Part I:MCQ 5.

Two resistor in series; whose

resistance values are in the ratio
1. In a parallel electrical circuit with
3:1. Find the ratio of power
three resistors R1 (10 ohms), R2 (20
dissipated.
ohms) and R3 (30 ohms),
connected to a voltage source a) 1:3
of 24 volts, what is the total power
b) 1:2
dissipated by the circuit?
c) 3:1
a) 38.4 W
b) 14.4 W d) 2:1
c) 9.6 W
6. If a 10 ohm resistor and a 15 ohm
d) 64.8
resistor are connected in parallel to a
2. If a 10 ohm resistor and a 15 ohm 12V battery, what is the total current
resistor are connected in parallel to a in the circuit?
12V battery, what is the total current a) 0.48 A
in the circuit? b) 0.80 A
a) 0.48 A c) 1.43 A
b) 0.80 A d) 3.00 A
c) 1.43 A
7. If a transformer has an input voltage
d) 3.00 A
of 110V and an output voltage of
3. A coiled wire with 100 turns is 22V, and the primary winding has
exposed to a changing magnetic 500 turns, how many turns are on the
field. If the magnetic flux through secondary winding?
each turn of the coil changes by 2 x A. 110 turns
10^-4 Wb, what is the induced emf B. 500 turns
in the coil? C. 50 turns
a) 0.02 V D. 2500 turns
b) 0.2 V
8. A 2m long wire carrying a current of
c) 2 V
5A is placed perpendicularly to the
d) 20 V
magnetic field of 0.8T. Calculate the
4. Three resistors each of 5 ohms are force acting on the wire.
connected in the form of a a) 6 N
triangle. What is the resistance
b) 7.2 N
between the vertices?
c) 8 N
a) 0.3 d) 9N
b) 3.33
c) 5.33
d) 0.4
9. The equivalent resistance of the following circuit is equal to_________ ohms.

a) 7.2
b) 16
c) 30
d) 4.8
10. Three bulb shown in the figure below are connected in the circuit, which bulb
will be brightest?

a) B
b) A
c) C
d) All have the same bighting capacity
11. A magnetic field with a flux density of 0.5 T passes through an area of 0.02 m²
at an angle of 60 degrees to the normal to the area. What is the magnetic
flux passing through the area?
a) 0.007 Wb
b) 0.01 Wb
c) 0.0125 Wb
d) 0.025 Wb

12. A coil with 200 turns has an initial magnetic flux of 2 tesla-meters. If the
magnetic flux through the coil is increased to 4 tesla-meters over a period of
5 seconds, what is the average EMF induced in the coil?
a) 10 V
b) 20 V
c) 200 V
d) 400 V

13. Work out the induced emf in a circuit linked to a second circuit of
inductance 3μH when the rate of change of current in the second circuit is
3A/s.

a) 9μV c) 4.5 μV
b) 6 μV d) 1.5 μV

14. Two circular loops of the same radius are placed one inside the other with
their centers coinciding. A current flows through each loop in the same
direction. What effect will this have on the magnetic field at the center of the
larger loop?
A) Increase
B) Decrease
C) No effect
D) Reverse direction
15. How is the magnetic field strength affected when the distance between a
point charge and a current-carrying wire on which it is placed is doubled?
a) The magnetic field strength also doubles
b) The magnetic field strength becomes half
c) The magnetic field strength become quadruple
d) The magnetic field strength remains constant

16. Calculate the resistance of the 100W microwave oven that gets plugged into
to a 110v outlet
a) 121ohms c) 141ohms
b) 12.1ohms d) 14.1ohms

17. If the magnetic field through a coil is doubled, how does the induced EMF
change if the number of turns in the coil remains the same?
a) It doubles.
b) It halves.
c) It quadruples.
d) It remains the same.

18. A coil with 500 turns has an area of 1 m 2 and is placed perpendicular to a
magnetic field of strength 0.5 T/s. If the coil is rotated so that the magnetic
field changes from perpendicular to parallel to the coil, what is the maximum
EMF that can be induced in the coil?
a) 250 V
b) 500 V
c) 750 V
d) 1000 V

19. According to Henry's Law for coiled wires, if the number of turns in the coil is
doubled, what will happen to the induced magnetic field?
a) It will double
b) It will halve
c) It will remain the same
d) There is not enough information provided

20. A particle mass 3.4x10—27kg and velocity 8million m/s has a charge of 1c and
moves in a radius of 200m. what is the magnetic field strength?

a) 6.8x10-21T
b) 13.6x10-21T
c) 6.8x10-20T
d) 1.36x10-21T
21. A bar magnet is divided in two pieces. Which of the following statements is
true?

a) The bar magnets demagnetized.

b) The magnetic field of each separated piece becomes stronger.
c) The magnetic poles are separated.
d) Two new bar magnets are created.

22. Calculate the force felt by a 20cm wire carrying 1.5A at right angles to a
magnetic field of 6x10-5T.

a) 1.8 x10-5N c) 2.7 x10-5N

b) 0.9 x10-5N d) 6.0 x10-5N

23. What is the induced emf when a current of 3A flows for 2s in an inductor of
inductance 3mH?

a) 4.5 × 10–3 V c) 4.5 × 10–6 V

b) 3.0 × 10–3 V d) 3.0 × 10–6 V

24. A 100W light bulb is used for 10hrs every day. What is the cost of its operation
for one month at a fixed rate of 30cents per kwh?

a) 15birr c) 9birr
b) 3birr d) 6birr

25. A battery of emf 5V and internal resistance 10 ohms connected in series with
an external resistor of resistance 240 ohms. What is the voltage drop on the
external resistor?

a) 12V c) 6V
b) 4.8V d) 0.02V

Part II: Fill in the blanks

26. __________is the potential difference needed to move charges in the external
resistance. (be specific)

27. __________________ is the movement that occurs when a current carrying wire
is placed in a magnetic field.
28. ___________________ law is used to calculate the magnitude of induced emf.
29. A group of atoms that act as a tiny magnet in a magnetic material are
called________________.

30. A charged particle enters in a strong magnetic field. Then, its kinetic energy
will be________________
 Part III: Workout
31. Two cells of EMF 1.5V and internal resistance 0.4 ohms each are connected
in series with a 1.6 ohms external resistor. Calculate the total EMF, the total
internal resistance of the battery and the current in the circuit.

32. The induced emf in a single loop of wire has a magnitude of 1.48V when the
magnetic flux changed from 0.85Tm 2 to 0.11Tm2. how much time is required
for this to happen?

33. A battery has an emf of 0.45V. The current flowing through the battery is
0.07A and the load resistance is 1.3Ω. Find the internal resistance of the
battery.

34. The magnetic field strength at a distance of 4cm from a long current carrying
wire is 10-3T. the magnetic field at a distance of 12cm from the same wire will
be:
35. Calculate the effective resistance and the total power.

Each 2ohms

Part IV: Essay

36. A state the factors that affect the magnitude of induced emf in a conductor.
37. Draw and discus simple ac generator.
38. State the ideal transformer equations with detail description.
39. Write the relationship between emf, pd, current and internal resistance

40. A person connects 2 bulbs in series and after a while he connected the same
bulbs in parallel.

Using the above premise discuss what he observes regarding to the power,
brightness and cost he experiences.