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QUEZON CITY SCIENCE HIGH SCHOOL
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REVIEWER FOR 3RD GRADING EXAM

1. Q1 = -0.10uC is located at the origin. Q2 = + 0.10uC is located on the positive x axis at x=1.0m. Which of the
following is true of the force on due to ?
a. It is attractive and directed in the +x direction. d. It is repulsive and directed in the –x direction.
b. It is attractive and directed in the –x direction. e. It is attractive and directed in the +y direction.
c. It is repulsive and directed in the +x direction.
2. Swap the positions of Q1 and Q2 from question 1. Which of the following is true of the force on due to
a. It does not change. d. It changes from the direction to the direction.
b. It changes from attractive to repulsive. e. It changes from the direction to the direction.
c. It changes from repulsive to attractive.
3. Fred the lightning bug has a mass m and a charge of +q. Jane, his lightning-bug wife, has a mass of 3/4m and a
charge of –2q. Because they have charges of opposite sign, they are attracted to each other. Which is attracted more to
the other, and by how much?
a. Fred, twice as much. d. Jane, four times as much.
b. Jane, twice as much. e. They are attracted to each other by the same amount.
c. Fred, four times as much.
4. The figure on the right shows electric field lines due to a point charge. What can you say about the field at point 1
compared with the field at point 2?
a. The field at point 2 is larger, because point 2 is on a field line.
b. The field at point 1 is larger, because point 1 is not on a field line.
c. The field at point 1 is zero, because point 1 is not on a field line.
d. The field at point 1 is larger, because the field lines are closer together in that region.
e. the field at point 1 is equal to the field at point 2.
5. A negative point charge is in an electric field created by a positive point charge. Which of the following is true?
a. The field points toward the positive charge, and the force on the negative charge is in the same direction as the field.
b. The field points toward the positive charge, and the force on the negative charge is in the opposite direction to the field.
c. The field points away from the positive charge, and the force on the negative charge is in the same direction as the field.
d. The field points away from the positive charge, and the force on the negative charge is in the opposite direction to the field.
6. As an object acquires a negative charge, its mass usually
a. decreases. b. increases. c. stays the same. d. becomes negative. e. becomes positive.
7. We wish to determine the electric field at a point near a positively charged metal sphere a good conductor..We do
so by bringing a small positive test charge, to this point and measure the force on it. will be ____________ the electric
field as it was at that point before the test charge was present.
a. greater than b. less than c. equal to d. zero e. constant
8. We are usually not aware of the electric force acting between two everyday objects because
a. the electric force is one of the weakest forces in nature.
b. the electric force is due to microscopic-sized particles such as electrons and protons.
c. the electric force is invisible.
d. most everyday objects have as many plus charges as minus charges.
9. To be safe during a lightning storm, it is best to be
a. in the middle of a grassy meadow. d. inside a wooden building.
b. inside a metal car. e. on a metal observation tower.
c. next to a tall tree in a forest.
10. A small metal ball hangs from the ceiling by an insulating thread. The ball is attracted to a negatively charged rod
held near the ball. The charge of the ball must be
a. positive. b. negative. c. neutral. d. positive or neutral. e. negative or neutral.
11. A conducting sphere has a net charge of –6.4 × 10–17 C. What is the approximate number of excess electrons on
the sphere?
a. 100 b. 200 c. 300 d. 400 e. 500

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12. Four point charges, each of the same magnitude, with varying signs are arranged at the corners of a square as
shown. Which of the arrows labeled A, B, C, and D gives the correct direction of the net force that acts on the charge
at the upper right corner?

a. A
b. B
c. C
d. D
e. The net force on that charge is zero.

13. Five Styrofoam balls are suspended from insulating threads. Several experiments are
performed on the balls; and the following
observations are made:
I. Ball A attracts B and A repels C.
II. Ball D attracts B and D has no effect on E.
III. A negatively charged rod attracts both A and E.
What are the charges, if any, on each ball?
A B C D E
a. + -- + 0 + d. + -- + 0 0
b. + -- + + 0 e. + 0 -- + 0
c. -- + -- 0 0
14. A charge Q exerts a 1.2 N force on another charge q. If the distance between the charges is doubled, what is the
magnitude of the force exerted on Q by q?
a. 0.30 N b. 0.60 N c. 2.4 N d. 3.6 N e. 4.8 N
15. At what separation will two charges, each of magnitude 6.0 µC, exert a force of 0.70 N on each other?
a. 1.1 × 10–5 m b. 0.23 m c. 0.48 m d. 0.68 m e. 1.4 m
16. In the figure, point A is a distance L away from a point charge Q. Point B is a distance 4L away from Q. What is
the ratio of the electric field at B to that at A, EB/EA?

a. 1/16 b. 1/9 c. ¼ d. 1/3

e. This cannot be determined since neither the value of Q nor the length L is specified.
17. Which one of the following statements is true concerning the strength of the electric field between two oppositely
charged parallel plates?
a. It is zero midway between the plates. d. It is a maximum near the negatively charged plate.
b. It is a maximum midway between the plates. e. It is uniform between the plates except near the edges.
c. It is a maximum near the positively charged plate.
The figure shows a parallel plate capacitor. The surface charge density on each plate is 8.8 × 10 –8 C/m2. The point P is
located 1.0 × 10–5 m away from the positive plate.

