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    This document contains 10 multiple choice questions about capacitors and circuits involving capacitors. The questions cover topics such as calculating the energy stored in a capacitor given its charge, the time constant of a discharging capacitor circuit, thermionic emission from a heated filament, how the charge on a capacitor varies with potential difference, how current through a motor varies over time after a switch is closed, and graphs showing the potential difference across a capacitor as it discharges after a switch is opened.

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    This document contains 10 multiple choice questions about capacitors and circuits involving capacitors. The questions cover topics such as calculating the energy stored in a capacitor given its charge, the time constant of a discharging capacitor circuit, thermionic emission from a heated filament, how the charge on a capacitor varies with potential difference, how current through a motor varies over time after a switch is closed, and graphs showing the potential difference across a capacitor as it discharges after a switch is opened.

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    1 A capacitor is connected to a 6.0 V battery. The charge on the capacitor is 42 pC.

    What is the energy stored by the capacitor?


    A 1.3 × 10−10 J
    B 2.5 × 10−10 J
    C 1.3 × 10−7 J
    D 2.5 × 10−7 J

    (Total for Question = 1 mark)

    2 A capacitor with an initial charge Q0 is discharging through a resistor.


    The time constant of the circuit is the time for the charge to fall to
    A 0.25 Q0
    B 0.37 Q0
    C 0.50 Q0
    D 0.63 Q0

    (Total for Question = 1 mark)

    3 Electrons are released from a heated metal filament.


    This process is known as

    A excitation.
    B ionisation.
    c photoelectric emission.
    D thermionic emission.
    (total for Question = 1 mark)

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    4 A capacitor is discharging through a resistor and the time constant is 5.0 s. The time
    taken for the capacitor to lose half its charge is
    A 0.14 s
    B 0.81 s
    C 3.2 s
    D 3.5 s

    (Total for Question 1 mark)

    5 An uncharged capacitor is connected to a battery.


    Which graph shows the variation of charge with potential difference across the
    capacitor?

    Q Q Q Q

    V V V V

    A B C D

    (Total for Question = 1 mark)

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    6 An electric motor is connected via a switch to a battery. A graph is plotted to show the
    variation of current I with time t. The switch is closed at time T.
    Which of the following graphs is correct?

    I I I I

    T t T t T t T t

    A B C D

    A
    B
    C
    D

    (Total for Question 1 mark)

    7 The process by which electrons are released from a heated filament is known as
    A thermionic emission.
    B photoelectric emission.
    C ionisation.
    D excitation.

    (Total for Question 1 mark)

    PhysicsAndMathsTutor.com
    8 The potential difference across a capacitor is V. The energy stored on the capacitor is
    X joules. The potential difference across this capacitor is increased to 3 V. The energy
    stored, in joules, is increased to
    A 3X
    B 6X
    C 9X
    D 27X

    (Total for Question = 1 mark)

    9 A capacitor of capacitance C has a potential difference V across it. The energy stored on
    the capacitor is Z joules. A second capacitor of capacitance C/2 has a potential difference
    2V across it.
    The energy stored on the second capacitor is
    A Z
    B 2Z
    C 4Z
    D 8Z
    (Total for Question = 1 mark)

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    10 The capacitor shown in the circuit below is initially charged to a potential difference (p.d.) V
    by closing the switch.
    The power supply has negligible internal resistance.

    The switch is opened and the p.d. across the capacitor allowed to fall. A short time later
    the switch is closed again. Select the graph that shows how the p.d. across the capacitor
    varies with time, after the switch is opened.

    p.d. p.d. p.d. p.d.


    V V V V

    t t t t
    A B c D
    A
    B
    c
    D

    (total for Question = 1 mark)

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