3.

A positively charged insulating rod is brought close to an object that is

AP Physics Review - E & M suspended by a string. If the object is attracted toward the rod we can conclude:
Chapter 22--------------------------------------------------------------
A) the object is positively charged
1. A coulomb is the same as:
B) the object is negatively charged
C) the object is an insulator
A) ampere/second
D) the object is a conductor
B) (1/2)ampere ⋅ second2 E) none of the above
C) ampere/meter2
D) ampere ⋅ second
4. Two uncharged metal spheres, L and M, are in contact. A negatively charged
E) newton ⋅ meter2 rod is brought close to L, but not touching it, as shown. The two spheres are
slightly separated and the rod is then withdrawn. As a result:
2. The diagram shows a pair of heavily charged plastic cubes that attract each
other.

Cube 3 is a conductor and is uncharged. Which of the following illustrates the

forces between 1 and 3 and between 2 and 3?
A) both spheres are neutral
B) both spheres are positive
C) both spheres are negative
D) L is negative and M is positive
E) L is positive and M is negative

5. The leaves of a positively charged electroscope diverge more when an object is

brought near the knob of the electroscope. The object must be:

A) a conductor
B) an insulator
C) positively charged
D) negatively charged
E) uncharged

6. An electroscope is charged by induction using a glass rod (which has been

A) I made positive by rubbing it with silk). The electroscope leaves:
B) II
C) III A) gain electrons
D) IV B) gain protons
E) V C) lose electrons
D) lose protons
E) gain an equal number of protons and electrons
Chapter 23-------------------------------------------------------------- E) 
7. Experimenter A uses a test charge qo and experimenter B uses a test charge
2qo to measure an electric field produced by stationary charges. A finds a field 11. An electric field exerts a torque on a dipole only if:
that is: A) the field is parallel to the dipole moment
B) the field is not parallel to the dipole moment
A) the same as the field found by B C) the field is perpendicular to the dipole moment
B) greater than the field found by B D) the field is not perpendicular to the dipole moment
C) less than the field found by B E) the field is uniform
D) either greater or less than the field found by B, depending on the masses of the
test charges
E) either greater or less than the field found by B, depending on the accelerations
of the test charges 12. A charged oil drop with a mass of 2x10-4 kg is held suspended by a downward
electric field of 300 N/C. The charge on the drop is:

8. Two spheres, one with radius R and the other with radius 2R, surround an A) +1.5x10-6 C
isolated point charge. The ratio of the number of field lines through the larger B) -1.5x10-6 C
sphere to the number through the smaller is:
C) +6.5x10-6 C
A) 1 D) -6.5x10-6 C
B) 2 E) 0
C) 4
D) 1/2 Chapter 24--------------------------------------------------------------
E) 1/4 13. When a piece of paper is held with one face perpendicular to a uniform electric
field the flux through it is 25 N ⋅ m2/C. When the paper is turned 25° with respect
to the field the flux through it is
9. Choose the correct statement concerning electric field lines:
A) 0
A) field lines may cross
B) field lines are close together where the field is large B) 12 N ⋅ m2/C
C) field lines point away from negative charge C) 21 N ⋅ m2/C
D) a point charge released from rest moves along a field line D) 23 N ⋅ m2/C
E) none of these are correct
E) 25 N ⋅ m2/C

10. Positive charge Q is uniformly distributed on a semicircular rod. What is the

direction of the electric field at point P, the center of the semicircle? 14. Consider Gauss's law: ∫E ⋅ dA = q/ε o. Which of the following is true?

