PY208N Name (print)____________________________

Fall 2013
Final, Version A ID#__________________________
Time limit: 180 minutes for entire test
Closed book Section#______________________
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in your name where indicated in the upper right corner; then (2) do the same with your
ID number where indicated near the top left, then finally (3) bubble in your test version
A or B on line 70. The test consists of 40 multiple-choice problems worth 2.5 points
each. If you need a constant or mathematical equation that is not given, ask.
Constants: e = 1.60 × 10−19 C; k = 1/(4πε0) = 8.99 × 109 N m2/C2; ε0 = 8.85 ×10−12
C2/(N m2) ; electron mass me = 9.11 × 10−31 kg, proton mass = 1.67 × 10-27 kg, µ0 =
4π × 10−7 (T m)/A, c = 3.00 × 108 m/s, nwater = 1.33.

Bubble in your answers on the Scantron sheet lines 1-40. You may write on the test.

1) Two equal and opposite point charges, -Q and +Q, lie on the x - axis together with a
third point charge q. What value of q will result in a zero net force on the leftmost
charge, -Q?
(a) +4Q
(b) -4Q
(c) +9Q
(d) -9Q
(e) +2Q

2) Two point charges Q1 = −30 µC and Q2 = 10 µC are both located inside a closed
Gaussian surface S. A third point charge Q3 = 20 µC is located outside S. The net flux
through S due to the electric fields of all 3 charges is

(a) 4.5 × 106 N m2/C

(b) −4.5 × 106 N m2/C
(c) zero
(d) −2.3 × 106 N m2/C
(e) 2.3 × 106 N m2/C
3) A conducting sphere of radius 0.20 m has a potential of 280V at its surface (with V= 0
at inifinity). What is the charge on its surface?

(a) 2.32 nC
(b) 6.23 nC
(c) 7.18 nC
(d) 9.53 nC
(e) 12.63 nC

4) The figure below shows a uniform electric field of magnitude E that is pointing in the (
− iˆ ) direction. The points A and B are separated by a distance d. The potential
difference ΔVAB = VA − VB between A and B is

(a) 2Ed
(b) Ed
(c) −2Ed
(d) 0
(e) −Ed

5) The magnitude of the charge on each plate of a parallel plate capacitor is 4 µC and the
potential difference between the plates is 80 V. What is the capacitance of this
capacitor?

(a) 0.1 x 10-6 F

(b) 3.2 x 10-4 F
(c) 1.0 x 104 F
(d) 2.0 x 107 F
(e) 5 x 10-8 F

6) House circuits use 14-gauge copper wire. Given that the resisitivity ρCu of copper is
ρCu = 1.69 × 10−8 Ω m and the diameter of 14-gauge wire is 1.628 mm, the resistance of
a 20.0 m length is

(a) 0.325 Ω
(b) 0.662 Ω
(c) 0.162 Ω
(d) 0.081Ω
(e) 0.510 Ω
7) Three identical bulbs are connected to a battery as shown. When the switch is closed,
bulb #1
(a) gets brighter
(b) gets dimmer
(c) stays the same
(d) can not determine without
knowing the resistance

8) A wire carrying current I out of the paper lies between the poles of two magnets as
shown. The force on the wire is directed.

(a) to the right

(b) to the left
(c) toward the top of the page
(d) toward the bottom of the page
(e) into the paper

9) A square loop of wire 2m on each side has its plane perpendicular to a 0.3 T magnetic
field (represented by the x’s) that is directed into the page, as shown. The field drops to
zero in 0.1 sec. The current induced in the circuit is

(a) 8 A
(b) 5 A
(c) 4 A
(d) 3 A
(e) 2 A
10) The speed of light in glass for blue light is less than that for red light. Light with both
colors is incident on a prism (see figure).

The blue light is

(a) beam I.
(b) beam II.

11) The image of a distant object is projected onto the film in a camera. The object
approaches the camera. In order to keep the image on the film, the distance from the
lens to the film should.

