ELEX: ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM

1. Matter can be found in which of the following forms?

A. Solid
B. Gas
C. Liquid
D. All of these

2. A substance that CANNOT be reduced to a simpler substance by chemical means is called a/an
A. Element
B. Compound
C. Mixture
D. Solution

3. How many times greater is the mass of the proton over the mass of electron?
A. 1836
B. 0.9986
C. 1838
D. 1.0014

4. The atomic number of an element is determined by:

A. The number of electrons
B. The number of protons
C. The number of neutrons
D. Both A and B

5. Suppose there is an atom of oxygen, containing eight protons and eight neutrons in the nucleus, and two neutrons
are added to the nucleus. The resulting atomic weight is about:
A. 12
B. 10
C. 16
D. 18

6. Which of the following shells contain 18 electrons?

A. L
B. N
C. M
D. K

7. This refers to the process by which an atom loses or gains electrons

A. doping
B. ionization
C. recombination
D. rectification

8. If an electron is removed from its valence shell due to the application of ionization energy, then it becomes
A. Valence electron
B. Super electron
C. Photon
D. Free electron/Conduction Electron
9. Electrons at the conduction band is called
A. Free electrons
B. Valence electrons
C. Deep state electrons
D. Shallow electrons

10. The energy gap of an insulator is in the order of

A. Zero electron volt
B. One electron volt
C. Five electron volts
D. One tenth electron volt

11. In materials, what do you call the region that separates the valence and conduction bands
A. Energy gap
B. Forbidden band
C. Insulation band
D. Energy gap or forbidden band

12. A good material conductor should have valence electron

A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. many

13. Charge body at rest is said to exhibit electric field, which interacts with other bodies. The study of this
phenomena is known as
A. electricity
B. electrostatics
C. electromagnetism
D. field interactions

14. Determine the force in Newton between two 4 uC charges by 0.1 meter in air.
A. 1.44 N
C. 14.4 N
B. 144 N
D. 1440 N

15. Electrostatic lines of force are drawn in which 1 of the following manners?
A. Entering negative charge, entering positive charge
B. Entering negative charge, leaving positive charge
C. Leaving negative charge, leaving positive charge
D. Leaving negative charge, entering positive charge

16. Find the electric field intensity 10 cm form a charge Q= 5 nC

A. 450 N/C
B. 900 N/C
C. 4.5 kN/C
D. 900 kN/C
17. The measure of electric field strength per unit length is known as electric field intensity or simply electric
intensity. What is its unit?
A. Volt/meter (V/m)
B. Joules/Coulomb-meter (J/Cm)
C. Newton/Coulomb (N/C)
D. All of the above

18. How does permittivity affect electric field intensity?

A. It causes the field intensity to increase.
B. It causes the field intensity to decrease.
C. It causes the field intensity to fluctuate up and down.
D. It has no effect on field intensity

19. Which of following actions describes the easiest way to accumulate a static electric charge?
A. Friction between two conductors
B. Friction between two insulators
C. Pressure between two conductors
D. Pressure between two insulators

20. A type of contact electrification in which certain materials become electrically charged after they come into
contact with another different material through friction.
A. resinous electrical effect
B. Meissner effect
C. triboelectric effect
D. Boella effect

21. What is the static charge that can be stored by your body as you walk across a carpet?
A. 300 volts
B. 30,000 volts
C. 3,000 volts
D. Over 30,000 volts

22. This refers to the rate at which free electrons flow

A. current
B. voltage
C. electric field
D. potential

23. A wire carries 6.2414 x 10^18 electrons per second. The current in amperes is:
A. 1A
B. 0.5 A
C. 2 A
D. 0.25 A

24. This refers to the difference in potential between two points that represents the work involved or the energy
released in the transfer of a unit quantity of electricity from one point to the other
A. Electric potential
B. Potential difference
C. Electromotive force
D. Voltage
25. A 2 nC point charge will produce what potential at 2 m away?
A. 4 volts
C. 6 volts
B. 7.5 volts
D. 9 volts

