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FINAL EXAMINATION
GENERAL PHYSICS

NAME: _____________________________________________ DATE: _______________

GRADE AND SECTION: _________________________________ TEACHER: _______________

Directions: Read each question and the answer choices carefully. Shade the letter of the correct answer in the
provided answer sheet. If you have questions, raise your hand and ask your teacher.

1. Which term refers to the width of a spherical mirror?

a. aperture c. principal focus
b. center of curvature d. vertex
2. Which of the following rays striking a spherical mirror will be reflected along itself?
a. a ray passing through the center of curvature c. a ray passing through the vertex
b. a ray passing through the principal focus d. a ray parallel to the optical axis
3. A card in front of a plane mirror has this mark --- LUCKY. Which of the following is true?
a. The mark will appear as LUCKY to a person looking at the mirror.
b. The mark will appear as LUCKY to a person looking at the mirror.
c. The mark will appear as LUCKY to a person looking at the mirror.
d. The mark will appear as LUCKY to a person looking at the mirror.
4. As used in the law of reflection, the world normal means ___________.
a. any ray c. tangent to the interface
b. parallel to the interface d. perpendicular to the interface
5. refers to the width of the mirror.
a. aperture c. principal focus
b. center of curvature d. vertex e. radius of curvature
6. Center of the sphere from where the mirror was taken.
a. aperture c. principal focus
b. center of curvature d. vertex e. radius of curvature
7. Sometimes called the pole of the mirror.
a. aperture c. principal focus
b. center of curvature d. vertex e. radius of curvature
8. It is the distance between C and V.
a. aperture c. principal focus
b. center of curvature d. vertex e. radius of curvature
9. This is a straight line joining C and V.
a. aperture c. principal focus
b. center of curvature d. vertex e. radius of curvature
10. Reflection from smooth surfaces is called _________
a. spectacular c. focus
b. clear d. normal e. diffuse
11. Reflection from rough surfaces is called _________
a. spectacular c. focus
b. clear d. normal e. diffuse
12. The fact that you can get sunburned while submerged in water is evidence that water
a. absorbs infrared light. c. absorbs ultraviolet light.
b. transmits infrared light. d. transmits ultraviolet light.
13. The effect in which white light separates into different colors is called
a. magnification b. refraction c. reflection d. dispersion
14. If a light signal and a radio signal were transmitted simultaneously from a nearby star, the first signal to
reach the Earth would be
a. the radio signal. b. the light signal. c. neither: they would reach Earth at the same time.
15. Color depends on what characteristic of light?
a. its frequency b. its wavelength c. both of these d. neither of these
16. Light refracts when traveling from air into glass because light
a. travels at the same speed in air and in glass.
b. frequency is greater in air than in glass.
c. frequency is greater in glass than in air.
d. travels slower in glass than in air.
17. Which of these electromagnetic waves has the longest wavelength?
a. radio waves b. infrared waves c. X rays d. ultraviolet waves e. light waves
18. Which type of waves has the direction of the vibration is perpendicular to the direction of energy travel?
a. transverse b. longitudinal c. surface d. none of the above
19. Which of the electromagnetic spectrum has waves of the shortest wavelength?
a. radio waves b. infrared waves c. X rays d. ultraviolet waves
e. light waves
20. Which electromagnetic spectrum has waves of the highest frequency?
a. gamma rays b. microwaves c. X rays d. ultraviolet waves
e. light waves
21. It is the bouncing back of light into the same medium it has been travelling after striking a surface.
a. magnification b. refraction c. reflection d. dispersion
22. It is the angle between the incident ray and the normal.
a. angle of reflection b. angle of incidence c. reflected ray d. incident ray
23. Among the different colors of visible light, which has the longest wavelength?
a. blue b. green c. yellow d. orange
for numbers 24-26, A radar in an airport detects that an airplane is 30 km away from it.
24. what is the constant value of speed of wave.
