HOCHIMINH CITY FINAL EXAM

UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND EDUCATION

1st SEMESTER – ACADEMIC YEAR 2021-2022
FACULTY FOR HIGH QUALITY TRAINING
GROUP OF PHYSICS SUBJECTS Subject: Physics 2
Course Number: PHYS131002E
Test number: 01 (2 pages).
Duration: 90 minutes.
Note:
+ Students are allowed to use one hand-written A4 paper sheet as a memory aid.
+ Proctors are NOT allowed to explain anything related to contents of the test.
+ The permeability of free space is 0 = 4×107 T.m/A. The Coulomb constant is k = 9.00  109 N.m2/C2.
The speed of electromagnetic wave is c=3×108 m/s. The vacuum permittivity is ε0 = 8.84×10−12 F⋅m−1.

Question 1: (0.5 marks) A free electron and a free proton are released in identical electric fields.
Compare the magnitudes of their accelerations. Choose from the below possibilities
A. It is millions of times greater for the electron.
B. It is millions of times smaller for the electron.
C. It is thousands of times smaller for the electron.
D. It is thousands of times greater for the electron.

Question 2: (0.5 marks) A particle with charge q is located inside a cubical gaussian surface. No
other charges are nearby. If the particle can be moved to any point within the cube, what
maximum value can the flux through one face approach?
A. 0 B. q/20 C. q/60 D. q/80

Question 3: (0.5 marks) A bar magnet is held stationary while

a circular loop of wire is moved toward the magnet at
constant velocity from position A as in the Figure 1
below. The loop passes over the magnet at position B and
moves away from the magnet at position C. Which of the
following statements is/are correct about the induced
current in the loop? Assume that you were at A, watching
the loop of wire move away from you. Figure 1
Choose the correct statement(s) in the following ones!
A. It is clockwise as the loop is at A.
B. It is clockwise as the loop is at C.
C. It is counter clockwise as the loop is at C.
D. It is counterclockwise as the loop is at A.
E. There is not enough information about the direction of the induces current in the loop.

Question 4: (0.5 marks) An electromagnetic wave has a peak electric field magnitude of 50 N/C.
What is the average energy density this wave?
A. 2.21 × 1010 J/m3 B. 1.11 × 108 J/m3
C. 6.25 × 108 J/m3 D. 2.22 × 108 J/m3

Question 5: (1.0 mark) The grating of a spectrometer having 600 slits/mm is illuminated with
400-nm laser light. How many maxima of this light can be observed on a wide screen?

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Question 6: (1.0 mark) Figure 2 represents an electromagnetic brake that
uses eddy currents. An electromagnet hangs from a railroad car near one 
v
rail. To stop the car, a large current is sent through the coils of the
electromagnet. The direction of the car’s motion and the direction of the
current in the electromagnet are shown correctly in the picture.
Determine the direction of the eddy currents at position 1 and 2 on the
rail. Explain your answer.

Question 7: (2.0 marks) Three charged particles are fixed at the vertices Figure 2
of a square as shown in Figure 3. Given: Q = 7.00 C and d = 20
cm.
a) Determine the direction and the magnitude of the electric field
at the vertex A of the square.
b) Calculate the potential energy of this charge system.
c) Another ̶ 3.00-C charge is now added to A. Determine the
direction and the magnitude of the electric force that acts on this Figure 3
charge.

Question 8: (2.0 marks) The two wires shown in Figure 4 are

separated by d = 20.0 cm and carry currents of I = 5.00 A in
opposite directions.
a) Find the magnitude and direction of the net magnetic field at
a point midway between the wires.
b) Find the magnitude and direction of the net magnetic field at Figure 4
point P, at a distance 2d to the left of the wire on the left.
c) Find the magnitude and the direction of the force that acts on one unit Figure 4
length of the wire on the right.

Question 9: (2.0 marks) A layer of 280 nm thick with index of refraction n = 1.50 is coated on a
glass lens (ng = 1.45). A white light beam incidents at normal angle on this lens.
a) Find the wavelength of the light in the visible spectrum (360 nm–720 nm) most strongly
reflected.
b) Find the wavelength of the light in the visible spectrum (360 nm–720 nm) that produces
destructive interference in the reflected light.

The End
ELOs of the subject (knowledge) Test contents
[ELO 1.1]: Understanding various concepts, and laws related to electric and Questions: 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8
magnetic fields, and the theorem of electromagnetic field.
[ELO 2.1]: Applying the knowledge of electric and magnetic fields to explain
Questions: 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8
phenomena and to solve the related problems.
[ELO 3.1]: Understanding various concepts, and laws related to ray optics and
Question: 5, 9
wave optics
[ELO 3.2]: Applying the knowledge of ray and wave optics to explain
Question: 5, 9
phenomena and to solve the related problems.
Date: January 11th, 2021
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 SOLUTIONS, KEYS AND SCORES
For Questions in Final Exam of Principles of Physics 2
Edited by: Phan Gia Anh Vu
Date of Exam: July 20th 2020
Question Answer Score
1 The acceleration of a charged particle in electric field is:
FE qE
a  . Electron and proton have the same magnitude of charge.
m m
a m 9.11031 0.5
The ration of their acceleration is: p  e  27
 5.45  10 4 .
ae m p 1.67  10
Correct answer is: D

