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Final Exam Review 1528317655806 SC
Final Exam Review 1528317655806 SC
Final Exam Review 1528317655806 SC
1. A positively charged rod is held near the knob of a 2. As shown in the diagram below, a charged rod is held
neutral electroscope. Which diagram best represents near, but not touching, a neutral electroscope.
the distribution of charge on the electroscope?
A)
The charge on the knob is
A) positive and the leaves are positive
B) positive and the leaves are negative
C) negative and the leaves are positive
B) D) negative and the leaves are negative
3. When a rod is brought near a neutral electroscope, the
leaves diverge. Which statement best describes the
charge on the rod?
A) It must be positive.
B) It must be negative.
C) It may be neutral.
C) D) It may be positive or negative.
4. When a positively charged body touches a neutral
body, the neutral body will
A) gain protons B) lose protons
C) gain electrons D) lose electrons
5. When an electroscope is charged by contact, the
charging body always gives the electroscope
D) A) a charge opposite that of the charging body
B) the same charge as the charging body
C) a negative charge
D) a positive charge
6. Which diagram best illustrates a neutral electroscope
being charged by conduction?
A) B)
C) D)
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7. When a rubber rod is rubbed with fur, the rod
becomes negatively charged due to the transfer of
A) electrons to the fur B) protons to the fur
C) electrons to the rod D) protons to the rod
8. Base your answer to the following question on the diagram below and on your knowledge of physics.
The diagram represents two small, charged, identical metal spheres, A and B that are separated by a
distance of 2.0 meters.
If the two spheres were touched together and then separated, the charge on sphere A would be
A) B) C) D)
9. Sphere A carries a charge of +2 coulombs and an 11. Two identically-sized metal spheres on insulating
identical sphere B is neutral. If the spheres touch one stands are positioned as shown below. The charge on
another and then are separated, the charge on sphere B sphere A is coulomb and the charge on
would be sphere B is coulomb.
A) +1 C B) +2 C C) 0 C D) +4 C
10. Which magnitude of charge could not be found on
an object?
A) B)
C) D)
The two spheres are touched together and then
separated. The total number of excess electrons on
sphere A after the separation is
A) B)
C) D)
12. A metal sphere having an excess of +5 elementary
charges has a net electric charge of
A) 1.6 × 10 -19 C B) 8.0 × 10 -19 C
C) 5.0 × 10 0 C D) 3.2 × 10 19 C
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A) A B) B C) C D) D
14. How is a positive charge usually given to a neutral 17. The force that these two spheres exert upon each
object ? other is
A) Neutrons are added to the object. A) B)
B) Electrons are removed from the object. C) D)
C) Protons are added to the object.
18. As the distance between the two positively charged
D) Protons are removed from the object.
spheres increases, the force of repulsion between
15. Objects A and B are charged as shown in the them
diagram. A and B are brought together and touched.
A) decreases B) increases
Which is the correct distribution of charge after the
two objects have been separated? C) remain the same
19. If the charge on one of two small charged spheres is
doubled while the distance between them remains
the same, the electrostatic force between the point
sources will be
A) B) A) halved B) doubled
C) tripled D) unchanged
20. If the charge on each of two point sources is
doubled, the electrostatic force between them
C) D) A) remains the same
B) is one-half as great
C) is twice as great
D) is four times as great
16. Two charges that are 2 meters apart repel each other
with a force of 2 × 10–5 Newton. If the distance
between the charges is decreased to 1 meter, the
force of repulsion will be
A) 1 × 10 –5 N B) 5 × 10 –6 N
C) 8 × 10 –5 N D) 4 × 10 –5 N
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Base your answers to questions 21 through 23 on the diagram below which shows a positive point
charge placed at A.
21. The electric field intensity at point B is E. At point D the field intensity will be equal to
A) E/9 B) E/3 C) 3E D) 9E
22. If a negative point charge is moved from point B to point C, the force between the two charges will
A) decrease B) increase
C) remain the same
23. The electric field surrounding charge A is best represented by which diagram?
A) B)
C) D)
24. Which graph best represents the relationship between the magnitude of the electric field strength, E,
around a point charge and the distance, r, from the point charge?
A) B)
C) D)
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25. The diagram below shows the arrangement of three
charged hollow metal spheres, A, B, and C. The
arrows indicate the direction of the electric forces
acting between the spheres. At least two of the
spheres are positively charged.
Which sphere, if any, could be negatively charged?
A) sphere A B) sphere B
C) sphere C D) no sphere
26. Which diagram represents the electric field between two oppositely charged conducting spheres?
A) B)
C) D)
27. Base your answer to the following question on
the diagram below which represents two small, charged conducting spheres, identical in size, located
2.00 meters apart.
Which diagram best represents the electric field between the two spheres?
A) B)
C) D)
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At which location is the electric field intensity due to
these two charges equal to zero?
A) A B) B C) X D) Y
29. Two parallel aluminum plates are connected to a
source of potential as shown in the diagram.
Which vector best represents the resultant
electrostatic force on the sphere?
