Description : What is the SI unit of electric current? (1) Amperes (2) Coulombs (3) Joules (4) Watts
Last Answer : (1) Amperes Explanation: The SI unit for measuring an electric current is the am pere, which is the flow of electric charge across a surface at the rate of one coulomb per second.
Description : What power is consumed by a heating element using a current of 20 amperes at 120 volts? A. 20 watts B. 66.67 watts C. 720 watts D. 2400 watts
Last Answer : Answer: D
Description : What is the wattage of a heating element drawing a current of 30 amperes, at 120 volts? A. 30 watts B. 99.97 watts C. 360 watts D. 3600 watts
Description : Electric current is the flow of electrons through a conductor; the rate of this flow is measured in ___________. A. volts B. amperes C. coulombs D. ohms
Last Answer : Answer: B
Description : Electric current is the flow of electrons through a conductor. The rate of this flow is measured as ___________. A. volts/watt B. amperes/centimetre C. coulombs/second D. ohms/volt
Last Answer : Answer: C
Description : A wavelength is commonly measured in which one of the following units? w) radians x) angstroms y) electron volts z) seconds
Last Answer : ANSWER: X -- ANGSTROMS
Description : An object with a mass of 5 kilograms is a distance of 5 meters above the surface of the earth. If the acceleration due to gravity is 10 meters per second squared, the potential energy of the object relative to the ... is: w) 10 joules x) 20 joules y) 100 joules z) 250 joules e) none of the above
Last Answer : ANSWER: Z -- 250 JOULES
Description : The Superconducting Super Collider will produce collisions with an energy of: w) 40 joules x) 40 MeV y) 40 TeV z) 200 TeV
Last Answer : ANSWER: Y -- 40 TeV
Description : A 10 kilogram object falls from a cliff 100 meters high. At the midpoint of its fall its total energy is: w) 2450 Joules x) 4900 Joules y) 10,000 Joules z) 20,000 Joules
Last Answer : ANSWER: Y -- 10,000 JOULES
Description : A car with a mass of 1000 kilogram is moving at a speed of 10 meters per second. The kinetic energy of the car is: w) 100 Joules x) 5000 Joules y) 10,000 Joules z) 50,000 Joules
Last Answer : ANSWER: Z -- 50,000 JOULES
Description : A 10 kilogram ball falls from a height of 5 meters and rebounds from the floor to a height of 3 meters. The energy lost by the ball is: w) 20 joules x) 98 joules y) 196 joules z) 294 joules
Last Answer : ANSWER: Y -- 196 JOULES
Description : As a 10 kilogram mass on the end of a spring passes through its equilibrium position, the kinetic energy of the mass is 20 joules. The speed of the mass is: w) 2.0 meters per second x) 4.0 meters per second y) 5.0 meters per second z) 6.3 meters per second
Last Answer : ANSWER: W -- 2.0 METERS PER SECOND
Description : Ten Coulombs of charge flowing through a wire per second is equal to: w) 100 Amperes x) 10 Ampere y) 1 Amperes z) 0.1 Amperes
Last Answer : ANSWER: X -- 10 AMPERES
Description : A 20 ohm resistor and a 60 ohm resistor are connected in parallel to a voltage source. If the current in the 60 ohm resistor is one ampere, the current in the 20 ohm resistor will be: w) 1/3 ampere x) 2/3 ampere y) 1 ampere z) 3 amperes
Last Answer : ANSWER: Z -- 3 AMPERES
Description : Gauss' law of electricity, Gauss' law of magnetism, Faraday's law of induction, and Amperes' law form the basic equations of electromagnetism. This combination is collectively known as: w) Coulomb's equations x) Volta's equations y) Fermi's equations z) Maxwell's equations
Last Answer : ANSWER: Z -- MAXWELL'S EQUATIONS
Description : Which one of the following laws best describes the operation of an electric generator? w) Ampere's Law x) Gauss' Law y) Ohm's Law for Conductors z) Faraday's Law of Induction
Last Answer : ANSWER: Z -- FARADAY'S LAW OF INDUCTION
Description : What law describes the force between two stationary electrically charged objects? w) Ampere's law x) Coulomb's law y) Kirchoff's Rules (pron: kir-koff rules) z) Ohm's law
Last Answer : ANSWER: X -- COULOMB'S LAW
Description : Induced electric currents can be explained using which of the following laws? w) Gauss's Law x) Faraday's Law y) Ohm's Law z) Ampere's Law
Last Answer : ANSWER: X -- FARADAY'S LAW
Description : The force acting between two point charges can be computed using which of the following laws? w) Ohm's Law x) Ampere's Law y) Coulomb's Law z) Newton's Second Law.
