Physics 2 Training ques�ons 2024_05_14

1. Charges. Electric forces. Electric field

• What is the charge of the proton, the charge of the electron, and the charge of the
neutron?
• What happens to a charged par�cle in a uniform electric field?
• A par�cle with charge q is placed in a fixed posi�on O. What is the electric field in a posi�on
P, at a distance r from O?
• If a charged par�cle is placed in a fixed posi�on A and another charged par�cle is placed in
a fixed posi�on B, what will happen to a charged par�cle placed in a fixed posi�on C?
• How big is the electric charge of a single electron?
• Is the electric field a vector or a scalar?
• What is the direc�on of the electric field in a point P of the space if in point O there is a
charged par�cle, with charge q?
2. Work of the electric force. Electric poten�al energy. Electric poten�al
• A charged par�cle with charge q produces an electric field in the space. A charged par�cle
with charge q0 is placed at a distance r from the other charged par�cle. Write an expression
for the poten�al energy of the charged par�cle q0.
• What is the electric poten�al?
• How to calculate the electric poten�al difference between two points in the space?
3. Electric dipole
• What is an electric dipole?
• What is the direc�on of the electric field produced by an electric dipole?
• What happens to an electric dipole if it is in a uniform electric field?
4. Electric flux. Gauss’ law
• The electric flux out of a surface is defined as …
• Can the electric flux be zero?
• Can the electric flux be nega�ve?
5. Capacitance
• How to calculate the capacitance of an ideal parallel plate capacitor?
• If posi�ve charge is uniformly distributed on a plane surface and an exactly opposite charge
is uniformly distribute on a plane surface, parallel to the first one, what happens in the
space between the two plane surfaces?
• A capacitance of 1 micro-Farad is equivalent to ….
• How to calculate the voltage across a capacitor?
• How to evaluate the capacitance of a parallel plate capacitor if a dielectric material fills
completely the space between the two plates?
6. Electric current
• How do we define the electric current?
• How do we define the current density?
• What are the free charge carriers in a copper wire?
• How do we model the mo�on of free charge carriers in a metallic wire?
• What is the resis�vity?
• The electric resistance of a conduc�ng wire at a given temperature depends on …
• What is the dri� velocity of the charge carriers in a conductor?
• Does the resis�vity depend on the temperature?

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 Physics 2 Training ques�ons 2024_05_14

• What is the electric conduc�vity?

7. Circuits
• What happens in an RC circuit during the charging process of the capacitor?
• What func�on can describe the voltage across the capacitor during the charging process?
• What func�on can describe the current in the RC circuit during the charging process?
• What does junc�on’s rule (Kirchhoff’s first law) state?
• What does loop’s rule (Kirchhoff’s second law) state?
• What is the internal resistance of a batery?
8. Magne�c field. Magne�c forces
• What happens to a charged par�cle in a magne�c field?
• What is the typical magnitude of the Earth’s magne�c field on Earth’s surface?
• If a current carrying wire is in a magne�c field, what happens to the wire?
9. Sources of magne�c field. Ampère’s law
• A straight wire is carrying a steady current. How can we verify whether in the space around
the magnet exists a magne�c field?
• A steady current flows in a straight wire. What is the direc�on of the magne�c field in the
space around the wire?
• Two straight parallel wires carry a current. What happens to the wires?
10. Electromagne�c induc�on
• A magnet generates a magne�c field. How to calculate the flux of the magne�c field
through a given surface?
• A magnet is moving towards a conduc�ng loop. What happens to the loop?
• What is the inductance of a circuit?
• What happens in a LC circuit?
• What kind of oscilla�ons can occur in an RLC circuit?
11. Circuits in alterna�ng current (a.c.)
• What is the reactance of a circuit element?
• What is the resonant frequency of an RLC series circuit?
• What is the impedance?
12. Waves
• Consider the following sentence: “The speed of the electromagne�c waves in vacuum is a
universal constant”. Is that true?
• Do electromagne�c waves propagate in all the materials with the same velocity?
• Can electromagne�c waves propagate in vacuum?
• What is the rela�on between the frequency of a sinusoidal wave and its wavelength?
• What is the rela�on between the wavelength of a sinusoidal wave and the speed of
propaga�on?
• How to calculate the wavenumber of a sinusoidal wave?