a. 2.0 x 10 ^8 b. 2.9 x 10^8 c. 30.0 x 10^8 d. 0.2 x 10^8
25. convert 30 km to m.
a. 300 b. 3000 c. 30000 d. 300000
26. How long will it take a pulse of a radio waves to reach the plane and return to the radar?
a. 0.000002 s b. 0.00002 s c. 0.0002 s d. 0.002 s
for numbers 27-28, The X-ray used by your dentist has a wavelength of 15 nm.
27. What is the frequency?
a. 2.0 x 10^15 b. 0.2 x 10^15 c. 2.0 x 10^16 d. 0.2 x 10^16
28. Find its energy.
a. 1.326 x 10^-16 b. 1.326 x 10^-17 c. 1.326 x 10^-18 d. 1.326 x 10^-19
29. The ___ image of an object is formed by actual intersection of reflected rays.
a. flat b. upright c. virtual d. real
30. Images on this type of mirrors are virtual, upright, and the same size as the object.
a. Plane b. Prism c. Concave d. Convex
31. Which among the following will likely happen if a parallel ray strikes a concave mirror.
a. The ray will be refracted and meet at a single point the principal focus.
b. The ray will be reflected and meet at a single point the principal focus.
c. The ray will be reflected and meet at a single point the center of curvature
d. The ray will be refracted and meet at a single point the center of curvature
32. It is one of the electromagnetic spectrum that stimulates the production of vitamin D in our body.
a. gamma rays b. microwaves c. X rays d. ultraviolet waves
33. This is also called Roentgen rays.
a. gamma rays b. microwaves c. X rays d. ultraviolet waves
34. Which is correct about the arrangement of the electromagnetic spectrum in increasing wavelength?
a. Gamma rays-Xrays-Infrared-Visible light-Radio wave- UV rays-Microwave
b. Radio wave- Infrared - Visible light-UV rays-Microwave-Gamma rays-Xrays
c. Radio wave-Microwave-Infrared- Visible light-UV rays- Xrays-Gamma rays
d. Gamma rays-Xrays-UV rays-Visible light-Infrared-Microwave-Radio wave
35. Also known as converging mirror.
a. concave b. convex c. flat d. double convex
36. Also known as diverging mirror
a. concave b. convex c. flat d. double convex
37. The following are examples of a diverging lenses except.
a. magnifying glass b. convenience store mirror c. side mirror d. make-up mirror
38. If a man wishes to use a plane mirror on a wall to view both his head and his feet as he stands in front of
the mirror, the required length of the mirror _____.
a. is equal to the height of the man.
b. is equal to one half the height of the man.
c. depends on the distance the man stands from the mirror.
d. depends on both the height of the man and the distance from the man to the mirror.
39. which is true about virtual images formed by mirrors
a. are always upright images. b. are always inverted images
40. Which among the following is an example of reflectors.
a. sun b. pen c. lamp d. flashlight
41. ________ are places where light is “blocked”.
a. buildings b. shadows c. penumbra d. umbra
42. which travel faster among the following.
a. thunder b. lightning c. music d. race car
43. The following are true about flat mirrors except.
a. Image is always virtual, upright, unmagnified
b. Image is always real, inverted, magnified
c. Image is always virtual, inverted, unmagnified
d. Image is always real, inverted, unmagnified
44. Which of the following is not included in the visible light that is not naked in our eye.
a. blue b. yellow c. indigo d. violet
45. What will be the angle of incident, if the angle of reflection is 30°.
a. 30° b. 60° c. 90° d. 120°
46. He is the father of electromagnetism.
a. Nikola Tesla b. James Clerk Maxwell c. Heinrich Hertz d.
47. This reflection occurs when light reflects off a microscopically smooth surface. Light rays which are
incident within a beam will reflect and remain in the beam.
a. spectacular c. focus
b. clear d. normal e. diffuse
48. When the image of an object is seen in a plane mirror, the distance from the mirror to the image depends
on _____.
a. the wavelength of light used for viewing.
b. the distance from the object to the mirror.
c. the distance of both the observer and the object to the mirror.
49. When the image of an object is seen in a concave mirror the image will _____.
a. always be real. c. be either real or virtual.
b. always be virtual. d. will always be magnified.
50. When the image of an object is seen in a convex mirror the image will _____.
a. always be real. c. may be either real or virtual.
b. always be virtual. d. will always be magnified.