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Physics theory quiz
Hanzo Conard
Quiz by Hanzo Conard, updated more than 1 year ago
Hanzo Conard
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Question 1

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What is the phase of electromagnetic wave (E=E0 cos(ωt-kr))?
Answer
  • Cosine’s argument
  • Multiplication of frequency and radius-vector
  • Value of cosine function
  • RHS of this equation
  • No right answer

Question 2

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Energy of electromagnetic wave is:
Answer
  • Proportional to cross product of electric and magnetic field vectors
  • Proportional to relation of electric field vector to magnetic field vector
  • Proportional to the vector addition of electric and magnetic field vectors
  • Proportional to dot product of electric and magnetic field vectors
  • Proportional to the vector subtraction of electric and magnetic field vectors

Question 3

Question
The speed of light is given by the value of
Answer

Question 4

Question
Maxwell’s equation can be written in the form shown below. If magnetic charge exists and if it is conserved, which of these equations will have to be changed?
Image:
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Answer
  • I
  • II
  • III
  • IV

Question 5

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What is the direction of the Poynting vector in the picture
Image:
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Answer
  • Along negative y axis
  • Along positive z axis
  • Along positive x axis
  • Along negative x axis
  • Along negative z axis

Question 6

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What is NOT true about electric and magnetic fields?
Answer
  • The electric field and magnetic field each satisfy a wave equation
  • The electric and magnetic fields are perpendicular to each other
  • The electric and magnetic fields perpendicular to the direction of wave propagation
  • The magnitudes of electric and magnetic fields in electromagnetic wave are related by the expression E/B = c
  • The electric and magnetic fields does not vary with time for an electromagnetic wave

Question 7

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Color of electromagnetic radiation is defined by
Answer
  • Amplitude
  • Frequency
  • Phase
  • Speed
  • Intensity

Question 8

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What is it visible light?
Answer
  • Electromagnetic waves with wavelengths from 4*10^-7 until 8*10^-7 m in vacuum
  • All electromagnetic waves
  • Electromagnetic waves with wavelengths from 2*10^-9 until 9*10^-7 m in vacuum
  • Electromagnetic waves with wavelengths from 4*10^-7 until 1*10^-3 m in vacuum
  • No right answer

Question 9

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Which wave below has the longest wavelength?
Answer
  • Infrared waves
  • Radio waves
  • Ultra violet waves
  • X-rays

Question 10

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A sheet of paper will not act as a mirror because paper
Answer
  • Refracts light
  • Absorbs light
  • Reflects light
  • Diffuses light

Question 11

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Which of the following is not true about light?
Answer
  • Light needs a medium to travel in
  • The speed of light is different in different media
  • Light takes about 8 minutes to travel from the sun to the earth
  • It is a form of energy

Question 12

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When light reflects from a surface, there is a change in its
Answer
  • Speed
  • Wavelength
  • Frequency
  • All of these
  • None of these

Question 13

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Light will almost travel from one place to another along a path of least
Answer
  • Expense
  • Distance
  • Effort
  • Complication
  • Time

Question 14

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Which of these electromagnetic waves has the shortest wavelength?
Answer
  • Ultraviolet waves
  • Infrared waves
  • Radio waves
  • Light waves
  • X-rays

Question 15

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Determining the speed of light became a critical experiment for the wave and particle theories of light because
Answer
  • The wave theory assumes the speed of light is instantaneous
  • Rectilinear propagation only works if the speed of light is very fast
  • The wave theory predicted light would move slower in a denser medium, while the particle theory predicted the opposite
  • The particle theory predicted light would move slower in a denser medium, while the wave theory predicted the opposite

Question 16

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Which experiment is it? The speed of light was eventually measured when astronomer measured the time it took light to travel from planet to Earth.
Answer
  • Galileo’s experiment
  • Roemer’s experiment
  • Fizeau’s experiment
  • Kepler’s experiment
  • Newton’s experiment

Question 17

Question
A spherical, concave mirror is shown in the figure above. The focal point F and the location of the object O are indicated. At what point will the image located?
Image:
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Answer
  • I
  • II
  • III
  • IV
  • V

Question 18

Question
In which figure ray for converging lens is drawn correctly?
Image:
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Answer
  • a and b
  • a and c
  • Only a
  • Only b
  • No right answer

Question 19

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If the incident ray is precisely at the critical angle, the refracted ray is ______ to the boundary at the point of incidence.
Answer
  • Tangent
  • Normal
  • Sine curve
  • Cosine curve

Question 20

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Rainbow appears because of
Answer
  • Refraction and dispersion of sun rays in rain drops
  • Diffraction of sun rays in rain drops
  • Reflection of sun rays from rain drops
  • Refraction and dispersion of sun rays in snowflake
  • Interference of sun rays with each other

