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4. Like kinds of magnetic poles repel while unlike kinds of magnetic poles
a. attract. b. repel also. c. may attract or repel.
5. Several paper clips dangle from the north pole of a magnet. The induced pole in the bottom of
the lowermost paper clip is a
a. north pole.
b. south pole.
c. north or south pole-no difference really.
11 . The force on an electron moving in a magnetic field will be the largest when its direction is
a. the same as the magnetic field direction.
b. exactly opposite to the magnetic field direction.
c. perpendicular to the magnetic field direction.
d. at an angle other than 90° to the magnetic field direction.
e. none of these
12. The intensity of cosmic rays bombarding the earth's surface is largest at the
a. poles.
b. mid-latitudes.
c. equator.
b
13. The magnetic north pole of the earth is nearest
a. the Hudson Bay region of Canada. b. Australia. c. both of these
16. Magnet A has twice the magnetic field strength of magnet B, and at a certain distance pulls
on
magnet B with a force of 100 N. The amount of force that magnet A exerts on magnet B is
a. at or about 50 N.
b. exactly 100 N.
c. More information is needed.
17. Compared to the huge force that attracts an iron tack to a strong magnet, the force that the
tack
exerts on the magnet is
a. relatively small. b. equally huge. c. More information is needed.
18. If a compass is moved from the northern hemisphere to the southern hemisphere, its
magnetic
needle will change direction
a. by 180°.
b. depending on where the measurement is taken.
c. by 90°.
d. hardly at all.
e. none of these
19. A likely cause for the existence of the earth's magnetic field is
a. moving charges in the liquid part of the earth's core.
b. great numbers of very slow moving charges in the earth.
c. convection currents in the liquid part of the earth's core.
d. all of these
e. none of these
21 . Which force field can accelerate an electron, but never change its speed?
a. electric field.
b. magnetic field.
c. both of these
d. none of these
23. When there is a change in the magnetic field in a closed loop of wire,
a. a voltage is induced in the wire.
b. current is made to flow in the loop of wire.
c. electromagnetic induction occurs.
d. all of these
e. none of these
25. When a magnet is thrust into a coil of wire, the coil tends to
a. attract the magnet as it enters.
b. repel the magnet as it enters.
c. both of these
d. neither of these
28. The magnetic field strength inside a current-carrying coil will be greater if the coil encloses a
a. vacuum.
b. wooden rod.
c. glass rod.
d. rod of iron.
e. none of these
29. If a magnet is pushed into a coil, voltage is induced across the coil. If the same magnet is
pushed
into a coil with twice the number of loops,
a. one-half as much voltage is induced.
b. the same voltage is induced.
c. twice as much voltage is induced.
d. four times as much voltage is induced.
e. none of these
b
34. Disconnect a small-voltage battery from a coil of many loops of wire, and a large voltage is
produced by
a. the large collapse in the magnetic field.
b. latent energy in the battery.
c. the resistance of the battery to a change in polarity.
d. electrons already in the wire.
e. the electric field between the battery terminals.
b
35. Power is transmitted at high voltages because the corresponding current in the wires is
a. also high to deliver appreciable power to distant places.
b. low so that overheating of the wires is minimized.
c. both of these
d. neither of these
36. Electric power can be transmitted from one place to another without the need for connecting
wires
in between. This statement is
a. true.
b. false.
38. The metal detectors that people walk through at airports operate via
a. Ohm's law.
b. Faraday's law.
c. Coulomb's law.
d. Newton's laws.
e. civil laws.
