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 This is the Multiple Choice Questions Part 9 of the Series in

Electricity and Magnetism Fundamentals as one of the
 Electronics Engineering topic. In Preparation for the ECE
Board Exam make sure to expose yourself and familiarize

in each and every questions compiled here taken from
 various sources including but not limited to past Board
Exam Questions in Electronics Engineering field,
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Electronics Books, Journals and other Electronics

References.

MCQ Topic Outline included in ECE Board

Exam Syllabi

MCQ in Atomic Structure

MCQ in Electric Charge
MCQ in Ohm’s Law, Kirchhoff Law, Coulomb’s Law, etc
MCQ in Magnetic Power
MCQ in Magnetic Field and Magnetic Flux
MCQ in Magnetic and Electric Quantities / Units
MCQ in Magnetic/Electromagnet Principles

Continue Practice Exam Test Questions Part 9

of the Series
Choose the letter of the best answer in each questions.

401. Where does practically all of the RF current flow in a

conductor?

A. along the surface

B. in the center of the conductor

C. in the electromagnetic field in the conductor center

D. in the magnetic field around the conductor

View Answer:


 Answer: Option A

 Solution:


402. ________ is one factor that does not affect resistance.
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A. Cross sectional area

B. Resistivity

C. Mass

D. Length

View Answer:

Answer: Option C

Solution:

403. Why is the resistance of a conductor different for RF

current than for DC?

A. Because of skin effect

B. Because conductors are non-linear devices

C. Because the insulation conducts current at radio

frequency

D. Because of the Heisenberg effect

View Answer:

Answer: Option A

Solution:



404. The ability of a material to resist current flow is called
 “resistance”. What is (are) the factor(s) that affect its value?

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A. temperature

B. length & cross-sectional area

C. atomic structure

D. all of these

View Answer:

Answer: Option D

Solution:

405. Find the charge in coulombs of dielectric that has a

positive charge of 14.5 x 10 to the 18th power protons.

A. 29 x 10 to the 16th Coulombs

B. 14.5 x 10 to the 16th Coulombs

C. 14.5 x 10 to the 18th Coulombs

D. 29 x 10 to the 18th Coulombs

View Answer:

Answer: Option C

 Solution:


406. Electron volt (eV) is a unit of

A. power

B. energy
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C. magnetic field

D. magnetic force

View Answer:

Answer: Option B

Solution:

407. One electron volt (eV) is equivalent to

A. 1.0 watt-sec

B. 1.6 x 10^-19 watt-sec

C. 1.0 Joule

D. 1.6 x 10^-19 Joules

View Answer:

Answer: Option D

Solution:

408. What law that describes the force of attraction or

repulsion between two charges is directly proportional to
 their strengths and inversely proportional to the square of
the


 distance between them?

 A. Coulomb’s first law

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B. Coulomb’s second law

C. Coulomb’s third law

D. Coulomb’s law or law of electrostatics

View Answer:

Answer: Option D

Solution:

409. What is the law whereby the force of attraction and

repulsion between poles is inversely proportional to the
square of the distance between them?

A. Newton’s first law

B. Newton’s second law

C. Norton’s law

D. Coulomb’s second law

View Answer:

Answer: Option D

Solution:


 410. Is usually used to detect the presence of electric

 charge.

 A. experimental charge

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B. unit charge

C. dipole

D. test charge

View Answer:

Answer: Option D

Solution:

411. Test charge has a charge of

A. 0 Coulomb

B. +1 Coulomb

C. -1 Coulomb

D. Infinity

View Answer:

Answer: Option B

Solution:

 412. Three charges of +5 C, -6 C and +7 C are placed inside a

sphere, what is the total charge of the sphere?

A. +5 Coulomb

B. -6 Coulomb

C. -7 Coulomb
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D. +6 Coulomb

View Answer:

Answer: Option D

Solution:

413. A combination of two charges, with equal charge

magnitude but opposite signs.

A. magnetic dipole

B. static dipole

C. dynamic dipole

D. electric dipole

View Answer:

Answer: Option D

Solution:

414. The space outside or surrounding an electric charge

where it has a force of attraction or repulsion.

 A. Electric field
 B. Magnetic field

C. Electromagnetic field

D. Electric flux

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View Answer:

Answer: Option A

Solution:

415. Refers to a force of field that exists between ions

where they either repel or attract each other.

A. Resisting field

B. Potential field

C. Dielectric

D. Electromotive

View Answer:

Answer: Option D

Solution:

416. The imaginary lines representing the electric field.

A. Electric field

B. Electric flux

C. Electric flux density

D. Electric lines of force


 View Answer:

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Answer: Option D

Solution:

417. What is true in visualizing electric field lines of force

from a charge body?

A. Field lines are continuous curve and they never

intersect.

B. The spacing between these lines increases as they get

far from the charged body.

C. The number of field lines is directly proportional to the

magnitude of the electric field.

D. All of the above.

View Answer:

Answer: Option D

Solution:

418. What do you call the total number of electric lines of

force in an electric field?

A. Electric field

B. Electric flux

C. Electric flux density

D. Electric lines of force

View Answer:
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Answer: Option B

Solution:

419. The number of lines per unit area in a plane

perpendicular to the electric lines of force.

A. Electric field

B. Electric flux

C. Electric flux density

D. Electric lines of force

View Answer:

Answer: Option C

Solution:

420. Electric lines of force leave and enter the charge

surface at what angle?

