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What causes free vibrations in an oscillating system?

friction forces

the system being disturbed then allowed to vibrate naturally

resonance with applied forces

external periodic forces

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What is the term used to describe the external frequency applied to a system undergoing forced vibrations?

driving frequency

natural frequency

damping frequency

vibrational frequency

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When does resonance occur in an oscillating system?

when the driving frequency is much higher than the natural frequency

when the driving frequency is double the natural frequency

when damping forces balance the driving forces

when the natural and driving frequencies match

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Which of the following best describes the amplitude response at resonance?

there are no extremes in the amplitude response

the amplitude response is flat

the amplitude is at a global minimum

there is a spike in amplitude at the natural frequency

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What term describes the natural frequency of an oscillating system?

external driving frequency

damping frequency

frequency of free oscillation

none of the above

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Which of the following is NOT an example of resonance phenomena in everyday life?

wine glasses shattering from sound waves

pushing a swing at its natural frequency

A ball bouncing with no external forcing

organ pipes resonating at certain frequencies

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What causes the vibrations in an organ pipe exhibiting resonance?

self-sustained vibrations within the pipe walls

external air vibrations at the pipe openings

transverse waves reflecting inside the pipe

interference of longitudinal pressure waves

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What information can be obtained from graphs of amplitude response vs. frequency?

presence of harmonics

locations of nodal points

determination of natural frequencies

relative phase differences

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Which of the following does NOT exhibit resonance phenomena?

tuning forks vibrating from sound energy

glass objects shattering from certain sound pitches

mass-spring systems with no driving force applied

pipe organs resonating at certain frequencies

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List 3 examples of resonance phenomena seen in everyday life.

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Define resonance in an oscillating system.

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Give 2 features of free vibrations in oscillating systems.

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