University of Makati

Final Examination
Physics 2



Name: _______________________________ Section:______ Date: __________ Score:_____

Choose the letter that corresponds to the correct answer.

1. A standing wave is formed when:
(a) a wave refracts due to changes in the properties of the medium
(b) a wave reflects off a canyon wall and is heard shortly after it is formed
(c) a wave refracts and reflects due to changes in the medium
(d) two identical waves moving different directions along the same medium interfere

2. The amplitude is the maximum distance from equilibrium position to a peak (or trough), or
the maximum displacement of a particle in a wave from its position of rest.
a) True b) False

3. Which of the following media can sound not travel through?
a) solid b) liquid c) gas d) vacuum

4. What is the approximate range of audible frequencies for a healthy human?
a) 0.2 Hz 200 Hz
b) 2 Hz 2 000 Hz
c) 20 Hz 20 000 Hz
d) 200 Hz 200 000 Hz

5. A dolphin emits an ultrasonic wave with frequency of 0.15 MHz. The speed of the ultrasonic
wave in water is 1,500 m.s
1
. What is the wavelength of this wave in water?
a) 0.1 mm b) 1 cm c) 10 cm d) 10 m e) 100 cm

6. A sound wave is different from a light wave in that a sound wave is:
a) Produced by a vibrating object and a light wave is not.
b) Not capable of travelling through a vacuum.
c) Not capable of diffracting and a light wave is.
d) Capable of existing with a variety of frequencies and a light wave has a single frequency.

7. At the same temperature, sound waves have the fastest speed in:
a) Rock b) Milk c) Oxygen d) sand

8. Two sound waves are traveling through a container of nitrogen gas. The first wave has a
wavelength of 1,5 m, while the second wave has a wavelength of 4,5 m. The velocity of the
second wave must be:
a) 1/9 the velocity of the first wave
b) 1/3 the velocity of the first wave
c) the same as the velocity of the first wave
d) three times larger than the velocity of the first wave

9. Speed that is faster than that of sound.
a) Ultrasonic b) Supersonic c) Subsonic d) Transonic

10. Sound that vibrates at frequency too high for the human ear to hear (over 20 kHz)
a) Subsonic b) Ultrasonic c) Transonic d) Stereo

11. What is the speed of sound in air at 20C?
a) 1087 ft/s b) 1107 ft/s c) 1126 ft/s d) 200 ft/s

12. When waves bend away from straight lines of travel, it is called
a) Reflection b) Diffraction c) Rarefaction d) Refraction

13. Calculate the sound intensity level in dB of a sound whose intensity is 0.007 W/m
2
. (Note: Io
= 10
-12
W/m
2
)
a) 95 dB b) 91 dB c) 98 dB d) 101 dB

14. The speed of a sound wave is determined by:
a) the transmitting medium
b) its amplitude
c) its intensity
d) its pitch
15. A standing wave:
a) can be constructed from two similar waves traveling in opposite directions
b) must be transverse
c) must be longitudinal
d) has motionless points that are closer than half a wavelength
16. A fire whistle emits a tone of 170 Hz. Take the speed of sound in air to be 340m/s. The
wavelength of this sound is about:
a) 0.5m b) 1.0m c) 2.0m d) 3.0m

17. The intensity of a certain sound wave is 6 W/cm
2
. If its intensity is raised by 10 db, the new
intensity (in W/cm
2
) is:
a) 60 b) 6.6 c) 6.06 d) 600

18. If the sound level is increased by 10 db the intensity increases by a factor of:
a) 2 b) 5 c) 10 d) 20 e) 100

19. A source emits sound with a frequency of 1000 Hz. It and an observer are moving in the
same direction with the same speed, 100m/s. If the speed of sound is 340m/s, the observer
hears sound with a frequency of:
a) 294 Hz b) 545 Hz c) 1000 Hz d) 1830 Hz

20. A source emits sound with a frequency of 1000 Hz. It and an observer are moving toward
each other, each with a speed of 100m/s. If the speed of sound is 340m/s, the observer
hears sound with a frequency of:
a) 294 Hz b) 545 Hz c) 1000 Hz d) 1830 Hz

21. A source emits sound with a frequency of 1000 Hz. It is moving at 20m/s toward a stationary
reflecting wall. If the speed of sound is 340m/s an observer at rest directly behind the source
hears a beat frequency of:
a) 11 Hz b) 86 Hz c) 97 Hz d) 118 Hz
22. High potentials are used in long-distance transmission of electricity because
a) they are safer to use
b) there is no other way to make current flow
c) there is less loss of power when currents are small
d) generators produce high potentials with greater efficiency.

