The Ultimate Interference and Superposition Quiz

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    A police car turns on its siren as it is driving away from you. What happens to the sound pitch?

    • The pitch will sound lower.
    • You will be unable to hear the pitch.
    • The pitch will sound higher.
    • There is insufficient information to tell.
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  • 2. 

    Two waves, one with an amplitude of 1.2m and the other of 0.78m are superimposed with destructive interference. What is the resultant amplitude?

    • 0m

    • 0.42m

    • 0.65m

    • 1.98m

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  • 3. 

    Two waves, each with an amplitude of 0.5m are superimposed with constructive interference such that they are in phase. What is the resultant amplitude?

    • 0.25m

    • 0.50m

    • 1m

    • 1.25m

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  • 4. 

    If waves overlap and are in phase, how will that affect the resultant wave?

    • Increase the amplitude

    • Decrease the amplitude

    • Increase the frequency

    • Decrease the frequency

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  • 5. 

    Two identical waves are superimposed with destructive interference. What will happen to the resulting wave?

    • It will be still. There will be no wave.

    • The two waves will pass through each other without problem.

    • It will be half as large as each original wave.

    • It will be twice as large as each original wave.

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  • 6. 

    A piano tuner hears one beat every 2.0s when trying to adjust two strings, one of which is sounding 350Hz.  How far off in frequency is the other string?

    • 0.5Hz

    • 1Hz

    • 2Hz

    • 4Hz

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  • 7. 

    If waves overlap and are out of phase, how will that affect the resultant wave?

    • Decrease the frequency

    • Increase the amplitude

    • Decrease the amplitude

    • Increase the frequency

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  • 8. 

    The siren of an ambulance at rest emits a frequency of about 1600Hz.  What frequency will you hear if you are at rest and the ambulance moves 30m/s away from you?

    • 150Hz

    • 1320Hz

    • 1470Hz

    • 1600Hz

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  • 9. 

    Resonance in a system, such as a string fixed on both ends, occurs when

    • It is oscillating in simple harmonic motion.

    • Its frequency is smaller than the frequency of an external source.

    • Its frequency is greater than the frequency of an external source.

    • Its frequency is the same as the frequency of an external source.

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  • 10. 

    Two pure tones are sounded together, and a particular beat frequency is heard.  What happens to the beat frequency if the frequency of one of the tones is increased?

    • It increases.

    • It decreases.

    • It could either increase or decrease.

    • It does not change.

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