PHY 098

SERWAY VUILLE, COLLEGE PHYSICS, 11TH EDITION

2021/2022

Tutorial 1
Chapter 15.1 – 15.2

Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ)

1. Conductors are materials in which charges move _______ in response to an electric field while
__________ are materials in which electric charges do not move freely.
A. do not move freely, insulators.
B. freely, semiconductors.
C. freely, insulators.
D. do not move freely, semiconductors.

2. ________________ state that the magnitude of the electric force F between charges q1 and q2
separated by a distance r is given by
𝑘𝑒 |𝑞 1||𝑞 2 |
𝐹=
𝑟2
where 𝑘𝑒 is a constant called the Coulomb constant.
A. Coulomb’s Law
B. Franklin’s Law
C. Millikan’s Law
D. Newton’s Law

3. Choose the CORRECT properties of electric charge.

i) Like charges attract one another and unlike charges repel one another.
ii) Electric charge is always conserved in which, charge is not created nor can be destroyed and
object becomes charged because negative charge is transferred from one object to the other.
iii) Charge is quantized; it occurs in discreet with magnitude of 1.60x10 -19 C.
A. i and iii
B. i and ii
C. i, ii and iii
D. ii and iii.

4. A suspended object A is attracted to a neutral wall. It’s also attracted to a positively charged object B.
Which of the following is true about object A?
A. It is uncharged.
B. It has a negative charge.
C. It has a positive charge.
D. It may be either charged or uncharged.

5. Object A has a charge of +2𝜇𝐶, and object B has a charge of +6𝜇𝐶. Which statement is true?
A. 𝐹⃑𝐴𝐵 = −3𝐹⃑𝐵𝐴
B. 𝐹⃑𝐴𝐵 = −𝐹⃑𝐵𝐴
C. 3𝐹⃑𝐴𝐵 = −𝐹⃑𝐵𝐴
D. 𝐹⃑𝐵𝐴 = −2𝐹
⃑⃑⃑⃑⃑⃑𝐴𝐵

6. Some electrons leave the grounded sphere metal through the ground wire. This is one of the steps
charging an object by _____________.
A. conduction
B. polarization
C. induction
D. production

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7. Figure 1 shows an effect known as polarization. Choose a reason of why the charges on the wall are
just realigning their position instead of transferring to the balloon.
A. This is charging by conduction in insulators where charges do not move freely.
B. This is charging by induction in insulators where charges do not move freely.
C. This is charging by conduction in insulators where charges move freely.
D. This is charging by induction in insulators where charges move freely.

Figure 1
Structured Questions

1. A small sphere of mass m = 7.50 g and charge q1 = 32.0 nC is attached to the end of a string and
hangs vertically as in Figure 2. A second charge of equal mass and charge q2 = -58.0 nC is located
below the first charge a distance d = 2.00 cm below the first charge as in Figure 2.

Figure 2

(a) Find the tension in the string.

Answer: 0.115 N

(b) If the string can withstand a maximum tension of 0.180 N, what is the smallest value d can have
before the string breaks?
Answer: 1.25 cm

2. A charged particle A exerts a force of 2.62 N to the right on charged particle B when the particles are
13.7 mm apart. Particle B moves straight away from A to make the distance between them 17.7 mm.
What vector force does particle B then exert on A?
Answer: 1.57 N directed to the left

3. Calculate the magnitude and direction of the Coulomb force on each of the three charges shown in
Figure 3.

Figure 3

Answer: F 6µC =46.7N to the left, F 1.5µC =157N to the right, F -2µC=111N to the left

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4. Three charges are arranged as shown in Figure 4. Find the magnitude and direction of the
electrostatic force on the charge at the origin.
Answer: 1.38 x 10 -5N at 77.5o below the –x-axis

Figure 4

5. Three point charges are located at the corners of an equilate ral triangle as in Figure 5. Find the
magnitude and direction of the net electric force on the 2.00 µC charge.
Answer: 0.438N, 85.2 o below the +x-axis

Figure 5

6. Particle A of charge 3.00 x 10 -4 C is at the origin, particle B of charge -6.00 x 10-4 C is at (4.00 m, 0)
and particle C of charge 1.00 x 10 -4 C is at (0, 3.00 m). Find the magnitude and direction of the
resultant electric force acting on C.
Answer: 24.3N, 44.5 o above +x-axis

7. A positive charge q1 = 2.70 µC on a frictionless horizontal surface is attached to a spring of force

constant k as in Figure 6. When a charge of q2 = -8.60 µC is placed 9.50 cm away from the positive
charge, the spring stretches by 5.00 mm, reducing the distance between charg es to d = 9.00 cm. Find
the value of k.
Answer: 5.15 x 10 3 N/m

Figure 6

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