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PHYS 2524 Final Exam Practice

July 28, 2017
Circuits and Thermodynamics

Resistive Circuits (for 0.3125 points each on quiz 3):

1) A cylindrical wire has a resistance R and resistivity . If its length and diameter are
BOTH cut
in half,
(a) what will be its resistance?
A) 4R
B) 2R
C) R
D) R/2
E) R/4
(b) what will be its resistivity?
A) 4
B) 2
C)
D) /2
E) /4

2) The current supplied by a battery as a function of time is

What is the total number of electrons transported from the positive electrode to the
negative electrode from the time the battery is first used until it is essentially dead? (e =
1.60 10-19 C)
A) 1.2 1023
B) 4.4 1022
C) 5.3 1023
D) 3.3 1019

3) A gold wire that is 1.8 mm in diameter and 15 cm long carries a current of 260 mA.
How many electrons per second pass a given cross section of the wire? (e = 1.60 10-
19 C)
A) 1.6 1018
B) 1.6 1017
C) 1.5 1023
D) 3.7 1015
E) 6.3 1015
4) A certain fuse "blows" if the current in it exceeds 1.0 A, at which instant the fuse
melts with a current density of 620 A/cm2. What is the diameter of the wire in the fuse?
A) 0.45 mm
B) 0.63 mm
C) 0.68 mm
D) 0.91 mm

6) What must be the diameter of a cylindrical 120-m long metal wire if its resistance is
to be 6.0 ? The resistivity of this metal is 1.68 10-8 m.
A) 0.065 mm
B) 0.65 mm
C) 0.65 cm
D) 0.325 mm
E) 0.0325 mm

7) Calculate the current through a 10.0-m long 22 gauge (having radius 0.321 mm)
nichrome wire if it is connected to a 12.0-V battery. The resistivity of nichrome is 100
10-8 m.
A) 17.5 A
B) 30.9 A
C) 61.8 A
D) 388 mA
E) 776 mA

8) A 400-W computer (including the monitor) is turned on for 8.0 hours per day. If
electricity costs 10 per kWh, how much does it cost to run the computer annually for a
typical 365-day year?
A) $120
B) $1200
C) $15
D) $17
E) $150
Answer: A
9) A resistor is made out of a long wire having a length L. Each end of the wire is
attached to a terminal of a battery providing a constant voltage V 0. A current I flows
through the wire. If the wire were cut in half, making two wires of length L/2, and both
wires were attached to the battery (the end of both wires attached to one terminal, and
the other ends attached to the other terminal), what would be the total current flowing
through the two wires?
A) 4I
B) 2I
C) I
D) I/2
E) I/4

10) The emf and the internal resistance of a battery are as shown in the figure. If a
current of 8.3 A is drawn from the battery when a resistor R is connected across the
terminals ab of the battery, what is the power dissipated by the resistor R?

A) 440 W
B) 700 W
C) 620 W
D) 530 W
E) 790 W

12) As more resistors are added in parallel across a constant voltage source, the power
supplied by the source
A) increases.
B) decreases.
C) does not change.
13) The figure shows three identical lightbulbs connected to a battery having a constant
voltage across its terminals. What happens to the brightness of lightbulb 1 when the
switch S is closed?

A) The brightness will increase momentarily then return to its previous level.
B) The brightness increases permanently.
C) The brightness will decrease momentarily then return to its previous level.
D) The brightness remains the same as before the switch is closed.
E) The brightness decreases permanently.

13) Two unknown resistors are connected together. When they are connected in series
their equivalent resistance is 15 . When they are connected in parallel, their equivalent
resistance is 3.3 . What are the resistances of these resistors?
14) For the circuit shown in the figure, the current in the 8- resistor is 0.50 A, and all
quantities are accurate to 2 significant figures. What is the current in the 2- resistor?

A) 2.25 A
B) 0.75 A
C) 4.5 A
D) 9.5 A
E) 6.4 A

15) When a 20.0-ohm resistor is connected across the terminals of a 12.0-V battery, the
voltage across the terminals of the battery falls by 0.300 V. What is the internal
resistance of this battery?
A) 3.60
B) 1.56
C) 0.98
D) 0.30
E) 0.51
16) For the circuit shown in the figure, what current does the ideal ammeter read?

