BAZE UNIVERSITY ABUJA

DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS
Faculty of Computing and Applied Sciences

23B TRIMESTER EXAMINATION, AUGUST 2023

PHY102

GENERAL PHYSICS 2 (3 UNITS)

(EXAMINATION PAPER)

DURATION

TWO & HALF HOURS

INSTRUCTIONS

There are 3 SECTIONS in this paper. Students are required to answer ALL From Section A, B
and Any 1 (one) questions from SECTION C. Indicate your paper type on the cover page of
your answer booklet

Useful Constants
Speed of light, c = 3 x 108 m/s
Planck’s constant, h = 6.626 × 10-34 m2 kg / s = 6.626 × 10-34 Js
Electrostatic force constant, k = 9 x 109 N m2/ C2
Permittivity through free space, ε0= 8.85 x 10-12C2/ N m2
1 eV = 1.6 x 10-19 J
1 electron = - 1.6 x 10-19C
Permeability of free space, μo= 4π x 10-7 Tm/A
Maximum electric intensity for spherical surfaces, E m = 3 x 106 N/C

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 SECTION A
Answer ALL Questions from this Section (Objectives)
USE the statement and the circuit below to answer question 1,2 & 3
Four Resistors are configured in the circuit below; 𝑅 is 8 Ω, 𝑅 is 4 Ω, 𝑅 is 6 Ω and 𝑅 is 12 Ω.
respectively, the charge of 6C flows through 𝑅 in 2 seconds.

1. If the current 𝐼 Through resistor 𝑅 is 2A, find the voltage drop on 𝑅 [2 marks]

a. 12v b. 15v

c. 19v d. 17v

2. Find the Voltage 𝑉 drop on resistor 𝑅 [2 marks]

a. 21v b. 19v

c. 24v d. 35v

3. Find The Total emf in the Circiut [2 marks]

a. 15v b. 36V

c. 75v d. 21v

4. What is the magnitude and direction of the electric field due to a point charge of 20μC at a
distance of 1m away from it? [2 marks]

a. 3.8 × 10 𝑁/𝐶 b. 1.8 × 10 𝑁/𝐶

c. 3.8 × 10 𝑁/𝐶 d. 1.8 × 10 𝑁/𝐶

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5. Determine the magnitude and direction of the electric field at a point 2cm to the left of a point
charge of −2.4nC [2 marks]

a. 43 × 10 𝑁/𝐶
b. 23 × 10 𝑁/𝐶
c. 54 × 10 𝑁/𝐶
d. 54 × 10 𝑁/𝐶

6. Find the equivalent Resistance in the circuit below. [2 marks]

a. 10Ω b. 9 Ω

c. 8 Ω d. 7 Ω

7.
The electric field due to charges q1=2μC and q2=32μC at distance 16cm from charge q2 is
zero. What is the distance between the two charges? [2 marks]

a. 20cm b. 16cm

c. 17cm d. 25cm

8. A helium nucleus has charge +2e, and a neon nucleus +10e, where e= 1.6×10 -19C. Find the
repulsion force exerted on one by the other when they are 3.0nm apart. [2 marks]

a. 6.1 × 10 𝑁 b. 3.1 × 10 𝑁

c. 1.1 × 10 𝑁 d. 5.1 × 10 𝑁

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9. An induced current will be in such a direction as to produce a magnetic field that will oppose
the motion of the magnetic field that is producing it. The Statement defined one of the
following electromagnetic laws [2 marks]

a. Biot Savart b. Faradays

c. Lenz’s d. Gaussians

10. The Options Below are the contributions of modern physics after 1900, except [2 marks]

a. Wave particle duality b. Brownian motion

c. Newtonian Mechanic d. Black Body

11. Columb’s Law States that the force of attraction and repulsion between two point charges is;
a. Inversely proportional to the Products of b. Directly proportional to the Products of
charges voltages.
c. Directly proportional to the Products of d. Inversely proportional to the Products
charges. of the voltages.
[2 marks]
12. Which of the following correspond to Maxwell's Law’s/equations in partial differential form
which relate the electric and magnetic fields to each other and to the electric charges and
currents. [2 marks]
a. Gauss’s Law for Electrostatics b. Faraday’s La

c. Ampere-Maxwell Law d. All of the above

e. None of the above

[2 marks]

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USE the statement and circuit below to answer question 13, 14 & 15
The following figure shows a Circuit configuration; design to charge four capacitors. 𝐶 =
2𝜇𝐹, 𝐶 = 4𝜇𝐹, 𝐶 = 6𝜇𝐹 and 𝐶 = 8𝜇𝐹 respectively. Where charge 𝑄 = 2𝐶 stored in
capacitor 𝐶 .

