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ns. Multiple-choice questions may continue on the next column or page nd all choices before answering. 001 10.0 points A charge Q is spread uniformly along the circumference of a circle of radius R. A point charge q is placed at the center of this circle. What is the total force exerted on q as calculated by Coulombs law? 1. Use 2 R for the distance. 2. The result of the calculation is zero. 3. None of these 4. Use R for the distance. 5. Use 2 R for the distance. 002 10.0 points Consider a square with side a. Four charges q, +q, +q, and q are placed at the corners A, B, C, and D, respectively A B + O + a 1 kq 6. EO = 2 a2 kq 7. EO = 4 2 2 a 1 kq 8. EO = 4 2 a2 1 kq 9. EO = 2 2 a2 kq 10. EO = 2 2 a

003 (part 1 of 2) 10.0 points Two positive charges of 5.76 C each are 402 cm apart. Find the electric eld midway between them. 1. E = 14901.7 N/C 2. E = 50415.4 N/C 3. E = 7246.08 N/C 4. E = 15138.2 N/C 5. E = 4238.5 N/C 6. E = 11942.8 N/C 7. E = 25627.2 N/C 8. E = 0 N/C 9. E = 4484.37 N/C 10. E = 4625.92 N/C 004 (part 2 of 2) 10.0 points Let : q1 = q2 = 5.76 C = 5.76 106 C , x = 201 cm = 2.01 m , and k = 8.98755 109 N m2 /C2 . What is the magnitude of the electric eld if one charge is positive and the other negative, both of magnitude 5.76 C? 1. E = 15769.3 N/C 2. E = 14613.1 N/C

D C What is the magnitude of the electric eld at the center O? 1. EO = 3 2. EO 3. EO 4. EO 5. EO kq 2 2 a 1 kq = 3 2 a2 kq =3 2 a kq =2 2 2 a kq = 2 a

yang (ncy79) Homework1 shih (56310) 3. E = 9176.36 N/C 4. E = 59331.4 N/C 5. E = 25627.2 N/C 6. E = 7025.08 N/C 7. E = 2918.85 N/C 8. E = 46262 N/C 9. E = 0 N/C 10. E = 4556.9 N/C 005 10.0 points A neutral ball is suspended by a string. A positively charged insulating rod is placed near the ball, which is observed to be attracted to the rod. Why is this? 1. The string is not a perfect conductor. 2. There is a rearrangement of the electrons in the ball. 3. The number of electrons in the ball is greater than in the rod. 4. The ball becomes negatively charged by induction. 5. The ball becomes positively charged by induction. 006 10.0 points Two identical positive charges exert a repulsive force of 6.3 109 N when separated by a distance 3.6 1010 m. Calculate the charge of each. The Coulomb constant is 8.98755 109 N m2 /C2 . Answer in units of C 007 10.0 points Two large, parallel, insulating plates are charged uniformly with the same positive

areal charge density +, which is the charge per unit area. What is the magnitude of the resultant electric eld E (where outside stands for above and below the two plates)? The permittivity 1 of free space 0 = . 4 ke outside 1. Zero between the plates, 2 0 2. Zero everywhere between the plates, zero outside 0 2 4. Zero between the plates, outside 0 5. everywhere 0 between the plates, outside 6. 2 0 2 0 7. Zero between the plates, outside 0 between the plates, zero outside 8. 2 0 2 2 9. between the plates, outside 0 0 2 10. between the plates, zero outside 0 3. 008 10.0 points In a crystal of salt there are electrons and positive ions. How does the net charge of the electrons compare with the net charge of the ions? 1. The net charge of the negative electrons is greater than the net charge of the ions. 2. Unable to determine 3. The net charge of the negative electrons has the same magnitude as the net charge of the ions. 4. The net charge of the negative electrons is less than the net charge of the ions. 5. Sometimes the net charge of the negative electrons is greater than the net charge of the ions and sometimes it is less.

yang (ncy79) Homework1 shih (56310) 5. F = 4 F 009 10.0 points A particle with charge 5 C is located on the x-axis at the point 4 cm , and a second particle with charge 7 C is placed on the x-axis at 6 cm . 5 C 7 C 4 C 6. None of these.