2 The flux through one side of the cubic will be maximum if the charge is very close
to this side. In this case, one haft of the total flux will go through this side.
q
The total flux is:  total  thus the maximum flux through one side can be:
0 0.5
1 q
   total  .
2 2 0
Correct answer is: B
3 If the loop passes the magnet, the magnetic flux will vary.
At position A, the flux increases. Applying the Lenz’s law: the induced
0.5
current in the loop is clockwise.
At position C, the flux decreases. Applying the Lenz’s law: the induced
current in the loop is counter-clockwise.
The correct answers are A and C.
4 The average energy density of the electromagnetic wave is:
1 1
  8.84  1012  50   1.11 108 J/m3
2
uavg   0 Emax2
0.5
2 2
The correct answer is B
5 Condition for diffraction grating maxima:
d sin bright  m .
1 103 (m) 0.5
With d   1.67 10 6 m , the order m of the maxima is given by:
600
d sin bright
m . Because 1  sin bright  1 ; m will belong to the range:

d d1.67  106 (m) 1.67 10 6 (m)
 m   m   4.18  m  4.18 0.5
  400 10 9 (m) 400 109 (m)
Thus, m can have 4 different values.
We can observe 9 maxima on the screen.
6 At (1): Anti-clockwise

At (2): Clockwise
0.5

0.5

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7 a) The electric field at A is the superposition of the
  
electric fields E1 , E2 and E3 created by Q on the
left of it, Q below it and 2Q respectively.
 kQ ˆ 9 109  7 106 ˆ 0.5
E1   2 i   i
d 0.202
  1.575 106 iˆ N/C
 kQ
E2   2 ˆj   1.575 106 ˆj N/C
d
 0.5
k 2Q ˆ
E3  
i cos 45  ˆj sin 45 
 
2
d 2

9 109  2  7 106 2 ˆ ˆ
 i j 
 0.2 2 
2
2


 1.1136  106 iˆ  ˆj N/C
   
Thus: E  E1  E2  E3  0.461106 iˆ  ˆj N/C 

The magnitude of E is: 0.652  106 N/C 0.5
b) The electric potential energy of the system of charges is:
qi q j qq qq q q 
U   ke  ke  1 2  1 3  2 3 
i j rij  r12 r13 r23 
 14.00   7.00  14.00  (7.00) (7.00)  (7.00)  12
 9 109      10  7.26 J
 0.20 0.20 0.20 2 
The potential energy of the system is: -7.26 J
c) The electric force acts on the fourth charge is 0.5
 
  
F  qE  3 106   0.461 106  iˆ  ˆj  1.38 iˆ  ˆj N 

The magnitude of this force is: F  qE  1.96 N

8 a) The magnetic field at the point midway between the wire is the superposition of
 
the magnetic fields B1 and B2 (shown in the figure 5) created by the currents I1 and
I2 , respectively.
   (1)
The total magnetic field at A is B  B1  B2 . 0.5
The magnitude of the fields:
 I 4 10 7  5
B1  B2  0   1.00  105 T
2 a 2  0.10 
Because of the symmetry of the three field vectors, Figure 5 0.5
it can be found that:
B  B1  B2  2.00 105 T
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b) The magnetic field at the point P
The magnitude of the fields:
0.5
 I 4  107  5 I 4  107  5
B1  0   1.67  106 T B2  0   2.50  106 T
2 a 2  3  0.20  2 a 2  2  0.20 
The total magnetic field:
B  B1  B2  0.83 106 T 0.5
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 c) The force that acts on one unit length of the current (1) from the current (2) is:
4 10 7  5.0 
2
 I2
F 0   2.50 10 5 N
2  d  2  0.20 
9 There are three layers of media: air, oil and water as shown in the Figure 6.
At the surface (1), the reflected light undergoes a 180 phase change. At the surface
(2), the reflected light does not undergo the 180 phase change. Then for
constructive and destructive interference, it is required that:
Constructive interference: Air
1.00 0.5
(1)
 1 Film
2nt   m    , with m=1, 2, 3… 1.50
 2 1.45 (2)
Glass
Destructive interference:
2nt  m , with m=1, 2, 3… Figure 6
a) Applying the condition for constructive 0.5
interference, the wavelength of the reflected light is:
2nt
 .
m  0.5
2 1.50   280 109 
With m=1, 1   0.560  106 m . The corresponding light is
1  0.5
visible. 0.5
2 1.50   280 109 
m=2, 2   0.336  106 m . The corresponding light is
2  0.5
UV.
b) Applying the condition for destructive interference, the wavelength of the
reflected light is:
2nt
 . Only with m = 2, the wavelength is in the range of visible light.
m 0.5
2 1.50  (280  109 )
The wavelength is:    0.420  106 m
2

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