PY 208 Name: ________________________________________

Spring 2016
Final Exam, Version A ID Number: ____________________________________
Time limit: 180 minutes for entire test
Closed book Section Number: _______________________________
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Find the best answer to each of these forty questions. You do not need to explain your thinking, and
work shown will not be graded. When you have finished, copy your answer selections to the bubble
sheet provided. Use #2 pencil only.

1. What must be the distance between two point charges of 26.0 µC and 47.0 µC in order that the
electrostatic force between them be 5.70 N?

a) 6.3 mm b) 12 cm c) 1.4 m d) 89 m e) 1.2 km

2. With charges –q, -q and +16q located on the x axis at positions x = 0, 1 and 4 centimeters
respectively, what is the net force on the charge at the origin given that q = 1.0 × 10-4 C?

a) 9.0 × 104 N to the right

b) 1.4 × 10-3 N to the right
c) 0
d) 9.0 × 10-4 to the left
e) 1.4 × 10-3 to the left

3. A negative point charge is brought up near—but doesn’t touch—an isolated, neutral,

conducting sphere. The sketch best representing the charge on the sphere is

A. A B. B C. C D. D E. E
4. A 20 m long cylinder with axis parallel to
the x-axis lies in a region of space where
the electric field points in the x-direction.
The circular faces of the cylinder have
radii r = 1.0 m. If the electric field at x = 0
is 500 N/C and at x = 20 m is 400 N/C,
what is the charge within the cylinder?

a) -2.8 × 10-9 C
b) +2.8 × 10-9 C
c) -6.3 × 10-7 C
d) +6.3 × 10-9 C
e) +6.3 × 10-8 C

5. Three charges Q1 = -3.0 µC, Q2 = +5.0 µC and Q3 = +7.0 µC

are situated in and around a U-shaped closed surface as
shown. The net flux passing through the closed surface is

a) 1.0 × 106 N⋅m2/C

b) 4.5 × 105 N⋅m2/C
c) 1.7 × 105 N⋅m2/C
d) 5.6 × 105 N⋅m2/C
e) 1.1 × 105 N⋅m2/C

6. An electric dipole centered at the origin lies along the y-axis of an x-y coordinate system as
shown. The direction of the electric field at point P located on the positive x-axis points in
which direction?

A. +y B. -y C. +x D. -x E. none of the above

7. A Gaussian surface in the form of a cube with 1.0 m edges
(along the x, y and z axes) is immersed in an electric field of
magnitude 5.0 N/C directed along the +x axis. What is φtop
the electric flux through the top face, and what is φside the
electric flux side through the side (shaded) face shown?

A. φtop = +5.0 N⋅m2/C and φside = +5.0 N⋅m2/C

B. φtop = 0 and φside = -5.0 N⋅m2/C
C. φtop = 0 and φside = 0
D. φtop = +5.0 N⋅m2/C and φside = 0
E. φtop = 0 and φside = +5.0 N⋅m2/C

8. Two charges in the x-y plane are q1 = +3.0 × 10-6 C at

(x1, y1) = (3.5, 0.50) cm and q2 = -4.0 × 10-6 C at
(x2, y2) = (-2.0, 1.5) cm. How much work was done
by an external force in assembling these two particles
starting from infinite separation?

a) -3.4 J b) -1.9 J c) +1.4 J d) +14 J e) +140 J

9. A 1.0 F capacitor is comprised of two identical circular discs of

diameter D which are separated by d = 1 mm. What is D? The
figure is not to scale.

a) 6.3 mm b) 10 cm c) 1.6 m d) 14 m e) 12 km

10. A 16.6 µF capacitor is initially uncharged. It is connected to a 24 V battery. How much charge
then flows from the battery to the capacitor?

(a) 8.0 × 10-4 C (b) 1.4 × 106 C (c) 3.98 × 10-4 C (d) 6.9 × 10-7 C (e) 24 C
11. Four capacitors are connected as shown. What is
the equivalent capacitance of the combination?

(a) 19 µF (b) 20 µF (c) 5 µF (d) 6 µF (e) 11 µF

12. Consider eight identical conducting

blocks put into electrical contact in four
different ways. What can be said about
the resistance for current passing in the
z-direction for the four configurations in
the figure?

a) RA < RB < RC < RD

b) RB < RA < RD < RC
c) RB < RD < RA = RD
d) RA < RB < RD < RC
e) RC < RD = RA < RB

13. A service station charges a battery using a current of 5.2 A for 6.5 hours. How much charge
passes through the battery?

