Multiple Choice Test. Choose the letter of the correct d.

Can’t be determined
answer. 8. An object is 6 cm in front of convex mirror with a
focal length of 6 cm. What is the location of the
1. You see the reflection of the clock without image formed?
numbers in your plane mirror. The image formed a. Between F and V
by the hands of the clock shows the time of 3:30. b. Between C and F
What is the real time? c. In front of the mirror
a. 3:30 d. Can’t be determined
b. 8:30 9. What is the distance of your image from you if
c. 9:30 you stand 1.5m in front of a plane mirror?
d. 10:30 a. 1.5 m
b. 2.0 m
2. As indicated by the hands of the clock without c. 3.0 m
numbers, the real time is 9:30. What is the time d. 4.5 m
indicated in its image if the clock is placed in 10. Zed stands 1.5-m tall in front of a plane mirror.
front of a plane mirror. What is the height of his image?
a. 2:30 a. 4.5 m
b. 3:30 b. 3.0 m
c. 9:30 c. 2.0 m
d. 10:30 d. 1.5 m
3. How much larger will your classroom seem to 11. A light ray, traveling parallel to a concave
appear if the entire two adjacent walls of your mirror’s axis, strikes the mirror’s surface. The
classroom consist of plane mirrors? reflected ray __________.
a. 2x larger a. passes through the mirror’s focal point
b. 3x larger b. again travels parallel to the mirror’s axis
c. 4x larger c. travels at right angles to the mirror’s axis
d. can’t be determined d. passes through the mirror’s center of
4. The entire two opposite walls in your room curvature
consist of plane mirrors, how much larger will 12. An object is placed between a concave mirror
your room seem to appear? and its focal point. What is the type and
a. 2x larger orientation of the image formed?
b. 3x larger a. virtual and inverted
c. 4x larger b. real and inverted
d. infinite c. virtual and erect
5. If you stand in front of two adjacent large mirrors d. real and erect
(at 90o angle), how many images will you see? 13. What kind of mirror is used in automobiles and
a. 1 trucks to give the driver a wider area and smaller
b. 2 image of traffic behind him?
c. 3 a. Plane mirror
d. 4 b. Convex mirror
6. If you placed a number chart in front of a plane c. Concave mirror
mirror, what numbers will you read properly in d. None of the above
the mirror? 14. What type of mirror do dentists usually use to
a. 0, 1, 6, 8, and 9 see clearly the images of our teeth?
b. 0, 1, and 6 a. Plane mirror
c. 6 and 9 b. Convex mirror
d. 0 and 8 c. Concave mirror
7. Where is the image located if an object is 30 cm d. None of the above
in front of convex mirror with a focal length of 20 15. When a small object is placed on the principal
cm? axis of a concave mirror between the focus and
a. Between F and V the mirror (as in the figure below), the image
b. Between C and F formed is ____________.
c. In front of the mirror a. erect, magnified, and virtual
 b. inverted, magnified, and real
c. inverted, reduced, and real
d. erect, reduced, and real
16. A white sheet of paper cannot act as mirror
because it ____________ the rays of light.
a. diffracts
b. diffuses
c. interferes
d. refract
17. You see your face clearly if you look down on a
pool of still water. Which one of the following
statements gives the best explanation for this
observation?
a. Light entering the water is dispersed.
b. Regular reflection of light happens on the
surface of still water.
c. Irregular reflection of light happens on the
surface of still water.
d. Light is reflected from the surface of water in
different directions.
18. Where should the object be placed in front of a
concave mirror to form a virtual and magnified
image?
a. At the focus
b. At the center of curvature
c. Between the focus and the vertex
d. Between the center of curvature and focus
19. Which of the following is/are true of a concave
mirror?
I. It will never form a real image
II. An inverted image will be formed if the object
distance is
greater than the focal length
III. An object can be magnified if placed at f
a. I only
b. II only
c. I and II
d. I, II, and III
20. A light ray, traveling parallel to a concave lens’
axis and strikes the lens, will refract
and__________.
a. pass through the lens’ focal point
b. travel parallel to the principal axis
c. continue to travel in the same direction
d. travel at right angles to the principal axis
21. What kind of image is formed by concave
lenses?
a. always real
b. always virtual
c. could be real or virtual; depends on the
distance of the object from the focal point
d. could be real or virtual, but always real when
the object is placed at the focal point
22. Sun’s rays are observed to focus at a point
behind a lens. What kind of lens was used?
