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Key # listed as VERSION # on bottom of each page

Physics 240 Third Exam Fall 2012

1. Last Name:____________________ First Name:_____________________

2. Please circle your discussion instructor and section below:

Instructor Time Section

David Gidley 9-10 100
David Winn 10-11 200
David Winn 11-noon 300

3. Special Scantron Instructions:
a) Bubble in UNIQ-NAME in last name field
b) Bubble in 8 digit UM student ID numberthis is critical
c) Bubble in Form #=version# (critical) and section number
d) Print your name in shaded upper right signature box

4. There are 20 multiple choice problems worth 1 points each for a total of 20 points.
Choose the one best answer and transfer it to the scantron sheet. You must mark
the correct answer on the scantron sheet to get credit for the problem. There
is no penalty for guessing, so be sure to enter an answer for every question even if it
is just a best guess.

5. At the end of the exam hand your scantron to one of the proctors. You may keep
this exam booklet for your records.

6. This is a closed book, 90 minute exam. Turn off and put away all electronic
devices. You may use a calculator and three 3x5 note card or equivalent.

k = 1/4
0
=9x10
9
Nm
2
/C
2

0
= 8.85x10
-12
C
2
/Nm
2

e = 1.6x10
-19
C 1 eV= 1.6x10
-19
J
= micro =10
-6
g = 9.8 m/s
2

m
e
= 9.1 x 10
-31
kg M
P
=1.67 x 10
-27
kg

0
= 4 x 10
-7
Tm/A

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1. The ferromagnetic core of a transformer is made of laminated iron sheets to:
A) facilitate easy assembly
B) reduce i
2
R losses in the coils
C) increase the magnetic flux
D) save weight
E) prevent eddy currents






2. An AC generator operating at a frequency of f = 60 cycles/second has an RMS emf of 80
V. It is connected to the leads of a 2.0 x 10
-4
F capacitor with negligible resistance.
What is the RMS current supplied by the generator (in A)?
A) 27
B) 13
C) 19
D) 6.0
E) 42








3. The inductor is a solenoid with an internal resistance of R = 0.15 O. What is the current
flowing through the battery 8 seconds after closing the switch?

A) 30 A
B) 3 A
C) 40 A
D) 18 A
E) 12 A



6 V
2 H
L

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4. A circular coil of wire has 25 turns and has a radius of 0.075 m. The coil is located in a
variable magnetic field whose behavior is shown on the graph. At all times, the
magnetic field is directed at an angle of 75 relative to the normal to the plane of a loop.
What is the average emf induced in the coil in the time interval from t = 5.00 s to 7.50 s?

A) 180 mV
B) 140 mV
C) 18 mV
D) 92 mV
E) 49 mV



5. A cylindrical region of radius R contains a uniform conduction current density, parallel to
its axis, with magnitude that is exponentially decaying with time,
0
( )
t
J t J e
t

= . The
magnitude of the magnetic field at radius r at a particular moment in time inside the
cylindrical region (r<R) is proportional to:
A) r
0
(constant)
B) r
C) r
2

D) 1/r
E) 1/r
2




6. A toroidal solenoid with 400 turns of wire and a mean radius of 6.0 cm carries a current of
0.25 Amps. The wires are wrapped around a core with a relative permeability of 60.
What percentage of the magnetic field within the core of the toroid is produced by atomic
currents?
A) 37%
B) 98%
C) 63%
D) 1.3%
E) 0%

The time
dependence of
J is irrelevant
because no
time derivatives
appear in the
conduction
current part of
amperes law.

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7. Two of Maxwell's equations contain a path integral on the left side and an area integral
on the right. These equations require that:
A) the area must be well-separated from the path
B) the path must be along a field line and the area must be perpendicular to the field line
C) the area must be flat and contain the path
D) the path must pierce through the area
E) the path must be the boundary of the area


8. Find the magnitude and direction of the magnetic field produced at point P by the current
element shown in the diagram. The lengths in the diagram are x
1
=40 cm and z
1
=30 cm.
The current is 5 amps and the current element is 1 cm long. (Note that in the coordinate
system pictured in the diagram the y axis points into the page).

A) 5.3 x 10
-5
T in negative z direction
B) 3.4 x 10
-7
T in negative y direction
C) 9.1 x 10
-8
T in negative x direction
D) 0 Tesla
E) 1.2 x 10
-8
T in negative y direction


See figure 29.21 (page 975) for a diagram
illustrating a path around the boundary of a
non-flat surface. Also, recall the giant
"windsock" demo.

