ELECTRIC POTENTIAL

1. Two different charges q1 and q2, are placed at two different locations, one charge at each
location. The locations have the same electric potential. Do the charges have the same
electric potential energy?

a. Yes.
b. No.

2. When a positive charge is released from rest in a region where there is a uniform electric
field, the charge will:

a. Not move at all

b. Move to a region of higher potential
c. Move to a region of lower potential
d. Oscillate back and forth from high to low.

3. Inside a parallel-plate capacitor (2 uniformly charged conducting sheets separated by a

small distance), where does an electron have the largest electric potential energy?

a. Near the positive plate

b. Near the negative plate
c. Midway between the plates
d. Impossible to determine

4. Electric field lines always point toward regions of lower electric potential.

a. True
b. False

5. Equipotential surfaces are surfaces for which: {select all that apply}

a. The change in electric potential between any 2 points on the surface is zero.
b. The change in electric field between any 2 points on the surface is a maximum,
c. The electric field at all points on the surface has components tangent to the surface.
d. The electric field at all points on the surface has components perpendicular to the
surface.
e. The electric potential at all points on the surface is zero.
6. The diagram below shows two equipotential surfaces due to +q. The inner one contains the
point D and the outer one the points A,B,C. Which of these two surfaces is at the lower
potential? (Ignore the arrow directions).

a. The one containing A,B,C.

b. The one containing D.
c. Both are at the same potential.
d. Impossible to determine.

7-8. In a certain region of space, a uniform electric field points toward the +x-direction. An
applied force carries a negative charge from x = 20 cm to x = 60 cm.

7. The charge is carried from a position where the electric potential is:

a. Higher than before.

b. Lower than before.
c. Unchanged.
d. Impossible to determine.
8. The electric potential energy of the charge:

a. Increases.
b. Decreases.
c. Remains the same.
d. Impossible to determine.

9. In a certain region of space, the electric field is zero. From this fact, what can be concluded
about the electric potential in this region?

a. It is zero
b. It is constant
c. It is positive
d. It is negative

10. The electron volt is a unit of:

a. Potential difference
b. Electric field
c. Electric charge
d. Energy