Keep this exam CLOSED until advised by the instructor.

120 minute long closed book exam.

Fill out the bubble sheet: last name, first initial, student
number. Leave the section, code, form and signature areas
empty.
Four single sided (or two double sided) handwritten 8.5 by
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When done, hand in your test and your bubble sheet.
Thank you and good luck!
Posssibly useful constants:
k = 8.9876109 Nm2/C2
0 =

8.854210-12

As/(Vm)

0 = 410-7 Vs/(Am) = 1.256610-6 Vs/(Am)

c = 299,792,458 m/s
e = 1.602210-19 C
me = 9.109410-31 kg
Ee = 511 keV
1 eV = 1.602210-19 J

1 pt What is the total charge of the thorium nucleus? (The

neutral thorium atom has 90 electrons.)
(in C)
1. A
C
E
G

9.22 1018

B 1.15 1017

1.44 1017

D 1.80 1017

2.25 1017

F 2.81 1017

3.52 10

H 4.39 1017

17

1 pt
What is the magnitude of its electric field at a distance of
4.99 1010 m from the nucleus?
(in N/C)
2. A
C
E
G

3.80 1011

B 4.44 1011

5.20 1011

D 6.08 1011

7.12 1011

F 8.33 1011

9.74 1011

H 1.14 1012

1 pt

1 pt What is the magnitude of the electric field at point B?

What is the magnitude of the force on an electron at that

distance?
(in N)
3. A 2.73 108 B 3.41 108 C 4.26 108
D 5.32 108 E 6.65 108 F 8.32 108
G 1.04 107 H 1.30 107
1)
C
1.44E-17
[1.4112e-17
1.4688e-17]
Sig 3 - 5
Unit: C
2)

C
5.20E+11
[509503495969.895
530299557029.891]
Sig 3 - 5
Unit: N/C

3)

5. A 4.98 104
D 1.52 105
G 4.63 105

6. A 0.00
D 8.97 104
G 1.54 105

Point A is halfway between the charges and point B is located

1.00 m to the right of the second charge.

(in N/C)
4

C 2.36 10

F 5.20 104

H 7.79 10

H 6.72 105

B 2.24 104

C 6.55 104

F 1.44 105

E 1.11 10

H 1.65 105

C 4.78 104
F 9.34 104

A
4.98E+04
[48834.6239111111
50827.8738666667]
Sig 3 - 5
Unit: N/C

6)

D
8.97E+04
[87902.32304
91490.17296]
Sig 3 - 5
Unit: V

7)

D
5.98E+04
[58601.5486933334
60993.44864]
Sig 3 - 5
Unit: V

1 pt What is the magnitude of the electric field at point A?

E 4.52 10

F 3.19 105

5)

B 1.12 10

E 2.20 105

1 pt What is the electric potential at point A?

(in V)

4. A 0.00
D 3.58 104
G 6.60 104

C 1.05 105

7. A 3.06 104 B 3.83 104

D 5.98 104
E 7.47 104
5
G 1.17 10
H 1.46 105
4)
A
0.00
Sig 3 - 5
Unit: N/C

Two equal point charges Q = 4.99 C are separated by a

distance d = 2.00 m. (See figure.)

B 7.23 104

1 pt What is the electric potential at point B?

(in V)

F
8.32E-08
[8.15205593551833e-08
8.48479291247827e-08]
Sig 3 - 5
Unit: N

(in N/C)

1 pt A capacitor is charged to 1 coulomb; the capacitance

is 7.00 105 farads. Then a switch is closed which puts the
capacitor in a closed circuit with a resistor; the resistance is
7.40 101 ohms. Calculate the charge on the capacitor after
7.00 milliseconds. (1 ms = 0.001 s)
(in C)
8. A 0.106
D 0.2071
G 0.4045
8)

B 0.1326

C 0.1657

E 0.2589

F 0.3236

H 0.5056

1 pt
Where do you expect the strongest electric field?
10. A A
B B
C C
D D
E E

E
0.2589
[0.256301270842931
0.261479074294303]
Sig 3 - 6
Unit: C

1 pt What is the direction of the electric field at E?

1 pt Calculate the average induced voltage between the tips

of the wings of a Boeing 767 flying at 290 km/h above Golden,
Colorado. The downward component of the earths magnetic
field at this place is 0.7 104 T. (Assume that the wingspan
is 60 m.)
(in V)

1 pt What is the direction of the electric field at C?

9. A 2.89 101 B 3.38 101 C 3.96 101

D 4.63 101 E 5.42 101 F 6.34 101
G 7.42 101 H 8.68 101
mf = Blv where l
= wing span and v = velocity.

10)

C
false
false
true
false
false

11)

B
false
true
false

12)

A
true
false
false

9)

B
3.38E-01
[0.33495
0.341716666666666]
Unit: V

11. A Approximately parallel to the x-axis.

B Approximately parallel to the y-axis.
C No field.

