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% FILENAME = N3.TXT
% Electronics Fundamentals
% Release version 3, October 2001
% Question 3.7 replaced 9 Aug 2012
% Question: 1
#3.1 The element Silicon is:
a conductor
an insulator
a superconductor
a semiconductor
% ans 4
% Question: 2
#3.2 An element which falls somewhere between being an insulator and a conductor is called a:
P-type conductor
intrinsic conductor
semiconductor
N-type conductor
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% Question: 3
#3.3 In an atom:
the protons and the neutrons orbit the nucleus in opposite directions
the protons orbit around the neutrons
the electrons orbit the nucleus
the electrons and the neutrons orbit the nucleus
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% Question: 4
#3.4 An atom that loses an electron becomes:
a positive ion
an isotope
a negative ion
a radioactive atom
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% Question: 5
#3.5 An electric current passing through a wire will produce around the conductor:
an electric field
a magnetic field
an electrostatic field
nothing
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% Question: 6
#3.6 These magnetic poles repel:
unlike
like
positive
negative
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% Question: 7
#3.7 A common use for a magnet is in:
A computer speaker
An optical mouse
A keyboard
A magnetic loop antenna
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% Question: 8
#3.8 The better conductor of electricity is:
copper
carbon
silicon
aluminium
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% Question: 9
#3.9 The term describing opposition to electron flow in a metallic circuit is:
current
voltage
resistance
power
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% Question: 10
#3.10 The substance which will most readily allow an electric current to flow is:
an insulator
a conductor
a resistor
a dielectric
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% Question: 11
#3.11 The plastic coating formed around wire is:
an insulator
a conductor
an inductor
a magnet
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% Question: 12
#3.12 The following is a source of electrical energy:
p-channel FET
carbon resistor
germanium diode
lead acid battery
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% Question: 13
#3.13 An important difference between a common torch battery and a lead acid battery is that only the lead acid battery:
has two terminals
contains an electrolyte
can be re-charged
can be effectively discharged
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% Question: 14
#3.14 As temperature increases, the resistance of a metallic conductor:
increases
decreases
remains constant
becomes negative
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% Question: 15
#3.15 In an n-type semiconductor, the current carriers are:
holes
electrons
positive ions
photons
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% Question: 16
#3.16 In a p-type semiconductor, the current carriers are:
photons
electrons
positive ions
holes
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% Question: 17
#3.17 An electrical insulator:
lets electricity flow through it in one direction
does not let electricity flow through it
lets electricity flow through it when light shines on it
lets electricity flow through it
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% Question: 18
#3.18 Four good electrical insulators are:
plastic, rubber, wood, carbon
glass, wood, copper, porcelain
paper, glass, air, aluminium
glass, air, plastic, porcelain
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% Question: 19
#3.19 Three good electrical conductors are:
copper, gold, mica
gold, silver, wood
gold, silver, aluminium
copper, aluminium, paper
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% Question: 20
#3.20 The name for the flow of electrons in an electric circuit is:
voltage
resistance
capacitance
current
% ans 4