Last Answer : ANSWER: Y -- COULOMB'S LAW
Description : The inductance of a coil is measured in _____________. A. ohms B. volts C. henries D. amperes
Description : A man picks up a 50 kilogram block and carries it up a flight of stairs 10 meters high. He then carries the block back down the stairs and places the block in its original position. What is the NET work done on the block? w) 1,000 joules x) 750 joules y) 500 joules z) 0 joules
Last Answer : ANSWER: Z -- 0 JOULES
Description : A train locomotive whose mass is 1 x 106 kilograms is traveling EAST at a speed of 100 kilometers per hour. A NORTHERLY wind is applying a force of 100 Newtons on the locomotive. How much work is the wind doing ... 10 meters it travels? w) 0 joules x) 1,000 joules y) 10,000 joules z) 100,000 joules
Last Answer : ANSWER: W -- 0 JOULES
Description : A kilocalorie is equal to one of the following. Is it equal to: w) 4.2 Joules x) 1000 Joules y) 4200 Joules z) 10,000 Joules
Last Answer : ANSWER: Y -- 4200 JOULES
Description : A machine having an efficiency of 50% does 500 joules of work. Which of the following is the work input? Is it: w) 500 joules x) 250 joules y) 1000 joules z) 2500 joules
Last Answer : ANSWER: Y -- 1000 JOULES
Description : A machine's output is 4000 joules and its frictional losses are 1000 joules. Which of the following is its efficiency? Is it: w) 25% x) 30% y) 75% z) 80%
Last Answer : ANSWER: Z -- 80%
Description : Units commonly used for entropy are: w) kilograms per degree Kelvin x) Joules per degree Kelvin y) Newtons per Coulomb z) ergs
Last Answer : ANSWER: X -- JOULES PER DEGREE KELVIN
Description : A worker lifts a 10 kilogram block a vertical height of 2 meters. The work he does on the block is: w) 5 Joules x) 20 Joules y) 49 Joules z) 200 Joules
Last Answer : ANSWER: Z -- 200 JOULES
Description : Electric current may be expressed in which one of the following units? w) coulombs/volt x) joules/coulomb y) coulombs/second z) ohms/second
Last Answer : ANSWER: Y -- COULOMBS/SECOND
Description : Which one of the following statement is correct? (A) Radiant energy expressed in Joules, is the energy associated with electromagnetic radiation (B) The rate of transfer of radiant energy is called flux ... ) The radiant energy which falls upon a surface is termed as irradiance (D) All of these
Last Answer : Answer: Option D
Description : In changing from an energy state of -1.51 electron-volts to -3.40 electron-volts, an atom emits a photon whose energy is: w) 1.51 electron-volts x) 1.89 electron-volts y) 3.40 electron-volts z) 4.91 electron-volts
Last Answer : ANSWER: X -- 1.89 ELECTRON-VOLTS
Description : If 10 joules of energy are required to move 5 coulombs of charge between two points, the potential difference between the two points is equal to how many volts?
Last Answer : ANSWER: 2 VOLTS
Description : The potential difference across a 4 ohm resistor is 20 volts. Assuming that all of the energy dissipated by this resistor is in the form of heat, how many joules of heat are radiated in 10 seconds?
