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Magnetic Fields

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

What is the relationship between the magnitude of the magnetic field created by a long, straight current-carrying wire and the distance from the wire according to the Biot-Savart law?

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

Which modification to a segment of current-carrying wire would result in doubling of its contribution to any given point's magnetic field according to Biot-Savart law without changing its overall shape or length?

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

What does the Biot-Savart law allow us to calculate?

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

According to the right-hand rule, if your thumb points in the direction of conventional current, which way do your fingers curl to indicate?

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

Considering two parallel conductors each carrying current I but moving anti-parallel relative to each other in empty space, what effect does relativistic length contraction have on their perceived mutual electromagnetic interaction from stationary observer situated equidistantly from them?

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

Which statement correctly describes the situation in which Ampère's law can be applied to calculate the magnetic field around a conductive plane with a puncture hole through which constant current passes?

Question 7
college-boardPhysics C: E&MAPExam Style
1 mark

Using Biot-Savart law, how would one calculate the magnetic field direction of a current each in a loop at a center point of the same loop?

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

How does doubling both the current through and radius of a long straight wire affect the magnetic field produced at a point equidistant from its midpoint?

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

In a closed loop with a steady current, where does the magnetic field produced by the current point according to Ampere's right-hand rule?

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

How does the magnetic field at the center of a square loop carrying current I compare to the magnetic field at the center of a circular loop with the same current and area?