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PHYSICS 72
SET A

First Semester 2009-2010 Final Examination

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INSTRUCTIONS: Choose the best answer and shade the corresponding circle on your answer sheet. To change your answer, cross-out and sign your original answer and then shade your new answer. No computational devices allowed (e.g. calculators, mobile phones). Following instructions is part of the exam. Useful formulas: Area Sphere (radius = r) Cylinder (radius =r, height = h) Useful e me o k 1. Volume

4 "r

4 3 "r 3

sin cos tan

0 0 1 0

/6 1 2

/3

/4

2"rh
!

"r 2 h

constants: -1.60 x 10-19 !C ! 9.1 x 10-31 kg -12 2 8.854 x 10 C /Nm2 8.988 x 109 Nm2/C2

3 2 1 3

3 2 1 2
3

2 2 2 2 1

/2 1 0

Electric Field Vectors. Given the charge configuration to the right, what is the direction of the electric field experienced by q1 due to q2?

A. B. C. D. E. 2.

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directed directed directed directed zero.

to the right. to the left. upwards. downwards.

Electric Field Vectors. What is the direction of the electric field at point B? A. B. C. D. E. Electric field to the right. Electric field to the left. Electric field upwards. Electric field downwards. Electric field is directed is directed is directed is directed is zero.

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Electric field magnitude. The magnitude of the electric field due to a 4-nC point charge located at the origin is 9.0 N/C at x = 2.0 m. What is the magnitude of the electric field at x = -1.0 m? A. -9.0 N/C B. -18 N/C C. zero D. 18 N/C E. 36 N/C Electric Flux. Consider the figure to the right. If q1 = 2 C, q2 = 1 C, q3 = -2 C and q4 = 5 C, how are the magnitude of the net electric flux through each surface related? A. S > S' > S'' B. S > S'' > S' C. S' > S > S'' D. S' > S'' > S E. S = S' = S'' Infinite line of charge. The magnitude of the electric field at a point P is given by E and the only source of electric field is an infinite line of charge. If an identical infinite line of charge is placed parallel to the original line of charge such that P is equidistant from and in the same plane as the two lines, what will be the electric field at point P? A. Zero B. E/2 C. E D. 2E E. 4E E of sphere and shell. A spherical charged object of radius R and charge Q is centered at the origin. At a point P outside the object, the electric field due to this object is E. What will happen to the electric field at P if the sphere is replaced by a spherical shell of radius R/2 and charge 2Q centered at the origin? A. E/4 B. E/2 C. E D. 2E E. 4E Electric Potential Energy. The electric potential energy of a dipole (q = 1.0 x 10-9 C, d = 2.0 x 10-6 m, k = 9.0x109 Nm2/C2) is: A. -18.0x10-3 J B. -4.5x10-3 J C. 0.0 J D. 4.5x10-3 J E. 18.0x10-3 J

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Electric Potential. A point charge q sits at the origin. What is the numerical value of the electric potential at a distance 5.0 m away from the charge? A. -kq/25 B. -kq/5 C. 0 D. kq/5 E. kq/25 Equipotential Surfaces. Which of the following is / are TRUE? I. The electric field can be parallel to any equipotential surface. II. Equipotential surfaces can intersect. III. The electric field does no work moving a charge along an equipotential surface. A. B. C. D. E. I only II only III only I and II II and III

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10. Parallel plate capacitor. Which change/s increase/s the capacitance of a parallel plate capacitor? I. Doubling the area of the plates. II. Inserting between the plates a dielectric of constant = 2.5. III. Doubling the potential between the two plates. A. B. C. D. E. I only III only I & II I & III II & III

11. Effective capacitance. Assuming the capacitors have equal individual capacitances, rank the configurations according to effective capacitance. A. B. C. D. E. X<Y<Z X<Z<Y Y<X<Z Y<Z<X Z<X<Y The applied

12. Ohms Law. A current of 0.5A exists in an ohmic 60- lamp. potential difference is: A. 12 V B. 15 V C. 30 V D. 60 V E. 120 V

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13. DC Circuit. Four 20- resistors are connected in parallel and the combination is connected to a 20-V emf device. The current in any one of the resistors is: A. 0.25 A B. 1.0 A C. 4.0 A D. 100 A E. 400A 14. Kirchhoffs Laws. Consider the circuit shown on the right. What is the current across R2? (R1 = R2 = 1 ) A. 0 A B. 1 A C. 2 A D. 9 A E. 18 A 15. Kirchhoffs Laws. The junction rule which states that the sum of the currents entering the node must be equal to the sum of the currents leaving the node is a consequence of: A. Newton's third law B. Ohm's law C. Newton's second law D. conservation of energy E. conservation of charge For the next two numbers, consider the figure below. A straight wire is placed between two bar magnets and carries a current in the direction out of the plane of the page.

