1. What is the primary difference between X-rays and Visible light?

A. X-rays cannot travel through space. C. X-rays have shorter wavelength.

B. X-rays have longer wavelengths. D. Visible light has higher energy than X-rays.
2. Which electromagnetic wave is used to transmit television signal?
A. Microwaves C. Gamma rays
B. X-rays D. Radio waves
3. Which electromagnetic radiation is most commonly used for heat detection?
A. Microwaves C. Ultraviolet radiation
B. Infrared radiation D. Visible light
4. What is the main use of visible light in everyday life?
A. Detecting heat from the human body. C. Seeing objects in the environment.
B. Creating electrical currents in solar panels. D. Wireless communication.
5. What is the primary application of ultraviolet radiation in the medical field?
A. Killing bacteria and sterilizing equipment. C. Detecting bone fractures
B. Providing heat therapy D. Sending signals through fiber-optic cables.
6. How is electromagnetic waves travel?
A. They require a medium to propagate. C. They cannot be reflected.
B. They only propagate through conductors. D. They travel at the speed of light in a vacuum.
7. Which of the following is true for electromagnetic waves?
A. They carry both electric and magnetic energy.
B. They can only propagate through solid.
C. They only travel in one direction.
D. They have no electric field component.
8. What is the relationship between wavelength and frequency in electromagnetic waves?
A. Wavelength is directly proportional to frequency.
B. Wavelength and frequency are unrelated.
C. Wavelength is inversely proportional to frequency.
D. Wavelength is independent of frequency in EM waves.
9. Which of the following is the correct order of electromagnetic spectrum, starting from the lowest frequency?
A. Radio, Infrared, Visible light, Ultraviolet, X-rays, Gamma rays
B. Gamma rays, X-rays, Ultraviolet, Visible Light, Infrared, Radio
C. Radio, X-rays, Infrared, Gamma rays, Visible light, Infrared.
D. Ultraviolet, Visible light, Infrared, Gammay rays, Radio, X-rays
10. What is the one of the main biological effects of exposure to high levels of ionizing electromagnetic radiation?
A. Skin pigmentation C. Increased bone density
B. Improved immune system function D. DNA damage
11. Which of the following is true regarding non-ionizing radiation, like visible light?
A. It can break chemical bonds and cause ionization.
B. It has enough energy to remove electrons from atoms.
C. It can cause heating but does not typically ionize atoms.
D. It is harmful only in extremely high doses.
12. What is one potential effect of long-term exposure to radiofrequency radiation like mobile phones?
A. Acute burns C. Acute radiation sickness
B. Increased brain cancer risk D. Decreased immune function
13. Which of the following types of lenses are used to correct farsightedness?
A. Concave lens C. Convex lens
B. Biconvex lens D. Planoconcave lens
14. In the ray diagramming for concave mirror, when the object is placed between the focus and the mirror, what is
the image formed?
A. Virtual, upright and smaller than the object. C. Virtual, upright and larger than the object.
B. Real, inverted and smaller than the object. D. Real, inverted and larger than the object.
15. Which of the following is the most common use of concave mirrors?
A. Used in eyeglasses C. Used in makeup mirrors
B. Used in flashlights and car headlight D. Used in telescopes
16. Why is high energy electromagnetic radiation like X-rays can be harmful to living tissues?.
A. They penetrate deep into tissue without causing damage.
B. They cause cells to vibrate.
C. They carry enough energy to ionize atoms and molecules.
D. They heat tissue rapidly.
17. A sound wave has a frequency of 500 Hz and travels through air at 343 m/s. What is its wavelength?
A. 0.343 m C. 0.172 m
B. 0.686 m D. 0.0268 m
18. What image is formed by a plane mirror?
A. Always real and inverted C. Always real and upright
B. Always virtual and upright D. Always virtual and inverted
19. What is the primary function of a lens in a camera?
A. To reflect light onto a film or sensor
B. To bend light and focus it onto a sensor or film
C. To produce a magnified image of distant objects
D. To absorb light and form a virtual image
20. Why is lens important in a microscope?
A. To diverge light rays and magnify the image
B. To focus light onto the retina
C. To converge light and magnify small objects
D. To reflect light from distant objects
21. What type of current does a DC generator produce?
A. Direct current C. Both DC and AC
B. Alternating current D. Neither
22. In a simple generator, the number of coils in the armature affects the _______.
A. Speed of rotation C. Types of current produced
B. Voltage produced D. Size of the generator
23. Which of the following factors increases the efficiency of a motor?
A. Increasing the resistance in the coil.
B. Using a stronger magnet.
C. Decreasing the voltage applied to the motor.
D. Reducing the size of the rotor.
24. Which of the following is true about the law of reflection?
A. The angle of incidence is equal to the angle of refraction.
B. The angle of incidence is equal to the angle of reflection.
C. Light is bent towards the normal upon reflection.
D. The angle of reflection is always 90 degrees.
25. If the angle of incidence in a mirror is 30˚, what is the angle of reflection?
A. 15˚ B. 30˚ C. 60˚ D. 90˚
26. An object is placed 50 cm in front of a lens, and a real image is formed 100 cm away from the lens. What is the
focal length of the lens?
A. 33. 33 cm C. 25 cm
B. 50 cm D. 75 cm
27. How is magnifying glass work making the image appear bigger?
A. by bending the light that passes through it
B. by reflecting the light that passes through it
C. by polarizing the light that passes
D. by diffracting the light that passes through it
28. Which optical instrument uses a series of mirrors to collect and focus light from distant object?
A. Refracting telescope C. Compound microscope
B. Reflecting telescope D. Optical fiber
29. Why is there a diaphragm in a microscope?
A. To focus the light
B. To control the amount of light reaching the specimen
C. To magnify the specimen
D. To hold the specimen in place
30. How the aperture works in the camera?
A. It controls the sensitivity of the sensor.
B. It controls the magnification of the image.
C. It controls the amount of light entering the lens.
D. It controls the focus of the image.