Chapter 22: Magnetism
Practice Questions




1.  

The SI unit for the magnet field is

tesla.
gauss.
einstein.
weber.


2.  


The red charge in the above figure is negative, the green is positive, and the blue is also negative. The magnetic field is into the page.What is the direction of the force on the red charge?

UP (the page)
DOWN
LEFT
RIGHT
OUT (of the page)
IN


3.  


The red charge in the above figure is negative, the green is positive, and the blue is also negative. The magnetic field is into the page. What is the direction of the force on the green charge?

UP
DOWN
LEFT
RIGHT
OUT
IN


4.  


The illustration above is the same as that in question 3 except that the magnetic field is out of the page. What is the direction of the force on the blue charge.

UP
DOWN
LEFT
RIGHT
OUT
IN


5.  

What is the magnitude of the force on the blue charge if its charge is 1.5 C, its speed is 25 m/s and B is .2T?

0 N
2.5 N
5 N
7.5 N
10 N


6.  


Both charges in the above figure are positive. What is the direction of the force on the red charge?

UP
DOWN
LEFT
RIGHT
OUT
IN


7.  

In the preceeding question what is the direction of the force on the blue charge?

UP
DOWN
LEFT
RIGHT
OUT
IN


8.  

If the blue charge in the previous question has a charge of 3.5 C, a speed of 30 m/s and B is 1.2 T, what is the magnitude of the magnetic force acting on it?

89 N
100 N
129 N
200 N


9.  


What is the direction of the magnetic field from the right wire at the left wire?

LEFT
RIGHT
OUT
IN


10.  


What is the direction of the force on the wire in the above figure?

UP
DOWN
OUT
IN


11.  

If the wire in the preceeding question is 2 meters long and carrying a current of 50 amps in a magnetic field of 0.4 T, what is the force on it?

40 N
28 N
19 N
10 N


12.  


A current loop is shown edge on in the figure. The loop carries 10 amps and has a surface area of 0.001 m2 in a magnetic field of 2 T, the torque on it (oriented as shown) is 1 Nm. What are the number of turns?

200
100
50
10


13.  

What is the maximum torque on the current loop in question 19?

0.5 Nm
1 Nm
1.5 Nm
2 Nm


14.  

What is the magnetic moment of the current loop in question 19?

.5 A*m2
1.0 A*m2
1.5 A*m2
2.0 A*m2


15.  


The figure above illustrates a mass spectrometer. Positive ions (q=1.6x10-19 C) leave the ion source and enter a velocity selector composed of two parallel metal plates 1 cm apart with a magnet field in the green region. The voltage on the plates is adjusted until the ions go straight across. What is the direction of the magnetic field in the green area?

UP
DOWN
OUT
IN


16.  

If the desired speed is 8.6x105 m/s and the proper voltage is 17200 volts what is the strength of the magnetic field in the green region?

.5 T
1 T
1.5 T
2 T


17.  

The ions next enter the blue D shaped area where the ions follow the semi-circular path that is shown above. What is the direction of the magnetic field in the blue area?

UP
DOWN
IN
OUT


18.  

If the magnetic field, B', in the blue area is 0.5 T and the radius of the semi-circular orbit is 25 centimeters what is the mass of the ion?

1.16x10-26 kg
2.32x10-24 kg
2.32x10-26 kg
14 kg


19.  

What is the magnitude of the magnetic field 5 cm from the center of a long straight wire carrying a current of 10 amps? ?

1x10-5 T
2x10-5 T
3x10-5 T
4x10-5 T
5x10-5 T


20.  


What is the direction of the magnetic field from the left wire at the right wire?

LEFT
RIGHT
OUT OF THE PAGE
INTO THE PAGE


21.  

If the wires in question 20 are separated by 15 cm and each carry a current of 10 A, what is the strength of the magnetic field from the left wire on the right wire?

13x10-8 T
6.5x10-8 T
6.5x10-6 T
13x10-6 T


22.  

What is the direction of the force on the right in the preceeding question?

RIGHT
LEFT
OUT
IN


23.  

What is the magnitude of the force per unit length on the right wire in question 20?

1.3x10-4 N/m
1.3x10-6 N/m
6.5x10-5 N/m
667 N/m


24.  


What is the direction of the magnetic field from the right wire at the left wire?

LEFT
RIGHT
OUT
IN


25.  

What is the direction of the force on the left wire in the above question?

LEFT
RIGHT
OUT
IN


26.  

What is the direction of the force on the wire on the right in question 24?

LEFT
RIGHT
OUT
IN


27.  


What is the direction of the force on the wire in the above figure?

UP
DOWN
OUT
IN


Practice Questions: Practice Questions by Carl Adler, East Carolina University. ©2002 by Prentice Hall, Inc.


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