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GENERAL PHYSICS 2
MIDTERM EXAM
January 27-28, 2020
I. MULTIPLE CHOICE
____1. Electromagnetic interactions involve particles that have a property that is as fundamental
as mass. What is that property called as?
A. Electric Field C. Electric Force
B. Electric Charge D. Electricity
____2. Just as object with mass is accelerated by gravitational force, what type of force does
electrically charged object is being accelerated with?
A. Electric Force C. Friction Force
B. Normal Forces D. Tension Force
____4. Electrostatic forces are most conveniently described by using what concept?
A. Electric Field C. Electric Force
B. Electric Charge D. Electricity
____6. The ancient Greeks discovered as early as 600 B.C. that after they rubbed amber with
wool, the amber could attract other objects? Why does amber behave this way?
A. It is being possessed. C. It became a negatively charged object.
B. It is its nature to behave that way D. It became a positively charged object.
____7. After a series of experiments, it has shown that there are exactly two kinds of electric
charge. Who suggested that these two kinds of electric charge would be called as negative and
positive charge respectively?
A. Isaac Newton C. Michael Faraday
B. Benjamin Franklin D. Nikola Tesla
____8. The attraction and repulsion of two charged objects are sometimes summarized as what
statement?
A. Like charges attract, and opposite charges also attract
B. Like charges repel, and opposite charges also repel
C. Like charges attract, and opposite charges also repel
D. Like charges repel, and opposite charges also attract
____9. Among the three sub particles of atoms, which of them have the least mass?
A. Electron C. Proton
B. Neutron D. They have the same mass.
____11. What do you call the attractive electric forces that held the protons and neutrons
together within the stable atomic nuclei?
A. Weak Nuclear Force C. Strong Nuclear Force
B. Electromagnetic Force D. Gravitational Force
____13. Which of the following concept states that the algebraic sum of all electric charges in
any closed system is constant?
A. Principle of conservation of charge C. Gauss’s Law
B. Universal Law of Gravitation D. Coulomb’s Law
____14. What do you call the materials that permit the easy movement of charge through them?
A. Insulators C. Conductors
B. Semiconductors D. Superconductors
____15. What do you call that process by which a certain body can give another body a charge
of opposite sign without losing any of its own charge?
A. Induction C. Initiation
B. Stimulation D. Electrocution
____16. Who studied the interaction forces of charged particles in detail in 1784 and used a
torsion balance to measure the electric force?
A. Charles Augustin de Coulomb C. Nikola Tesla
B. Michael Faraday D. Benjamin Franklin
____17. What are the two components that governed the Coulomb’s Law?
A. Two point charges and the distance between them
B. Electric force and the two point charges
C. Distance and the electric force
D. Magnitude of the electric force and the displacement
____20. What is the relationship between electric force and electric field?
A. The electric field on a charged body is exerted by the electric force created by
other charged bodies.
B. The electric force on a charged body is exerted by the electric field created by
other charged bodies.
C. Both A and B.
D. None of the above.
____22. If the source distribution is a point charge q, it is easy to find the electric field that it
produces. We call the location of the charge the source point. Then, what do we call the point
P where we are determining the field?
A. Coulomb point C. Field point
B. Newton point D. Force point
____23. It is also useful in electrostatics to introduce a unit vector 𝒓̂. Which of the following
statements is FALSE regarding this unit vector?
A. Unit vector 𝒓̂ points along the line from the source point to field point.
B. Unit vector 𝒓̂ is equal to the displacement vector 𝒓 ⃑⃑ from the source point to field
point divided by the distance r between these two points.
C. Unit vector 𝒓̂ always point away from the positive charge and towards the
negative charge.
D. Unit vector 𝒓̂ always points towards the field point P.
____24. What do you call that concept that states that the total electric field at P is the vector
sum of the fields at P due to each point charge in the charge distribution?
A. Principle of conservation of charge C. Coulomb’s Law
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B. Principle of superposition of 𝑬 D. Gauss’s Law
____25. When charge is distributed along a line, over a surface, or through a volume, a few
additional terms are useful. What term should we use to represent the charge distribution inside
the cylindrical object?
A. Linear charge density C. Volume charge density
B. Surface charge density D. Area charge density
____26. What do you call that imaginary lines or curves drawn through a region of space so that
its tangent at any point is in the direction of the electric-field vector at that point?
A. Electric field lines C. Charged Lines
B. Vector lines D. International Lines
____27. What do you call that pair of point charges with equal in magnitude and opposite sign
separated by a distance d?
A. Electric Bipolar C. Electric Megapoles
B. Electric Tripolar D. Electric Dipoles
____28. Which of the following is FALSE about water being an example of that pair of point
charges in #27?
A. The water molecule as a whole is electrically neutral but the chemical bonds
within it cause a displacement of charge.
B. The water molecule got a net positive charge on the oxygen end and a net
negative charge on the hydrogen end.
C. Water us an excellent solvent for ionic substances precisely because it is an
example of that pair of point charge.
D. None of them are FALSE.
____29. The net force on an electric dipole in a uniform external electric field is always what?
A. Equal to zero C. More than zero
B. Less than zero D. Cannot be determined
____30. Newton’s third law also applies to the electric force. Which of the following statements
is TRUE? Assume that the charges are called as q1 and q2.
A. Even if the charges have different magnitudes, the magnitude of the force that q2
exerts on q1 is the same as the magnitude of the force that q1 exerts on q2 and
these two forces are in opposite direction.
B. Even if the charges have different magnitudes, the magnitude of the force that q2
exerts on q1 is less than the magnitude of the force that q1 exerts on q2 and these
two forces are in the same direction.
C. Even if the charges have different magnitudes, the magnitude of the force that q2
exerts on q1 is more than the magnitude of the force that q1 exerts on q2 and
these two forces are in opposite direction.
D. All of the Above.