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"LOAN CouEcr LOAN Conttcrio;y MULUNGUSHI UNIVERSITY SSET- DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS 2020/2021 SEMESTER 2 ACADEMIC YEAR, FINAL EXAMINATION PHY 102- INTRODUCTORY PHYSICS II 23" JUNE 2021 DURATION: THREE (3) HOURS TOTAL MARKS: 100 INSTRUCTIONS 1. This paper contains Twenty (20) multiple choice and Four (4) structured questions. Candi- dates MUST attempt all multiple choice and any Three (3) questions from section B. 2. Calculators can be used in this examination. 3. Show all essential working and reasoning to receive full marks. 4, All questions carry equal marks in Section B and each correct answer in section A will be awarded 2 marks. 5. The marks allocated for each question is indicated in brackets 6. Write your student number on the answer booklet (s) provided. 7. Write all your answers in the answer booklet (s) provided and clearly indicate the total number - of booklets used. Useful Formulae w= mf; v= Acos(ut); v=; 1 an-ute Ua beet ve tiv Rae Vv in I w= (831m/s) sai a= ot09 (7); f=lh-flk R=RtR+. pee q Q. of ' f C= Rp CHAtGtes v=—Awsin(wt); a= —Aw*cos(wt); D P ed +gh=constant; Q= SY, R= M2, mar-27315; 3 ‘Bt v FakGh; P= a8; c=4, c= 1 2 Hkry me memiten= (nts) P= PR: B=tov Physical Constants and Other Data: g = 9.8 m/s*; py = 1000 kg/m3;ko = 9.0 X 10° Nm?/C?; g9 = 8.85 X 1072? C2/N.m? : uy = 40 X 1077 T.m/A: Bearen = 3 X 1075 T; Porm = Latm = 1.01 X 10° Pa; cy, = 4186 J/keg.°C; Ly(,o) = 3:33 X 10° J/kg; R = 8.314 J/mol.K, kg = 1.38 x 10723 J/K ; 0 = 8.67 X 107° W/m?.T*; e = 1.602 x 107 C; m, = 9.11 x 1078? kg; mp = 1.67 x 107?” kg: 1 eV = 1.6 X 107" J, c = 3X 10° m/s: R=8.31J.mol™. K~ = 0.0821 L.atm.mol?.K~}; kg = 1.38 x 1078 J. K~ 4 atm = 1.01 X 10° Pa = 76 cm (Hg): Yeroot = 20 X 10" Pa; 1 L = 107% m3; Water Value Specific Heat (Liquid) 4186 Ske KT Specific Heat (Ice) 2090 Ike 1K? Latent heat of fusion 3.33 x 10° Ske? Latent heat of vaporization 2.26 «108 Ske? Density (at 4.00 °C) 1000 kgm Page 2 SECTION A: Attempt all questions. 1, Two wires X and Y are made from the same materials. Wire Y has twice the diameter and experiences twice the tension of wire X. The wires obey Hook's law and have ‘the same original length. Wire X has an extension e, What is the extension of wire Y? wo x wey, amatees| emote 24 testoaT Ag Bg Ge D. 2e 2, A vibration generator produces a progressive wave on a rope. The diagram shows the rope af one instant, ‘The wave travels at a speed of 4.0 ms~!. what are the wavelength and frequency of the wave? ‘A, 0.13 mand 16 Hz B. 0.13 m and 30 Hz C, 0.27 m and 15 He D. 0.27 m and 30 He 3, What may be used to produce stationary waves? A. blowing air over the top of an empty bottle B. making a loud sound near a mountain C. passing a monochromatic light through a double slit D. passing water waves through a narrow slit 4. The siren of a moving police car emits a sound wave with a frequency of 440 Hz. A stationary observer hears sound of frequency 494 Hz. The speed of sound in the air is $40 ms“. What could be the speed and the direction of movement of the car? A. 37 ms™ directly towards the observer B. 37 ms~ directly away from the observer Page 3 C. 42 ms™ directly towards the observer D. 42 ms“ directly away from the observer 5. The diagram illustrates the position of particles in a progressive sound wave at one instant in time. ‘The speed of the wave is v. P and Q are two points in the wave a distance L apart, What is an expression for the frequency of the wave? 2 » 2» L Ag Bog c. % p. 4 6. The variation of the compression of a spring with the force applied to it is shown in the graph. A 5.0: compression Jem 4.0 3.0: 2.0- 1.0: 0. 0 20 40 60 80 10.0 force/N block slides along a horizontal frictionless surface towards the spring, as shown below. The block spring block. is brought to rest by the spring. When the spring reaches a compression of 4.0 cm, all of the kinetic energy of the block is transfered 16 the elastic potential energy of the spring. What is the kinetic energy of the block when it first makes contact with the spring? Page 4 A. 0.165 B. 0.325 C. 16d D. 325 7. The diagram shows a steel wire clamped at one end. The other end is attached to a weight hanging over a pulley. A vibrator is attached to the wire near the clamped end. A stationary wave with weight fixed stand vibrator fixed support one loop is produced. The frequency of the vibrator is f. ‘Which frequency should be used to produce a stationary wave with two loops? AL B.£ ©. 2f D. 4f 8. An object of mass m is attached to a horizontal spring, stretched to a displacement A from equilibrium, and released, undergoing harmonic oscillations on a frictionless surface with period T,. ‘The experiment is then repeated with a mass of 4 m. What is the new period of oscillation? A. 27, B.T, Ce De 9. Which of the following frequencies are higher harmonics of a string with fundamental frequency of 150 Hz? A. 200 Ha B. 250 Hz ©. 