True or false: electrostatics

Exercise and reference answers

Questions

1. Statement is true

   Yes

   Statement

   Potential at a point is the work done bringing unit charge from infinity.

2. Statement is true

   Yes

   Statement

   No work is done moving a charge along an equipotential surface.

3. Statement is true

   No

   Statement

   Electrostatic potential is a vector quantity.

4. Statement is true

   Yes

   Statement

   A charge in a field has electrostatic potential energy.

Instructions

Decide whether each statement is true or false.

Explanation