(a) 1.2 × 105 C (b) 34. C (c) 2.0 × 103 C (d) 9.4 × 10-3 C (e) 6.1 × 10-1 C

14. What is the current in a 40 W incandescent light bulb in a 110 V circuit?

(a) 36 mA (b) 56 mA (c) 4.7 × 10-2 A (d) 0.36 A (e) 0.47 A

 15. Given the current through the battery is 2 A, as shown, determine the battery voltage.
18 ⌦

3⌦ 3⌦ 3⌦
2A

(a) 24 V (b) 54 V (c) 6 V (d) 38 V (e) 12 V

16. A circuit consists of five resistors and one
battery as shown. What is voltage across the
5.0 Ω resistor?

a) 2.5 V b) 5.0 V c) 7.5V d) 8.5 V e) 11 V

17. In an RC circuit, the total resistance is 19. kΩ, and the battery’s emf
is 21.0 V. The time constant is measured to be 43 µs. Calculate the
time it takes for the voltage across the resistor to reach 14.0 V after
the switch is closed.

(a) 17 µs (b) 43 µs (c) 2.1 µs (d) 47 µs (e) 3.9 µs


18. A voltage source V, three switches and three identical light bulbs are connected as shown.
Under which combination of switches does bulb 3 (on the right) burn most brightly?

(a) Switch 1 is closed; switch 2 is closed; and switch 3 is closed.

(b) Switch 1 is closed; switch 2 is open; and switch 3 is closed.
(c) Switch 1 is open; switch 2 is closed; and switch 3 is closed.
(d) Switch 1 is open; switch 2 is closed; and switch 3 is open.
(e) Switch 1 is open; switch 2 is open; and switch 3 is closed.

19. In the circuit shown, which of the following is true?

(a) IAB = ICD and VAB < VCD

(b) IAB = ICD and VAB = VCD
(c) IAB < ICD and VAB = VCD
(d) IAB > ICD and VAB > VCD
(e) IAB > ICD and VAB < VCD

20. A 6.0 MeV proton (with charge of 1.6 × 10-19 C and a mass of 1.7 × 10-27 kg) enters a 0.20 T field
in a plane perpendicular to the field. What is the radius of curvature of its subsequent path?
Note: 1 eV = 1.6 × 10-19 J.

a) 56 µm b) 12 mm c) 45 cm d) 1.8 m e) 35 m

21. What is the force per meter length on a straight wire carrying 9.7 A current in a B field of
0.85 T, when the angle between the field and wire is 5.0o?

(a) 0.72 N/m (b) 8.2 N/m (c) 41 N/m (d) 0.16 N/m (e) 0
22. An electron moving to the right in the diagram below enters the shaded region where a
magnetic field B is directed into the page. When it enters this field the magnetic force on the
electron is directed…

(a) Toward the right

(b) Toward the left
(c) Toward the top of the page
(d) Toward the bottom of the page
(e) Perpendicular to the page

23. A negatively charged particle (Q) is moving to the right with velocity v, as shown below. It is
moving directly above and parallel to a wire carrying a current I that is also directed to the
right. In which direction is the magnetic force exerted on the particle?

(a) into the page

(b) out of the page
(c) upward
(d) downward
(e) The magnetic force is zero since the velocity is parallel to the current.

24. Two semicircular arcs have radii 2.0 cm and 1.0 cm in the
circuit shown. If the circuit carries a current of 2.4 A, what is
the magnetic field at P, the center of curvature of the two
arcs?

a) 3.1 × 10-6 T out of the paper

b) 3.1 × 10-6 T into the paper
c) 3.8 × 10-4 T out of the paper
d) 3.8 × 10-5 T into the paper
e) 3.8 × 10-5 T out of the paper
25. A 200-turn solenoid having a length of 25 cm and a diameter of 10 cm carries a current of
0.29 A. What is the magnetic field inside the solenoid?

a) 0.30 mT b) 4.1 mT c) 630 mT d) 1.2 T e) 2.4 T

26. A 16 cm diameter circular loop of wire is placed in a 0.50 T magnetic field. The plane of the
loop makes an angle of 35° with the field lines. What is the magnitude of the magnetic flux
through the loop?

a) 5.8×10-3 T⋅m b) 72 ×10-3 T⋅m c) 0.12 T⋅m d) 1.3 T⋅m e) 5.7 T⋅m

27. The output voltage of a 75-W transformer is 12 V, and the input current is 22 A. By what
factor is the voltage multiplied?

(a) 2.6 (b) 3.5 (c) 5.7 (d) 9.6 (e) 17

28. In the figure shown R = 14.0 Ω, C = 6.20 µF, L = 54.0 mH and

V = 34.0 V. The switch is kept at position a for a long time and
then thrown to position b. What is the frequency of the resulting
oscillations?

a) 6.3 Hz b) 75 Hz c) 150 Hz d) 0.28 kHz e) 1.2 kHz

29. A 53 mH coil with a resistance of 0.35 Ω has a 12 V emf applied to it. How much energy is
stored in the magnetic field of the coil once the current has built up to its equilibrium value?