300 Hz D. 400 Hz 10. A show grounds play park in Lusaka has an outdoor organ containing several pipes. When the air temperature increases, the fundamental frequency of one of the organ pipes A. increases B. decreases ©. stays the same D. it is impossible to determine 11. Five coulombs of charge are placed on a thin-walled conducting shell. Once the charge has come to rest, the electric potential inside the hollow conducting shell is found to be: A. A. zero Page 5 12, 13. 14. 1B. 16. 17. 18. BB. uniform inside the sphere and equal to the electric potential on the surface of the sphere C. smaller than the electric potential outside the sphere D. varying as one over r squared For an infinite sheet of positive charge, the electric field lines: A. mun parallel to the sheet of charge B. are perpendicular to the sheet of charge and point in toward the sheet C. are perpendicular to the sheet of charge and point away from the sheet D, fall off as one over r squared Induced electric currents can be explained using which of the following laws? A. Gauss's Law B. Faraday’s Law C. Ohm’s Law D. Ampere’s Law An infinitely long wire carries a current of three amps. The magnetic field outside the wire: A. points radially away from the wire B. points radially inward ©. circles the wire D. is zero. Electric current may be expressed in which one of the following units? A. coulombs/volt —_B. joules/eoulomb —_C. coulombs/second D. ohms/second One kilowatt-hour is equal to A. 36x10° J B. 32x10° J ©. 30x10° J D. 35x10° J ‘A.50 W television and 3 KW oven are connected to a 300 V supply. The resistance of each appliance is respectively A. 2000, 200 B. 18759, 62 C. 3082, 5899 D. 3509, 208 Electric current originates from which part of an atom? A. nucleus B, entire atom acting as a unit C. positively charged protons D. negatively charged electrons Page 6 19. Which of the following is true of electrical forces? A. Like charges attract, unlike charges repel. B. Electrical forces are produced by electrical charges, C. Positive and negative charges can combine to produce the third type D. Electrical forces are weaker than gravitational forces. 20. 10. A resistor having resistance 6.20 is connected across a battery of 5 V using a wire of negotiable resistance. Current passes through the resistor are 0.4 A. The power dissipated in the resistor is A. 0.72 W B.13W Cc. 0.99 W D. 3W Page 7 SECTION B: Answer any THREE questions 1. (a) State Hook’s law in words. ) (b) A 0.350 kg object attached to a spring of force constant 1300 N/m is free to move on a frictionless horizontal surface. If the object is released from rest at x = 0.100 m, find the force on it and its acceleration at © i x= 0.100 m 0.050 m ili, x =-0.02 m A stone is dropped from rest into a well. The sound of the splash is heard exactly 2.00 s later. Find the depth of the well if the air temperature is 10.0°C. (6) (d) A stretched string fixed at each end has a mass of 40.0 g and a length of 8.00 m. The tension in the string is 49,0 N. Determine the positions of the nodes and antinodes for the third harmonic, (@ 2. (a) State two fundamental properties of a simple harmonic oscillator (2) (b) A simple harmonic Oscillator is described by the equation (54,6) = (0.250m)cos (sre!) i. Find the amplitude, frequency, and period of motion ii, Find the maximum magnitude of the velocity and acceleration. iii, What are the position and velocity of the object after 1.00 s has elapsed? (c) A particle floating on a disturbed water surface undergoes a motion represented by the fol- lowing diagram. Given that the frequency of oscillation of the particle is 8.00 Hz, (2,1) 4y i, calculate the speed of the water wave ji, how long does it take the particle to perform one complete oscillation? Page & 3. (a) In the following circuit determine the values of 11, Ip and Jy. (10) (b) A 60-volts potential difference is applied to the circuit below. Find the i, equivalent resistance of the circuit, ii, the current in the circuit, iii, the current in the 10 0 resistor. a a (c) Calculate the resistance per unit length of a 22-gauge Nichrome wire of radius 0.321mm. (2) 4. (a) An uncharged capacitor and a resistor are connected in series to a source of emf. If B= 9.00 V, C = 20.0uF, and R = 100 ©, find (6) i, the time constant of the circuit, Page 9 ii, the maximum charge on the eapacitor, and iii, the charge on the capacitor after one time constant. (b) Find the equivalent capacitance of the group of capacitors shown in the figure below. (10) Ee scour Lat pes ar 6.00 ur rey pane alts (c) An electric field E = 100,000 N/C causes the 5.0 g point charge to hang at e 20° angle. What, is the charge on the ball? (4) End of Exam Page 10

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