A) B)
C) D)
The electric field strength between the two plates is
A) constant between the plates except near the
edges 32. Base your answer to the following question on the
B) zero midway between the plates diagram below which represents an electron being
C) maximum near the positively charged plate projected between two oppositely charged parallel
plates.
D) maximum midway between the plates
30. An electron is placed between two oppositely
charged parallel plates as shown in the diagram
below.
In which direction will the electric field deflect the
electron?
As the electron mover toward the positive plate, the
magnitude of the electric force acting on the electron A) into the page B) out of the page
A) decreases B) increases C) to the right D) to the left
C) remains the same 33. For a given applied voltage, which particle will have
the greatest acceleration?
A) an electron B) a proton
C) a neutron D) an alpha particle
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What is the magnitude and direction of the electric
field intensity between the plates?
A) 1.2 × 10 3 V/m toward plate A
B) 1.2 × 10 3 V/m toward plate B
C) 1.2 × 10 4 V/m toward plate A
D) 1.2 × 10 4 V/m toward plate B
39. What is the magnitude of the electrostatic force
Base your answers to questions 35 and 36 on exerted on sphere A?
the diagram below which represents a voltage source
connected to two large, parallel metal plates. The A) B)
electric field intensity between the plates is C) 120 N D) 10. N
Newtons per coulomb. 40. Compared to the electrical potential energy of the
system at a separation of 12 meters, the electrical
potential energy of the system at a separation of 6
meters is
A) less B) greater
C) the same
41. How much work is required to move an electron
35. As a proton moves from A to B to C, the electric through a potential difference of 3.00 volts?
force on the proton
A) B)
A) decreases B) increases C) D)
C) remains the same
42. A volt is defined as a
36. If the source is replaced with one having twice the
A) joule/coulomb
potential difference and the distance between the
plates is halved, the electric field intensity between B) joule/second
the plates will C) coulomb/second
D) joule-second/coulomb
A) decrease B) increase
C) remain the same
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57. A 330.-ohm resistor is connected to a 5.00-volt
battery. The current through the resistor is
A) 0.152 mA B) 15.2 mA
C) 335 mA D) 1650 mA
58. If the potential difference across a 12-ohm resistor is
4 volts, the current through the resistor is
A) 1/3 A B) 1/2 A C) 3 A D) 4 A
59. The graph below represents the relationship between
the potential difference across a metal conductor and
the current through the conductor at a constant
temperature.
What is the resistance of the conductor?
A) 1 ohm B) 0.01 ohm
C) 0.1 ohm D) 10 ohms
60. Which graph best represents the relationship between the electrical power and the current in a resistor
that obeys Ohms Law?
A) B) C) D)
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C) D)
Through which entire interval does the resistor obey
Ohm's law?
A) AB B) BC C) CD D) AD
62. A constant potential difference is applied across a 64. Base your answer to the following question on the
variable resistor held at constant temperature. Which diagram below which shows 3 resistors connected to
graph best represents the relationship between the a 15-volt source.
resistance of the variable resistor and the current
through it?
A)
B)
The total resistance of the circuit is
A) B) C) D)
C) 65. Which quantity must be the same for each
component in any series circuit?
A) voltage B) power
C) resistance D) current
D)
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Base your answers to questions 71 and 72 on the
diagram below. The reading of voltmeter V1 is 26
volts, and the reading of ammeter A1 is 2 amperes.
How much charge passes through the resistor in 2.0
seconds?
A) 6.0 C B) 2.0 C C) 8.0 C D) 4.0 C
67. The diagram below represents a series circuit
containing three resistors.
71. What is the total resistance of the circuit?
A) B) C) D)
What is the current through resistor R2? 72. What is the reading of voltmeter V2?
A) 1.0 A B) 0.33 A A) 52 V B) 26 V C) 13 V D) 8 V
C) 3.0 A D) 9.0 A
Base your answers to questions 68 through 70 on the 73. The potential difference between points A and B in
diagram below. the electric circuit shown below is 10 volts.
What is the voltage between points B and C?
68. What is the total resistance of the circuit? A) 5 V B) 10 V C) 20 V D) 30 V
A) B) C) D)
69. Compared to the current in R1, the current in R2 is
A) less B) greater
C) the same
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A) switch
B) voltmeter
C) magnetic field source
The reading of ammeter A will be
D) source of potential difference
75. If several resistors are connected in series in an A) 0.2 ampere B) 5 amperes
electric circuit, the potential difference across C) 10 amperes D) 20 amperes
each resistor 79. In the diagram below, lamps L1 and L2 are connected
A) varies directly with its resistance to a constant voltage power supply.
B) varies inversely with its resistance
C) varies inversely with the square of its resistance
D) is independent of its resistance
76. Base your answer to the following question on the
circuit diagram shown below of a 120-volt power
If lamp L1 burns out, the brightness of L2 will
source running a heater that draws 10.0 amperes of
current. A) decrease B) increase
C) remain the same
80. In the circuit diagram below, what are the correct
readings of voltmeters V1 and V2?
