SUMMATIVE EXAMINATION IN GENERAL PHYSICS 2

I. MULTIPLE CHOICE. SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER FOR EACH QUESTION.

1. What does electrical grounding accomplish in a circuit?
a. Providing a path for current to flow through.
b. Reducing the voltage of the circuit
c. Protecting against electrical shocks
d. Increasing the resistance of the circuit
e. Generating electrical energy
2. Which point has the highest current, point 1 or point 2, when comparing the two?
a. Point 1
b. Point 2
c. Neither, since the current flows in only one direction around the circuit.
d. Neither, since the current flows in two directions around the circuit.
e. Insufficient information to answer the question.
3. Can doubling the current through a battery result in the potential difference across the battery being doubled?
a. Yes, this is true according to Ohm's law (V=IR).
b. Yes, this is true because increasing resistance also increases potential difference.
c. No, this is false because doubling the current reduces the potential difference by half.
d. No, this is false because the potential difference is an inherent property of the battery.
e. No, this is false because the potential difference is an inherent property of all components in the circuit.
4. What is the potential difference between points A and B?
a. 0 V
b. 3 V
c. 6 V
d. 12 V
e. None of the above
5. What is the SI unit of electric potential energy?
a. Joules
b. Volts
c. Coulombs
d. Ohms
e. Tesla
6. Which of the following is not true regarding electric potential?
a. The positive terminal of a battery has higher electric potential than the negative terminal
b. A negative charge moving from low potential to high potential will accelerate
c. When a positive charge moves from a region of low potential to high potential, the electric field does positive work on the charge
d. Electric potential can be expressed with units of Volts or Joules per Coulomb
e. All of these are true statements.
7. The picture on the right shows an electrical circuit. This circuit is a series circuit because:
a. It has three (3) resistors
b. It uses a single battery
c. The same current flows through all three (3) light bulbs
d. The electrical current is divided between the three (3) light bulbs
e. None of the above
8. The circuit on the right does not work because
a. The bulbs are not connected properly.
b. There is a break in the circuit.
c. The single cell is not powerful enough.
d. There is a short circuit.
e. This circuit will work just fine.
9. The circuit on the right does not work because
a. The bulbs are not connected properly
b. There is a break in the circuit
c. Two cells are not powerful enough
d. The cells are facing each other
e. This circuit will work just fine
10. In a parallel circuit which of the following is the same value throughout the circuit?
a. Voltage
b. Resistance
c. Current
d. Charge
e. None of the choices
11. Which of the following is a property of insulators?
a. They allow electricity to flow freely d. They do not conduct electricity well
b. They have a low resistance to electricity e. They have a positive charge
c. They are typically made of metals

SET B
 12. What is an electric field?
a. The flow of electric charge through a conductor
b. The amount of voltage in a circuit
c. The region around a charged object where a force is exerted on other charged objects
d. The resistance of a circuit
e. The current in a circuit
13. What is the equivalent resistance of three 10,000 Ω resistors in parallel?
a. 33, 333 Ω
b. 3.333 × 10−14 Ω
c. 3.1 × 107 Ω
d. 3, 333.3 Ω
e. None of the above
14. The circuit diagram represents four light bulbs connected to a battery. All four bulbs are lit. Which bulb
can burn out while allowing the other three bulbs to remain lit?
a. Either B1 or B2
b. Either B2 or B4
c. Either B1 or B3
d. Either B3 or B4
e. None of the choices
15. Which of the following is a characteristic of conductors?
a. They tend to hold on to their electrons tightly
b. They have a high resistance to electricity
c. They are typically used as insulators
d. They are poor heat conductors
e. They allow electricity to flow easily through them
16. An electrical device used to measure voltage drops across resistors.
a. Voltmeter
b. Ammeter
c. Ohmmeter
d. Potentiometer
e. Galvanometer
17. Which of the following is an example of a good conductor of electricity?
a. Rubber d. Copper
b. Glass e. Plastic
c. Wood
18. How does the direction of an electric field line relate to the direction of the electric field?
a. Electric field lines always point in the same direction as the electric field
b. Electric field lines always point in the opposite direction of the electric field
c. Electric field lines are always perpendicular to the surface of the charged object
d. Electric field lines are always parallel to the direction of the electric field
e. Electric field lines can be oriented in any direction relative to the electric field
19. In series circuit, total resistance Rt is calculated with the formula ____.
a. RT = R1 + R2 + R3+...
b. RT = R1 - R2 - R3
c. RT = 1(R1 + R2 + R3)-1
d. Both A and B
e. None of the above
20. Calculate the equivalent resistance between A and B.
a. 6.67 Ω
b. 46.67 Ω
c. 26.67 Ω
d. 10.67 Ω
e. None of the above
21. When a negatively charged object is brought near a positively charged object, which of the following statements is true?
a. The negatively charged object will lose some of its charge by conduction
b. The positively charged object will lose some of its charge by conduction
c. The two objects will attract each other and no charge transfer will occur
d. The negatively charged object will gain some positive charge by induction
e. The positively charged object will gain some negative charge by induction
22. What happens to the electric potential energy of a charged object as it moves from a region of higher potential to a region of lower
potential?
a. The electric potential energy decreases
b. The electric potential energy increases
c. The electric potential energy remains constant
d. The electric potential energy becomes negative
e. The electric potential energy becomes positive