A) 0.033 A
B) 0.078 A
C) 0.23 A
D) 0.12 A

Capacitance and Inductance (for 0.375 points each on quiz 4):

17) A 6.0-F capacitor is connected in series with= 5.0 M resistor, and this
combination is connected across an ideal 15-V DC battery. What is the current in the
circuit when the capacitor has reached 20% of its maximum charge?
A) 6.5 A
B) 2.4 A
C) 1.3 A
D) 4.7 A
E) 9.1 A
18) A light bulb is connected in the circuit shown in the figure with the switch S open
and the capacitor uncharged. The battery has no appreciable internal resistance. Which
one of the following graphs best describes the brightness B of the bulb as a function of
time t after closing the switch?
19) The charge on the square plates of a parallel-plate capacitor is Q. The potential
across the plates is maintained with constant voltage by a battery as they are pulled apart
to twice their original separation, which is small compared to the dimensions of the
plates. The amount of charge on the plates is now equal to
A) 4Q.
B) 2Q.
C) Q.
D) Q/2.
E) Q/4.

20) When two or more capacitors are connected in series across a potential difference,
A) the potential difference across the combination is the algebraic sum of the potential
differences across the individual capacitors.
B) each capacitor carries the same amount of charge.
C) the equivalent capacitance of the combination is less than the capacitance of any of
the capacitors.
D) All of the above choices are correct.
E) None of the above choices are correct.

21) When two or more capacitors are connected in parallel across a potential difference
A) the potential difference across each capacitor is the same.
B) each capacitor carries the same amount of charge.
C) the equivalent capacitance of the combination is less than the capacitance of any of
the capacitors.
D) All of the above choices are correct.
E) None of the above choices are correct.

22) Two capacitors, C 1 and C 2, are connected in series across a source of potential
difference. With the potential source still connected, a dielectric is now inserted between
the plates of capacitor C 1. What happens to the charge on capacitor C 2?
A) The charge on C 2 increases.
B) The charge on C 2 decreases.
C) The charge on C 2 remains the same.
23) A metal cylinder of radius 2.0 mm is concentric with another metal cylinder of
radius 5.0 mm.
If the space between the cylinders is filled with air and the length of the cylinders is 50
cm, what
is the capacitance of this arrangement? (k = 1/4 0 = 8.99 109 N m2/C2)
A) 33 pF
B) 60 pF
C) 22 pF
D) 30 pF
E) 11 pF

24) Three capacitors are connected as shown in the figure. What is the equivalent
capacitance between points a and b?

A) 1.7 F
B) 4.0 F
C) 7.1 F
D) 12 F
E) 8.0 F
25) A resistor and an ideal inductor are connected in series to an ideal battery having a
constant
terminal voltage V 0. At the moment contact is made with the battery,
(a) the voltage across the resistor is
A) V 0.
B) V 0/e.
C) V 0/2.
D) zero.
(b) the voltage across the inductor is
A) V 0.
B) V 0/e.
C) V 0/2.
D) zero.

26) Which of the following statements about inductors are correct? There may be more
than one correct choice.
A) When it is connected in a circuit, an inductor always resists having current flow
through it.
B) Inductors store energy by building up charge.
C) When an inductor and a resistor are connected in series with a DC battery, the current
in the circuit is reduced to zero in one time constant.
D) An inductor always resists any change in the current through it.
E) When an inductor and a resistor are connected in series with a DC battery, the current
in the circuit is zero after a very long time.

27) At what rate would the current in a 100-mH inductor have to change to induce an
emf of 1000
V in the inductor?
A) 100 A/s
B) 1 A/s
C) 1000 A/s
D) 10,000 A/s
E) 10 A/s
Answer: D
28) An inductor has a current I(t) = (0.500 A) cos[(275 s-1 )t] flowing through it. If the
maximum emf across the inductor is equal to 0.500 V, what is the self-inductance of the
inductor?
A) 4.37 mH
B) 3.64 mH
C) 2.75 mH
D) 0.73 mH
E) 1.43 mH

29) A 45-mH ideal inductor is connected in series with a 60- resistor through an ideal
15-V DC power supply and an open switch. If the switch is closed at time t = 0 s, what is
the current 7.0 ms later?
A) 250 mA
B) 650 mA
C) 550 mA
D) 280 mA
E) 850 mA

30) What resistance should be added in series with a 3.0-H inductor to complete an LR
circuit with a time constant of 4.0 ms?
A) 0.75 k
B) 12
C) 0.75
D) 2.5

31) An LR circuit contains an ideal 60-V battery, a 42-H inductor having no resistance, a
24- resistor, and a switch S, all in series. Initially, the switch is open and has been open
for a very long time. At time t = 0 s, the switch is suddenly closed. How long after
closing the switch will the potential difference across the inductor be 24 V?
A) 1.6 s
B) 1.4 s
C) 1.8 s
D) 1.9 s
E) 2.1 s
32) A charged capacitor is connected to an ideal inductor. At time t = 0, the charge on the
capacitor is equal to 6.00 C. At time t = 2.00 ms the charge on the capacitor is zero for
the first time. What is the amplitude of the current at that same instant?
A) 2.38 mA
B) 4.71 mA
C) 0.780 mA
D) 1.53 mA
E) 1.19 mA