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9. The resistance R in the rail gun pictured below is initially 100 Ohms. Consider what
happens to the terminal velocity v
t
and the initial acceleration a
0
at time t=0 if we replace
this resistor with one that is 200 Ohms. (t=0 is the moment you release the rod from rest).
(Note, the bar is sliding on frictionless rails).

A) v
t
is half and a
0
half
B) v
t
is twice and a
0
twice
C) v
t
is half and a
0
is the same
D) v
t
is the same and a
0
half
E) v
t
is the same and a
0
is the same

Initially, there is no motional emf because
there is no motion, so acceleration
depends on battery voltage, resistance,
magnetic field, and mass of the rod.
Doubling R cuts initial acceleration in half.
Terminal velocity occurs when the motional
emf cancels the battery emf and reduces the
current (and hence the magnetic force) to zero.
Since current is zero at terminal velocity the
resistance is irrelevant.

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10. The solid circle of radius R in the diagram shows the cross section of a long solenoid with
its axis pointing straight into the page. The current in the solenoid is increasing steadily.
The dashed concentric circles are four integration paths in a plane perpendicular to the
solenoid axis that have radii of r
1
= R/4, r
2
= R/2, r
3
=2R, and r
4
= 3R. Rank the paths
according to the magnitude of the circulation of the electric field, E dl
}
along each
path, least to greatest.

A) 1, then 2 and 4 tie, then 3
B) all tie
C) 4, 1, 3, 2
D) 1, 4, then 2 and 3 tie
E) 1,2, then 3 and 4 tie


3 1 2
R
4
The circulation is the integral on the left side
of Faraday's law (as defined in the problem).
Basically, you need to compare the
circulations by looking at the right side of
Faraday's law. Path 3 and 4 tie because
there is no flux outside the solenoid and they
both surround all of the flux inside. Path 2 is
larger than path 1 because it surrounds more
flux than path 1, but smaller than 3 and 4
because it does not surround all of the flux.

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11. A solid conductor of radius a is supported by insulating disks on the axis of a conducting
tube with inner radius b and outer radius c as shown in the figure. The central conductor
and the tube carry equal currents in opposite directions. The currents are distributed
uniformly over the cross sections of each conductor. Which one of the following
statements about the magnetic field created by this arrangement is FALSE.

A) B is a maximum at r=a.
B) B=0 for r>c
C) B decreases to zero as you go from r=b to r=c.
D) B is proportional to 1/r for r<a
E) B is proportional to 1/r for a<r<b



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12. The AC generator in a hydroelectric power plant supplies a small town with an RMS
current of 4000 A at 120 V rms. At the power plant a 50-to-1 step up transformer is used
prior to high voltage transmission. Near the town a substation has a 100-to-1 step down
transformer and then each house has a nearby 20-to-1 step down transformer to provide a
safe, low voltage. Assuming ideal transformers and no transmission losses what RMS
current must be produced in the AC generator?

A) 141 A
B) 40,000 A
C) 100 A
D) 25 A
E) 1000 A







13.
An electric field
0
cos(2 ) E E ft t = is applied along the axis of a cylindrical
semiconductor of cross-sectional area A=20 cm
2
and resistivity = 20 Om. At what
frequency, f, are the amplitudes of the conduction and displacement currents equal? (1
Hz = 1 cycle/s)
A) 5.0 x 10
9
Hz
B) 4.0 x 10
3
Hz
C) 2.0 x 10
11
Hz
D) 8.0 x 10
5
Hz
E) 9.0 x 10
8
Hz



HV transmission
20-1
Step down
4000 A rms
50-1
Step up
100-1
Step down
Remember, N_s < N_p in a
step down transformer. We
have to work backwards
through the three
transformers.
Set the amplitudes equal to each other
and solve for f.

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14. Two concentric circular loops of wire lie in a plane. The inner loop radius, r = 0.1 m, is
much smaller than the outer loop radius of R = 2 m. What is the approximate mutual
inductance of this configuration of two loops?

A) 5.2 x 10
-8
H
B) 8.4 x 10
-7
H
C) cannot determine without knowing the current in the outer loop
D) 9.9 x 10
-9
H
E) cannot determine without knowing the rate change of current in the outer loop








15. The switch in the circuit below has been closed for a long time. Immediately after
opening the switch what is the rate (in Joules/s = Watts) at which magnetic energy stored
in the inductor, L, is decreasing?

