Quiz 3

1. A boy standing 80m in front of a wall gives a loud shot. He hears the echo 0.3s
later. What is the speed of sound in air?
a) 533m/s
b) 267m/s
c) 24m/s
d) 360m/s
2. In the process of diffraction, what is the ratio of the wavelength over obstacles
size that will produce the most significant diffraction pattern
a) Lesser than one
b) Equal to one
c) More than one
d) None of the above
3. A beam of light is being shined onto a mirror. Which of the following properties
will remain the same in this entire process?
(I) Wavelength
(II) Frequency
(III)
Speed
(IV)
Propagation of wave
a)
b)
c)
d)

(II) & (III)

All of above
(I), (II) & (III)
(I) & (III)

4. Which of the following is not a property of an electromagnetic waves?

a) It is a longitudinal wave
b) It is a transverse wave
c) It can travel through vacuum
d) It can travel through air
5. Which of the following statements is the correct comparison between infrared
waves and ultraviolet waves?
a) Infrared waves have shorter wavelength than ultraviolet waves.
b) Infrared waves have a lower frequency than ultraviolet waves.
c) Infrared waves travel at a lower speed than ultraviolet waves in vacuum.
d) Infrared waves have higher energy than ultraviolet waves.
6. Which of the following wave properties changes when a wave is diffracted?
a) Wavelength
b) Wave speed
c) Wave direction
d) Wave frequency

7. A wave has an amplitude of 6mm and frequency of 25Hz. What is the period of
the wave?

a)
b)
c)
d)

0.02s
0.04s
0.06s
0.08s

8. Given that the wavelength of the blue light is about 450nm. Calculate the
corresponding frequency for this colour.
a)

6.67 1014 Hz

b)

1.33 1015 Hz

c)

3.33 1014 Hz

d)

4.50 10 14 Hz

9. It is known that water waves travel at different speed at different depth. In a

controlled experiment, a slab is put inside the water ripple tank so that the water
will have a different depth. An experimenter discovered that as the water wave
travel from deep to shallow region, the wavelength changes from 5cm to 4cm. If
the speed of the wave at deep region is 60cm/s, calculate the speed in the
shallow region.
a) 48cm/s
b) 75cm/s
c) 65cm/s
d) 60cm/s