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A) MCQ ANSWER SHEET:

Choose for each question only one correct answer and darken corresponding circle in the following answer sheet.
A B C D A B C D A B C D A B C D
1 O O O O 6 O O O O 11 O O O O 16 O O O O
2 O O O O 7 O O O O 12 O O O O 17 O O O O
3 O O O O 8 O O O O 13 O O O O 18 O O O O
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1) A linearly polarized plane electromagnetic wave in vacuum has an electric field amplitude of 220V/m. Calculate the
amplitude of the corresponding magnetic field.
A. 733 nT. B. 300nT. C. 40nT. D. 20nT.
2) In a plane radio wave the maximum value of the electric field component is 5.00 V/m. Calculate the wave intensity.
A. 0.03W/s2. B. 33W/s2. C. 331W/s2. D. 3W/s2.

3) For an electromagnetic wave the direction of the vector gives:

A. the direction of the electric field. B. the direction of the magnetic field.
C. the direction of wave propagation. D. the direction of the electromagnetic force on a proton.

4) Displacement current exists wherever there is:

A. a magnetic field. B. moving charge. C. a changing magnetic field. D. a changing electric field.
5) In simple harmonic motion, the restoring force must be proportional to the:
A. amplitude. B. frequency. C. velocity. D. displacement.

6) A particle is in simple harmonic motion with period T. At time t= 0 it is at the equilibrium point. At which time of
the following times is it furthest from the equilibrium point?
A. 0.5T B. 0.7T C. T D. 1.4T
7) A car alarm is emitting sound waves of frequency 520Hz. You are on a motorcycle, traveling directly away from the
car. How fast must you be traveling if you detect a frequency of 490 Hz?
A. 1m/s. B. 25m/s. C. 7m/s. D. 20m/s.
* Situation for questions 8-9.
A simple harmonic oscillator at the point x = 0 generates a wave on a rope. The oscillator operates at a frequency of
40.0 Hz and with an amplitude of 3.00 cm. The rope has a linear mass density of 50.0 g/m and is stretched with a
tension of 5.00 N.

8) Find the wave number.

A. 19.6rad/m. B. 25rad/m. C. 0.3rad/m. D. 0.4rad/m.

9. Find the maximum transverse acceleration of points on the rope.

A. 1890m/s2. B. 189m/s2. C. 18.9m/s2. D. 189cm/s2.

10. A “wavefront” is a surface of constant:

A. phase. B. frequency. C. wavelength. D. amplitude.
11. A possible means for making an airplane invisible to radar is to coat the plane with an antireflective material. If
radar waves have a wavelength of 3.00 cm and the index of refraction of the polymer is n =1.50 (smaller than the index
of refraction of the airplane’s material), how thick would you make the coating?
A. 0.5cm. B. 6.6mm. C. 6m. D. 6dm.

12. Two waves are coherent if they have:

A. The same frequency. B. The same oscillation direction.
C. The constant phase difference. D. All of the above.

13. A screen is placed 50.0 cm from a single slit, which is illuminated with 690-nm light. If the distance between the
first and third minima in the diffraction pattern is 3.00 mm, what is the width of the slit?
A. 0.5cm. B. 6.6cm. C. 6.6dm. D. 91.2cm.

14. White light is spread out into its spectral components by a diffraction grating. If the grating has 2 000 grooves per
centimeter, at what angle does red light of wavelength 640 nm appear in first order?
A. 7.350 B. 17.350 C. 14.50 D. 4.50

15. Potassium iodide (KI) has the same crystalline structure as NaCl, with atomic planes separated by 0.353 nm. A
monochromatic x-ray beam shows a first-order diffraction maximum when the grazing angle is 7.60°. Calculate the x-
ray wavelength.
A. 4.55nm. B. 0.455nm. C. 9nm. D. 0.9nm.

(Q.14-15) In the equation sinθ = 3λ/b for single-slit diffraction

16. Angle θ is:
A. The angle of the first minimum B. The angle of the second maximum
C. The angle of the third minimum D. The angle of the third maximum

17. Quantity b is:

A. The distance between slits B. The width of the slit
C. The distance between slit and screen D. No correct answer.

(Q.18-19) In a two-slit interference apparatus, red light of wavelength 600 nm shines on two very narrow slits
separated by 3.2 microns.
18) If the screen is at a distance of 10 cm from the slits, what is the highest order (m) maximum that could possibly be
recorded on a wide enough screen?
A. m = 1 B. m = 3 C. m = 5 D. m = 7

19) Which of the following changes would decrease the width of the central maximum?
A. decreasing the frequency of the light B. increasing the wavelength of the light
C. increasing the distance of the screen from the slit D. none of the above

20) The intensity of a certain sound wave is 6 µW/cm2. If its intensity is raised by 10 dB, the new intensity (in µW/cm2)
is:
A. 60 B. 6.6 C. 6.06 D. 600