AP10006 Physics II (2024/25 S1)

Mid-term Test 1 (Ver. A) (35 min)

Name: _______________________________ Student number: ________________________

INSTRUCTION
1. This test paper contains 12 MC questions (2 marks each).
2. Assume the optical instruments are placed in air unless otherwise specified.
3. Answer ALL questions and write your answers in the table provided on page 4.
4. You should write only ONE answer for each question. If you write more than one answer, you will
receive NO MARKS for that question.
5. No marks will be deducted for wrong answers.
6. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.
7. An equation list is provided on page 5.
8. You can do your rough work on page 6.

Constants

Speed of light in vacuum (c) = 3.00  108 ms-1

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1) What is the focal length of a double convex lens whose surfaces have radii of curvature of 30 cm and 50
cm. The refractive index of its glass is 1.65.
A) 0.00867 cm B) 28.8 cm C) 115 cm D) 0.0347 cm E) 33.0 cm

2) An optical fiber is made of a core surrounded by a layer of cladding as shown in the figure below. The
refractive index of the core is 1.33 while the refractive of the cladding is 1.20. A laser beam is incident on
the flat end of the fiber. What is the maximum angle of incidence 1 if the beam is not to escape from the
fiber to the cladding?
ncladding = 1.20

ncore = 1.33

ncladding = 1.20

A) 35.0° B) 61.3° C) 41.6° D) 48.8° E) 56.4°

3) A laser beam is incident on two slits with a separation of 0.0240 mm. A screen is placed 1.20 m from the
slits. If the wavelength of the laser beam is 450 nm, how far is the first dark fringe from the center line on
the screen?

A) 16.9 mm B) 33.8 mm C) 22.5 mm D) 5.63 mm E) 11.3 mm

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4) If you can read the bottom row of the eye chart, your eye has a resolving power of 60 degree. If this
resolving power is diffraction limited, to what effective diameter of your eye’s optical system does this
correspond? Use Rayleigh’s criterion and assume  = 550 nm.

A) 3.30 mm B) 1.90 mm C) 4.03 mm D) 2.31 mm E) 9.17 mm

5) A beam of light in air is incident to a glass slab. The reflected ray is linearly polarized when the reflected
angle is 57.0°. Find the refractive index of the glass slab.

A) 0.84 B) 0.65 C) 1.54 D) 1.19 E) 0.54

6) If a single lens forms a real image of an object, then

A) the lens must be a converging lens.

7) An object of 5.0 cm tall is placed 60 cm in front of a concave mirror with a focal length of 20 cm. The
height of the image formed is

A) 15.0 cm B) 10.0 cm C) 1.25 cm D) 2.50 cm E) 1.67 cm

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8) Calculate the minimum thickness t of the SiO layer which produces no reflection at a wavelength of 650
nm under normal incidence?

A) 224 nm B) 112 nm C) 46.4 nm D) 92.9 nm E) 162.5 nm

9) A fish appears to be 0.5 m below the water surface when viewed directly above by an eagle which is
flying 2.0 m above the water. What is the apparent position of the eagle above the water viewed by the fish?

A) 3.00 m B) 1.50 m C) 0.67 m D) 0.38 m E) 2.66 m

10) Unpolarized light of intensity 50.0 W/cm2 is incident on two polarizers. The transmission axis of the
first polarizer is at angle of 15.0° clockwise from the vertical, and the transmission axis of the second
polarizer is at 70.0° clockwise from the vertical. Find the intensity (in W/cm2) of the light after it has passed
through the second polarizer.

A) 15.3 W/cm2 B) 2.92 W/cm2 C) 5.46 W/cm2 D) 14.3 W/cm2 E) 8.22 W/cm2

11) Light is incident along the normal on face AB of a glass prism of refractive index 1.63, as shown in the
figure below. Determine the largest value the angle  can have without any light emerging out of the prism
at face AC.

A) 37.8° B) 58.5° C) 52.2° D) 31.5° E) 45.0°

12) Bottles of perfume sometimes have thick glass (n = 1.55) walls which give an impression the volume is
larger than it is. Assume a cylindrical bottle has an inner radius of 1.0 cm and an outer radius of 2.0 cm (i.e.
the actual thickness of the glass wall is 1.0 cm). What would be the apparent thickness of the glass wall?

A) 0.78 cm B) 0.55 cm C) 1.20 cm D) 0.65 cm E) 1.00 cm

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Name: _______________________________ Student number: ________________________

MC question answers:
Total mark: ____________/24

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List of Equations

Reflection/Refraction

Snell’s Law:

Refraction on a curved surface:

Refraction on a flat surface:

Mirror formula/ thin lens formula:

Lateral magnification:

Angular magnification:

R 1  1 1 
Focal length: f  (spherical mirrors),   n  1    (thin lenses)
2 ƒ  R1 R2 

Interference:

Double slit: , m = 0, 1, 2, 3… (constructive interference)

, m = 0, 1, 2, 3… (destructive interference)

Diffraction:

Single-slit diffraction minima: , m = ±1, ±2, ±3, …

Diffraction grating: , m = 0, ±1, ±2, …

Rayleigh criterion: (slit) ; (circular aperture)

Polarization:

Malus’s Law: Polarizing angle:

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Rough Work

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