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    Electrical Circuit Theory and Technology 6th edition

    ISBN 978-1-138-67349-6
    www.routledge.com/cw/bird
    © Taylor & Francis, 2017
    All rights reserved

    MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS FOR CHAPTER 10


    All questions have only one correct answer

    1. A conductor carries a current of 10 A at right-angles to a magnetic field having a flux density


    of 500 mT. If the length of the conductor in the field is 20 cm, the force on the conductor is:
    [a] 100 kN
    [b] 1 kN
    [c] 100 N
    [d] 1N

    2. If a conductor is horizontal, the current flowing from left to right and the direction of the
    surrounding magnetic field is from above to below, the force exerted on the conductor is:
    [a] from left to right
    [b] from below to above
    [c] away from the viewer
    [d] towards the viewer

    3. For the current-carrying conductor lying in the magnetic field shown in Figure 1 (a), the
    direction of the force on the conductor is:
    [a] to the left
    [b] upwards
    [c] to the right
    [d] downwards

    Figure 1

    4. For the current-carrying conductor lying in the magnetic field shown in Figure 1 (b), the
    direction of the current in the conductor is:
    [a] towards the viewer
    [b] away from the viewer

    5. Figure 2 shows a rectangular coil of wire placed in a magnetic field and free to rotate about
    axis AB. If the current flows into the coil at C, the coil will:
    [a] commence to rotate anti-clockwise
    [b] commence to rotate clockwise
    [c] remain in the vertical position
    [d] experience a force towards the north pole
    Figure 2

    6. The force on an electron travelling at 10⁷ m/s in a magnetic field of density 10 µT is


    1.6 x 10⁻¹⁷N. The electron has a charge of:
    [a] 1.6 x 10 ⁻²⁸C
    [b] 1.6 x 10⁻¹⁵C
    [c] 1.6 x 10⁻¹⁹C
    [d] 1.6 x 10⁻²⁵C

    7. An electric bell depends for its action on:


    [a] a permanent magnet
    [b] reversal of current
    [c] a hammer and a gong
    [d] an electromagnet

    8. A relay can be used to:


    [a] decrease the current in a circuit
    [b] control a circuit more readily
    [c] increase the current in a circuit
    [d] control a circuit from a distance

    9. There is a force of attraction between two current-carrying conductors when the current in
    them is:
    [a] in opposite directions
    [b] in the same direction
    [c] of different magnitude
    [d] of the same magnitude

    10. The magnetic field due to current-carrying conductor takes the form of:
    [a] rectangles
    [b] concentric circles
    [c] wavy lines
    [d] straight lines radiating outwards

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