FINAL EXAM – PHY2049, SPRING 2010 TEXT FORM - A

Instructor: Enrique del Barco

IMPORTANT:
1) Write your name and mark your UCF-ID in the scantron
2) Select the proper text form, A or B, on the scantron (see upper right corner of this page)
3) Mark only one answer for each the 60 multiple choice questions below
4) You only need to give me the scantron (nothing else)
5) e = -1.6×10-19 C; Electron and proton masses me = 9.11×10-31 kg and mp = 1.67×10-27 kg

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS (equal weight):

1) The charge on the proton is the same as
A) the charge on the neutron.
B) the charge on the electron.
C) the charge on the atom.
D) the charge on the electron, but of the opposite sign.

2) When a glass rod is rubbed with a piece of silk, the glass rod acquires a positive charge and the silk
acquires a negative charge. This process signifies that
A) the glass rod was not rubbed very hard with the silk.
B) the glass rod lost electrons to the piece of silk.
C) the glass rod was rubbed very vigorously with the silk.
D) the glass rod gained electrons from the piece of silk.

3) Two charges, Q1 and Q2, are separated by a certain distance R. If the magnitudes of their charges are
doubled and their separation is halved, then what happens to the electrical force between these
charges?
A) It increases by a factor of 16.
B) It is quadrupled.
C) It is doubled.
D) It stays the same.

4) The force of attraction between a -40.0 C and +108 C charge is 4.00 N. What is the separation
between these two charges?
A) 1.13 m B) 3.67 m C) 3.12 m D) 2.49 m

5) Two point charges of +60.0 C and -12.0 C are separated by a distance of 20.0 cm. A +7.00 C charge
is placed midway between these two charges. What is the electric force acting on this charge because of
the other two charges?
A) 4.53 N directed towards the positive charge
B) 453 N directed towards the negative charge
C) 4.53 N directed towards the negative charge
D) 453 N directed towards the positive charge

6) The units of electrical flux are

A) Nm2/C. B) N/C. C) Nm/C2. D) Nm/C.

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7) A charged particle traveling along the +x axis enters an electric field directed vertically upward along
the +y axis. If the charged particle experiences a force downward because of this field, what is the sign
of the charge on this particle?
A) It is neutral. B) It is positive. C) It is negative. D) None of previous is correct.

8) An electron is initially at rest. It is accelerated through a potential difference of 400 V. What is the
kinetic energy of this electron?
A) 6.4×10-17 J B) 4.0×102 J C) 6400 J D) 0 J

9) The electron-volt is a unit of

A) electric field. B) charge. C) energy. D) potential.

10) An 800 V/m electric field is directed along the +x-axis. If the potential at x = 0 m is 2000 V, what is
the potential at x = 2 m?
A) 600 V B) 800 V C) 400 V D) 200 V

11) If more electric field lines leave a gaussian surface than enter it, what can you conclude about the
net charge enclosed by that surface?
A) is positive B) is negative C) is zero D) depends

12) At a certain point in space there is a potential of 400 V. What is the potential energy of a +2- C
charge at that point in space?
A) 80×10-6 J B) 8×10-4 J C) 200 J D) 400 J

13) A 4.0- C charge is situated at the origin of an xy-coordinate system. What is the potential difference
between a point x = 4.0 m and y = -4.0 m because of this charge?
A) -18×103 V B) 18×103 V C) 0 V D) 36×103 V

14) Which of the following will increase the capacitance between the plates of a parallel plate capacitor?
A) Increase the potential between the plates.
B) Introduce a dielectric material between the plates.
C) Decrease the potential between the plates.
D) Increase the charge on the plates.

15) A 4- F capacitor has a potential drop of 20 V between its plates. The electric potential energy stored
in this capacitor is:
A) 80 J B) 8 J C) 8000 J D) 800 J

16) Which one of the following is the correct unit for electric current?
A) V/s B) C/s C) J/s D) A/s

17) An electric device delivers a current of 3.0 A for 10 seconds. How many electrons flow through this
device?
A) 2.0 B) 19 x 1020 C) 20 D) 1.9 x 1020

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18) A 200-W light bulb is connected across 110 V. What current will flow through this bulb?
A) 0.90 A B) 0.60 A C) 0 A D) 1.8 A

19) The length of a certain wire is doubled and at the same time its radius is increased by a factor of 4.
What is the change in the resistance of this wire?
A) It is reduced by a factor of 8.
B) It increases by a factor of 4.
C) It increases by a factor of 8.
D) It is reduced by a factor of 4.

