Exercises

1. What maximum power can be generated from an 18-V emf using any combination of a
6.0- resistor and a 9.0- resistor?
A. 54 W B. 71 W

C. 90 W D. 80 W E. 22 W

2. An electric heater is constructed by applying a potential difference of 110 V across a wire

with a resistance of 5.0 . What is the power rating of the heater?
A. 2.0 kW

B. 2.4 kW C. 1.7 kW D. 1.5 kW E. 60 kW

3. A wire (length = 2.0 m, diameter = 1.0 mm) has a resistance of 0.45. What is the resistivity
of the material used to make the wire?
A. 5.6 107 m B. 1.2 107 m C. 1.8 107 m
m

D. 2.3 107 m E. 7.1 107

4. A conductor of radius r, length and resistivity has resistance R. It is melted down and
formed into a new conductor, also cylindrical, with one fourth the length of the original
conductor. The resistance of the new conductor is
A.

1
1
R B.
R C. R D. 4R E. 16R
16
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5. At what rate is thermal energy generated in the 30- resistor?

A. 20 W B. 27 W

C. 60 W D. 13 W E. 30 W

6. What is the current in the 15- resistor when = 9.0 V?

A. 0.20 A

B. 0.30 A

C. 0.10 A D. 0.26 A

E. 0.60 A

7. What is the current in the 10- resistor?

A. 0.60 A

B. 3.0 A

C. 1.2 A D. 2.4 A E. 0.30 A

8. Determine when I = 0.50 A and R = 12 .

A. 12 V B. 24 V C. 30 V D. 15 V E. 6.0 V
9. What is the potential difference VB VA when the I= 1.5 A in the circuit segment below?

A. +22 V B. 22 V C. 38 V D. +38 V E. +2.0 V

10. If Q = 400 C and the potential difference VA VB = 10 V in the circuit segment shown
below, what is the current in the resistor?

A. 1.0 mA right to left B. 1.0 mA left to right C. 3.5 mA right to left D. 3.5 mA left to
right E. None of the above
11. What is the equivalent resistance between points A and B in the figure when R = 18 ?

A. 48

B. 64

C. 80 D. 96

E. 110

12. When a capacitor is fully charged, the current through the capacitor is
A. zero. B. at its maximum value. C. equal to the current in a resistive circuit in parallel
with the capacitor circuit. D. greater than the current in a resistor that is farther from the
battery than the capacitor. E. zero if it is the only capacitor, but maximum if there is
another capacitor in series with it.
13. The algebraic sum of the changes of potential around any closed circuit loop is
A. zero. B. maximum. C. zero only if there are no sources of emf in the loop. D.
maximum if there are no sources of emf in the loop. E. equal to the sum of the currents in
the branches of the loop.
14. An electron moving in the positive x direction experiences a magnetic force in the positive
z direction. If Bx = 0, what is the direction of the magnetic field?
A. negative y direction B. positive y direction
direction E. negative x direction

C. negative z direction D. positive z

15. An electron has a velocity of 6.0 106 m/s in the positive x direction at a point where the
magnetic field has the components Bx = 3.0 T, By = 1.5 T and Bz = 2.0 T. What is the
magnitude of the acceleration of the electron at this point?
A. 2.1 1018 m/s2
m/s2

B. 1.6 1018 m/s2

C. 2.6 1018 m/s2 D. 3.2 1018 m/s2 E. 3.7 1018

16. A straight wire of length 70 cm carries a current of 50 A and makes an angle of 60 with a
uniform magnetic field. If the force on the wire is 1.0 N what is the magnitude of B?
A. 41 mT B. 33 mT C. 55 mT D. 87 mT E. 57 mT
17. A rectangular coil (0.20 m 0.80 m) has 200 turns and is in a uniform magnetic field of 0.30
T. When the orientation of the coil is varied through all possible positions, the maximum
torque on the coil by magnetic forces is 0.080 N m. What is the current in the coil?
A. 5.0 mA

B. 1.7 A

C. 8.3 mA D. 1.0 A

E. 42 mA

18. A particle (m = 3.0 g, q = 5.0 C) moves in a uniform magnetic field given by (60j)mT. At t
= 0 the velocity of the particle is equal to (30j 40k) m/s. The subsequent path of the
particle is
A. circular with a 50-cm radius. B. helical with a 6.3-cm pitch.
of 31 ms. D. helical with a 40-cm radius. E. none of the above

C. circular with a period

19. A deuteron is accelerated from rest through a 10-kV potential difference and then moves
perpendicularly to a uniform magnetic field with B = 1.6 T. What is the radius of the
resulting circular path? (deuteron: m = 3.3 1027 kg,
q = 1.6 1019 C)
A. 19 mm B. 16 mm C. 13 mm D. 10 mm E. 9.0 mm
20. What is the kinetic energy of an electron that passes undeviated through perpendicular
electric and magnetic fields if E = 4.0 kV/m and B = 8.0 mT?
A. 0.65 eV B. 0.71 eV C. 0.84 eV D. 0.54 eV E. 1.4 eV
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FB qv B

The charge and mass on an electron or

proton

e 1.602 10 19 C

FB IL B

dFB Ids B

me = 9.109510-31 Kg
mp = 1.6726110-27 Kg

qE

Iav = nqvdA, Vd
me
I
dQ
nqv d
I
, J
A
dt

The magnetic dipole moment of a loop

carrying a current I is

resistivity) = [(conductivity)]-1

The potential energy of a magnetic dipole in a

magnetic field

The torque on a current loop placed in a

uniform magnetic field B

E
Ohms law
R

IA

me
l
V

nq 2
A
I

U B

= 0[1 + (T T0)]
P = IV

The radius of the circular path for a charged

particle moving in a uniform magnetic field

(V ) 2
2
PI R
R

The angular speed of the charged particle

The equivalent resistance of a set of

resistors connected in series is
Req = R1 + R2 + R3 +
The equivalent resistance of a set of
resistors connected in parallel is
1
1
1
1

Req R1 R2 R3
Kirchhoffs rules:

in

I out ,

V 0

closed loop

A capacitor is charged with a battery

through a resistor of resistance R
q(t) = Q(1 e-t/RC)

I (t )

e t / RC

A capacitor is discharged through a

resistor of resistance R
q(t) = Q e-t/RC

I (t )

mv
qB

Q t / RC
e
RC
4

qB
m