40. Changing the magnetic field intensity in a closed loop of wires induces
a. current.
b. voltage.
c. both of these
d. neither of these
43. Neon signs require about 12,000 V to operate. If the circuit uses a 120-V power source, the
ratio of
primary to secondary turns on the transformer should be
a. 1:100.
b. 100:1.
c. neither of these
44. A step-up transformer has a ratio of 1 to 10. Neglecting slight losses, if 100 W of power go
into the
primary coil, the power corning from the secondary coil is
a. 1 W.
b. 10 W.
c. 100 W.
d. 1000 W.
e. none of these
45. The voltage across the input terminals of a transformer is 110 V. The primary has 50 loops
and the
secondary has 25 loops. The voltage the transformer puts out is
a. 25 V.
b. 55 V.
c. 110 V.
d. 220 V.
e. none of these
46. Four amps of current exist in the primary coil of a transformer. The voltage across the
primary coil
is 110 V. What is the power output of the secondary coil?
a. 27.5 W
b. 110 W
c. 440 W
d. 880 W
e. not enough information to say
47. A certain transformer doubles input voltage. If the primary coil has 10 A of current, then the
current in the secondary coil is
a. 2 A.
b. 5 A.
c. 10 A.
d. 25 A.
e. none of these
48. Disregarding the effects of friction, a cyclist will coast farther when a lamp powered by a
wheel
generator is
a. of low wattage.
b. of high wattage.
c. burned out.
d. none of these
49. As a motor armature turns faster and faster, net current in the motor windings
a. increases.
b. decreases.
c. remains unchanged.
d
50. If the primary of a transformer were connected to a dc power source, the transformer would
have a voltage output
a. at a higher efficiency than with an ac source.
b. the same.
c. that is also dc.
d. only while being connected or disconnected.
e. none of these
52. The first stones that were found to have magnetic qualities were called:
a. lodestones b. iron ore c. nickelodeon d. bodestones e. loderocks
54. Who was the scientist who first made artificial magnets by rubbing pieces of iron against
magnetic rocks?
a. William Gilbert
b. John Mitchell
c. Hans Christian Oersted
d. Andre-Marie Ampere
e. Mr. Smith
55. Which scientist was credited with finding out magnetic forces obey the inverse square law?
a. William Gilbert
b. Hans Christian Oersted
c. John Mitchell
d. Andre-Marie Ampere
e. Mr. Smith
a
56. Which scientist discovered that an electric current affects a magnetic compass?
a. Hans Christian Oersted
b. William Gilbert
c. John Mitchell
d. Andre-Marie Ampere
e. Mr. Smith
57. Suppose a magnet exerts an attractive force of 16 N on another magnet while placed 5 cm
from it.
What will be the force if the magnets are 10 cm apart?
a. 8 N b. 32 N c. 4 N d. 0 N e. 256 N
58. Suppose a magnet exerts an attractive force of 16 N on another magnet while placed 5 cm
from it. What
will be the force if the magnets are 20 cm apart?
a. 1 N b. 32 N c. 4 N d. 0 N e. 8 N
60. What is the main difference between electric charges and magnetic poles?
a. electric charges can be isolated, magnetic poles cannot be isolated
b. electric charges cannot be isolated, magnetic poles can be isolated
c. electric charges both attract and repel, magnetic poles only attract
d. electric charges both attract and repel, magnetic poles only repel
e. magnetic poles both attract and repel, electric charges only repel
61. What would happen if you broke a bar magnet into 8 pieces?
a. you would have 8 half magnets
b. you would have 4 complete magnets
c. you would have 8 complete magnets
d. you would get into trouble with the teacher
e. you would destroy all magnetic properties of the original magnet
63. When looking at iron filings that have been allowed to interact with a magnetic field, what
does the
density of lines suggest?
a. nothing
b. that the magnetic field is weakest there
c. that the magnetic field is strongest there
d. that the electric field is un-canceled there
e. that the electric field is the strongest there
65. What condition is necessary for an electric charge to have a magnetic field around it?
a. it must be in a copper wire
b. it must be isolated from the opposite charge
c. it must be moving
d. it must be motionless
e. it must only be positive, a proton
71. For most magnetic materials, electron _________ is the main contributor to magnetism.
a. electron spin
b. electron orbital motion
c. proton spin
d. proton orbital motion
a
72. Is it correct to say that every electron spinning on its axis is a tiny magnet?
a. yes b. no
74. In rare earth magnets, such as gadolinium or neodymium what is the main contributor to the
magnetic
field?