(a) be increased
(b) be decreased
(c) not be changed

12) Light with a certain wavelength is incident on a double slit, and the interference pattern
(consisting of a string of bright spots) is observed on a wall. The distance to the wall is
5 m, and the spacing between bright spots is 3.6 cm. If the distance between the slits is
doubled, the new spacing between adjacent bright spots is

(a) 1.4 cm.

(b) 1.8 cm.
(c) 4.0 cm.
(d) 5.6 cm.
(e) 7.2 cm.

13) A small plastic shell has a uniformly distributed charge of +18nC on its surface. A
concentric thin plastic shell of larger radius has a uniformly distributed charge of -32nC
on its surface. The shells are hollow and separated by insulating spacers not shown.
Draw the electric field at points A, B, and C. Remember the shells are made of plastic.
Which of the following statements are true?

(a) EA points to the right, EC is zero

(b) EA points to the left, EC is zero
(c) EA points to the right, EC points to the right
(d) EA points to the left, EC points to the left
(e) EA points to the right, EC points to the left
14) A proton traveling in the –x direction approaches a
capacitor consisting of two large, oppositely
charged metal plates. The circular plates are 4cm
apart and each has a radius of 1.7 m. The proton
enters the capacitor through a small hole in one of
the plates at location A with a speed of 2.5 x 104
m/s. It exits through a small hole at location B with
a speed of 7.9 x 104 m/s.

What is the potential difference VB – VA?

(a) 0.016 V
(b) -0.016 V
(c) 29.3 V
(d) -29.3 V
(e) 0

15) What direction does the electric field vector point inside the capacitor in the question
above?

(a) +x direction
(b) –x direction
(c) +y direction
(d) –y direction
(e) 0 vector

16) The circuit shown below consists of two resistors in parallel connected to a perfect
battery with an emf of 9.00V. The conventional current passing through resistor R1 is
7.00 A. The power output of the battery is 108 W. What is the value of resistor R2?

(a) 1.80 Ω
(b) 0.75 Ω
(c) 1.29 Ω
(d) 3.06 Ω
(e) 0.47 Ω
17) Ions entering a mass spectrometer pass between two charged deflection plates. In this
region, there is also a uniform magnetic field of 0.35 T into the page (-z direction). The
deflection plates are 2 cm apart and the potential difference between the deflection
plates is 400 volts. At what speed would a (singly + charged) He+ ion travel in a
straight line between the plates?

(a) 5.71 x 104 m/s

(b) 1.75 x 10-5 m/s
(c) 1143 m/s
(d) 2.01 x 104 m/s
(e) 0.35 m/s

18) A proton at a particular instant is moving with a velocity of 2.0 x 103 k̂ m/s in the +z-
direction in the presence of a uniform electric field E = -4.0 x 103 ĵ V/m and a uniform
magnetic field B = 3 ĵ T. What is the net force on the proton?

(a) 9.6×10−16 N î −6.4×10−16 N ĵ

(b) 3.2×10−15 N ĵ
(c) −1.6×10−16 N ĵ
(d) −6.4×10−16 N ĵ −9.6×10−16 N k̂
(e) −9.6×10−16 N î −6.4×10−16 N ĵ

19) Current runs through a coil attached to a power supply. A single loop of copper wire of
radius 3.5 cm is placed 12 cm from the coil. The current in the coil creates a magnetic
field at the location of the loop that is given by B = 0.21t 3 − 4.9×10−4 T . Both coil and
loop lay perfectly in the xy plane and the B field is always parallel to the z axis.

At time t=30s, what is the direction

of the current (E-Field) at location P
in the copper loop?

(a) +x
(b) –x
(c) +y
(d) –y
(e) +z
20) At time t = 0.21 s, what is the magnitude of the induced emf in the copper loop?