20) Two capacitors of 4 F and 8 F are connected in parallel. What is the equivalent capacitance of this
system of capacitors?
A) 0.4 F B) 2.7 F C) 4 F D) 12 F

21) A 4.0 F and a 6.0 F capacitor are connected in series across an 8.0-V DC source. What is the charge
on the 6.0 F capacitor?
A) 4.0 C B) 25 C C) 19 C D) 2.0 C

22) A 5.0 F capacitor is connected in series with a 3.0 k resistor across a 20-V DC source and an open
switch. If the switch is closed at t = 0 s, what is the charge on the capacitor at t = 9 ms?
A) 37% of its minimum B) 96% of its maximum C) 45% of its maximum D) 0 C

23) A proton is projected with a velocity of 7.0×103 m/s into a magnetic field of 0.60 T perpendicular to
the motion of the proton. What is the force that acts on the proton?
A) 13×10-16 N B) 6.7×10-16 N C) 0 N D) 3.4×10-16 N

24) A proton moving with a velocity of 4.0×104 m/s enters a magnetic field of 0.20 T. If the proton
travels in the direction of the magnetic field, what is the magnitude of the magnetic force on the
proton?
A) 0 N B) 1.3×10-15 N C) 1.1×10-15 N D) 1.8×10-15 N

25) An electron moving perpendicular to a magnetic field of 4.2×10-2 T moves in a circle of radius
0.40cm. How fast is this electron moving?
A) 0.80×107 m/s B) 3.0×107 m/s C) 3.0×109 m/s D) 2.5×10-53 m/s

26) A loose spiral spring carrying no current is hung from a ceiling . When a switch is thrown so that a
current exists in the spring, how do the coils move?
A) closer together B) farther apart C) not at all D) widening the loop diameter

27) A wire carrying a 2-A current is placed at an angle of 60o with the respect to a magnetic field of
strength 0.2 T. If the length of the wire is 0.6 m what is the magnitude of the magnetic force acting on
the wire?
A) 0.4 N B) 0.6 N C) 0.8 N D) 0.2 N

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28) A rectangular loop of wire carrying a 4.0-A current and with certain dimensions is placed in a
magnetic field of 0.60 T. The magnitude of the torque acting on this wire when it makes a 60o angle with
the field is 1.1 Nm. What is the area of this wire?
A) 0.26 m2 B) 0.53 m2 C) 0.40 m2 D) 0.80 m2

29) The magnetic field at a certain distance from a wire carrying 2-A current is 4 T. What will be the
magnetic field if the current in the wire is doubled?
A) 8 T B) 6 T C) 4 T D) 2 T

30) Two charged particles are projected into a region where a magnetic field is directed perpendicular to
their velocities. If the charges are deflected in opposite directions, what are the possible relative charges
and directions?
A) zero net charge, opposite initial direction
B) same charge, opposite initial direction
C) same charge, same initial direction
D) oppositely charged, opposite initial direction

31) A solenoid of 200 turns carrying a current of 2 A has a length of 25 cm. What is the magnitude of the
magnetic field at the center of the solenoid?
A) 5 mT B) 3 mT C) 2 mT D) 4 mT

32) If the number of turns in a rectangular coil of wire that is rotating in a magnetic field is doubled,
what happens to the induced emf, assuming all the other variables remain the same?
A) It is doubled. B) It stays the same. C) It is reduced by a factor of 2. D) It is quadrupled.

33) A constant magnetic field of 0.70 T is applied to a rectangular loop of area 3.4×10-3 m2. If the area of
this loop changes from its original value to a new value of 1.6×10-3 m2 in 1.6 s, what is the emf induced
in the loop?
A) 0 V B) 7.9×10-4 V C) 1.6×10-2 V D) 7.5×10-2 V

34) A rectangular coil lies flat on a horizontal surface. A bar magnet is held above the center of the coil
with its north pole pointing down. What is the direction of the induced current in the coil?
A) counterclockwise B) clockwise C) No current in the coil D) None of previous is correct

35) Which one of the following is the correct expression for the time constant of an RL circuit?
A) R/L B) LR C) L/R D) None of previous is correct

36) A 25.0-mH inductor is connected in series to a 20.0- resistor through a 15.0-V dc power supply and
a switch. If the switch is closed at t = 0 s, what is the time constant of this circuit?
A) 12.5×10-3 s B) 12.5×10-2 s C) 0.500 s D) 0.80×10-3 s

