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Semester/Academic year 2 2022-2023

FINAL EXAM
Date 31/05/2023
Course title General Physics 1
UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY - VNUHCM Course ID PH1003
FACULTY OF APPLIED SCIENCE
Duration 90 minus Question sheet code 1111
Notes: Closed book exam. MCQ answers will be filled in MCQ forms. The solutions of the problems will be written in the
blank part of this exam paper; if there is a shortage, students can request additional paper.
Student’s name: Student ID:

QUIZZES (L.O.1, L.O.2) (5 pts)

Some useful constants: k = 9×109 Nm2C-2 ; NA = 6.02×1023 mol-1; µ0 = 4π × 10-7 H/m; kB = 1.38 × 10-23
J/K; R= 8.31 J.mol-1K-1; me = 9.1×10-31 kg, e = -1.6×10-19 C; ε0=8.85×10-12 C2/N.m2.

1) (L.O.2) A Carnot refrigerator operates with 6) (L.O. 1) A system undergoes an adiabatic

hot reservoir at temperature T1 = 2060C and cold process in which its internal energy decreases by
reservoir at temperature T2 = 470C. How much 50 J. Which of the following statements is true?
work W must be done on the machine to take A. 50 J of work was done on the system.
away from the cold reservoir the heat of 1 kJ B. 50 J of work was done by the system.
A. 0.183 kJ B. 0.173 kJ C. the system received 50 J of energy as heat.
C. 0.793 kJ D. 0.497 kJ D. the system lost 50 J of energy as heat.
2) (L.O.1) An ideal gas expands in such a 7) (L.O.2) A heat engine performs 200 J of work
manner that its pressure and volume can be in each cycle and has an efficiency of 30.0%.
related by equation PV2 = constant. During this For each cycle, how much energy is taken in by
process, the gas is: heat?
A. heated
B. cooled A. 466.7 J B. 666.7 J
C. neither heated nor cooled C. 285.7 J D. 85.7 J
D. first heated and then cooled 8) (L.O.2) A uniform electric field of intensity
3) (L.O. 2) What amount of heat is to be 3.5 kN/C is applied along the x axis. Calculate
transferred to nitrogen (N2) in an isobaric the electric flux through a rectangular plane 0.35
heating process so that the gas may perform 2 J m wide and 0.7 m long if the plane is parallel to
the yz plane:
work?
A. 0 B. 657 N·m2/C
A. 7J B.3J C. 225 N·m2/C D. 858 N·m2/C
C. 5J D. 2J 9) (L.O.1) L.O.1) Rank
4) (L.O.1) During a reversible adiabatic the magnitudes of the
expansion of an ideal gas, which of the electric field at points A,
following is NOT true? B, and C shown in
Figure.
A. pVϒ= constant C. pV=nRT
ϒ-1
A. A > B > C
B. TV =constant D. pV = constant B. B > A > C
5) (L.O.2) At room temperature (26°C), the C. C > B > A
root-mean-square (rms) speed of the molecules D. No answer is correct.
of certain diatomic gas is found to be 483 m/s. 10) (L.O.2) Calculate the change of entropy
The gas is: when melting 10g of ice to water at 0oC? (latent
A. H2 B. O2 heat of fusion of ice, Lf = 333.55 kJ/kg)
C. N2 D. F2 A. 1.3 J.K-1 B. 12.2 J.K-1

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C. 818.5 J.K-1 D. 12217.9 J.K-1 field inside the solenoid is 23 mT. Find the
11) (L.O.1) Choose the length of the wire forming the solenoid?
correct answer. Calculate A. 17.2 m B. 108 m
the magnitude of the net C. 97.2 m D. 595 m
magnetic field due to 17) (L.O.1) A magnetic field exerts a force on a
branches AA’ and CC’ at charged particle:
the center O as shown in A. always
the beside figure. B. if the particle is moving along the field lines
A. 1 T B. 2 T C. if the particle is moving across the field lines
C. -2 T D. 0 D. if the particle is at rest
18) (L.O.1) The diagram shows three equally
Using the following information to answer the spaced wires that are perpendicular to the
next two questions? page. The currents are all equal, two being
A solid sphere of radius R = 5 cm is made of out of the page and one being into the page.
Rank the wires according to the magnitudes
non-conducting material and carries a total
of the net magnetic forces on them, from least
negative charge Q = -12 C. The charge is to greatest.
uniformly distributed throughout the interior of A. 1, 2, 3
the sphere. B. 2, 1 and 3 tie
12) (L.O.2) What is the magnitude of the C. 2 and 3 tie, then 1
electric potential V at a distance r = 30 cm from D. 1 and 3 tie, then 2
the center of the sphere, given that the potential
is zero at r = ∞ ?
A. V = -7.20 × 1010 V
B. V = -3.60 × 1011 V
C. V = -1.20 × 1012 V
19) (L.O.1) A proton (charge e), traveling
D. V = -2.16 × 1012 V perpendicular to a magnetic field, experiences
13) (L.O.2) What is the magnitude of the the same force as an alpha particle (charge 2e)
electric field E at a distance r = 2 cm from the which is also traveling perpendicular to the
center of the sphere? same field. The ratio of their speeds,
A. E = 3.06 × 1012 N/C vproton/valpha, is:
B. E = 5.40 × 1012 N/C A. 0.5 B. 1
C. E = 1.73 × 1013 N/C C. 2 D. 4
d. E = 4.32 × 1013 N/C 20) (L.O.2) In this figure, two circular arcs
have radii a = 20 cm and b = 10 cm, subtend
angle 𝜃 = 80°, carry current i = 500 mA, and
14) (L.O.1) Two infinitely long straight currents share the same center of curvature P. What
which are parallel and have opposite directions are the magnitude of the net magnetic field at
will: P?
A. attract each other A. 2.5×10!! T B. 3.5×10!! T
!!
B. does not interact with each other. C. 3.5×10 T D. 2.5×10!! T
C. repel each other.
D. repulsive force is greater than attractive
force.
15) (L.O.1) The magnetic field a distance 2 cm
from a long straight current-carrying wire is
2.0×10−5 T. The current in the wire is:
A. 0.2 A B. 1.0A
C. 2.0 A D. 4.0A
16) (L.O.2) A solenoid 1.3 m long and 2.6 cm in
diameter carries a current of 20 A. The magnetic

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B. PROBLEMS:
1) (L.O.1, L.O.2) One mole of oxygen being initially at a temperature T0=290 K is adiabatically
compressed to increase its pressure to 10.0 times. Find:
(a) the gas temperature after the compression. (1pt)
(b) the work that has been performed on the gas. (1pt)

2) (L.O.1, L.O.2)
Proving formula (1pt):
The electric field due to an infinite plane of positive charge with uniform surface charge density σ is
!
𝐸 = !! .
!
Applying formula (0.5pt):
A non-conducting wall carries a uniform charge density of 8.60 µC/cm2. What is the electric field 7.00
cm in front of the wall?

3) (L.O.1, L.O.2)
A conducting loop in the shape of a square of edge length l=0.4 m carries a
current I=1 A as shown in Figure.
(a) Calculate the magnitude and direction of the magnetic field at the center of
the square? (1pt)
(b) What If? If this conductor is reshaped to form a circular loop and carries the
same current, what is the value of the magnetic field at the center? (0.5pt)

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