MULTIPLE CHOICE USE CAPITAL LETTERS(A,B,C,D) for your answers.

1. the electron volt us a unit of

a. charge b. potential difference c. energy d. momentum

2. the energy content of a charged capacitor resides in its

a. plates b. potential difference c. charge d. electric field

3. when a slab of insulating material is placed between the plates of a charged capacitor,
the electric field there is a relative to what it was before is
a. less b. the same c. more d. any of the above,
depending on the circumstances

4. the farad is not equivalent to which of the following combination of units?

a. C2/4 b. C/V c. C*V2 d. J/V2

5. the plate area of a parallel-plate capacitor of capacitance C is doubled and the distance
between the plates is halved, so that the volume of the dielectric remains the same. The
new capacitance of the capacitor is
a. C/4 b. C c. 2C d. 4C

6. an electric field of magnitude 200 V/m can be produced by applying a potential

difference of 10 V to a pair of parallel metal plates separated by
a. 20mm b. 50mm c. 20m d. 2000m

7. a charge of 10-10C between two parallel metal plates 1 cm apart experiences a force of 10-
5
N. the potential difference between the plates is
a. 10-5 V b. 10V c. 103 V d. 105V

8. in charging a storage battery, a total of 2.0 X 10-5 C is transferred from one set of
electrodes to another. The potential difference between the electrodes is 12 V. the energy
stored in the battery is
a. 1.7 X 104 J c. 2.4 X107 J
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b. 2.4 x 10 J d. 2.9 x 107 J

9. a storage battery is being charged at a rate of 100 W at a potential difference of 13.6 V.

the rate at which charge is being transferred between its plate is
a. 0.316C/s b. 0.54C/s c. 7.35C/s d. 1360 C/s

10. 10. an electron between two metal plates 40 mm apart experiences an acceleration of 1.0
x 1012 m/s. the potential difference between the plates is
a. 0.23 V b. 0.28 V c. 0.14 V d. 2.8 x 1012 V

11. 11. an electron whose speed is 1.0 x 107 m/s has a KE of

a.4.6 x 10-17 b. 0.28 keK c. 0.73 keV d. 5.7 keV

12. an electron whose KE is 150 eV has a speed of

a. 7.3 x 106 m/s b. 5.1 x 107 m/s c. 2.3 x 108 m/s d. 7.3 x 1013 m/s

13. a capacitor acquires a charge of 0.002 C when connected across a 50-V battery. Its
capacitance is
a. 1 MF b. 2 MF 3. 4 MF d. 40 MF

14. a 50-MF capacitor has a potential difference of 8 V across it. Its charge is
a. 4 x 10-3 C b. 4 x 10 -4 C c. 6.23 X10-5 C d. 6.25 X10-6 C

15. if a 20-MF capacitor is to have an energy content of 2.5 J, it must be placed across a
potential difference of

16. a parallel plate capacitor has a capacitance of 50 pF in air and 110 pF when immersed in
turpentine. The dielectric constant of turpentine is
a. 0.45 b 0.55 c. 1.1 d. 2.2
17. if you are inside a car and the car is struck by a lightning. It is best to stay inside because
the electric field inside the car is _______
a. zero
b. huge for a short time
c. small enough to be safe for the occupant inside
d. huge for a very long time

18. of the following quantities, the one that is a vector in character is electric
a. charge b. Field c. energy d. potential difference

19. the magnitude of the electric field in the region between two parallel oppositely charge
metal plates is
a. zero
b. b. uniform throughout the region
c. grates near the positive plate
d. d. greatest near the negative plate

20. from its definition, the unit of electric field E is the N/C. an equivalent unit of E is the
a. V*m b. V*m2 c. V/m d. V/m2

21. a system of two charges has a positive potential energy. This signifies that
a. both charges are positive
b. both charges are negative
c. both charges are positive and both are negative
d. one charge is positive and the other is negative