a. Converging Lens
b. Diverging Lens
c. Focusing Lens
d. None of the above
23. A man 1.30-m tall stands 5.20 meters from a
concave mirror. If the image could be formed on
a screen 15.0 cm from the mirror, what is the size
of the image?
a. 0.07 cm
b. 3.75 cm
c. 10.5 cm
d. 14.6 cm
24. What is the focal length of the mirror in no. 23?
a. 0.07 cm
b. 3.75 cm
c. 10.5 cm
d. 14.6 cm
25. An object is kept at a distance of 150 mm from a
concave mirror with a radius of curvature of 600
mm. Find the image distance.
a. -150 mm
b. 150 mm
c. -300 mm
d. 300 mm
26. An object is placed between a concave mirror
and its focal point. What is the type and
orientation of the image formed?
a. virtual and inverted
b. virtual and erect
c. real and inverted
d. real and erect
27. A light ray, traveling parallel to a concave
mirror’s axis, strikes the mirror’s surface. What is
the direction of the reflected ray?
a. It passes through the mirror’s focal point.
b. It travels again parallel to the mirror’s axis.
c. It travels at right angles to the mirror’s axis.
d. It passes through the mirror’s center of
curvature.
28. Why is it easier to read a newspaper than a
glossy magazine?
a. Because incident rays of light on a newspaper
reflect in different directions while incident rays of light
on a glossy magazine reflect in only one direction.
b. Because incident rays of light on a newspaper
reflect in only one direction while incident rays of light
on a glossy magazine reflect in different directions.
c. Because incident rays of light on a glossy
magazine converge at the focus.
 d. Because incident rays of light on a newspaper d. Can’t be determined
converge at the focus. 35. An object is kept at a distance of 80.00 cm from
29. What kind of mirror is used by department a convex lens of focal length 25.00 cm. Find the
stores to give a wider area and smaller image of distance between its image and lens.
the shoppers/buyers? a. 19.05 cm
a. Plane mirror b. 25.25 cm
b. Convex mirror c. 36.36 cm
c. Concave mirror d. no image
d. None of the above 36. A light ray, traveling parallel to the axis of a
30. If you look down on a pool of wavy water, you convex lens, strikes the lens. What happens to
can’t see your face clearly. Which one of the this ray after traveling through the lens?
following gives the best explanation for this a. It travels crossing the axis at a point equal to
observation? twice the focal length.
a. Light entering the water is dispersed. b. It travels to the axis passing between the lens
b. Regular reflection of light happens on the and its focal point.
surface of wavy water. c. It travels to the axis passing through its focal
c. Irregular reflection of light happens on the point.
surface of wavy water. d. It travels parallel to the principal axis.
d. Light is reflected from the surface of water in 37. Sun’s rays are observed to focus at a point
the different direction. behind the fishbowl near the window. The
31. Where should an object be placed in front of a fishbowl act as what type of lens?
concave mirror so that the image will have the a. Converging Lens
same size as the object? b. Diverging Lens
a. At the focus c. Focusing Lens
b. At the center of curvature d. None of the above
c. Between the focus and the vertex 38. This optical instrument uses 2 convex lenses to
d. Between the center of curvature and focus make a smaller object larger.
32. Which of the following is/are true of a convex a. Camera
mirror? b. Microscope
I. It will never form a real image c. Oscilloscope
II. An inverted image will be formed if the object d. Telescope
distance is greater 39. Which of the following optical instruments will
than the focal length be used to produce a reduced and inverted
III. An object can be magnified if it is placed at p = 3f image of a distant object?
a. I only a. Camera
b. II only b. Projector
c. I and II c. Microscope
d. I, II, and III d. Refracting Telescope
33. A light ray traveling obliquely to a convex 40. A photocopy “Xerox” machine produces an
mirror’s axis, goes directly to the mirror’s center image that is of equal size as the object.
of curvature before striking the mirror’s surface. Considering the location of an object in a convex
What is the direction of the reflected ray after lens, where is the object located or placed to
hitting the mirror? produce an image that is of equal size to the
a. It travels parallel to the mirror’s axis object?
b. It passes through the mirror’s focal point a. At F’
c. It travels at right angles to the mirror’s axis b. At 2F’
d. It travels back through the mirror’s center of c. Between F’ and V
curvature. d. Between 2F’ and F’
34. What type of lens produces smaller and upright
images?
a. Concave lens
b. Convex lens
c. Converging lens