Last Answer : ANSWER: 1000 JOULES
Description : Two identical resistors are connected in parallel and consume 200 watts together. A third identical resistor is added in parallel. The total power consumed is: w) 100 watts x) 200 watts y) 300 watts z) 400 watts
Last Answer : ANSWER: Y -- 300 WATTS
Description : It takes 500 watts to operate a machine whose power output is 480 watts. Which of the following is the efficiency of the machine? Is it w) 20% x) 48% y) 96% z) 98%
Last Answer : ANSWER: Y -- 96%
Description : An LED is operated on a 12 volt automobile circuit. The voltage drop across the LED is 2 volts and the current must be limited to 50 milliamps to prevent its overheating and destruction. What size resistor must be used? w) 60 ohms x) 100 ohms y) 120 ohms z) 200 ohms
Last Answer : ANSWER: Z -- 200 OHMS
Description : Electrical power is expressed in _____________. A. ohms B. volts C. amps D. watts
Description : Two 100 watt light bulbs are connected in parallel across a 100 volt power supply. The total power developed in the circuit is _______________. A. 200 watts B. 100 watts C. 50 watts D. equal to the product of the amperes times the voltage in each branch
Last Answer : Answer: A
Description : The constant potential difference across a 2 ohm resistor is 20 volts. How many watts of power are dissipated by this resistor?
Last Answer : ANSWER: 200 WATTS
Description : A transformer has a turns ratio of two to one. If a 100 ohm resistor is connected on the high side, its resistance as measured on the low side would be: w) 25 ohms x) 50 ohms y) 100 ohms z) 400 ohms
Last Answer : ANSWER: W -- 25 OHMS
Description : According to standard convention, the angles of incidence and reflection for a plane surface are measured from: w) the reflecting surface x) lines at 45 degrees to the reflecting surface y) a line at 90 degrees to the reflecting surface z) there is no standard
Last Answer : ANSWER: Y -- A LINE AT 90 DEGREES TO THE REFLECTING SURFACE
Description : The gravitational constant for the universe was measured by which of the following? w) Kepler x) Einstein y) Newton z) Cavendish
Last Answer : ANSWER: Z -- CAVENDISH
Description : Which one of the following is the name of a device used to measure voltage without drawing ANY current from the circuit being measured? Is it: w) a wattmeter x) a galvanometer y) an ammeter z) a potentiometer
Last Answer : ANSWER: Z -- A POTENTIOMETER
Description : The value of G, the universal gravitational constant, was measured experimentally by: w) Newton x) Cavendish y) Copernicus z) Kepler
Last Answer : ANSWER: X -- CAVENDISH
Description : How many volts are necessary to provide a current of 10 amperes to a motor with an in-line resistance of 11 ohms? A. 21 volts B. 110 volts C. 220 volts D. 240 volts
Description : A three-phase alternator operates at 450 volts with a power factor of 0.8. If the ammeter indicates 250 amperes, what should be the KW meter reading? A. 90.00 KW B. 127.27 KW C. 155.70 KW D. 194.85 KW
Description : The distance between a generator and its load is 100 feet. What would be the approximate total voltage drop across a two wire supply cable if the current were 5.5 amperes and the resistance of the wire were 2.525 ohms per 1,000 feet? A. 0.5 volts B. 1.38 volts C. 1.90 volts D. 2.77 volts
Description : Battery capacities are given in _____________. A. volts B. volt-amperes C. volt-hours D. ampere-hours
Description : The ratio of the effective value of the counter EMF in volts, to the effective value of the current in amperes is called _____________. A. impedance factor B. capacitive reactance C. inductive reactance D. root mean square
Description : Power transformers are rated in _____________. A. kilowatts B. ampere-turns C. kilowatt-volts D. kilovolt-amperes
Description : If Eeff is 130 volts and Ieff is 3 amperes, what is the total resistance (RT) in the circuit?
Last Answer : 43.3 ohms.