Version 001 Waves review Quest tubman (2014B2)

This print-out should have 20 questions.

Multiple-choice questions may continue on
the next column or page find all choices
before answering.
Concept 20 P07
001 (part 1 of 2) 10.0 points
Two speakers are wired to emit identical
sounds in unison. The wavelength in air of
the sounds is 6 m.
Do the sounds interfere constructively or
destructively at a point 10 m from both speakers?

1. The waves are moving away from you.

2. You are hearing destructive interference.
3. You are hearing constructive interference.
4. You are experiencing alternating regions
of constructive and destructive interference.
correct
5. None of these

1. Destructively
2. Constructively correct
3. Neither
Explanation:
They travel the same distance and are
therefore in phase and interfere constructively.
002 (part 2 of 2) 10.0 points
At a point that is 9m from one speaker and
12m from the other speaker how do they interfere?

Explanation:
You are experiencing alternating regions of
constructive and destructive interference.
004 (part 2 of 2) 10.0 points
Would anything be different if a 1000 Hz
sound wave were used instead?
I) The wavelength becomes shorter
II) the distance between regions of interference is smaller
III) the distance between regions of interference is larger
IV) The wavelength becomes longer
1. II and IV only

1. Constructively
2. I and III only
2. Neither
3. I and IV only
3. Destructively correct
Explanation:
The difference in the distance they travel
is 3 meters or half a wavelength so the oscillations are exactly out of phase and they
interfere destructively.
Conceptual 15 Q13
003 (part 1 of 2) 10.0 points
A pure tone with frequency 500 Hz is played
through two stereo speaker plugged into the
same jack. As you walk around the room,
you notice that the loudness of the sound
alternates from loud to soft repeatedly.
What is happening?

4. None of these
5. I and II only correct
Explanation:
If a 1000 Hz wave were used, the wavelength would be shorter, and the distance between regions of destructive and constructive
interference would be smaller.
Tipler PSE5 16 37 01
005 10.0 points
Two sound sources radiating in phase at a frequency of 510 Hz interfere such that maxima
are heard at angles of 0 and 28 from a line

Version 001 Waves review Quest tubman (2014B2)

perpendicular to that joining the two sources.

/2

or

3 /2

360

listening
direction

2
S1

S2

0
L

Find the separation between the two

sources. The velocity of sound is 340 m/s.

= 500

Correct answer: 1.42004 m.

0
90
180
270
360

d sin
d
y
d y
= =
= p

L2 + y 2
L

Because a maximum is heard at 0 and the

sources are in phase, we can conclude that
the path difference is 0. Because the next
maximum is heard at 28 , the path difference
to that position must be one wavelength.

Explanation:

s
d
v
340 m/s

=
=
d=
sin
f sin
(510 Hz) sin 28

sin =
Let : f
v
0

= 510 Hz ,
= 340 m/s ,
= 0 , and
= 28 .

= 1.42004 m .
AM Radio Signals
006 (part 1 of 4) 10.0 points
AM radio signals are broadcast at frequencies
between 550 kHz and 1600 kHz and travel
2.99792 108 m/s.
What is the shortest AM wavelength?
Correct answer: 187.37 m.

r1
S1

d
S2

r2

= t an

 y
L

d sin r2 r1
L

Explanation:
y

S2 Q S1 90

listening
direction

Let :

flargest = 1600 kHz ,

and

c = 2.99792 108 m/s .

The shortest wavelength corresponds to
largest frequency, and vice versa since
c = f .

Version 001 Waves review Quest tubman (2014B2)

shortest =

c
flargest

2.99792 108 m/s 1 kHz

3
=
1600 kHz
10 Hz
= 187.37 m .

longest =

fsmallest
2.99792 108 m/s 1 MHz
=
6
88 MHz
10 Hz
= 3.40673 m .

007 (part 2 of 4) 10.0 points

What is the longest AM wavelength?
Correct answer: 545.077 m.
Explanation:
Let : fsmallest = 550 kHz ,

longest =

fsmallest
2.99792 108 m/s 1 kHz
3
=
550 kHz
10 Hz
= 545.077 m .

008 (part 3 of 4) 10.0 points

FM frequencies range between 88 MHz and
108 MHz and travel at the same speed.
What is the shortest FM wavelength?
Correct answer: 2.77586 m.
Explanation:

Vibrating Wire
010 10.0 points
When a particular wire is vibrating with a frequency of 2.2 Hz, a transverse wave of wavelength 45.6 cm is produced.
Determine the speed of wave pulses along
the wire.
Correct answer: 1.0032 m/s.
Explanation:

Let : f = 2.2 Hz and

= 45.6 cm .
If the frequency is f and the wavelength is
then the speed of wave is
v = f = (2.2 Hz) (45.6 cm)

1m
100 cm

= 1.0032 m/s .