23. According to Michael Faraday,
a) magnetic field produces current
b) current produces magnetic field
c) current is always present in a magnetic field
d) wire carrying current produces magnetic field

24. To decrease the strength of an electromagnet
a) add iron center to the coil
b) decrease the number of loops of wire in the coil
c) increase the number of loops of wire in the coil
d) All of the above

25. If the N pole of a magnet is brought near a magnet suspended on a string, the
a) N poles attract each other
b) N poles attract the S poles
c) S poles attract each other
d) N poles repel the S poles

26. A material that is slightly repelled by a magnet is called
a) diamagnetic b) ferromagnetic c) paramagnetic d) all of these

27. A coulomb is:
a) one ampere per second
b) the quantity of charge that will exert a force of 1N on a similar charge at a distance of 1m
c) the amount of current in each of two long parallel wires, separated by 1m, that produces
a force of 2 10
7
N/m
d) the amount of charge that flows past a point in one second when the current is 1A

28. A wire carrying a large current i from east to west is placed over an ordinary magnetic
compass.The end of the compass needle marked N will point:
a) north b) south c) east d) west

29. The magnetic field a distance 2 cm from a long straight current-carrying wire is 2.0 10
5
T.
The current in the wire is:
a) 0.16A b) 1.0A c) 2.0A d) 4.0A

30. Two long straight wires are parallel and carry current in the same direction. The currents are
8.0A and 12A and the wires are separated by 0.40 cm. The magnetic field in tesla at a point
midway between the wires is:
a) 0 b) 4.0 10
4
c) 8.0 10
4
d) 12 10
4


31. What is the period of a periodic wave that has a frequency of 60 Hertz?
a) 1.7 x 10
-2
s b) 2.0 x 10
4
s c) 3.3 x 10
2
s d) 3.0 x 10
-3
s


32. A characteristic common to sound waves and light waves is that they
a) travel in a vacuum b) transfer energy c) are transverse d) are longitudinal

33. What is the wavelength of a 30 Hertz periodic wave moving at 60 m/s?
a) 20 m b) 1800m c) 0 .50m d) 2.0m

34. Two waves have the same frequency. Which wave characteristic must also be identical for
both waves?
a) period b) phase c) intensity d) amplitude

35. The number of water waves passing a given point each second is the waves
a) Velocity b) wavelength c) frequency d) amplitude

36. A wave traveling at 5.0 x 10
4
meters per second has a wave length of 2.5 x 10
1
meters.
What is the frequency of the wave?
a) 5.0 x 10
-4
Hz b) 1.25 x 10
6
Hz c) 5.0 x 10
3
Hz d) 2.0 x 10
3
Hz

37. As the frequency of a wave increases, the period of that wave
a) increases b) remains the same c) decreases

38. A jet plane has a sound level of 150 dB. What is the intensity in W/m2?
a) 1 b) 100 c) 10 d) 1000 e) 10000

39. A car approaches a stationary police car at 36 m/s. The frequency of the siren (relative to
the police car) is 500 Hz. What is the frequency (in Hz) heard by an observer in the moving
car as he approaches the police car? (Assume the velocity of sound in air is 343 m/s.)
a) 220 b) 448 c) 5264 d) 552 e) 383

40. A car moving at 36 m/s passes a stationary police car whose siren has a frequency of 500
Hz. What is the change in the frequency (in Hz) heard by an observer in the moving car as
he passes the police car? (The speed of sound in air is 343 m/s.)
a) 416 b) 208 c) 105 d) 52 e) 552

41. A truck moving at 36 m/s passes a police car moving at 45 m/s in the opposite direction. If
the frequency of the siren is 500 Hz relative to the police car, what is the frequency heard by
an observer in the truck after the police car passes the truck? (The speed of sound in air is
343 m/s)
a) 361 b) 636 c) 393 d) 396 e) 383

42. When you hear the horn of a car that is approaching you, the frequency that you hear is
larger than that heard by a person in the car because
a) wave crests are farther apart by the distance the car travels in one period
b) wave crests are closer together by the distance the car travels in one period
c) the car gets ahead of each wave crest before it emits the next one
d) the speed of sound in air is increased by the speed of the car

43. If the image distance is negative, the image formed is a
a) virtual image b) real image



44. If the magnification is a negative value, the image is
a) upright b) inverted

45. Light travels fastest
a) through glass b) through diamond
c) through water d) in a vacuum

46. The principle on which lenses work is
a) polarization b) dispersion
c) total internal reflection d) refraction

47. The angle of incidence
a) must be equal to the angle of reflection.
b) is always greater than the angle of reflection.
c) is always less than the angle of reflection.
d) may be greater than, less than, or equal to the angle of reflection.

48. The principle on which fiber optics is based is
a) refraction. b) polarization.
c) dispersion. d) total internal reflection.

49. A spherical mirror on which reflection takes place on the inner surface of the sphere is
referred to as a
a) convex mirror b) concave mirror

50. If carbon tetrachloride has an index of refraction of 1.461, what is the speed of light through
this liquid? (c = 3 x 10
8
m/s) (Note: v = c / n)
a. 4.38 x 10
8
m/s b. 2.05 x 10
8
m/s c. 4.461 x 10
8
m/s d. 1.461 x 10
8
m/s























Answer Key:

1. D
2. A
3. D
4. C
5. B
6. B
7. A
8. B
9. B
10. B
11. B
12. B
13. C
14. A
15. A
16. C
17. A
18. C
19. C
20. D
21. D
22. C
23. D
24. B
25. B
26. A
27. D
28. B
29. C
30. B
31. A
32. B
33. D
34. A
35. C
36. D
37. C
38. D
39. D
40. C
41. D
42. B
43. A
44. B
45. D
46. D
47. D
48. D
49. B
50. B