A) E must be the electric field due to the enclosed charge

B) If q = 0 then E = 0 everywhere on the Gaussian surface
C) If the charge inside consists of an electric dipole, then the integral is zero
D) E is everywhere parallel to dA along the surface
E) If a charge is placed outside the surface, then it cannot affect E on the surface
A) 
B) 
C) 
D) 
15. A 5.0-µ C point charge is placed at the corner of a cube. The total electric flux
in N ⋅ m2/C through all sides of the cube is:

A) 0
B) 7.1 × 104
C) 9.4 × 104
D) 1.4 × 105
E) 5.6 × 105

16. A conducting sphere of radius 0.01 m has a charge of 1.0x10-9 C deposited on

it. The magnitude of the electric field in N/C just outside the surface of the
sphere is:

A) zero A) I.
B) 450 B) II.
C) 900 C) III.
D) 4500 D) IV.
E) 90,000 E) V.

17. 10 C of charge are placed on a spherical conducting shell. A -3 C- point charge 19. Charge is distributed uniformly along a long straight wire. The electric field 2 cm
is placed at the center of the cavity. The net charge in coulombs on the inner from the wire is 20 N/C. The electric field 4 cm from the wire is:
surface of the shell is:
A) 120 N/C
A) -7 B) 80 N/C
B) -3 C) 40 N/C
C) 0 D) 10 N/C
D) +3 E) 5 N/C
E) +7

20. A positive point charge Q is placed outside a large neutral conducting sheet. At
18. Which of the following graphs represents the magnitude of the electric field as a any point in the interior of the sheet the electric field produced by charges on the
function of the distance from the center of a solid charged conducting sphere of surface is directed:
radius R?
A) toward the surface
B) away from the surface
C) toward Q
D) away from Q
E) none of the above
Chapter 25-------------------------------------------------------------- 25.A hollow metal sphere is charged to a potential V. The potential at its center is:
21. Choose the correct statement:
A) V
A) A proton tends to go from a region of low potential to a region of high potential B) 0
B) The potential of a negatively charged conductor must be negative C) -V
C) If E = 0 at a point P then V must be zero at P D) 2V
D) If V = 0 at a point P then E must be zero at P E) π V
E) None of the above are correct

22. The potential difference between two points is 100 volts. If 2 C is transported 26. In a certain region of space the electric potential increases uniformly from north
from one of these points to the other, the magnitude of the work done is: to south and does not vary in any other direction. The electric field:

A) 200 J A) points north and varies with position

B) 100 J B) points north and does not vary with position
C) 50 J C) points south and varies with position
D) 100 V D) points south and does not vary with position
E) 2J E) points east and does not vary with position

23. An electron is accelerated from rest through a potential difference V. Its final 27. The equipotential surfaces associated with an isolated point charge are:
speed is proportional to:
A) radially outward from the charge
A) V B) vertical planes
B) V2 C) horizontal planes
C) _ D) concentric spheres centered at the charge
E) concentric cylinders with the charge on the axis
√V
D) 1/V
E) _ Chapter 26--------------------------------------------------------------
1/√V 28. A capacitor C "has a charge Q". The actual charges on its plates are:

A) Q, Q
24. Two conducting spheres are far apart. The smaller sphere carries a total charge B) Q/2, Q/2
of C) Q, -Q
D) Q/2, -Q/2
6x10-8 C. The larger sphere has a radius that is twice that of the smaller and is E) Q, 0
neutral. After the two spheres are connected by a conducting wire, the charges
on the smaller and larger spheres, respectively, are:
29. To charge a 1-F capacitor with 2 C requires a potential difference of:
A) 4x10-8 C and 2x10-8 C
B) 2x10-8 C and 4x10-8 C A) 2V
B) 0.2 V
C) -6x10-8 C and 12x10-8 C C) 5V
D) 6x10-8 C and 0 D) 0.5 V
E) 3x10-8 C and 3x10-8 C E) none of these
30. The capacitance of a parallel-plate capacitor is: 34. Each of the four capacitors shown is 500µ F. The voltmeter reads 1000V. The
magnitude of the charge, in coulombs, on each capacitor plate is:
A) proportional to the plate area
B) proportional to the charge stored
C) independent of any material inserted between the plates
D) proportional to the potential difference of the plates
E) proportional to the plate separation

