DivisionofTechnicalEducationandManagementStudies

AppliedEngineeringScience ESC103

PassExamQuestion Spring2009
Lenses
Fall2002
(a) A certain lens focuses an object 2.25m away as an image 48.3cm on the other side of
the lens.
(b) What type of lens is it?
(c) Draw the ray diagram to illustrate this situation. and what is its focal length? Is the
image real or virtual?
(d) How far apart are the object and its image formed by a 75-cm-focal length converging
lens if the image is 2.75x larger than the object and is real?

Spring2005
a) Draw a ray diagram showing how a spherical lens produces a inverted magnified image.
b) If the focal length of the length is 25cm, state the distance at which the object should be
located. If the lens, in part 2a above, is immersed below the surface of water, and used
to view an object in the water, what effect will this have on the final image?
c) A certain lens when placed between a luminous object and a screen produced a sharp
image
d) 2.5 times the size of the object on the screen. When the lens was moved 1.50 cm closer to
object and the screen adjusted the image formed was then found to be 4 times the size
of the object.
e) Where should the object be placed for the image to be exactly three times the object?

Spring2008
When an object is placed in front of a certain lens an upright image three times the object
appears. When the object is moved 16 cm away from the lens an inverted image with
magnification 3 appears.
a) Draw the ray diagram showing how the upright image is formed.
b) Where should the object be in relation to the focal point in the second instance?
c) Calculate the focal length of the lens, the object distance before and after the object was
moved.

Spring2007
When viewed with a certain spherical lens an object 3.5 mm tall and 8.0 cm away from the lens
appears to be upright and 14 mm tall.
a) Draw the ray diagram showing how the image is formed.Your diagram must show clearly
the type of lens, the location of the object, the orientation and nature of the image
formed
b) Calculate the focal length of the lens
c) If an object is located 12 cm away from this lens calculate the magnification of the image
that will result.

Fall2004
A luminous object is placed 120 cm away from a
screen as shown in the diagram to the right. A
converging lens of focal length 25 cm is placed
between the object and the screen and moved
left and right until a sharp image is formed on the
screen.
a) What distance(s) from the object should
the lens be located to produce the sharp
image?
b) What is the magnification in each case?





Spring2004
When a object is place a certain distance in front of a certain lens it produces a virtual image 3
the size of the object. If the object is moved 4.0 cm farther away from the lens an image 7 the
object results.
a) Draw the ray diagram showing how the first image is formed.
b) Your diagram must show clearly the type of lens, the location, the orientation and nature of
the image
c) Calculate the focal length of the lens.
d) The image and object distances.

DivisionofTechnicalEducationandManagementStudies
AppliedEngineeringScience ESC103

PassExamQuestion Spring2009
OpticalInstruments





You are given two lens A and B of power 20 Diopters and 2.5 Diopters respectively to form a
simple microscope.
a) Draw a diagram showing how these lenses may be arranged to form the microscope,
clearly explain its operation.
b) Assuming normal operation and that the length of the barrel of the microscope is 60 cm,
calculate the magnification of the final image.
c) Explain what is meant by the resolution of an optical instrument.
d) What is Rayleigh Criteria for the limits of resolution and what factors determine the
limits of resolution of an optical instrument?

Spring2004
You are given four lenses A, B, C and D of power 20, 12, -3, and 2.5 Diopters respectively.
Draw a diagram showing how these lenses may be arranged to form telescope. Your
diagram must show clearly the following:

i. Which lens is selected as the eyepiece and which is the objective
ii. The distance between the objective lens and the eyepiece
iii. The location of the object relative to the objective lens
iv. The formation of the intermediate image
v. The location of the intermediate image relative to the eyepiece
vi. The formation of the final image
vii. The relative orientation of the final image
viii. The magnification of the final image
ix. State one disadvantage of this telescope.
x. How can the disadvantage stated above can be corrected
xi. What factors determine the resolution of this telescope
Note: Accurate ray construction is not necessary but your ray diagram must
convey a clear sense of how the final image is formed.





Fall2006
a) A converging lens is to be used as a simple magnifier.
i. Calculate the power of the lens to be used if a magnification of 5.5 is required when
the eye is relaxed.
ii. What would be the magnification using this lens when the eye is focused at the near
point?

b) Two lens of power 5 Diopters and 20 Diopters are to be assembled as a simple
microscope.
i. Draw a diagram showing how the final image will be produced.
ii. Show clearly which lens is to be used as the eyepiece and which is the objective
lens
iii. Explain the relative positions of the lenses so that the final image is produced.
iv. If the final magnification of this instrument is to be 10, what should be the
distance between the lenses?





Summer2003
The diagram below shows two lens arranged to form a microscope.

Draw the ray diagram to show how the final image is formed. Your diagram must show the
following:
i. The location of the object relative to the objective lens.
ii. The formation of the intermediate image
iii. The location of the intermediate image relative to the eyepiece
iv. The formation of the final image
v. The relative orientation and size of the final image