Solution EE 140__ Fall 2006 Sample SOT pater Moston Test 2 ‘Thursday, November 16, 2006 Closed Book and Notes Name(Last, First): ss! Honor Code is Observed: PLEASE SIGN... Score: 100 . For each of the following 14 problems, select only one answer out of the five given choices. ‘A correct selection is worth § points, an incorrect selection and/or multiple selections are worth 0 points. An unanswered question is worth 1 point. On the exam book, write your name, social security number, and sign the honor code statement, ick up the scantron paper from inside the exam book and fill in your name, social security number, section, and instructor's name. Use a number 2 pencil. ‘Mark your answer on both the exam book and the scantron sheet. Please stay in your seat until all tests are collected.1, An air-filled parallel-plate capacitor has plate separation d = 1.0 mm and plate area $ = 2 cm* If the total charge on the top plate is Q= I nC, what is the surface charge density (1C/m*) on the bottom plate? a) 32.00 S b) 37.50 ©) 25.00 d @) 10.00 / 8) 5.00 -G 2. In problem 1, find the voltage (V) across the plates. a) 1941.2 b) 1875.0 ©) 2823.6 vd) 564.7 ©) 245.3 ve 3. A parallel-plate capacitor has plate separation d= 0.4 cm. The capacitor is filled with Mica whose dielectric constant is 6. If 50 volts is applied across the plates, find the magnitude of the polarization charge density on the surface of the dielectric, a) 65,000¢, b) 75,000, ©) 85,000¢, d) 10,0002 v &) 62,5000 4, A parallel-plate capacitor is half filled with glass and half filled with rubber as shown, ‘What is the maximum voltage (V) that the capacitor can withstand before breakdown occurs? The dielectric strength of glass is 30x10°V/m and that of rubber is 25x10°V/m. vzEd a) 25,000 v b) 50,000 yy = LE Crean) saan) Glass | Rubber c) 90,000 braak ~ “yub 4) 60,000 A -3 SERED: ©) 75,000 = ASKIO x 2x10 2 50, 005. An electric field # =3z%+52 V/m exists in air in the upper half space. If the lower half space is a conductor, find the surface charge density(C/m*) on the surface of the conductor. a) 38 a 2 b) dey R 22m 2 oF y Air Yo) Sto 0) 0.75e =5 x ©) 00 Conductor 6. What is the potential (V) at a distance R = a/4 (point P) ofa conducting sphere of radius a= 2.0 em and containing an amount of charge Q= 18¢» (C). Ya) 116 Voz Ve. b) 15.92 P ) 3200 y Q _ lb & a 194 “= GEA > Gre ant ag arte, 47 6, 2800 =71.6 7, In problem (6) what is the volume charge density (C/m’) at the center of the conducting sphere? a) 1415¢ & 20.0 b) 0.28 x 10%, vo) 0.0 a) 4e, e) de, 8, What is the capacitance per unit length (iF/m) of coaxial cable (a= 2mm, b = Smm) filled with an inhomogeneous diclectric with permittivity e() = 3eq/7? giz C28 Q:h b) 529 V, Y o) 15.87 o ao a) 1834 ze 3 25.00 Vale Jes ae , f: 4" anecyt a PR ray * v, = nee -. 2. (e-@ oe ic ome, rane, ) (ee 12NEg = 15,87 any (ste a")9. What is the electrostatic energy (1) stored in the system of 3 point charges (+Q, -Q, -Q) located along a straight line? a) 00 Wer, DQ. Vee db) -Q/ ned) ce) -Q/ (ned) d d vd) -Q'/ (Bred) ©) Vi Gned) +Q Q o Ww BF Gi se j-2[ 4né,d 4,28) 2 Qt 2 ened ane d 10. Two infinite insulated conducting planes are separated by a small gap and are maintained at potentials 0 and 15 volts, respectively. What is the clectric field intensity (V/m) at 0)? P (3,45, 0)? Gavia o ay 20 a) 0.0 dee b) g 15 vr Au+B y ) -@ 15/n ly &C. it @) -6 20/30 Ser ly Az 2%fy ¥ &) -610/x B=0 Velsy, 11. A spherical capacitor is filled with a material with volume charge density = -eJR (Cim*), Which of the following solutions may represent the potential in the region between the conductors? A and B are unknown constants. a) A/R?-BR+ b) UR +AR+B Vo) R2-AR 4B @) AR ¥BR41 e) In()- AR +B12. A point charge Q= 16¢4 (C) is located above an infinite large grounded conducting plane at distance d= 2m, What is the potential (V) at Py (3, 2)? 2) 0.00 Method of Ime b) 0.05 Bie ves, ©) 0.12 d) 0.17 <) 022 Yau 13. In Prob. 12, find the induced surface charge density (C/m’) at point P) on the surface of the conducting plane. / a) 0.646, ae, Es : = ee oF a eG fe - 0.64 Eg 14, Determine the force of attraction ( in N) between the plates in a dielectric-filled parallel- plate capacitor with area A = 144 cm’, separation d = 2 cm, and dielectric constant e, = 3, if the voltage across the plates is 100 volts. @ ere dv fe Y 0) 478 is A = bese ae =e k 4 Z d °) 175 okra Wes Fo a eer 2 < Vv Facyect-ad uC , 7 if ane Feea © zpysnassyxio «tO. ) xind x1? G eo Hal 4x16 Foj.32 x10 Fe ray = 4,78 UN