16. Magnetic Field Lines. The magnetic field lines set up by the current carrying wire alone would look like:

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17. Magnetic Force. The magnetic force acting upon the wire due to the two magnets is directed: A. Upward B. Downward C. To the left D. To the right E. Out of the page 18. Magnetic Flux. The magnetic flux through the top half of a certain sphere is +1.5 Wb. What is the magnetic flux through the bottom half of the same sphere? A. -3.0 Wb B. -1.5 Wb C. 0.0 Wb D. +1.5 Wb E. +3.0 Wb 19. Force and Torque on a Current Loop. There is a current i flowing in a clockwise direction in a square loop of wire that is in the plane of the paper. If the magnetic field B is toward the right, and each side of the loop has a length L, what is the net force on the current loop? A. 2iLB B. iLB C. iL2B D. iLB/2 E. Zero 20. Magnetic Field. Which magnetic field configuration is not possible?

A. B. C. D. E.

A, E B, E C, D D, E D, A

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21. Current carrying conductor. Which diagram best represents the magnetic field around a current carrying conductor? No Answer, as E should have been. Bonus?

22. Amperes Law. In the figure to the right, which of the Amperian loops enclosing current-carrying wires gives a zero line integral of the magnetic field? (All currents have equal magnitudes). A. Ellipse B. Heart C. Triangle D. Diamond E. None of the above.

For the next two numbers, consider two concentric circular conducting loops. The outer loop has a linearly increasing clockwise current.

23. Loop in A. B. C. D. E.

a loop. What is the direction of the induced current in the inner loop? Clockwise Counterclockwise No induced current It depends on the magnitude of the current in the outer loop It depends on the ratio of the radii of the two loops

24. Smaller loop in a loop. What will happen to the magnitude of the induced emf in the inner loop if the radius of the inner loop is halved? A. Quartered B. Halved C. Remains the same D. Doubled E. Quadrupled

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25. Mutual Inductance. Consider a small solenoid placed inside a larger solenoid having the same length l and number of turns N. The two coils are connected in series. If the voltage induced across the smaller solenoid is doubled, the voltage induced across the larger solenoid _______________. A. Is also doubled B. Is halved C. Is quadrupled D. Is quartered E. Remains the same 26. Inductance. An inductor of inductance L = 10 mH induces a volatge = 2 V. Determine the average rate of change of current in the inductor. A. zero B. 25 A/s C. 50 A/s D. 100 A/s E. 200 A/s 27. Self-inductance. Two identical solenoids contain the same number of turns N. If Solenoid 2 is compressed such that its length is half that of Solenoid 1, determine the correct relationship of the self-inductance of the two solenoids L1 and L2, respectively. Solenoid 1 Solenoid 2 A. L1 = L2 B. L1 = 2L2 C. L1 = L2/2 D. L1 = 4L2 E. L1 = L2/4

h/2

28. RL Circuit. A coil of inductance L = 3 mH is connected in series to a resistor with R = 4 and dc battery source with = 12 V. At steady state condition, the current passing through the battery is ___________. A. 0 A B. 1 A C. 3 A D. 4 A E. 12 A 29. RLC Circuit. Consider a fully charged capacitor C = 1 F , an inductor L = 1 mH and a resistor R = 20 connected in series. Describe the behavior of charge as a function of time. A. Exponentially increasing B. Exponetially decreasing C. Oscillating and exponentially increasing D. Oscillating and exponentially decreasing E. Oscillating

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30. AC Circuits. Consider a capacitor that is connected to an AC source. If the angular frequency is increased by a factor of 4, what happens to the capacitive reactance XC ? A. XC is quadrupled B. XC is doubled C. XC remains the same, it is not affected by D. XC is quartered E. XC is halved 31. RLC Circuits. Which of the following is true for R-L-C series circuit at resonance? I. Impedance is minimum and is equal to R. II. Current is minimum. III. The source angular frequency is 1/(LC). A. B. C. D. E. I only II only III only I and II I and III

