Republic of the Philippines

TARLAC AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY

Camiling, Tarlac

COLLEGE OF EDUCATION-LABORATORY SCHOOL

Midterm Examination in General Physics 2

Name: Gabriel T. Bravo Date: April 08, 2022

Grade & Section: 12 STEM A Score:

I.MULTIPLE CHOICE. Direction: Read and analyze each test item carefully. Write the letter of your answer on the blank
provided before each number.

___C___1. What will happen to an uncharged conducting sphere if brought in contact with highly positive body?
A. It becomes polarized D. It becomes negatively charged
B. It remains uncharged E. None of the choices
C. It becomes positively charged
___C___2. Electric lines of force ___________.
A. start from positive charges and end on neutral charges
B. start from neutral charges and end on negative charges
C. start from positive charges and end on negative charges
D. start from negative charges and end on positive charges
E. None of the choices
___A___3. In an electrically neutral atom, the number of protons equals the number of _________.
A. electrons D. both a and b
B. neutrons E. None of the choices
C. nucleons
___B___4. The charge of an object is an integral multiple of charge of an electron if the charge is ___________.
A. conserved
B. quantized
C. shared
D. transferable
E. None of the choices
___A__5. The main difference between gravitational force and electric force is that gravitational force _______________.
A. is weaker
B. is always attractive
C. obeys the inverse square law.
D. is proportional to the product of the masses.
E. None of the choices
___C__6. All three objects have a net charge. Objects A and B attract one another. Objects B and C also attracts one
another, but A and C repel one another. Which of the following is a possible combination of the signs of the net
charges of these three objects?
A. A is positive, B is positive, C is negative
B. A is negative, B is positive, C is positive
C. A is negative, B is positive, C is negative
D. A is positive, B is positive, C is positive
E. None of the choices

___D___7. Which of the following statements is false about electric field lines?
A. electric field lines cannot cross
B. electric field lines are always straight lines
C. electric field lines point away from positive charge
D. electric field lines show how a proton would move in an electric field
E. None of the choices
___D__8. It is observed that Balloon A is charged negatively. Balloon B exerts a repulsive effect upon balloon A.
Would the electric field vector created by balloon B be directed towards B or away from B and why?
A. towards because electric field lines point away from negative charges
B. away because electric field lines point away from negative charges
C. towards because electric field lines point away from positive charges
D. away because electric field lines point toward positive charges
E. None of the choices
___A___9. The electrical force between charges is strongest when the charges are __________.
A. close together C. far apart
B. the electric force is constant D. there is no pattern
everywhere. E. None of the choices
___A___10. A neutral hydrogen atom has one proton and one electron. If you remove the electron, what will be the
leftover sign of the charge?
A. positive
B. negative
C. neutral
D. zero
E. None of the choices

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IV. Solve the following problems. Show your solutions. Use the available space of your test paper. Round off your final
answer to whole number. (10 points each item)

1. Four points charges of q= 2.50 x 10 -6 C are situated at the corners of a square of side 1.00 m. Find the resultant force
that a charge of -3.0 x 10 -6 C will experience when placed at the center of the square?

2. A metal sphere of radius 10 cm carries a charge of +2.0 µC uniformly distributed over its surface. What is the
magnitude of the electric field due to its sphere at a point of 5.0 cm outside the sphere’s surface?

3. equal charges of 3.00 x 10 -9 C are situated at the three corners of a square of side 5.20 m. Find the potential at the
unoccupied corner.

4. Explain how a charged plastic comb can attract pieces of paper. Does this contradict Coulumb’s Law? Why is it
difficult to demonstrate during humid day?

Whenever a negatively or positively charged comb is located closer to a neutral sheet of paper, it repels or attracts
the electrons in the paper, depending on the comb charge. The side of the paper facing the comb is always opposite
the charge on the comb and thus experiences an attracting force. This does not contravene Coulomb’s law. There
are indeed attractive and repulsive forces at work, however Coulomb’s rule states that the stronger the charge feels
the stronger the force. On a humid day, there is a lot of water in the air as individual molecules. Even though water is
a polar molecule, the positively charged side of the water molecules is drawn to the excess negative charge and
appears to take those electron.

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