XI grade 2024 Fall
Problems #5
1. If the electric field between the plates of a given air-filled capacitor is weakened
by removing charge from the plates, the capacitance of that capacitor
A. increases.
B. decreases.
C. does not change.
D. It cannot be determined from the information given.
2. Two ideal parallel-plate capacitors are identical in every respect except that one has
twice the plate area of the other. If the smaller capacitor has capacitance C, the larger
one has capacitance
A. C/2. B. C C. 2C D. 4C
3. An ideal parallel-plate capacitor has a capacitance of C. If the area of the plates is
doubled and the distance between the plates is halved, what is the new capacitance?
A. C/4. B. C/2 C. 2C D. 4C
4. A battery charges a parallel-plate capacitor fully and then is removed. The plates are
then slowly pulled apart. What happens to the potential difference between the
plates as they are being separated?
A. It increases.
B. It decreases.
C. It remains constant.
D. It cannot be determined from the information given.
5. The plates of a parallel-plate capacitor are maintained with constant potential y a
battery as they are pulled apart. During this process, the amount of charge on the plates
A. must increase.
B. must decrease.
C. must remain constant.
D. could either increase or decrease. There is no way to tell from the information
given.
6. When a certain capacitor carries charges of ±10 µC on its plates, the potential difference
cross the plates is 25 V. If we double the charges on the plates to ±20 µC, which of the
following statements about this capacitor are true? (There could be more correct choices.)
A. the capacitance of the capacitor will also double.
B. the potential difference across the plates will also double.
C. the capacitance of the capacitor will not change.
D. the potential difference across the plates will decrease by a factor of two.
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7. An ideal parallel-plate capacitor having circular plates of diameter D that are a distance d
apart stores energy U when it is connected across a fixed potential difference. If you want
to triple the amount of energy stored in this capacitor by changing only the size of its
plates, the diameter should be changed to
A. 9D. B. 3D C. D D. E.
8. Which of the following will increase the capacitance of a parallel-plate capacitor?
(There could be more than one correct choice.)
A. a decrease in the plate area and an increase in the plate separation
B. a decrease in the potential difference between the plates
C. an increase in the potential difference between the plates
D. an increase in the plate area and a decrease in the plate separation
E. an increase in the charge on the plates
9. An ideal parallel-plate capacitor consists of two parallel plates of area A separated by a
distance d. This capacitor is connected across a battery that maintains a constant
potential difference between the plates. If the separation between the plates is now
doubled, magnitude of the charge on the plates will
A. double.
B. quadruple.
C. be cut in half.
D. be cut in fourth.
E. not change.
10. A capacitor consists of two large parallel plates of area A separated by a very small
distance d. This capacitor is connected to a battery and charged until its plates carry
charges +Q and -Q, and then disconnected from the battery. If the separation between
the plates is now doubled, the potential difference between the plates will double.
A. quadruple.
B. be cut in half.
C. be cut in fourth.
D. not change.
11. The plates of a parallel-plate capacitor are maintained with constant voltage by a battery
as they are pulled apart. What happens to the strength of the electric field between the
plates during this process?
A. It increases.
B. It decreases.
C. It remains constant.
D. It cannot be determined from the information given.