a. electron spin
b. electron orbital motion
c. proton spin
d. proton orbital motion
76. When you put a compass around a steel can that has been in a closet, and it shows deflection,
what
caused the can to become magnetic?
a. proximity to a powerful magnet
b. existence in the Earth's magnetic field
c. all steel is a magnet
d. no guess
77. What do you call a group of about a billion or so iron atoms that have their magnetic
orientation
coordinated?
a. magnetic field b. magnetic domain c. magnetic flux d. Faraday
b
78. If you had a billion iron atoms grouped together, could you see it without magnification?
a. yes b. no
79. All pieces of iron have magnetic domains, why are most iron nails not magnetic?
a. they cannot conduct electricity
b. their domains are all oriented with respect to magnetic poles
c. their domains are randomly oriented, canceling out most magnetic forces
d. their atoms contain 4 electrons that spin magnetism is un-cancelled
80. When you bring a powerful magnet near an unmagnetized iron nail, what happens to the iron
nail?
a. it conducts the magnetic field, similar to electricity in a copper wire
b. the magnetic domains in the nail align and the nail itself becomes a magnet
c. the magnetic domains of the magnet are pulled out of alignment, causing the nail to heat up\
d. nothing, there is no real change in the nail
81. What causes the temporary magnetism of a common iron nail to go away when the
magnetizing force is
removed?
a. ordinary thermal motion
b. it never was a magnet
c. vibrations set off by the aligning domains, they can be heard with a amplified stethoscope
d. magic
e. the polar nature of the water molecule causes charges to leak off into the atmosphere
82. If a proton is moving through a vacuum at 1000 mph, is there a magnetic field being
produced?
a. yes
b. no
c. only if the paired neutron is stationary
d. only if the paired electron is stationary
e. only if the paired electron is moving with the proton
b
83. Would a moving neutron produce a magnetic field?
a. yes b. no
86. What happens to the magnetic field intensity if the current carrying wire has three times as
many loops,
and the same amount of current?
a. it is 1/3 as strong
b. it is nine times stronger
c. it is three times stronger
d. it doesn't change
e. it is 1/9 as strong
87. What do you call a rod of iron surrounded by a coil of current carrying wire?
a. a condenser
b. a magnetic domain
c. and electromagnet
d. an alternator
e. a generator
88. What does a moving charged particle experience if it moves through a static magnetic field?
a. nothing
b. an acceleration in the current direction
c. a deflection that is parallel to the magnetic field
d. a deflection that is perpendicular to the current and parallel to the magnetic field
e. a deflection that is perpendicular to both the magnetic field and the current
d
89. What would be the deflecting force of a 10 amp current running parallel to the magnetic
field?
a. 10 N b. 100 N c. 1 N d. 0 N e. 1/10 N
90. What do you call a device that is used to measure current in a wire?
a. galvanometer
b. electroscope c. current meter
d. cathode ray tube (CRT)
The induced voltage in a coil is proportional to the number of loops, multiplied by the rate at
which the
magnetic field changes within those loops.
96. Whose law is written above?
a. Einstein's special theory of relativity
b. Ampere's Law
c. Electromagnetic Induction Law
d. Faraday's Law
e. Henry's Law
97. According to the above law, what would happen if the number of coils were doubled and the
rate of
magnetic field changes tripled?
a. 2 times as much voltage
b. 3 times as much voltage
c. 6 times as much voltage
d. 2/3 times as much voltage
e. 3/2 times as much voltage
98. How does the voltage induced upon two equal coils, one made of copper and one made of
rubber, differ?
a. voltage in copper much greater
b. voltage in rubber much greater
c. voltage is the same
d. no voltage at all in rubber
100. Suppose you had a generator that produced an induced voltage of 120 volts. Now suppose
that the
internal resistance due to the coil was 10 Ω and the circuit connected had a total resistance of 20
Ω, what would
an ammeter read in the circuit?
a. 60 amps b. 40 amps c. 4 volts d. 12 amps e. 4 amps