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No 19, Jalan Bilal ELECTROMAGNETISM
Mahmood
80100 Johor Bahru
Malaysia CPE LEVEL I

1. What is electromagnetism?
a. A material or object that produces a magnetic field.
b. Branch of physics which involves the study of the electromagnetic force, a
type of physical interaction that occurs between electrically charged
particles.
c. The magnetic effect of electric currents and magnetic materials.
d. The maximum potential difference between two electrodes of a galvanic or
voltaic cell.
2. What is magnetic field?
a. A material or object that produces a magnetic field.
b. Branch of physics which involves the study of the electromagnetic force, a
type of physical interaction that occurs between electrically charged
particles.
c. The magnetic effect of electric currents and magnetic materials.
d. The maximum potential difference between two electrodes of a galvanic or
voltaic cell.
3. The ratio of the potential difference along a conductor to the current through the
conductor is.....
a. Inductance
b. Inductors
c. Current
d. Resistance
4. The flow of charge is called....
a. Current
b. Voltage
c. Resistance
d. Inductance

5. A material constant describing the ability of a material to concentrate magnetic

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lines of flux is...

a. Permeability
b. Electrical conductivity
c. Emisivity
d. Dielectric coefficient

6. The permeability of vacuum free space is...

a. 4π x 10-8 Wb/At-m
b. 4π x 10-7 Wb/At-m
c. 4π x 10-6 Wb/At-m
d. 4π x 10-5 Wb/At-m

7. The example of ferromagnetic materials is...

a. Iron
b. Alumunium
c. Bismuth
d. Chromium

8. Materials that can be magnetized, which are also the ones that are strongly
attrached to a magnet, are called....
a. Diamagnetic
b. Paramagnetic
c. Ferromagnetic
d. Non-magnetic

9. What is the material that provides the path for the magnetic flux in most electrical
machines like generators, transformers and motors.....
a. Low carbon steels
b. Hot-rolled steel
c. Grain-oriented steel
d. Amorphous steel
10. What is the field intensity based on?
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a. Length of the coil

b. Magnetic flux density
c. Type of material
d. Permeability
11. The air gap will affects the value of.......
a. Magnetic flux
b. Magnetic flux density
c. Reluctance
d. Permeability
12. The magnitude of the eddy current can be reduce by......
a. Increasing the electrical current to their flow
b. Decreasing the electrical voltage to their flow
c. Increasing the electrical resistance to their flow
d. Decreasing the electrical resistance to their flow
13. For modern lamitation of 0.3 mm thichkness at flux density 1.6 tesla and frequency
50 Hz. What is the typically value of combined hysteresis loss and eddy current
loss........
a. Less than 1 to around 2 W/Kg
b. More than 5 W/Kg
c. Less than 0.5 to around 1 W/Kg
d. More than 10 W/Kg
14. The law that determines about the polarity of induced voltage is......
a. Kirchoff’s Law
b. Lenz’s Law
c. Coulumb’s Law
d. Newton’s Law
15. Relative permeability of copper is........
a. 0.99999
b. 0.99998
c. 0.99996
d. 0.99993
16. BH magnetization curve shows the relationship of.....
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a. Flux Intensity and Magnetic flux

b. Flux density and electromagnetic force
c. Magnetic flux and flux density
d. Flux density and Flux intensity
17. What is units of the electrical conductivity?
a. Ohm
b. Weber
c. Siemens per meter
d. Ampere
18. What is electromagnetic radiation suitable for radio transmission in the range of
frequencies from about 10 kHz to about 300 MHz....
a. Cosmic rays waves
b. X- rays waves
c. Radio waves
d. UV rays waves
19. The materials that have little electrical conductivity value, it called....
a. Conductors
b. Insulators
c. Resistor
d. Capacitor
20. The change in direction of a wave passing from one medium to another caused by
its change in speed is called.......
a. Reflection
b. Refraction
c. Diffraction
d. Phenomenon
21. The highly penetrating particle rays from outer space is called......
a. UV rays
b. X-rays
c. Cosmic rays
d. Gamma rays
22. A radiating gas produces a spectrum of discrete spectral lines is.....
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a. Continuous spectrum
b. Emission spectrum
c. Absorption spectrum
d. Adsorption spectrum
23. Electromagnetic radiation of very high energy (greather than 30 keV) emitted after
nuclear reactions or by a radioactive atom is....
a. UV rays
b. X-rays
c. Cosmic rays
d. Gamma rays
24. Mention two examples of rays that have short wavelength and high energy?
a. Gamma rays and x-rays
b. Radio waves and cosmic rays
c. Microwaves and UV rays
d. Radio waves and Microwaves
25. Electromagnetis radiations having wavelengths in the range from 0.4 nm to 3 nm
is...
a. UV rays
b. X-rays
c. Cosmic rays
d. Gamma rays