(a) 5.0 J (b) 12 J (c) 19 J (d) 25 J (e) 31 J

30. A rectangular loop of wire in the x-y plane is
pulled with constant velocity ! in the x-direction
through a uniform B-field parallel to the z-axis.
The field exists over a square region 6.0 cm on a
side. The loop has sides 3.0 cm and 5.0 cm and is
pulled through the middle of the B-field as
shown. At t = 0, the loop is completely outside ~v
and to the left of the B-field. Which of the graphs
shown could possibly represent the induced EMF
generated in the loop as it is pulled into, through ~
B
and out of the field?

(a) I (b) II (c) III (d) IV (e) None of the plots is correct.

31. A soap bubble has an index of refraction of 1.33. What minimum thickness of this bubble will
ensure maximum reflectance of normally incident 530 nm wavelength light?

(a) 24.6 nm (b) 56.7 nm (c) 99.6 nm (d) 199 nm (e) 398 nm

32. Sunlight just outside the Earth’s atmosphere has an average intensity of 1.40 kW/m2. What is
the magnitude of the peak magnetic field associated with this wave of sunlight?

a) 1.2 µT b) 3.4 µT c) 17 µT d) 1.2 mT e) 0.23 T

33. An isotropic point source S of light is located
a distance d from a wall W and the intensity
at position P directly opposite the source is
measured to be IP. If a perfectly reflecting
plane mirror M is now placed a distance d on
the other side of the source, what is the
intensity of the light measured at point P?
The wall and the mirror are in parallel planes.
(Hint: The reflection from the mirror will also
increase the intensity. The image of the object
will act as an additional source.)

a) 1.1 IP b) 1.5 IP c) 1.7 IP d) 2.0 IP e) 4.0 IP

34. Light from a sodium lamp has a wavelength in vacuum of 589 nm. What is the frequency of
this light?

a) 3.4 × 1014 Hz
b) 5.1 × 1014 Hz
c) 7.6 × 1014 Hz
d) 2.1 × 1015 Hz
e) 3.4 × 1015 Hz

35. Three parallel slabs of material (labeled β, γ and δ) are immersed

in a medium (labeled α). A beam of light incident from the left
on the α-β interface refracts as shown in the figure through slabs
β, γ and δ, before emerging from the δ-α interface on the right.
What is the proper relation describing the indices of refraction of
the slabs and the medium?

a) nα < n < nγ < nδ

β

b) nα < n < nδ < nγ

β

c) nγ < nα < n < nδ

β

d) nδ < nα < nγ < n β

e) nγ < nδ < nα < n β

36. An object on the optical axis of a diverging lens of focal length 25 cm forms a virtual image
20 cm from the lens. How far from the lens is the object located?

a) 50 cm b) 75 cm c) 100 cm d) 150 cm e) 200 cm

37. An object on the optical axis of a converging

lens of focal length f = 10 cm is do = 30.0 cm
from the lens. What can be said of the image’s
nature (real or virtual), its distance from the
lens (di) and its magnification m?

a) The image is real; di = 15 cm; and m = -0.50.

b) The image is imaginary; di = 10 cm; and m = 0.50.
c) The image is real; di = 15 cm; and m = -1.0.
d) The image is imaginary; di = 15 cm; and m = -0.50.
e) The image is real; di = 10 cm; and m = -0.50.

38. Light from a He-Ne laser (wavelength 633 nm) falls on two slits 68 µm apart to project an
interference pattern on a screen 3.8 m away. How far apart are the fringes at the center of the
pattern?

a) 87 mm b) 0.39 cm c) 1.3 cm d) 3.5 cm e) 5.2 cm

39. Monochromatic light falling on two slits 0.019 mm apart produces a fourth-order fringe at a
9.7o angle. What is the wavelength of the light used?

(a) 800 nm (b) 500 nm (c) 400 nm (d) 600 nm (e) 700 nm
40. An unpolarized beam of light of
intensity Io is incident in the
z-direction on three linear
polarizers A, B and C as shown.
Polarizers A and C have planes of
polarization oriented along the x-
and y-axes respectively.
Intermediate polarizer B has its
plane of polarization in the x-y
plane at 45° from the +x axis.
What is the intensity I that
emerges from the last polarizer?

a) 0 b) Io/8 c) Io/4 d) Io/2 e) Io

 PY 208 Equation Sheet
!
! ! ! ! !
F = qE 1 Q σ
E= rˆ E= ΦE = E ⋅ A
! QQ 4πε 0 r 2 2ε 0 ! !
F12 = k 1 2 2 rˆ21 ! Φ E = ∫ E ⋅ dA
r 1 dq σ
E= ∫r 2
rˆ E= ! ! Qenclosed
1 4πε 0 ε0
k=
4πε 0 dq = λdl , dq = σdA, dq = ρdV λ
∫ ⋅ dA =
E
bc ε0
E=
2πε 0 r

