Physics 1230 – Light and Color

Final Exam  – 19 December 2001

 

There were 4 different versions of the exam. The versions had the same questions and answers, but the order of the answers was different in each version. The correct answer to each question is identified by an asterisk in the following text.

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1 & 2:  Bifocals are eye glasses whose lenses have two different focal lengths, one for distance vision at the top of the frame and one for reading and other close up work at the bottom.

 

1. A person who wears bifocals probably has eyes that suffer from

 

            () myopia

            () hyperopia

            () astigmatism

            *() presbyopia

            () too many cones near the top and  bottom of the eye

 

2.  A person who wears bifocals

 

            () always has astigmatism

            () never has astigmatism

            *() sometimes has astigmatism

            () always has myopia

            () never has myopia


3.  If a person wears glasses with positive lenses, then, that person’s eye alone

 

() will have a near point of less than 25 cm

*() will have a near point of greater than 25 cm

() will have a near point equal to 25 cm and a far point of 2 m

() will have a near point equal to 25 cm and a far point of 25 m

() will have a near point equal to 25 cm and a far point of infinity

 

4.  If a person wears glasses with negative lenses, then that person’s eye alone

 

            *() will have a near point of less than 25 cm

            () will have a near point of greater than 25 cm

            () will have a near point equal to 25 cm and a far point of 2 m

            () will have a near point equal to 25 cm and a far point of 25 m

            () will have a near point equal to 25 cm and a far point of infinity

 

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

 

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

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

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

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

            *() that person has presbyopia and needs bifocals

 

6. An eyeglass made using only a cylinder lens would be used for

 

            () a person whose eye has no accommodation

            () a person whose eye has astigmatism and myopia

            *() a person whose eye has astigmatism only

            () a person whose eye has astigmatism and hyperopia

            () a person whose eye has presbyopia

 

7.  A positive lens has a focal length of 6 cm. If that lens is used as a simple magnifier, the magnification relative to the eye acting alone is about

 

            () 43 and the image is erect

            *() 4.3 and the image is erect

            () 8.2 and the image is inverted

            () 52 and the image is inverted

            () 4.3 and the image is inverted


8. A compound microscope is made using

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

For 9 & 10: A Galilean telescope has two lenses of focal lengths +60 cm and –15 cm.

 

   9. The separation between the two lenses should be:

 

            () 75 cm

            () 60 cm

            () 50 cm

            *() 45 cm

            () 30 cm

 

  10. The magnification will be

 

            () 5 and the image is erect

            () 5 and the image is inverted

            *() 4 and the image is erect

            () 4 and the image is inverted

            () 45 and the image is erect


For 11 & 12: An astronomical telescope has two lenses of focal lengths 60 cm and 15 cm

 

11. The separation between the two lenses should be:

 

            *() 75 cm

            () 60 cm

            () 50 cm

            () 45 cm

            () 30 cm

 

12. The magnification will be

 

            () 5 and the image is erect

            () 5 and the image is inverted

            () 4 and the image is erect

            *() 4 and the image is inverted

            () 45 and the image is inverted

 

13. The tri-stimulus values are

 

            () the amounts of red, green and blue needed to match any color

            () the amounts of cyan, magenta and yellow needed to match any color

            () the responses of the 3 types of cones in the eye to any color

            () the values of hue, saturation and intensity needed to match any color

            *() the amounts of 3 specific imaginary colors needed to match any color

 

14. Using the tri-stimulus values, we can

 

            *() match any color

            () match any color that is not too saturated

            () match colors that are completely saturated

            () match any color except purple hues

            () match any color except for the primaries red, green and blue

 

15. Combinations of only red and blue

 

            () produce colors that are complementary to yellow

            () produce colors that are complementary to orange

            *() produce colors that are complementary to green

            () produce colors that are complementary to magenta

            () produce colors that are complementary to cyan


16. The saturation of a color specifies

 

