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Final Exam ‫اﻻﻣﺘﺤﺎن اﻟﻨﮭﺎﺋﻲ‬

Academic Year 1444 H – 1st Semester ‫ اﻟﻔﺼﻞ اﻷول‬- ‫ھـ‬۱٤٤٤ ‫اﻟﻌﺎم اﻟﺪراﺳﻲ‬

Exam Information ‫ﻣﻌﻠﻮﻣﺎت اﻻﻣﺘﺤﺎن‬

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Course name: General Physics II ۲ - ‫ﻓﯿﺰﯾﺎء ﻋﺎﻣﺔ‬ :‫اﺳﻢ اﻟﻤﻘﺮر‬
Course code: 104 PHYS ‫ ﻓﯿﺰ‬۱۰٤ :‫رﻣﺰ اﻟﻤﻘﺮر‬
Exam date: Monday 14/11/2022G ‫ھـ‬۱٤٤٤/۰٤/۲۰ ‫اﻻﺛﻨﯿﻦ‬ :‫ﺗﺎرﯾﺦ اﻻﻣﺘﺤﺎن‬
Exam time: 08:00 AM ً ‫ ﺻﺒﺎﺣﺎ‬۰۸:۰۰ :‫وﻗﺖ اﻻﻣﺘﺤﺎن‬
Exam duration: Three Hours ‫ ﺳﺎﻋﺎت‬۳ :‫ﻣﺪة اﻻﻣﺘﺤﺎن‬

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Student’s name: :‫ـﺔ‬/‫اﺳﻢ اﻟﻄﺎﻟﺒـ‬
Student ID no.: :‫اﻟﺮﻗﻢ اﻟﺠﺎﻣﻌﻲ‬
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Lecturer’s name: :‫اﺳﻢ أﺳﺘﺎذ اﻟﻤﻘﺮر‬

The exam consists of 32 QUESTIONS and 7 PAGES (including the cover page and the graph sheet)
All answers are given in MKS (unless the unit is stated)

Physical Constants
9 2 −2 −12
𝑘𝑘𝑒𝑒 = 9 × 10 N ∙ m ∙ C 𝜀𝜀0 = 8.85 × 10 C ∙ N−1 ∙ m−2
2
𝜇𝜇0 = 4𝜋𝜋 × 10−7 T ∙ m ∙ A−1 |𝑒𝑒| = 1.6 × 10−19 C

𝑔𝑔 = 9.8 m ∙ s−2 𝑁𝑁𝐴𝐴 = 6.02 × 1023 mol−1 𝑚𝑚𝑒𝑒 = 9.1 × 10−31 kg 𝑚𝑚𝑝𝑝 = 1.67 × 10−27 kg

Choose the letter of the correct answer and write it in CAPITAL LETTER in the appropriate box

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24

25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32

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 # Questions (1.25 mark for each)

01. Two identical charges, 2 m apart, exert electric forces of 4 N on each other. The magnitude of either
charge in (μC) unit is:
A. 12 B. 22 C. 32 D. 42

02. The figures below show four different configurations of point charges, all at the same distance (𝑎𝑎)
from the origin. The magnitude of the electric field at the origin is greatest for:

A. 𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑔𝑔𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑎𝑎𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐 1 B. 𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑔𝑔𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑎𝑎𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐 2 C. 𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑔𝑔𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑎𝑎𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐 3 D. 𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑔𝑔𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑎𝑎𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐 4

03. A tiny charged droplet with a mass of 6.85 × 10−13 kg

is placed in a uniform electric field of 21 MV⁄m, as
shown in the figure. If the weight of the droplet is
exactly 𝒃𝒃𝒃𝒃𝒃𝒃𝒃𝒃𝒃𝒃𝒃𝒃𝒃𝒃𝒃𝒃 by the electric force on the droplet,
then the charge of the droplet in (C) unit is:

