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| 1 | A physical medium is necessary for the transmission of all kinds of waves. |
 | A) | True |
| B) | False |
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| 2 | The speed of a wave in a string is a function of the linear density of the string but is really independent of the actual length of the string. |
| A) | True |
| B) | False |
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| 3 | In a longitudinal wave, the wavelength is equal to the distance between adjacent condensations or between adjacent rarefactions. |
| A) | True |
| B) | False |
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| 4 | Increasing the frequency of a wave results in a decrease in its wavelength if other parameters are held constant. |
| A) | True |
| B) | False |
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| 5 | For a standing wave, the distance between adjacent nodes or between adjacent antinodes is equal to the wavelength. |
| A) | True |
| B) | False |
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| 6 | The superposition principle applies only for transverse waves. |
| A) | True |
| B) | False |
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| 7 | The third harmonic is equivalent to the second overtone when characteristic frequencies are described for a vibrating string. |
| A) | True |
| B) | False |
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| 8 | Constructive interference results in a wave of greater energy than the sum of the energies of its component waves. |
| A) | True |
| B) | False |
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| 9 | Standing waves are the result of constructive interference. |
| A) | True |
| B) | False |
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| 10 | If the frequency of a wave is doubled and other parameters remain the same, the energy of the wave per unit of length will be quadrupled. |
| A) | True |
| B) | False |
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| 11 | In a longitudinal wave, the individual particles of the medium move |
| A) | in circles |
| B) | in elipses |
| C) | parallel to wave propagation |
| D) | perpendicular to wave propagation |
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| 12 | For a vibrating string, the third overtone will be the same as the |
| A) | second harmonic |
| B) | third harmonic |
| C) | fourth harmonic |
| D) | fifth harmonic |
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| 13 | Two particles along a wave train are in phase if they have the same |
| A) | displacement |
| B) | speed |
| C) | amplitude |
| D) | energy |
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| 14 | A longitudinal wave traveling at 300 m/s has a wavelength of 2 m. Its frequency is |
| A) | 100 Hz |
| B) | 150 Hz |
| C) | 167 Hz |
| D) | 600 Hz |
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| 15 | If 120 waves strike a wall in 1 min and the distance between adjacent crests is 2 m, the speed of the waves is |
| A) | 2 m/s |
| B) | 4 m/s |
| C) | 8 m/s |
| D) | 30 m/s |
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| 16 | A flexible cable 20 m long weighs 16 N and is stretched between two poles with a force of 450 N. The speed of a transverse wave through this medium is |
| A) | 16 m/s |
| B) | 23.7 m/s |
| C) | 57.3 m/s |
| D) | 74.2 m/s |
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| 17 | If the frequency of the fundamental for a vibrating string is 200 Hz, the second overtone has a frequency of |
| A) | 200 Hz |
| B) | 400 Hz |
| C) | 600 Hz |
| D) | 800 Hz |
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| 18 | A metal string of mass 250 g and length 25 cm is under a tension of 400 N. The fundamental frequency for this string is |
| A) | 40 Hz |
| B) | 400 Hz |
| C) | 126 Hz |
| D) | 800 Hz |
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| 19 | The rate at which energy is propagated down a string is not dependent on the |
| A) | frequency |
| B) | amplitude |
| C) | linear density |
| D) | length of the string |
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| 20 | The ratio of the wavelength to the period is a measure of |
| A) | frequency |
| B) | speed |
| C) | period |
| D) | amplitude |
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| 21 | In a(n) wave, the vibration of the individual particles is perpendicular to the direction of wave propagation. |
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| 22 | The speed of a wave in a vibrating string is equal to the square root of the divided by the . |
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| 23 | The distance between any two particles that are in phase is known as the . |
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| 24 | The energy transmitted per unit length of a string is proportional to the square of the and to the square of the . |
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| 25 | For characteristic frequencies of a vibrating string, the fifth harmonic is the overtone. |
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| 26 | When two or more waves interfere, the resultant at any point in time is the algebraic sum of the of each wave. This is a statement of the principle. |
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| 27 | For a standing wave, the points along a vibrating string that remain at rest are called . The points where the amplitude is a maximum are called . |
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| 28 | The speed of any wave may be found from the product of and . |
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| 29 | For a standing wave, the wavelength of the component waves is the distance between alternate or between alternate . |
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| 30 | The characteristic frequencies consisting of the fundamental and all its overtones are known as the series. |