            () its wavelength

            () its brightness as perceived by the eye

            () the amount of black ink needed to print the color

            () the maximum value of the plot of its intensity as a function of wavelength

*() the width of the plot of its intensity as a function of wavelength

 

17. The 3 subtractive primaries are

 

            () red, blue and green

            () black, white and blue

            () red, white and blue

            *() cyan, magenta and yellow

            () cyan, blue and green

 

18. The hue of a combination of two monochromatic lights with wavelengths of 590 nm and 550 nm is

 

            () red

            *() yellow

() orange

            () green

            () blue

 

19.  How much green would you use to make a light that matches light of 580 nm?

 

            () 5.5%

            *() 55%

            () 45%

            () 4.5%

            () 35%

 

20.  What is the approximate complementary color of 580 nm light?

 

            *() 478 nm

            () 488 nm

            () 498 nm

            () 508 nm

            () 518 nm


21. The color that is complementary to cyan is

 

            *() red

            () orange

            () yellow

            () green

            () blue

 

22.  The color that is complementary to green is

 

            () red

            () yellow

            () blue

            () orange

*() magenta

 

23.  To print text that is to appear red when viewed in white light, you would use

 

            () an ink that absorbs only magenta

            () an ink that absorbs only yellow

            () an ink that absorbs only green

            () an ink that absorbs only blue

*() an ink that absorbs only cyan

 

24.  A filter that passes only monochromatic red light at 650 nm is placed on top of a filter that passes only monochromatic green light at 530 nm. When 460 nm blue light strikes one side of the pair of filters, the light that comes out of the other side (after passing through both filters) is

 

            () red

            () green

            () blue

            () yellow

            *() black – no light comes out the other side

 

25. The dyes used in developing and printing subtractive color film are

 

            () red, blue and green

            () red, blue and yellow

*() cyan, yellow and magenta

            () 3 different silver halides

            () silver halide, metallic silver and silver chloride


26. If subtractive color film is used to photograph a bright blue sky, the color of the negative will be

           

            () dark magenta

            () light magenta

            () light green

*() dark orange

            () light orange

 

27. A coupler is used in color photography to

 

            *() interact with the developer to produce a dye wherever there is free silver

            () interact with the developer to produce a dye wherever there is no free silver

            () produce a positive image directly without the need for printing the negative

            () maintain the balance between the red, blue and green developers

            () permit photographing saturated colors

 

28.  If black and white film remains in the developer for too long, the image is spoiled because

 

() all of the silver halide is converted to metallic silver and the negative turns completely white

 

*() all of the silver halide is converted to metallic silver and the negative turns completely black.

 

() the negative turns completely clear because all of the silver halide is dissolved in the developer and nothing remains on the film base

 

() the negative turns completely dark because it becomes coated with a layer of dried developer that is opaque

 

            () the developed image is too dark but is otherwise okay


29.  The emulsion in black and white reversal film

 

() uses couplers to reverse the image after development

 

() uses couplers to reverse the image before development

 

*() is the same as film that produces negatives but the two are developed differently

 

() is not the same as film that produces negatives but the two are developed the same way

 

() is mounted behind the substrate and is exposed from the back side

 

30. If you see two monochromatic lights which have exactly the same output powers and whose wavelengths are 600 nm and 620 nm, then

 

            () the intensities look the same, but the 620 nm light looks greener

            () the intensities look the same, but the 620 nm light looks redder

            () the 600 nm light looks brighter and the colors looks the same

            *() the 600 nm light looks brighter and greener

() the 620 nm light looks brighter and redder

 

31. In order to describe colors, the brain uses the psychological primary colors, which are

 

            () red, blue and green

            *() red, blue, green and yellow

            () cyan, magenta, yellow and black

            () red, blue, green and white

            () red, yellow and blue

 

32. Light of 350 nm blue is combined with light of 750 nm red. The combination appears

 

            *() black

            () red

            () blue

            () magenta

            () white

 

33.  A monochromatic light beam

 

            () is very bright

            () is very dim

            () appears white

*() is completely saturated

            () is completely unsaturated