26. When a 12.0 V car battery runs a single 30.0 W headlight, how many electrons pass through it each second?
A. 1.56x1019 electrons
B. 1.65x1019 electrons
C. 1.56x1018 electrons
D. 1.65x1018 electrons

27. A material has a resistivity of 50 ohm-cm and a cross sectional area of 10 sq. mm. Determine the resistance of 8
meters of this material.
A. 400 kohms
B. 40 Mohms
C. 40 kohms
D. 40 ohms

28. A material having a temperature coefficient of 1.8x10-4/°C at room temperature is heated up to 50°C. If its
resistance at room temperature is 14 ohms, find its new resistance
A. 14.4 ohms
B. 14.8 ohms
C. 14.1 ohms
D. 15.2 ohms

29. A resistor has a value of 200 ohms at temperature of 20°C. The resistor is heated up to 90°C. Determine the new
resistance given that the temperature coefficient at 20°C is 0.004.
A. 241 ohms
B. 256 ohms
C. 122 ohms
D. 264 ohms

30. Is one factor that does not affect resistance.

A. Cross sectional area
B. Mass
C. Resistivity
D. Length

31. Which of the following statements is FALSE?

A. The resistivity of a good conductor is about 10^7- 10^8 Ω -m
B. The resistance of a semiconductor decreases with an increase in temperature.
C. The resistance of an insulator remains approximately constant with an increase in temperature
D. The resistivity of a conductor increases as the temperature increases

32. The resistance of a conductor changes with:

A. voltage
B. temperature
C. current
D. humidity
33. The greater the diameter of a wire, the _______ is the resistance.
A. greater
B. harder
C. lesser
D. bigger

34. Which of the following wires has the least resistance?

A. 9 AWG
B. 14 AWG
C. 22 AWG
D. 30 AWG

35.Which of the following is Ohm's Law?

A. V= IR
B. R = V/I
C. I = V/R
D. All of these are correct.

36. Which of the following is the best conductor of electricity?

A. Silver
B. Gold
C. Copper
D. Aluminum

37. Capacitance is defined as the property of a circuit that

A. opposes a change in voltage
B. aids a change in voltage
C. opposes a change in current
D. aids a change in current

38. Which of the following combinations describe(s) a simple capacitor?

A. Two copper plates separated by an iron plate
B. Two copper plates separated by a sheet of mica
C. Two iron plates separated by an air gap
D. Both B and C above

39. How much voltage is required to charge a 1.4 uF capacitor to 5.6 uC?
A. 4 V
B. 2 V
C. 1 V
D. 0.5 V

40. What determines the capacitance of a capacitor?

A. The material between the plates, the area of one side of one plate, the number of plates and the spacing between
the plates.
B. The material between the plates, the number of plates and the size of the wires connected to the plate.
C. The number of plates, the spacing between the plates and whether the dielectric material is N type or P type.
D. The material between the plates, the area of one plate, the I number of plates and the material used for the
protective coating.
41. A capacitor is composed of two plates. Each plate has an area of 7 square inches. The plates are separated by a 2-
inch thick paraffin paper (k = 3.5) dielectric. What is its capacitance?
A. 2.76 µF
B. 2.76 pF
C. 5.51 µF
D. 5.51 pF

42. Which of the following characterizes inductance?

A. Tends to oppose dc
B. Tends to oppose changes in voltage
C. Tends to oppose changes in current
D. Opposes all frequencies equally

43. Which type of component is generally not practical for fabrication in an IC?
A. inductors
B. resistors
C. diodes
D. capacitors

44. Determine the inductance of an inductor with cross —sectional area of 100 mm2 with a material of relative
permeability of 10 and a length of 1 m. Assume that the, coil is wound 10 times.
A. 12.6 uH
B. 0.126 uH
C. 1.26 uH
D. 126 uH

45. One 10-H coil and one 20-H coil are connected in series and are physically close enough to each other so that
their coefficient of coupling is 0.5. What is the mutual inductance between the coils?
A. 2.00 H
B. 9.82 H
C. 2.21 H
D. 7.07 H

