QUESTION:

1. Suppose that energy Q is required to accelerate a car from rest to v,

neglecting friction. How much added energy would be required to increase
the speed from v to 2v?

Choices:
a. Q b.2Q c. 3Q d.4Q

ANSWER: 3Q (c)
SOLUTION ( IF PROBLEM -SOLVING)
Using the energy equation W=KE2 – KE1
Q = 0.5mv2 – 0 - condition 1
W = 0.5m(2v)2 – 0.5mv2 - condition 2
W=2mv2 – 0.5mv2 = 3(0.5mv2) = 3Q (c)

QUESTION:
1. Suppose you want to store 1.00 J of electric potential energy in a volume of
1.00 m3 in vacuum. What is the magnitude of the required electric field?

Choices:
a. 0.475 MV/m b. 0.336MV/m c. 0.225TV/m d. 0.113TV/m

ANSWER:
E=0.475 MV/m (a)
SOLUTION ( IF PROBLEM -SOLVING)
u=1.00J/1.00m3 = 1.00J/m3

E=0.475 MV/m (a)

QUESTION:
2. Material a is a water and material b is a glass with index of refraction 1.52. If
the incident ray makes an angle of 60o with the normal, find the direction
of the reflected ray.

Choices:
a. 49.3o b. 91.3o c. 60o d. 34.7o

ANSWER:
(c)
SOLUTION ( IF PROBLEM -SOLVING)
According to law of reflection, , hence if then (c)

QUESTION:
3. The wavelength of the red light from a helium-neon sensor is 633 nm in air
but 474 nm in the aqueous humor inside our eyeballs. Calculate the speed of
light in this substance.
Choices:
a. 2.25 x 108 m/s b. 3.25 x 108 m/s c. 3.00 x 108 m/s d. 1.25 x 108 m/s

ANSWER:
(a)
SOLUTION ( IF PROBLEM -SOLVING)
Calculating the index of refraction, we have:

For the velocity of light in this index we have:

(a)

QUESTION:
4. A spaceship moving away from Earth with speed of 0.900c fires a robot space
probe in the same direction as its motion, with speed of 0.700c relative to the
spaceship. What is the probe’s velocity relative to the Earth?

Choices:
a. 0.900c b. 0.345c c. 0.700c d. 0.982c

ANSWER:
(d)
SOLUTION ( IF PROBLEM -SOLVING)
Using the equation of Lorentz velocity transformation, we have:

(d)

QUESTION:
5. In optics, this effect refers to the blurring of the image produced on a concave
mirror due to the convergence of rays far from the mirror to other points on
the principal axis. What do you call this effect?

Choices:
a. spherical aberration b. focal divergence c. parallax error d. Snell’s
effect

ANSWER:
spherical aberration (a)

QUESTION:
6. In fluid mechanics, this shows that the pressure of a fluid decreases as the
speed of the fluid increases. In addition, the pressure of a fluid decreases as
the elevation increases.
Choices:
a. Clairut’s equation b. Bernoulli’s equation c. Maxwell’s equation
d. Hyrdofluid equation

ANSWER:
Bernoulli’s equation (b)

QUESTION:
7. In electrodynamics, what term refers to the average speed of the charge
carriers?

Choices:
a. drag velocity b. molecular-kinetic speed c. drift speed d. charge
velocity

ANSWER:
drift speed (c)

QUESTION:
8. In electromagnetics and wave theory, what refers to waves, commonly
generated by electronic devices, whose wavelengths ranges from
approximately 0.3m to 10-4 m. Due to their short wavelengths these are often
used in radar systems and for studying the atomic and molecular properties of
matter.

Choices:
a. Radio waves b. Microwaves c. AM waves d. Radar waves

ANSWER:
microwaves (b)