Quiz 8

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1. To create a virtual magnified image of an object,

A. the object must be just outside the focal point of a convex lens.
B. the object must be within the focal point of a convex lens.
C. the object must be at the focal point of a concave lens.
D. the object must be very far from a convex lens.
Points Earned: 1/1

Correct Answer: B
Your Response: B
2. The colors that you see when sunlight strikes a cut crystal wineglass or a cut diamond are a
result of the fact that two light waves with
A. the same wavelengths can have different colors.
B. the same frequency in air can have different wavelengths in a material.
C. different wavelengths travel at different speeds in most materials.
D. the same wavelength in air can have different frequencies in a material.
Points Earned: 1/1

Correct Answer: C
Your Response: C
3. When white sunlight passes through a vase made of cut lead crystal, the light that emerges is
often separated into brilliant colors. This coloration is due to the fact that
A. lead crystal absorbs violet light more strongly than it absorbs red light.
B. lead crystal absorbs red light more strongly than it absorbs violet light.
C. red light experiences stronger Rayleigh scattering in lead crystal than violet light does.
D. red light moves faster in lead crystal than violet light does.
Points Earned: 1/1

Correct Answer: D
Your Response: D
4. An object is very near a converging lens with a large focal length. Where does the image form?
A. On the opposite side of the lens as the object.
B. No image forms.
 C. At the focal point on the opposite side of the lens from the object.
D. On the same side of the lens as the object.
Points Earned: 0/1

Correct Answer: D
Your Response: B
5. Some fiber optic communication systems use laser amplification to boost the intensity of light
pulses passing through an optical fiber. A short segment of laser amplifier fiber is spliced into
the main fiber so that the light pulses must pass through the laser amplifier fiber on their way to
their destination. The light emerging from the laser amplifier fiber is much brighter than it was
when it entered. One interesting aspect of the light emerging from the laser amplifier fiber is
that it
A. is slightly redder than the light entering the amplifier fiber—its wavelength is longer.
B. travels faster than the light entering the amplifier fiber.
C. is slightly bluer than the light entering the amplifier fiber—its wavelength is shorter.
D. has the same color as the light entering the amplifier fiber.
Points Earned: 1/1

Correct Answer: D
Your Response: D
6. A reflecting telescope has the advantage that its main optic has only one element (a curved
mirror) and that this element does not have to be made of transparent material. In contrast, the
simplest high-quality refracting telescope needs two elements in its main optic (a converging
lens) and both elements must be perfectly transparent. It needs these two transparent elements in
its lens because a single element lens
A. cannot bring all the colors to a focus at the same distance.
B. causes light to spread apart rather than come together.
C. can only form a virtual image and not a real image.
D. will produce an inverted real image while a two element lens will produce an upright real
image.
Points Earned: 1/1

Correct Answer: A
Your Response: A
7. An object is 10 m from a convex lens and an image forms on the other side of the lens, 20 m
away. The focal length of the lens is
A. 20 m
B. -20 m
C. – 20/3 m
D. 20/3 m
Points Earned: 0/1

Correct Answer: D
Your Response: B
8. You are standing at the shore of a calm lake, trying to look beneath its surface. All you see is a
 strong reflection
of the sky overhead. But when you put on polarizing sunglasses, the glare almost disappears and
you can see fish swimming under the surface of the water. If you turn your head sideways, so
that the sunglass from before, the glare will°lenses are rotated 90
A. remain almost absent.
B. become even dimmer but the fish will disappear altogether so that it is not an improvement.
C. reappear.
D. become even dimmer but the fish will also become dimmer so that it's not an improvement.
Points Earned: 1/1

Correct Answer: C
Your Response: C
9. Many sophisticated cameras have zoom lenses. When you select the telephoto setting, the
objects in front of you appear much closer. In this setting,
A. the aperture of the lens is larger than normal.
B. the aperture of the lens is smaller than normal.
C. the focal length of the lens is longer than normal.
D. the focal length of the lens is shorter than normal.
Points Earned: 1/1

Correct Answer: C
Your Response: C
10. The standard wavelength of light that is used in CD readers is
A. 880 nm
B. 700 nm
C. 580 nm
D. 780 nm
Points Earned: 1/1

Correct Answer: D
Your Response: D
11. Soap bubbles have their beautiful colors when illuminated with white light because
A. the light rays reflecting off the top and bottom surfaces interfere.
B. the light interferes within the bubble.
C. light rays reflecting off the bottom mix and interfere with each other.
D. of dispersion.
Points Earned: 1/1

Correct Answer: A
Your Response: A
12. Vegetable oil and Pyrex glass have almost exactly the same indices of refraction-the speed of
light is the same in both materials. If you submerge a clear Pyrex dish in vegetable oil,
A. the surfaces of the Pyrex will appear mirror-like-reflecting light perfectly as the result of
total internal reflection.
 B. you will see a pattern of beautiful rainbow colors in the glass as dispersion separates
white light.
C. the Pyrex dish will act as a lens and you will see highly distorted images of objects
beyond the dish.
D. the Pyrex dish will be virtually invisible because no light will reflect from its surfaces.
Points Earned: 1/1

Correct Answer: D
Your Response: D
13. Which answer has the colors in order from the lowest frequency to the highest?
A. Red Green Blue
B. Red Blue Green
C. Blue Green Red
D. Blue Red Green
Points Earned: 1/1

Correct Answer: A
Your Response: A
14. A nearsighted person’s eyes
A. refract light too much and focus images of distant objects behind the retina.
B. have pupils that are too small.
C. refract light too little and focus images of distant objects in front of the retina.
D. refract light too much and focus images of distant objects in front of the retina.
Points Earned: 1/1

Correct Answer: D
Your Response: D
15. Impedance mismatches between surfaces lead to
A. refraction.
B. reflection.
C. constructive interference.
D. destructive interference.
Points Earned: 0/1

Correct Answer: B
Your Response: C
16. In a typical laser, the right color of light bounces back and forth between two mirrors and
A. is de-amplified by the laser medium.
B. is ignored by the laser medium.
C. is amplified by the excited atoms in the laser medium.
D. is amplified by the mirrors.
Points Earned: 1/1
 Correct Answer: C
Your Response: C
17. The tubes in fluorescent lamps have a white powder on their inner surfaces. This powder
A. conducts electricity from one electrode to the other and emits visible light as current
passes through it.
B. slows down the white light produced by the gas atoms inside the tube so that less of that
white light reflects as it passes through the walls of the tube.
C. absorbs ultraviolet light and uses the energy from that light to produce visible light.
D. scatters the white light produced by the gas atoms inside the tube so that it is both
vertically and horizontally polarized and doesn't cause glare.
Points Earned: 1/1

Correct Answer: C
Your Response: C
18. A laser diode’s wavelength and color depend primarily on
A. the density of its anode
B. the band gap of its power supply
C. the band gap of its anode
D. what it is hooked up to
Points Earned: 0/1

Correct Answer: C
Your Response: D
19. If you are viewing an object with a 7 Diopter lens and a 10 Diopter lens, which one has to be
held closer to a piece of paper when focusing a distant object?
A. The 10 Diopter lens
B. Neither one will focus an image.
C. Both have the same focal length
D. The 7 Diopter lens
Points Earned: 1/1

Correct Answer: A
Your Response: A
20. What effect causes the sky to appear blue?
A. Dispersion
B. Destructive Interference
C. Rayleigh scattering
D. Impedance mismatch
Points Earned: 1/1

Correct Answer: C
Your Response: C