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Practice Exam 1
Summer 2004
2. The electric field has a magnitude of 3.0 N/m at a distance of 60 cm from a point charge.
What is the charge?
(a) 1.4 nC
(b) 120 pC
(c) 36 mC
(d) 12 C
(e) 3.0 nC
3. An electron traveling horizontally from North to South enters a region where a uniform
electric field is directed downward. What is the direction of the electric force exerted on
the electron once it has entered the field?
(a) downward
(b) upward
(c) to the east
(d) to the west
(e) to the north
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a
c
(a) zero
(b) - 6 C
(c) + 6 C
(d) + 12 C
(e) - 12 C
57.6 N/C
1.65 x 10-9 N/C
14.9 N/C
2.67 x 10-19 N/C
More information is needed to solve.
6. An electric dipole is surrounded by a closed surface with the surface nearer to the
negative end of the dipole than the positive end. The flux through the surface is
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
positive.
negative.
proportional to the negative charge.
inversely proportional to the positive charge.
zero.
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13.6 nV
-13.6 nV
27.2 V
-27.2 nV
9.11 pV
8. A parallel plate capacitor with an air dielectric is attached to a voltage source and
charged. The voltage source is removed, and then the plates are separated to double
their previous distance. What happens to the energy stored by the capacitor when the
plates are separated?
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
it doubles
it quadruples
it halves
it is diminished by a factor of 4
it stays the same
236 V
83.7 V
24.9 V
0.626 V
0.000539 V
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10. A parallel plate capacitor with plates of area A and plate separation d is charged so that
the potential difference between the plates is V. If the capacitor is then isolated and its
plate separation is decreased to d/2, what happens to its capacitance?
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
11. A parallel plate capacitor has plates each of area 0.01 m 2 and with separation 0.25 mm.
What is its capacitance?
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
40 nF
0.35 nF
4.4 F
88 pF
88 F
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13. Of the common battery sizes AAA, AA, C, and D, which provides the highest emf?
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
AAA
AA
C
D
All have the same emf.
14. Determine the length of a copper wire that has resistance of 0.172 and a crosssectional area of 1 x 10-4 m2. The resistivity of copper is 1.72 x 10-8 m.
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
0.1 m
10 m
100 m
1000 m
10,000 m
15. Four 12 resistors are connected together. What is the greatest resistance that can
be attained with these resistors?
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
12
24
35
48
144
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16. Four resistors and a 6 V battery are arranged as shown in the circuit diagram below.
The smallest current passes through which resistor(s)?
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
the 10 resistor
the 20 resistor
the 30 resistor
the 60 resistor
it is the same and the smallest in the 30 and 60 resistors
17. In the diagram below, if the current through R1 is 5 A up and if the current through R3 is
3 A up, what is the current in R2?
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
8 A up
8 A down
2 A up
2 A down
more information is needed
18. As more lamps are put into a parallel circuit, the overall current from the power source
(battery):
(a) increases
(b) decreases
(c) stays the same
6
Physics 219
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KEY
1. B
2. B
3. B
4. B
5. A
6. E
7. C
8. A
9. A
10. A
11. B
12. A
13. E
14. D
15. D
16. D
17. B
18. A
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