Scribd
Upload
15 views

Chapter 9 Multiple Choices I

Y

Uploaded by

r18606895
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
15 views

Chapter 9 Multiple Choices I

Y

Uploaded by

r18606895
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
You are on page 1/ 3

Chapter 6 multiple choices II

1. 10 nC of charge flows through a circuit in 3.0 × 10−6 s . What is the current during this
time?

a. The current passes through the circuit is 3.3 × 10−3 A.


b. The current passes through the circuit is 30 A.
c. The current passes through the circuit is 33 A.
d. The current passes through the circuit is 0.3 A.

2. How long would it take a 10-mA current to charge a capacitor with 5mC?

a. 0.50s
b. 5ns
c. 0.50ns
d. 50μs

3. If you double the voltage across an ohmic resistor, how does the current through the
resistor change?

a. The current will double.


b. The current will increase by half.
c. The current will decrease by half.
d. The current will decrease by a factor of two.

4. The current through a 10Ω resistor is 0.025A. What is the voltage drop across the
resistor?

a. 2.5mV
b. 0.25V
c. 2.5V
d. 0.25mV

5. What is electric current?

a. Electric current is the electric charge that is at rest.


b. Electric current is the electric charge that is moving.
c. Electric current is the electric charge that moves only from the positive terminal of a
battery to the negative terminal.
d. Electric current is the electric charge that moves only from a region of lower potential to
higher potential.

1
6. What is an ohmic material?

a. An ohmic material is a material that obeys Ohm’s law.


b. An ohmic material is a material that does not obey Ohm’s law.
c. An ohmic material is a material that has high resistance.
d. An ohmic material is a material that has low resistance.

7. What is the difference between direct current and alternating current?

a. Direct current flows continuously in every direction whereas alternating current flows in
one direction.
b. Direct current flows continuously in one direction whereas alternating current reverses its
direction at regular time intervals.
c. Both direct and alternating current flow in one direction; the magnitude of direct current
is fixed whereas the magnitude of alternating current changes at regular intervals of time.
d. Both direct and alternating current change their direction of flow; the magnitude of direct
current is fixed whereas the magnitude of alternating current changes at regular intervals
of time.

8. How many protons are needed to make 1 nC of charge? 1 nC = 10−9 C

a. 1.6 × 10−28
b. 1.6 × 10−10
c. 3 × 109
d. 6 × 109

9. Which are the two main electrical classifications of materials based on how easily
charges can move through them?

a. conductor and insulator


b. semiconductor and insulator
c. conductor and superconductor
d. conductor and semiconductor

10. How does a conductor differ from an insulator?

a. Electric charges move easily in an insulator but not in a conducting material.


b. Electric charges move easily in a conductor but not in an insulator.
c. A conductor has a large number of electrons.
d. More charges are in an insulator than in a conductor.

11. Why is Coulomb’s law called an inverse-square law?

a. because the force is proportional to the inverse of the distance squared between charges
b. because the force is proportional to the product of two charges
c. because the force is proportional to the inverse of the product of two charges
d. because the force is proportional to the distance squared between charges

2
12. What is the magnitude of the electric field from 20 cm from a point charge of q = 33 nC?

a. 7.4 × 103 N/C


b. 1.48 × 103 N / C
c. 7.4 × 1012 N / C
d. 0

13. A −10 nC charge is at the origin. In which direction does the electric field from the
charge point at x + 10 cm?

a. The electric field points away from negative charges.


b. The electric field points toward negative charges.
c. The electric field points toward positive charges.
d. The electric field points away from positive charges.

14. If five electric-field lines come out of a +5 nC charge, how many electric-field lines
should come out of a +20 nC charge?

a. five field lines


b. 10 field lines
c. 15 field lines
d. 20 field lines

15. What is the electric potential 10 cm from a −10 nC charge?

a. 9.0 × 102 V
b. 9.0 × 103 V
c. 9.0 × 104 V
d. 9.0 × 105 V

16. An electron accelerates from 0 to 10 × 104 m/s in an electric field. Through what
potential difference did the electron travel? The mass of an electron is 9.11 × 10–31 kg,
and its charge is −1.60 × 10–19 C.

a. 29 mV
b. 290 mV
c. 2,900 mV
d. 29 V

17. . What is the voltage on a 35 μF with 25 nC of charge?

a. 8.75 × 10−13 V
b. 0.71 × 10−3 V
c. 1.4 × 10−3 V
d. 1.4 × 103 V

You might also like