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Optics Assessment

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 4mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which wave has the highest frequency?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

2.

What happens if you increase the frequency?

a)

The amplitude will increase

b)

The amplitude will decrease

c)

The wavelength will get longer

d)

The wavelength will get shorter

3.

Two wavefronts cross each other.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

4.

Which EM wave has the longest wavelength?

a)

light

b)

radio

c)

ultraviolet

d)

red

5.

What is the phase difference between two points on a wavefront?

a)

π

b)

c)

0

d)

none of these

6.

Ordinary white light includes all visible wavelength

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

7.

When light is transmitted from one material to another, the ______________ of the light is

unchanged, but the ______________ and wave _____________ can change.

a)

speed, frequency and wavelength

b)

wavelength and speed

c)

frequency only

d)

frequency, wavelength and speed

8.

The speed of a wave is _____________________ to the index of refraction.

a)

Directly proportional

b)

Not affected

c)

Inversely Proportional

d)

equal

9.

(a)   intereference is a type of interference that occurs at any location along the medium where the

two interfering waves have a displacement in the same direction.

10.

When the light from slit 1 and that from slit 2 both arrive at a point on the screen such that constructive interference occurs at that location, a __________ appears.

a)

bright fringe

b)

dark fringe

11.

As the wavefront coming out from slits, they can form constructive interference as long as they are 1 or 2 whole wavelengths increment or in phase from each other.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

The center fringe created by a light wave coming from a slit, is called :

a)

0th fringe

b)

1st fringe

c)

separation distance

13.

The "path difference" is the difference in the lenth of rays of which the wave travels. It is  δ = r2  r1\delta\ =\ r_2\ -\ r_1  or 

a)

 mλm\lambda  

b)

 d sin θd\ \sin\ \theta  

c)

both a and b

d)

none of these

14.

A light source emits visible light of two wavelengths: λ = 430 nm and λ’ = 510 nm. The source

is used in a double slit interference experiment in which L = 1.50 m and d= 0.025 mm. Find

the separation distance in cm between the third-order bright fringes.

(a)  

15.

These are the types of polarization of lightwave except:

a)

circular

b)

elliptical

c)

linear

d)

helical

16.

Diffraction is observed of light waves but only when the waves encounter obstacles with extremely small wavelengths

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE