Department of Applied Physics and Astronomy

College of Sciences
University of Sharjah

Course Name Physics 2

Course ID 1430117

Semester Fall 2019/2020

Exam Midterm Date 31October 2019

Place Time 16:30 – 17:15

Instructor

Student’s name: ID: Section:

MCQ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Total

Answer

MCQ 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Mark
30
Assigned

Answer Mark
Obtained

Please read the following instructions carefully:

• (a) The exam is made up of 20 MCQ covering 8 pages (including the cover page and the equation
sheet).
• (b) Indicate your MCQ answers clearly in the above table using a pen.
• (c) Mobiles must be turned off and put away!
• (d) Show your complete solution next to each question.
 Circle the correct Answer
and show your complete solution next to each question

1) Two charged objects are separated by a distance d. The first charge is larger in magnitude than the
second charge.

A) The first charge exerts a larger force on the second charge.

B) The second charge exerts a larger force on the first charge.
C) The charges exert forces on each other equal in magnitude and opposite in direction.
D) The charges exert forces on each other equal in magnitude and pointing in the same direction.
E) None of the above.

2) The force between a 30 mC charge and a -90 mC charge is 1.8 N. How far apart are they?

A) 1.9 m
B) 2.3 m
C) 3.7 m
D) 4.2 m
E) 7.4 m
3) A point charge of +Q is placed at the center of an equilateral triangle. When a second charge of +Q is
placed at one of the triangle's vertices, an electrostatic force of 4.0 N acts on it. What is the magnitude of
the force that acts on the center charge due to a third charge of +Q placed at one of the other vertices?

A) 0
B) 4.0 N
C) 8.0 N
D) 16 N
E) 32 N

4) What are the magnitude and direction of the electric field at a distance of 1.50 m from a
50.0-nC charge?

A) 20 N/C away from the charge

B) 20 N/C toward the charge
C) 200 N/C away from the charge
D) 200 N/C toward the charge
E) 250 N/C away from the charge

5) Three 3.0 µC charges are at the three corners of a square of side 0.50 m. The last corner is occupied by
a -3.0 µC charge. Find the electric field at the center of the square.
A) 2.2 × 105 N/C
B) 4.3 × 105 N/C
C) 6.1 × 105 N/C
D) 9.3 ×105 N/C
E) 1.3 ×105 N/C
6) A uniform linear charge of 18.0 nC/m is distributed along the x axis from x = 0 to x = 3 m. Which of
the following integrals is correct for the x component of the electric field at y = 2 m on the y axis?

3 –18x dx
A) 9
 (4 + x2)3/2
0
3 –18 dx
B) 9
 (2 + x)2
0
3 –18 dx
C) 9
 4 + x2
0
3 –18x dx
D) 9
 (2 + x)3
0
E) None of these.
7) Which one of the diagrams below is a possible part of an electric field configuration of a single
negative charge?

A) a
B) b
C) c
D) d
E) e

8) A charge of 50 µC is placed on the y axis at y = - 3.0 cm and a charge of -50 µC is placed on the y axis
at y = 3.0 cm to make an electric dipole. An electric field of magnitude 2.0 × 103 𝑁/𝐶 , is applied
in the positive-y direction, what is the electric potential energy of the electric dipole?

A) 6.0 x 10-3J
B) -6.0 x 10-3 J
C) 3.0 x 10-4 J
D) -3.0 x 10-4 J
E) -8.0 x 10-4J
9) Two charges of 15 pC and –40 pC are inside a cube with sides that are of 0.40-m length. Determine
the net electric flux through the surface of the cube.

A) +2.8 N  m2/C
B) –1.1 N  m2/C
C) +1.1 N  m2/C
D) –2.8 N  m2/C
E) –0.47 N  m2/C

10) Two infinite parallel surfaces carry uniform charge densities of 0.20 nC/m2 and –0.60 nC/m2. What
is the magnitude of the electric field at a point midway between the two surfaces?

A) 34 N/C
B) 23 N/C
C) 45 N/C
D) 17 N/C
E) 90 N/C

11) A solid non-conducting sphere (radius = 12 cm) has a charge of uniform density (30 nC/m3)
distributed throughout its volume. Determine the magnitude of the electric field 10 cm from the
center of the sphere.

A) 82 N/C
B) 429 N/C
C) 310 N/C
D) 113 N/C
E) 206 N/C
12) A 4.0-pC point charge is placed at the center of a cavity in a conducting sphere (inner radius = 2.0
cm, outer radius = 4.0 cm) which has a net charge of 4.0 pC on the surface. Determine the
magnitude of the electric field at two points that are 3.0 and 6.0 cm from the center.

A) 0 and 35 N/C
B) 1.2 and 25 N/C
C) 0 and 20 N/C
D) 0 and 0 N/C
E) 5.2 and 10 N/C

13) Charge Q1=3 nC is distance r=5 cm from the charge Q=-10 nC. Charge Q2=1 nC is distance 2r from
Q. What is the ratio U1/U2 of the potential energies of the charges Q1 and Q2 due to their interaction with
Q?

