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Resolving power

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6 questions
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  • Q1
    What is the name for the physical phenomenon that causes the image formed by a lens or mirror to be spread out?
    Diffraction
    Spherical abberation
    Chromatic abberation
    Refraction
    30s
  • Q2
    How would the pattern of the image of a distant point object change if a wider lens of the same focal length had been used?
    Brighter image
    Narrower diffraction pattern
    Wider diffraction pattern
    Darker image
    30s
  • Q3
    What conditions are needed for two objects to just be resolved?
    Centre of diffraction pattern of one image coincides with the first minimum of the other
    Centre of diffraction pattern of one image coincides with the first maximum of the other
    Centre of diffraction pattern of one image coincides with the second maximum of the other
    Centre of diffraction pattern of one image coincides with the second minimum of the other
    30s
  • Q4
    30s
  • Q5
    60s
  • Q6
    60s

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