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Practice Exam 2

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Unit Exam 2 (Practice)

Name: ……………………………………………… KSU User Name:………………………

Select and circle the most appropriate answer for the following MCQ questions (05 marks each)

1. In the Drude model of electrical conduction, the current density is NOT directly proportional to
(A) the average time interval between successive collisions.
(B) the number of charge carriers per unit volume.
(C) the square of the electron charge.
(D) the electric field present in the wire.
(E) the resistivity of the wire.

2. Consider an electric circuit having two resistors connected to a battery. Which of the flowing
statements is true?
(A) The total current through the resistors is large when the two resistors are connected in series.
(B) The total current through the resistors is large when the two resistors are connected in parallel.
(C) The total current through the resistors is large only when the current is flowing through the
resistor with lowest resistance.
(D) More information is necessary to comment on the total current.

3. When a battery gets older,


(A) its emf decreases.
(B) its emf increase.
(C) its internal resistance decreases.
(D) its internal resistance increases.
(E) both the emf and internal resistance of the battery changes

4. A straight wire bent into the shape shown in the figure is in a magnetic field.
What is the net magnetic force on the wire when a current 𝐼 flows through
the wire?
(A) 2𝐼𝐵𝑙 in the direction into the page
(B) 2𝐼𝐵𝑙 in the direction out of the page
(C) 4𝐼𝐵𝑙 in the direction into the page
(D) 4𝐼𝐵𝑙 in the direction out of the page
(E) Zero

5. By using a compass to measure the magnetic field direction at various points adjacent to a long straight
wire, you can show that the wire's magnetic field lines are
(A) straight lines in space that go from one magnetic charge to another.
(B) straight lines in space that are parallel to the wire.
(C) straight lines in space that are perpendicular to the wire.
(D) circles that have their centers on the wire and lie in planes perpendicular to the wire.
(E) circles that have the wire lying along a diameter of the circle.
KSU User Name:………………………
Provide the answer for the following questions in the space provided. You have to show your work
towards the final answer for each part in all questions. (20 marks each)

6. Consider the electric circuit shown in the figure.


(a) Determine the equivalence resistance of the resistors in
the circuit.

(b) Hence, determine the currents through 20 Ω resistor and 10 Ω resistors.


KSU User Name:………………………
7. The circuit shown in the figure is connected for 2.00 min. (Assume
that there are no internal resistances of the batteries)
Determine the currents through the resistors, 8.00 Ω, 5.00 Ω and
3.00 Ω of the circuit.
KSU User Name:………………………
8. A charged particle (𝑚 = 5.0 g, 𝑞 = −70 μC) moves horizontally at a constant speed of 30 km/s in a
region where there is a magnetic field in a direction perpendicular to the velocity of the particle and an
upward electric field of strenght 700 N/C. The downward gravitational acceleration is 9.8 m/s 2 .
(a) Draw a digram identifying the forces acting on the charged particle. Clearly label the magnetic force,
electric force and the gravitational force (weight) acting on the partcile.

(b) What is the direction of the magnetic field with reference to the digram drawn in part (a)?

(c) Find the strength (magnitude) of the magnetic field?


KSU User Name:………………………
9. The figure shows the portion of a wire forming an arc of a circle, carrying
a current 𝐼.
(a) Use Biot-Savart law to show that the magnetic field at the point 𝑂 due
𝜇o 𝐼
to the current in the arc segment of the wire is given by 𝐵 = 4𝜋𝑎 𝜃.

(b) Find the magnitude of the magnetic field at point 𝑂 due to the current 𝐼 in
the current carrying loop shown in the figure.

(c) What is the direction of the magnetic field at point 𝑂?


KSU User Name:………………………
10. A long, hollow, cylindrical conductor (inner radius = 2.0 mm, outer radius = 4.0 mm) carries a current
of 24 A distributed uniformly across its cross section. A long wire which is coaxial with the cylinder
carries an equal current in the opposite direction.
(a) What is the magnitude of the magnetic field 3.0 mm from the axis?

(b) What is the magnitude of the magnetic field 5.0 mm from the axis?

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