Let : flargest = 108 MHz ,

shortest =

flargest
2.99792 108 m/s 1 MHz
=
6
108 MHz
10 Hz
= 2.77586 m .

keywords:
Conceptual 14 Q03
011 (part 1 of 4) 10.0 points
Consider two waves traveling through the
same medium in the same time frame.
A
B

009 (part 4 of 4) 10.0 points

What is the longest FM wavelength?
Correct answer: 3.40673 m.
Explanation:
Let :

fsmallest = 88 MHz ,

Compare the wavelengths.

Version 001 Waves review Quest tubman (2014B2)

1. A has the longer wavelength. correct

014 (part 4 of 4) 10.0 points

Compare the periods.

2. B has the longer wavelength.

1. A has the shorter period.
3. A and B have the same wavelength.
2. B has the shorter period. correct
4. Cannot be determined
Explanation:
A exhibits three complete wavelengths in
the same time that B exhibits five complete
wavelengths, so A has a longer wavelength.
012 (part 2 of 4) 10.0 points
Compare the amplitudes.

3. Cannot be determined.
4. A and B have the same period.
Explanation:
1
T = . Since A has a lower frequency, its
f
period must be larger.
AP B 1993 MC 59
015 10.0 points

1. Cannot be determined
2. A and B have the same amplitude.
3. A has the smaller amplitude.

The figure shows two wave pulses that are

approaching each other.

4. B has the smaller amplitude. correct

Explanation:
The vertical distance between the troughs
and peaks of A is greater, so it has the larger
amplitude.
013 (part 3 of 4) 10.0 points
Compare the frequencies.
1. A has the higher frequency.
2. B has the higher frequency. correct

Which of the following best shows the shape

of the resultant pulse when the centers of the
pulses, points P and Q, coincide?

1.
correct

3. Cannot be determined
4. A and B have the same frequency.

2.

Explanation:
3.
v = f
v
f= .

Since the speeds are the same and A has a

longer wavelength , then A must have the
lower frequency.

4.

Version 001 Waves review Quest tubman (2014B2)

2.

5.

Explanation:
Notice that the two pulses have the same
width and amplitude.
Choosing the the point P (the same as point
Q when the two pulses coincide) as the origin,
the two pulses can be described as:
P :
Q:

y1 =
y2 =

3.

4.

A , d x d
(

, d x < 0

0<x<d

Using the principle of superposition, the resultant pulse is


2 A , d x < 0
y = y1 + y2 =
0 , 0<x<d

5.

6.

correct
7.

P
Q
8.

P +Q
Fixed End Pulse Reflection
016 10.0 points
A pulse moves on a string at 1 m/s, traveling
to the right. At point A, the string is tightly
clamped and cannot move.
1 m/s
A
1m
Which of the following shows how the string
would look soon after 2 seconds?
1.

Explanation:
The pulse travels to the right and is reflected back from the fixed point. The wave
cannot propagate to the right beyond the
point A. Reflected pulses from fixed end
points are inverted.
AP B 1993 MC 27 28
017 (part 1 of 2) 10.0 points
A standing wave of frequency 5 hertz is set up
on a string 2 meters long with nodes at both
ends and in the center.
2 meters

Version 001 Waves review Quest tubman (2014B2)

Find the speed at which waves propagate
on the string.

4. 10 m/s correct

Conceptual 19 01
019 10.0 points
Radio and TV transmissions are being emitted into space, so Star Trek episodes are
streaming out into the universe. The nearest star is 2 1017 m meters away.
If civilized life exists on a planet near this
star, how long will they have to wait for the
next episode?

5. 0.4 m/s

Correct answer: 21.1399 years.

1. 20 m/s
2. 5 m/s
3. 2.5 m/s

Explanation:
Let : f = 5 Hz and
= 2m.
The wavelength is = 2 m, so the wave
speed is

Explanation:
Distance equals speed times time, or D =
s t, so

t=

2 1017 m
D
=
s
3 108 m/s
= 6.66667 108 seconds

|~v | = f = (5 Hz)(2 m) = 10 m/s .

018 (part 2 of 2) 10.0 points
Find the fundamental frequency of vibration
of the string.
1. 1 Hz
2. 2.5 Hz correct
3. 5 Hz
4. 7.5 Hz

6.66667 108 seconds

day
year
hour

3600 seconds 24 hours 365 days

= 21.1399 years
AP B 1993 MC 52
020 10.0 points
A radar operates at a wavelength of 3 centimeters.
What is the frequency of the these waves?
The speed of light is 3 108 m/s .
1. f = 108 Hz

5. 10 Hz
Explanation:
2 meters

2. f = 1010 Hz
3. f = 3 108 Hz
4. f = 106 Hz

The fundamental wave has only two nodes

at the ends, so its wavelength is = 4 m and
the fundamental frequency is
10 m/s
v
= 2.5 Hz .
f= =

4m

5. f = 1010 Hz correct
Explanation:
Let : = 3 cm = 0.03 m
8

c = 3 10 .

and

Version 001 Waves review Quest tubman (2014B2)

The frequency is
f=

c
3 108 m/s
=
= 1 1010 Hz .

0.03 m