douglas (jed3339) – Practice Midterm 03 – yao – (54790) 1

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An inductor is connected to a 9.77 Hz power
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What minimum inductance is needed to BB
keep the maximum current in the circuit be- BA 5
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low 117 mA? BB 2
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3. 6.71467
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5. 3.56375
6. 12.7791 A positively charged particle of mass m and
7. 3.23962 charge q is accelerated from rest in the plane
8. 5.29422 of the page through a potential difference of
9. 11.2239 E between two parallel plates as shown. The
10. 9.77407 particle is injected through a hole in the right-
Answer in units of H. hand plate into a region containing a uniform
magnetic field of magnitude B. The particle
curves in a semicircular path of radius R and
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strikes a detector.
Two parallel wires carry equal currents in
the opposite directions. Point A is midway q Region of
between the wires, and B is an equal distance m Magnetic
on the other side of the wires. hole Field B

A B

In which direction does the magnetic field

point?

What is the ratio of the magnitude of the 1. out of the page

magnetic field at point A to that at point B?
2. toward the top of the page
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2. A = 4. into the page
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If the particle were accelerated across a po- 5. 4 f
tential difference of 4 E, what would be the
new radius of the semicircular path in the 6. 2 f
magnetic field?
f
7.
1. R 8
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2. 4 R A negatively charged particle is moving to the
right, directly above a wire having a current
3. R/2 flowing to the right, as shown in the figure. In
which direction is the magnetic force exerted
4. 2 R on the particle?
5. R/4

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What value of inductance should be used in
series with a capacitor of 1.6 pF to form an os-
cillating circuit that will radiate a wavelength 1. Downward
of 6.5 m?
1. 28.4092 2. Out of the page
2. 5.6703
3. 4.14467 3. Upward
4. 8.35507
5. 5.23614 4. Into the page
6. 17.1482
7. 4.20877 5. The magnetic force is zero since the ve-
8. 4.07658 locity is parallel to the current.
9. 3.7594
10. 7.44227 008 10.0 points
Answer in units of µH. The secondary coil of an ideal transformer
provides 10.0 mA at 7500 V to a neon dis-
006 10.0 points charge display. The primary coil operates on
Two long parallel wires carry the same 120 V. What current does the primary coil
amount of current and attract each other with draw?
F
a force per unit length of f = .
l
If both currents are halved and the wire 1. 0.625 mA
separation is also halved, what is the force
per unit length? 2. 0.160 mA

1. f 3. 0.625 A

2. 8 f 4. 0.160 A

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3.
2 A rigid rectangular loop, which measures
f 0.30 m by 0.40 m, carries a current of 5.5 A,
4.
4 as shown in the figure. A uniform external
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magnetic field of magnitude 2.9 T in the neg-
ative x direction is present. Segment CD is in
the xz-plane and forms a 35◦ angle with the 2.8 T
z-axis, as shown. An external torque is ap-
plied to keep the loop in static equilibrium.

0.73 A

1.5 m
9.4 g
6Ω
Find the magnitude of the external torque.

2.8 T

At what speed should the rod be moving to

produce the downward current in the resistor?
1. 0.615
2. 0.402457
3. 1.97308
4. 0.715
5. 0.848485
6. 1.04286
7. 3.12162
8. 2.14898
9. 0.427083
10. 1.35199
Answer in units of m/s.

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1. 1.10 N · m
What motion does the rod exhibit?
2. 1.46 N · m
1. Moving either left or right, since both
directions produce the same result
3. 0.73 N · m
2. Moving to the left
4. 1.91 N · m
3. Stationary
5. 1.57 N · m
4. Moving to the right
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A straight rod moves along parallel con-
Consider an electromagnetic plane wave with
ducting rails, as shown. The rails are con-
a time averaged intensity 356 W/m2 .
nected at the left side through a resistor so
The speed of light is 2.99792 × 108 m/s
that the rod and rails form a closed rectangu-
and the permeability of free space is 4 π ×
lar loop. A uniform field perpendicular to the
10−7 T·N/A .
movement of the rod exists throughout the re-
What is the maximum magnetic field?
gion. Assume the rod remains in contact with
1. 1.12884e-06
the rails as it moves. The rod experiences no
2. 1.59116e-06
friction or air drag. The rails and rod have
3. 1.10254e-06
negligible resistance.
4. 9.24719e-07
5. 1.80121e-06
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6. 1.76833e-06 netic field first decreases to zero at a a con-
7. 1.26208e-06 stant rate, then increases from zero at the
8. 1.34254e-06 same constant rate, but in the opposite direc-
9. 1.52112e-06 tion, until a reversed field (i.e., from right to
10. 1.72757e-06 left) equal in magnitude to the initial field is
Answer in units of T. reached.
What is the direction of the induced current
013 10.0 points in the resistor R?
An inductor with inductance L and a resistor
with resistance R are connected in series to a 1. There is no induced current.
DC voltage source. If both the resistance and
the inductance are doubled, what happens to 2. It first flows from left to right, and then
the energy stored in the inductor after the from right to left.
switch has been closed for a long time?
3. It first flows from right to left, and then
from left to right.

4. It flows from right to left.

5. It flows from left to right.

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An unpolarized light beam with intensity of
1. It increases by a factor of 2. I0 passes through 2 polarizers shown in the
picture.
2. It remains the same. Unpolarized
light Polarizer
3. It decreases by a factor of 2. E0 Analyzer
θ
4. It increases by a factor of 4. E 0 cos θ

Transmission Polarized
5. It decreases by a factor of 4. axis lihgt

014 10.0 points If θ = 30◦ ,what is the beam intensity after

A circular coil is made of N turns of cop- the second polarizer?
per wire as shown in the figure. A resistor
5
R is inserted in the copper wire. Initially, a 1. I2 = I0
uniform external magnetic field points hori- 16
zontally from left to right through the coil. 1
2. I2 = I0
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3. I2 = I0
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4. I2 = I0
2
Magnetic
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Field B(t) 5. I2 = I0
R 8
1
6. I2 = I0
During a time interval t, the external mag- 4
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7. I2 = I0
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8. I2 = I0
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9. I2 = I0
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10. I2 = I0
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