(a) 1.0 x 10-6 V

(b) 5.60 x 10-6 V
(c) 1.07 x 10-4 V
(d) 1.26 x 10-3 V
(e) 0.32 V

21) Two charges +q and –q, where q = 3nC, form a dipole with a separation s = 0.12m.
What is the net electric field at the center of this dipole (exactly half way on the line
between the charges)?

(a) 0 N/C
(b) 7500 N/C in the +x-direction
(c) 7500 N/C in the –x-direction
(d) 1.5 x 104 N/C in the +x-direction
(e) 1.5 x 104 N/C in the –x-direction

22) A light ray propagates through water, which has an index of refraction of 1.33 and is
incident on a thick sheet of plastic, which has an index of refraction of 1.49. In the
water, the ray makes an angle with the normal to the surface of 28 degrees. What is the
angle that the ray makes with the normal in the plastic?

(a) 31.7 degrees

(b) 24.8 degrees
(c) 38.0 degrees
(d) 0.42 degrees
(e) 0.53 degrees

23) Another light ray propagates in the plastic and is incident on the water. At what
minimum angle with the normal to the surface will this light ray be totally internally
reflected within the plastic?

(a) 63.2 degrees

(b) 26.8 degrees
(c) 90 degrees
(d) 0
(e) The ray will not be reflected at any angle
24) A loop of wire in the shape of a rectangle surrounds a long solenoid (coming out of the
page). The solenoid carries a current that produces a uniform magnetic field inside the
solenoid pointing into the page. The magnitude of the magnetic field is varying with
time according to the formula B = ke−t/t0 where k = 8.0 Tesla, t0 = 10.0 sec, and t is
time.

At t=4 seconds, what is the direction of the induced conventional current in the wire
loop?

(a) clockwise
(b) counterclockwise
(c) no current is induced

25) As shown, a rectangular loop of wire 0.7 m wide and 0.3 m tall lies partially inside a
region of magnetic field of magnitude 0.6 tesla, out of the page. You pull the loop to
the left (-x direction) at a speed of 8 m/s. What is the magnitude of the emf in the wire?

(a) 0 V
(b) 1.44 V
(c) 2.40 V
(d) 3.36 V
(e) 0.96 V

26) Three separate pith balls, A, B, and C, are hanging from strings (note that pith and
string are both insulators.) Ball A is positive. Bringing A and B near each other results
in a repulsive force between them. Bringing B and C near each other results in an
attractive force between them. Based on this information, we can conclude that ball C
must be
(a) neutral
(b) positively charged
(c) negatively charged
(d) either positively charged or neutral
(e) either negatively charged or neutral
27) An elongated conductor is given a net charge that results in field lines as shown, Point
A is on one end of the conductor, where the charge density is σA. Point B is at the
middle of the conductor where the charge density is σB. Based on the field lines shown
below, we can conclude that the conductor’s net charge is
(a) positive and σA > σB
(b) negative and | σA | > | σB |
(c) positive and σA < σB
(d) positive and σA >= σB
(e) negative and | σA | < | σB |

28) A flat rectangular slab of plastic of dimensions 2 m × 4 m is given a positive charge of

20 µC on its upper face as shown below. The magnitude of the electric field at the
point P, which is 0.02 m above the center of the sheet, is

(a) 6.8 × 105 N/C

(b) 1.4 × 105 N/C
(c) 9.0 × 106 N/C
(d) 4.5 × 108 N/C
(e) 9.0 × 108 N/C

29) A vacuum filled parallel plate capacitor with a capacitance of C0 is connected to a

battery and allowed to fully charge. The battery is removed and a slab of dielectric
material of dielectric constant 2 is placed between the plates of the capacitor. After this
is done one would find that
(a) the energy stored in the capacitor is doubled
(b) the voltage across the plates is halved
(c) the voltage across the plates is doubled
(d) the charge on the plates is doubled
(e) the charge on the plates is halved

30) In the circuit shown, the 2 µF has a charge of 10 µC. What is the total charge stored in
the circuit?