46. Suppose two inductors, having values of 44.0 mH and 88.0 mH, are connected in series with a coefficient of
coupling equal to 1.0 (the maximum possible mutual inductance). Determine the total inductance if they aid each
other.
A. 7.55 mH
B. 256 mH
C. 2.11 mH
D. 213 mH

47. When the number of turns is increased in a coil from 2 to 4, the total inductance will increase by a factor of
A. eight
B. two
C. six
D. four

48. Determine the magnetic flux density of a material in gauss if its cross-sectional area is 4 cm^2 and 14 mWb of net
flux crosses it.
A. 350,000 gauss
B. 35,000 gauss
C. 3,500 gauss
D. 350 gauss
49. Three amperes of current flows through a magnetic coil wound 14 turns. Determine the corresponding
magnetomotive force in Gilbert.
A. 25.8 Gilberts
B. 85.2 Gilberts
C. 28.5 Gilberts
D. 52.8 Gilberts

50. If a 50 turn coil has 2 amperes of current flowing through it and a core length of 2 inches, it's magnetizing force
is: A.24.8 gilberts
B. 24.8 gauss
C. 24.8 Oersted
D. 24.8 maxwell

51. The lagging effect between the flux density of the material and the magnetizing force producing it
A. coercivity
B. retentivity
C. hysteresis
D. reluctance

52. This refers to the ability of a material to allow magnetic flux to flow through it.
A. coercivity
B. retentivity
C. permittivity
D. permeability

53. If the flux density for a given mmf is half that of the magnetic field strength, what happens to the absolute
permeability?
A. Halved Reduced
B. Doubled
C. Reduced
D. Remains the same

54. What is the reluctance of a magnetic path having a length of 2 x 10^-3 m and a cross — sectional area of 2.5 x
10^-3 m^2? The relative permeability is 100.
A. 6366 At/Wb
B. 3636 At/Wb
C. 80 At/Wb
D. 36.63 At/Wb

55. A ferromagnetic material

A. concentrates magnetic flux lines within itself.
B. increases the total magnetomotive force around a current-carrying wire.
C. causes an increase in the current in a wire.
D. increases the number of ampere-turns in a wire.

56. These are non-metals that exhibit magnetic properties.

A. ferromagnetic
B. diamagnetic
C. paramagnetic
D. ferromagnetic
57. A conductor carries a current of 70A at right-angles to a magnetic field having a flux density of 1.5 T. If the length
of the conductor in the field is 200mm calculate the force acting on the conductor.
A. 21 N
B. 42 N
C. 14 N
D. 28 N

58. When a current carrying conductor is brought into magnetic field, the force that moves the conductor depends
upon _______.
A. the value of current
B. the direction of the conductor
C. depends upon the north pole
D. the weight of the conductor

59. An electron travels at a speed of 0.6c under the influence of an 8 mT magnetic field. If the force from the charge
is 1.1536^-13 N, solve for the angle between the electron and the magnetic field.
A. 15 deg
B. 20 deg
C. 30 deg
D. 45 deg

60. The direction of an induced e.m.f. is always such that it tends to set up a current opposing the motion or the
change of flux responsible for inducing that e.m.f.
A. Faraday's first law
B. Lenz' law
C. Faraday's second law
D. Wiegand's law

61. A 2-meter conductor, moving at a rate of 14 m/s cuts a magnetic flux density of 5 mT at right angles. Calculate
the voltage induced in the conductor.
A. 0.12 V
B. 0.20 V
C. 0.35 V
D. 0.14 V

62. Let the thumb, first finger and second finger of the left hand be extended such that they are all at right-angles to
each other. If the first finger points in the direction of the magnetic field, the second finger points in the direction of
the current, then the thumb will point in the direction of the motion of the conductor.
A. Fleming's left-hand rule
B. grip left-hand rule
C. screw rule
D. Helix left-hand rule

63. Let the thumb, first finger and second finger of the right hand be extended such that they are all at right angles
to each other. If the first finger points in the direction of the magnetic field and the thumb points in the direction of
motion of the conductor relative to the magnetic field, then the second finger will point in the direction of the
induced e.m.f.
A. Fleming's right-hand rule
B. grip right-hand rule
C. screw rule
D. Helix right-hand rule