DUMPAY NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

Basista, Pangasinan

SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT IN GENERAL PHYSICS II

School Year 2020 – 2021

Name: ______________________________Grade & Section: _______________ Score: _______________

I. Encircle the letter that corresponds to the correct answer.

1. A battery is connected to a resistor. Increasing the resistance of the resistor will

A. increase the current in the circuit.
B. decrease the current in the circuit.
C. not affect the current in the circuit.
D. all of the above
2. The amount of charge flowing through a cross-sectional area of a wire per unit of time is called:
A. Voltage B. Power C. Resistance D. Current
3. Capacitor is a device used to__________
A. store electrical energy C. store magnetic energy
B. vary the resistance D. dissipate energy
4. Which of the following most likely has the largest resistivity?
A. Silver B. Titanium C. Plastic Bottle D. Wood
5. In the circuit shown above, what is the current through the 2-ohm resistor?
A 0.2 A C 0.8 A
B 5.0 A D 8.0 A

6. Which of the following is not true?

A. I = t/Q B. I = Q/t C. It = Q D. t = Q/I
7. A potential difference of 100 mV exists between the outer and inner surfaces of a cell membrane. The
inner surface is negative relative to the outer. How much work is required to move a sodium ion Na+ outside
the cell from the interior?
(Express your answer in electron volts. A singly-charged ion has a charge of A eV, 1 eV = 1.6 × 10−19 J.)
A. 0.1 eV B. 0.2eV C. -0.1eV D. -0.2eV
8. If a parallel plate capacitor of plate area 2m2 and plate separation 1m store the charge of 1.77 x 10-11 C.
What is the voltage across the capacitor?
A. 1V B. 2V C. 3V D. 4V
9. Two resistors R1 = 6 Ω and R2 = 12 Ω are connected in parallel to each other and in series to R3 = 2 Ω.
An
ammeter measures an electric current of 3 A flowing though resistor R3. What is the current in 12 Ω
resistor?
A. 6 A B. 1 A C. 3 A D. 5 A
10. For which medium capacitance is high?
A. Air B. Mica C. Water D. Metal
11. What is the value of capacitance of a capacitor which has a voltage of 4V and has 16 C of charge?
A. 2F B. 4F C. 6F D. 8F
12. Capacitor stores which type of energy?
A. kinetic energy B. vibrational energy C. potential energy D. heat energy
13. Three resistors: R1 = 5 Ω,R2 = 3 Ω, and R3 = 4 Ω
are connected in series to each other. A
voltmeter connected in parallel to resistor R2
measures voltage of 6 V. What is the net
voltage in the circuit?
A. 24 V B. 20 V C. 16 V D. 12 V
14. Which of the following is a passive device?
 A. Transistor B. Capacitor C. Rectifier D. Vacuum Tubes
15. An ammeter connected in series with three resistors reads an electric current of 2 A. What is the electric
current flowing through resistor R3?
A.1 A B.2 A C. 3 A D. 4 A

II. Differentiate the pair of terms for each item.

1. Current and Resistance
2. Capacitance and Capacitors
3. Series and Parallel Connection

III. Solve the following problems.

1. A current of 5 A flows through a resistor for 30 minutes. How many electrons flows through the resistor
during the time given?
2. Calculate the total DC resistance of a 100meter roll of 2.5mm2 copper wire if the resistivity of copper at
20oC is 1.72 x 10-8 Ω meter.
3. A parallel-plate capacitor has 4.00 cm2 plates separated by 6.00 mm of air. If a 12.0V battery is connected
to this capacitor, how much energy does it store in Joules?

Prepared by:

JOSHUA S. FRIAS
Special Science Teacher I