University of the Philippines

College of Science

Physics 72
Set A
Third Long Exam
First Semester, AY 2016–2017

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INSTRUCTIONS: Choose the best answer and shade the corresponding circle on your answer
sheet. To change your answer, cross-out and sign your original answer and then shade your
new answer. No computational devices allowed (e.g. calculators, mobile phones). Any form
of cheating in examinations or any act of dishonesty in relation to studies, such as plagiarism,
shall be subject to disciplinary action. Following instructions is part of the exam.

Useful formulas: Useful constants:

Area Volume e −1.60 × 10−19 C

Sphere (radius=r) 4πr 2 4
3 πr
3 me 9.1 × 10−31 kg
Cylinder (radius=r, height=h) 2πr2 + 2πrh πr2 h 0 8.854 × 10−12 C2 /Nm2
√
sin(π/3) = cos(π/6) = 3/2 k 8.988 × 109 Nm2 /C2
cos(π/3) = sin(π/6) = 1/2
√
sin(π/4) = cos(π/4) = 2/2
For the next two items, consider an electromagnetic (EM) wave with a wavelength of 3×10−8 m
and speed of 1.2 × 108 m/s inside a material whose dielectric constant is 1.25.
1. Eye of Agamotto. What is the frequency of the EM wave in vacuum?

A. 3.6 Hz C. 4 × 1015 Hz D. 1 × 1016 Hz E. delete

B. 9 Hz

2. Cloak of Levitation. What is the relative permeability of this material?

A. 0.128 C. 2 E. delete
B. 0.32 D. 5

3. Book of the Vishanti. Consider an electric field E(z, t) = Emax cos(kz − ωt) ı̂ and mag-
netic field B(z, t) = Bmax cos(kz − ωt) ̂. If k = 4 rad/m and ω = 6 × 108 rad/s, which
pair of amplitudes corresponds to a valid electromagnetic wave?

Emax (V/m) Bmax (T)

A 8 × 10−9 1.2
B 1.2 8 × 10−9
C 4 × 10−9 1.2
D 1.2 4 × 10−9

4. Violet. The equation E(x, t) = E0 cos(kx − ωt) ı̂ + E0 cos(kx − ωt) ̂ cannot be a descrip-
tion of an electromagnetic wave. Which law is being violated by this equation?
A. Gauss’s laws

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B. Faraday’s law
C. Ampere’s law
D. Snell’s law
E. delete
For the next two items, consider an electromagnetic wave whose electric field is described by
E(z, t) = E0 cos(kz − ωt) ı̂ + E0 cos(kz − ωt + π/2) ̂.
5. DP. What is its direction of propagation?
A. +(ı̂ + ̂) C. +k̂ D. −k̂ E. delete
B. −(ı̂ + ̂)

6. MF. What is the direction of the magnetic field at z = π/k and t = 0?

A. +ı̂ C. +̂ E. delete
B. −ı̂ D. −̂

7. Lahat nagbabago! A thick rectangular glass with index of refraction ng = 2.3 is sub-
merged in water (nw = 1.3). What happens to the speed and wavelength of a light incident
from the water as it enters the glass?
A. Its speed increases while its wavelength decreases.
B. Its speed decreases while its wavelength increases.
C. Both its speed and wavelength increase.
D. Both its speed and wavelength decrease.
E. delete
8. Very wrong. Which of the following incorrectly describes the corresponding rays (solid
lines with arrows) for the given wavefronts (dashed lines)?

For the next two items, consider a system of two ideal polarizing filters. The polarizing axis of
the first filter is horizontal while that of the second makes an angle of 30◦ with the vertical.
9. KaDILIMAN. If unpolarized light with intensity I0 is incident on these filters, what is the
intensity of the transmitted light?

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I0 I0 3I0 3I0
A. B. C. D.
8 4 8 4
E. delete

10. Adjust ka. If the intensity of an incident unpolarized light is to be reduced by a factor of 3
after transmission, what should be the angle between the polarizing axes of the filters?

A. 35.3◦ C. 65.3◦ E. delete

B. 54.7◦ D. 84.7◦

11. PagtiTIRahin. The figure shows four layers

of materials with labeled indices of refraction.
Light is incident from the left end at an angle of
55◦ from the normal. In which layer will total
internal reflection occur?

12. Somewhere over the rainbow. As white light strikes a vacuum-glass interface, yellow
light (λ = 580 nm) is refracted as shown. Which of the following rays best depicts the
trajectory of red light (λ = 700 nm)?

13. Surface, surface on the wall. An object (o) stands in front of a convex mirror with focal
point F as shown. At which position is the image located? (Figure is drawn to scale.)

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14. C v D. Which of the following statements is/are ALWAYS TRUE about converging &
diverging thin lenses in air?
I. A single converging lens forms an inverted image.
II. A single diverging lens forms an upright image.
III. A converging lens is thicker in the middle than at the edges.
A. I only
B. II only
C. II and III only
D. I, II, and III
E. delete
For the next two items, consider two thin lenses, with equal focal lengths f = 30 cm, placed
50 cm apart. An object is placed 50 cm in front of the first lens.
15. Final. How far from the second lens will the final image be formed by the combination of
the two lenses?