SET B
 23. What is electric potential difference?
a. The difference in electric potential between two points in an electric field
b. The difference in electric potential energy between two charged objects in an electric field
c. The difference in electric field strength between two points in an electric field
d. The difference in charge between two objects in an electric field
e. The difference in electric current between two points in an electric field
24. Which of the following statements is true about the diameter of a wire and its resistivity?
a. The larger the diameter of the wire, the lower its resistivity
b. The larger the diameter of the wire, the higher its resistivity
c. The diameter of the wire has no effect on its resistivity
d. The resistivity of a wire depends on its length, not its diameter
e. The resistivity of a wire is not affected by its diameter or length
25. Which of the following statements is true about the resistivity of a wire?
a. It is a measure of the wire's ability to conduct electricity
b. It is the reciprocal of the wire's conductivity
c. It is measured in ohms per meter
d. It is a material property of the wire
e. All of the above
26. What is the difference between positive and negative charges?
a. Positive charges possess more protons than electrons, while negative charges have more electrons than protons.
b. Positive charges have more electrons than protons, while negative charges have more protons than electrons.
c. Positive charges have an equal number of protons and electrons, while negative charges have an imbalance of either protons
or electrons.
d. Positive charges are exclusively located in atomic nuclei, while negative charges are present in the electron cloud encircling
the nucleus.
e. None of the above options are correct.
27. How can you distinguish between a series circuit and a parallel circuit?
a. A series circuit has all components connected in a single loop, while a parallel circuit has multiple branches.
b. A series circuit has all components connected in multiple branches, while a parallel circuit has all components connected in a
single loop.
c. A series circuit has a single resistor, while a parallel circuit has multiple resistors.
d. A parallel circuit has multiple batteries, while a series circuit has a single battery.
e. None of the above options are correct.
28. How does electric potential differ from electric potential energy?
a. Electric potential is the work done per unit charge to move a charge from infinity to a point in an electric field, while electric
potential energy is the energy stored in a system of charges.
b. Electric potential is the force per unit charge between two charges, while electric potential energy is the product of the
charges and the distance between them.
c. Electric potential is the electric field times the charge of a test charge, while electric potential energy is the electric field
times the distance moved by the test charge.
d. Electric potential is a scalar quantity, while electric potential energy is a vector quantity.
e. None of the above options are correct.
29. How are resistance, current, and voltage related in an electric circuit?
a. Current is directly proportional to resistance and inversely proportional to voltage.
b. Resistance is directly proportional to current and inversely proportional to voltage.
c. Voltage is directly proportional to resistance and inversely proportional to current.
d. Voltage is directly proportional to current and inversely proportional to resistance.
e. None of the above options are correct.
30. At what angle between the area vector and field lines will electric flux be zero?
a. 45°
b. 135°
c. 90°
d. 0°
e. None of the above options are correct.
31. If the electric flux coming out of a balloon with a radius of 10 cm is 1.0 × 10 3 Nm2/C, what will be the flux coming out from the balloon if
its radius is doubled?
a. 0.5 times the original flux.
b. 2 times the original flux.
c. The same as the original flux.
d. 4 times the original flux.
e. e. None of the above.

SET B
 32. A student has set up the three circuits shown. The light bulbs and the batteries are identical.

Rank all 3 ammeters (A1, A2, and A3) in order of their current measurements
from greatest to smallest.

a. 𝐴1 = 𝐴2 = 𝐴3
b. 𝐴1 = 𝐴2 > 𝐴3
c. 𝐴1 = 𝐴2 < 𝐴3
d. 𝐴2 = 𝐴1 > 𝐴3
e. None of the above
33. In these three circuits, all the batteries are identical and have negligible internal resistance, and all the light bulbs are identical.

Rank all 5 light bulbs (A, B, C, D, E) in order of brightness from

brightest to dimmest.

a. A = B = C > D = E
b. A > B = C = D = E
c. A = D = E > B = C
d. A > B > C > D = E
e. None of the above
34. What is the magnitude of the potential difference between points A and B on the circuit, while the switch is open?
a. 0 volts
b. 3 volts
c. 6 volts
d. 12 volts
e. None of the above

For questions 35 - 38 the group of dashed arrows represents uniform electric field lines. What is the direction, if any, of the force on the
particle due to the field if:

• the particle is initially at rest and

35. the particle has a net negative charge?

36. the particle has a net positive charge?

• the particle is initially moving to the right and

37. the particle has a net negative charge?

38. the particle has a net positive charge?

39. In the figure to the right, what can be concluded about what the imaginary, hollow cube is concealing?
a. There is a net negative charge in the cube.
b. There is a net positive charge in the cube.
c. There is no net charge in the cube.
d. This is an impossible situation.
e. Nothing can be concluded.
40. Does the production of light in a light bulb result in charges being used up?
a. Charges moving through the filament produce "friction" which heats up the filament and produces light, leading to the loss
of charges.
b. Photons are emitted and lost, resulting in the loss of charges.
c. Charges are absorbed by the filament and lost, leading to the usage of charges.
d. Charges are not used up and are conserved, being converted into another form such as heat and light.
e. Charges moving through the filament produce "friction" which heats up the filament and produces light, but charges are not
used up and are conserved.

SET B