Select true or false for the following statements about conductors in electrostatic equilibrium. 1. the electric field inside the conducting material is always zero. a) true b) false 2. just outside the surface of a conductor, the electric field is always zero. a) true b) false 3. charges prefer to be uniformly distributed throughout the volume of a conductor. a) true b) false 4. all points of a conductor are at the same potential. a) true b) false