Physics Answers
Physics Answers
3. In charging by rubbing, electrons are transferred from 7. The following diagram below describe charging by
one object to another object. Which of the following induction EXCEPT
statements is TRUE before and after charging?
a. I and III
b. II and IV
c. I and IV
d. II and III
8. Coulomb's law states that electric force is directly
4. What method of charging describes the diagram? proportional to the magnitude of the forces and
inversely proportional to the square of the distance
between them. Which equation correctly represents
the statement above?
a. F = kq1 /r 2
b. 𝐅 = 𝐤𝐪𝟏 𝐪𝟐 /𝐫 𝟐
c. F = kq1 q 2 /r
a. Charging by induction d. F = kq2 /r
b. Charging by rubbing
c. Both charging by rubbing and induction 9. Two equal positive isolated electric charges of value q
d. None of the options is correct. are separated by a distance, r, and exert a force Fon
each other. One of the charges is increased to 20; the
5. When you rub a plastic rod against of papers are other is increased to 3q. The force will change to
attracted towards it. your hair several times and put it ______.
near some bits of paper, the pieces What does this a. (3/2) F
observation indicate in terms of transfer of electrons? b. 2F
The electrons transferred from- c. 3F
d. 6F
For items 10-11, refer to the problem below: distance. So, what is the electric field 50 cm away from
Two point charges are located on the positive x-axis of a the point charge?
coordinate system. Charge ql = 1nC is 2.0 cm from the origin a. 3.60 N/C
and charge q2 = -3.0 nC is 4.0 cm from the origin. b. 36.0 N/C
c. 360.0 N/C
10. What is the magnitude of electrostatic force exerted d. 3600 N/C
by q1 on q3? q2 on q3?
a. 1.12 x 10 - 4N 8.4 x 10 - 5N 19. In the diagram below, q1 = +4.5 x 10-6C, q2 = -3.25 x
b. 1.12 x 10 - 5N 8.4 x 10 - 6N 10-6C and q3 = +3.73 x 10-6C. Charges 1 and 2 are
c. 1.12 x 10 - 6N 8.4 x 10 - 7N separated by 3.00 cm and charges 1 and 3 are
d. 1.12 x 10 - 7N 8.4 x 10 - 8N separated by 1.50 cm. Determine the electric force
acting on q1.
11. What is the net electric force on q3?
a. 2.8 x 10 -4N a. 687 Ν
b. 2.8 x 10 -5N b. 676 N
c. 2.8 x 10 -6N c. 768 N
d. 2.8 x 10 -7N d. 867 N
12. What is the conventional direction of electric field is? 20. What is an electric flux?
a. Positive to negative a. It is space around a charge where electric
b. Negative to positive force acts.
c. No specific direction b. It refers to the total number of electric lines
d. Direction cannot be determined of force passing through a surface area.
c. It refers to the attractive or repulsive force
13. Where does electric field originate? acting between charges.
a. Positive charge d. It is the line of electric force drawn from a
b. Neither positive nor negative point charge.
c. Negative charge
d. Both positive and negative 21. Which of the following equations is used to calculate
electric flux?
14. Which among the following statements is true with a. ФE = E/A cos θ
regard to electric field lines? b. ФE =q/A cos θ
a. Electric field lines always intersect c. ФE = Е∙ А cos θ
b. Electric field lines may or may not intersect d. ФE = q∙ А cos θ
c. Electric field lines can be seen
d. Electric field lines never intersect 22. In which situation electric flux is at maximum?
a. A surface area is placed face to face to the
15. Which of the following represents the electric field electric field.
map to a single positive charge? b. A surface area is parallel to the electric field.
c. Electric field line passing through an area
inclined at 45%.
d. Electric field lines coming from a box with
charges of equal magnitude but opposite
signs.
26. What is the value of the electric flux through a 35. Which is the following statements is true?
spherical Gaussian surface of radius a=1 meter a. The potential energy for a positive charge
surrounding a charge of 8.85 pC? increases when it moves against an electric
d. 1 N∙m2/C field.
b. The potential energy for a positive charge
27. Answer: a increases when it moves with the electric
field.
28. Which of the following printers employs electrostatic c. The potential energy for a negative charge
through the repulsion of charges to control the increases when it moves against an electric
detection ink? field.
d. Ink Jet printer d. The potential energy for a negative charge
decreases when it moves with the electric
29. Two charges in air in a certain distance apart such that field.
the force that each charge experiences is 20*N. IT the
distance between the charges is doubled, what is the 36. Which of the following represents the magnitude, of
new force that each charge experiences? the potential V as function of r, the distance from the
a. 5 center of a conducting sphere charged with a positive
b. 15N charge Q, when r > R?
c. 10 N a. 0
d. 20N b. KO/R
c. kQ/r
30. You have to point charges in a charged pendulum, q1 d. KQ/R2
and q2, 3 m away from each other. The value of q1 is e. kQ/r2
3μC, and the force they both experience is 0.024 N.
What is the value of q2? 37. The work done in moving a charge of +10 x 10° C from
a. 12μC infinity to 25cm from a charge of +3 x 102 u€
b. 16μC a. 1x10-7 J
c. 5μC b. 1.8x10-6 J
d. 8μC c. 10.8x10-7 J
d. 108 x 107 J
31. When does electrical breakdown of air occurs?
a. when a change buildup exceeds the electrical For items 38-39, refer to the diagram:
limit or dielectric strength of a material.
b. when a charge buildup is below the electrical
limit or dielectric strength of a material 38. What do the arrows pointing outwards represent?
c. when a charge buildup is equal to the a. Equipotential lines
electrical limit or dielectric strength of a b. Vector lines
material. c. Potential lines
d. when a charge buildup and the electrical d. Electric field lines
limit or dielectric strength of a material are
equal to 39. The spheres/circles around the arrows represent what
kind of lines?
32. The quantity electric potential is defined as the a. Electric field lines
amount of b. Potential lines
a. electric potential energy c. Equipotential line
b. force acting upon a charge d. Vector lines
For items 40-41, refer to the diagram: 47. To increase the capacitance of a parallel-plate
capacitor, you can
a. increase the area of the plates.
40. Electric field lines are the lines that are to the b. increase the distance between the plates.
conducting plates. c. all of these choices.
a. parallel d. none of these choices.
b. perpendicular
c. intersecting 48. Which of the following is the function of a capacitor?
d. none of these a. Store electrical energy
b. Vary the resistance
41. Between two plates with opposing charges, c. Amplifies charge
equipotential lines are those that are _____ to the d. Provides the voltage to the circuit
plate.
a. parallel 49. What is the total capacitance when two capacitors Cl
b. perpendicular and C2 are connected in series?
c. intersecting a. (C1+C2)/C1C2
d. none of these b. 1/C1+1/C2
c. C1C2/(C1+C2)
42. Electric potential refers to d. C1+C2
a. difference in potential energy per unit charge
between two locations in an electric field 50. Two capacitors having capacitance value 4F, three
b. energy that is needed to move a charge capacitors having capacitance value 2F and 5
against an electric field capacitors having capacitance value 1F are connected
c. force that pushes apart two like charges, or in parallel, calculate the equivalent capacitance.
that pulls together two unlike charges a. 20F
d. a “force field” around a charged b. 19F
c. 18F
43. Determine the electric potential at 0.001 m from a d. 17F
charge of 2pC.
a. 8 volts
b. 20 volts
c. 22 volts
d. 25 volts
44. How much energy does a 1.5-V AAA battery have that
can move 100 CP
a. 150 J
b. 500 J
c. 1.500 J
d. 015 J