Name: ________________________ Class: ___________________ Date: __________

Exam 5--PHYS 102--S14

Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.

1. Select the correct ray diagram for the object in 2. Select the correct ray diagram for the object in
front of the mirror as shown here: front of the lens as shown here:

a.
a.

b.

b.

c.

c.
d.
3. A negative magnification indicates that the image
is:
a. inverted
b. smaller than the object
d. c. real
d. upright
e. virtual

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4. A convex lens produces an image twice the size of
the object. The object is placed:
a. two focal lengths in front of the lens
b. half a focal length in front of the lens
c. half a focal length behind the lens
d. one focal length in front of the lens
5. A concave mirror makes a 3 cm image of a 6 cm
object when the object is placed 10 cm from the
mirror. What is the focal length of the mirror?
6. Optometrists describe the power of a lens as the
inverse of the focal length, where focal length is in
meters and power is in diopters.
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Power 
f
The magnification of a 3 cm high object placed 5
cm from a certain lens is -1 (ie M=-1). What is the
power of the lens?

a. 250 diopters
a. 3.3 cm b. 20 diopters
b. 10 cm c. 40 diopters
c. -3.3 cm d. 200 diopters
d. -10 cm 7. Which of the following can make a real, inverted
image?
a. convex lens
b. plane mirror
c. concave lens
d. convex mirror

8. For the following arrangement of lenses, l=32 cm, f1=6 cm, f2=8 cm, and x=24 cm. What is the magnification of
the final image?

2
1 1
a. 6
c.
3
1
b. d. 2

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9. A spherical mirror can have: 13. The easiest way to correct for spherical aberrations
a. chromatic aberrations in a lens is to:
b. spherical aberrations a. add a color filter before the lens
c. both of these b. use an aperture
d. neither of these c. disperse the light
10. Real images are usually formed: d. use a concave lens
a. behind a concave mirror 14. At an intersection of hospital hallways, a convex
b. in front of a convex lens mirror is mounted high on a wall to help people
c. on the human retina avoid collisions. The mirror has a radius of
d. behind a concave lens curvature of 4 m. What is the magnification of a
e. all of these patient 2 meters from the mirror?
11. A mirror produces an upright image of an object.
The object is 4 cm high; the image is 2 cm high. If
the mirror has a focal length of 20 cm, where is the
object located?

a. 1
b. 2
c. 0.5
a. 20 cm d. there is no image
b. 5 cm 15. The human eye has a lens that can change its focal
c. 1 cm length. When is the focal length of the eye’s lens
d. 10 cm the largest?
12. Ansel places an object 30 cm from a thin convex a. when the object is far away
lens along the axis. If a real image forms at a b. when the object is near
distance of 10 cm from the lens, what is the focal c. when the eye is out of focus
length of the lens? d. none of these
16. Concave lenses and convex mirrors are what class
of optical devices?
a. converging
b. diverging
c. neither of these
d. both of these
17. What type of lens is this?

a. plano-convex
a. 10 cm b. convex
b. 15 cm c. plano-concave
c. 30 cm d. concave
d. 7.5 cm

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18. Mirages are a result of ____.

a. refraction
b. reflection
c. diffraction
d. dispersion
19. Because of atmospheric refraction, the sun ______
at sunset even though it is _____ the horizon.
a. appears, below
b. disappears, below
c. appears, above
d. disappears, above
20. For a single-lens system, virtual images are alway
on the ______ the object.
a. opposite side of
b. same side as
21. A convex lens is a magnifying glass. What type of
image is formed when you use this type of lens as a
magnifying glass?
a. virtual
b. real
22. I stand 1 m in front of a flat mirror. What is the
distance between me and my image?
a. 2 m
b. 4 m
c. 0.5 m
d. 1 m
23. A flat mirror may form a virtual image:
a. either in front of the mirror or behind the
mirror
b. in front of the mirror only
c. A plane mirror cannot form a virtual image.
d. behind the mirror only

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Exam 5--PHYS 102--S14

Answer Section

MULTIPLE CHOICE

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