Engineering Physics II Fall 2021

Practice Exam 5
Test Version 1
11/27/2021

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Multiple choice questions (1–15) must be answered on the Scantron card provided.

1. (4 pts) As light goes from one medium to another, it is bent away from the normal. Then:

(a) the speed of the light has increased

(b) the second medium has a higher index of refraction
(c) no change in speed has occurred
(d) refraction has not occurred because refraction means a bending toward the normal
(e) this cannot happen – light is always bent towards the normal.

2. (4 pts) A 5.0-ft person wishes to see a full length image of themself in a plane mirror. The minimum
length mirror required is:

(a) 2.5 ft
(b) 3.54 ft
(c) 5.0 ft
(d) 10 ft
(e) no single answer: it depends on how far they stand from the mirror.

3. (4 pts) A virtual image is one:

(a) toward which light rays converge but do not pass through
(b) from which light rays diverge but do not pass through
(c) from which light rays diverge as they pass through
(d) toward which light rays converge and pass through
(e) with a ray normal to a mirror passing through it

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4. (4 pts) When you stand in front of a plane mirror, your image is:

(a) real, erect, and smaller than you

(b) real, erect, and the same size as you
(c) virtual, erect, and smaller than you
(d) virtual, erect, and the same size as you
(e) real, inverted, and the same size as you

5. (4 pts) A point source is to be used with a concave mirror to produce a beam of parallel light. The
source should be placed:

(a) as close to the mirror as possible

(b) at the center of curvature
(c) midway between the center of curvature and the focal point
(d) midway between the center of curvature and the mirror
(e) midway between the focal point and the mirror

6. (4 pts) An erect object is located between a concave mirror and its focal point. Its image is:

(a) real, erect, and larger than the object

(b) real, inverted, and larger than the object
(c) virtual, erect, and larger than the object
(d) virtual, inverted, and larger than the object
(e) virtual, erect, and smaller than the object

7. (4 pts) When a single-lens camera is focused on a distant object, the lens-to-film distance is found to
be 40.0 mm. To focus on an object 0.540 m in front of the lens, the film-to-lens distance should be:

(a) 36.8 mm (b) 37.3 mm (c) 40.0 mm (d) 42.7 mm (e) 43.2 mm

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8. (4 pts) ) A single-slit diffraction pattern is formed on a distant screen. Assuming the angles involved
are small, by what factor will the width of the central bright spot on the screen change if the slit
width is doubled?

(a) It will be cut to one-quarter its original size.

(b) It will be cut in half.
(c) It will double.
(d) It will become four times as large.
(e) It will become eight times as large.

9. (4 pts) Two radio antennas are 120 m apart on a north-south line, and they radiate in phase at
a frequency of 3.4 MHz. All radio measurements are made far from the antennas. If the east-west
reference line passes midway between the two antennas, what is the smallest angle from the antennas,
measured north of east, at which constructive interference of two radio waves occurs?

(a) 43◦
(b) 22◦
(c) 68◦
(d) 47◦
(e) 30◦

10. (4 pts) When monochromatic light illuminates a grating with 7000 lines per centimeter, its second
order maximum is at 62.4◦ . What is the wavelength of the light?

(a) 336 nm (d) 633 nm

(b) 363 nm (e) 752 nm.
(c) 452 nm

11. (4 pts) Light from a monochromatic source shines through a double slit onto a screen 5.00 m away.
The slits are 0.180 mm apart. The dark bands on the screen are measured to be 1.70 cm apart.
What is the wavelength of the incident light?

(a) 457 nm (b) 306 nm (c) 392 nm (d) 612 nm (e) 784 nm

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12. (4 pts) The critical angle in air for a particular type of glass is 39.0◦ . What is the speed of light in
this type of glass?

(a) 1.97 × 108 m/s (c) 1.91 × 108 m/s (e) 2.00 × 108 m/s
(b) 1.94 × 108 m/s (d) 1.89 × 108 m/s

13. (4 pts) Light of wavelength 575 nm passes through a double-slit and the third order bright fringe is
seen at an angle of 6.5◦ away from the central fringe. What is the separation between the double
slits?

(a) 5.0 µm (b) 10 µm (c) 15 µm (d) 20 µm (e) 25 µm

14. (4 pts) As a general rule, you should use the wave model when visible light passes through apertures

(a) less than about 10 µm in size

(b) less than about 1 mm in size
(c) less than about 1 cm in size
(d) more than about 100 µm in size
(e) more than about 1 mm in size

15. (4 pts) The spreading of waves behind an aperture is

(a) more for long wavelengths and less for short wavelengths.
(b) less for long wavelengths and more for short wavelengths.
(c) the same for long and short wavelengths.
(d) none of the others: light travels in staright lines and does not spread behind apertures.

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16. The parts of this question are independent of each other.

(a) (6 pts) In a single-slit experiment, the slit width is 190 times the wavelength of the light. What
is the width (in mm) of the central maximum on a screen 2.0 m behind the slit?

