TUTORIAL RAYA HAJI

1. A film-D (𝑛D = 1.30) is coated on a glass (𝑛G = 1.55). The film is designed to reflect red light (650 nm)
in air.

a) What is the minimum film thickness so that red light is reflected (bright)? – NURZUQMI &
SYAHIZZAH

b) If the film is replaced with another film-X (𝑛x = 1.33) of the same thickness, will it still reflect the
red light? Without any calculation, give a reason. – ADZEEM & FATIN YUSRINA

2. A coherent light that contains two wavelengths, 400 nm and 720 nm, pass through a narrow slit of width
by 355 𝜇m. An interference pattern is observed on a screen 3.9 m from the slit. What is the distance on
the screen between the first-order dark fringes for the two wavelengths? – RESTARIANA &
HAMIZAN

3. The objective of a refracting telescope has a focal length of 1.53 m. The distance between objective
and eyepiece is 1.65 m, and the final image is at infinity. What is the angular magnification of the
telescope? – SYAHRIL & ALLYAH

4. State two differences (AINUL SYAFIQAH & WAN NURAFZAN) and one (TAUFIQ & RAZAN)
similarity between a microscope and a telescope.

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5. A beam of unpolarized light of intensity 𝐼𝑜 passed through a series of ideal polarizers with the
polarization directions turned to various angles relative to vertical lines.

(a) Determine angle 𝜃𝐵 if the intensity at B is 𝐼𝐵 = 0.34𝐼𝑜 . – AZZMIRUL & DAYANG

(b) If remove the first (the most left), determine the light intensity at point C in term of 𝐼𝑜 –
ISMAIL QAYYUM & FARHANA ZULAIKHA

6. A convex lens has a focal length, f = +10 cm. An object is placed between f and 2f on left side of the
lens. What are the two possible locations of its image? – SYAFIQA & LUQMAN

A. 5 cm from the lens, on the right side.

B. 15 cm from the lens, on the right side.
C. 25 cm from the lens, on the right side.
D. 30 cm from the lens, on the right side.
7. Coherent sources A and B emit electromagnetic waves with wavelength 2.5 cm. The distance between
A and B is 5.0 cm. Point P is located somewhere between A and B. Which of the following values are
the possible distance of P from A, if it is a point of constructive interference. – SHIFA FARAH &
MUSTAQIM

A. 1.25 m
B. 2.25 m
C. 3.75 m
D. 4.25 m

8. Coherent sources Q and R emit electromagnetic waves with wavelength 2 cm. The path difference at P
between these two waves is 0.4 cm. The possible distances of P from Q and R are ___ and ___,
respectively. – AQILAH & AZZAM

A. 3.2 cm
B. 3.3 cm
C. 3.6 cm
D. 5.6 cm

9. The far point of a myopic person is 40 cm. She uses contact lens to see far objects clearly. What are
two possible conditions about the contact lens? – NURSYAFIQAH & REASHA

A. The contact lens is a concave lens.

B. The contact lens is a diverging lens.
C. The power of the contact lens is –2.5 D
D. The power of the contact lens is +2.5 D

10. A concave lens has a focal length of f =12 cm. What are the possible object distances if its image is
real? – LUQMANULHAKIM & NOORUL ALIYA

A.  6 cm
B. +11 cm
C. +13 cm
D. +25 cm

11. The critical angle for a certain liquid-air surface is 47.7º. What are the possible angles of incident the
liquid so that the total internal reflection can occur? – ANIS AIDA & SCITECH

A. 0.1º
B. 47.6º
C. 47.8º
D. 89.9º

12. A beam of white light is made to pass through a narrow single slit. Choose two correct statements about
the produced diffraction pattern on a screen at a distance from the slit. – SYAHIRAH & FITRI

A. The centre of the pattern is dark.

B. The centre of the pattern is a bright white.
C. A series of white fringes will be produced on a screen.
D. A series of rainbow-like fringes will be produced on a screen.
13. A thin film coating on a sunglass look reddish when observed under white illumination. The refractive
index of the coating is lower than the sunglasses. Which of the following statement are true about the
phenomena? – CARLTACHEUS & AINA SYAHIRAH

A. The red light is shorter in the coating than in the air.

B. The speed of the red light is lower in the coating that in the air.
C. All colour of light is either partly or completely interfered by the coating except the red light.
D. The phase difference between the reflected light from the air-coating interface and the coating-
sunglasses is 𝑚𝜋, where 𝑚 = 0,1,2,3..

14. The index of refraction for crown flint glass is 1.6. The speed of light in the glass – HAZIQAH &
SYAKIL AIMAN

A. is slower than the speed of light in air.

B. is faster than in water with the index of refraction, n = 1.33.
C. is slower than in a Perspex with the index of refraction, n =1.5.
D. is faster than in a diamond with the index of refraction, n =2.1.

15. An object is placed at a distance of 15.0 cm from a concave mirror. An image of linear magnification
-2 is formed. Which of the following statements are correct about the image? – WAN NURHASLIZA
& IHSAN

A. It is virtual
B. It is twice larger than the object.
C. It is on the same side with the object.
D. It has the same orientation with the object.

16. A string is securely fixed at both ends; 1.2 m apart. The 3rd overtone of 400 Hz is established on the
string. Write the wave function for the first harmonic if the amplitude of the standing wave is 0.55 ×
10−4m. – EMRAN & NADIAH

17. Ailin is riding on a train moving 15 m/s toward her friend, Ben. Ben is waiting for Ailin at a stationary
platform. Both of them are holding whistles. As both of them are approaching very close, they start to
blow their whistles simultaneously. Ailin blows her whistle on 2300 Hz.

What are two possible frequencies of Ben’s whistle if Ailin hears whistles’ sound at 5 beats per second.
[Take the speed of sound in air is 340 m/s] – MAISARAH & SYIFA ALIATULHUDA