Simple Spring Quiz

Created by T. Wayne For High School Physics Classes

1	What is the spring constant for a spring that behaves according to the following graph?
			30 N/m
			3/10 N/m
			3/1000 N/m
			3/5 N/m
			The information cannot be determined from this graph.
2	What is the spring constant for a spring that behaves according to the following graph?
			2/6 N/m
			7 N/m
			20/3 N/m
			3/20 N/m
3	A spring is resting on a frictionless table. The spring is stretched horizontally 25 cm from equilibrium by a 100 N force. What is the spring's force constant?
			4 N/m
			1/4 N/m
			400 N/m
			1/400 N/m
			The answer cannot be found from the givens.
4	By what factor is a spring constant's value changed if the force in tripled and the displacement from equilibrium is halved?
			6
			3/2
			1/6
			12
5
			0.90 N/m
			0.20 N/m
			9.14 N/m
			20 N/m
			89.6 N/m
6
			2.0/25 N/m
			19.6/25 N/m
			25/2.0 N/m
			2.0/0.25 N/m
			19.6/0.25 N/m
7	What is the period of motion for a vertically hung spring that undergoes a series of small oscillations if it's force constant is 9.0 N/m and a 2.0 kg mass hangs from its bottom?
			0.94(pi) sec
			4.24(pi) sec
			4.5(pi) sec
			9.0(pi) sec
			(4/9)(pi) sec
8	What is the period of motion for a vertically hung spring near the Earth's surface that undergoes a series of small oscillations if it's force constant is 64 N/m and a 39.2 Newton mass hangs from its bottom?
			(1/2)(pi) sec
			1.2(pi) sec
			1.6(pi) sec
			25(pi) sec