Thisisthepracticetest.

MIDTERMEXAM1
Physics8BLecture2,E.Lebow
March5,2015

Thefrontmatterisessentiallythesameasontherealtest.

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Physicalconstants:
12 2 2
=8.8510
0 C /Nm
+9 2 2
k=1/4
0=8.9910
Nm/C
19
e=1.6010 C
Youneednotpluginthenumericvaluesoftheconstantsunlessyouareexplicitly
directedtogiveapurelynumericanswer.

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PROBLEM1TRUE/FALSE
Worth18points(2pointseach)
Thereare9truefalsequestionsontherealtest.

Thepracticetestisintendedtoberepresentativeoftherealtest,butitprobablyhasseveral
differences.Oneisthatithasntbeenproofreadascarefully.Pleaseemailme(EliLebow)ifyou
thinkthereisamistake.AnotheristhatIdontthinkIvecompletelymatchedthedifficultylevel,
butIdontthinkitsfaroff.Boththerealtestandthepracticetestinvolveusingasampleofthefull
setofskillsyouvelearned,becausetheresnowaytomakeyouusethefullset,sonaturallythey
arentquitethesamesample.

You dont need to justify your answer, but you do need to write TRUE or FALSEinsteadofjustTor
F.ThereasonisthatTandFsometimeslooktoosimilar.

_________i. A positive charge in an electric field feels an electric force in the same direction asthe
electricfield.

_________ii. Gausss Law implies that ifthereisnonetchargeinsideasurface,thentheelectricfield

atallpointsonthatsurfaceiszero.

_________iii. Two circuit elements in parallel with each other must have the same current flowing
throughthem.

_________ iv. Kirchhoffs loop rule says that the total voltage difference around any closed loop ina
circuitmustbezero.

PROBLEM2:

In the circuit diagram below, each resistor has resistance 1 ohm.Therearetwobatteries,onewithemf

=2Vandonewith
1 =4V.
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a. WhatisthepotentialdifferenceacrossresistorR ,andwhichsidehashigherpotential?
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b. WhatisthecurrentthroughresistorR ,andinwhichdirection?
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PROBLEM3:

A thin spherical shell of radius a is placed near an infinite flat sheet. The distance between the sheet
and the center of the sphere is b, with b>a. The spherical shell, and the sheet, each carry (surface)
charge density
, where
>0. Find all points (in threedimensional space)wherethevector Eis
0
.You
2 2
may assume 2a <b(this should determine whether an interesting point is on the intended side of the
sheet).

PROBLEM4:

In the circuit diagram below, capacitor C 1 initially carries charge q , with the sign of the charge as
1
shown. Capacitor C 2 initially carries charge q,
2 with the sign of the charge asshown.Wecloseallfour
switchessimultaneously,andweobservewhathappensnext.

a. Immediatelyaftertheswitchesareclosed,whatisthevoltageacrosscapacitorC ?
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b. Immediately after the switches are closed, what is the current through resistor R 2, and in what
direction does it flow? For this part of the problem, assume R 1 = 1 ohm, R2 = 2 ohms, R 3 = 3
ohms,theinitialvoltageacrossC is8VandtheinitialvoltageacrossC
1 is3V.
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c. Averylongtimeaftertheswitchesareclosed,whatisthecurrentthroughresistorR ?
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PROBLEM5:

A nonconducting, infinite, cylindrical, thickwalled pipe has inner diameter c and outerdiameter d
.It
carries a charge withuniform(volume)density
>0.Fourlinesofchargerunthroughtheinteriorofthe
pipe. They are parallel totheaxisofthecylinderandvery closetotheaxis,adistancemuch,muchless
than c. In the crosssectional view below, you see the pipe as the ringshaped region, and the lines of
charge as four dots, arranged in a rectangle, which is centered at the axis of the pipe. Each line of
charge is infinite, straight, nonconducting, and carries a (linear) charge density

>0. In the problems
below,thecoordinate r
referstothedistancefromtheaxis.

a. Whatistheelectricfieldvectoratr=0?
b. What is the electric field vector in the region c<r<d? Hint: since the rectangle is muchsmaller
thanthepipe,youcanmakeapproximations,andyoushould.
c. Whatistheelectricfieldvectorintheregionr>d?
d. IfwesetthezeroofelectricpotentialtobeV=0atr=,whatisthepotentialatr=c?
e. The paragraph above specifically says that the pipe is nonconducting. However,providedwe
are in electrostatic equilibrium, you could already deduce that the pipe was
nonconductinghow?

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PROBLEM6:

You are given a cylinder, much longer than it is wide. The cylinder is uniformall made out of the
same material. You measure the resistance of the object, which turns out to be R . Youcarefullyslice
0
the object on two planes along its long axis, and perpendicular to each otherseethefigure.Youthen
connect these four quartercylinders in series , obtaining a combination of resistors with some
equivalent resistance. What is the equivalent resistance? As always, you must show your work or
reasoning.