31. Pulling the plates of an isolated charged capacitor apart:

A) increases the capacitance

B) increases the potential difference
A) 0.2
C) does not affect the potential difference
B) 0.5
D) decreases the potential difference
C) 20
E) does not affect the capacitance
D) 50
E) none of these
32. A battery is used to charge a series combination of two identical capacitors. If
the potential difference across the battery terminals is V and total charge Q
35. A dielectric slab is slowly inserted between the plates of a parallel plate
flows through the battery during the charging process then:
capacitor, while the potential difference between the plates is held constant by a
battery. As it is being inserted:
A) the charge on each capacitor is Q/2 and the potential difference across each
capacitor is V/2
A) the capacitance, the potential difference between the plates, and the charge on
B) the charge on each capacitor is Q and the potential difference across each
the positive plate all increase
capacitor is V
B) the capacitance, the potential difference between the plates, the charge on the
C) the charge on each capacitor is Q/2 and the potential difference across each
positive plate all decrease
capacitor is V
C) the potential difference between the plates increases, the charge on the positive
D) the charge on each capacitor is Q and the potential difference across each
plate decreases, and the capacitance remains the same
capacitor is V/2
D) the capacitance and the charge on the positive plate decrease but the potential
E) the charge on each capacitor is Q and the potential difference across each
difference between the plates remains the same
capacitor is 2V
E) the capacitance and the charge on the plate increase but the potential difference
between the plates remains the same
33. A 2-µ F and a 1-µ F capacitor are connected in series and a potential difference
is applied across the combination. The 2-µ F capacitor has: 36. A parallel-plate capacitor, with air dielectric, is charged by a battery, after which
the battery is disconnected. A slab of glass dielectric is then slowly inserted
A) twice the charge of the 1-µ F capacitor between the plates. As it is being inserted:
B) half the charge of the 1-µ F capacitor
C) twice the potential difference of the 1-µ F capacitor A) a force repels the glass out of the capacitor
D) half the potential difference of the 1-µ F capacitor B) a force attracts the glass into the capacitor
E) none of the above C) no force acts on the glass
D) a net charge appears on the glass
E) the glass makes the plates repel each other
Chapter 27--------------------------------------------------------------
37. A car battery is rated at 80 A ⋅ h. An ampere-hour is a unit of: 40. You wish to double the rate of energy dissipation in a heating device. You
could:
A) power
B) energy A) double the potential difference keeping the resistance the same
C) current B) double the current keeping the resistance the same
D) charge C) double the resistance keeping the potential difference the same
E) force D) double the resistance keeping the current the same
E) double both the potential difference and current
38. Five cylindrical wires are made of the same material. Their lengths and radii are
wire 1: length E, radius r
wire 2: length 3E/2, radius r/2 41. A flat iron is marked "240 volt, 1200 watt". In normal use, the current in it is:
wire 3: length E/2, radius r/2
wire 4: length E, radius r/2 A) 2A
wire 5: length 2E, radius r/2 B) 4A
Rank the wires according to their resistances, least to greatest. C) 5A
D) 7.2 A
A) 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 E) 0.2 A
B) 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
C) 1 and 2 tie, then 5, 3, 4
D) 1, 3, 4, 2, 5 42. It is better to send 10,000 kW of electric power long distances at 10,000 V rather
E) 1, 2, 4, 2, 5 than at 220 V because:

A) there is less heating in the transmission wires

39. Which of the following graphs best represents the current-voltage relationship of B) the resistance of the wires is less at high voltages
an incandescent light bulb? C) more current is transmitted at high voltages
D) the insulation is more effective at high voltages
E) the "iR" drop along the wires is greater at high voltage

43. You buy a "75 watt" light bulb. The label means that:

A) no matter how you use the bulb, the power will be 75 W

B) the bulb was filled with 75 W at the factory
C) the actual power dissipated will be much higher than 75 W since most of the
power appears as heat
D) the bulb is expected to "burn out" after you use up its 75 watts
E) none of the above

