MULTIPLE CHOICE - 1

1. A single disturbance that moves from point to point 5. A transverse wave is traveling through a medium. See
through a medium is called a ___. diagram below.
A B
A) period B) periodic wave
C) circular wave D) wavelength E F G
E) pulse C D H I

J
The particles of the medium are vibrating _____.
continious waves
A) parallel to the line joining AD.
2. If the particles of the medium are vibrating to and fro in
the same direction of energy transport, then the wave is B) along the line joining CI.
a ____ wave. C) perpendicular to the line joining AD.
D) at various angles to the line CI.
A) longitudinal B) sound C) standing E) along the curve CAEJGBI.
D) transverse E) none of them
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3. When the particles of a medium are vibrating at right

angles to the direction of energy transport, then the wave 6. 0.080 m

is a ____ wave.
0.060 m

A) longitudinal B) sound C) standing

D) transverse E) straight
What is the amplitude of the wave in the diagram above?

A) 0.02 m B) 0.03 m C) 0.04 m.

D) 0.05 m. E) 0.06 m.

4. If the energy in a longitudinal wave travels from south

to north, the particles of the medium would be vibrating
_____.

A) from north to south, only

7. The wavelength of the wave in the diagram above
B) both north and south (Question #6) is ____ m.
C) from east to west, only
D) both east and west A) 0.030 B) 0.040 C) 0.050
E) from west to east only D) 0.060 E) 0.080

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 8. A wave X meters long passes through a medium with a speed 12. A periodic and repeating disturbance in a lake creates waves
of Y meters per second. which emanate outward from its source to produce circular
The frequency of the wave could be expressed as wave patterns.
If the frequency of the source is 2.00 Hz and the wave
A) Y/X cycles/s B) X/Y cycles/s speed is 5.00 m/s then the distance between adjacent
C) Y/X s/cycles D) XY cycles/s wave crests is ___ meter.
E) (X + Y) cycles/s
A) 0.200 B) 0.400 C) 1.25
D) 2.50 E) 10.0

Consider the following diagram for Questions 9–10.

13. What is the frequency of a wave that has a speed of 0.4

m/s and a wavelength of 0.020 meter?

A B A) 25 Hz B) 20 Hz C) 10 Hz
D) 0.5 Hz E) 0.008 Hz
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9. How many complete waves are shown in the diagram?

A) 1 B) 1.5 C) 2 D) 2.5 E) 3

14. Many wave properties are dependent upon other wave

properties. Yet, one wave property is independent of all other
wave properties.
Which one of the following properties of a wave is
10. If the distance from point A to point B in the diagram is independent of all the others?
60 cm, then the wavelength is ____.
A) wavelength B) frequency C) period
A) 20 cm B) 30 cm C) 40 cm D) amplitude E) speed
D) 60 cm E) 90 cm

11. The number of cycles of a periodic wave occurring per

unit time is defined as a wave's ____ .

A) wavelength B) period
Answers
C) amplitude D) speed 1-E 2-A 3-D 4-B 5-A 6-B 7-E
E) frequency 8-A 9-B 10 - C 11 - E 12 - D 13 - B 14 - E

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 MULTIPLE CHOICE - 2

1. A pendulum makes exactly 40 vibrations in 20.0 s. Its 5. Diagrams given below show a transverse pulse traveling along
period is ____. a dense rope toward its junction with a less dense rope.
(Be cautious of the units.) Which of the diagrams (A, B, C, D, or E) below depicts the
ropes at the instant that the reflected pulse again passes
A) 0.500 Hz. B) 0.500 s. C) 2.00 Hz. through its original position marked X?
2 Consider such features as amplitude and relative speed (i.e.,
D) 2.00 s. E) 8.00 x 10 Hz.
the relative distance of the transmitted and reflected pulses
from boundary).

A) X

2. A period of 0.005 seconds would be equivalent to a B) X

frequency of ____ Hz.
C) X
A) 20 B) 50 C) 200 D) 500 E) 2000
D) X
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E) X

6. A 2.0–meter long rope is hanging vertically from the ceiling

and attached to a vibrator. A single pulse is observed to travel
to the end of the rope in 0.50 s.
3. If the frequency of a wave is doubled and if the speed
What frequency should be used by the vibrator to
remains constant, its wavelength is ____.
maintain three whole waves in the rope?

A) quartered B) halved C) tripled.