37) A conducting loop of wire has an area of 150 cm2 and a resistance of 25.0 . There is a magnetic
field of 100 T perpendicular to the loop. At what rate must this field be reduced to induce a current of
0.100 A in the loop?
A) 60.0 T/s B) 0.354 T/s C) 167 T/s D) 120 T/s
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38) A uniform magnetic field is applied perpendicular to the plane of a 60-turn circular coil with a radius
of 7.0 cm and a resistance of 0.60 . If the magnetic field increases from 0.20 T to 2.2 T in 0.20 sec, what
is the emf induced in that coil?
A) 9.2 V B) 5.4 V C) 12 V D) 14 V

39) Initially, an inductor carries a constant current. Then the current is brought to a new constant value
twice as large. After this change, what has happened to the potential difference across the inductor?
A) It is larger than before the change by a factor of 4
B) It has the same nonzero value.
C) It continues to be zero
D) It has decreased.

40) A circular loop of wire is held in a uniform magnetic field, with the plane of the loop perpendicular to
the field lines. Which of the following will not cause a current to be induced in the loop?
A) keeping the orientation of the loop fixed and moving it along the field lines
B) rotating the loop about an axis perpendicular to the field lines
C) pulling the loop out of the field
D) crushing the loop mA

41) At an instant of time during the oscillations of an LC circuit, the current is momentarily zero. At this
instant, the voltage across the capacitor is described by which of the following?
A) different from that across the inductor
B) has its maximum value
C) is impossible to determine
D) zero

42) An AC source drives an RLC circuit with a fixed voltage amplitude. If the driving frequency is ω1, the
circuit is more capacitive than inductive and the phase angle is -10°. If the driving frequency is ω2, the
circuit is more inductive than capacitive and the phase angle is +10°. The largest amount of power is
delivered to the circuit at which frequency?
A) The same amount of power is delivered at both frequencies
B) ω1
C) ω2
D) There is no power delivered to the circuit in any of these cases.

43) The impedance of a series RLC circuit at resonance is described by which of the following?
A) less than R B) impossible to determine C) equal to R D) larger than R

44) What is the phase angle in a series RLC circuit at resonance?

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A) -90 B) 0 C) 90 D) 180

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45) An ice storm breaks a transmission line and interrupts electric power to a town. A homeowner starts
a gasoline powered 98-V generator and clips its output terminals to "hot" and "ground" terminals of the
electrical panel for his house. One a power pole down the block is a transformer designed to step down
the voltage for household use. It has a ratio of turns N1/N2 of 100 to 1. A repairman climbs the pole.
What voltage will he encounter on the input side of the transformer? As this question implies, safety
precautions must be taken in the use of home generators and during power failures in general.
A) 9.8 V B) 98 V C) 980 V D) 9800 V

46) Consider the AC circuit in which a capacitor and a lightbulb are connected in series with the AC
source. The frequency of the AC source is adjusted while its voltage amplitude is held constant. The
lightbulb will glow the brightest at which of the following?
A) same at all frequencies B) high frequencies C) low frequencies D) zero frequency (DC)

47) An RLC circuit is used in a radio to tune into an FM station broadcasting at 99.7 MHz. The resistance
in the circuit is 18.0 , and the inductance is 1.20 µH. What capacitance should be used?
A) 2.12 pF B) 25 pF C) 0.30 pF D) 8 pF

48) At what frequency does the inductive reactance of a 42.0 µH inductor equal the capacitive reactance
of a 42.0 µF capacitor?
A) 50 Hz B) 3.79 kHz C) 2.6 MHz D) 800 Hz

49) What maximum current is delivered by an AC source with ΔVmax = 33.0 V and f = 110.0 Hz when
connected across a 3.70 µF capacitor?
A) 0.12 A B) 56.3 mA C) 2 mA D) 84.4 mA

50) What would you expect happening if you introduce two fingers in an electrical outlet at home?
A) Electric current will flow though your hand
B) You may switch off a circuit breaker because of leakage of current to ground
C) Everybody (except, perhaps your mom) will start laughing at you for being an idiot
D) All of the above

Take care, my wonderful engineers. And by the way, if any of you ends designing planes, please make
wider coaches…
Enrique

Dilbert’s Doctor: “I'm afraid your son has the

Knack - It's a rare condition characterized by
an extreme intuition about all things
mechanical and electrical, and utter social
ineptitude."
Dilbert’s mom: “Can he have a normal life?”
Doctor: "Nope. He'll be an engineer."