UNIT TEST

I. MCQ
1. What is the direction of electric field at point A, if the two negative charges have equal
magnitude?
A. up
B. down
C. right
D. left
E. Centre

2. Two particle move into the region between charged parallel plates, moving as shown in
diagram Which of the following combination is possible?
a. A and B are both electron
b. A and B are both protons
c. A is a proton , B an electron
d. A is an electron, B a proton
e. A and B are both neutral

3. An electric field is created by two parallel plates. Which of the following points coresponds
to the higher electric field?
A. A
B. B
C. C
D. D
E. The electric field is the same at all points
4. In uniform fields, all points have …………………….electric potential
a. zero
b. same
c. infinity
d. different
e. one

5. A neutral electroscop is polarized by bringing a negatively road near the top.

II. Answer the following questions

1. Figure below shows a electron as it moves between two parallel plates . The charge on the
electron is -1,6 . 10-19 C
a. Draw direction of the electric field between the parallel plates and direction of the
force on proton at position C The force on proton at position B is 3,2.10-14N
b. Calculate the potential difference between the plates
c. Calculate the acceleration of electron (electron mass 9,1. 10-31 kg).
2. An electron passes into the space between two parallel plates that are 4,0 cm apart and
which are maintained at electric potential of +2000 V and -200 V, respectively
a. What is the magnitude and direction of the electric field on the electron?
b. What is the Electric force on the electron?

3. Two parallel vertical metal plates are connected to a power suply as shown in figure below

The sparation of the plates is 20 mm.

a. on figure above, draw the electric field between the plates
b. An electron travels in a vacuum between the two plates. The electric field does work on
electron. The gain in kinetic energy oh the electron is 1,6 . 10-18 KJ. Calculate the
electric field strength between the plates
4. An α-particle and a proton are at rest a distance 10 μm apart in a vacuum as illustrated in
figure below. (The charge of an alpha particle is 2 times the charge of a proton. The charge
on the proton is +1,6 . 10-19 C)

a. The α-particle and the proton may be considered to be point charges. Calculate the
electric force between the α-particle and the proton.
b. If both Charges are laid at the medium, that has dielectric constant 80, how much is
new electric Force?

5. Calculate charge +Q
A positive point charge +Q is positioned at a fixed point X and an identical positive point
charge is positioned at a fixed point Y, as shown in Figure below

The charges are separated in a vacuum by a distance of 10.0 cm. Points A and B are on the
line XY. Point A is a distance of 2.5 cm from X and point B is a distance of 2.5 cm from Y.
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The electric field strength at point A is 4.1 x 10 Vm .
6. Three point charges are fixed in place in a right triangle. What is the electric force on
the 1.0 μC charge due to the other two charges?

7. a. On a copy of Figure below, draw the electric fields between the parallel
b. What would be the potential energy of a -5C charge at each of these points? (C is half-
way between A and B; D is half-way between C and B.)

8. A spherical conductor has radius of 4 cm (1 µC = 10-6 C and k = 9.109 N.m².C-2). If the

conductor is positively charged +2 µC, Find :
a. the electric potential and electric field at point A
b. The electric potential and electric field at point B