18. What is the magnitude of the electric field at the point P?

a. 8.8 N/C b. 88 N/C C. 1.0 × 102 N/C D. 8.8 × 102 N/C E. 9.9 × 103 N/C
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19. If a +2.0 × 10 C point charge is placed at P, what is the force exerted on it?
A. 0.2 N, toward the negative plate D. 5 × 104 N, toward the negative plate
B. 0.2 N, toward the positive plate E. 5 × 104 N, into the plane of the page
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C. 5 × 10 N, toward the positive plate
20. A +0.2uC charge is in an electric field. What happens if that charge is replaced by a +0.4uC charge?
a. The electric potential doubles, but the electric potential energy stays the same.
b. The electric potential stays the same, but the electric potential energy doubles.
c. Both the electric potential and electric potential energy double.
d. Both the electric potential and electric potential energy stay the same.
21. Two identical positive charges are placed near each other. At the point halfway between the two charges,
a. the electric field is zero and the potential is positive.
b. the electric field is zero and the potential is zero.
c. the electric field is not zero and the potential is positive.
d. the electric field is not zero and the potential is zero.
e. None of these statements is true.
22. Four identical point charges are arranged at the corners of a square. The electric field E and potential V at the
center of the square are
a. E = 0, V = 0 d. E ≠ 0, V = 0
b. E = 0, V ≠ 0 e. E = V regardless of the value.
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c. E ≠ 0, V ≠ 0
23. Which of the following statements is valid?
a. If the potential at a particular point is zero, the field at that point must be zero.
b. If the field at a particular point is zero, the potential at that point must be zero.
c. If the field throughout a particular region is constant, the potential throughout that region must be zero.
d. If the potential throughout a particular region is constant, the field throughout that region must be zero.
24. If it takes an amount of work W to move two +q point charges from infinity to a distance d apart from each other,
then how much work should it take to move three +q point charges from infinity to a distance d apart from each
other?
a. 2W. b. 3W. c. 4W. d. 5W. e. 6W.
25. A proton Q = +e. and an electron Q = -e. are in a constant electric field created by oppositely charged plates. You
release the proton from near the positive plate and the electron from near the negative plate. Which feels the larger
electric force?
a. The proton. d. The magnitude of the force is the same for both and in the same direction.
b. The electron. e. The magnitude of the force is the same for both but in opposite directions.
c. Neither—there is no force.
26. An electron moves from point i to point f, in the direction of a uniform electric field. During this displacement:

a. the work done by the field is positive and the potential energy of the electron-field system
increases
b. the work done by the field is negative and the potential energy of the electron-field system
increases
c. the work done by the field is positive and the potential energy of the electron-field system
decreases
d. the work done by the field is negative and the potential energy of the electron-field system
decreases
e. the work done by the field is positive and the potential energy of the electron-field system
does not change
27. A particle with a charge of 5.5×10−8 C is 3.5 cm from a particle with a charge of −2.3×10−8 C. The potential energy
of this two-particle system, relative to the potential energy at infinite separation, is:
A. 3.2 × 10−4 J B. −3.2 × 10−4 J C. 9.3 × 10−3 J D. −9.3 × 10−3 J E. zero
28. A particle with a charge of 5.5 × 10−8C is fixed at the origin. A particle with a charge of −2.3×10 −8 C is moved from
x = 3.5 cm on the x axis to y = 4.3 cm on the y axis. The change in potential energy of the two-particle system is:
A. 3.1 × 10−3 J B. −3.1 × 10−3 J C. 6.0 × 10−5 J D. −6.0 × 10−5 J E. 0
29. A particle with a charge of 5.5 × 10 C charge is fixed at the origin. A particle with a charge of −2.3 × 10 −8 C
−8

charge is moved from x = 3.5 cm on the x axis to y = 3.5 cm on the y axis. The change in the potential energy of the
two-particle system is:
A. 3.2 × 10−4 J B. −3.2 × 10−4 J C. 9.3 × 10−3 J D. −9.3 × 10−3 J E. 0
−8
30. Three particles lie on the x axis: particle 1, with a charge of 1×10 C is at x = 1 cm, particle 2, with a charge of 2 ×
10−8 C, is at x = 2 cm, and particle 3, with a charge of −3 × 10 −8 C, is at x = 3 cm. The potential energy of this
arrangement, relative to the potential energy for infinite separation, is:
A. +4.9 × 10−4 J B. −4.9 × 10−4 J C. +8.5 × 10−4 J D. −8.5 × 10−4 J E. zero
31. Two identical particles, each with charge q, are placed on the x axis, one at the origin and the other at x = 5 cm. A
third particle, with charge −q, is placed on the x axis so the potential energy of the three-particle system is the same as
the potential energy at infinite separation. Its x coordinate is:
A. 13 cm B. 2.5 cm C. 7.5 cm D. 10 cm E. −5 cm
32. Choose the correct statement:
A. A proton tends to go from a region of low potential to a region of high potential
B. The potential of a negatively charged conductor must be negative
C. If E = 0 at a point P, then V must be zero at P
D. If V = 0 at a point P, then E must be zero at P
E. None of the above are correct
33. If 500 J of work are required to carry a charged particle between two points with a potential difference of 20V, the
magnitude of the charge on the particle is:
A. 0.040C B. 12.5C C. 20C D. cannot be computed unless the path is given
E. none of these
34. The potential difference between two points is 100V. If a particle with a charge of 2C is transported from one of
these points to the other, the magnitude of the work done is:
A. 200 J B. 100 J C. 50 J D. 100 J E. 2 J
35. During a lightning discharge, 30C of charge move through a potential difference of 1.0×10 8 V in 2.0 × 10−2 s. The
energy released by this lightning bolt is:
A. 1.5 × 1011 J B. 3.0 × 109 J C. 6.0 × 107 J D. 3.3 × 106 J E. 1500 J

