Multiple-Choice Test
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31 What is an electric current?
A a flow of charge carriers
B a flow of energy
C an electron
D the charge on a particle
32 A wire of diameter d is connected into an electric circuit. There is a current I in the wire and the
charge carriers have an average drift speed v.
The wire is replaced with a new wire of the same material but with a diameter 0.5d.
The current is adjusted so that the charge carriers in the new wire have an average drift
speed 3v.
What is the current in the new wire?
A 0.75I B 1.5I C 6I D 12I
33 A fixed resistor and a diode are combined by connecting them in series. The total potential
difference V across the combination is varied and the corresponding current I is measured.
Which graph could represent the variation of I with V?
AB
II
00
VV
00
CD
II
00
VV
00
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2. 14
34 The potential difference (p.d.) across a fixed resistor is V. The power dissipated in the resistor
is 5.0W.
The p.d. across the resistor then changes to a new value. With the new p.d. the energy
transferred to the resistor in a time of 2.25s is 45.0J.
What is the new p.d. across the resistor?
1
A V B 2V C 3V D 4V
35 The diagram shows part of a circuit that uses a potentiometer wire to measure a potential
difference (p.d.) in an external circuit.
XZ
I2
PQ
The potentiometer wire XZ has length L . It is connected to a cell of known electromotive force
(e.m.f.) E that has negligible internal resistance.
Terminals P and Q are connected to the external p.d. to be measured. The length of the
potentiometer wire between points X and Y is L .
2
The ratio of the lengths L and L is used to determine the p.d. between P and Q in terms of E.
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Which condition must be met in order to determine this p.d.?
A The current I must be zero.
B The current I must be zero.
C The p.d. across YZ must be zero.
D The resistance of the external circuit must be zero.
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36 The diagram shows a circuit.
Which statement about the circuit is not correct?
A Electromotive force is the energy transferred per unit charge.
B Energy is transferred from chemical potential energy in the cell to other forms when the
switch is closed.
C The electromotive force of the cell is greater than the terminal potential difference when the
switch is closed.
D When the switch is open, the voltmeter measures the electromotive force of the cell.
37 A circuit contains a battery of electromotive force E and internal resistance r connected to two
resistors each of resistance 2.5 .
The resistors are connected in parallel as shown.
0.80 A 2.5 (cid:4)
2.5 (cid:4)
The current in one of the resistors is 0.80A.
Which expression, where E is in volts and r is in ohms, gives the internal resistance r?
E 4.0 E 4.0 E 2.0 E 2.0
A B C D
1.6 0.80 1.6 0.80
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38 What is the rest mass of a beta-particle?
A 0
B 9.11 10 31kg
C 1.66 10 27kg
D 1.67 10 27kg
39 What is the name of the group (class) of particles containing mesons, and the name of the group
(class) of particles containing baryons?
group (class) of group (class) of
particles containing particles containing
mesons baryons
A hadrons hadrons
B hadrons leptons
C leptons hadrons
D leptons leptons
40 A magnesium nucleus 23Mg decays by emitting two particles.
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The resulting nucleus is sodium 23Na.
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Which two particles are emitted?
A -particle, antineutrino
B + particle, antineutrino
C particle, neutrino
D + particle, neutrino
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