A. 15°

B. 30°

C. 45°

D. 90°

View Answer:
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Answer: Option D

Solution:

421. Find the dielectric constant of air.

A. approximately 1

B. approximately 0

C. approximately 2

D. approximately 4

View Answer:

Answer: Option A

Solution:

422. Electric field intensity is measured in terms of

A. Volts/meter

B. Newtons/meter

C. Watts/meter

D. Amperes/meter

View Answer:


 Answer: Option A

 Solution:

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423. Electric field intensity is

A. a scalar quantity

B. a vector quantity

C. an absolute value

D. a relative value

View Answer:

Answer: Option B

Solution:

424. Electric flux is a/an ________ quantity.

A. scalar

B. vector

C. absolute

D. relative

View Answer:

 Answer: Option A

 Solution:

 425. Electric flux density is a/an ________ quantity.

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A. scalar

B. vector

C. absolute

D. relative

View Answer:

Answer: Option B

Solution:

426. Three charges of +5 C, -6 C, and +7 C are inside a

sphere, what is the total electric flux passing through the
surface of the sphere?

A. 5 Coulombs

B. 6 Coulombs

C. 7 Coulombs

D. 8 Coulombs

View Answer:

Answer: Option B

Solution:



427. An electric charge produces a total electric field of 6
 Coulombs, calculate the electric flux density in an area of
one square meter (1m2).
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A. 1 C/m^2

B. 2 C/m^2

C. 4 C/m^2

D. 6 C/m^2

View Answer:

Answer: Option D

Solution:

428. The measure of density of the electric charge

A. Electric gradient

B. Electric current

C. Electric charge

D. Electric potential

View Answer:

Answer: Option D

Solution:


 429. The ability of the material to store electrical potential

energy under the influence of an electric field.

A. capacity

B. permeability
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C. permittivity

D. conductivity

View Answer:

Answer: Option C

Solution:

430. The absolute permittivity of air or free space.

A. 1/36π x 10^-9 F/m

B. 36π x 10^-9 F/m

C. 1/36π x 10^-19 F/m

D. 36π x 10^-19 F/m

View Answer:

Answer: Option A

Solution:

431. The relative permittivity of air.

 A. 0

 B. 1

 C. 1/36π x 10^-9 F/m

 D. 8.854 x 10^-12 F/m

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View Answer:

Answer: Option B

Solution:

432. Calculate the permittivity of a material with relative

permittivity of 5.

A. 8.854 x 10^-11 F/m

B. 4.42 x 10^-11 F/m

C. 1/36π x 10^-9 F/m

D. 8.854 x 10^-12 F/m

View Answer:

Answer: Option B

Solution:

433. What is the term used to express the amount of

electrical energy stored in an electrostatic field?

A. Volts

 B. Watts
 C. Coulombs

D. Joules

View Answer:

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Answer: Option D

Solution:

434. How does permittivity affect electric field intensity?

A. It causes the field intensity to increase.

B. It causes the field intensity to decrease.

C. It causes the field intensity to fluctuate up and down.

D. It has no effect on field intensity.

View Answer:

Answer: Option B

Solution:

435. Relative permittivity is also known as

A. dielectric constant

B. dielectric strength

C. isolation strength
 D. permeability

View Answer:


 Answer: Option A

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Solution:

436. Most materials’ relative permittivity lies between

A. 0.01 – 1

B. 1 – 10

C. 10 – 50

D. 50 – 100

View Answer:

Answer: Option B

Solution:

437. Charge body at rest is said to exhibit electric field,

which interacts with other bodies. The study of this
phenomena is known as

A. electricity

B. electrostatics

C. electromagnetism

D. field interactions

View Answer:



Answer: Option B

Solution:

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438. The basic law for interaction of charged bodies at rest.

A. Charged law

B. Gauss’ law

C. Faraday’s law

D. Coulomb’s law

View Answer:

Answer: Option D

Solution:

439. The force between the two electrically charged body

is called

A. electromotive force

B. electrostatic force

C. electromagnetic force

D. magnetic force

View Answer:


Answer: Option B

Solution:



440. The force between two electrically charged body is
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A. directly proportional to the charge

B. inversely proportional to the charge

C. not affected by the charge

D. universally constant

View Answer:

Answer: Option A

Solution:

441. In 1784, who demonstrated that the force between

charges is inversely related to the square of the distance
between them?

A. Maxwell

B. Gauss

C. Tesla

D. Coulomb

View Answer:

Answer: Option D

Solution:



442. Determine the force in Newton between 4μC charges
 separated by 0.1 meter in air.

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A. 1.44 N

B. 14.4 N

C. 144 N

D. 1440 N

View Answer:

Answer: Option B

Solution:

443. What will happen when two opposite charges get

closer?

A. repels less

B. attracts less

C. repels more

D. attracts more

View Answer:

Answer: Option D

 Solution:


444. The value of k in Coulomb’s electrostatic force

equation ( F = kQ1Q2/r^2 ) is oftentimes expressed as
 1/4πεο. What is εο?

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A. absolute permeability

B. absolute permittivity

C. relative permeability

D. relative permittivity

View Answer:

Answer: Option B

Solution:

445. The measure of electric field strength per unit length

is known as electric field intensity or simply electric
intensity. What is its unit?

A. Volt/meter (V/m)

B. Joules/Coulomb-meter (J/Cm)

C. Newton/Coulomb (N/C)

D. All of the above

View Answer:

Answer: Option D

Solution:



446. Calculate the electric field intensity 10cm from a
 charge Q = 5nC.

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449. A 2nC point charge will produce what potential at 2 m

away?

A. 4.0 Volts

B. 6.0 Volts

C. 7.5 Volts

D. 9.0 Volts

View Answer:

Answer: Option D

 Solution:


450. A charged body in free space produces 10-V potential

at a distance 25 cm away. What will be the potential at 50
 cm away?

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A. 5.0 Volts

B. 7.5 Volts

C. 10.0 Volts

D. 15.0 Volts

View Answer:

Answer: Option A

Solution:

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