22. a capacitor has a charge of 5 x 10-4 C when the potential difference across the plates is
300 V. its capacitance is
a. 1.67 x 10-6 J b. 1.67 x 10-5 J c. 1..67 x 10-4 Jd. 1.67 x 10-3 J

23. the plates of an air capacitor are 10 cm x 15 cm and 0.5mm apart. It is connected to a
potential difference pf 10 V. what is the energy stored?
a. 2.95 x 10-6 J b. 2.95 x 10-5 J c. 2.95 x 10-4 J d. 2.95 x 10-7 J

24. an electron and a proton are accelerated through the same potential difference
a. the electron has a greater KE
b. the proton has the greater KE
c. the electron has the greater speed
d. the proton has the greater speed

25. a parallel-plate capacitor with air between its plates is charged until a potential difference
of V appears across it. Another capacitor, having hard rubber(dielectric constant = 3)
between its plates but otherwise identical is also charged to the same potential difference.
If the energy of the first capacitor is W, that of the second is
a. 1/3 W b. W c. 3W d. 9W

26. the force between two charges separated by 1 meter is Farad. If the distance between
them is doubled. The force between them is now __________.
a. 2F b. ½ F c. ¼ F d. 4F

27. the unit of electric field is N/C the equivalent of E is

a. V*m b. V/m c. C/m d. c/V

28. the unit of electric force on a 4.0 C charge is 60 N. what is the volume of the electric field
at a place where the charge is located?
a. 240 N/C b. 60 N/C c. 15 N/C d. 4. N/C
29. the main difference between gravitational force and electric force is that the gravitational
force ________
a. obeys the inverse square law
b. is always attractive
c. is proportional to the product of the masses
d. is weaker

30. which practically offers no resistance to the flow of charges through it?
a. conductor
b. insulator
c. semiconductor
d. superconductor

II. Identification:

1. is the potential difference between two points when one erg of work is done in
transferring one statcoulomb from one point to the other
2. is numerically equal to the amount of work done by an external agent to bring a unit
positive charge from a point of zero potential to the other
3. means work that is given up or that is the electric field which does the work
4. is the work done in bringing a unit positive charge form infinity to the point
5. is the meaning of ESU
6. is the potential difference between two points when one joule of work is
7. is the symbol of the dielectric coefficient or dielectric constant or sometimes called
relative permittivity of the dielectric
8. is an arbitrary point which maybe considered as having zero potential
9. is the amount of charge the capacitor can store per unit of potential difference
10. is the SI unit capacitance
11. is the symbol of permittivity of the dielectric
12. is an arrangement of two metallic plates or sheets separated by a non-conductor.
13. is an insulating material or a non-conductor
14. is the energy a charged object has due to its position in an electric field.

III. Problems:

1. the capacitance of a parallel plate air capacitor is 400F when a sheet of a dielectric is
inserted between the plates. The capacitance increases to 2150F. what is the permittivity
of the dielectric?
2. a 0.30 MF parallel-plate capacitor with an air gap is connected to a 50V battery
e. calculate the charge on one of its plates and the electrical potential energy stored
f. with the battery connected, a material with dielectric 4.6 is inserted the plates.
Now what is the capacitance of the capacitor, the charge in its plates, and the
electrical potential energy stored
3. Two square plates 2.0 meter long on each side are separated by a 2.0 cm of air. Calculate:
a. the capacitance of the plate
b. if the plates are cut into four capacitors, what must the plate separation be s0 that
each of the four new capacitors will have the same capacitors as the original?
c. Transformer oul with dielectric constant 2.1 is placed between the plates of one of
the small capacitors. To what separation must its plates now be adjusted so that its
capacitance will be the same in (b)?
4. a parallel-plate capacitor has plates 6 cm square and 0.15 mm apart. Find its capacitance
(a) in air and (b) with mica of k=6 between the plates
5. show by dimensional analysis that the following equations give the required unit
a. V= kq/d, volt
b. C= FA/d, farad
c. E= V/d, N/C