12. A Approximately parallel to the x-axis.

B Approximately parallel to the y-axis.
C No field.

The figure shows the equipotential lines of a charge distribution and labelled locations.

A
E

1 pt In the section of circuit below, R1 1.780 , R2 1.020

, and R3 0.710 . Find the equivalent resistance of this
combination of resistors.
R2

1 pt

R3

.
R1

(in Ohm)
13. A 3.73 101 B 4.96 101 C 6.60 101
D 8.77 101 E 1.17
F 1.55
G 2.06
H 2.75
13)

D
8.77E-01
[0.851002279202279
0.903641595441595]
Sig 3 - 5
Unit: Ohm

What is the equivalent capacitance between points A and B

in the following circuit where,
C1 = 30 F, C2 = 22 F, C3 = 10 F,

Give your answer to at least three significant figures. Your

answer must be accurate to 1%.

1 pt
14. A 8.263
D 13.234
G 21.196
14)

B 9.668

C 11.311

E 15.484

F 18.116

H 24.799

E
15.484
[15.3290322580645
15.6387096774193]
Sig 2 - 15

Two wires run parallel to each other with currents I1 = -33.7

A, and I2 = 56.5 A. If they are a = 0.02 m apart, what is the
magnitude of the force (N) per meter of length?
Hint:
See: "Two Wires."
Answer:
F/L = 0I1 I2 / (2 r)
Here we just need the magnitude, so:
|F/L| = | 0 -33.7 A 56.5 A / (2 0.02 m) |
|F/L| = 0.0190405 N/m

1 pt

In the circuit below R1 = 96, R2 = 55, R3 = 127 , and V =

70 V. What is the power dissipated (in W) in the R1 resistor?

Hint:
For resistors in parallel, the voltage drop is the same across
each one. How does power dissipation relate to voltage drop?
Solution:
The voltage drop across each resistor is the same. Power
dissipation over a resistor is equal to:
P = V2 / R

1 pt In the diagrams below, the solid arrow represents the

object and the dashed arrow the image. The rectangle shows
the position of a SINGLE OPTICAL ELEMENT. Match each
diagram with the appropriate optical element.

15. A Plane Mirror

C Convex Mirror
E Diverging Lens

B Concave Mirror
D Converging Lens

16. A Plane Mirror

C Convex Mirror
E Diverging Lens

B Concave Mirror
D Converging Lens

17. A Plane Mirror

C Convex Mirror
E Diverging Lens

B Concave Mirror
D Converging Lens

15)

D
Converging Lens

16)

B
Concave Mirror

17)

C
Convex Mirror

So simply use the given variables in this equation:

P = (70 V)2 / 96
P = 51.0416666666667 W
The other two resistors do not even come into play in this
calculation!

Consider the RLC circuit shown in the figure.

C
R

L
V

1 pt Select True, False or Cannot tell for the following

statements.

1 pt A 77 year old man has a near point of 93 cm. What

power lens (in diopters) does the man need in order to be able
to see an object clearly at the normal near point of 25 cm?
Assume that the man will get contact lenses, that is neglect
the two centimeters that glasses would be away from the eye.

The current through the inductor always equals the current

charging/discharging the capacitor.
18. A True
B False
C Cannot tell
The current through the inductor is the same as the current
through the resistor at all times.
19. A True
B False
C Cannot tell
Energy is dissipated in the resistor but not in either the
capacitor or the inductor.
20. A True
B False
C Cannot tell

23. A 9.59 101 B 1.39

D 2.92
E 4.24
G 8.92
H 1.29 101
23)

The voltage drop across the resistor is the same as the

voltage drop across the inductor at all times.
21. A True
B False
C Cannot tell

F 6.15

D
2.92
[2.83698924731183
3.01247311827957]
Sig 3 - 5

1 pt
What is the value of the inductance L so that the above circuit
carries the largest current?
Data: R = 2.35 102 , f = 1.91 103 Hz, C = 6.10 103
F, Vrms = 7.09 101 V.
(in H)
22. A 8.91 10
B 1.01 10
C 1.14 10
6
6
D 1.29 10
E 1.45 10
F 1.64 106
G 1.86 106 H 2.10 106
18)
A
True
7

19)

C 2.02

A
True

20)

A
True

21)

B
False

22)

C
1.14E-06
[1.11550050047938e-06
1.161031133152e-06]
Sig 3 - 5
Unit: H

E
Consider a series RL
circuit with R= 70.0
and an unknown
1 pt inductor L, driven
by an AC emf with
Erms= 30.0 Volts at
frequency f= 7.60
kHz. If we measure
the current in the
circuit, we find Irms=
0.135 Amps.
is the inductance L?

