1.

Two positive charges Q1 = 16 C and Q2 = 4 C, separated by a diameter of 3 m will produce the force of

a. 40 N
b. 41.1 N
c. 42.3 N
d. 42.7 N
Answer D

2. Find the force between two charges when they are brought in contact and separated by 4cm apart,
charges are 2nC and -1nC, in μN.

a. 1.44
b. 2.44
c. 1.404
d. 2.404
Answer C

3. A charge of 2 X 10-7 C is acted upon by a force of 0.1N. Determine the distance to the other charge of
4.5 X 10-7 C, both the charges are in vacuum.

a. 0.03m
b. 0.05m
c. 0.07m
d. 0.09m
Answer D

4. An excess charge of 10mC is put on an ideal neutral conducting sphere with radius 20cm. What is the
Coulomb force this excess charge exerts on a point charge of 5mC that is 30cm from the surface of the
sphere?

a. 0.9N
b. 1.8N
c. 5.6N
d. 2.5N
Answer B

5. If we have 2 charges, q1 and q2, that are 50cm apart, what is the magnitude of the force exerted on
q1 by q2if we know that q1 has a charge of 10μC and q2 has a charge of −20μC?

a. 3.6N
b. 6.3N
c. 2.7N
d. 7.2N
Answer D
6. An electric kettle with 50-Ω heat element is powered by a 230-V wall outlet. The current flowing
through kettle is:

a. 0.217 A
b. 4.6 A
c. 10.86 A
d. 11500 A
Answer B

7. An unknown resistor has 5 mA current flowing through it when 10 volts are applied to it. For the same
resistor, the application of 20 volts will result in the current flow of:

a. 2 mA
b. 5 mA
c. 10 mA
d. 50 mA
Answer C

8. An electric heater draws 3.5 A from a 110 V source. The resistance of the heating element is
approximately

a. 385 Ω
b. 38.5 Ω
c. 3.1 Ω
d. 31 Ω
Answer D

9. If 750 µA is flowing through 11 k of resistance, what is the voltage drop across the resistor?

a. 8.25 V
b. 82.5 V
c. 14.6 V
d. 146 V
Answer A

10. Approximately how many milliamperes of current flow through a circuit with a 40 V source and 6.8 k
of resistance?

a. 27.2 mA
b. 59 mA
c. 5.9 mA
d. 590 mA
Answer C
11. In an electrical circuit, what happen to the current flowing through the wire if voltage is reduced to
the half and resistance of the wire is doubled?

a. Half
b. Four times
c. A Quarter
d. Double
Answer C

12. Coulomb law is employed in __________.

a. Electrostatics
b. Magnetostatics
c. Electromagnetics
d. Maxwell theory
Answer A

13. Formula that describes the statement of Coulomb's law is __________.

a. f = kQ1Q2/r²
b. f = Q1Q2/r²
c. f = kQ/r²
d. f = kQ1Q2/r
Answer A

14. If the distance between two charges is doubled, the electrostatic force between the charges will ___.

a. be four times more

b. be four times less
c. increase two times
d. decrease two times
Answer A

15. Force between two charges depends on __________.

a. distance between them

b. magnitude of charge
c. medium in between
d. all the above
Answer D

16. Which one of the following is a semiconductor?

a. copper
b. gold
c. silicon
d. silver
Answer C
17. If the resistance in a circuit with constant voltage increases, the current will

a. increase
b. decrease
c. stay the same
d. Not enough information
Answer B

18. If voltage across a resistance doubles, what will happen?

a. the current is halved

b. the resistance doubles
c. the current is unchanged
d. none of the above
Answer D

19. A battery's capacity to deliver power is measured in ________.

a. kWh
b. Ah
c. Wh
d. Vh
Answer B

20. An electric current of 5 A is same as ___________.

a. 5 J / C
b. 5 V / C
c. 5 C / sec
d. 5 w / sec

21. Potential difference of any device can be measured with instrument known as ___________.

a. voltmeter
b. potentiometer
c. ammeter
d. ohmmeter
Answer A

22. It is the law that states, at constant temperature, the current flowing in a conductor is proportional
to potential difference between the ends.

a. Joule’s law
b. Faraday’s law
c. Coulomb’s law
d. Ohm’s law
Answer D
23. Electric current originates from which part of an atom?

a. nucleus
b. entire atom acting as a unit
c. positively charged protons
d. negatively charged electrons
Answer D

24. When a person combs her hair, static electricity is sometimes generated by what process?

a. Friction between the comb and hair transfers electrons.

b. Induction between the comb and hair.
c. Deduction between the comb and hair.
d. Contact between the comb and hair results in a charge.
Answer A

25. A complete electric circuit is called as ______________.

a. open
b. short
c. closed
d. complete
Answer C