Answers to Extra Credit homework problem set #1

 

The correct answer is identified by an asterisk

 

1. If a person has an eye with a near point of 10 cm and a far point of 200 cm, then

 

          (a) The person has myopia and needs eye glasses with a positive lens

          *(b) The person has myopia and needs eye glasses with a negative lens

          (c) The person needs bifocals

          (d) The person has hyperopia and needs eye glasses with a positive lens

          (e) The person has hyperopia and needs eye glasses with a negative lens

 

2. If a person has an eye with a near point of 50 cm and a far point of 60 cm, then

 

          (a) The person has myopia and needs eye glasses with a positive lens

          (b) The person has myopia and needs eye glasses with a negative lens

          (c) The person has hyperopia and needs eye glasses with a positive lens

          (d) The person has hyperopia and needs eye glasses with a negative lens

*(e) The person needs bifocals

 

3. If a person has an eye with a near point of 200 cm and a far point of infinity, then

 

          (a) The person has myopia and needs eye glasses with a positive lens

          (b) The person has myopia and needs eye glasses with a negative lens

          (c) The person needs bifocals

          *(d) The person has hyperopia and needs eye glasses with a positive lens

          (e) The person has hyperopia and needs eye glasses with a negative lens

 

4. If a person has an eye that has no accommodation, then

 

(a) The person has myopia and needs eye glasses with a positive lens

          (b) The person has myopia and needs eye glasses with a negative lens

          *(c) The person needs bifocals

          (d) The person has hyperopia and needs eye glasses with a positive lens

          (e) The person has hyperopia and needs eye glasses with a negative lens

 

5. Bifocals are eye glasses with lenses which have two focal lengths: one for viewing objects at a distance and a second for viewing objects up close. When bifocals are worn by a person who has had cataract surgery and has no accommodation,

 

          (a) The strength of the lens for viewing objects at a distance is always negative

          (b) The strength of the lens for viewing objects at a distance is always positive

          *(c) The strength of the lens for viewing objects up close is always greater than the strength for viewing objects at a distance

          (d) The strength of the lens for viewing objects up close is always less than the strength for viewing objects at a distance

          (e) None of these statements is always true

 

6.  An eyeglass lens made from a combination of a positive lens and a cylinder lens would be used for

 

          (a) a person whose eye has no accommodation

          (b) a person whose eye has astigmatism and a normal near point

          (c) a person whose eye has myopia and astigmatism

          *(d) a person whose eye has hyperopia and astigmatism

          (e) a person whose eye has presbyopia

         

 

7.  A positive lens has a focal length of 5 cm. If that lens is used as a simple magnifier, the magnification relative to the eye acting alone is about

 

          *(a) 5

          (b) 10

          (c) 0.5

          (d) 0.2

          (e) 12

 

8. A compound microscope is made using

 

          (a) a long focal length positive lens for both the objective and the eye piece

          *(b) a short focal length positive lens for both the objective and the eye piece

          (c) a long focal length positive lens for the objective and a short focal length positive lens for the eye piece

          (d) a short focal length positive lens for the objective and a long focal length positive lens for the eye piece

          (e) a positive lens for the objective and a negative lens for the eye piece

 

9. A Galilean telescope is made using

 

(a) a long focal length positive lens for both the objective and the eye piece

          (b) a short focal length positive lens for both the objective and the eye piece

          (c) a long focal length positive lens for the objective and a short focal length positive lens for the eye piece

          (d) a short focal length positive lens for the objective and a long focal length positive lens for the eye piece

          *(e) a positive lens for the objective and a negative lens for the eye piece

 

10. An astronomical telescope is made using

 

(a) a long focal length positive lens for both the objective and the eye piece

          (b) a short focal length positive lens for both the objective and the eye piece

          *(c) a long focal length positive lens for the objective and a short focal length positive lens for the eye piece

          (d) a short focal length positive lens for the objective and a long focal length positive lens for the eye piece

          (e) a positive lens for the objective and a negative lens for the eye piece

 

Captain Hook makes a Galilean telescope using two lenses of focal lengths +50 cm and –10 cm.

 

11. The separation between the two lenses should be

 

          (a) 70 cm

          (b) 60 cm

          (c) 50 cm

          *(d) 40 cm

          (e) 30 cm

 

12. The magnitude of the magnification will be

 

          *(a) 5 and the image is erect

          (b) 5 and the image is inverted

          (c) 4 and the image is erect

          (d) 4 and the image is inverted

          (e) 6 and the image is erect