(a) 20 µC
(b) 40 µC
(c) 30 µC
(d) 5 µC
(e) 10 µC
31) Consider the 5 µF capacitor in the circuit shown below. Initially switch S1 is closed,
and switch S2 is open. After a long time S1 is opened and S2 is quickly closed. After
that, the capacitor’s charge Q as a function of time (in µs) since S2 was closed, is (in
µC),

(a) Q = 100[1 – e(-t/20)]

(b) Q = 100 e(-t/20)
(c) Q = 100[1 – t/20]
(d) Q = 100 e(-t/10)
(c) Q = 100[1 – e(-t/10)]

32) The diagram below shows an array of 16 current-carrying wires passing at right angles
through the plane of the page. Each wire carries 3 A of current. With the traditional
 
symbols for into and out of the page being used what is the value of ∫ ⋅ dl taken
B
around the triangular path (in the direction indicated by the arrowheads)?

(a) 0 T m
(b) -3µ0 T m
(c) +6µ0 T m
(d) +9µ0 T m
(e) -12µ0 T m

33) Cross sections of three wires are shown. They have equal length and are made of the
same material. The numbers in the figure are height and width in mm. Rank the
resistances of these wires in order, with the greatest resistance first.

(a) A, B, C
(b) B, A, C
(c) A, C, B
(d) C, B, A
(e) C, A, B
34) Starting from zero, an electric current is established in a circuit containing a battery of
emf ξ , a resistor of resistance R and an inductor of inductance L in series. The electric
current eventually reaches its steady-state value. What would be the effect of using a
resistor with a higher resistance in this cicuit?

(a) The steady-state value of the current would be smaller, and it would take less time
to reach it
(b) The steady-state value of the current would be larger, and it would take less time to
reach it
(c) The steady-state value of the current would be smaller, and it would take more time
to reach it
(d) The steady-state value of the current would be larger, and it would take more time
to reach it
(e) The steady-state value of the current would be smaller, and it would take the same
amount of time to reach it

35) To receive signals a certain antenna must be at minimum a quarter of a wavelength

long. If you want to be a HAM radio operator in the 14 MHz frequency band how long
must the antenna be?

(a) 0.05 m
(b) 5.4 m
(c) 0.2 m
(d) 10.2 m
(e) 21.2 m

36) A convex spherical mirror is made from a sphere of radius 60 cm. An upright object is
placed 40 cm from the mirrors vertex. The image of this object is

(a) real and inverted

(b) virtual and upright
(c) real and upright
(d) virtual with zero image height
(e) virtual and inverted
37) Consider a square with side d. A negative point charge, -Q, is placed in the lower-left-
hand corner. Three positive charges, +Q each, are placed at the upper-left-hand corner,
the lower-right-hand corner, and the center of the square. (See the diagram below.)
Which one if the arrows shown represents the net force acting on the center charge?

(a) A
(b) B
(c) C
(d) D
(e) zero net force

38) Two narrow slits 0.20 mm apart are illuminated by 600 nm light. The double slit
pattern is displayed on a screen 4 m from the slits. The spacing of the bright fringes in
the pattern is
(a) 30 mm
(b) 19 mm
(c) 12 mm
(d) 24 mm
(e) 8 mm

39) Light from a red laser beam with wavelength 650 nm falls on a grating with 5000
lines/cm. Find the distance from the central maximum to the first maximum on a
screen that is 4 m away.  
(a) 0.84 m
(b) 1.1 m
(c) 1.4 m
(d) 2.5 m
(e) 3.9 m

40) A single slit of width 0.040 mm is illuminated by light of wavelength 600 nm. The
diffraction pattern is viewed on a screen 4 m from the slits. The linear width, b, of the
central maximum will be (distance between minima).

(a) 16 cm
(b) 8 cm
(c) 24 cm
(d) 12 cm
(e) 36 cm