Mati Doctors Academy

National Highway, Dahican, Mati City

Examination Test

Name: _______________________________________ Date: ___________ Score: _________

I. Multiple Choices
Direction: Write the correct answer in the space before the number. If the answer is letter A, write your
first name; if the answer is letter B, write your middle name; if the answer is letter C, write your
surname and if the answer is letter D, write the first name of your student teacher.

_________________ 1. It makes up all substances which contain charges.

a. Protons c. Neutrons
b. Electrons d. Atoms
_________________ 2. It is a property that causes matter to experience a force when placed in an
electromagnetic field.
a. Positive Charge c. Electric Charge
b. Negative Charge d. Neutral Charge
_________________ 3. It consists of one or two small light balls that are lightweight, non – conductive
substance.
a. Gold – leaf Electroscope c. Ne – 2 Lamp
b. Pith – ball Electroscope d. Electroscope
_________________ 4. It is discovered by William Ramsay and Morris W. Travers in 1898.
a. Gold – leaf Electroscope c. Ne – 2 Lamp
b. Pith – ball Electroscope d. Electroscope
_________________ 5. It consists of vertical metal rod with parallel strips of a thin, flexible leaf hanging from it.
a. Gold – leaf Electroscope c. Ne – 2 Lamp
b. Pith – ball Electroscope d. Electroscope
_________________ 6. Coulomb’s Law was formulated by the French physicist named ____________.
a. Charles Augustin de Coulomb c. Charles Augustin de Colomb
b. Charles Agustin de Coulomb d. Charles Augustine de Coulomb
_________________ 7. What happens to the force when one of the charges doubles up?
a. Quadruples the force c. Doubles the force
b. Triples the force d. Stay the same
_________________ 8. What happens to the force when both of the charges double up?
a. Stay the same c. Triples the force
b. Doubles the force d. Quadruples the force
_________________ 9. What is the equivalent of K in the formula of Coulomb’s Law?
a. 9 x 10-9 Nm2/C2 c. 9 x 108 Nm2/C2
b. 9 x 109 Nm2/C2 d. 9 x 10-8 Nm2/C2
________________ 10. This Coulomb’s law also called as ___________.
a. Outverse Square Law c. Square Law
b. Verse Square Law d. Inverse Square Law
II. Enumeration
Direction: Write the correct answer in the following answer

11. – 14. Properties of Electric Charges

15. – 16. Two equipment / materials to detect the presence of electric charge
17. – 18. Two types of electroscopes
19. – 20. The formula in Coulomb’s Law.
III. Problem Solving
Direction: Solve the following problems. Show your solutions. 5 points each.

1. What is the magnitude of the force a 1.5 x 10-6 C charge exerts on a 3.2 x 10-4 C charge located 1.5
meters away?

2. Two equal charges of magnitude 1.1 x 107 C experience an electrostatic force of 4.2 x 10 -4 N. How
far apart are the centers of the two charges?

3. Two balloons are charged with an identical quantity and type of charge: - 0.0025 C. They are held
apart at a separation distance of 8 m. Determine the magnitude of the electrical force of repulsion
between them.

4. Two coins lie 1.5 meters apart on a table. They carry identical electric charges. Approximately how
large is the charge on each coin if each coin experiences a force of 2.0 N?

5. Calculate the force between charges of 5.0 x 10-8 C and 1.0 x 10-7 C if they are 5.0 cm apart.

6. Two like and equal charges are at a distance of 5 cm and exert a force of 9 x 10-3 on each other. Find
the magnitude of each charge.