Chapter 28--------------------------------------------------------------
44. In the context of Kirchhoff's rules a junction is:

A) I. A) where a wire is connected to a resistor

B) II. B) where a wire is connected to a battery
C) III. C) where only two wires are joined
D) IV. D) where three or more wires are joined
E) V. E) where a wire is bent
45. By using only two resistors, R1 and R2 a student is able to obtain resistances of
3 Ω , 4 Ω , 12 Ω , and 16 Ω . The values of R1 and R2 (in ohms) are: 49. A certain galvanometer has a resistance of 100 Ω and requires 1 mA for full
scale deflection. To make this into a voltmeter reading 1 V full scale, connect a
resistance of:
A) 3, 4
B) 2, 12 A) 1000 Ω in parallel
C) 3, 16
B) 10 Ω in parallel
D) 4, 12
E) 4, 16 C) 900 Ω in series
D) 0.1 Ω in series
E) 1000 Ω in series
46. Each of the resistors in the diagram is 12 Ω . The resistance of the entire circuit
is:
50. Four circuits have the form shown in the diagram. The capacitor is initially
uncharged and the switch S is open.

A) 5.76 Ω
B) 25 Ω The values of the emf E, resistane and R, and capacitance C for each for the
C) 48 Ω circuits are
D) 120 Ω circuit 1: E=18V, R=3Ω , C=1µ F
E) none of these circuit 2: E=18V, R=6Ω , C=9µ F
circuit 3: E=12V, R=1Ω , C=7µ F
circuit 4: E=10V, R=5Ω , C=7µ F
47. Resistor 1 has twice the resistance of resistor 2. The two are connected in
Rank the circuits according to the current just after switch S is closed least to
parallel and a potential difference is maintained across the combination. The
greatest.
rate of thermal dissipation in 2 is:
A) 1, 2, 3, 4
A) the same as that in 2
B) 4, 3, 2, 1
B) twice that in 2
C) 4, 2, 3, 1
C) half that in 2
D) 4, 2, 1, 3
D) four times that in 2
E) 3, 1, 2, 4
E) one fourth that in 2

48. The terminal potential difference of a battery is greater than its emf:

A) under all conditions

B) only when the battery is being charged
C) only when the battery is being discharged
D) only when there is no current in the battery
E) under no conditions
Chapter 29--------------------------------------------------------------
51. An electron moves in the negative x direction, through a uniform magnetic field
in the negative y direction. The magnetic force on the electron is: 55. An electron is travelling in the positive x direction. A uniform electric field E is in
the negative y direction. If a uniform magnetic field with the appropriate
magnitude and direction also exists in the region, the total force on the electron
will be zero. The appropriate direction for the magetic field is:

A) in the negative x direction

B) in the positive y direction
C) in the negative y direction
D) in the positive z direction
E) in the negative z direction A) the positive y direction
B) the negative y direction
C) into the page
52. A magnetic field CANNOT: D) out of the page
E) the negative x direction
A) exert a force on a charge
B) accelerate a charge
C) change the momentum of a charge 56. The figure shows the motion of electrons in a wire which is near the N pole of a
D) change the kinetic energy of a charge magnet. The wire will be pushed:
E) exist

53. A hydrogen atom that has lost its electron is moving east in a region where the
magnetic field is directed from south to north. It will be deflected:

A) up
B) down
C) north
D) south
E) not at all

54. An electron (charge = -1.6x10-19 C) is moving at 3x105 m/s in the positive x

direction. A magnetic field of 0.8 T is in the positive z direction. The magnetic
force on the electron is: A) toward the magnet
B) away from the magnet
A) 0 C) downwards
D) upwards
B) 4x10-14 N in the positive z direction E) along its length
C) 4x10-14 N in the negative z direction
D) 4x10-14 N in the positive y direction
E) 4x10-14 N in the negative y direction
 57. A square loop of wire lies in the plane of the page and carries a current I as
shown. There is a uniform magnetic field B parallel to the side MK as indicated.
The loop will tend to rotate:

A) I.
B) II.
A) about PQ with KL coming out of the page
C) III.
B) about PQ with KL going into the page
D) IV.
C) about RS with MK coming out of the page
E) V.
D) about RS with MK going into the page
E) about an axis perpendicular to the page
61. The diagram shows three arrangements of circular loops, centered on vertical
Chapter 30-------------------------------------------------------------- axes and carrying identical currents in the directions indicated. Rank the
58. Lines of the magnetic field produced by a long straight wire carrying a current: arrangements according to the magnitudes of the magnetic fields at the
midpoints between the loops on the central axes.
A) are in the direction of the current
B) are opposite to the direction of the current
C) leave the wire radially
D) are circles concentric with the wire
E) are lines similar to those produced by a bar magnet

59. A wire carrying a large current i from east to west is placed over an ordinary
magnetic compass. The end of the compass needle marked "N" will point:

A) north
B) south
C) east A) 1, 2, 3
D) west B) 2, 1, 3
E) the compass will act as an electric motor, hence the needle will keep rotating C) 2, 3, 1
D) 3, 2, 1
E) 3, 1, 2
60. Which graph correctly gives the magnitude of the magnetic field outside an
infinitely long straight current-carrying wire as a function of the distance r from
the wire?
62.In Ampere's law, ∫B ⋅ ds = µ 0i, the symbol ds is:

A) an infinitesimal piece of the wire that carries current i

B) in the direction of B
C) perpendicular to B
D) a vector whose magnitude is the length of the wire that carries current i
E) none of the above

63. A long straight wire carrying a 3.0 A current enters a room through a window 1.5
m high and 1.0 m wide. The path integral AB ⋅ ds around the window frame has
the value
(in T ⋅ m):

A) 0.20
B) 2.5x10-7
A) I.
C) 3.0x10-7 B) II.
D) 3.8x10-6 C) III.
E) none of these D) IV.
E) V.

64. If the magnetic field B is uniform over the area bounded by a square with edge
length a, the net current through the square is: 66. The magnetic field B inside a long ideal solenoid is independent of:

A) 0 A) the current
B) 4Ba/µ 0 B) the core material
C) the spacing of the windings
C) Ba2/µ 0 D) the cross-sectional area
D) Ba/µ 0 E) the direction of the current
E) B/µ 0
67. Magnetic field lines inside the solenoid shown are:

65. A hollow cylindrical conductor (inner radius = a, outer radius = b) carries a

current i uniformly spread over its cross-section. Which graph below correctly
gives B as a function of the distance r from the center of the cylinder?

A) clockwise circles as one looks down the axis from the top of the page
B) counterclockwise circles as one looks down the axis from the top of the page
C) toward the top of the page
D) toward the bottom of the page
E) in no direction since B = 0
Chapter 31--------------------------------------------------------------
68. Faraday's law states that an induced emf is proportional to:

A) the rate of change of the magnetic field

B) the rate of change of the electric field
C) the rate of change of the magnetic flux
D) the rate of change of the electric flux
E) zero
A) zero
B) clockwise
69. If the magnetic flux through a certain region is changing with time: C) counterclockwise
D) clockwise in the left side and counterclockwise in the right side
A) energy must be dissipated as heat E) counterclockwise in the left side and clockwise in the right side
B) an electric field must exist at the boundary
C) a current must flow around the boundary
D) an emf must exist around the boundary 72. You push a permanent magnet with its north pole away from you toward a loop
E) a magnetic field must exist at the boundary of conducting wire in front of you. Before the north pole enters the loop the
current in the loop is:

70. A long straight wire is in the plane of a rectangular conducting loop. The straight A) zero
wire carries a constant current i, as shown. While the wire is being moved B) clockwise
toward the rectangle the current in the rectangle is: C) counterclockwise
D) to your left
E) to your right