! ! ! ! !
p = Ql ΔU = qΔV F = ma
! ! B ! ! ! ! ! !
U = −p⋅E ΔV BA = V B − V A = − ∫ E ⋅ dl v f = vi + aΔt
! !
A !
W = pE (cosθ 2 − cosθ1 ) ! ! ! 1! 2
! ! ! ΔV = − E ⋅ d r f = ri + vi Δt + a (Δt ) !
τ = p×E 2
Q 1 !
V = Fg = mg
4πε 0 r
! mv 2
dq 1 Fc =
! V = ∫ r
4πε 0 r ! !
! W = F ⋅d
1Q1Q2
U 12 = b ! !
! 4πε 0 r W = ∫ F ⋅ dl
a
! ∂V ∂V ∂V ΔU = −Wby conservative force
Ex = − , Ey = − , Ez = −
! ∂x ∂y ∂z K f + U f = Ki + Ui
1 !
Q = CV K= mv 2
ΔQ dQ 2
ε A I= ,I =
C= 0 ! Δt dt
d V = IR
! (
Vc = E 1 − e − t τ )
1 1 2 1 Q2 l
U = QV = CV =
2 2 2 C ! R=ρ (
Q = CE 1 − e − t τ )
A
C eq = C1 + C 2 + C3 + ... E
! V2 I = e −t τ
P = IV = I 2 R = R
1 1 1 1 ! R
= + + + ... Q = Q0 e − t τ
C eq C1 C 2 C3 ! Req = R1 + R2 + R3 + ...
! V c = V0 e − t τ
! E vacuum ! 1 1 1 1
C = KC 0 , ε = Kε 0 , E = = + + + ... τ = RC
K Req R1 R2 R3
!
Vterminal =E − Ir
!
! ! !
A ⋅ B = Ax Bx + Ay B y + Az Bz
! ! ! ! !
A ⋅ B = A B cosθ
! ! !
A × B = ( Ay Bz − Az B y )iˆ + ( Az Bx − Ax Bz ) ˆj + ( Ax B y − Ay Bx )kˆ
!
! ! ! !
! A × B = A B sin θ
!

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! ! ! ! ! ! !
F = Il × B ∫ ⋅ dl = µ 0 I enclosed
B Φ B = ∫ B ⋅ dA V0
! ! ! I=
R
(1 − e −t τ )
F = qv × B µ0 I dΦ B
! ! ! ! B= E = −N I = I 0 e −t τ
F = qE + qv × B 2πr dt
N E = Blv L
mv B = µ 0 nI = µ 0 I τ=
r= R
qB l E = NBAω sin(ωt )
µ 0 I1 I 2 Q = Q0 cos(ωt + φ )
2πm F= l VS N
T= = S I = I 0 sin(ωt + φ )
qB 2π d VP N P
!
! ! ! µ 0 I dl × rˆ ω = 2πf
µ = NIA dB = IS N
4π r 2 = P
! ! ! IP NS 1
τ = µ×B µ 0 IR 2 ω=
B= N 2 Φ 21 LC
! ! π 32 M 21 =
U = − µ ⋅ B if U = 0 at θ = (
2 R2 + x2 ) I1 !
2
µ I dI 1
B = 0 ,x = 0 E2 = − M
d sin θ = mλ , m = 0,1,2,... 2R dt 1
v = λf , T =
1 NΦ B f
d sin θ = (m + )λ , m = 0,1,2,... L=
2 θ reflected = θ incident I E 1
2t = mλ , m = 0,1,2,... c= =
n1 sin θ 1 = n 2 sin θ 2 µ0 N 2 A B µ 0ε 0
1 L=
2t = (m + )λ , m = 0,1,2,... n2 l ! 1 ! !
2 sin θ C = S= ( E × B)
n1 dI µ0
λ E = −L
λn = dt 1 E0 B0 Erms Brms
c
n n= 1 S= =
v U L = LI 2 2 µ0 µ0
D sin θ = mλ , m = ±1,±2,... 2
r power
1.22λ f = S=
θ= 2 ! area
D
1 1 1 ! S
I = I 0 cos 2 θ + = P=
do di f ! c
! hi d 2S
m= =− i P=
Constants: ho do c
e = 1.6 × 10 19 C
−
F
N f P=
k = 9.0 × 109 N⋅m2/C2 M = , M =− o A
ε0 = 8.85 ×10-12 C2/(N⋅m2) f fe
µ0 = 4π ×10-7 T⋅m/A 1
P=
c = 3.0 × 108 m/s f
Prefix
mega (M)- 106
kilo (k)- 103
milli (m)- 10-3
micro (µ)- 10-6
nano (n)- 10-9
pico (p)- 10-12