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GENERAL PHYSICS 2
MIDTERM EXAM
January 27-28, 2020

Prepared By: Jenkens S. Baba

Name: ______________________ Permit No: ____________


Section: ___________ Score: ____/120

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

____3. Electrostatic forces are governed by what simple relationship?


A. Gauss’s Law C. Jenkens’s Law 

B. Coulomb’s Law D. Kirchhoff’s Rule

____4. Electrostatic forces are most conveniently described by using what concept?
A. Electric Field C. Electric Force 

B. Electric Charge D. Electricity

____5. What does the Greek word “elektron” means?


A. Electric C. Negative 

B. Charge D. Amber 


____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.

____10. What can you say about quarks?


A. They are a type of elementary particle and are fundamental constituents of
matter.
B. If quarks are combined, they will form composite particles called hadrons and the
most stable of which are protons and neutrons.
C. Both A and B.
D. None of the above.

____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

____12. Which of the following statement is FALSE?


A. A neutral atom has as many electrons as it does protons.
B. A positive ion has a deficit of electrons.
C. A negative ion has an excess of electrons.
D. Negative net charge denotes fewer electrons than protons.

____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

____18. What is the British system unit of electric charges?


A. Coulomb C. Meters
B. Newton D. None of the above
____19. What is the value of the proportionality constant k in Coulomb’s law?
A. 8.988 x 109 Nm2 / C2
B. 8.988 x 1019 Nm2 / C2
C. 8.988 x 10-9 Nm2 / C2
D. 8.988 x 106 Nm2 / C2

____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.

____21. How do we define electric field at a certain point?


A. Electric field is defined at a point as the electric force 𝐹⃑ 0 experienced by a test
charge q0 at that point divided by the charge of q0.
B. Electric field at a certain point is equal to the electric force per unit charge
experienced by a charge at that point.
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
⃑⃑
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.

II. MODIFIED TRUE OR FALSE


Write TRUE if the statement is valid and FALSE if otherwise. If the statement is FALSE,
underline the word(s) that make it wrong. Write your answer on the space provided before each
number.
_______________1) Electric Flux is the dot product of the electric field vector and area
vector.
_______________2) We can get the maximum flux only when the orientation of the surface
is perpendicular to the direction of the electric field.
_______________3) Flux is a vector physical quantity.
_______________4) No matter how weird the shape is as long as there is a perfect
symmetry in the charge distribution within the surface, Gauss’s Law
always holds true.
_______________5) If the given object is a line of charge, then we can use the cylindrical
symmetry in determining the magnitude of the electric field.
_______________6) In a completely closed surface, the direction of the normal to the
surface and the electric field direction are always perpendicular to
each other.
_______________7) Coulomb’s Law states that the electric flux going through a closed
surface is the summation of all charges Q inside the closed surface
divided by the permittivity of free space 𝜖0 .
_______________8) When the net flux is zero inside the surface, then it means that there
is no electric field present within that surface.
_______________9) When the charge distribution is on the surface of the spherical object,
then the electric field inside the object is at maximum.
_______________10) The electric field due to two opposite parallel plates are always
directing from the positive plate to the negative plate.
_______________11) A balloon is rubbed against a nylon jumper, and it is then found to
cause a force of attraction to human hair. From this experiment, it can
be determined that the electrostatic charge on the balloon is negative.
_______________12) A negatively charged particle is being place at any point around a
particular charge if we want to know if there exist an electric field
around that charge.
_______________13) Considering that there is an electron placed at the middle of a pair of
identical positive charges, then the force experience by that electron
is equal to zero newton.
_______________14) If the test charge feels an inward force coming from the main particle,
then that particle is negatively charged.
_______________15) Electric force is the electric charge of a certain particle divided the
electric field experience by that particle.

III. PROBLEM SOLVING


Show your solution.

1. From the given circuitry, find the following:


a. The equivalent capacitance of the circuitry.
b. The total charge QT of the circuitry.
c. The charge across all capacitors.
d. The voltage across all capacitors.
NOTE: Given: C1 = 4.5 μF
C2 = 3.0 μF
C3 = 2.0 μF
C4 = 2.8 μF
C5 = 6.0 μF
V = 10 V
2. Two protons are 3.6 nm apart. What is the total force on an electron located on the
line between them, 1.2 nm from one of the protons?

3. A conducting sphere of radius 10 cm has an unknown charge. If the electric field 15


cm from the center of the sphere has magnitude 3.0 x 103 N/C and is directed radially
inward, what is the net charge on the sphere?

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