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QUESTION 1* A series RLC circuit in a radio receiver is tuned by a variable capacitor so that it can resonate at frequencies ranging from

f1 = 500 kHz to f2 = 1600 kHz. If L = 1.0 H, what is the range of capacitances necessary to cover this range of frequencies? (a) 2.74 10-10 F to 7.56 10-8 F (b) 9.89 10-9 F to 1.01 10-7 F (c) 4.38 10-8 F to 5.22 10-6 F QUESTION 2* This and the next four questions refer to the following situation: A series RLC circuit with L = 10 mH, C = 2 F and R = 5 is driven by a generator with a maximum emf of 100 V and a variable angular frequency . Find Imax at resonance (a) 0 A (b) 1.5 A (c) 20 A QUESTION 3* At resonance, the current and generator voltage are in phase (T) True (F) False QUESTION 4* At = 8000 rad/sec the impedance of the circuit is (a) 5 (b) 18.2 (c) 50.7 (d) 100 (e) 2370

QUESTION 5* At = 8000 rad/sec the phase angle between the generator voltage and the current through the resistor is (a) 0 (b) 45 (c) 74.1 (d) 90 (e) Not enough information given QUESTION 6** If the inductance L is doubled while keeping the frequency fixed at = 8000 rad/sec, the power dissipated in the resistor will (a) increase. (b) decrease. (c) stay the same.

QUESTION 8** This and the next two questions refer to the following situation: The figure at right shows a circular wire loop of total resistance R. The loop is contained within a region having a uniform magnetic field B pointing out of the page, and is attached to a motor that keeps it rotating around the y-axis in a clockwise direction (when looking in the negative y-direction) at constant angular velocity . The loop is initially parallel to the x-y plane (the plane of the paper), as shown.

Which of the following graphs best represents the EMF induced in the loop as a function of time? ( changes sign if the induced current changes direction; = 0 is denoted on the graphs. In the initial (t = 0) position shown in the figure above, is defined to be positive if it leads to clockwise current in the loop). (a) (b) (c) (d) (e)

QUESTION 9** If the angular velocity of loop's rotation, , is increased by a factor of two, the maximum EMF induced in the loop (a) increases by a factor of two. (b) remains the same. (c) decreases by a factor of two. QUESTION 10*** If the resistance R of the coil is decreased (but all other parameters remain unchanged) the maximum torque supplied to rotate the loop (a) increases. (b) remains the same. (c) decreases.

QUESTION 14* An inductor initially has no current passing through it at time t = 0. Immediately after t = 0, a current I starts to flow through the inductor and the current increases at a constant rate until I reaches 20 A at t = 2 s, as shown in the figure. The voltage across the inductor is VL = 5 V while the current is increasing at a constant rate. What is the energy stored in the inductor at t = 1 s ? (a) 5 J (b) 10 J (c) 25 J (d) 50 J (e) 100 J

QUESTION 15* An ideal transformer has 25 turns in the primary coil and N turns in the secondary coil. A 120 V rms 60 Hz AC voltage source is connected to the primary coil. A 40 resistor is connected to the secondary coil, forming a secondary circuit. The average power dissipated in the secondary circuit is 1440 J. What is the number of turns N in the secondary coil? (a) N = 50 (b) N =75 (c) N =100

QUESTION 21* This and the next question refer to the following situation: Below is a diagram of an LR circuit with five resistors, two inductors, a battery and a switch.

R1 = R2 = R3 = R4 = R5 = R and L1 = L2 = L Initially the switch S is open for a long time, then at t = 0 the switch is closed. What is the instantaneous power P dissipated by the circuit immediately after the switch is closed?

QUESTION 22** After very a long time, what is the current IB through R3 as a function of the current IA through R5 ? (a) IB = IA (b) IB = IA / 4 (c) IB = IA / 3

QUESTION 23* This and the next question refer to the following situation:

The LR circuit above has two inductors and four resistors with equal resistance. The switch S has been closed a long time. After the switch has been closed for a long time, what is the energy Utot stored in inductors L1 and L2 in the circuit? (a) Utot = 65.3 J (b) Utot = 101.3 J (c) Utot = 578 J QUESTION 24* Now the switch is opened. How long a time t after the switch is opened does the current I2 through L2 reach 1/3 of its initial value? (a) t = 1.2 s (b) t = 3.2 s (c) t = 11 s (d) t = 28 s (e) t = 102 s

QUESTION 25* This and the next question refer to the following situation: Two identical inductors and a capacitor form the LC circuit drawn below. What is the resonant angular frequency, , of this circuit? (a) = 2.58 103 rad/s (b) = 1.29 103 rad/s (c) = 1.82 103 rad/s

QUESTION 26** When the current through the inductors is a maximum, the voltage across the capacitor is maximum. (T) True (F) False QUESTION 27* A newly designed analog radio is found to need unusually precise fine tuning of the frequency dial to pick up a certain frequency of a radio station. The customers would prefer a less sensitive dial. The engineer that is supposed to improve the radio should try (a) increasing the Q (quality factor) of the radio circuit. (b) decreasing the Q of the radio circuit.

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