Name: 6.

Who among the following scientists discovered the

relationship between electricity and magnetism?
Grade and Section:
a. Andrei Marie Ampere
b. Michael Faraday
Pre-Assessment (Electricity and Magnetism)
c. Hans Christian Oersted
Direction: Choose the letter of the best answer. d. Alessandro Volta

1. In which of the following units is electrical 7. You made an electric motor in school. When you
consumption measured by electric companies four our tested it in using 4 dry cells, the armature turned very
household consumption in our homes? fast. What should you do to make it turn slower?
a. kilowatt a. uses a bigger magnet.
b. volt b. removes one of the dry cells.
c. megawatt c. increases the number of turns in the coil of wire.
d. kilowatt hour d. decreases the distance between the magnetic
poles.
2. In power stations generating electricity, power is
measured in _________. 8. What energy transformation takes place in a
a. joule generator?
b. kilojoule a. electrical to mechanical
c. kilowatt b. heat to mechanical
d. megawatt c. mechanical to electrical
d. chemical to mechanical
3. Why do power stations generate AC, and not DC?

a. It is easier to generate, safer and more economical 9. In which case will electric current be induced in a
to transmit AC than DC. coil of wire?
b. Transformers work with AC. a. when it is connected to a galvanometer.
c. AC is used in mobile devices and gadgets. b. when a magnet is held stationary inside the coil.
d. AC is more efficient and economical. c. when a magnet is rapidly inserted into and out of
the coil.
4. Transformers are used to raise the voltage along d. when a magnetic compass is held beside it.
substations and lower it for residential consumption.
What kind of transformers is used to raise the voltage? 10. If a 100 W light bulb is lit for 8 hours each day for
a. Step-up 20 days in a month. How many kilowatt-hours will the
b. Step-down bulb consume?
c. Neither of the two. a. 16
d. Both. b. 160
c. 1600
5. Shayne turned on a lamp switch in her room. Which d.16000
of the following is the correct path of electrical power
that can be traced back to the source?

a. power plant >transmission substations >distribution

substations >residences
b. transmission substations>power
plants>residences>distribution substations
c. residences>distribution substations>power
plants>transmission substations
d. distribution substations>transmission substations>
power plants>residences