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Instructor(s):
PHYSICS DEPARTMENT
PHY 2054
1st
Name (print, last first):
08 June 1999
Signature:
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Useful (??) Constants:
k = 9 × 109 Nm2 /C 2
²0 = 8.85 × 10−12 C2 /(Nm2 )
electron charge = −1.6 × 10−19 C
electron mass = 9.11 × 10−31 kg
V=volt
N=newton
J=joule
m=meter
C=coulomb µ = “micro-” = 10−6
A = ampere “pico” = 10−12 n = “nano” = 10−9 proton charge = +e
proton mass = 1.67 × 10−27 kg
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acceleration due to gravity = g = 9.8 m/s
1. Charge A of +5 microC and charge B of −25 microC are placed 10 cm apart. The ratio of the electrostatic force on
charge A to the force on charge B is:
(1) 1:1
(2) 5:25
(3) 25:5
(4) zero
(5) none of these
2. In the previous question, what is the electric field (in megavolts/m) at a point halfway between charge A and charge
B?
(1) 108, toward B
(2) 108, toward A
(3) 72, toward A
(4) 72, toward B
(5) 92, toward B
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equilateral triangle of side length 20 cm. What is the magnitude of the
electric field (in megavolts/m) at the center of the triangle?
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(2) 144
(3) 25
(4) 1.26
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(5) 0.42
4. What is the electrostatic potential energy (in J) of the charge configuration described in the previous question?
(1) 216
(2) 144
(3) 540,000
(4) 72
(5) zero
5. Select all of the following statements that correctly describe a conservative field such as the electric field:
A. The force is independent of the field direction.
B. The work done by the field on a charge is independent of the path.
C. The field does no work on a moving charge.
D. The work done against the field by an external force on a charge in the field is path-independent.
(1) B, D
(2) A
(3) B, C, D
(4) A, B
(5) A, C
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6. A large parallel-plate capacitor has a capacitance of 100 picofarads. If the spacing between the plates is doubled, what
is the new capacitance, in pF?
(1) 50
(2) 200
(3) 25
(4) 400
(5) none of these
7. In the capacitor described above, if the plate spacing is doubled without altering the charge Q on the plates, what
change (if any) occurs to the potential difference V between the plates?
(1) V is doubled
(2) V is halved
(3) V is unchanged
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8. Last week I examined a heart de-fibrillator on a hospital “crash cart”. The device delivers an electric shock to the heart
muscle(s) to (hopefully) regularize an erratic heartbeat. The model I saw can deliver up to 360 J of electric energy
through its two conducting plates or “paddles” that measure about 100 square cm each. Suppose that the paddles are
placed on a patient’s chest and back, opposite each other, separated by the thorax of thickness 25 cm. If the average
resistance of the patient (between the paddles) is 100 ohms and 200 J of energy is delivered in 50 milliseconds, what
was the approximate initial potential difference between the paddles (in volts)?
(1) 630
(2) 12,000
(3) 1500
(4) 12
(5) 2350
9. Identical 10 microfarad capacitors A and B are charged to 100V and 200V, respectively. They are then connected
together, + to – and – to +. After charge equilibrium is reached, what is the potential difference across capacitor B
(in volts)?
(1) 50
(2) 100
(3) 150
(4) 200
(5) 300
10. For the above situation, the total stored energy in both capacitors after charge equilibrium is, with respect to the
initial stored energy U,
(1) U/10
(2) U/5
(3) 1.8 U
(4) 3 U
(5) 5 U
11. An unknown resistance r is connected in series with a 10-ohm resistor. When the combination is connected across a
12V battery, a total of 12 watts of power is dissipated. When a second 12V battery is added in series, the total power
dissipated increases to 48 W. What is the value of r, in ohms?
(1) 2
(2) 4
(3) 6
(4) 8
(5) 12
12. Three copper wires a, b, and c are of identical length. Wire B has twice the radius of wire A and C is twice the radius
of B. The three wires are connected together in parallel and the combination is then connected across a 25-V battery.
The potential difference across each wire (Va , Vb , Vc ) has the relationship Va :Vb :Vc equal to
(1) 1:1:1
(2) 1:4:16
(3) 8:4:1
(4) 16:4:1
(5) 4:2:1
13. Two parallel conducting plates are mounted one above the other, 5 cm apart. A voltage V is placed across the plates
creating a vertically oriented electric field between them. A 1-gram particle carrying a charge of −1 microCoulomb
placed halfway between the plates is held stationary by the field. What is V (in volts) and which plate (upper U or
lower L) is positive?
(1) 490, U
(2) 490, L
(3) 9800, U
(4) 9800, L
(5) insufficient data for solution
14. A 1 microfarad capacitor is connected in series with a 500-ohm resistor. This RC combination is connected across a
50-volt battery at time t = 0. What is the potential difference (in Volts) across the resistor at time t = 1 millisecond?
Assume the capacitor is initially uncharged.
(1) 6.8
(2) 4
(3) 320
(4) 30
(5) 12
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15. Find the equivalent resistance (in ohms) in the following circuit. All
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(2) 100
(3) 16
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16. In the previous circuit, what is the magnitude (ignore the sign) of the potential difference VAB (in Volts) between
points A and B?
(1) 1.5
(2) 3.0
(3) 26.5
(4) 13.5
(5) 9.5
17. In the following capacitor circuit, find the emf (in V) of the battery if
the charge on the 7 microFarad capacitor is 140 microCoulombs.
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(1) 40
(2) 20
(3) 10
(4) 25
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18. Three charges of magnitude −1 microCoulombs, 2 microCoulombs, and
3 microCoulombs are arranged as shown. Find the electric flux through
the surface S (in 105 N/(Cm2 ).
(1) 1.13
(2) 2.26
(3) 5.6
(5) 30
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(4) 4.5
(5) 0
19. An electron is shot towards a −1 nanoCoulomb point charge. How close does the electron come to the −1 microCoulomb
charge (in m) if its velocity is 3.7 × 106 m/s when it is far away? Assume that the −1 microCoulomb charge remains
at rest.
(1) 0.23
(2) 0.46
(3) 0.12
(4) 0.34
(5) 0.60
20. A charge Q is a distance d from another charge −9Q. Somewhere along the line joining these two charges is a point
where the electric field is zero. How far away from the Q charge is this point?
(1) d/2
(2) 2d
(3) 3d
(4) 9d
(5) d
THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS, NUMBERED IN THE ORDER OF THEIR APPEARANCE ON THE ABOVE
LIST, HAVE BEEN FLAGGED AS CONTINUATION QUESTIONS: 2 4 7 10 16