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

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

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

A non-conducting sphere of radius R has a volume charge density that varies with distance r from the center as ρ=kr2\rho = \frac{k}{r^2}ρ=r2k​, where k is a constant; what is the electric field at a point P located at a distance 2R from the center of the sphere?

Question 3
college-boardPhysics C: E&MAPExam Style
1 mark

How would you describe the magnitude of the field within a hollow conducting sphere carrying net charge qpq_pqp​?

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

If you double the amount of enclosed charge in a Gaussian surface without changing its size or shape, what happens to the electric flux through that surface?

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
college-boardPhysics C: E&MAPExam Style
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

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

Question 9
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 10
college-boardPhysics C: E&MAPExam Style
1 mark

A charge is placed at the center of a hollow conductive spherical shell; how would changing the radius of this shell affect the electric flux passing through it?