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Question 1
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What describes best how Gauss's Law applies to a charged spherical conducting shell?

Question 2
college-boardPhysics C: E&MAPExam Style
1 mark

What would be the electric flux through a closed cylindrical surface in vacuum when oriented perpendicular to a uniform electric field EEE?

Question 3
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1 mark

What happens to excess charge placed on a conductor?

Question 4
college-boardPhysics C: E&MAPExam Style
1 mark

What is the net electric flux through a closed surface surrounding an isolated positive point charge?

Question 5
college-boardPhysics C: E&MAPExam Style
1 mark

If a parallel plate capacitor with area A and separation d is immersed in a dielectric medium with constant k, what electric field intensity inside results when an external electric field EextexternalE_{ ext{external}}Eextexternal​ is applied perpendicular to the plates?

Question 6
college-boardPhysics C: E&MAPExam Style
1 mark

What does Gauss's Law relate to in the context of an electric field?

Question 7
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1 mark

Which quantity must be zero when applying Gauss's Law to a closed surface with no charge inside it?

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Question 8
college-boardPhysics C: E&MAPExam Style
1 mark

For an infinitely long cylinder carrying uniform surface charge density σ\sigmaσ, if one chooses a Gaussian surface as coaxial cylinder with length LLL and radius greater than that of charged cylinder, how does its electric field vary outside?

Question 9
college-boardPhysics C: E&MAPExam Style
1 mark

How does increasing dielectric constant affect capacitance when inserted between parallel plates charged to voltage V without disconnecting them from their source?

Question 10
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1 mark

If a solid, non-conducting sphere of radius R has a uniform charge density ρ\rhoρ, what is the electric field at a distance rrr from the center of the sphere where r<Rr < Rr<R?