The resistance of the heater has a value of
A) 0.083 ohm B) 12 ohms
C) 130 ohms D) 1,200 ohms
A) V1 reads 2.0 V and V2 reads 4.0 V
77. Circuit A has four 3.0-ohm resistors connected in B) V1 reads 4.0 V and V2 reads 2.0 V
series with a 24-volt battery, and circuit B has two
C) V1 reads 3.0 V and V2 reads 3.0 V
3.0-ohm resistors connected in series with a 24-volt
D) V1 reads 6.0 V and V2 reads 6.0 V
battery. Compared to the total potential drop across
circuit A, the total potential drop across circuit B is
A) one-half as great B) twice as great
C) the same D) four times as great
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B)
C)
What is the reading of ammeter A?
A) 1 A B) 2 A C) 3 A D) 4 A
84. Ammeters A1, A2 and A3 are placed in a circuit as
shown below.
D)
82. Base your answer to the following question on the
diagram below, which shows two resistors and three
ammeters connected to a voltage source.
What is the reading on ammeter A3?
A) 1.0 A B) 2.0 A C) 3.0 A D) 5.0 A
85. The diagram below represents a segment of a circuit.
What is the current in ammeter A?
What is the current reading of ammeter A1 ?
A) 10.0 A B) 6.0 A A) 1 A B) 0 A C) 3.5 A D) 7 A
C) 3.0 A D) 4.0 A
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Base your answers to questions 86 and 87 on the Base your answers to questions 89 through 91 on the
circuit diagram below. diagram below which represents an electric circuit.
The voltmeter, V, reads 12 volts.
86. The effective resistance of the circuit is
89. The resistance of the circuit is
A) B) C) D)
A) less than
87. The reading of ammeter A1 is
B)
A) 5 A B) 2 A C) 3 A D) 8 A C) between and
D)
88. In the diagram shown, how many amperes is the
reading of ammeter A? 90. What is the current in the 4-ohm resistor?
A) 6 A B) 2 A C) 3 A D) 4 A
91. Ammeter A should read
A) 6 A B) 2 A C) 3 A D) 9 A
92. In the circuit diagram shown below, what is the
current through the 4.0-ohm resistor?
Compared to the power dissipated in the 1.0-ohm
resistor, the power dissipated in the 3.0-ohm resistor
is
A) less B) greater
95. If the length of the copper wire being tested is C) the same
decreased, its total resistance will
A) decrease B) increase
C) remain the same
96. The resistance of the wire is closest to
A) B) C) D)
97. When the voltage is volts, the rate at which energy
is being supplied to the wire is approximately
A) B)
C) D)
98. The potential difference across a 100.-ohm resistor is
4.0 volts. What is the power dissipated in the
resistor?
A) 0.16 W B) 25 W
C) D) 4.0 W
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101. If resistance R2 were removed, the potential
difference across R1 would As an electron moves from plate A to plate B how
much work is done on the electron?
A) decrease B) increase
C) remain the same A) B)
C) D)
102. How much energy is used by the 12-ohm resistor in
2 hours? 107. An electron-volt is a unit of
A) 48 J B) A) potential difference
C) D) B) charge
C) current
103. Base your answer to the following question on D) energy
the information below. 108. What is the maximum amount of kinetic energy
that may be gained by a proton accelerated through
An electric heater rated at 4,800 watts is operated a potential difference of 50 volts?
on 120 volts.
A) 1 eV B) 10 eV
If the original heater were operated at less than 120
volts, the amount of heat produced would C) 50 eV D) 100 eV
109. An energy of 13.6 electron-volts is equivalent to
A) decrease B) increase
C) remain the same A) B)
104. What is the approximate amount of electrical C) D)
energy needed to operate a 1,600-watt toaster for 110. How much energy is needed to move one electron
60. seconds? through a potential difference of 1.0 × 102 volts?
A) 27 J B) 1,500 J A) 1.0 J B) 1.0 × 10 2 J
C) 1,700 J D) 96,000 J C) 1.6 × 10 –19 J D) 1.6 × 10 –l7 J
105. An elementary charge is accelerated by a potential 111. A helium ion with +2 elementary charges is
difference of 9.0 volts. The total energy acquired by accelerated by a potential difference of 5.0 × 103
the charge is volts. What is the kinetic energy acquired by the
ion?
A) 9.0 eV B) 12 eV
C) 3.0 eV D) 27 eV A) 32 × 10 –19 eV B) 2.0 eV
C) 5.0 × 10 3 eV D) 1.0 × 10 4 eV
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C)
At which point is the magnetic field strength
greatest?
A) A B) B C) C D) D D)
116. Magnetic flux density may be measured in
A) N/m 2 B) Wb/m2
C) C/m2 D) J/m 2
117. Which diagram best represents the lines of
magnetic flux between the ends of two bar
magnets?
A) B)
C) D)
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120. The diagram below shows a compass placed near
the north pole, N. of a bar magnet.
Which diagram best represents the position of the
needle of the compass as it responds to the
magnetic field of the bar magnet?
A) B)
C) D)