G11 WS 6 PartII@2016

KOTEBE UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION
MENELIK I SCIENCE SHARED CAMPUS

WORKSHEET 6
PART I: Give short answer for the following questions
1. If you were asked to design a capacitor in which small size and large
capacitance were required, what would be the two most important
factors in your design?
2. Explain why a dielectric increases the maximum operating voltage of a
capacitor even though the physical size of the capacitor?
3. Write the definition of the following terms using your own words. capacitors,
capacitances, dielectric.
4. Mention the factors that affect the capacitance of a capacitor.
5. Explain the effect of inserting dielectric in the gap between the plates of a
capacitor on the following quantities. Its capacitance, (b) the amount of charge
stored on the plates, (c) the potential difference between the plates, and (d) the
electric field in the region between the plates.
PART II: Choose the best answer from the given alternatives.
6. The number of electrons accumulated on the plate of a capacitor when it is
connected to across a 10V battery is 5.0×1013 . What is the capacitance of the
capacitor?
A. 0.80µF B. 80µF C. 40µF D. 4µF
7. An air –filled parallel – plate capacitor has a capacitance of 1pF. The plate
separation is doubled and the space between them is completely filled with
Wax. If the capacitance increases to 2pF, what is the dielectric constant of
wax?
A. 2.0 B. 4.0 C. 60.0 D. 8.0
8. An object having a net charge of 24 C is placed in a uniform electric field of
610N/C directed vertically. What is the mass of the object if it floats in this
electric field?
A. 14.640kg B. 1.464gm C. 14.460gm D. 14.460kg
9. Which of the following is NOT property of a conductor in electrostatic
equilibrium?
A. The electric field is zero everywhere inside the conductor
B. Any net charge on the conductor resides entirely on its surface
C. On an irregularly shaped conductor, the surface charge density is greatest
where the radius of curvature of the surface is the smallest.
D. The electric field just outside the conductor is tangent to its surface
10.Coulomb’s law for the force between electric charges most closely resembles
A. The law of conservation of energy C. Newton’s law of gravitation
B. Newton’s second law of motion D. The law of conservation of
mass
11.What is the magnitude of the electric force between two protons separated by
2 × 10−15 𝑚?
A. 67.5N B. 115.0N C. 57.5N D. 83.4N
12.What is the SI unit of Electric field?
A. Am -1 B. Vm-1 C. Cm D. NC-1
13.Moving 2.5  10-6 coulomb of charge from point A to point B in an electric field
requires 6.3  10-4 joule of work. The potential difference between points A
and B is approximately
A. 4.0 x10-3V B. 2.5x 10-2V C. 1.6x10-19V D. 1.0x 10-14V
14.A capacitor made of parallel plates is charged by connecting it to a battery. The
distance between plates is much less than the surface area of each plate After
fully charged if the plates are disconnected from the battery and pulled apart
a little what will happen to the total stored energy the electrifield and the
potential difference between the plates
A. The electric field between the plants increases.
B. The potential difference between the plates decreases.
C. The total energy stored in the capacitor increases.
D. The electric field the potential difference and the stored energy remain the
same.
15.Two different capacitors of capacitances C1 = 2 μF and C2 = 3μF are connected
in series across a 120 V supplyline. The charged capacitors are disconnected
from the line and from each other, and reconnected with terminals of like sign
together. What will be the final charges on C1 and C2, respectively?
A. 57.6 μc and 86.4μ C. 144μC across each
B. 115.2μ C and 127.8μ D. 288μC arcos each
16.A sheet of polythene (ϵr= 2.3) and 0.25 mm thick is to be used in a capacitor by
Sandwiching it between two sheets of aluminum foil. What area must the
sheets have it the capacitor is to have a capacitance of 0.5μF?
A.12 m2 B. 0.6 m2 C. 6.14 m2 D. 0.12 m2
17.When two capacitors are connected in parallel, the effective capacitance is
4F. If the same capacitors are connected in series; the effective capacitance
is one-fourth the capacitance of one of the two capacitors. What is the
capacitance of the two capacitors?
A. 3F and 4F B. 1F and 3F C. 1F and 4F D. 2F and 2F
18.A capacitor of capacitance 8nF is charged until the potential difference is 12V
across it. The battery is removed and uncharged capacitor of capacitance 4nF
is connected across the charged capacitor. What is the new potential across
the 8nF capacitor?
A. 8V B. 12V C. 6V D. 9V
19.A dielectric is inserted into a capacitor while the charge on it is kept constant.
What happens to the potential difference and the stored energy?
A. The potential difference decreases and the stored energy increases
B. Both the potential difference and the stored energy increaseC. The potential
difference increases and the stored energy decreases
D. Both the potential difference and the stored energy decrease
PART III: Workout the following problems
20.If a force of 4 × 10−4 N is required to move 8µC charge in an electric field
between two points 20cm apart, what p.d is there between the points?
21.A parallel plate air capacitor has an area of 0.75𝑚2 and the plates are 0.4mm
apart. It is charged to 600V p.d. what is
a) The energy dose it contain?
b) The energy dose it contain in the presence of dielectrics
c) What energy would it contain if it were first charged as an air capacitor and
then filled with this dielectrics?
22.Three capacitors have capacitances 2, 8, 10. what is their equivalent
capacitance when arranged to give
a. A minimum capacitance and
b. A maximum capacitance
23.For the capacitor network shown below, determine the
a. Equivalent capacitance
b. The charge on capacitor
c. Potential drop across C1, If C1=2µF, C2=4µF, C3=8µF
d. From question number 15, what is the total energy stored in the net work
24.For the capacitor network shown compute the

a. Equivalent capacitance of the network
b. Charge stored across 8.0µF if the it is connected to a 48V battery
c. Total energy stored in the network
25.For the network of capacitors shown in the figure below, determine (a) the
equivalent capacitance, (b) the charge stored on each capacitor, and (v) the
voltage across each capacitor.
26. the numerical value of the resistor which illustrated below

is_____________.
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