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PHYC2122 First Quarter Exam

Which statement is true?

Select one:
a. All Magnets have the Same shape and Size
b. All magnets can attract large objects
c. Magnets can not pull through Solids.

d. All Magnets have a North and South Pole

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The correct answer is: All Magnets have a North and South Pole

How do you calculate resistance?

Select one:
a. Multiply current by voltage
b. Multiply voltage and current
c. Divide voltage by current

d. charge by current
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The correct answer is: Divide voltage by current

If two balloons have the same charge, what will happen if you place them close to each
other?

Select one:
a. They will be attracted
b. They will push each other away.
c. They will pop
d. Nothing
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The correct answer is: They will push each other away.

What electrical component measures current?

Select one:
a. Resistor
b. Ammeter
c. Thermistor

d. Voltmeter
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The correct answer is: Ammeter

Current is measured in ________

Select one:
a. mph
b. volts
c. watts

d. amps
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The correct answer is: amps

What will happen when these magnets are brought close together?

Select one:
a. They will attract each other.
b. Both magnets will turn to the right
c. They will repel each other.

d. Both magnets will turn to the left

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The correct answer is: They will repel each other.

How do you measure potential difference in a circuit?

Select one:
a. Thermistor
b. Battery pack
c. Ammeter

d. Voltmeter
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The correct answer is: Voltmeter

Most rocks are magnetic.

Select one:
True

False
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The correct answer is 'False'.

The South end of a Magnet will_______.

Select one:
a. Repel to the North End of another Magnet
b. Repel to the South end of another Magnet

c. Repel to a Copper Nail

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The correct answer is: Repel to the South end of another Magnet

What is the definition of electrical current?

Select one:
a. Electrons moving around
b. The work done on each coulomb of charge
c. The opposition to the flow of electrons

d. The rate of flow of charge

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The correct answer is: The rate of flow of charge

When Magnets push away from each other they__________

Select one:
a. Attract

b. Repel
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The correct answer is: Repel

Which two particles are attracted to each other?

Select one:
a. Two protons
b. Two neutrons
c. An electron and a neutron

d. A proton and an electron

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The correct answer is: A proton and an electron

The direction of electric field lines shows the___________.

Select one:
a. all of the above
b. direction of the force on a test positive charge.
c. .
d. size of the field.

e. strength of the field.

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The correct answer is: direction of the force on a test positive charge.
What is the effective resistance for two resistors that each has 15ohm resistance and they
are connected in parallel?

Select one:
a. 7.2ohm
b. 7.25ohm
c. 7.5ohm

d. 7ohm
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The correct answer is: 7.5ohm

A charge is sitting outside a closed surface. The net flux is_________.

Select one:
a. half because it passes through two surfaces
b. zero because it passes through two surfaces
c. squared because it passes through two surfaces

d. double because it passes through two surfaces

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The correct answer is: zero because it passes through two surfaces

Electric field lines are _________________ to the electric field vector at any point.

Select one:
a. vertical
b. horizontal
c. perpendicular
d. tangent
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The correct answer is: tangent

1 ampere of current is defined as _________.

Select one:
a. one coulomb of charge passing through the surface area in one second
b. one coulomb of current passing through the conductor in one second.
c. one coulomb of current passing through the surface area in one second.

d. one coulomb of charge passing through the conductor in one second

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The correct answer is: one coulomb of charge passing through the surface area in one
second

What subject is attracted to a magnet?

Select one:
a. Silver
b. Iron
c. Water

d. Metal
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The correct answer is: Iron

Where is the force of attraction the strongest on a magnet?

Select one:
a. at the poles
b. below the magnet
c. in the middle
d. above the magnet
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The correct answer is: at the poles

How is the electric force between two charges affected when both of the charges are cut in
half?

Select one:
a. increase four times
b. decreases four times
c. increases 2 times

d. no change
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The correct answer is: decreases four times

Electric field lines between two oppositely charged parallel metal plates will be _________.

Select one:
a. curved lines, evenly spaced
b. straight lines, randomly spaced
c. curved lines grouped together in small bunches randomly spaced.

d. straight lines, evenly spaced

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The correct answer is: straight lines, evenly spaced

__________ is stored energy.

Select one:
a. Kinetic Energy
b. None of the above
c. Potential Energy
d. All of the above
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The correct answer is: Potential Energy

How is the capacitance (C) of a parallel-plate capacitor affected by the charge on the
plates ?

Select one:
a. C depend on the charge on the plates
b. C is accumulated on one side only
c. C does not depend on the charge on the plates

d. C is vanished when there are plates

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The correct answer is: C is vanished when there are plates

Which resistor will prevent the most current flow?

Select one:
a. 0.5k ohms
b. 1 ohm
c. 1000 ohms

d. 100 ohms
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The correct answer is: 1000 ohms

A north pole and a south pole will attract.

Select one:
True

False
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The correct answer is 'True'.

If the length of a wire increases, the resistance ____________.

Select one:
a. stays the same
b. unknown
c. increases

d. decreases
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The correct answer is: increases

State Ohm's Law as ___________

Select one:
a. the potential difference across a metallic conductor is proportional to the current flowing
through it if its temperature is constant.
b. the resistance across a metallic conductor is proportional to the current flowing through
it if its temperature is constant.
c. the potential difference across a metallic conductor is proportional to the resistance
flowing through it if its temperature is constant.

d. the current across a metallic conductor is proportional to the potential difference flowing
through it if its temperature is constant.
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The correct answer is: the potential difference across a metallic conductor is proportional to
the current flowing through it if its temperature is constant.

A repulsive force exists between which two particles?

