National University – Ho Chi Minh City FINAL EXAM OF PHYSICS A1-2018-09

University of Technology Closed book exam – Duration: 90 min No:

Department of Applied Physics
Student’s name: Student ID:

A) MCQ ANSWER SHEET:

Choose for each question only one correct answer and darken corresponding circle in the following answer
sheet.

A B C D A B C D A B C D A B C D
1 O O O O 6 O O O O 11 O O O O 16 O O O O
2 O O O O 7 O O O O 12 O O O O 17 O O O O
3 O O O O 8 O O O O 13 O O O O 18 O O O O
4 O O O O 9 O O O O 14 O O O O 19 O O O O
5 O O O O 10 O O O O 15 O O O O 20 O O O O

Some useful constants:

k = 9 × 109 Nm2/C2 ; NA = 6.023 × 1023 mol-1; µ0 = 4π × 10-7 H/m; kB = 1.38 × 10-23 J/K; R= 8.31 Jmol-1.K-1

(5 points)
1. A Carnot engine has a power output of 150 kW. The engine operates between two reservoirs at 20.0°C
and 500°C. How much energy does it take in per hour?
A. 869MJ B. 869J C. 330J D. 330MJ

2. One mole of an ideal gas does 3000 J of work on its surroundings as it expands isothermally to a final
pressure of 1.00 atm and volume of 25.0 L. Determine the initial volume of the gas.
A. 7.6dm3 B. 3.5cm3 C. 5.5cm3 D. 8.5cm3

3. Three long wires (wire 1, wire 2, and wire 3) hang vertically. The distance between wire 1 and wire 2 is
10.0 cm. On the left, wire 1 carries an upward current of 1.50 A. To the right, wire 2 carries a downward
current of 4.00 A. Wire 3 is located such that when it carries a certain current, each wire experiences no net
force. Find the position of wire 3 relative to wire 1.
A. 6cm B. 12cm C. 24cm D. 36cm

4. An electron traveling north enters a region where the electric field is uniform and points north. The
electron:
A. speeds up B. slows down C. veers east D. veers west

5. A proton (charge e), traveling perpendicular to a magnetic field, experiences the same force as an alpha
particle (charge 2e) which is also traveling perpendicular to the same field. The ratio of their speeds,
vproton/valpha, is:
A. 0.5 B. 1 C. 2 D. 4

This and the next question are related

6. A solid sphere of radius R = 5 cm is made of non-conducting material and carries a total negative charge
Q = -12 C. The charge is uniformly distributed throughout the interior of the sphere. What is the magnitude
of the electric potential V at a distance r = 30 cm from the center of the sphere, given that the potential is
zero at r = ∞ ?
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A. V = -7.20 × 1010 V B. V = -3.60 × 1011 V C. V = -1.20 × 1012 V D. V = -2.16 × 1012 V

7. What is the magnitude of the electric field E at a distance r = 2 cm from the center of the sphere?
A. E = 3.06 × 1012 N/C B. E = 5.40 × 1012 N/C C. E = 1.73 × 1013 N/C D. E = 4.32 × 1013 N/C

8. One mole of oxygen gas is at a temperature of 30°C. If the gas is heated at constant volume until the
pressure triples, what is the final temperature?
A. 60°C B. 50°C C. 363 K D. 423 K

9. An ice tray contains 800 g of liquid water at 0°C. Calculate the change in entropy of the water as it
freezes slowly and completely at 0°C. The latent heat of fusion is L= 333 kJ/kg.
A. -975.8 J/K B. -623.2 J/K C. 975.8 J/K D. 623.2 J/K

10. A long solenoid that has 2000 turns uniformly distributed over a length of 0.5 m produces a magnetic
field of magnitude 8 x 10-3 T at its center. What current is required in the windings for that to occur?
A. 12.5 A B. 8.2 A C. 2.3 A D. 1.59 A

