MCQ in Electricity and Magnetism Fundamentals Part 7 | ECE Board Exam

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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

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301. What composes all matter whether a liquid, solid, or gas?

A. Atoms

B. Electrons

C. Protons

D. Neutrons

302. Which of the following is not a basic part of an atom?

A. Electron

B. Proton

C. Neutron

D. Coulomb

303. What is the smallest element of a matter?

A. atom

B. molecule

C. crystal

D. wafer

304. To determine whether a material can support the flow of electricity or not, we need to examine its

A. atomic structure

B. physical state

C. molecular structure

D. chemical composition

305. Approximate diameter of an atom

A. 10^-10 µµm

B. 10^-10 µm

C. 10^-10 mm

D. 10^-10 m

306. The lightest kind of atom or element

A. Helium

B. Oxygen

C. Hydrogen

D. Titanium

307. Known as the simplest type of atom.

A. Hydrogen

B. Oxygen

C. Helium

D. Nitrogen

308. Approximate diameter of a Hydrogen atom

A. 1.1 x 10^-10 µµm

B. 1.1 x 10^-10 µm

C. 1.1 x 10^-10 mm

D. 1.1 x 10^-10 m

309. A commonly used model in predicting the atomic structure of a material.

A. String model

B. Wave model

C. Particle model

D. Bohr model

310. Is at the center of an atomic structure in a Bohr model.

A. electrons

B. protons

C. neutrons

D. nucleus

311. The nucleus of an atom is normally

A. neutral

B. positively charged

C. negatively charged

D. either positively or negatively charged

312. What particles that revolve around the positive nucleus?

A. electrons

B. protons

C. neutrons

D. electrons & protons

313. In electricity, positive electric charge refers to ____________.

A. protons

B. neutrons

C. electrons

D. atoms

314. What is the charge of an electron?

A. 1.6022 x 10^-19 C

B. 9.1096 x 10^-19 C

C. 1.6022 x 10^-31 C

D. 9.1096 x 10^-31 C

315. The mass of a proton is approximately

A. 1.6726 x 10^-19 Kg

B. 1.6726 x 10^-27 Kg

C. 1.6022 x 10^-19 Kg

D. 1.6022 x 10^-27 Kg

316. Protons are about _________ heavier than electrons.

A. 1,800 times

B. less than thrice

C. less

D. twice

317. Approximately, how many electrons that could equal to the mass of a single proton or neutron?

A. 1,863 electrons

B. 1,683 electrons

C. 1,638 electrons

D. 1,836 electrons

318. The maximum number of electrons (Ne) that can occupy a given shell (n) is determined by the formula

A. Ne = 2n^2

B. Ne = n^2

C. Ne = 2^n

D. Ne = 2n

319. The discrete amount of energy required to move an electron from a lower shell to a higher shell.

A. negative energy

B. positive energy

C. quantum

D. quanta

320. Maximum number of orbiting electrons at the first or K shell

A. 2

B. 4

C. 6

D. 8

321. Electron is derived from the Greek name elektron which means

A. huge

B. tiny

C. particle

D. amber

322. Electric charge of neutron is the same as

A. proton

B. electron

C. current

D. atom

323. In an atomic structure, what particle that has no charge and therefore has no effect on its atomic charge

A. electrons

B. protons

C. neutrons

D. nucleons

324. The atomic number of an element is determined by the number of

A. electrons

B. valence electrons

C. protons

D. protons or neutrons

325. The atomic weight of an element is determined by the number of

A. electrons

B. valence electrons

C. protons

D. protons and neutrons

326. If an element has an atomic number of 12, there are how many protons and electrons?

A. 6 protons and 12 electrons

B. 12 protons and 6 electrons

C. 12 protons and 12 electrons

D. 12 protons and 24 electrons

327. Suppose there is an atom containing eight protons and eight neutrons in the nucleus, and two neutron are added to the nucleus, the resulting atomic weight is about

A. 8

B. 10

C. 16

D. 18

328. It is composed of a series of energy levels containing the valence electrons.

A. conduction band

B. forbidden band

C. side band

D. valence band

329. Electrons at the conduction band are called

A. free electrons

B. valence electrons

C. deep state electrons

D. shallow state electrons

330. _____________ are electrons at the outer shell

A. Inside shell electrons

B. Conductor electrons

C. Outside shell electrons

D. Valence electrons

331. Electrons at the outermost shell are called

A. free electrons

B. valence electrons

C. deep state electrons

D. shallow state electrons

332. Which material has more free electrons?

A. Conductor

B. insulators

C. mica

D. dielectric

333. Which material has the least number of valence electrons?

A. conductor

B. semiconductor

C. insulator

D. semi-insulator

334. What elements possess four valence electrons?

A. Insulators

B. Semi-insulators

C. Semiconductors

D. Conductors

335. A good conductor has how many valence electrons?

A. 1

B. 2

C. 4

D. 8

336. Materials that might have eight valence electrons

A. conductor

B. insulator

C. semiconductor

D. semi-insulator

337. An insulating element or material has capability of _________.

A. conducting large current

B. storing voltage

C. storing high current

D. preventing short circuit between two conducting wires

338. A law of nature makes certain materials tend to form combinations that will make them stable. How many electrons in the valence orbit are needed to give stability?

A. 1

B. 2

C. 4

D. 8

339. Determine which statement is true?

A. The current carriers in conductors are protons.

B. The current carriers in conductors are valence electrons.

C. Valence and inner electrons are the carriers in conductors.

D. Valence electrons are not the ones that become free electrons.

340. A material that contains an abundance of free carrier is called

A. insulator

B. semi-insulator

C. conductor

D. semiconductor

341. From the combined energy-gap diagram, which material has the widest gap between valence band and the conduction band?

A. conductor

B. semiconductor

C. super conductor

D. insulator

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342. From the combined energy-gap diagram, which material has the smallest energy gap between valence band and the conduction band?

A. conductor

B. semiconductor

C. super conductor

D. insulator

343. __________ has a unit of electronvolt(eV).

A. Charge

B. Potential difference

C. Energy

D. Current

344. The difference in energy between the valence and conduction bands of a semiconductor is called

A. band gap

B. extrinsict photoeffect

C. conductivity

D. energy density

345. The energy gap between the valence band and conduction band of a conductor is in the order of

A. zero electron volt (0 eV)

B. one electron volt (1 eV)

C. five electron volt (5 eV)

D. ten electron volt (10 eV)

346. The energy gap of an insulator is in the order of

A. zero electron volt (0 eV)

B. one electron volt (1 eV)

C. five electron volt (5 eV)

D. one-tenth electron volt (0.1 eV)

347. In materials, what do you call the region that separates the valence and conduction bands?

A. energy gap

B. forbidden band

C. insulation band

D. energy gap or forbidden band

348. What do you call the potential required to remove a valence electron?

A. valence potential

B. threshold potential

C. critical potential

D. ionization potential

349. A factor that does not affect the resistance of the material.

A. atomic structure

B. mass

C. length

D. cross-sectional area

350. Copper atom has how many protons?

A. 1

B. 4

C. 8

D. 29

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