HOCHIMINH CITY FINAL EXAM

UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND EDUCATION

FACULTY OF INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION
1 SEMESTER – ACADEMIC YEAR 2022-2023
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GROUP OF FOUNDATION SCIENCES Subject: Physics 2

Course Number: PHYS131002E
Test number: 01 (2 pages).
Duration: 90 minutes.
Note:
+ Students are allowed to use one hand-written A4 paper sheet as a memory aid.
+ Proctors are NOT allowed to explain anything related to contents of the test.
+ Constants that may be used in calculations:
The permeability of free The Coulomb constant
0  = 4×107 T.m/A ke = 9.00  109 N.m2/C2
space
The speed of The vacuum permittivity
c = 3×108 m/s ε0 = 8.84×10−12 F⋅m−1
electromagnetic wave

Question 1: (1.0 mark)

A velocity selector is an instrument that allows all particles to move with
the same velocity across it. Inside the velocity selector, a uniform electric field
is directed to the right (in the plane of the page) and a uniform magnetic field
is applied in the direction perpendicular to the electric field (Figure 1).
a) Explain how the velocity selector works.
b) If the a 5.00-kV/m electric field and a 2.00103-T magnetic field are
applied to the velocity selector, calculate the speed of a proton moving
through it. Figure 1

Question 2: (1.0 mark) A solid sphere of radius 40.0 cm has a total positive charge of 30.0 mC
uniformly distributed throughout its volume. Calculate the magnitude of the electric field at
a point at a distance d from the sphere’s center in following cases:
a) d = 10.0 cm,
b) d = 50.0 cm.

Question 3: (1.0 mark) A metal ring is held stationary while a magnet

bar falls down through the ring (Figure 2).
a) What is the direction of induced current occurring in the ring
when the magnet bar goes into and out of the ring?
b) Assume that at an instance, the magnetic flux through the ring
increases by 0.500 mWb in 2.00 ms. What is the magnitude of Figure 2
the induced electromotive force in the ring?

Question 4: (1.0 mark) Light of wavelength 540 nm passes through a slit of width 0.200 mm.
a) The width of the central maximum on a screen is 8.00 mm. How far is the screen from
the slit? Diffraction – single slit: grating:

; d grating constant 600 lines / mm

d = 1 mm / 600
b) Determine the width of the second bright fringe to the side of the central maximum.

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Question 5: (2.0 marks) Two charged particles are fixed at the
vertices of a equilateral triangle as shown in Figure 3. Given: Q =
8.00 nC and d = 30 cm.
a) Determine the direction and the magnitude of the electric field
at the vertex C of the triangle.
Figure 3
b) Another ̶ 3.00-nC charge is now added to C.
Determine the magnitude of the electric force that acts on this
charge.
c) Calculate the potential energy of this charge system of three
charged particles.
Question 6: (2.0 marks) A conductor consists of a semi-circular
loop of radius R = 20.0 cm and two long, straight sections as shown
in Figure 4. The wire lies in the plane of the paper and carries a
current I = 2.00 A. Find the magnetic field at the center of the semi
circle. 1

Figure 4
Question 7: (2.0 marks) A lens made of glass (ng = 1.52) is
coated with a thin film of MgF2 (ns = 1.38) of thickness t.
Visible light is incident normally on the coated lens as in
Figure 5.
a) For what minimum value of t will the reflected light 1
(in air) of wavelength 540 nm be strongest? 1.38 1.52
b) For what minimum value of t will the reflected light
(in air) of wavelength 540 nm be strongest and the
reflected light of wavelength 480 nm be missing?

Figure 5

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ELOs of the subject (knowledge) Test contents
[ELO 1.1]: Understanding various concepts, and laws related to electric and Questions: 1, 2, 3, 5, 6
magnetic fields, and the theorem of electromagnetic field.
[ELO 2.1]: Applying the knowledge of electric and magnetic fields to explain
Questions: 1, 2, 3, 5, 6
phenomena and to solve the related problems.
[ELO 3.1]: Understanding various concepts, and laws related to ray optics and
Question: 4, 7
wave optics
[ELO 3.2]: Applying the knowledge of ray and wave optics to explain
Question: 4, 7
phenomena and to solve the related problems.
Date: December 28th, 2022
Approved by Group Head
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 SOLUTIONS, KEYS AND SCORES
For Questions in Final Exam of Principles of Physics 2
Edited by: Phan Gia Anh Vu
Date of Exam: January 5th 2023
Questio Answer Score
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1 a) If the electric forces and the magnetic force are ballanced, the net force
acting on any particle is zero. The particle can move through the velocity 0.5
selector with constand speed.
0.5
b)
2
a) Inside the solid sphere, the electric field is

0.5

b) Outside the solid sphere, the electric field is

0.5
Apply Gauss’s law:

3 a) When the magnet bar comes closer to the ring, the

magnetic flux increases. The induced current is
0.5
counter clockwise.
When the magnet bar comes closer to the ring, the
magnetic flux decreases. The induced current is
clockwise.
0.5
b) EMF:

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a) The distance L of the screen from the slit is: ,
where b the width of the central maximum.

0.5

Therefore:

b) The width of the second bright fringe to the side of the central
maximum is calculated from the distance between the 2nd and 3rd
minima.
0.5

5 a) The electric field at C is the superposition of the

⃗E
electric fields 1 and created by the charge Q 0.5
(at A) and 2Q (at B) respectively:

0.5

The magnitude of :

0.5

b) The magnitude of the force exerts on the charge at C:

c) The potential energy of the system:

0.5

6 The magnetic field at O consists of three components:

two straight lines and one semi circle. 3 0.5

. All three vectors are perpendicular to

the page and direct into the page. Their magnitudes are: 0.5
O

0.5
2

0.5
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7 There are three layers of media: air, thin film and
glass as shown in the Figure.
At both surfaces (1) and (2), the reflected lights
undergo a 180 phase change. Then for constructive (1)
and destructive interference, it is required that: 0.5
Constructive interference: (2)
, with m=1, 2, 3…
Destructive interference:
Figure 6 0.5
, with m=1, 2, 3…
a) Applying the condition for constructive interference, the thickness t of the

0.5
thin film is: .

With m=1, .
b) Applying the condition for constructive and destructive interference for the
two wavelengths: 0.5

Thus m1 = m2 =4. The minimum thickness must be:

0.5

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