Question 21

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In order to observe interference in light waves, the following conditions must be met:
Answer
  • Source must be coherent
  • Source must be of single wavelength
  • Path difference does not depend on phase difference
  • Amplitude of the two waves should be the same
  • Wavelength and size of slit should be of same order

Question 22

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Wave interference can be constructive if
Answer
  • Two waves are “in phase”
  • Two waves are “out of phase”
  • Their phase difference is π/2 rad
  • Two waves are spherical

Question 23

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Increasing the wavelengths in a double-slit experiment has what effect on the position of maxima on a screen at fixed distance?
Answer
  • None
  • Maxima get closer together
  • Maxima get farther apart
  • Maxima get cancelled by minima
  • Maxima pass minima on the screen

Question 24

Question
In a single slit diffraction experiment, the width of the slit through which light passes is increased. What happens to the central bright fringe?
Answer
  • It becomes wider
  • It becomes narrower
  • It stays the same
  • None of the other answers is correct

Question 25

Question
Match every formula with its description: 1) dsinθ = mλ 2) dsinθ = (m + 1/2)λ
Answer
  • 1 - Constructive interference for double-slit experiment
  • 1 - Destructive interference for double-slit experiment
  • 2 - Constructive interference for double-slit experiment
  • 2 - Destructive interference for double-slit experiment

Question 26

Question
Match every formula with its description: 1) 2t = (m + 1/2)λn 2) 2t = mλn
Answer
  • 1 - Destructive interference in thin films
  • 1 - Constructive interference in thin films
  • 2 - Destructive interference in thin films
  • 2 - Constructive interference in thin films

Question 27

Question
Match figures of diffraction patterns of two points sources with their description:
Image:
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Answer
  • A - Patterns are well resolved
  • B - Patterns are well resolved
  • B - Patterns are just resolved
  • A - Patterns are just resolved

Question 28

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What is not true about the Fresnel diffraction?
Answer
  • Diffraction is occurring near the aperture
  • a/R ≥ 1, if a is size of aperture, R is distance between aperture and observation points
  • Intensity distribution of Fresnel diffraction
    Image:
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  • In Fresnel diffraction, distance between n-th zone and observation points P is equal to b + n(λ/2), where b is distance between source and point P

Question 29

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What is false about doing a double-slit experiment with sound and light:
Answer
  • The sources must be coherent for the interference pattern to be observed
  • They both produce a pattern of high and low intensity (loud and quiet) at some distance away from the double-slit
  • They both work best with a single-frequency source
  • The slits for sound must be extremely close together when compared to light

Question 30

Question
Transmitted light has maximum intensity if transmission axes of polaroids are
Answer
  • Aligned with each other
  • At an angle of 45 degree with each other
  • Perpendicular to each other
  • Optical active and at angle of 30 degree with each other

Question 31

Question
What is true about the polarizing angle?
Answer
  • The angle of incidence at which this polarization occurs
  • The angle of reflection at which this polarization occurs
  • The polarizing angle is called Brewster’s angle
  • The polarizing angle can be defined by Malus’s law

Question 32

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Light from any ordinary source (such as a flame) is usually:
Answer
  • Plane polarized
  • Circularly polarized
  • Unpolarized
  • Elliptically polarized
  • Monochromatic

Question 33

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The SI standard of time is based on
Answer
  • The daily rotation of the earth
  • The frequency of light emitted by Kr86
  • The yearly revolution of the earth about the sun
  • None of these

Question 34

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A nanosecond is
Answer
  • 10^9s
  • 10^-9 s
  • 10^-10 s
  • 10^-11 s
  • 10^-16 s

Question 35

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The SI standard of length is based on:
Answer
  • The distance from the north pole to the equator along a meridian passing through Paris
  • Wavelength of light emitted by Hg198
  • Wavelength of light emitted by Kr86
  • A precision meter stick in Paris
  • The speed of light

Question 36

Question
Which of the following is closest to a yard in length?
Answer
  • 0.01m
  • 0.1m
  • 1m
  • 100m
  • 1000m

Question 37

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There is no SI base unit for area because
Answer
  • We live in a three (not a two) dimensional world
  • An area has no thickness; hence no physical standard can be built
  • It is impossible to express square feet in terms of meters
  • Area can be expressed in terms of square meters
  • Area is not an important physical quantity

Question 38

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The SI base unit for mass is:
Answer
  • gram
  • pound
  • kilogram
  • ounce
  • kilopound

Question 39

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A gram is:
Answer
  • 10^-3 kg
  • 10^−6 kg
  • 1 kg
  • 103 kg
  • 106 kg

Question 40

Question
Which of the following weighs about a pound?
Answer
  • 0.05 kg
  • 0.5 kg
  • 5 kg
  • 50 kg
  • 500 kg
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