Select one:
a. An electron and a proton
b. Two electrons
c. Two neutrons
d. An electron and a neutron
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The correct answer is: Two electrons

The electric flux Φ through a surface__________.

Select one:
a. is the electric field multiplied by the area.
b. is the line integral of the electric field around the edge of the surface
c. is the amount of electric field piercing the surface

d. does not depend on the area involved

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The correct answer is: is the amount of electric field piercing the surface

A resistor of 5ohm is connected in series with two other resistors that is connected in
parallel, each has 3ohm resistance. Calculate the effective resistance for this combination of
resistors.

Select one:
a. 60ohm
b. 12ohm
c. 13.45ohm

d. 6.5ohm
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The correct answer is: 6.5ohm

Resistance is measured in ___.

Select one:
a. amps.
b. ohms.
c. watts.
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The correct answer is: ohms.

The energy that is stored in a capacitor is in the form of ________.

Select one:
a. the electric field between its plates.
b. the space between its plates.
c. the current between its plates.

d. the battery between its plates.

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The correct answer is: the electric field between its plates.

Which quantity and unit are correctly paired?

Select one:
a. electric field strength and E
b. electricity and Coulombs
c. electrostatic force and electrons

d. electric field strength and N/C

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The correct answer is: electric field strength and N/C

How is the capacitance of a parallel-plate capacitor affected by the potential difference

across the capacitor ?

Select one:
a. C depend on the potential difference across the capacitor
b. C partially depend on the potential difference across the capacitor
c. C does not depend on the potential difference across the capacitor
d. C sometime depend on the potential difference across the capacitor
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The correct answer is: C depend on the potential difference across the capacitor

The area vector for a flat surface__________.

Select one:
a. is parallel to the surface and has a magnitude equal to the area of the surface.
b. is perpendicular to the surface and has a magnitude equal to the area of the surface.
c. is perpendicular to the surface and has a magnitude equal to the length of a side of the
surface.

d. is parallel to the surface and has a magnitude equal to the length of a side of the surface.
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The correct answer is: is perpendicular to the surface and has a magnitude equal to the area
of the surface.

When is the flux on a surface zero?

Select one:
a. When it is parallel to an electric field
b. When it is at an angle to an electric field
c. When it is perpendicular to an electric field

d. It is never zero in an electric field

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The correct answer is: When it is parallel to an electric field

What happens when two north poles of a magnet are placed together?

Select one:
a. they repel
b. they cancel each other out
c. the strength of the magnet is doubled
d. they attract
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The correct answer is: they repel

What is the resistance if the current is 2A and the voltage is 10V?

Select one:
a. 20 Ω
b. 5 Ω
c. 8 Ω

d. 12 Ω
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The correct answer is: 5 Ω

How is the capacitance of a parallel-plate capacitor affected by the distance between the
plates ?

Select one:
a. C is not affected by the area A of each plate
b. C is directly proportional to the area A of each plate
c. C is partially proportional to the area A of each plate

d. C is inversely proportional to the distance d between the plates

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The correct answer is: C is partially proportional to the area A of each plate

Resistivity is defined as ___________

Select one:
a. the capacitance of a unit length per unit cross-sectional area of the material
b. the resistance of a unit cross-sectional area per unit length of the material
c. the capacitance of a unit cross-sectional area per unit length of the material
d. the resistance of a unit length per unit cross-sectional area of the material
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The correct answer is: the resistance of a unit cross-sectional area per unit length of the
material

What is the resistance if the voltage is 10V and the current is 2A?

Select one:
a. 20 Ω
b. 5 Ω
c. 8 Ω

d. 12 Ω
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The correct answer is: 5 Ω

All metals stick to magnets.

Select one:
True

False
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The correct answer is 'False'.

Define electric current___________.

Select one:
a. the rate of capacitance flow through a conductor.
b. the rate of current flow through a conductor
c. the total current, I flowing through the area per unit time, t.

d. the total charge, Q flowing through the area per unit time, t.
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The correct answer is: the total charge, Q flowing through the area per unit time, t.

Which equation defines Ohm's Law?

Select one:
a. V=IR
b. V=IV
c. R=VI

d. I=VR
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The correct answer is: V=IR

The two types of current are ________

Select one:
a. AC/DC
b. Direct Current
c. Alternating Current

d. All of the above

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The correct answer is: All of the above

What are the units for resistance?

Select one:
a. Charge (C)
b. Voltage (V)
c. Ohms (Ω)

d. Amps (A)
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The correct answer is: Ohms (Ω)

How is the capacitance of a parallel-plate capacitor affected by filling the space between the
plates with an insulator?

Select one:
a. C reduces when the space between the plates is filled with an insulator, εr >1
b. C increases when the space between the plates is filled with an insulator, εr >1
c. C stable when the space between the plates is filled with an insulator, εr >1

d. C fluctuate when the space between the plates is filled with an insulator, εr >1
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The correct answer is: C stable when the space between the plates is filled with an insulator,
εr >1

How is the capacitance of a parallel-plate capacitor affected by the area of each plate?

Select one:
a. C is directly proportional to the area A of each plate
b. C is partially proportional to the area A of each plate
c. C is fully proportional to the area A of each plate

d. C is inversely proportional to the area A of each plate

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The correct answer is: C is inversely proportional to the area A of each plate

If current flow in a bulb is 1.5A. What is the charge flow in 5 minutes?

Select one:
a. 4.5x10exp-2 A
b. 2.4x10exp-2 A
c. 2.4x10exp-2 C

d. 4.5x10exp-2 C
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The correct answer is: 4.5x10exp-2 C

Electric Field strength depends on what__________.

Select one:
a. charge and distance
b. electric force
c. distance

d. charge
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The correct answer is: charge and distance