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1The angle that a reflected light ray makes with the surface normal
A)is smaller
B)the same size
C)greater than the angle that the incident ray makes with the normal



2The speed of light in glass is
A)smaller than
B)the same as
C)greater than the speed of light in a vacuum



3The index of refraction is calculated as
A)the ratio of the speed of light in the material to that in a vacuum
B)the ratio of the speed of light in a vacuum to that in the material
C)the product of the speed of light in a vacuum to that in the material
D)the square root of the speed of light in the material



4An image for which the light rays actually intersect at the location of the image is a(n) image



5An image for which the light rays do not intersect at the location of the image is a(n) image.



6The variation of the index of refraction of a material with wavelength is called
A)reflection
B)refraction
C)inversion
D)dispersion



7The intersection point for the light rays entering a lens in a path parallel to the axis is called the
A)aperture
B)surface normal
C)focal point
D)vertex



8The magnification, m, is defined in terms of the image distance, i, and the object distance, o, as
A)m = i/o
B)m = o/i
C)m = -i/o
D)m = -o/i



9The focal length of a concave mirror is
A)positive
B)a negative
C)zero
D)infinity



10The focal length of a converging lens is
A)positive
B)negative
C)zero
D)infinity







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