73. In the circuit shown, there will be a non-zero reading in galvanometer G:

A) zero
B) clockwise
C) counterclockwise
D) clockwise in the left side and counterclockwise in the right side
E) counterclockwise in the left side and clockwise in the right side A) only just after S is closed
B) only just after S is opened
C) only while S is kept closed
71. A long straight wire is in the plane of a rectangular conducting loop. The straight D) never
wire initially carries a constant current i in the direction shown. While the current E) only just after S is opened or closed
i is being shut off, the current in the rectangle is:
74. The four wire loops shown have edge lengths of either L, 2L, or 3L. They will
move with the same speed into a region of uniform magnetic field B, directed out
of the page. Rank them according to the maximum magnitude of the induced
emf, least to greatest.

A) 0
B) BLv
A) 1 and 2 tie, then 3 and 4 tie C) BLv/R
B) 3 and 4 tie, then 1 and 2 tie
C) 4, 2, 3, 1 D) B2L2v/R
D) 4, 2 and 3 tie, then 1 E) B2Lxv/R
E) 1, 2, 3, 4

77. A 10-turn ideal solenoid has an inductance of 3.5 mH. When the solenoid
75. The figure shows a bar moving to the right on two conducting rails. To make an carries a current that is changing at 200 A/s the emf of the solenoid is:
induced current i in the direction indicated, a constant magnetic field in region
"A" should be in what direction? A) 0
B) 0.070 V
C) 0.70 V
D) 7.0 V
E) 70 V

78. An 8.0-mH inductor and a 2.0-Ω resistor are wired in series to a 20-V ideal
battery. A switch in the circuit is closed at time 0, at which time the current is 0.
After a long time the current in the resistor and the current in the inductor are:

A) right A) 0, 0
B) left B) 10 A, 10A
C) into the page C) 2.5 A, 2.5 A
D) out of the page D) 10 A, 2.5 A
E) impossible, cannot be done with a constant magnetic field E) 10 A, 0

76. A rod with resistance R lies across frictionless conducting rails in a uniform
magnetic field B, as shown. Assume the rails have negligible resistance. The
force that must be applied by a person to pull the rod to the right at constant
speed v is:
79. An 8.0-mH inductor and a 2.0-Ω resistor are wired in series to a 20-V ideal
battery. A switch in the circuit is closed at time 0, at which time the current is 0.
A long time after the switch is thrown the potential differences across the
inductor and resistor are:

A) 0, 20 V
B) 20 V, 0
C) 10 V, 10 V
D) 16 V, 4 V
E) unknown since the rate of change of the current is not given

80. In the diagram, assume that all the lines of B generated by coil #1 pass through
coil #2. Coil #1 has 100 turns and coil #2 has 400 turns. Then:

A) I.
B) II.
C) III.
D) IV.
E) V.

A) the power supplied to coil #1 is equal to the power delivered by coil #2

B) the emf around coil #1 will be 1/4 that around coil #2
C) the current in coil #1 will be 1/4 that in coil #2
D) the emfs will be the same in the two coils
E) none of the above

81. In the diagrams, all light bulbs are identical and all emf devices are identical. In
which circuit (I, II, III, IV, V) will the bulbs glow with the same brightness as in
circuit X?
Answer Key 47. C
48. B
1. D 49. B
2. C 50. D
3. E 51. E
4. E 52. D
5. C 53. A
6. A 54. E
7. A 55. C
8. A 56. D
9. B 57. A
10. D 58. D
11. B 59. B
12. D 60. D
13. D 61. C
14. C 62. E
15. B 63. D
16. C 64. A
17. D 65. C
18. E 66. D
19. D 67. C
20. C 68. C
21. E 69. D
22. A 70. C
23. C 71. B
24. B 72. C
25. A 73. E
26. B 74. D
27. D 75. C
28. C 76. D
29. A 77. C
30. A 78. B
31. B 79. A
32. D 80. E
33. D 81. D
34. B
35. E
36. B
37. D
38. D
39. A
40. D
41. C
42. A
43. E
44. D
45. D
46. B