A) 0.75 Hz B) 1.3 Hz C) 4.0 Hz
D) unchanged D) doubled
D) 6.0 Hz E) 8.0 Hz

7. The distance between E and H is called____ .

A E H

D G I
4. A wave whose speed in a snakey is 4.4 m/s enters a second B F
snakey. The wavelength changes from 2.0 m to 3.0 m.
C J
The wave in the second snakey travels at approximately
____.
A) a crest B) a wavelength

A) 1.5 m/s. B) 2.2 m/s. C) 2.9 m/s. C) the amplitude D) the frequency

D) 4.4 m/s. E) 6.6 m/s. E) the width

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 8. What is the name given to the lowest point of a wave? 12. A wave like the one shown in the diagram below is called a
transverse wave. Such a wave is typical of light waves and
A) crest B) amplitude C) width other types of electromagnetic waves. Every transverse wave
D) rest position E) trough has certain properties, including wavelength. One measure
of wavelength is the distance from B to D.

B D
9. Which statement correctly compares Wave A and Wave
B?
A B

A C E
What is another measure of wavelength?
A) Wave A has a greater amplitude than Wave B.
A) distance from A to D
B) Wave B has a greater amplitude than Wave A.
B) distance from A to C
C) Wave A has a greater wavelength than Wave B.
C) distance from B to C
D) Wave B has a greater wavelength than Wave A.
D) distance from A to B
E) Wave B has a greater speed than Wave A.
E) distance from C to D
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10. The distance between which two points is one

wavelength?

A E H

D G I

B F 13. Zeynep reported a measurement in units of hertz.

C J What property of wave was she measuring?

A) A and C B) B and F C) D and E A) period B) width C) amplitude

D) G and I E) B and E D) wavelength E) frequency

11. The wavelength shown in the diagram is __________.

8 meters

4 meters

A) 2 meters B) 4 meters
Answers
C) 8 meters D) 12 meters
1-B 2-C 3-B 4-E 5-E 6-D 7-B
E) 16 meters
8-E 9-B 10 - B 11 - C 12 - B 13 - E

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 MULTIPLE CHOICE - 3

1. The relation between wave velocity 'v', frequency 'f ', and 4. The diagram below shows a disturbance moving through a
wavelength 'λ' is ______. rope towards the right.

f λ
A) v = B) v = f.λ C) v = f
λ

1 f.λ
D) v = E) v =
f.λ 1
If this disturbance meets a similar disturbance moving
to the left, then which one of the diagrams below depict
a pattern which could NEVER appear in the rope?

A)

B)

C)
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2. The frequency of a wave travelling at a speed of 500 ms–1 is D)

25 Hz.
Its time period will be ______.

E)
A) 20 s B) 0.05 s C) 25 s
D) 0.04 s E) 0.02 s

5. The physical quantity, which oscillates in most waves,

is

A) mass B) energy C) amplitude

D) wavelength E) width
3. The amplitude of a wave is ______.

A) the distance the wave moves in one second

B) the distance the wave moves in one time period of the
wave
6. The time period of a vibrating body is 0.05 s. The
C) the maximum distance moved by the medium particles
frequency of waves it emits is
on either side of the mean position
D) the distance equal to one wave length
A) 5 Hz B) 20 Hz C) 200 Hz
E) the widest distance occurs during the movement of a pulse
D) 20 s E) 200 s

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 7. A source of frequency of 500 Hz emits waves of 11. As a gust of wind blows across a field of grain, a wave
wavelength 0.4 m, how long does the waves take to travel can be seen to move across the field as the tops of the
600 m? plants sway back and forth. This wave is a:

A) 3 s B) 6 s C) 9 s A) transverse wave.
D) 12 s E) 15 s B) longitudinal wave.
C) polarized wave.
D) interference of waves.
E) both choices B and C are valid.

8. Which of the following quantities is transferred during

12. The wavelength of a traveling wave can be calculated if
wave propagation?
one knows the:

A) Speed B) Mass C) Matter

A) frequency.
D) Energy E) Matter and energy
B) speed and amplitude.
C) amplitude and frequency.
D) frequency and speed.
E) speed.
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9. If a vibrator strikes the water 10 times in one second, 13. Waves propagate at 8.0 m/s along a stretched string. The
then the frequency of wave is _________. end of the string is vibrated up and down once every 1.5
s. What is the wavelength of the waves that travel along
A) 10 Hz B) 0.5 Hz C) 5 Hz the string?

D) 0.1 Hz E) 10 s
A) 3.0 m B) 12 m C) 6.0 m
D) 5.3 m E) 10 m

14. Tripling the mass per unit length of a guitar string will
10. For a wave on the ocean, the amplitude is: result in changing the wave speed in the string by what
factor?
A) the distance between crests.
A) 0.58 B) 1.00 (i.e., no change)
B) the height difference between a crest and a trough.
C) 1.73 D) 3.00
C) one half the height difference between a crest and a
trough. E) 9.00

D) how far the wave goes up on the beach. Answers

1-B 2-D 3-C 4-D 5-C 6-B 7-A
E) one half the distance between crests.
8-D 9-A 10 - C 11 - B 12 - D 13 - B 14 - A

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