A. −6.4 × 10−19 B. −3.2 × 10−19 C. −2.4 × 10−19 D. −1.2 × 10−19

04. A 𝒖𝒖𝒃𝒃𝒖𝒖𝒖𝒖𝒖𝒖𝒖𝒖𝒖𝒖𝒃𝒃𝒖𝒖 𝒃𝒃𝒄𝒄𝒃𝒃𝒖𝒖𝒄𝒄𝒃𝒃𝒃𝒃, 𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒖𝒖𝒃𝒃𝒖𝒖𝒄𝒄𝒄𝒄𝒔𝒔 𝒃𝒃𝒖𝒖𝒃𝒃𝒃𝒃 3 m in length has a total charge of +75 μC. The
magnitude of the electric field 30 mm from the axis of the line in (MV⁄m) unit is:
A. 15 B. 30 C. 45 D. 60

05. The magnitude of the electric field (𝐸𝐸) due to a uniformly charged 𝒃𝒃𝒖𝒖𝒃𝒃𝒃𝒃𝒖𝒖𝒃𝒃𝒔𝒔𝒖𝒖𝒃𝒃𝒄𝒄 𝒔𝒔𝒖𝒖𝒃𝒃𝒖𝒖𝒃𝒃 𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒔𝒄𝒄𝒃𝒃𝒖𝒖𝒃𝒃 of
radius 𝑎𝑎 as a function of the distance (𝑐𝑐) from its center can be represented graphically by:

A. B.

C. D.

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 06. A uniform electric field [(30𝚤𝚤̂ + 24𝚥𝚥̂ + 16𝑘𝑘�) N⁄C] intersects a
surface of area 𝐴𝐴 = 2 m2 . If the surface lies in the 𝒙𝒙𝒙𝒙-𝒔𝒔𝒃𝒃𝒃𝒃𝒃𝒃𝒃𝒃
(see the figure), then the magnitude of the electric flux through
this area in (N ∙ m2 ⁄C) unit is:

A. 0 B. 32 C. 48 D. 60

07. The figures below show three different configurations for an electron (𝑒𝑒) and a proton (𝑝𝑝). The
electric potential at the point 𝑆𝑆 of the three configurations can be ranked from the most positive to
the most negative as:

A. (𝑉𝑉𝑆𝑆 )1 > (𝑉𝑉𝑆𝑆 )2 > (𝑉𝑉𝑆𝑆 )3 B. (𝑉𝑉𝑆𝑆 )1 > (𝑉𝑉𝑆𝑆 )3 > (𝑉𝑉𝑆𝑆 )2
C. (𝑉𝑉𝑆𝑆 )2 > (𝑉𝑉𝑆𝑆 )1 > (𝑉𝑉𝑆𝑆 )3 D. (𝑉𝑉𝑆𝑆 )2 > (𝑉𝑉𝑆𝑆 )3 > (𝑉𝑉𝑆𝑆 )1

08. Two-point charges are arranged as shown in the figure, where

𝑞𝑞1 = +54 nC, 𝑞𝑞2 = −20 nC, 𝑎𝑎 = 3.4 cm, and 𝑏𝑏 = 4.3 cm. If the
charge 𝑞𝑞2 is moved from its position to the point 𝑃𝑃, then the
change in the potential energy of the two-charge system in (μJ)
unit is:

A. +60 B. +70 C. +80 D. +90

09. A uniform electric field is directed along the +𝒙𝒙-𝒃𝒃𝒙𝒙𝒖𝒖𝒔𝒔, as

shown in the figure. There are three points 𝐴𝐴, 𝐵𝐵, and 𝐶𝐶 where
the electric potentials are 𝑉𝑉𝐴𝐴 , 𝑉𝑉𝐵𝐵 , and 𝑉𝑉𝐶𝐶 , respectively.
Among the following, the correct statement is:

A. 𝑉𝑉𝐴𝐴 < 𝑉𝑉𝐵𝐵 < 𝑉𝑉𝐶𝐶 B. 𝑉𝑉𝐴𝐴 < 𝑉𝑉𝐵𝐵 = 𝑉𝑉𝐶𝐶 C. 𝑉𝑉𝐴𝐴 > 𝑉𝑉𝐵𝐵 = 𝑉𝑉𝐶𝐶 D. 𝑉𝑉𝐴𝐴 > 𝑉𝑉𝐵𝐵 > 𝑉𝑉𝐶𝐶

10. The capacitance of a parallel-plate capacitor is 𝒔𝒔𝒖𝒖𝒖𝒖𝒔𝒔𝒖𝒖𝒖𝒖𝒔𝒔𝒖𝒖𝒖𝒖𝒃𝒃𝒃𝒃𝒃𝒃 to:

A. 𝑐𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑒 𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑎𝑎𝑐𝑐𝑒𝑒 𝑎𝑎𝑐𝑐𝑒𝑒𝑎𝑎 B. 𝑐𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑒 𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑎𝑎𝑐𝑐𝑒𝑒 𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑒𝑝𝑝𝑎𝑎𝑐𝑐𝑎𝑎𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐
C. 𝑐𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑒 𝑐𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑎𝑐𝑐𝑔𝑔𝑒𝑒 𝑠𝑠𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑒𝑒𝑠𝑠 D. 𝑐𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑒 𝑝𝑝𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑒𝑒𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑎𝑎𝑝𝑝 𝑠𝑠𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑒𝑒𝑐𝑐𝑒𝑒𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑒𝑒 𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐 𝑐𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑒 𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑝𝑎𝑎𝑐𝑐𝑒𝑒𝑠𝑠

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 11. Four identical capacitors are arranged as shown in the circuit, where
𝐶𝐶 = 6 μF. The equivalent capacitance between 𝐴𝐴 and 𝐵𝐵 in (μF) unit is:

A. 3 B. 6 C. 9 D. 12

12. A 20-μF capacitor is fully charged by a 200-V battery. Its stored energy in (J) unit equals:
A. 0.2 B. 0.4 C. 0.6 D. 0.8

13. An aluminum wire having a cross-sectional area of 3 mm2. If the electrons in the wire have a drift
speed of 207 μm⁄s, then the current density (𝐽𝐽) in the wire in (MA⁄m2 ) unit is: [Assuming the
carrier density of aluminum is 6.02 × 1028 electrons⁄m3 ]
A. 0.5 B. 1.0 C. 1.5 D. 2.0

14. A copper wire has an initial resistance of 100 Ω. If the temperature of the wire increases by 40 ℃,
then the final resistance of the wire in (Ω) unit equals: [the temperature coefficient of resistivity of
copper is 3.9 × 10−3 (℃)−1 ]
A. 76.6 B. 115.6 C. 123.6 D. 154.6

15. An electric heater rated at 220 V has a resistance of 30 Ω. If the price of the energy from the power
company is fixed (0.18 Saudi Riyal per kW ∙ h), then the cost per 𝒖𝒖𝒖𝒖𝒃𝒃𝒔𝒔𝒄𝒄 of using the heater for
4 hours 𝒃𝒃𝒃𝒃𝒖𝒖𝒃𝒃𝒖𝒖 in (Saudi Riyals) unit is:
A. 14.85 B. 24.85 C. 34.85 D. 44.85

16. Four resistors are arranged as shown in the circuit, where 𝑅𝑅1 = 100 Ω,
𝑅𝑅2 = 𝑅𝑅3 = 200 Ω, 𝑅𝑅4 = 400 Ω, and 𝐼𝐼 = 10 mA. The electromotive
force (emf) ℰ of the battery in (V) unit equals:

A. 6 B. 9 C. 12 D. 18

17. Three resistors are arranged as shown in the circuit, where

𝑅𝑅1 = 10 Ω, 𝑅𝑅2 = 20 Ω, 𝑅𝑅3 = 8 Ω, ℰ1 = 30 V, ℰ2 = 50 V,
and 𝐼𝐼2 = 1.5 A. The current passing through the resistor 𝑅𝑅3 in
(A) unit equals:

A. 1.5 B. 2.5 C. 3.5 D. 4.5

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 18. If a car battery is rated at 60 A ∙ h, then an 𝒃𝒃𝒖𝒖𝒔𝒔𝒃𝒃𝒖𝒖𝒃𝒃-𝒄𝒄𝒖𝒖𝒖𝒖𝒖𝒖 is a unit of:
A. 𝑝𝑝𝑐𝑐𝑝𝑝𝑒𝑒𝑐𝑐 B. 𝑒𝑒𝑐𝑐𝑒𝑒𝑐𝑐𝑔𝑔𝑒𝑒 C. 𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑒𝑒𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐 D. 𝑐𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑎𝑐𝑐𝑔𝑔𝑒𝑒

19. The unit 𝒔𝒔𝒃𝒃𝒔𝒔𝒃𝒃𝒃𝒃 (T) is equivalent to:

A. kg⁄(C ∙ s) B. C⁄(kg ∙ s) C. kg ∙ C⁄s D. kg ∙ s⁄C

20. A 𝒔𝒔𝒖𝒖𝒖𝒖𝒔𝒔𝒖𝒖𝒃𝒃 having an initial speed of 3.4 × 106 m⁄s enters a uniform magnetic field
perpendicularly to the field lines. If the proton moves in a circular path with a radius of 17.7 mm
due to the magnetic field, then the magnitude of magnetic field in (T) unit is:
A. 0.5 B. 1.0 C. 1.5 D. 2.0

21. A uniform magnetic field is directed 𝒖𝒖𝒃𝒃𝒔𝒔𝒖𝒖 𝒔𝒔𝒄𝒄𝒃𝒃 𝒔𝒔𝒃𝒃𝒄𝒄𝒃𝒃, as shown

in the figure. A charged particle, moving in the plane of the page,
follows an 𝒃𝒃𝒃𝒃𝒔𝒔𝒖𝒖-𝒃𝒃𝒃𝒃𝒖𝒖𝒃𝒃𝒄𝒄𝒄𝒄𝒖𝒖𝒔𝒔𝒃𝒃 spiral path of 𝒃𝒃𝒃𝒃𝒃𝒃𝒖𝒖𝒃𝒃𝒃𝒃𝒔𝒔𝒖𝒖𝒃𝒃𝒄𝒄 radius.
A reasonable explanation is:

A. the charge is 𝑝𝑝𝑐𝑐𝑠𝑠𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑝𝑝𝑒𝑒 and 𝑠𝑠𝑝𝑝𝑒𝑒𝑒𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑔𝑔 𝑐𝑐𝑝𝑝 B. the charge is 𝑝𝑝𝑐𝑐𝑠𝑠𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑝𝑝𝑒𝑒 and 𝑠𝑠𝑝𝑝𝑐𝑐𝑝𝑝𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑔𝑔 𝑠𝑠𝑐𝑐𝑝𝑝𝑐𝑐
C. the charge is 𝑐𝑐𝑒𝑒𝑔𝑔𝑎𝑎𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑝𝑝𝑒𝑒 and 𝑠𝑠𝑝𝑝𝑒𝑒𝑒𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑔𝑔 𝑐𝑐𝑝𝑝 D. the charge is 𝑐𝑐𝑒𝑒𝑔𝑔𝑎𝑎𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑝𝑝𝑒𝑒 and 𝑠𝑠𝑝𝑝𝑐𝑐𝑝𝑝𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑔𝑔 𝑠𝑠𝑐𝑐𝑝𝑝𝑐𝑐

22. Two long parallel wires carry currents in the same direction as shown in
the figure, where 𝐼𝐼1 = 5 A, 𝐼𝐼2 = 8 A, and 𝑎𝑎 = 10 cm. The magnitude of
the magnetic force per unit length exerted on each wire by the other in
(μN⁄m) unit equals:

A. 20 B. 40 C. 60 D. 80

23. Solenoid 𝑋𝑋 has 𝒔𝒔𝒄𝒄𝒖𝒖𝒃𝒃𝒃𝒃 the radius and 𝒔𝒔𝒖𝒖𝒙𝒙 𝒔𝒔𝒖𝒖𝒖𝒖𝒃𝒃𝒔𝒔 the number of turns per unit length as solenoid 𝑌𝑌.
If both solenoids carry the same current, then the ratio of the interior magnetic fields (𝐵𝐵𝑋𝑋 ⁄𝐵𝐵𝑌𝑌 ) is:
A. 2 B. 3 C. 6 D. 12

24. The unit 𝒄𝒄𝒃𝒃𝒃𝒃𝒃𝒃𝒖𝒖 (Wb) is equivalent to:

A. V⁄s B. T⁄s C. T∙s D. V∙s

25. An electromotive force (emf) of 30 mV is induced in a coil while the current through it decreases
uniformly from 4 A to 0 A in 0.1 s. The inductance of the coil in (μH) unit is:
A. 250 B. 500 C. 750 D. 1000

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 26. An inductor stores an energy 𝑈𝑈0 in its magnetic field when it carries a current 𝐼𝐼0 . If the
current passing the inductor is 𝒃𝒃𝒖𝒖𝒖𝒖𝒃𝒃𝒃𝒃𝒃𝒃𝒃𝒃 (𝐼𝐼 = 2𝐼𝐼0 ), then the new stored energy 𝑈𝑈 will be:
1 1
A. 𝑈𝑈 B. 𝑈𝑈 C. 2𝑈𝑈0 D. 4𝑈𝑈0
4 0 2 0
27. A conducting bar of length 60 cm moves on two
frictionless conducting parallel rails connected to
a 2-Ω resistor in the presence of a uniform 1.5-T
magnetic field directed into the page, as shown in
the figure. If the bar moves to the right with a
constant speed of 4 m⁄s, then the dissipated
power across the resistor in (W) unit equals:

A. 2.5 B. 4.5 C. 6.5 D. 8.5

28. As shown in the circuit, a 500-Ω resistor, a 0.4-H inductor, and

a 4.4-μF capacitor are connected in 𝒔𝒔𝒃𝒃𝒖𝒖𝒖𝒖𝒃𝒃𝒔𝒔 with a 50-Hz AC
source, which produces a maximum current of 250 mA. The
impedance (𝑍𝑍) of the circuit in (Ω) unit equals:

A. 380 B. 580 C. 780 D. 980

29. The maximum voltage across the 𝒖𝒖𝒃𝒃𝒃𝒃𝒖𝒖𝒃𝒃𝒔𝒔𝒖𝒖𝒖𝒖 𝐿𝐿 in the 𝑅𝑅𝐿𝐿𝐶𝐶 circuit in the 𝑝𝑝𝑐𝑐𝑒𝑒𝑝𝑝𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑠𝑠 𝑞𝑞𝑐𝑐𝑒𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐 (Q.28)
in (V) unit is:
A. 31.4 B. 42.9 C. 62.8 D. 85.8

30. For the 𝑅𝑅𝐿𝐿𝐶𝐶 circuit in the 𝑝𝑝𝑐𝑐𝑒𝑒𝑝𝑝𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑠𝑠 𝑞𝑞𝑐𝑐𝑒𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐 (Q.28), the current leads the applied voltage by:
A. 20.1° B. 30.1° C. 40.1° D. 50.1°

31. The average power delivered to the 𝑅𝑅𝐿𝐿𝐶𝐶 circuit in the 𝑝𝑝𝑐𝑐𝑒𝑒𝑝𝑝𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑠𝑠 𝑞𝑞𝑐𝑐𝑒𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐 (Q.28) in (W) unit is:
A. 15.6 B. 25.6 C. 35.6 D. 45.6

32. The resonance frequency (𝑐𝑐0 ) of the 𝑅𝑅𝐿𝐿𝐶𝐶 circuit in the 𝑝𝑝𝑐𝑐𝑒𝑒𝑝𝑝𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑠𝑠 𝑞𝑞𝑐𝑐𝑒𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐𝑐 (Q.28) in (Hz) unit is:
A. 60 B. 120 C. 180 D. 240

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