College of Sciences ‫كلية العلوم‬

Department of ‫قسم الفيزياء والفلك‬

Physics and Astronomy

Second Midterm Exam

Monday, November 19, 2018 PHYS 109 Academic year 1439-40 H

7:00 – 8:30 pm General Physics First Semester

Student’s Name ‫اسم الطالب‬

ID number ‫الرقم الجامعي‬
Section No. ‫رقم الشعبة‬
Classroom No. ‫رقم قاعة االختبار‬ 15
Teacher’s Name ‫اسم أستاذ المقرر‬
Roll Number ‫رقم التحضير‬

Instructions:
 If your mobile, smart watch or programmable calculator are with you, witch
off them and place them on the invigilator table.
 Please do not forget to write your name in this page.

Assume:
g = 9.8 m/s2, ρw=103 kg.m-3

Patm=1.013x105 Pa ε0 =8.85x10-12 C2.N-1.m-2

1
k   9 109 (S.I) e  1.6 1019 C
4 o

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 A gas occupies 4 liters at a pressure of 40.0 mmHg.
At constant temperature, when the pressure is increased to 80.0 mmHg, the volume in
1 liters will be:
A) 1 B) 2 C) 4 D) 6 E) 8
At 27.00 °C a gas has a volume of 6 L.
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Keeping pressure constant, at 150.0 °C, the volume in L will be:
A) 1.1 B) 4.3 C) 6.6 D) 8.5 E) 33.3
1.0 mol oxygen gas is initially at a pressure of 6.0 atm and a temperature 127 °C.

3 If the gas is heated such that both pressure and volume are doubled, what will be the final
temperature in Kelvin (K)?
A) 254 B) 453 C) 508 D) 800 E) 1600
A U-tube open at both ends is partially filled with water. Oil is
then poured into the left arm. The equilibrium configuration of
the tube is as shown in the figure.

Measurements give ℓ =6 cm and d =4 cm.

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The density of the oil in kg/m3 is:

A) 667 B) 400 C) 600 D) 1500 E) 1000

Water is flowing at a speed of 5 m/s in a horizontal cylindrical pipe under a pressure of
10 kPa.
The pipe narrows to half its original diameter and the pressure is the same, the new speed
5 of flow in m/s will be:

A) 2.5 B) 20 C) 10 D) 1.25 E) 3.14

A large open tank is filled with water to a depth of 0.82 m.

A small hole is located at the bottom of the tank.
0.82 m
6
The speed of the water emerges from the hole in m/s is:

A) 1 B) 2 C) 4 D) 8 E) 10
An artery has an inner radius of 1 mm. If the average velocity of the blood is 2 cm/s and
the flow is laminar, the volume flow rate in m3/s is:
7
A) 6.3x108 B) 6.3x10-8 C) 3.3x10-8 D) 6.3x10-5 E) 6.3x105

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 Blood flows through an artery that is partially blocked. As the blood moves from
the wide region into the narrow region, the blood speed
8 A) stays the same B) decreases C) increases
D) drops to zero E) decreases and then increases
The magnitude of the electric force exerted on a point charge 3e by a point charge 2e that
9 is located 7 nm away in N is:
A) 1.1x1027 B) 2.8x10-29 C) 1.97x10-19 D) 2.8x10-11 E) 2.8x10-5
The resistivity of silver is 1.47 x 10-8 Ω.m.
10 The resistance of 15 m of silver wire having a cross-section of 0.50 mm2 in Ω is:
A) 0.44 B) 0.33 C) 0.22 D) 0.11 E) 2.2x10-4
Three positive point charges at the corners of a rectangle
(See figure).
q1 = +8 µC, q2 = 2 µC, and q3 = +4 µC.
11 The distances are d1 = 4.0 mm and d2 = 3.0 mm.
The electric potential, in V, at the upper right corner is:

A) 3.4x106 B) 3.1x106 C) 3.4x107 D) 3.1x107 E) 3.1x1010

An air-filled parallel plate capacitor has a plate area of 2.0 cm2 and plate
separation of 5.0 mm. If a 12.0 V battery is connected to its plates, the energy
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stored in the capacitor in J is:
A) 2.5x10-6 B) 2.5x10-7 C) 2.5x10-8 D) 2.5x10-9 E) 2.5x10-11
When used a source of 120 V, a resistor carries a current of 0.4 A.
If the potential difference is lowered to 60 V, the current carried by the resistance
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in A is:
A) 0.8 B) 0.4 C) 0.2 D) 0.1 E) 2.0
A current of 0.6 A pass through the cross-section of a metallic wire.
14 The number of electrons passing through in 2 minutes is:
A) 2.5x10-8 B) 2.5x10-9 C) 2.5x10-10 D) 4.5x1020 E) 2.5x10-12
When two or more resistances are connected in series (‫)متتالين‬,
A) the equivalent resistance is equal to the inverse of the sum of the individual
resistances.
B) the voltage at the ends of each resistance is the same.
15 C) the current is the same through each resistance.
D) the equivalent resistance is equal to the product of the individual resistances.
E) the inverse of the equivalent resistance is equal to the sum of the
individual resistances.

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