General Physics II MidTerm Exam 17.04.

2024
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1. Three point charges, q1 = provides the correct posi-

3 µm, q, and q2 = 6 µm tion of q for equilibrium?
are located along a straight of the flux through the back surface of the wedge to the one
line of length d = 4 m. through its front surface?
The charge q is in equi-
A. X0.40 B. −0.40 C. 0.14 D. −0.14 E. Electric
librium. Which equation
field is not given, the ratio cannot be found.

A. q is not given, the position cannot be found. B. x2 + 6. A nonconducting sphere of point charge-sphere system?
8x + 16 C. x2 − 8x + 16 D. x2 − 8x − 16 E. Xx2 + radius R carries a charge
8x − 16 of −Q uniformly distributed
through its volume. There
2. Two point charges, q1 = the total electric field is a point charge q =
5 µm and q2 = −4 µm are of the system is zero? 8 nC at the center of the
located along a straight sphere. If the net flux
line of length d = 2 m. through the Gaussian sur-
Which equation gives the face shown in Figure is zero,
correct position where what is the net charge of the

A. Xx2 − 20x + 20 B. x2 + 20x + 20 C. x2 + 20x − 20 A. Zero B. +56 nC C. +64 nC D. −64 nC

D. x2 − 20x − 20 E. Electric field is nowhere zero except E. X−56 nC
infinity.
7. Three nonconducting spheres each having a radius of
sin2 θdθ =
R
3. A semicircular nonconduct- sin 2θ/4 + C; R carry the following charges and charge distributions:
ing rod of radius R carries a θ/4 − sin 2θ/4 + C (4Q; Ar4 ), (6Q; Br2 ), and (8Q; Cr) where A, B, and C are
charge density given by λ = constants and r is measured from the center of each sphere.
λ0 cos θ. What is the mag- What is the correct order of the spheres according to the
nitude of the electric field magnitude of the electric fields they produce at points P ?
at pointR P due to the rod?
Help: cos2 θdθ = θ/4 +

A. λ0 /4ε0 R B. λ0 /8ε0 R C. λ0 /2ε0 R

D. Xλ0 /16ε0 R E. Zero

4. A cloud base is in the tude of the Coulomb force

shape of a disk of radius on the aerosol? Help: ε0 =
R = 320 m and carries a 8.85 × 10−12 C2 /N · m2
A. I = II = III B. I > II > III C. XIII > II > I
charge of 27 C uniformly dis-
D. II > I > III E. A, B and C are unknowns, the
tributed over it. There is
order cannot be determined.
an aerosol of charge q =
−3 × 10−16 C enters the re- 8. Gold and iron wires of equal cross-section are found to have
gion between the cloud base the same resistance. What is the ratio of the length of the
and the ground which car- gold wire to that of the iron wire? ρgold = 2.44 × 10−8 Ω · m
ries the same amount of and ρiron = 10 × 10−8 Ω · m.
charge density as the cloud
base. What is the magni- A. 1 B. 0.24 C. 0.26 D. X4.1 E. 4.2

9. A cylinder of radius 1.5 m lies along the x axis in a region

where a nonuniform electric field exists parallel to the x
A. 5.69 × 10−9 N B. 1.42 × 10−9 N C. X2.84 × 10−9 N axis. Figure shows how the electric field changes with the
D. 1.90 × 10−9 N E. Zero position. What is the net electric flux through the cylinder?
5. A uniform electric field exists in a region of space. A wedge
of dimensions W = 25.5 cm, H = 19.6 cm and h = 7.9 cm is A. X−71 N · m2 /C B. 71 N · m2 /C C. −141 N · m2 /C
placed in the region as shown in Figure. What is the ratio D. 141 N · m2 /C E. Zero
 What is the capacitance of
the system between a and b?

10. The current in a conductor decreases according to the equa- A. X2 µF B. 3 µF C. 1 µF D. 5 µF E. 4 µF

tion I(t) = 150e−t/2 , where I is in mA and t is in seconds.
How much charge passes a fixed point in the conductor be- 17. What is the charge
tween t = 0 and t = 6 s? on the 6-µF capacitor?
A. 300 mC B. X285 mC C. 295 mC D. 290 mC
E. 305 mC

11. Three point charges q, −q system? Take a = 6 cm,

and q are located on the cor- b = 8 cm and q = 3.6 µC.
ners of a rectangle. Another
point charge −q is brought
to the empty corner from A. 48 µC B. 30 µC C. 42 µC D. X36 µC
infinitely far away. What E. 24 µC
is the change in the elec-
tric potential energy of the 18. Two capacitors with capacitances C1 = 4 µF and C2 =
8 µF are first connected to parallel to a battery of C1 =
210 V. Then the capacitors are disconnected and isolated.
A. −39 J B. 2.2 J C. X−2.2 J D. 39 J E. Zero
Later, they are connected positive plate to negative plate
12. The electric potential in a region is given by V = 3x2 −8x+4 and negative plate to positive plate. What are the final
where V is in volts and x is in meters. A particle with a charges on the capacitors?
charge q = 2 µC and a mass m = 0.5 g is placed at point x = A. 240 µC; 520 µC B. 260 µC; 540 µC C. X280 µC;
6 m. What will be the magnitude of its initial acceleration? 560 µC D. 300 µC; 580 µC E. 220 µC; 500 µC
2 2 2
A. 0.256 m/s B. X0.112 m/s C. 0.09 m/s
D. 0.143 m/s
2
E. 0.128 m/s
2 19. Which equation set cor-
rectly describes the cir-
13. A uniformly charged rod of tance L from its right end? cuit shown in Figure?
length L and total charge
q is placed along the x
axis. What is the elec-
tric potential due to the
rod at point P at a dis-
R 2L R L ke qdx RL A. 1 − 3I2 + 3I3 = 0; 1 + I1 − I3 = 0; 4 + 3I1 − 3I2 = 0
ke qdx ke qdx
A. 0 L(2L+x) B. 0 L(2L+x) C. 0 L(L−x) B. X1 − 3I2 + 3I3 = 0; 1 − I1 − I3 = 0; 4 − 3I1 − 3I2 = 0
R L ke qdx R 2L ke qdx
D. X 0 L(2L−x) E. C. 1 + 3I2 + 3I3 = 0; 1 − I1 − I3 = 0; 4 − 3I1 + 3I2 = 0
0 L(2L−x)
D. 1 − 3I2 − 3I3 = 0; 1 − I1 + I3 = 0; 4 − 3I1 − 3I2 = 0
14. A dielectric slab is inserted between the plates of a capacitor E. 1 + 3I2 − 3I3 = 0; 1 − I1 + I3 = 0; 4 − 3I1 + 3I2 = 0
after it is disconnected from the battery. If the electric
potential energy of the capacitor drops to 38% of its initial 20. The circuit shown in Fig-
value, what is the dielectric constant of the slab? ure has been connected
A. 2.43 B. 2.23 C. 2.33 D. 2.53 E. X2.63 for a long time. What
is the potential differ-
15. A particle of charge q = 8.8 nC moves 15 cm in a uniform ence accross the capacitor?
electric field along the field lines. If the change in the elec-
tric potential energy of the charge-field system is 280 GeV,
what is the magnitude of the electric field?
A. 40 N/C B. X34 N/C C. 36 N/C D. 32 N/C A. Zero B. 8 V C. 2 V D. 6 V E. X4 V
E. 38 N/C

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