LEARNING ASSESSMENT IN GENERAL PHYSICS 2

Activity 1: How much do you understand?

Direction: Read each of the following questions/statements and write the letter of the correct answer
using uppercase letters on the space provided before the item number.

1. A current-carrying wire always has ________________.

a. A magnetic field with closed concentric field lines around the length of the wire
b. A magnetic field with field lines parallel to the length of the wire
c. An electric field but no magnetic field around the wire
d. Nothing in the space around the wire
2. When the plane of the coil is perpendicular to the lines of magnetic force, the number of lines of
magnetic force passing through the coil will be
a. Minimum
b. maximum
c. zero
d. none of above
3. Reverse the direction of a current in a wire, and the magnetic field around the wire will
______________.
a. Have an inverse magnitude of strength
b. Have a reversed north pole direction
c. Become a conventional current
d. Remain unchanged
4. The force on a wire inside a magnetic field increase when
a. the current is increased
b. strength of magnetic field increases
c. length of wire is increased
d. all of above
5. The number of magnetic lines of force passing through any surface is called
a. nature of magnetic field
b. strength of magnetic field
c. work of magnetic field
d. weakness of magnetic field

Activity 2: How well can you perform?

Direction: Solve the problem below. Be guided by the scoring rubric that follows.

1. A wire 0.25 m long carrying a current of 4.0 A experiences a force of 2.0 x 10 -3 N when placed at
right angles to a uniform magnetic field. What is the magnetic induction of the field?

Rubric:

5 - Displays complete solution and correct answer with step-by-step presentation of the
equation/s and substitutions of values
 4 - Displays solution and correct answer but lacks a few steps in the presentation of the
equation/s and substitution of values
3 - Displays very minimal solution with correct answer
2 – Displays only the correct answer
1 – Wrong answer

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