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This document contains a quiz for the course EE2025 Engineering Electromagnetics from July-November 2020. It includes 6 multiple choice questions that test understanding of key concepts in electromagnetics, such as: 1) Whether an electric field would change if a steady magnetic field source was turned off. 2) Calculating the induced EMF in a changing magnetic field. 3) Finding the ratio of electric and magnetic field amplitudes for a plane wave. 4) Calculating maximum surface charge density induced on a conductor by an oscillating electric field. 5) Maxwell's contributions to the Maxwell equations. 6) Identifying properties of a plane wave propagating in a source

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Quiz Week4

This document contains a quiz for the course EE2025 Engineering Electromagnetics from July-November 2020. It includes 6 multiple choice questions that test understanding of key concepts in electromagnetics, such as: 1) Whether an electric field would change if a steady magnetic field source was turned off. 2) Calculating the induced EMF in a changing magnetic field. 3) Finding the ratio of electric and magnetic field amplitudes for a plane wave. 4) Calculating maximum surface charge density induced on a conductor by an oscillating electric field. 5) Maxwell's contributions to the Maxwell equations. 6) Identifying properties of a plane wave propagating in a source

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EE2025 Engineering Electromagnetics: July-Nov 2020

Quiz: Week 4
1. Two sources exist in a given region. The first produces an electric field in space which is found to
be curl free. The second produces a magnetic field which is steady, i.e. does not vary with space
or time. If the second source is turned off, and after we wait for any transient effects to die out,
will there be any change in the electric field in the region (the first source is unchanged)?

a. No, because the time rate of change of magnetic field is zero in steady state, so no electric field
can be generated
b. Yes, because electric and magnetic fields are always coupled
c. Yes, because Ampere’s law says that there is an electric field due to the magnetic field
d. No, because in this case the electric and magnetic fields are uncoupled

Solution: (d) , main equation to refer to: ∇ × E = −dB/dt. If B is const as a function of time,
a non-zero E with zero curl can still exist. In electrostatics, the electric and magnetic fields
decouple.

2. A circular wire loop lies in the x-y plane and a magnetic field B = (0, 0, Bo t) Telsa exists in this
region. During the period
√ of observation (t > 0) it is found that the loop radius also changes
with time as r = ro / t meters. Find the EMF induced in this loop (in V) (give answer correct
to two decimal places). Please note that the ”t” in the expression for magnetic field and the
radius indicates the time variable. The three spatial components of a vector v are indicated as
v = (vx, vy, vz).

Solution: The magnetic flux is Φ = B · dS = πro2 Bo , i.e. constant w.r.t. time. So, EMF =
−dΦ/dt = 0.

3. A microwave signal broadcast from the cellphone tower travels in air (relative dielectric permit-
tivity 1) towards your phone as a uniform plane wave at a frequency of F. The propagation
constant of the wave is ”b” and the ratio of the amplitudes of the E and H fields is ”e”. The value
of b/e is (give your answer to three correct places of decimal)

√
Solution: b = w µ0 e0 = 2πF/c. For e, consider a plane wave of the form E(z, t) =
Eo exp( j(wt − bz)) x̂, and H(z, t) = Ho exp( j(wt − bz))ŷ (you can assume any convenient
form). Using Faraday’s law, ∇ × E = −µ0 dH/dt, we get Eo b = wµHo .
Thus, Eo /Ho = e = wµ0 /b. From this, the ratio e/b can be computed.

4. A microwave signal broadcast from the cellphone tower illuminates a car on the street (treat the
car as a perfect conductor). As a result, a net electric field of E = ( A, B, C ) sin(wt) V/m is found
at a point on the surface. The maximum possible value of induced surface charge density at
that point (in pC/m2 ← Note the units) is: (assume e0 = 8.85 × 10−12 C/Vm, and that the x, y, z
components of a vector v are expressed in the notation v = (vx, vy, vz), and answer to two places
of decimal):

Solution: The given net electric field must be normal to the perfect conductor as per usual
boundary conditions, while the field inside must be√zero. Thus, using Gauss’s law, the surface
charge density must be ρs = D · n̂ = e0 kEk = e0 A2 + B2 + C2 sin(wt). The max value is
attained when sin(wt) = 1.
5. What was Maxwell’s contribution to the equations named after him? Select one or more:
a. He just compiled them all into a single framework. The hard work and exact equations were
already derived by Gauss, Ampere, Faraday.
b. He added a displacement field term that was missing in Faraday’s law.
c. His correction gave a consistent particle theory of light in joint work with Einstein.
d. He replaced the electric field by the displacement field to give a more correct version of Gauss’s
law.
e. He added a displacement field term that was missing in Ampere’s law.
f. His correction gave a consistent wave theory of light.

Solution: e,f

6. A plane wave travelling through a source free isotropic homogeneous medium is found to have
the following electric field: E = (0, Ey, Ez), and magnetic field: H = (0, Hy, Hz). (The x, y, z
components of a vector v are expressed in the notation v = (vx, vy, vz)). Select one or more:
a. The wave is propagating in some direction in the y − z plane
b. The divergence of E and H are both zero
c. The expressions for Hy,Hz are independent from those of Ey,Ez
d. The expressions for Hy,Hz can be derived from those of Ey,Ez
e. The divergence of E and H are both non-zero
f. The wave is propagating in the ± x direction

Solution: (b,d,f). For a plane wave, E, H, k form a right handed coordinate system. Any one
of Faraday or Ampere’s law can be used to relate the E or H-field components to each other.

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