012 (part 3 of 5) 10.0 points What new force F would exist if d is quadrupled? 1. F = 0 2. None of these 3. F = 1 F 4 1 4. F = F 16 5. F = 16 F 6. F = 4 F 013 (part 4 of 5) 10.0 points What new force F would exist if d is cut in thirds? 1 F 9 1 2. F = F 3 1. F = 3. F = 0 4. None of these. 5. F = 9 F 6. F = 3 F 014 (part 5 of 5) 10.0 points What new force F would exist if q1 is quadrupled and d is tripled? 1. F = 4 F 9

2 4 6 8 10 x (cm) What is the magnitude of the total electrostatic force on a third particle with charge 4 C placed on the x-axis at 2 cm ? The Coulomb constant is 8.9875 109 N m2 /C2 . Answer in units of N 10 8 6 4 2 010 (part 1 of 5) 10.0 points Two charges q1 and q2 are separated by a distance d and exert a force F on each other. What new force F would exist if q1 is tripled? 1. F = 0 2. F = 1 F 9 1 3. F = F 3 4. None of these 5. F = 9 F 6. F = 3 F 011 (part 2 of 5) 10.0 points What new force F would exist if q1 and q2 are cut in half? 1. F = 2 F 2. F = 0 1 3. F = F 4 1 4. F = F 2

2. F = 0 3. None of these. 4. F = 81 F 16

yang (ncy79) Homework1 shih (56310) 5. F = 16 F 81 9 6. F = F 4 81 F 7. F = 9 9 8. F = F 81

5. balls Z and X are both positive, but ball Z carries more charge than ball X. 6. ball Z is positive and ball X is negative. 7. ball Z is positive and ball X is neutral. 8. balls Z and X are still uncharged. 9. ball Z is neutral and ball X is positive. 10. balls Z and X are both positive, but ball X carries more charge than ball Z. 017 10.0 points Based on electric charges and separations, which of the following atomic bonds is strongest? (You are interested only in the relative strengths, which depend only on the relative charges and distances.) 1. A +1 sodium atom separated by 2.0 distance units from a 1 chlorine atom in table salt 2. A +1 hydrogen atom separated by 1.0 distance units from a 2 oxygen atom in table salt 3. A +4 sodium atom separated by 1.5 distance units from a 2 oxygen atom in table salt 018 10.0 points Why are metals generally good conductors of electricity? 1. Metals have strong bonding with other atoms.

015 10.0 points When combing your hair, you scu electrons from your hair onto the comb. Is your hair then positively or negatively charged? What about the comb? 1. Neither is charged. 2. Both are positively charged. 3. positively charged; negatively charged 4. negatively charged; positively charged 5. Both are negatively charged. 016 10.0 points Two uncharged metal balls, Z and X, stand on insulating glass rods. A third ball, carrying a negative charge, is brought near the ball X as shown in the gure. A conducting wire is then run between Z and X and then removed. Finally the third ball is removed. conducting wire X Z

When all this is nished 1. balls Z and X are both negative. 2. ball Z is negative and ball X is positive. 3. ball Z is neutral and ball X is negative. 4. ball Z is negative and ball X is neutral.

2. Metals have free electrons in their outer shell. 3. Metals have more protons. 019 10.0 points The diagram above shows an isolated, positive charge Q. Point B is twice as far away from Q as point A.

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What is the ratio of the electric eld strength at point A to the electric eld strength at point B? 1. 4 to 1 2. 2 to 1 3. 8 to 1 4. 1 to 2 5. 1 to 1 020 10.0 points Electrons that move from one object to another and then remain at rest produce 1. current electricity. 2. series electricity. 3. static electricity. 4. parallel electricity.