PSP Resources Chapter 32 Students Version

32-1 A coil with zero resistance has its ends labelled a and b. When a current is passed through the coil the
potential at a is higher than the potential at b. Which of the following would be consistent with this
situation? (Note, there may be more than one correct alternative.)

A. The current is constant and is directed from a to b.
B. The current is constant and is directed from b to a.
C. The current is increasing and is directed from a to b.
D. The current is decreasing and is directed from a to b.
E. The current is increasing and is directed from b to a.
F. The current is decreasing and is directed from b to a.

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32-2 Consider the circuit to the right. The switch S1 is closed. At the
instant the switch is closed, across which circuit element is the
voltage equal to the emf of the battery?

A. The resistor
B. The inductor
C. Each of the resistor and the inductor
D. Neither the resistor or the inductor

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32-3 Consider the same circuit as in 32-2. After a very long time across which circuit element is the voltage
equal to the emf of the battery?

A. The resistor
B. The inductor
C. Each of the resistor and the inductor
D. Neither the resistor and the inductor

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32-4 The switch in the figure is closed at t = 0 when the current I is zero.
When I = 15 mA, what is the potential difference across the
inductor?

A. 240 V
B. 60 V
C. 0
D. 180 V
E. 190 V

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32-5 When a switch is closed, completing an LR series circuit, the time needed for the current to reach one
half its maximum value is ____ time constants.

A. 0.250
B. 0.500
C. 0.693
D. 1.00
E. 1.44

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32-6 After a switch is thrown to remove the battery from a DC LR circuit, but the circuit is still left
complete, the time constant represents:

A. The time rate of change of the current in the circuit.
B. The time rate of change of the induced emf in the circuit.
C. The magnitude of the ratio of the current to the time rate of change of the current.
D. All of the above.
E. Only (a) and (b) above.

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32-7 You are performing an experiment which requires the highest possible magnetic energy density in the
interior of a very long current-carrying solenoid. While keeping the remaining parameters constant,
making which of the following changes increases the energy density of the solenoid? (More than one
choice may be correct.)

A. Increasing the number of turns per unit length on the solenoid.
B. Increasing the cross-sectional area of the solenoid.
C. Increasing only the length of the solenoid while keeping the number of turns per
unit length fixed.
D. Increasing the current in the solenoid.
E. Using a soft iron core in the solenoid.

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32-8 Consider the magnetic field generated by a long, straight current-carrying wire of radius R. At which
of the following locations is the magnetic energy density of the wire the largest?

A. r = 0, at the center of the wire
B. 0 < r < R
C. r = R, at the surface of the wire
D. R < r < 2R
E. The magnetic field density will be the same everywhere.

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32-9 Coaxial cable A has twice the length, twice the radius of the inner solid conductor, and twice the
radius of the outer cylindrical conducting shell of coaxial cable B. What is the ratio of the inductance
of cable A to that of cable B?


A.

B.
C. 2

D.

E.

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32-10 In each of the three cases shown, a time-varying
current is flowing through the larger coil that produces
a magnetic field. Rank the mutual inductance for the
three cases shown from smallest to largest.
A. A,B,C
B. C,B,A
C. C,A,B
D. B,C,A
E. B,A,C

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