COVENANT UNIVERSITY

CANAANLAND, KM 10, IDIROKO ROAD

P.M.B 1023, OTA, OGUN STATE, NIGERIA.
TITLE OF EXAMINATION: B.ENG DEGREE EXAMINATION
COLLEGE: ENGINEERING
DEPARTMENT: ELECTRICAL & INFORMATION ENGINEERING
SESSION: 2019/2020 SEMESTER: ALPHA
COURSE CODE: EIE 311 CREDIT UNIT: 3
COURSE TITLE: ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS AND WAVES
INSTRUCTION: ANSWER ALL THE QUESTIONS TEST1
DURATION: 60 Minutes

QUESTION ONE

A circular disk of figure Q1 of radius a is uniformly charged with a charge density ρ s.

a) Determine the electric field along the axis directly from the given uniform charge
distribution.
b) Given that E=−∇ φ , where φ is the electric potential.
i) Derive an expression for the electric field, E in terms of the electric potential φ .
ii) Hence or otherwise, solve completely the solution of E given that
−2
ρ s=2 mC m , z=1.8 cm∧a=2.0 cm.
Comment on the solutions of E in [1(a)] and [1(b) ii].

Figure Q1.

QUESTION TWO
2
X Z
a) Express the vector A= a x in the spherical coordinate system
Y
b) Given W =x 2 y 2 + xyz , compute ∇ W , Compute the directional derivative dW /dl in
the direction 3 a x + 4 a y +12 a z at (2, -1,0)