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36. Points R and T are each a distance d from each of two particles with charges of equal magnitudes and opposite
signs as shown. If k = 1/4πεo, the work required to move a particle with a negative charge q from R to T is:
A. 0
kqQ
B.
d2
kqQ
C.
d
kqQ
D.
37. Two particle with charges Q and −Q are fixed
√2 dat the vertices of an equilateral triangle with sides of length a. If k =
1/4πεo, the work required to move a partic le with charge q from the other vertex to the center of the line joining the
fixed particles is:
A. 0
kqQ
B.
a
kqQ
C.
a2
2 kqQ
D.
a
38. A particle with mass m and charge −q is projected with speed vo into the region between two parallel plates as
shown. The potential difference between the two plates is V and their separation is d. The change in kinetic energy of
the particle as it traverses this region is:
A.
2qV
B.
mv2
C. qV
1 2
D. m v o
2
39. An electron is accelerated from rest through a potential difference V. Its final speed is proportional to:
1 1
A. V B. 2 V C. √ V D. E.
V √V
40. In separate experiments, four different particles each start from far away with the same speed and impinge
directly on a gold nucleus. The masses and charges of the particles are
particle 1: mass m0, charge q0
particle 2: mass 2m0, charge 2q0
particle 3: mass 2m0, charge q0/2
particle 4: mass m0/2, charge 2q0
Rank the particles according to the distance of closest approach to the gold nucleus, from smallest to largest.
A. 1, 2, 3, 4 B. 4, 3, 2, 1 C. 3, 1 and 2 tie, then 4 D. 4, 1 and 2 tie, then 1 E. 1 and 2 tie, then 3, 4
41. Two large parallel conducting plates are separated by a distance d, placed in a vacuum, and connected to a source
of potential difference V. An oxygen ion, with charge 2e, starts from rest on the surface of one plate and accelerates to
the other. If e denotes the magnitude of the electron charge, the final kinetic energy of this ion is:
A. eV/2 B. eV/d C. eV d D. V d/e E. 2eV
42. An electron volt is:
A. the force acting on an electron in a field of 1N/C
B. the force required to move an electron 1 meter
C. the energy gained by an electron in moving through a potential difference of 1 volt
D. the energy needed to move an electron through 1 meter in any electric field
E. the work done when 1 coulomb of charge is moved through a potential difference of 1 volt.
43. An electron has charge −e and mass me. A proton has charge e and mass 1840me. A “proton volt” is equal to:
A. 1 eV B. 1840 eV C. 1/1840. eV D. √1840 eV E. 1/√1840. eV
44. Let Q denote charge, V denote potential difference and U denote stored energy. Of these quantities, capacitors in
series must have the same:
A. Q only B. V only C. U only D. Q and U only E. V and U only
45. Let Q denote charge, V denote potential difference and U denote stored energy. Of these quantities, capacitors in
parallel must have the same:
A. Q only B. V only C. U only D. Q and U only E. V and U only
46. A 20-µF capacitor is charged to 200 V. Its stored energy is:
A. 4000 J B. 4 J C. 0.4 J D. 0.1 J E. 0.004 J
47. A charged capacitor stores 10 C at 40 V. Its stored energy is:
A. 400 J B. 200 J C. 4 J D. 2.5 J E. 1.25 J
48. A 2-µF and a 1-µF capacitor are connected in series and charged by a battery. They store energies P and Q,
respectively. When disconnected and charged separately using the same battery, they have energies R and S,
respectively. Then:
A. R > P > S > Q B. P > Q > R > S C. R > P > Q > S D. P > R > S > Q E. R > S > Q > P

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49. Capacitors A and B are identical. Capacitor A is charged so it stores 4 J of energy and capacitor B is uncharged.
The capacitors are then connected in parallel. The total stored energy in the capacitors is now:
A. 16 J B. 8 J C. 4 J D. 2 J E. 1 J
50. To store a total of 0.040 J of energy in the two identical capacitors shown, each should have a capacitance of:

A. 0.50 µF B. 1.0 µF C. 1.5 µF D. 2.0 µF E. 4.0 µF

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