BULACAN STATE UNIVERSITY

Malolos, Bulacan 50
Optics and Acoustics
Quiz in Optics
SCORE

NAME___________________________________________COURSE/YR.&SEC_________DATE________

Test I. MULTIPLE CHOICE. Write the letter of your chosen answer on the blank provided.
Write X if the answer is not found in the options. Erasures are not allowed.

1. ____In the vacuum the speed of an electromagnetic wave

(a) depends on its wavelength (c) depends on its frequency
(b) is a universal constant (d) depends on electric & magnetic fields

2. ____The index of refraction of a material medium

(a) is less than one (c) is equal to one
(b) is zero (d) is greater than one

3. ____When a beam of light enters one medium from another, quantity that never changes
is its
(a) direction (c) frequency
(b) speed (d) wavelength

4. ____Relative to the angle of incidence, the angle of refraction

(a) is smaller (c) is larger
(b) is the same (d) may be any of these

5. ____A changing electric and magnetic field gives rise to

(a) sound waves (c) electromagnetic waves
(b) torsional waves (d) quantum mechanics

6. ____The highest frequencies are found in

(a) X-rays (c) Gamma rays
(b) ultraviolet rays (d) microwaves

7. ____The depth of an object submerged in a transparent liquid

(a) always seems more than its actual depth
(b) always seems less than its actual depth
(c) may seem less or more depending on the angle of view
(d) may seem less or more depending on the index of refraction of the liquid

8. ____Total internal reflection can occur when light passes from one medium to another
(a) that has a lower index of refraction
(b) that has higher index of refraction
(c) that has the same index of refraction
(d) at less than critical angle

9. ____When a light ray approaches a glass-air interface from the glass side at the critical
angle, the angle of refraction is
(a) 00 (c) 450
(b) 900 (d) equal to the angle of incidence

10. ____The color in light that corresponds to the pitch in sound is

(a) amplitude (c) wavelength
(b) frequency (d) waveform
11. ____Light of which of the following colors has the shortest wavelength?
(a) Red (c) blue
(b) Yellow (d) green

12. ____Light goes from medium A to medium B at an angle of incidence of 40 0. The angle
of refraction is 300. The speed of light in B
(a) is less than that in A
(b) is the same as that in A
(c) is greater than that in A
(d) may be any of the above, depending on the specific medium

13. ____Which of the following electromagnetic spectra has the highest wavelength?
(a) infrared (c) visible light
(b) short radio wave (d) X-ray

14. ____Light wave cannot transmit into opaque materials because the light amplitude differs
in their
(a) natural frequency vibrations (c) wavelength structures
(b) indices of refraction (d) intensity levels

15. ____In photo-electric effect, the electrons could not be interacting with waves, because
adding more waves
(a) did not add more energy to the electrons
(b) did not increase the amount of electricity in solar cells
(c) did not add more photons
(d) all of the above

16. ____ The reflected ray in a smooth surface moves in only one direction is called
(a) specular reflection (c) total internal reflection
(b) diffuse reflection (d) homogenous reflection

17. ____ A common experience when you see a mirrored reflection of objects on a distant
paved road in hot weather accounts for
(a) light interferences (c) optical illusions
(b) mirage (d) natural frequency variations

18. ____ Fiber optics can be drawn to a very small diameter, assembled into flexible bundles
or fused into plates of fibers used to transmit images is coated with
(a) a material of lower refractive index
(b) a material of higher refractive index
(c) a material of same refractive index
(d) a material of zero refractive index

19. ____Of the following materials, speed of light travels fastest in

(a) salt (n=1.54) (c) ethyl alcohol (n=1.46)
(b) diamond (n=2.42) (d) ice (n=1.309)

20. ____A light ray in wave fronts and a normal line in reflecting surface and boundaries
between two media are always
(a) parallel
(b) tangential
(c) perpendicular
(d) congruent
Test II. Matching Type. Match the following names of scientists/philosophers under Column
A with respect to their views/theories on the nature of light and efforts to determine
experimentally the speed of light under column B. Write the letter of your answer on the blank
provided. No erasures.

COLUMN A COLUMN B

___1. Euclid A. Light consisted of tiny bundles of energy called quanta

___2. Pythagoras B. Light waves interfere constructively and destructively

C. Light emanated from luminous bodies

___3. Newton
D. Lantern light from one hilltop to another
___4. Descartes
E. Light is an electromagnetic wave
___5. Fermat
F. Delay in the eclipse of a moon of Jupiter
___6. Huygen
G. Light is a wave phenomena that travels in an ether
___7. Young
H. Light consisted of streamers emitted by the eyes
___8. Maxwell
I. Tilt of his telescope to catch the light from stars
___9. Planck J. Light particles described a trajectory or rays
___10. Einstein K. Light beam in the edge teeth of a rotating wheel

___11. Galileo L. Light is a pressure not a motion

___12. Roemer M. Light photons can interact with matter

___13. Bradley N. Interferometer with two light beams

___14. Fizeau & Foucault O. Light consisted of different colored particles

___15. Michelson and Morley

TEST III. Choose 3 problems to solve; show your solution and BOX the final answer.

1. The eyes of a person standing at the edge of a 2.5 m- deep pond are 1.55 m above
the surface of the water. Light coming from a coin at the bottom of the pond enters
the person’s eyes at an angle of 42.50 below the horizontal. Calculate the horizontal
distance from the person to the coin. Use 1.33 for the index of refraction of the
water.

42.50

d1?

2.5m

d2?

A ray of light in air, strikes at an incident angle of 100 on the face ab or a glass
prism (n = 1.52), as shown in the figure below. Find the value of the angle  so that
the ray is totally reflected at face ac.


c
b
 Three plane mirrors m1, m2, and m3 are separated by angles 1300 and 700 with each other
as shown in the figure below. If a ray of light strikes the horizontal mirror m1 at a 750 angle
of incidence, at what incident angle will the ray strike the same mirror m1 after leaving the
mirror m3?

700

750 1300

4. A laser beam strikes one end of a fiber-slab of material surrounded by water (n = 1.33) as
shown in the figure below. The index of refraction of the slab is 1.36.
(a) Calculate the critical angle for the slab and the maximum angle  for which the light
ray incident on the end of the slab.
(b) Determine the length of the fiber-slab if there are 100 internal reflections of the beam
before it emerges from the opposite end of the slab.

Figure 3.9

d?

2x10-6 m
?

?