Engineering Physics Assignment 4 Questions

Question 1

Which of the following statements is true about a converging lens?

Question 1 options:
A) It forms only virtual images.
B) It has a focal point where parallel light rays converge.
C) It is always thicker at the edges than in the middle.
D) It diverges light rays that pass through it.

Question 2

A magnified, upright virtual image is formed by a convex lens when the object is located at
_______________________.

Question 2 options:
A) Between the lens and F
B) exactly 2F
C) between F and 2F
D) more than 2F

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Question 3

The figure below shows a lens that produces a real, enlarged and inverted image of the object.

In which labelled position is the object placed?

Question 4

The figure below shows three light rays emitting from point P which pass through a converging
lens as ray X, Y and Z respectively. Each point labelled F is a principal focus (focal point) of the
lens.

Which of the ray has the student drawn correctly?

Question 4 options:
A) ray X and ray Y
B) ray X and ray Z
C) ray Y
D) ray Z
Question 5

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A converging lens has a focal length of 8 cm. An object is placed at a distance of 12 cm from the
lens. Determine the nature and position of the image formed.

Question 5 options:
A) Virtual, upright, and 24 cm from the lens
B) Real, inverted, and 24 cm from the lens
C) Real, inverted, and 18 cm from the lens
D) Virtual, upright, and 18 cm from the lens

Question 6

What is meant by the term wavefront?

Question 6 options:
A) A line joining the peaks of neighboring waves moving together in the same direction.
B) A line joining the trough and the peak of a wave.
C) The distance between the trough and the peak of a wave.
D) The distance between successive peaks of a wave.

Question 7

What is diffraction?

Question 7 options:
A) The bending of light around obstacles or the edges of an aperture
B) The splitting of light into its component colors
C) The change in direction of light as it passes through a lens
D) The absorption of light by a medium

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Question 8

Parallel wave fronts incident on an opening in a barrier are diffracted. For which combination of
wavelength and size of opening will diffraction effects be greatest?

Question 8 options:
A) long wavelength and narrow opening
B) short wavelength and narrow opening
C) short wavelength and wide opening
D) long wavelength and wide opening

Question 9

Compared to the spacing between the parallel wavefronts before diffraction happens, the
spacing between the semi-circular wavefront after diffraction happened _________________.

Question 9 options:
A) is wider
B) is closer
C) depends on the amplitude of the wave
D) is the same

Question 10

Which of the following phenomena is a direct result of the interference of light waves?

Question 10 options:
A) The splitting of white light into its component colors by a prism
B) The bright and dark bands observed in Young's double-slit experiment
C) The formation of a rainbow
D) The bending of light as it passes through a lens

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Question 11

When two coherent light waves interfere constructively, what happens to the resultant
amplitude?

Question 11 options:
A) It remains the same as the individual amplitudes
B) It is the sum of the individual amplitudes
C) It is zero
D) It is the difference of the individual amplitudes

Question 12

When two coherent light waves with non-identical amplitudes interfere destructively, what
happens to the resultant amplitude?

Question 12 options:
A) It is the sum of the individual amplitudes
B) It is the difference of the individual amplitudes
C) It is zero
D) It remains the same as the individual amplitudes

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Question 13

Two speakers, S1 and S2, operating in phase in the same medium produce the circular wave
patterns shown in the diagram below. The solid lines and dashed lines represent the wave crests
and wave troughs respectively.

At which two points is constructive interference occurring?

Question 13 options:
A) R and Q
B) P and Q
C) P and R
D) R and S

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Question 14

The diagram below shows a standing wave in a string clamped at each end.

What is the total number of nodes and antinodes in the standing wave?

Question 14 options:
A) 5 nodes and 4 antinodes
B) 4 nodes and 5 antinodes
C) 2 nodes and 3 antinodes
D) 3 nodes and 2 antinodes

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Question 15

While playing, two children create a standing wave in a rope, as shown in the diagram below. A
third child participates by jumping the rope.

What is the wavelength of this standing wave?

Question 15 options:
A) 2.15 m
B) 4.30 m
C) 8.60 m
D) 6.45 m

Question 16

A stretched string is used to demonstrate a stationary wave as shown in the diagram below.
Which of the following rows correctly describes the length of x and the name of W?

Length x Point W

A. two wavelengths node

B. one wavelength node

C. two wavelengths antinode

D. one wavelength antinode

Question 17

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The figure below shows a standing wave in a stretched string of length L = 12 m.

What is the wavelength of the standing wave?

Question 17 options:
A) 4 m
B) 6 m
C) 8m
D) 12 m

Question 18

The speed of a sound wave as it propagates through a medium is dependent mainly on the
___________________________.
Question 18 options:
A) wavelength
B) period of the wave
C) type of medium through which the wave travels
D) frequency of the wave source

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Question 19

A 100 Hz tuning fork produces sound waves P, and a 500 Hz tuning fork produces sound waves
Q. Which of the following statements about the two sound waves travelling in air is correct?

Question 19 options:
A) The speed of the two waves is the same.
B) The speed of sound waves P is slower than sound waves Q.
C) The wavelength of the two waves is the same.
D) The speed of sound waves P is faster than sound waves Q.

Question 20

The distance between a compression and its adjacent rarefaction in a sound wave is 0.15 m.
The period of the sound wave is 0.20 ms. The speed of the sound is ___________.

Question 20 options:
A) 3300 m/s
B) 750 m/s
C) 330 m/s
D) 1500 m/s

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Question 21

In the diagram below, the echo-receiver of a sonar attached to a ship, receives the echo from
the bottom of sea 5 seconds after the ultrasonic waves were sent into the sea.

If the speed of sound in water is 1900 m/s, then what is the depth of the sea?

Question 21 options:
A) 4750 m
B) 9500 m
C) 3800 m
D) 7600 m

Question 22

What causes the Doppler effect in sound waves?

Question 22 options:
A) Change in the medium which the sound travels
B) Change in the frequency of the source and/or observer
C) Change in the amplitude of the source
D) Change in the speed of sound in the medium

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Question 23

In the diagram below, a stationary source located at point S produces sound having a constant
frequency of 512 Hz. Observer P, 50 metres to the left of S, hears a frequency lower than 512
Hz. Observer Q, 100 metres to the right of S, hears a frequency higher than 512 Hz.

Which statement best describes the motion of the observers?

Question 23 options:
A) Observer P is stationary, and observer Q is moving towards point S.
B) Observer P is moving towards point S, and observer Q is moving away from point S.
C) Observer P is moving away from point S, and observer Q is moving towards point S.
D) Observer P is moving away from point S, and observer Q is stationary.

Question 24

We can direct high frequency sound waves at an artery. Reflected waves have a different
frequency than the incident waves due to the movement of blood cells in an artery. From this
difference, the speed of blood cells can be determined. Which wave property is applied here?

Question 24 options:
A) Diffraction
B) Total internal reflection
C) Doppler effect
D) Destructive interference

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Question 25

You are jogging toward a steep cliff. You want to know how fast you are running, so you start
screaming at a frequency of 880 Hz. After a short delay, you hear the frequency of 882 Hz.
Taking the speed of sound in air as 340 m/s, how fast are you running towards the cliff?

Given:

Question 25 options:
A) 0.39 m/s
B) 0.19 m/s
C) 0.76 m/s
D) 0.57 m/s

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