(b) (6 pts) You want to photograph a circular diffraction pattern whose central maximum has a
diameter of 0.80 cm. You have a helium-neon laser (λ = 633 nm) and a 0.15-mm-diameter
pinhole. How far behind the pinhole should you place the viewing screen?

(c) (8 pts) White light (400-700 nm) incident on a 600 line/mm diffraction grating produces rain-
bows of diffracted light. What is the width of the first-order rainbow on a screen 2.0 m behind
the grating?

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17. The two parts of this question are independent of each other.

(a) A 5.0-cm tall object is 60 cm in front of a diverging lens that has a −30 cm focal length.
i. (5 pts) Use ray tracing to determine, qualitatively, the location and magnification (including
sign) of the image.

ii. (5 pts) Calculate the image position and height, and compare with the ray tracing results.

(b) The illumination lights in an operating room use a concave mirror to focus an image of a bright
lamp onto the surgical site. One such light uses a mirror with a 30 cm radius of curvature.
i. (5 pts) If the mirror is 1.2 m from the patient, how far should the lamp be from the mirror?

ii. (5 pts) Is the image real or imaginary? What is the lateral magnification of the image?

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18. A ray of light is incident perpendicular to the face ab of a glass prism (n = 1.52) as shown in the
figure below. The prism is immersed in water (n = 1.33).

(a) (8 pts) If the angle φ is 72◦ , what is the angle of refraction at the ac face of the prism?

(b) (12 pts). Find the largest value of the angle φ so that the ray is totally internally reflected at
the face ac.

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Coulomb’s Law Potential due to point charge (with V = 0 at in-

1 q1 q2 1 q1 q2 finity)
F~21 = r̂ = ~r (1) q
4π0 r2 4π0 r3 V (~r) = (13)
4π0 r
Field due to point charge Potential due to an electric dipole at large r (with
V = 0 at infinity)
~ r) = 1 q 1 q
E(~ 2
r̂ = ~r (2)
4π0 r 4π0 r3 p cos θ
V (~r) = (14)
Electrostatic force on point charge 4π0 r2
Potential due to continuous distribution of charge
F~ = q E
~ (3)
Z
dq
Magnitude of electric field due to infinite line of V = (15)
4π0 r
charge with uniform linear charge density λ
Electric field from potential, ŝ component
1 2|λ|
E= (4)
4π0 r ∂V
Es = − (16)
Magnitude of electric field (on axis) due to disk ∂s
of charge with uniform surface charge density η PE due to charge q at potential V
 
|η| z U = qV (17)
E= 1− √ (5)
20 z + R2
2

PE of a pair of charged particles

Magnitude of electric field due to infinite plane of
charge with uniform surface charge density η q1 q2
U= (18)
4π0 r
|η|
E= (6) Definition of capacitance
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Electric dipole moment C = q/V (19)
p~ = q~s (7) Capacitance of parallel plate capacitor

Electric field of a dipole (on axis) C = 0 A/d (20)

~ r) = 1 2~ p
E(~ (8) Capacitance of isolated sphere
4π0 r3
C = 4π0 R (21)
Electric field of a dipole (bisecting plane)
Equivalent capacitance of parallel capacitors
~ r) = − 1 p~
E(~ (9)
4π0 r3
Ceq = C1 + C2 + C3 + · · · (22)
Gauss’s Law
I Equivalent capacitance of series capacitors
~ r) · d~a = Qenc
E(~ (10)
0 1 1 1 1
= + + + ··· (23)
Ceq C1 C2 C3
Electric Potential
Z ~
r Energy stored in a capacitor
V (~r) = − ~ r) · d~s
E(~ (11)
ref CV 2 q2
U= = (24)
Potential difference 2 2C
Z b Electric current
Vb − Va = − ~ r) · d~s
E(~ (12) dq
i= (25)
a dt
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Current from current density Newtons’ second law equation for cyclotron mo-
Z tion
i = J~ · dA
~ (26) mv 2
|q|vB = (42)
r
Current density in a metal Cyclotron frequency
|q|B
J~ = ne~vd (27) f= (43)
2πm
Resistance definition Uniform circular motion equations
R = V /i (28) v = ωr (44)
ω = 2πf (45)
Ohm’s law
V = iR (29) Fc = mv 2 /r (46)

Ohm’s law, microscopic version Magnetic force on a current carrying wire

~ = ρJ~ = J/σ
E ~ (30) F~B = iL
~ ×B
~ (47)

Resistance Magnetic dipole moment of a current loop

R = ρL/A (31)
µ
~ = iAn̂ (48)
Resistivity of a metal
Torque on a magnetic dipole
ρ = m/(e2 nτ ) (32)
~τ = µ ~
~ ×B (49)
Power, general
P =Vi (33) PE of a magnetic dipole in a field
Power, resistor U = −~ ~
µ·B (50)
2
P =i R (34)
Torque on a magnetic dipole
Equivalent resistance of series resistors
~τ = µ ~
~ ×B (51)
Req = R1 + R2 + R3 + · · · (35)
Biot-Savart Law
Equivalent resistance of parallel resistors
~ = µ0 id~s × r̂
dB (52)
1 1 1 1 4π r2
= + + + ··· (36)
Req R1 R2 R3 Magnetic field at the center of a circular arc
Capacitive time constant µ0 iφ
B= (53)
4πR
τ = RC (37)
Force per unit length between parallel currents
Charge on capacitor while charging
µ0 ia ib
F/L = (54)
q = CE(1 − e−t/RC ) (38) 2πd
Ampere’s Law
Charge on capacitor while discharging
I
q = q0 e −t/RC
(39) ~ · d~s = µ0 ienc
B (55)