11. What did Faraday’s experiment with magnets and electromagnetic induction demonstrate?
A. Magnetic Fields are made when the electric field changes
B. Strong electric current makes electromagnets
C. Electric current is made when the magnetic field changes
D. Strong electromagnets make electric current

12. Calculate the self-induced emf in the solenoid if the current it carries is decreasing at the rate of 50 A/s,
know that the inductance of an air-core solenoid containing 300 turns and the length of the solenoid is 25
cm and its cross-sectional is 4 cm2
(a) -8.05mV (b) 5.30 mV (c) 13.05 mV (d) 9.05mV

13. Over a certain region of space, the electric potential is V= 7x – 3x2y + 3yz2
What is the magnitude of the electric field at the point P that has coordinate (2, 0, -1) m ?
(a) (-7, 9, 0) (b) (-5, -5, 0) (c) (-1,4,6) (d) (3,1,-2)

14. Three identical point charges q are placed at three vertices of a square of side a. The electric potential
energy of the system is:
q q
(a) U e = k (4 + 2 ) (b) U e = k (4 + 2 )
a 2a
q2 q2
(c) U e = k (4 + 2 ) (d) U e = k (4 + 2 )
2a a

This and the next question are related

15. An ideal monoatomic gas has a temperature of 350 K at a pressure of 2.5 atm.
What is the density (amount of mole per unit of volume) of the gas?
(a) 0.07 mol/l (b) 1 mol/l (c) 0.09mol/l (d) Not enough information is given.

16. What is the average kinetic energy of each gas molecule?

(a) 5.21 × 10-30 J (b) 17.1 × 10-27 J (c) 2.01 × 10-25 J (d) 7.25 × 10-21 J

17. A magnetic field exerts a force on a charged particle:

(a) always (b) if the particle is moving along the field lines
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(c) if the particle is moving across the field lines (d) if the particle is at rest

18. Two infinitely long straight currents which are parallel and have opposite directions will:
(a) attract each other (b) does not interact with each other.
(c) repel each other. (d) repulsive force is greater than attractive force.

19. The segment of wire in Figure carries a current of I = 3.00 A. Determine the magnitude of the magnetic
field at the point P.

A. 0 B. 26,2 µT C. 94 µT D. 2,62 µT

20) Energy density of electric field in free space is calculated by the formula:
A. B2/2µ0 B. ε0E2/2 C. LI2/2 D. CU2/2

Question No LO Question No LO
1 LO1, LO2 11 LO2
2 LO1 12 LO1, LO2
3 LO1, LO2 13 LO1
4 LO1 14 LO1
5 LO1 15 LO1
6 LO1 16 LO1
7 LO1 17 LO2
8 LO1 18 LO2
9 LO1, LO2 19 LO1, LO2
10 LO1 20 LO1

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B. PROBLEMS:

1. (2 points – LO1, LO2) Consider n moles of an ideal monatomic gas being taken once through the
Carnot cycle of a thermal engine (motor), consisting of two isothermal processes 1-2, 3-4 at
temperatures T1 = 400K and T2 = 300K and two adiabatic processes 2-3 and 4-1. Suppose that all
processes are reversible.
a) Sketch the graph of the cycle in P-V diagram.
b) Calculate the heats of the processes 1-2, 3-4.
c) Prove that the efficiency of the engine depends only on the temperature T1 and T2 and calculate
it.
d) Calculate the entropy difference of all processes.

2. (1 points - LO1, LO2) Three identical point positive charges q = 10-8 C are placed at three
vertices of a square of side a = 10cm. Determine the vector of electric field and the electric potential
at the rest empty vertice.

3. (2 points - LO1, LO2) A long straight wire carrying constant current I is in a r0

the plane of rectangular conducting loop with sides a and b as shown in the
figure. The initial distance of the loop from the wire is r0. The whole resistance R v
of the loop is R.
Determine: b
a) The direction of the induced current in the loop. I
b) The formula of mentioned induced current.

Department or Faculty Lecturer

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