PHYS 2212K - Final Exam Practice

What is the potential difference ΔV12 between points 1 and 2?

The circuit of the figure(Figure 1) has two resistors, with R1>R2. Which of the two resistors dissipates the larger amount of power?

The circuit of the figure(Figure 1) has two resistors, with R1>R2. Which of the two resistors dissipates the larger amount of power?

Rank in order, from largest to smallest, the powers Pa to Pd dissipated by the four resistors in the figure.

A battery with internal resistance r is connected to a load resistance R. If R is increased, does the terminal voltage of the battery increase, decrease, or stay the same?

Initially bulbs A and B in the figure(Figure 1) are glowing. What happens to bulb A if the switch is closed? Does it get brighter, stay the same, get dimmer, or go out? What happens to bulb B if the switch is closed? Does it get brighter, stay the same, get dimmer, or go out?

Bulbs A, B, and C in the figure(Figure 1) are identical, and all are glowing. Rank in order, from most to least, the brightnesses of the three bulbs.

Suppose a wire is connected between points 1 and 2. What happens to bulb A? Does it get brighter, stay the same, get dimmer, or go out?

Suppose a wire is connected between points 1 and 2. What happens to bulb B? Does it get brighter, stay the same, get dimmer, or go out?

Suppose a wire is connected between points 1 and 2. What happens to bulb C? Does it get brighter, stay the same, get dimmer, or go out?

Bulbs A and B in the figure(Figure 1) are identical, and both are glowing. Bulb B is removed from its socket. Does the potential difference ΔV12 between points 1 and 2 increase, stay the same, decrease, or become zero?

Bulbs A and B in the figure(Figure 1) are identical, and both are glowing. What happens to bulb A when the switch is closed? Does its brightness increase, stay the same, decrease, or go out?

Bulbs A and B in the figure(Figure 1) are identical, and both are glowing. What happens to bulb B when the switch is closed? Does its brightness increase, stay the same, decrease, or go out?

The figure(Figure 1) shows the voltage as a function of time of a capacitor as it is discharged (separately) through three different resistors. Rank in order, from largest to smallest, the values of the resistances R1 toR3

Can an insulator be charged?

Can a conductor be charged?

The two oppositely charged metal spheres in the figure have equal quantities of charge. They are brought into contact with a neutral metal rod. What is the final charge state of each sphere and of the rod?

Metal sphere A in the figure has 4 units of negative charge and metal sphere B has 2 units of positive charge. The two spheres are brought into contact. What is the final charge state of each sphere?

Metal spheres A and B in the figure are initially neutral and are touching. A positively charged rod is brought near A, but not touching. Is A now positive, negative, or neutral?

If you bring your finger near a lightweight, negatively charged hanging ball, the ball swings over toward your finger as shown in the figure. Explain this.

Charges A and B in the figure are equal. Each charge exerts a force on the other of magnitude F. Suppose the charge of B is increased by a factor of 4, but everything else is unchanged. In terms of F, what is the magnitude of the force on A? In terms of F, what is the magnitude of the force on B?

The electric field strength at one point near a point charge is 3000 N/C . What is the field strength if the distance from the point charge is doubled? What is the field strength if the distance from the point charge is halved?

The electric force on a charged particle in an electric field is F. What will be the force if the particle's charge is tripled and the electric field strength is halved?

Four lightweight balls A, B, C, and D are suspended by threads. Ball A has been touched by a plastic rod that was rubbed with wool. When the balls are brought close together, without touching, the following observations are made: Balls B, C, and D are attracted to ball A. Balls B and D have no effect on each other. Ball B is attracted to ball C.

Rank in order, from largest to smallest, the electric field strengths E1 to E4 at points 1 to 4 in the figure.

A small segment of wire in the figure(Figure 1) contains 13 nC of charge. The segment is shrunk to one-third of its original length. What is the ratio λf/λi, where λi and λf are the initial and final linear charge densities?

A small segment of wire in the figure(Figure 1) contains 13 nC of charge. A proton is very far from the wire. What is the ratio Ff/Fi of the electric force on the proton after the segment is shrunk to the force before the segment was shrunk?

A small segment of wire in the figure(Figure 1) contains 13 nC of charge. Suppose the original segment of wire is stretched to 15 times its original length. How much charge must be added to the wire to keep the linear charge density unchanged?

The hollow soda straw in the figure(Figure 1) is uniformly charged. What is the electric field at the center (inside) of the straw?

An electron experiences a force of magnitude F when it is 2 cm from a very long, charged wire with linear charge density λ. If the charge density is doubled, at what distance from the wire will a proton experience a force of the same magnitude F?

The irregularly shaped area of charge in the figure(Figure 1) has surface charge density ηi. Each dimension (x and y) of the area is reduced by a factor of 3.163. What is the ratio ηf/ηi, where ηf is the final surface charge density? An electron is very far from the area. What is the ratio Ff/Fi of the electric force on the electron after the area is reduced to the force before the area was reduced?