Current in a series RC combination Magnetic field in a ideal solenoid

dq
i= (40) B = µ0 ni = µ0 N i/L (56)
dt
Magnetic field in a toroid
Magnetic force on a moving charge
µ0 N i
F~B = q~v × B
~ (41) B= (57)
2πr
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Magnetic flux Z Phase constant in series RLC circuit

ΦB = ~ · d~a
B (58) tan φ = (XL − XC )/R (72)
Faraday’s Law, induced emf form Current amplitude in series RLC circuit
dΦB
Eind = − (59) I = Em /Z (73)
dt
Faraday’s Law, general form Rms values for sinusoidal functions
√
I Vrms = V / 2 (74)
~ · d~s = − dΦB
E (60) √
dt Irms = I/ 2 (75)
√
Inductance definition Erms = Em / 2 (76)

N ΦB Average power in ac circuits

L= (61)
i 2
Pavg = Irms R = Erms Irms cos φ (77)
Inductance of solenoid
RLC resonance frequency
L = µ0 n2 Al (62) √
ωd = 1/ LC (78)
Self-induced emf
Transformation of voltages and currents
di
EL = −L (63) Ns
dt Vs = Vp (79)
Np
Inductive time constant
Np
Is = Ip (80)
τL = L/R (64) Ns
Ampere-Maxwell law
RL circuit rise of current
I
E ~ · d~s = µ0 ienc + µ0 id,enc
B (81)
i= (1 − e−t/τL ) (65)
R
RL circuit decay of current Displacement current
dΦE
i = i0 e−t/τL (66) id = 0 (82)
dt
Magnetic energy in inductor Electromagnetic waves
2
UB = Li /2 (67) E = Em sin(kx − ωt) (83)
Magnetic energy density B = Bm sin(kx − ωt) (84)

B2 Wavenumber
uB = (68) k = 2π/λ (85)
2µ0
Magnitudes of field in an EM wave
Capacitive reactance
E 1
1 c= =√ (86)
XC = (69) B µ 0 0
ωC
Inductive reactance Energy flow (Poynting vector)

XL = ωL (70) ~= 1E
S ~ ×B
~ (87)
µ0
Impedance of series RLC circuit Intensity
p 1 2
Z = R2 + (XL − XC )2 (71) I= E (88)
2 max
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Inverse square law for point-like source Thin film interference in air, near normal inci-
dence
Ps
I= (89) λ
4πr2 2L = (m + 1/2) (bright fringes) (103)
n2
Radiation pressure λ
2L = m (dark fringes) (104)
n2
pr = I/c (total absorption) (90)
pr = 2I/c (total reflection back along path) (91) Single slit diffraction

Transmission through polarizer (Malus’ law) a sin θ = mλ (minima) (105)

I = I0 cos2 θ (92) Circular aperture diffraction

Refractive index of medium λ

sin θ = 1.22 (first minimum) (106)
d
n = c/v (93) Rayleigh’s criterion

Law of refraction (Snell’s law) λ

θR = 1.22 (107)
d
n1 sin θ1 = n2 sin θ2 (94)
Grating equation
Critical angle for total internal reflection
mλ = d sin θ (maxima) (108)
n2
θc = sin−1 (95)
n1 Cross product in component form
Spherical mirror equation ~×B
A ~ = (Ay Bz − Az By )î
1 1 1 2 +(Az Bx − Ax Bz )ĵ
+ = = (96)
s s0 f r +(Ax By − Ay Bx )k̂ (109)
Spherical refracting surface Useful integrals:
n1 n2 n2 − n1 Z
dx
+ 0 = (97)
p
s s r √ = ln(x + x2 + a2 ) (110)
x2 + a2
Thin lens (lens maker’s formula) Z
xdx 1
3/2
= −√ (111)
1 1 1 1 1 (x2 + a2 ) x2 + a2
+ = = (n − 1)( − ) (98)
s s0 f R1 R2 Z
dx x
= √ (112)
Lateral magnification (x2 2
+a )3/2
a x2 + a2
2

Useful constants:
m = −s0 /s (99)
|m| = h0 /h (100) Electron charge e = 1.60 × 10−19 C
Electron mass m = 9.11 × 10−31 kg
Young’s double slit interference
Proton mass m = 1.67 × 10−27 kg
d sin θ = mλ (bright fringes) (101) 0 = 8.85 × 10−12 C2 /Nm2
d sin θ = (m + 1/2)λ (dark fringes) (102) Coulomb constant k = 8.99 × 109 Nm2 /C2

Phasor diagram for series RLC circuit

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