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PHYSICS 150 S2C Physics of Technology TEST 1 Thursday, 21 August 2008 8:00 a.m. 8:50 a.m.
PHYSICAL CONSTANTS WHICH MAY BE REQUIRED. Acceleration of gravity Avogadro's constant Coulomb's constant Electron mass Electron rest mass energy Elementary charge Proton mass Permittivity of free space Permeability of free space Planck's constant Speed of light Atomic mass unit Combination of constants g NA 1 4 !" o me mec2 e mp = = = = = = = = = = = = = 9.80 m s-2 6.02 1023 mol-1 8.99 109 N m2 C-2 9.11 10-31 kg 511 keV 1.60 10-19 C 1.67 10-27 kg 8.85 10-12 F m-1 4 10-7 H m-1 6.63 10-34 J s 3.00 108 m s-1 1.66 10-27 kg 1240 eV nm

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INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
1. 2. 3. 4. A FORMULA SHEET that you may find useful is attached at the back of the question booklet. All 16 questions should be attempted. There is NO PENALTY for an incorrect answer. Select the BEST answer from the five alternatives given for each question. PRINT your name and ID number clearly in the space provided on the answer sheet and hand it in when you leave the test room.

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A fish is 80 cm below the surface of a pond. What is the apparent depth (in cm) when viewed from a position almost directly above the fish? (For water, n = 1.33.) a. b. c. d. e. 50 60 40 70 110

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Light strikes a diamond (n = 2.42) at an angle of 60 relative to the normal to the surface. What is the angle of refraction? a. b. c. d. e. 21 30 38 69 71

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The wave front shown at the left for light in air reaches the plane boundary between air and two transparent mediums with n1 = 1.5 and n2 = 3.00 respectively.

Which diagram below correctly illustrates the wave front after it has entered the two mediums at the right?

a. b. c. d. e.

A B C D E

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A concave mirror has a focal length of 20 cm. What is the position (in cm) of the resulting image if the image is inverted and four times smaller than the object? a. b. c. d. e. 15 25 50 100 15

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An object is placed 50 cm in front of a lens whose focal length is 5.0 cm. Where will the image be located (in cm)? a. b. c. d. e. 5.13 5.56 5.72 5.93 4.55

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A laser beam ( = 694 nm) is incident on two slits 0.100 mm apart. Approximately how far apart (in m) will the bright interference fringes be on the screen 5.00 m from the double slits? a. b. c. d. e. 3.47 103 3.47 102 3.47 104 3.47 106 3.47 105

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The light reflected from a soap bubble (n = 1.40) appears red ( = 640 nm) at its center. What is the minimum thickness (in nm)? a. b. c. d. e. 124 104 114 134 234

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Light is incident on a double-slit. The fourth bright band has an angular distance of 7.0 from the central maximum. What is the distance between the slits (in m)? (Assume the frequency of the light is 5.4 1014 Hz.) a. b. c. d. e. 27 21 24 18 14

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If a = 3.0 mm, b = 4.0 mm, Q1 = 60 nC, Q2 = 80 nC, and q = 36 nC in the figure, what is the magnitude of the total electric force on q?

a. b. c. d. e. 10.

5.0 N 4.4 N 3.8 N 5.7 N 0.60 N

If Q = 80 nC, a = 3.0 m, and b = 4.0 m in the figure, what is the magnitude of the electric field at point P?

a. b. c. d. e.

45 N/C 70 N/C 29 N/C 47 N/C 92 N/C

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Two charges of 15 pC and 40 pC are inside a cube with sides that are of 0.40-m length. Determine the net electric flux through the surface of the cube. a. b. c. d. e. +2.8 N m2/C 1.1 N m2/C +1.1 N m2/C 2.8 N m2/C 0.47 N m2/C

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An uncharged spherical conducting shell surrounds a charge q at the center of the shell. Then charge +3q is placed on the outside of the shell. When static equilibrium is reached, the charges on the inner and outer surfaces of the shell are respectively a. b. c. d. e. +q, q q, +q +q, +2q +2q, +q +3q, 0

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What is the speed of a proton that has been accelerated from rest through a potential difference of 4.0 kV? a. b. c. d. e. 1.1 106 m/s 9.8 105 m/s 8.8 105 m/s 1.2 106 m/s 6.2 105 m/s

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When a capacitor has a charge of magnitude 80 C on each plate the potential difference across the plates is 16 V. How much energy is stored in this capacitor when the potential difference across its plates is 42 V? a. b. c. d. e. 1.0 mJ 4.4 mJ 3.2 mJ 1.4 mJ 1.7 mJ

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A spaceship moving past the Earth with a speed of 0.800 c signals to the Earth with pulsed laser photons emitted at 10-second intervals according to the spaceships clock. According to observers on Earth who see the flashes, the time interval they measure is a. b. c. d. e. 13.4 s 16.7 s 12.5 s 9.7 s 6.0 s

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A starship navigator measures the distance between the Earth and the sun. If the ship is moving at a speed of 0.90 c, instead of obtaining 93 million miles, the navigator measures a distance (in millions of miles) of a. b. c. d. e. 41 30 80 215 90