A circular disk has surface charge density 20 nC/cm^2 . What will the surface charge density be if the radius of the disk is doubled?

A sphere of radius R has charge Q. The electric field strength at distance r>R is Ei. What is the ratio Ef/Ei of the final to initial electric field strengths if Q is halved?

A sphere of radius R has charge Q. The electric field strength at distance r>R is Ei. What is the ratio Ef/Ei of the final to initial electric field strengths if R is halved?

A sphere of radius R has charge Q. The electric field strength at distance r>R is Ei. What is the ratio Ef/Ei of the final to initial electric field strengths if r is halved (but is still >R)?

The ball in the figure(Figure 1) is suspended from a large, uniformly charged positive plate. It swings with period T. If the ball is discharged, will the period increase, decrease, or stay the same?

Rank in order, from largest to smallest, the electric field strengths E1 to E5 at the five points in the figure(Figure 1) .

A parallel-plate capacitor consists of two square plates, size L×L, separated by distance d. The plates are given charge ±Q. What is the ratio Ef/Ei of the final to initial electric field strengths if Q is doubled?

A parallel-plate capacitor consists of two square plates, size L×L, separated by distance d. The plates are given charge ±Q. What is the ratio Ef/Ei of the final to initial electric field strengths if L is doubled?

A parallel-plate capacitor consists of two square plates, size L×L, separated by distance d. The plates are given charge ±Q. What is the ratio Ef/Ei of the final to initial electric field strengths if d is doubled?

A small object is released in the center of the capacitor in the figure(Figure 1) . For each situation, does the object move to the right, to the left, or remain in place? If it moves, does it accelerate or move at constant speed? A positive object is released from rest. A neutral but polarizable object is released from rest. A negative object is released from rest.

A proton and an electron are released from rest in the center of a capacitor. Is the force ratio Fp/Fe greater than 1, less than 1, or equal to 1? Is the acceleration ratio ap/ae greater than 1, less than 1, or equal to 1?

Two pairs of charges are shown in (Figure 1) At which point or points is the electric field zero in figure (a)? At which point or points is the electric field zero in figure (b)?

The figure(Figure 1) shows cross sections of three-dimensional closed surfaces. They have a flat top and bottom surface above and below the plane of the page. However, the electric field is everywhere parallel to the page, so there is no flux through the top or bottom surface. The electric field is uniform over each face of the surface For each figure, does the surface enclose a net positive charge, a net negative charge, or no net charge?

The square and circle in the figure(Figure 1) are in the same uniform field. The diameter of the circle equals the edge length of the square. Is Φsquare larger than, smaller than, or equal to Φcircle?

In the figure(Figure 1) is Φ1 larger than, smaller than, or equal to Φ2?

What is the electric flux through each of the surfaces in the figure(Figure 1) ? Give each answer as a multiple of qϵ0.

What is the electric flux through each surface in the figure(Figure 1) ? Give the answer as a multiple of qε0.

The charged balloon in the figure(Figure 1) expands as it is blown up, increasing in size from the initial to final diameters shown.

The two spheres in the figure(Figure 1) surround equal charges. Three students are discussing the situation. Student 1: The fluxes through spheres A and B are equal because they enclose equal charges. Student 2: But the electric field on sphere B is weaker than the electric field on sphere A. The flux depends on the electric field strength, so the flux through A is larger than the flux through B. Student 3: I thought we learned that flux was about surface area. Sphere B is larger than sphere A, so I think the flux through B is larger than the flux through A.

The sphere and ellipsoid in the figure(Figure 1) surround equal charges. Four students are discussing the situation. Student 1: The fluxes through A and B are equal because the average radius is the same. Student 2: I agree that the fluxes are equal, but that's because they enclose equal charges. Student 3: The electric field is not perpendicular to the surface for B, and that makes the flux through B less than the flux through A. Student 4: I don't think that Gauss's law even applies to a situation like B, so we can't compare the fluxes through A and .B

A small, metal sphere hangs by an insulating thread within the larger, hollow conducting sphere of the figure (Figure 1) . A conducting wire extends from the small sphere through, but not touching, a small hole in the hollow sphere. A charged rod is used to transfer positive charge to the protruding wire. After the charged rod has touched the wire and been removed, are the following surfaces positive, negative, or not charged? The small sphere the inner surface of the hollow sphere the outer surface of the hollow sphere

An electron moves along the trajectory of the figure from i to f. Does the electric potential energy increase, decrease, or stay the same? Is the electron's speed at f greater than, less than, or equal to its speed at i?

Rank in order, from most positive to most negative, the potential energies Ua to Uf of the six electric dipoles in the uniform electric field of the figure.

A capacitor with plates separated by distance d is charged to a potential difference ΔVC. All wires and batteries are disconnected, then the two plates are pulled apart (with insulated handles) to a new separation of distance 2d. Does the capacitor charge Q change as the separation increases? Does the electric field strength E change as the separation increases? Does the electric field strength E change as the separation increases

Rank in order, from largest to smallest, the electric potentials Va to Ve at points a to e in the figure