Magnet

1. Electrical energy is transmitted at high alternating voltages.

What is not a valid reason for doing this?

At high voltage, alternating current is safer than direct current.
There is a smaller power loss at higher voltage and lower current.
For a given power, there is a lower current with a higher voltage.
The transmission lines can be thinner with a lower current.
2. How can power loss be reduced in power transmission?
Decrease the frequency of the transmitted current.
Increase the transmitted voltage.
Decrease the load resistance.
Increase the transmission wire's resistance.
3. The diagram below shows how a magnet and a coil may be used to induce an electric
current.

How could the ammeter reading be increased?

Turn the magnet round, then move the coil.
Put a resistor in series with the ammeter.
Use a coil with more turns.
Move the coil more slowly.
4. When the north pole of a magnet is placed near the south pole of another magnet,
________________.
the south pole will be attracted to the north pole.
there will be repulsion between the 2 poles.
there will be attraction between the 2 poles.
the north pole will be attracted to the south pole.
5. A piece of electrical equipment is sensitive to magnetic fields and is screened from them.
To do this, it is enclosed in a box.

Which material should be used to make the box?

Copper
Steel
Iron
Plastic
6. Which of the following has no effect on the size of turning effect on the coil of an electric
motor?
The size of the current in the coil
The direction of the current in the coil
The strength of the magnetic field
The number of turns in the coil
7. An alternating current is passed through a wire stretched between the poles of a magnet.

Which way will the wire move?

left and right
up only
up and down
right only
8. A small boy turns the handle of a small A.C. generator four times per second. The
generator produces a maximum output voltage of 0.5 V.

Which of the following graphs best describe the situation above?

 B
A
D
C
9. What is the part of a simple D.C. motor that reverses the direction of current through the
coil every half-cycle?
Brushes
Armature
Commutator
Slip rings
10. A wire hangs between the poles of a magnet.

When there is a current in the wire, in which direction does the wire move?

A
B
D
C

electricity

1. A resistor and a resistor are connected in series across a 12 V D.C. supply.

What is the current in the circuit?

 12 A
4.0 A
6.0 A
0.25 A
2. A combined bathroom unit of a heater and a lamp is controlled by one switch. The unit
contains a 2 kW heater and a 100 W lamp. In one week, the lamp uses 1 kWh of electrical
energy.

How much electrical energy is used by the heater alone?

2 kWh
20 kWh
10 kWh
4 kWh
3. A metal sphere is given a positive charge. Where do all the charges reside?
At the centre of the sphere.
Outside of the sphere.
At the surface of the sphere.
Evenly spread out within the sphere.
4. A voltmeter with finite resistance is used to measure the potential difference across a
resistor in a circuit. The measured reading of the voltmeter is _________.
Smaller than the actual potential difference.
Not possible to tell without further information.
Equal to the actual potential difference.
Greater than the actual potential difference.
5. An electrostatically charged object will pick up small pieces of paper. Which of the
following will not pick up pieces of paper?
a plastic comb pulled through dry hair
a rubber balloon rubbed on a nylon shirt
an earthed metal rod rubbed with a duster
a polythene rod rubbed with a wollen cloth
6. Why can birds stand on an overhead transmission line without suffering any harm?
Their feet are very good insulators.
There is no potential difference between their feet.
Their bodies have very high resistance.
The spaces between their feathers act as insulators.

7.
The diagram above shows an electrical circuit. Which of the following statements is true
about the point (with all arrows) in the diagram above.
Electrons are flowing in direction 2.
Current is flowing in direction 4.
Electrons are flowing in direction 4.
Electrons are flowing in either direction 1 or direction 3.
8. The terminals of a battery are joined by a length of resistance wire. Which change, on its
own, will increase the current through the battery?
connecting an identical wire in series with the first one
using a thinner wire of the same material and the same length
using a shorter wire of the same material and the same thickness
covering the wire with plastic insulation
9. A house-owner replaced a failed fuse for the lights of the house. When the lights were
switched on, the new fuse also failed. The house-owner then used another fuse with a higher
rating than the previous two.

Why was this not a sensible thing to do?

Using a fuse with too high a rating would cause electric shocks.
The fuse has already melted because the rating was too high.
Fuses allow the circuit to work only if the rating is exactly right.
A fuse with a higher rating might allow the circuit to work, but the fault would not be
corrected.
10. Diagram 1 shows a resistor with resistance R connected to a battery, an ammeter and a
voltmeter.

The ammeter reading is and the voltmeter reading is .

A 3 identical resistors are now connected with the first resistor, as shown in diagram 2.

What are the ammeter (A) and voltmeter (V) readings in the circuit shown in diagram 2?
(Hint: Current only flows when there is a potential difference.)
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A=0;
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