COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

PUTRAJAYA CAMPUS
FINAL EXAMINATION

TRIMESTER II 2009/2010

PROGRAMME : Foundation in Engineering

SUBJECT CODE : PHYF125

SUBJECT : Physics II

DATE : 9 February 2010

TIME : 3 hours

VENUE : Library Exam Hall

INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES:

1. This paper consists of TEN (10) questions in Part A and FIVE (5) questions in
Part B in SIX (6) pages.

2. Answer ALL questions in Part A and ANY 4 questions in Part B.

3. Write ALL answers in the answer booklet provided.

4. Write answer to each question in Part B on a new page.

THIS QUESTION PAPER CONSISTS OF 7 PRINTED PAGES INCLUDING

THIS COVER PAGE.

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Part A: (Answer ALL questions - each question worth 2 marks)

Constants: ke = 8.99×109 Nm2C-2, o = 8.85×10-12 C2N-1m-2, μ0 = 4π×10-7 TmA-1,
me = 9.11×10-31 kg, e = 1.60×10-19 C, mp =1.67×10-27 kg, g = 9.80 ms-2

1. A bead with a mass of 0.150 g and a charge of 2.00 µC is released from rest at a
height of 0.500 m within an electric field region. The magnitude of the field is
500 NC-1 upward. Find the speed of the bead just before it strikes the ground.

2. A long conducting cylinder with radius a carries a surface charge density σ. Find
the magnitude of the electric field inside and outside the cylinder.

3. How much kinetic energy will a charge of –6.00 µC gain (in eV) if it accelerates
through a potential difference of 25.0 kV in a cathode ray tube?

4. A cardiac defibrillator is used to shock a heart that is beating erratically. A

capacitor in this device is charged to 7.00 kV and stores 1500 J of energy. What
is the capacitance?

5. The charge density in copper is 8.49 × 1028 electrons per m3. When a 1.50-A
current is present in a copper wire with a 0.40 cm 2 cross-section area, find the
electron’s drift velocity in ms-1.

6. Given that ε1 = 3.50 V, ε2 = 12.5 V, R1 = 4.50 , R2 = 12.0  , C = 4.00 F, Q

= 24.0 C, and I = 3.00 A as shown in Figure 1 below. Find the potential
difference VB–VA between points A and B.

R1
A
I ε1
ε2
-
C +
R2
B

Figure 1

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7. A current of 5.50 A is maintained in a single circular loop having a

circumference of 90.0 cm. An external magnetic field of 3.50 T is directed so that
the angle between the field and the plane of the loop is 25.0. Determine the
magnitude of the torque exerted on the loop by the magnetic forces acting upon
it.

8. If a = 2.00 cm, b = 5.00 cm, and I = 35.0 A, what is the magnitude of the
magnetic field at point P as shown in Figure 2?

b
a

Figure 2

9. A flat loop of wire consisting of a single turn of cross-sectional area 8.00 cm 2 is

perpendicular to a magnetic field that increases uniformly in magnitude from
0.500 T to 2.50 T in 1.00 s. What is the resulting induced current if the loop has a
resistance of 2.00 Ω?

10. An inductor in the form of solenoid contains 420 turns, 16.0 cm in length, and a
cross-sectional area of 3.00 cm2. What is the uniform rate of decrease of current
through the inductor to induce an emf of 175 μV?

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Part B: (Answer ONLY 4 questions - each question worth 10 marks)

QUESTION 1
An insulating sphere of radius a carrying a charge 3Q is surrounded by a conducting
shell with inner radius a and outer radius b carrying a charge –Q as shown in
Figure 3.
(a) Find the electric field inside the insulating sphere, inside the shell and outside
the shell. [4 marks]
(b) Find the electric flux inside the insulating sphere, inside the shell and outside the
shell. [4 marks]
(c) Sketch the graph of electric flux versus radial distance, r. [2 marks]

–Q

3Q
b

Figure 3

QUESTION 2
(a) A capacitor C1 of 2.70 µF is connected to 857-V battery and another capacitor C2
of 6.80 µF is connected to 685.0-V battery as shown in Figure 4 (a). These
capacitors are then disconnected from their batteries. Next the two capacitors are
connected to each other as in Figure 4 (b). What will be the potential difference
and the charge on each capacitor? [6 marks]

C1 C2

CC11
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C2
V1 V2
(a) (b)
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Figure 4

(b) Two point charges (+10.0 nC and –10.0 nC) are located 7.00 cm apart as shown
in Figure 5. Point a is 3.00 cm from the positive point charge and point b is in
the midway of the two point charges.

a b

Figure 5

(i) What is the potential energy of a point charge of –5.70 nC when it is

placed at point a? [3 marks]
(ii) How much work would an external force have to do to move the point
charge, described in 2(b)(i), from point b to point a? [ 1 mark]

QUESTION 3
(a) State the two Kirchhoff’s rules. [2
marks]
(b) (i) Find the equivalent resistance between point A and point B as shown in
Figure 6 below if R = 20.0 . [3
marks]
(ii) Determine the magnitude of the current in each resistor if the potential
difference V across points A and B is 20.0 V. [2
marks]
(iii) Find the potential difference across each resistor. [3 marks]

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A
3R 4R

2R
5R

B
R 6R

Figure 6

QUESTION 4
Three wires parallel to the x axis carry currents as shown in Figure 7. If the currents
(I = 5.00 A) are to the left,
(a) find the magnitude and the direction of the magnetic field at the origin
(i) for 80.0 cm length of the short wire A with current of 1.5I; [2
marks]
(ii) for the long wire B starting from x = 0 with current of 2I; [2
marks]
(iii) for the long wire C with current of 3I; and [2
marks]
(iv) for all the three wires. [ 1 mark]
(b) What is the magnitude and direction of the magnetic force on wire A by wire C?
[3
marks]

Wire A y = 30.0 cm

x
Wire B y = -20.0 cm

Wire C
y = -50.0 cm
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Figure 7

QUESTION 5
(a) A rectangular coil with resistance R has N turns, each of length ℓ and width w as
shown in Figure 8. The coil moves into a uniform magnetic field B with
constant velocity v. What is the magnitude and direction of the total magnetic
force on the coil
(i) as it enters the magnetic field; [2
marks]
(ii) as it moves within the field; [2
marks]
(iii) as it leaves the field? [2
marks]

Figure 8
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(b) An inductor (L = 400 mH), a capacitor (C = 4.43 μF), and a resistor (R = 500 Ω)
are connected in series. A 50.0-Hz AC source produces a maximum current of
250 mA in the circuit.
(i) Calculate the required maximum voltage ΔVmax. [2
marks]
(ii) Determine the phase angle by which the current leads or lags the applied
voltage. [2
marks]

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