32. Sinusoidal EM Waves. Which of the following describes the electric and magnetic field components of a plane EM wave propagating along the +z axis? A. E = Ecos(kz + t)i, B = Bcos(kz + t)j B. E = Ecos(kz + t)i, B = Bcos(kz - t)j C. E = Ecos(kz - t)i, B = Bcos(kz + t)j D. E = Ecos(kz - t)i, B = Bcos(kz - t)j E. E = Ecos(kz - t)i, B = Bcos(kz - t)k 33. Radiation Pressure. Consider three squares of identical dimensions, but composed of different materials. Their properties with respect to light are as follows: Square A: 100%, transmitting, 0% absorbing, 0% reflecting Square B: 0% transmitting, 100% absorbing, 0% reflecting Square C: 0% transmitting, 0% absorbing, 100% reflecting Light of the same intensity is incident on each of three squares. Arrange the three in increasing magnitude of the radiation pressure. A. B. C. D. E. A B C C A < < < < < C C B A B < < < < < B A A B C

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34. Internal reflection. A laser beam is placed inside a glass container near a curious rat named Ratatouille. Ratatouille presses on the laser and it strikes the glass-air interface at the critical angle equal to 600. What must be the glass refractive index? A. B. C. D. E.

3 2 6

2 3 3

3 1

35. Polarization. Unpolarized light with intensity I0 is incident into a polarizer as shown below. What intensity will Piolo see after the light passes through the second polarizer with its transmission axis oriented along the horizontal? A. Zero B. I0 C. I0/2 D. I0/2 (cos2) E. I0/4 36. Refraction. Which of the following is FALSE for a light ray that enters a glass slab with n = 1.5 from air? A. changes B. f remains the same C. speed of light v decreases D. the direction of propagation remains the same E. wave number increases 37. Reflection. Two mirrors for diffuse reflection are arranged as shown in the figure. A beam is incident at 33 onto the first mirror and gets reflected. The reflected light is incident onto the second mirror. What will be the angle of reflection at the second mirror? A. 57 B. 33 C. 90 D. 23 E. 45

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38. Mirror, mirror. An object is placed 30 cm in front of a concave mirror of radius 10 cm. Where will the image be formed? A. 6 cm in front of the mirror B. 6 cm at the back of the mirror C. 15 cm in front of the mirror D. 15 at the back of the mirror E. No image is formed 39. Myopic mirror. An object is placed 12 cm to the left of a diverging lens with a focal length of -6 cm. A plane mirror is placed 10 cm to the right of the lens. Where will the final image be formed? A. 4 cm in front of the mirror B. 4 cm at the back of the mirror C. 14 cm in front of the mirror D. 14 cm at the back of the mirror E. No image observed For the next two numbers, consider a virtual object placed 5 cm from a convex lens of focal length 10 cm. 40. Thin lens I. Where will the image be formed? A. 10 cm in front of the lens B. 10 cm at the back of the lens C. 10/3 cm in front of the lens D. 10/3 cm at the back of the lens E. No image is formed 41. Thin lens II. A. Real, B. Real, C. Real, D. Real, E. None Describe the image formed. enlarged, inverted enlarged, upright reduced, inverted reduced, upright of the above

42. Conditions for interference. Which of the following light sources can always demonstrate interference? A. Light from a study bulb passing through a dozen slit. B. Light from any single laser pointer passing through a double slit. C. Light from any two laser pointer superimposed at a white screen. D. Light from two flame torches projected on a white wall cloth. E. Light from a flashlight bulb passing through a blue cellophane then through a double slit. 43. Slit width. Consider the diffraction patterns below. Assuming all other variables (e.g. wavelength, slit to screen distance) held equal, rank the diffraction patterns according to the width of the slit that produced them.

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A. B. C. D. E.

N<I<P N<P<I P<N<I P<I<N I<P<N

44. Wavelength. Consider the diffraction patterns below. Assuming all other variables (e.g. slit width, slit to screen distance) held equal, rank the diffraction patterns according to the wavelength that produced them.

A. B. C. D. E.

X<Y<Z X<Z<Y Y<Z<X Y<X<Z Z<Y<X

45. Maxima and minima. In a diffraction pattern, there are four secondary maxima and five minima in between two adjacent principal maxima in the pattern. How many uniform slits could have produced the pattern? A. 2 B. 3 C. 4 D. 5 E. 6

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