A) 29 W
B) 0 W
C) 48 W
D) 7 W
E) 15 W



r
R


L
12 V
20
60
2 mH
Note: the mutual inductance is the part of the flux
calculation that does NOT depend on current.
You do not need to know the current to calculate
it. We gave half credit to the two incorrect
NUMERIC answers (A and B on this version).
Strategy: estimate the flux through the smaller loop by assuming
that the magnetic field at the center of the larger ring is uniform
over the area of the smaller one. Use this flux in the definition of
inductance to calculate inductance.
The rate that energy in
the inductor decreases is
equal to the power
dissipated in the two
resistors because that is
where the energy is
going.
1. calculate current in
inductor immediately
before the switch is
opened.
This is the current that must
go through the two resistors
when the switch is opened.
Use it to calculate power.

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16. Current I is charging a circular parallel plate capacitor with plate radius of R. The
circulation of the magnetic field, B dl
}
, around a coaxial circular path between the
plates with r = R/3 has some definite value. Consider two surfaces bounded by this
circular path; the round flat surface (shaded); and the open soup-can (dashed). What can
we conclude from the Ampere-Maxwell Law?

A) The "current" (conduction + displacement) through the soup-can is not equal to the
"current" (conduction + displacement) through the shaded surface.
B) The conduction current through the soup-can is equal to the conduction current
through the shaded surface.
C) There must be conduction current (8/9)I flowing radially outward in the capacitor
plate through the soup-can sides
D) There must be conduction current of (3/4)I flowing radially outward in the capacitor
plate through the soup-can sides
E) There must be conduction current equal to (1/9)I flowing to the right through the
shaded surface.





17. In a simple, purely inductive AC circuit a sinusoidally oscillating emf of angular
frequency forces AC current to flow through a solenoid of inductance L. This AC
current generates an oscillating magnetic field along the axis of the solenoid. The induced
electric field that circulates around the axis inside the volume of the solenoid is:
A) sinusoidal in time and its amplitude does not depend on
B) sinusoidal in time and its amplitude is inversely proportional to
C) constant
D) 0, since the inductor/solenoid voltage is 90 out of phase with the current
E) sinusoidal in time and its amplitude is proportional to



I
The total current of all kinds flowing in to the cylinder must be
exactly equal to the total current of all kinds flowing out. (this is a
paraphrase of the Kirchhoff junction rule).

The cylinder only covers 1/9 of the area of the capacitor plate. This
means only 1/9 of the displacement current of the capacitor goes
through the shaded side. To make up the difference 8/9 of current
must go out the sides in the form of conduction current (remember,
the charge has to spread out across the entire plate...).
The emf of the generator must
always equal the emf of the inductor
because of the loop law. But... the
emf of the inductor is the integral of
the electric field in the windings of
the solenoid. That means that E
depends only on the amplitude of the
generator emf, not on its frequency.

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18. In the circuit below the three resistors are the same at 10 each and the inductor has L =
35 mH. What is the potential difference across the inductor immediately after closing
the switch? We do know that the current through the battery is 4.0 A after the switch has
been closed for a very long time.

A) 10
B) 50 V
C) 15 V
D) 30 V
E) 0







19. Eighteen very long, straight conductors with square cross sections carrying current of 5 A
straight out of the page are laid side by side to form a current sheet as shown in the
diagram. What is the magnitude and direction of the magnetic field at point P, 0.03 m
from one edge of the sheet as shown?

A) 2.8 x 10
-4
T, down
B) 1.5 x 10
-5
T, up
C) 6.9 x 10
-5
T, up
D) 9.5 x 10
-7
T, left
E) 3.2 x 10
-6
T, down




L


P
0.03 m
0.12 m
In the instant after the switch is closed the current
through the inductor is zero. All current goes
through loop 1 only. The voltage across the
inductor must be the same as the voltage across
the second resistor in loop 1. Since the two
resistors in loop 1 are identical the voltage across
each must be half the battery voltage. That
means the inductor also has half of the battery
voltage across it, so V_L=30 volts.
Two options.

1) calculate the
B field of the
wire in the
middle and
multiply by 18.
This is NOT an
exact answer (it
underestimates
B by about
20%) but it is
close enough to
the correct
answer to allow
you to choose it.

2) integrate the
current. This
gives a very
precise answer,
but is more
diffecult than
option 1.

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20. An LC circuit is composed of an ideal solenoid and a capacitor (no resistance in the
circuit). It oscillates at some natural frequency f
0
. If we now fill the volume of the
solenoid with a ferromagnetic material that has permeability K
m
= 3000 what happens to
the natural frequency?
A) it is 55 times higher
B) it is 3000 times higher
C) it is unchanged
D) it is 3000 times lower
E) it is 55 times lower



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Answer Key

1. E
2. D
3. D
4. C
5. B
6. B
7. E
8. E
9. D
10. E
11. D
12. C
13. E
14. D
15. A
16. C
17. A
18. D
19. A
20. E