This exam assesses course standards 21–31. If you can do the tasks described below, you will satisfy the standards on the exam.
Given two, find the third: voltage across a resistor, its resistance, and the current through it.
Given two, find the third: voltage across a resistor, the current through it, and the power it dissipates.
Given two, find the other two: power dissipated by a resistor, its resistance, the voltage across it, and the current through it.
Given three, find the fourth: resistivity of a material, the length and cross-sectional area of a resistor made from it, and the resistance of that resistor.
Identify how the resistance of a resistor is influenced by changes in length or area.
Given a circuit with a single voltage source combined with resistors connected in series and parallel, determine the voltages across and currents through all the resistors.
Given a circuit comprising voltage sources and resistors, generate enough independent Kirchhoff's voltage law and Kirchhoff's current law equations to find the currents though all resistors and voltage sources.
Given an RC circuit diagram, find its time constant.
Given two, find the third: time constant, resistance, capacitance.
Determine the equations of charge, capacitor voltage, resistor voltage, and current in a charging RC circuit.
Determine the equations of charge, capacitor voltage, resistor voltage, and current in a discharging RC circuit.
Identify the names of the two types of magnetic poles.
Characterize the relationship between magnetic poles and magnetic field.
Identify what a magnetic field line represents.
Given a magnetic field line map, identify the force and torque on a magnetic dipole at any point on the map.
Given the electric charge of a particle, its velocity, and the magnetic field at its location, identify the Lorentz force exerted on it.
Determine the force exerted on a current-carrying wire by a magnetic field at the wire's location.
Find the magnetic moment of a current-carrying loop.
Find the torque applied to a current loop by a uniform magnetic field.
Find the magnetic field around a long current-carrying wire.
Find the magnetic field inside a solenoid.
Find the magnetic field inside a toroid electromagnet.
Find the magnetic field along the axis of a circular current-carrying ring.
Use Ampère's law to find the magnetic field created by a current-carrying cylindrical shell.
Use Ampère's law to find the magnetic field created by a sheet of current.
Find the magnetic flux through a closed path in a uniform magnetic field.
Given a magnetic field with a known dependence on current, find the rate of change of field strength resulting from a change in current.
Given the rate of change of magnetic flux through a closed path, calculate the emf induced around the path.
From the emf induced around a closed path, quantify the electric field induced at the path.
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