A) 6
B) 0.17
C) 3
D) 1
E) 0
 14) In the Figure, a charge Q1=1µC is uniformly distributed on the sphere with radius R1=1 cm, charge
Q2=-2µC on the sphere with radius R2=2 cm, and charge Q3=5µC on the sphere with radiusR1=3 cm.
What is the electric potential at 5 cm from the center of the spheres?

A) 9.0105V
B) 3.0105V
C) 9.0105V
D) 9.0104V
E) 0V

15) Two point charges Q1=110-9 C and Q2=-210-9 C are located at the corners of the equilateral triangle
with its side 10 cm. What is an electric potential at the third corner?

A) 0V
B) -90 V
C) +900 V
D) -2700 V
E) +2700 V
16) A conducting sphere of the radius 20 cm is charged to the potential 3105 V. What is an electric
potential at the center of the sphere?

A) 3105 V
B) 0V
C) 6105 V
D) 3106 V
E) 3104 V

17) Parallel-plate capacitor is attached to the battery that provides a constant potential difference between
its plates. Next, the distance between the plates is doubled. As a result, the potential energy stored by the
capacitor

A) Will decrease by two.

B) Will decrease by four.
C) Will not change.
D) Will increase by two.
E) Will increase by four.
18) In the Figure, C1=5 nF, C1=1 nF,C3=3 nF, C4=7 nF. What is the potential difference between the
plates of capacitor C2?

A) 10 V
B) 12 V
C) 8V
D) 4V
E) 0V

19) What is the length of a cylindrical capacitor with capacitance 10 pF if its inner and outer radii are 1
and 3 mm, respectively?

A) 0.2m
B) 1.2m
C) 0.4 m
D) 0.9 m
E) 0.3m

20) Rank in order, from largest to smallest, the equivalent capacitances of these four groups of capacitors:

A) 1, 3, 4, 2
B) 1, 2, 3, 4
C) 4, 3, 2, 1
D) 1, 4, 2, 3
E) 3, 1, 4, 2
 Equation Sheet

1
𝜀0 = 8.85x10−12 C 2 /N. m2 𝑘 = = 8.988 x109 𝑁. 𝑚2 /𝐶 2 𝑒 = 1.6x10−19 𝐶
4𝜋𝜀0
1 𝑞1 𝑞2 1 𝑞 𝜎 𝑧
𝐹= 𝐸= ⃗⃗𝜏 = 𝑝x𝐸⃗ 𝐸= (1 − )
4𝜋𝜀0 𝑟 2 4𝜋𝜀0 𝑟 2 2𝜀0 √𝑧 2 + 𝑅 2
𝑝 = 𝑞𝑑𝜏 = 𝑝𝐸𝑠𝑖𝑛(𝜃)𝑈 = −𝑝. 𝐸⃗
𝑄𝑒𝑛𝑐 𝜎 𝜎 𝜆
⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗ =
𝜙 = ∮ 𝐸⃗ . 𝑑𝐴 𝐸=𝜀 𝐸 = 2𝜀 𝐸 = 2𝜋𝜀
𝜖0 0 0 0𝑟
E= Qr
4 R3
0
𝑓
𝑊 = −∆𝑈 = −𝑞∆𝑉 𝑈 = 𝑞𝑉 𝑊𝑎𝑝𝑝 = 𝑞(𝑉𝑓 − 𝑉𝑖 ) 𝑉𝑓 − 𝑉𝑖 = − ∫ 𝐸⃗ . ⃗⃗⃗⃗
𝑑𝑠
𝑖
1 𝑞 1 𝑞𝑖 1 𝑑𝑞
𝑉= 𝑉= ∑ 𝑉= ∫
4𝜋𝜀0 𝑟 4𝜋𝜀0 𝑟𝑖 4𝜋𝜀0 𝑟
𝑖
1 𝑞1 𝑞2 𝜕𝑉 𝜕𝑉 𝜕𝑉
𝑈= 𝐸𝑥 = − 𝐸𝑦 = − 𝐸𝑧 = −
4𝜋𝜀0 𝑟 𝜕𝑥 𝜕𝑦 𝜕𝑧
𝐴 𝑟𝑏 𝑟𝑎
𝑞 = 𝐶𝑉 𝐶 = 𝜀0 𝐶 = 4𝜋𝜀0 ( ) 𝐶 = 2𝜋𝜀0 𝐿/ 𝑙𝑛(𝑟𝑏 /𝑟𝑎 )
𝑑 𝑟𝑏− 𝑟𝑎
1 1
𝐶𝑠
= ∑𝐶 𝐶𝑝 = ∑ 𝐶𝑖 U=(1/2) CV2
𝑖