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001 10.0 points
A 14.1 V battery is connected to a 4.5 pF
parallel-plate capacitor. V
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What is the magnitude of the charge on

each plate? 4. d/2
Answer in units of C. Air

002 10.0 points

A parallel-plate capacitor has a plate area of V
b
13.9 cm2 and a capacitance of 7.4 pF .
What is the plate separation? The d/2
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value of the permittivity of a vacuum is
8.8542 × 10−12 C2 /N · m2 . Vacuum
Answer in units of m.

003 10.0 points 005 10.0 points

Calculate the energy stored in a 19.9 µF
capacitor when it is charged to a potential of When a certain air-filled parallel-plate ca-
96 V . pacitor is connected across a battery, it ac-
Answer in units of mJ. quires a charge (on each plate) of magnitude
226 µC. While the battery connection is
004 10.0 points maintained, a dielectric slab is inserted into
Which of the following capacitors, each of the space between the capacitor plates and
which has plates of area A, would store the completely fills this region. This results in
most charge on the top plate for a given po- the accumulation of an additional charge of
tential difference V ? 243 µC on each plate.

V
b

1. d κ κ
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b What is the dielectric constant of the slab?

006 (part 1 of 2) 10.0 points

d A certain dielectric, with a dielectric con-
2. Vacuum
stant 25, can withstand an electric field of
7 × 107 V/m. Suppose we want to use this di-
electric to construct a 0.2 µF capacitor that
can withstand a potential difference of 2300 V.
The permittivity of free space is 8.85 ×
10−12 C2 /N · m2 .
What is the minimum plate separation?
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Answer in units of µm.
1. C = 12 µF
007 (part 2 of 2) 10.0 points
What must the area of the plates be? 2. C = 3 µF
Answer in units of m2 .
2
3. C = µF
008 10.0 points 3
Consider the capacitor circuit 4. C = 2 µF
5 µF 9 µF 4
5. C = µF
3
a b 6. C = 6 µF
2 µF c 4 µF
EB 7. C = 4 µF
1
8. C = µF
Calculate the equivalent capacitance Cab 3
between points a and b. 011 (part 2 of 2) 10.0 points
Answer in units of µF. What potential difference must be applied
between points a and b so that the charge
009 10.0 points on each plate of each capacitor will have a
Consider the capacitor circuit shown below. magnitude of 6 µC?
90 µF 90 µF
3
45 µF 1. Vab = V
2
a b c
45 µF 2. Vab = 9 V

EB 2
3. Vab = V
3
4. Vab = 4 V
Determine the equivalent capacitance for
the combination shown. 5. Vab = 3 V
Answer in units of µF.
6. Vab = 2 V
010 (part 1 of 2) 10.0 points
Consider the system of equivalent capacitors. 7. Vab = 18 V
2 µF 2 µF
8. Vab = 6 V
2 µF 2 µF
a b 012 10.0 points
2 µF 2 µF
When the switch is in position a, an iso-
lated capacitor of unknown capacitance has
EB
been charged to a potential difference of 94 V.
When the switch is moved to position b, this
charged capacitor is then connected parallel
Find the equivalent capacitance Cab of the to the uncharged 14.9 µF capacitor. The volt-
network of capacitors. age across the combination becomes 34 V.
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′
C12 2κ
14.9 µF 1. = .
C12 1+κ
′
C12 1+κ
C1 2. = .
C12 2κ
S b ′
C12 1+κ
3. = .
a C12 2
94 V
′
C12 2
4. = .
C12 1+κ
′
C12
Calculate the unknown capacitance. 5. = κ.
Answer in units of µF. C12
6. None of these.
013 (part 1 of 3) 10.0 points
Consider the two cases shown below. In Case 014 (part 2 of 3) 10.0 points
One two identical capacitors are connected to V′
The ratio 2 of potential differences across
a battery with emf V . In Case Two, a di- V2
electric slab with dielectric constant κ fills the capacitor C2 for the two cases is
gap of capacitor C2 . Let C be the resultant
capacitance for Case One and C ′ the resul- V2′ 1+κ
1. = .
tant capacitance for Case Two. V2 2κ
V′ 2
2. 2 = .
Case One V2 1+κ
C1 C2 V′ 1+κ
3. 2 = .
V2 2
4. None of these.

V2′
5. = κ.
V2
V′ 2κ
6. 2 = .
V V2 1+κ
015 (part 3 of 3) 10.0 points
U′
Case Two The ratio of total energy stored in the
U
C1 C′ 2 capacitors for the two cases is

U′ 2κ
1. = .
κ U 1+κ
U′ 2
2. = .
U 1+κ
U′ 1+κ
3. = .
V U 2κ
4. None of these
′
C12
The ratio of the resultant capacitances is U′
C12 5. = κ.
U
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U′ 1+κ a common sight. The copper wire on which a
6. = .
U 2 bird stands is 1.69 cm in diameter and carries
a current of 12 A.
016 10.0 points If the bird’s feet are 4.73 cm apart, what
21
If 5.5 × 10 electrons pass through a 40 Ω is the potential difference across its body?
resistor in 7 min, what is the potential dif- Copper’s resistivity is 1.68 × 10−8 Ω m .
ference across the resistor? The fundamental Answer in units of µV.
charge is 1.602 × 10−19 C .
Answer in units of V.
019 10.0 points
A carbon rod with a radius of 1.5 mm is used
017 10.0 points to make a resistor.
Consider two cylindrical conductors made of What length of the carbon rod should be
the same ohmic material. used to make a 6.7 Ω resistor? The resistivity
I2 of this material is 7.3 × 10−5 Ω · m .
I 1 ~E 2
~E 1 V2 Answer in units of mm.
V1
b
020 10.0 points
ℓ1 b
ℓ2 A wire with a circular cross section and a re-
r1 sistance R is lengthened to 4.86 times its orig-
inal length by pulling it through a small hole.
r2
The total volume of the wire is unchanged.
If ρ2 = ρ1 , r2 = 2 r1 , ℓ2 = 3 ℓ1 , and V2 = Find the resistance of the wire after it is
R2 stretched.
V1 , find the ratio of the resistances.
R1 Answer in units of R.
R2
1. =2 021 10.0 points
R1
R2 1 Which of the following copper conductor con-
2. = ditions has the least resistance?
R1 4
R2 1. Thick, long, and cool
3. =3
R1
R2 3 2. Thick, short, and cool
4. =
R1 2
R2 3 3. Thin, short, and cool
5. =
R1 4
4. Thin, long, and cool
R2 2
6. =
R1 3 5. Thick, short, and hot
R2
7. =4
R1 6. Thick, long, and hot
R2 1
8. = 7. Thin, long, and hot
R1 3
R2 1
9. = 8. Thin, short, and hot
R1 2
R2 4 022 10.0 points
10. =
R1 3 A 112 V electric iron draws 4.35 A of current.
018 10.0 points How much heat is developed per hour?
Birds resting on high-voltage power lines are Answer in units of J.
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023 10.0 points

A 986 W bulb and a 493 W bulb are both
designed to operate at standard household
voltage of 120 V.
Determine which bulb has the lower fila-
ment resistance and then calculate the value
of its resistance.
Answer in units of Ω.

024 (part 1 of 2) 10.0 points

A high voltage transmission line with a resis-
tance of 0.45 Ω/km carries a current of 771 A.
The line is at a potential of 1300 kV at the
power station and carries the current to a city
located 184 km from the power station.
What is the power loss due to resistance in
the line?
Answer in units of MW.

025 (part 2 of 2) 10.0 points

What fraction of the transmitted power does
this loss represent?
Answer in units of %.