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CAPE Physics Unit 2 Module 1 Questions

This document contains 20 multiple choice questions about electric fields, electric force, potential difference, current, resistance, energy, and Coulomb's constant. The questions cover topics such as calculating charge, current, resistance, energy, electric field intensity and direction, and the relationship between electric field and distance from a point charge.

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CAPE Physics Unit 2 Module 1 Questions

This document contains 20 multiple choice questions about electric fields, electric force, potential difference, current, resistance, energy, and Coulomb's constant. The questions cover topics such as calculating charge, current, resistance, energy, electric field intensity and direction, and the relationship between electric field and distance from a point charge.

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1.

Four diagrams representing the electric field between two oppositely charged
point charges are shown.
Which diagram correctly shows the electric fields lines.

2. A coulomb is the same as:


(A) an ampere/second
(B) an ampere·second2
(C) an ampere/meter2

(D) an ampere·second

3. A wire carries a steady current of 2 A. The charge that passes a cross section
in 2 s is:
A. 2.3×10−19C
B. 6.4 ×10−19C
C. 2C
D. 4C

4. The units of resistivity are:


(A) ohm·meter
(B) ohm
(C) ohm·meter2
(D) ohm/meter

5. A current of 0.3A is passed through a lamp for 2 minutes using a 6 V power


supply. The energy dissipated by this lamp during the 2 minutes is:

(A) 12 J
(B) 20 J
(C) 36 J
(D) 216 J

6. Energy may be measured in:


(A) joule·second
(B) kilowatt
(C) watt·second
(D) watt/second

7. Electric field intensity, E , can also be expressed in the units of

A. J ⋅C−1 ⋅m−1
B. J ⋅C−1
C. J ⋅C
D. J ⋅m−1

8. A 10-ohm resistor carries a constant current. If 1200 C of charge flow through it


in 4 minutes what is the value of the power dissipated?
A. 30.0 w
B. 50.0 w
C. 110 w
D. 150 w

9. A certain wire has resistance R. Another wire, of the same material, has half the
length and half the diameter of the first wire. The resistance of the second wire
is:
A. 0.5R
B. 0.25R
C. 2R
D. 4R
10. A certain x-ray tube requires a current of 7 mA at a voltage of 80 kV. The rate
of energy dissipation (in watts) is:
(A) 560
(B) 5600
(C) 26
(D) 87.5

11. Let k denote coulomb’s constant. The magnitude of the electric field at
a distance r from an isolated point particle with charge q is:
kq
A. r
−kq
B. r
kq
C.
r2
kq2
D.
r2

12. An eastbound electron, moving at a constant velocity, enters a region


containing only a uniform electric field that is directed southwards as shown in
the diagram below

The electron will:


(A) reverse direction
(B) veer upwards
(C) accelerate
(D) veer downwards
13. A proton traveling at a constant speed horizontally enters a region
where the electric field is uniform and points south.
The general motion of the proton will be:
(A) parabolic
(B) circular
(C) unchanged
(D) completely reversed

14. A parallel place capacitor has a 120-V potential difference applied


across its plates that are 1 mm apart. What is the magnitude of E-Field
between the plates?
A. 120 Vm−1
B. 120 kVm−1
C. 1.20 ×10−3 Vm−1
D. 1.20 ×10−1 Vm−1

15. If 500J of work are required to carry a charged particle between two
points with a potential difference of 20V, the magnitude of the charge on the
particle is:
A. 0.004 C
B. 12.5 C
C. 25 C
D. 0.04 C

16. Consider the incomplete definition


“The ___________________ at a point in an electric field is the
__________________ in moving an infinitely small positive unit test charge
from infinity to that point.”
The missing phrases are, respectively

A potential energy power gained


B voltage, energy lost
C electric force, power required
D potential, work done
17. The magnitude of the force of a 400 N C-1 electric field on a 0.02C point
charge is:
A. 8.0 N
B. 8.0 ×10−5 N
C. 8.0 ×10−3 N
D. 0.8 N

18. Two particles, one with charge +8 × 10−9 C and the other with charge
−2 × 10−9 C, are 4m apart.

What is the value of the electric field intensity, E , midway between the two

particles?

(A) 13.5 NC-1

(B) 135 NC-1

(C) 22.5 NC-1

(D) 225 NC-1

19. An isolated charged point particle produces an electric field with


magnitude E at a point 2m away. At a point 4m from the particle the
magnitude of the field is?
A. 2.0E
B. 4.0E
C. 0.5E
D. 0.25E

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20. The units of 4 π ε
0

A. N2 ⋅C2
B. N ⋅m2 ⋅C−2
C. N ⋅m⋅C
D. N ⋅m2 ⋅C2

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