Chapter 22: Magnetism
MCAT Study Guide



1.  

The following information pertains to questions 1 and 2.

In the figure at the right, a very long straight conductor carries a conventional current Ic directed perpendicular to and into the paper.

The direction of the magnetic field at the point in space labeled p1 due to this current is ___.



2.  

The direction of the magnetic field at the point in space labeled p2 due to this current is ___ the page.



3.  

The following information pertains to questions 3-5.

A very long straight conductor carries a conventional current directed from left to right as in the figure at the right.

The direction of the magnetic field at the point in space labeled A due to this current is ___ the page.



4.  

The direction of the magnetic field at the point in space labeled C due to this current is ___ the page.



5.  

The direction of the magnetic field at the point in space labeled D due to this current is ___ the page.



6.  

A long straight overhead conductor carries a steady conventional current from the north toward the south. You stand directly below the wire. The direction of the magnetic field at the location of your head is ___.



7.  

The following information pertains to questions 7-9.

Consider a magnetic field uniform over a large volume of space directed perpendicular to and into the page.

A straight wire lying along the right edge of the paper, carrying a conventional current of 2.0 A directed from the bottom of the page toward the top of the page would experience a force ___ the page.



8.  

An electron entering this field moving initially along a line parallel to the top edge of this page from your left toward your right would experience a force ___ the page.



9.  

An unionized carbon 12 atom in its ground energy state, upon entering this field moving initially from your left toward your right along the line of print you are now reading would experience a force ___.



10.  

The following information pertains to questions 10-12.

Consider a magnetic field uniform over a large volume of space directed from your right toward your left. The plane of this paper is parallel to the magnetic flux lines so that none of the flux lines pass through the paper. Further, one of the flux lines lies along the top edge of the paper.

A straight wire lying along the right edge of the paper, carrying a conventional current of 2.0 A directed from the bottom of the page toward the top of the page would experience a force ___ the page.



11.  

An electron entering this field moving initially perpendicular to and into the paper would experience a force ___ the page.



12.  

A neutron, upon entering this field moving initially from your left toward your right along the line of print you are now reading would experience a force ___.



13.  

The following information pertains to questions 13-15.

A beam of protons moving with speed vo enters a uniform magnetic field moving perpendicular to the magnetic field. The protons then move in a circle of radius Ro.

If the speed of the protons was decreased slightly, the radius of the circle on which they move would ___.



14.  

If the strength of the magnetic field was increased slightly, the work done on the protons by the magnetic field during one revolution in the field would ___.



15.  

If a beam of electrons moving with the same velocity as these protons was injected into the same magnetic field, the radius of the circle on which the electrons move would be ___ Ro.



16.  

The following information pertains to questions 16-18.

A very long straight wire carries a steady conventional current directed as in the figure at the right. The points in space labeled A through E are equidistant from each other and/or the wire and the magnitude of the magnetic field at the point labeled D is Bo.

The magnitude of the magnetic field at the point labeled E, i.e., |B(E)| = Bo x ___.



17.  

If the current in the wire was decreased slightly, |B(A)| would ___.



18.  

The magnetic field at the point labeled C is ___.



19.  

The following information pertains to questions 19-22.

Consider the magnetic field in the vicinity of two long parallel conductors carrying conventional currents directed as in the figure at the right. The points in space labeled A through F are equidistant from each other and/or the nearer conductor and I1 = 2 Io and I2 = Io.

Of the labeled points, the magnitude of the magnetic field is largest at the point labeled ___.



20.  

If the magnitude of I1 was increased slightly, |B(B)| would ___.



21.  

If the magnitude of I2 was decreased slightly, |B(B)| would ___.



22.  

If the direction of current I2 was reversed, |B(C)| would ___.



23.  

The following information pertains to questions 23-26.

Two long straight conductors carry conventional currents directed as in the figure at the right.

The direction of the magnetic force exerted on the conductor with current I1 is ___ the page.



24.  

If the magnitude of the current I1 was increased slightly, the magnitude of the magnetic force exerted on the conductor with current I2 would ___.



25.  

If the magnitude of the current I2 was increased slightly, the magnitude of the magnetic force exerted on the conductor with current I2 would ___.



26.  

If the second conductor was moved a little farther from the first one, the magnitude of the magnetic force exerted on the conductor with current I2 would ___.



27.  

In the figure at the right, two long parallel conductors carry conventional currents. If the direction of the magnetic force on the first conductor is toward the right side of the page, the direction of the conventional current in the second conductor is ___.



28.  

A rectangular current carrying loop lies along side a long straight conductor as in the figure below and to the right. The net magnetic force exerted on the loop by the straight conductor will be ___.



29.  

A flat circular coil with radius Ro and no turns is positioned so that the plane of the coil is parallel to a horizontal uniform magnetic field of strength Bo. The coil carries a conventional current of magnitude Io and experiences a torque of magnitude To. If the current in the coil was increased slightly, the magnitude of the torque acting on the coil would ___.



30.  

A beam of identical particles having a continuous distribution of velocities is passed through a "crossed field velocity selector" and the particles emerging from the velocity selector all have speeds very near vo. If the magnitude of the magnetic field within the velocity selector was increased slightly, the particles emerging from the velocity selector would have speeds ___ vo.



31.  

Singly ionized particles with mass mo move in a circle with radius Ro in the analyzing magnetic field within a mass spectrometer. Other particles, also singly ionized, originating simultaneously from the same test sample and having mass less than mo will move in a circle with a radius ___ Ro.



32.  

The following information pertains to questions 32-34.

A mixture of 235U and 238U atoms are singly ionized in the source of a mass spectrometer, passed through the same velocity selector and then injected at right angles into the field of the analyzing magnet of the spectrometer.

If the 235U ions move in a circle of radius R235, the radius of the circle on which the 238U atoms move, i. e., R238, will be ___ R235.



33.  

If the strength of the electric field within the velocity selector section of the mass spectrometer was increased slightly, the ratio R235 / R238 would ___.



34.  

If the strength of the electric field within the velocity selector section of the mass spectrometer was increased slightly, the difference R238 - R235 would ___.

Note: answer choices in this exercise are randomized.

MCAT Study Guide: From The Virtual Prof's Physics Study Guide for the MCAT, ©1997 by Glen Terrell, University of Texas at Arlington, and RonJon Publishing, Inc. Used by permission of Glen Terrell. For more information, go to http://www.virtualprof.com

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