What

(in H)
24. A 2.25 103 B 2.82 103 C 3.52 103
D 4.40 103 E 5.50 103 F 6.88 103
G 8.59 103 H 1.07 102

1 pt What is the magnitude of the phase angle between the

applied voltage and the current?
(in deg)
25. A 4.47 101 B 5.23 101
D 7.16 101
E 8.37 101
G 1.15 102
H 1.34 102
24)
D
4.40E-03
[0.004312
0.004488]
Sig 3 - 5
Unit: H
25)

C 6.12 101
F 9.80 101

D
7.16E+01
[70.1425918648088
73.0055547980663]
Sig 3 - 5
Unit: deg

1 pt

A four-turn rectangular coil has a spatially varying magnetic

field directed through its center as shown. The magnetic
where B is in Tesla when t is
~ = 4.2 y 2 t k,
field is given by B
in s and y is in m. Find the magnitude of the induced emf
in the coil.

1 pt
emf = (in V)
26. A 2.53 105 B 3.17 105 C 3.96 105
D 4.95 105 E 6.18 105 F 7.73 105
G 9.66 105 H 1.21 104
The single slit diffraction pattern shown below was made with
light with = 630 nm. The screen was 1.6 m from the slit,
and the distance to the second minimum (indicated by the
arrow) was 5 cm. What is the slit width in mm?

1 pt
And the induced current is

Hint:
The distance between the center of central maximum and the
nthminimum for single slit diffraction is given by
xn = (nD)/b. n=2 in this case.

27. A clockwise
26)

H
1.21E-04
[0.000119592
0.000122008]
Unit: V

27)

A
clockwise

Solution: Solve for the slit width b and plug in numbers:

xn = (nD)/b
b = (nD)/xn
In this case, were given the location of the second minimum,
so n=2:
b = (21.6 m630 nm)/5 cm
b = (21.6 m630 10-9m)/5 10-2m
b = 0.04032 mm

B counterclockwise

i1
q

i2

1 pt

In the picture below,

the two wires carry
current i1 and i2, respectively, with positive current to the
right. The charge q is
positive and has velocity v to the right.

If v = 0, then the force on q is zero.

28. A True
B False
If i2 = - i1 then the force on q equals zero.
29. A True
B False
If i2 = 0 and i1 is greater than zero, then the magnetic field
near charge q points out of the page.
30. A True
B False
If i2 = 0 and i1 is greater than zero, then the force on q
points into the page.
31. A True
B False
If i2 = 0 and i1 is greater than zero, then the force on q is
north.
32. A True
B False
If i1 = i2, then the wires are attracted to each other.
33. A True
B False
If i1 is less than i2, then the force on q is south..
34. A True
B False
28)

A
True

29)

B
False

30)

B
False

31)

B
False

32)

A
True

33)

A
True

34)

A
True

1 pt A concave mirror produces a virtual image that is 8

times as tall as the object. If the object is 28 cm in front of
the mirror, what is the focal length of this mirror?
(in units of cm)
35. A 16.4
E 40.0
35)

B 20.5

C 25.6

D 32.0

F 50.0

G 62.5

H 78.1

D
32.0
[30.4
33.6]
Sig 0 - 15

1 pt
1 pt You would like to slow down your aging process by
traveling very fast relative to Earth on a spaceship. What is
the required speed of the spaceship, if you plan to age 17.1
years while everybody else on Earth will age 29.1 years?
(in m/s)

A soap film made

with material of index of refraction n =
1.3 is illuminated by
white light. If the reflected light is maximum at = 630 nm,
what is t, the minimum thickness in nm
the film could have
had?

Hint:
This is a thin film interference problem. The reflected light
will be a maximum for t = (m+ )/(2n), m = 0,1,2,3,....
Solution: So we know we have constuctive intereference
when:
t = (m + 1/2)/(2n), m = 0,1,2,3,....
So, what value of m should we use?
The question asks what MINIMUM thickness could give rise
to this interference. We can see that t will be smallest when
m is 0, therefore, we have:

36. A 9.71 107

D 2.43 108
G 2.91 108
36)

t=
t = /(4n)
t = 630 nm / (41.3)
t = 121.153846153846 nm

C 1.46 108

E 2.51 108

F 2.59 108

H 2.99 108

D
2.43E+08
[237884394.221958
247593961.333058]
Sig 3 - 5
Unit: m/s

1 pt An electron has a speed of v = 0.984 c. What is its

total energy (rest energy plus kinetic energy)?
(in MeV)
37. A 2.45
E 4.59
37)

B 2.87

C 3.36

D 3.93

F 5.37

G 6.29

H 7.36

B
2.87
[2.81071072340526
2.92543361007486]
Sig 3 - 5
Unit: MeV

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