A. 14 cm C. 50 cm E. delete
B. 21 cm D. 150 cm

16. mmm. What is the lateral magnification of the final image relative to the object?

21 47 3 75
A. − B. − C. − D. −
25 50 2 28
E. delete

17. Magnifico. Consider a concave spherical mirror with a focal length of 10 cm. The base of
a laterally extended object is placed 25 cm away from the vertex of the mirror. What is the
lateral magnification of the image?

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2 2 2 2
A. − B. + C. − D. +
3 3 7 7
E. delete

18. Focus lang. Kaya mo ’yan. Rays parallel to the optic axis are incident on a concave spher-
ical mirror with focal length f . At what distance from the vertex will the rays converge?
A. f
B. 2f
C. f /2
D. The rays will not converge.
E. delete

19. Discover what’s real. An object is in front of a spher-

ical interface between two media with refractive indices
na and nb , where nb < na , as shown. Which of the fol-
lowing is TRUE about the image formed?
A. It is real and upright.
B. It is virtual and upright.
C. It is real and inverted.
D. It is virtual and inverted.
E. delete
20. Teardrops on my guitar. What must be the refractive index of a spherical teardrop with
radius R so that an infinitely distant object is imaged at a distance of 2R from the air-
teardrop interface? Ignore secondary refraction effects.

A. 1.00 C. 1.50 E. delete

B. 1.33 D. 2.00

21. Ang Deep. At a local swimming pool, the life guard said that the pool floor has an actual
depth of 25 m and the pool water has a refractive index of 1.4. What is the apparent depth
of the pool floor when viewed at normal incidence?

A. 35 m C. 18 m E. delete
B. 25 m D. 10 m

22. Spongbob Squarepants. Spongebob stands in front of a plane mirror. If the object dis-
tance is s and the image distance is s0 , which of the following is TRUE about his image?

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A. s0 = +s, real
B. s0 = +s, virtual
C. s0 = −s, real
D. s0 = −s, virtual
E. delete
23. Flatu-lens. The figure shows an object in front of two thin lenses P and Q with labeled
second focal points FP and FQ , respectively. Where is the final image of the object?

24. Sa Daang Maharlika. Two coherent waves with wavelength 640 nm propagate in phase
from two narrow slits. If their phase difference at a viewing screen is 4π/5 rad, what is
their path difference at this viewing screen?

A. 512 nm C. 256 nm E. delete

B. 320 nm D. 205 nm

25. Sa puti o sa itim. Two coherent waves that are in phase have a wavelength of 540 nm. For
which of the following path differences will total constructive interference occur?

I. 1350 nm II. 1620 nm III. 2430 nm

A. I only C. III only E. delete

B. II only D. I, II and III

26. Bubula. White light is normally incident on a water film (nw = 4/3) that is suspended
in air. If the film thickness is 920 nm, which of the following wavelengths in air will be
strongly reflected?

A. 460 nm C. 526 nm E. delete

B. 491 nm D. 545 nm

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For the next two items, consider two radio transmitters

located at O and O0 separated by a distance D as shown.
The transmitters emit coherent waves that are of the same
amplitude, wavelength, and phase, and in straight lines.
27. Strongman. A receiver R is located at a distance D/4 to the right of O. Which of the
following wavelengths will make the signal at the receiver strongest?

D D D
I. II. III.
2 3 4
A. I and II only
B. I and III only
C. II and III only
D. I, II and III
E. delete
28. Not so strongman. The transmitters were reconfigured to emit waves with wavelength
λ = D. What minimum distance from transmitter O along the dashed line should receiver
R be placed such that the signal detected is weakest?

1 1 3 3
A. D B. D C. D D. D
4 2 4 2
E. delete

29. Trumped up laser. Light from a 400-nm laser is incident on two narrow slits separated by
a distance of 1.00 × 10−6 m. If successive dark and bright fringes were found 9.00 mm and
12.0 mm away from the central bright fringe, how far away is the screen from the slits?

A. 30.0 mm C. 15.0 mm E. delete

B. 22.5 mm D. 7.50 mm

30. Pantakip. Consider a coating material with a refractive index of 1.22. If it is applied
to glass (n = 1.52) and red light (λ0 = 650 nm) is strongly reflected, what should the
thickness of the coating material be?

A. 214 nm C. 325 nm E. delete

B. 266 nm D. 400 nm

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31. SLITherin. Light from a 650-nm laser is incident on a slit, and a diffraction pattern is
observed on a screen 6.0 m away. The intensity plot of the diffraction pattern is shown in
the figure. What is the slit width used to produce the pattern?

A. 0.1 mm
B. 0.2 mm
C. 0.3 mm
D. 0.4 mm
E. delete

32. Single, single, double, double. Consider

two sets of intensity plots produced by
multiple-slit setups as shown. Which of the
following is TRUE?
A. I is produced by interference only.
B. II is produced by interference only.
C. I is produced by diffraction only.
D. Both I and II are produced by a
combination of interference and
diffraction.
E. delete

33. Andamiiii. Which of the following diffraction patterns obtained from a multiple-slit setup
is/are produced by an odd number of slits?

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A. I only
B. II only
C. III only
D. II and III only
E. delete

A – 10