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#1📜 EE Pre-Board March 2015📘 PowerhouseEasy
What is the relative permittivity of vacuum?
AUnity
B\(8.854 \times 10^{-12}\)
C8.854
Dzero
#2📜 EE Pre-Board August 2015📘 PowerhouseEasy
The unit of elastance is
AFarad
BDaraf
CSiemens
DHenry
#3📜 EE Pre-Board March 2017📘 PowerhouseEasy
Induced charge on insulators
Aresides on surface
Bmoves inside
Cchanges into electric current
Dmoves outward
#4📜 EE Pre-Board August 2017📘 PowerhouseEasy
Present day capacitors which have high capacitance in small size use a dielectric of
Apaper
Bmica
Cceramic
Dair
#5📜 EE Pre-Board August 2017📘 PowerhouseEasy
The effect of a dielectric between capacitor plates is to
Areduce the capacitance
Bincrease the capacitance
Creduce the charge stored
Dincrease the plate area
#6📜 EE Pre-Board August 2018📘 PowerhouseEasy
Inside a hollow spherical conductor
Aelectric field is zero
Belectric field is constant
Celectric field changes with distance from the center of the sphere
Delectric field is unity
#7📘 EE Pocket Reviewer RojasEasy
The unit “ampere-second” is a unit of which of the following?
ACharge
BPower
CCurrent
DEnergy
#8📘 EE Pocket Reviewer RojasEasy
Which of the following parameters, will not affect the capacitance of the capacitor?
AThickness of the plates
BNature of dielectric
CArea of the plates
DDistance between the plates
#9📘 EE Pocket Reviewer RojasEasy
What is the SI unit of capacitance?
ACoulomb
BHenry
COhm
DFarad
#10📘 EE Pocket Reviewer RojasEasy
What is the reciprocal of capacitance?
ADaraf
BPermeance
CElastance
DSusceptance
#11📘 EE Pocket Reviewer RojasEasy
What is the power absorbed by a pure capacitor?
AMaximum
BMinimum
CNothing
DEither A or B, depending on voltage applied
#12📘 EE Pocket Reviewer RojasEasy
Let: D = electric flux density; E = electric field intensity. What is the formula to solve the absolute permittivity of the dielectric material?
ADE
BE/D
CD × E
DD/E
#13📘 EE Pocket Reviewer RojasEasy
Which one is equal to one farad?
ACoulomb per volt
BVolt per coulomb
CVolt per joule
DJoule per volt
#14📘 EE Pocket Reviewer RojasEasy
What happens to the field strength of an electric field if a dielectric is placed on the field?
ANothing
BIt will increase
CIt will decrease
DIt will become zero
#15📘 EE Pocket Reviewer RojasEasy
In making a capacitor, which property of a dielectric is best considered?
ALow permittivity
BHigh permittivity
CPermittivity equal to that of air
DPermittivity slightly higher than that of air
#16📘 EE Pocket Reviewer RojasEasy
Which of the following dielectric will make the lowest value of capacitance?
APaper
BMica
CCeramic
DAir
#17📘 EE Pocket Reviewer RojasEasy
Which one is stored in a capacitor?
AVoltage
BCharge
CCurrent
DPower
#18📘 EE Pocket Reviewer RojasEasy
Which is the main advantage of air as a dielectric ____ material for capacitors?
AIt has low loss
BIt is not physically dense
CIt has a high dielectric constant
DIt allows a large capacitance in a small volume
#19📘 EE Pocket Reviewer RojasEasy
Which of the following is often the source of static electricity?
APressure
BHeat
CMagnetism
DFriction
#20📘 EE Pocket Reviewer RojasEasy
As the spacing between plates in a capacitor is made smaller, all other things being equal ____
AThe capacitance increases
BThe capacitance decreases
CThe capacitance does not change
DThe resistance increases

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