A2L Items Library
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A2L Item 241
Identify the circuit whose battery does more work charging a capacitor. (Goal: Reason regarding circuits)
A2L Item 242
Identify the circuit whose battery does more work establishing a current through an inductor. (Goal: Reason regarding circuits)
A2L Item 243
Identify the correct values of the Amperian loop integrals. (Goal: Hone the concept of line integral)
A2L Item 244
A loop of wire moves near a long current-carrying wire. When is the current in the loop clockwise? (Goal: Hone skill at using Lenz's Law)
A2L Item 245
Identify the electrical quantities that change when a metallic cylinder is placed in an isolated capacitor. (Goal: Reason and link electrical quantities.)
A2L Item 246
Identify the electrical quantities that change when a conducting cylinder is removed from between the plates of a capacitor. (Goal: reason and link electrical quantities)
A2L Item 247
Identify the correct expression for the energy stored in a capacitor. (Goal: Link energy with electrical quantities)
A2L Item 248
Identify the correct expression for the energy stored in an inductor. (Goal: Link energy with electrical quantities)
A2L Item 249
Identify the correct amount of energy dissipated while charging a capacitor. (Goal: Reason regarding RC circuits.)
A2L Item 250
Identify the total energy dissipated in a resistor as an L-R circuit reaches maximum current. (Goal: Reason regarding RL circuits.)
A2L Item 251
Identify the circuit that is equivalent to the initial behavior of an RC circuit. (Goal: Reason regarding capacitors)
A2L Item 252
Identify the circuit that is equivalent to the long term behavior of an RC circuit. (Goal: Reason regarding capacitors)
A2L Item 253
Identify the circuit that is equivalent to the initial behavior of an RL circuit. (Goal: Reason regarding inductors)
A2L Item 254
Identify the circuit that is equivalent to the behavior of an RL circuit after a long time. (Goal: Reasoning regarding inductors)
A2L Item 255
Indicate the direction of the electric field at the origin due to 4 charges. (Goal: Hone the vector nature of the electric field)
A2L Item 256
Indicate the direction of the electric field at the origin due to 4 charges. (Goal: Hone the vector nature of the electric field)
A2L Item 257
Indicate the direction of the electric field at the origin due to 4 charges. (Goal: Hone the vector nature of the electric field)
A2L Item 258
Identify which of two travelers take the least time to travel the same distance. (Goal: Hone the concept of average velocity)
A2L Item 259
Identify the location of an object at a specific time given a plot of velocity versus time. (Goal: Interrelate representations of kinematical quantities)
A2L Item 260
Identify the displacement of an object at a specific time given a plot of velocity versus time. (Goal: Interrelate representations of kinematical quantities)
A2L Item 261
Identify the spring having the largest spring constant. (Goal: Recognize a lack of information)
A2L Item 262
Identify the possible consequences of a collision. (Goal: Hone the concept of a collision)
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