13. Select the equivalent Capacitance of the capacitor [2 marks]

a. 1.22 𝜇𝐹 b. 1.42 𝜇𝐹

c. 2.60 𝜇𝐹 d. 1.62 𝜇𝐹

14. Find the voltage 𝑉 drop on Capacitor 𝐶 [2 marks]

a. 600k v b. 500k v

c. 750kv d. 250k v

15. If the 𝜀𝑚𝑓 𝑖𝑠 𝟏𝟎𝟎𝟎𝐤𝒗 ; Find voltage 𝑉 drop on Capacitor 𝐶 [2 marks]

a. 250k 𝑣 b. 500 𝑣

c. 150 𝑣 d. 200 𝑣

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USE the statement and circuit below to answer question 16, 17 & 18

In the Circuit configuration below; 𝑅 is 2 Ω, 𝑅 is 4 Ω, 𝑅 is 6 Ω, 𝑅 is 8 Ω and 𝑅 is 10 Ω.

respectively, the charge of 6C flows through 𝑅 in 2 seconds.

16. Which of the resistance below is the equivalent resistance? [2 marks]

a. 2.54 Ω b. 5.53 Ω

c. 5.0 Ω d. 3.50 Ω

17. If the current 𝐼 is 2A, Select the voltage drop 𝑉 [2 marks]

a. 6 𝑣 b. 8 𝑣

c. 9 𝑣 d. 12𝑣

18. If the current 𝐼 is 1A, find the 𝜀𝑚𝑓 [2 marks]

a. 44 𝑣 b. 33 𝑣

c. 22 𝑣 d. 11 𝑣

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19. Find the current I1 and I2 in the given circuit. [2 marks]

a. 3A & 2A b. 5A & 9A

c. 6A & 4A d. 6A & 8A

20. Resistance of a material at 10ºC and 40ºC are 45 Ω and 85 Ω respectively. Find its temperature
co-efficient of resistance. [2 marks]

a. 0.0962 per ºC b. 0.0296 per ºC

c. 0.0206 per ºC d. 0.1996 per ºC

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 SECTION B
Answer ALL Questions from this Section
(Fill In the Blank)

1. …………………… is the unified electrical and magnetic field of force generated by the
passage of an electric current through matter? [3 marks]
2. 1.………………., 2 ………………….. & 3…………….. Are some of the Failures of
Classical/Newtonian Physics. [3 marks]

3. Gauss’s law states that the total electric flux out of a closed surface is equal to the charge
enclosed divided by the …………………… [3 marks]
4. 1……………………, 2……………………… &3……………………. Are some of the
advantages of a dielectric. [3 marks]
5. 1…………………&2……………… are magnetic materials that strongly attract both poles
and weakly attract one pole of a magnets in a magnetic field. [3 marks]
6. ……………… is the energy density for the electric field strength between the parallel pates
-3
of the capacitor when area and plate separations are given as 0.5𝑚 and 2 x 10 m
-4
respectively. Take potential energy as 2.2125 x 10 J. [3 marks]
USE the following statement to answer question 7, 8 & 9

Charges of +2.0𝞵C, +3.0𝞵C and -8.0𝞵C are placed at the vertices of an equilateral triangle of side
10cm.

7. …………….. is the x-component of the force acting on the -8.0𝞵C charge due to the other
two charges. [3 marks]

8. …………….. is the y-component of the force acting on the -8.0𝞵C charge due to the other
two charges. [3 marks]

9. ……………. & ……………. Is the angle𝜃 &𝜃 on resolution to x & y axis respectively
[3 marks]

10. …………….. is the magnitude of the force acting on the -8.0𝞵C charge due to the other
two charges. [3 marks]

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 SECTION C
Answer 1 Question Only from this Section
(Essay)
Question 1

a. Explain Photoelectric effect [5 marks]

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b. Proton enters a magnetic field of flux density 1.1Wb/m2 (Tesla) with a velocity of 4.0×10

m/s. Compute the force on the proton pipe at this point if the directions of the Force field, 𝐹⃗
velocity of charge on proton,𝑣⃗ and magnetic field,𝐵⃗ vectors (represented by the back of an
arrow X) of a moving charges in the magnetic fields as shown below at an angle of 44 o to the
field. Hint: Use Hands Rule to predict the direction of the force field [5 marks]

c. Capacitor Circuit configuration to charge capacitors. 𝐶 = 8𝜇𝐹, 𝐶 = 6𝜇𝐹, 𝐶 = 4𝜇𝐹, 𝐶 =

2𝜇𝐹 And 𝐶 = 4𝜇𝐹 respectively. Where a charge 𝑄 = 30𝜇𝐶 and 𝑄 = 20𝜇𝐶 is stored in
Capacitor 𝐶 .

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 i) Find the equivalent Capacitance [5 marks]
ii) Find the charge 𝑄 stored on Capacitor 𝐶 [5 marks]
iii) Find the energy stored [10 marks]

Question 2

a. Explain the term wave particle duality [5 marks]

b. The plane of a 400-turn square coil of side length 40cm makes an angle of 60∘ with a uniform
magnetic field. The magnitude of the magnetic field changes with time as 8T/s while its
direction is held fixed. What is the magnitude of the induced emf in the coil? [5 marks]

c. Three point charges are fixed in place in the right triangle shown below, in which q1 = 0.71 µC
and q2 = −0.67 µC. What is the magnitude and direction of the electric force on the +1.0 µC
(let’s call this q3) charge due to the other two charges. Also find the polar angle
[20 marks]

END OF EXAMINATION

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