Physics 2B

Quiz 1 1/17/2014

Directions: Use pencil only. On your Scantron, you should have already blackened in your Student ID,
using 1 for A, 7 for U, making a 9-digit number (for shame if you havent). Fill in A in the Test
Form box. Choose the one best answer. Questions may include more or less information than is needed, so
sometimes the answer is not enough information. Pay close attention to the units of given numbers.
You may find some of the following formulas and information useful:
1
8.99 109 N-m2 C2
4 0

G 6.67 1011 N-m 2 kg 2

g 9.8 m/s2

proton charge 1.60 1019 C

m p 1.67 10 27 kg

me 9.11 1031 kg

surface area of a sphere 4 r 2

4
volume of a sphere r 3
3

x f xi vi t at 2 / 2

E Fe / q0

E ke

F12 ke
E ke

q1q2
r

r12

ke

ri 2i ri
i

2
r
r

P
d1
q1

d2

q2

Figure 1

Note: we use the letter u for micro: uN = micro-newtons.

1. What is the relationship between the number of electric field lines per unit area and the field strength?
A) Directly proportional to the square
B) Directly proportional to the cube
C)
proportional to the square
D) Directly proportional E) Inversely proportional

Inversely

2. See figure 1. q1 = -5.0e-9 C, q2 = -1.0e-8 C, d1=5 cm, d2=10 cm. What is the magnitude of the E-field
at P, in N/C?
A) 2.5E-06

B) 2.7E+04

C) 2.2E+04

D) -2.7E+04

E) not enough information

3. Two cork balls are hung from insulating strings. Charges on the balls create a force pushing them apart.
What can we say about those charges?
A) One is positive and one is negative
B) Both are positive, or both are negative C) Not enough
information
D) Both are positive, or both are negative, or one is positive and one is negative
E) They are equal
4. Two charges, a positive one of 2.3e-9 C and a negative one of equal magnitude, are 3.0e-6 m apart. A
3rd charge of 1.0e-16 C is midway between them. What is the magnitude of the force on the 3rd charge, in
N?
A) 0.00E+00

B) 2.04E-13

C) 1.84E-03

D) 4.59E-04

E) not enough information

5. A glass rod is charged to +6.5 nC. How many electrons have been removed?
A) 7.1E+21

B) 4.1E+10

C) 1.0E-27

D) not enough information

E) 3.9E+18

6. An electron in a vacuum starts at rest in a uniform E-field of 10. uN/C. How long does it take to travel
20. cm, in seconds?
A) 1.9E-13

B) 5.0E+11

C) 0.00048

D) none of these

E) 0.00034

7. A thin plastic rod 2.0 m long has a total charge of 4.0e-8 C uniformly distributed along it. What is the Efield 5.0 cm away from the rod, near its midpoint, in N/C?
A) 7200 inward
B) not enough information
E) 7200 outward

C) 3600 inward

D) 3600 outward

8. Two hockey pucks, mass = 0.25 kg, sit on a frictionless ice rink, separated by 0.15 m. Each is charged to
35 nC. Both are free to move. What is the acceleration of one of them, in m/s^2?
A) 2.2E-13

B) 9.8E-04

C) none of these

D) 2.0E-03

E) 4.9E-04

9. Two charges exert forces on each other. How does those forces change if their separation is increased by
a factor of 4?
A) decrease by factor of 16
B) decrease by factor of 2
C)
D) decrease by factor of 4
E) not enough information

increase

by

factor

of

10. A multi-colored bead has a mass of 0.10 g, and is charged by removing 1.0e10 electrons. It is
suspended against gravity by an electric field. What is that field, in N/C?
A) 6.12E+05 down
of these

B) 6.12E+05 up

C) 9.81E-14 up D) 9.81E-14 down

E) none