Physics Principles and Problems 2009

Chapter 16: Fundamentals of Light

Chapter Test Practice

1
A ray of light travels in a __________.
A)circle
B)back-and-forth motion
C)curved line
D)straight line
2
Danish astronomer Ole Roemer first measured the speed of light by studying __________.
A)how lasers travel in space
B)how light traveled around two mountains
C)the Moon
D)the orbit of Io, a moon of Jupiter
3

In the figure below, if the candle were moved so that it was d/2 to the right of the screen, but the lamp was not moved, how would the luminous intensity of the lamp have to be adjusted to make each side of the screen equally illuminated?

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A)It would need to be quartered.
B)It would need to be halved.
C)It would need to be doubled.
D)It would need to be quadrupled.
4
The two main factors affecting the illuminance of an object are __________.
A)distance and brightness
B)hardness and color
C)distance and hardness
D)color and brightness
5
__________ is the rate at which visible light is emitted from an object.
A)Luminous flux
B)Frequency flux
C)Illuminated flux
D)Amplitude flux
6

In the figure below, if r is decreased to 0.25 m, what will be the illuminance of the sphere?

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A)2224 lx
B)556 lx
C)139 lx
D)8.69 lx
7
Illuminance __________ as the light source moves away from the object.
A)decreases with an inverse relationship
B)decreases with an inverse square relationship
C)increases with an inverse square relationship
D)increases with an inverse relationship
8

In the figure below, if r is decreased to 0.25 m, what will be the total luminous flux striking the inside of the sphere?

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A)1750 lm
B)7000 lm
C)438 lm
D)875 lm
9

In the figure below, if the candle were moved so that it was 2d to the right of the screen, but the lamp was not moved, how would the luminous intensity of the lamp have to be adjusted to make each side of the screen equally illuminated?

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A)It would need to be halved.
B)It would need to be quartered.
C)It would need to be quadrupled.
D)It would need to be doubled.
10
What did Roemer prove?
A)light travels instantaneously
B)the correct speed of light
C)light has no speed
D)light travels at a finite speed
11
A(n) __________, like the Moon, reflects light.
A)laminated body
B)radiating body
C)reflecting body
D)illuminated body
12
__________ is the speed of light defined.
A)e
B)c
C)d
D)a
13
__________ is the rate at which light falls on a surface.
A)Fluorescence
B)Illuminance flux
C)Luminous flux
D)Illuminance
14
A medium that allows light to pass through but does now allow the light source to be visible is__________.
A)transparent
B)transgressant
C)opaque
D)translucent
15
To make red light white, add __________.
A)magenta light
B)green light
C)yellow light
D)cyan light
16
A primary light color is a __________.
A)primary pigment color
B)tertiary pigment color
C)secondary light color
D)secondary pigment color
17
When you wear polarized sunglasses, the Sun's light intensity to your eyes is __________.
A)doubled
B)completely eliminated
C)cut in half
D)reduced by 1/4
18
Why does a polarizing filter on a camera block reflections?
A)Light is polarized by reflection.
B)Only mirrors can polarize light.
C)Polarizing filters contain both a polarizer and an analyzer.
D)Light is polarized by refraction.
19
A second prism will change a spectrum back into white light. This shows that __________.
A)prisms distort images
B)white light is composed of colors
C)prisms are transparent
D)light travels at a constant speed
20

Based on the figure below, which of the following wavelengths would most likely be yellow light?

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A)550 nm
B)480 nm
C)650 nm
D)400 nm
21
Light behaves as __________.
A)a wave only
B)a particle and a wave
C)neither a particle nor a wave
D)a particle only
22
Blue light, which is bent more than red light in a prism, has __________.
A)a shorter wavelength
B)a faster speed
C)a longer wavelength
D)a lower frequency
23
A polarizer and analyzer will block all light if they are at __________ to each other.
A)right angles
B)30° angles
C)180° angles
D)parallel angles
24
Red and blue light make __________.
A)magenta
B)violet
C)indigo
D)purple
25
How do the frequencies of red and violet light compare?
A)Violet is shorter.
B)Violet is higher.
C)They are identical.
D)They cancel each other out.
26
When two dyes are mixed together, they make a black dye. These pigments are __________.
A)black and white
B)primary
C)complementary
D)secondary
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