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1. A point charge Q is located a short distance from a point charge 3Q, and no other
charges are present. If the electrical force on Q is F, what is the electrical force on
3Q ?
(A) F/3 (B) F/ (C) F (D) F (E) 3F
Ans: (C)
2. An electron is initially moving to the right when it enters a uniform electric field
directed upwards. Which trajectory shown below will the electron follow?
(A) trajectory W (B) trajectory X (C) trajectory Y (D) trajectory Z (E) None of them.
Ans: (D)
3. If Q = 80 nC, a = 3.0 m, and b = 4.0 m in the figure, what is the magnitude of the
electric field at point P?
(A)45 N/C (B)70 N/C (C)29 N/C (D)47 N/C (E) 92 N/C
Ans: (D)
4. A charged particle (mass = m, charge = q > 0) moves in a region of space where the
magnetic field has a constant magnitude of B and a downward direction. What is
the magnetic force on the particle at an instant when it is moving horizontally
toward the north with speed v?
(A) qvB toward the east (B) Zero (C) qvB toward the west (D) qvB upward (E) qvB
toward the south
Ans:(C)
5. What is the current in the 15-Ω resistor when ε = 9.0 V?
Ans: (D)
9. A solid nonconducting sphere of radius R carries a charge Q distributed uniformly
throughout its volume. At a certain distance r1 (r1 < R) from the center of the sphere,
the electric field has magnitude E. If the same charge Q were distributed uniformly
throughout a sphere of radius 2R, the magnitude of the electric field at the same
distance r1 from the center would be equal to
(A) E/8. (B) E/2.(C) 2E.(D) 8E. (E) E.
Ans: (A)
10. The figure shows two connected wires that are made of the same material. The
current entering the wire on the left is 2.0 A and in that wire the electron drift speed
is vd. What is the electron drift speed in the wire on the right side?
(D) (E)
Ans : (D)
14. A positive point charge q is placed at the center of an uncharged metal sphere
insulated from the ground. The outside of the sphere is then grounded as shown.
Then the ground wire is removed. A is the inner surface and B is the outer surface.
Which statement is correct?
Ans:(C)
16. A charge per unit length given by λ(x) = bx, where b = 12 nC/m2, is distributed
along the x axis from x = +9.0 cm to x = +16 cm. If the electric potential at infinity
is taken to be zero, what is the electric potential at the point P on the y axis at y =
12 cm?
(A) 5.4 V (B)7.2 V (C) 9.0 V (D)9.9 V (E)16 V
Ans : (A)
17. Four identical point charges (+4.0 μC) are placed at the corners of a square which
has 20-cm sides. How much work is required to assemble this charge arrangement
starting with each of the charges a very large distance from any of the other charges?
(A)+2.9 J (B)+3.9 J(C)+2.2 J(D)+4.3 J (E)+1.9 J
Ans : (B)
18. A conductor of radius r, length l and resistivity ρ has resistance R. It is melted down
and formed into a new conductor, also cylindrical, with one fourth the length of the
original conductor. The resistance of the new conductor is
(A) R/16. (B) R/4 (C) R. (D) 4R. (E) 16R.
Ans:(A)
19. To increase the current density in a wire of length l and diameter D, you can
(A) decrease the potential difference between the two ends of the wire.
(B) increase the potential difference between the two ends of the wire.
(C) decrease the magnitude of the electric field in the wire.
(D) heat the wire to a higher temperature.
(E) combine both (b) and (d).
Ans:(B)
20. Determine the equivalent capacitance of the combination shown when C = 15 mF.
Ans : (C)
(A) 6.5 mJ (B) 5.1 mJ (C) 3.9 mJ (D) 8.0 mJ (E) 9.8 mJ
Ans : (C)
24. to a battery of voltage V0, it has charge of magnitude Q0 on its plates. The plates are
pulled apart to a separation 2d while the capacitor remains connected to the battery.
After the plates are 2d apart, the magnitude of the charge on the plates and the
potential difference between them are what?
(A)0.5Q0, 0.5V0 (B)0.5Q0, V0 (C)Q0, V0 (D)2Q0, V0 (E)2Q0, 2V0
Ans : (B)
25. Two charged particles, Q1 and Q2, are a distance r apart with Q2 = 5Q1. Compare
the forces they exert on one another when is the force Q2 exerts on Q1 and is
Ans : (D)
26. The point P lies along the perpendicular bisector of the line connecting two long
straight wires S and T that are perpendicular to the page. A set of directions A
through H is shown next to the diagram. When the two equal currents in the wires
are directed up out of the page, the direction of the magnetic field at P is closest to
the direction of
Ans: (D)
30. One reason why we know that magnetic fields are not the same as electric fields is
because the force exerted on a charge +q
(A) is in opposite directions in electric and magnetic fields.
(B) is in the same direction in electric and magnetic fields.
(C) is parallel to a magnetic field and perpendicular to an electric field.
(D) is parallel to an electric field and perpendicular to a magnetic field.
(E) is zero in both if the charge is not moving.
Ans:(D)
31. Three particles travel through a region of space where the magnetic field is out of
the page, as shown in the figure. The electric charge of each of the three particles
is, respectively,
(D) (E)
Ans: (D)
33. A conducting sphere is charged up such that the potential on its surface is 100 V
(relative to infinity). If the sphere's radius were twice as large, but the charge on the
sphere were the same, what would be the potential on the surface relative to infinity?
(A) 50 V (B) 25 V (C) 100 V (D) 200 V (E) 150 V
Ans: (A)
34. If I = 0.40 A in the circuit segment shown below, what is the potential difference
Va − Vb?
(A) Q0 , V0. (B) Q0 , V0. (C) Q0, V0. (D) Q0, 3V0. (E) 3Q0, 3V0.
Ans : (B)
36. Point charges q and Q are positioned as shown. If q = +2.0 nC, Q = −2.0 nC, a =
3.0 m, and b = 4.0 m, what is the electric potential difference, VA − VB?
38. Addition of a metal slab of thickness a between the plates of a parallel plate
capacitor of plate separation d is equivalent to introducing a dielectric with
dielectric constant κ between the plates. The value of κ is
Ans : (D)
39. An ideal parallel-plate capacitor consists of a set of two parallel plates of area A
separated by a very small distance d. When this capacitor is connected to a battery
that maintains a constant potential difference between the plates, the energy stored
in the capacitor is U0. If the separation between the plates is doubled, how much
energy is stored in the capacitor?
(A) 4U0 (B) 2U0 (C) U0 (D) U0/2 (E) U0/4
Ans: (D)
40. An ideal air-filled parallel-plate capacitor has round plates and carries a fixed
amount of equal but opposite charge on its plates. All the geometric parameters of
the capacitor (plate diameter and plate separation) are now DOUBLED. If the
original energy stored in the capacitor was U0, how much energy does it now store?
(A) 4U0 (B) 2U0 (C) U0 (D) U0/2 (E) U0/4
Ans: (D)
41. A parallel plate capacitor is charged to voltage V and then disconnected from the
battery. Leopold says that the voltage will decrease if the plates are pulled apart.
Gerhardt says that the voltage will remain the same. Which one, if either, is correct,
and why?
(A)Gerhardt, because the maximum voltage is determined by the battery.
(B)Gerhardt, because the charge per unit area on the plates does not change.
(C)Leopold, because charge is transferred from one plate to the other when the
plates are separated.
(D)Leopold, because the force each plate exerts on the other decreases when the
plates are pulled apart.
(E)Neither, because the voltage increases when the plates are pulled apart.
Ans : (E)