MLT^-1
    • MLT^-2
  17. Which formula gives a period with dimension T, using a spring constant k (dimension MT^-2) and mass m?

    • T = 2 pi k/m
    • T = 2 pi sqrt(m/k)
    • T = 2 pi m/k
    • T = 2 pi sqrt(k/m)
  18. What are the dimensions of the gravitational constant G in F = G m1 m2 / r^2?

    • M^-1 L^3 T^-2
    • ML^3T^-2
    • M^-2 L^2 T^-2
    • M^-1 L^2 T^-2
  19. In x = at + bt^2, where x is a length and t is time, what are the dimensions of b?

    • T^-2
    • L
    • LT^-1
    • LT^-2
  20. What is the dimension of 2u sin(theta)/g, where u is a speed and g is an acceleration?

    • T^2
    • L
    • LT^-1
    • T

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