Practical Electricity

What will happen when a 240 V, 2 kW electric heater is connected to a mains supply using a plug fitted with a 4 A fuse ?

• the fuse in the plug melt

• the heater works normally

• the heater runs at half power

• the heater burns out

An electric heater takes a current of 4 A from a 250 V supply when operating normally. How long would it take the heater to convert 400 000 J of electrical energy?

• 400 s

• 1 000 s

• 1 600 s

• 100 000 s

Electric energy produced by light a bulb with resistance of 6 ohm when it is passed by electric current for 60 second is 1440 J, the electric current flowing through the light bulb is ….

• 4 A

• 3 A

• 2 A

• 1 A

Given an AC of 750 watt, iron of 350 watt, a lamp of 60 watt, an electric stove of 500 watt. If the use is equal to 3 hours with voltage of 220 volt, the equipment using the most energy is ….

• AC

• Lamps

• Iron

• Electric stove

A light bulb has a label of 100 W;220 V, then its electric resistance is ....

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A devices works of 1500 joules for a minute. The power of the devices is .....

• 25 watts

• 40 watts

• 100 watts

• 1040 watts

The ________________ covering each wire is colour coded for easy identification.

• 0 V

• insulation

• large electric current

• neutral wire

The earth wire is covered with insulation coloured in ________________.

• blue

• brown

• green and yellow stripes

• water

The live wire is covered with _____________ insulation.

• blue

• brown

• green and yellow stripes

• fire

increasing the load on the same socket leads to ..........

• electric fire

• electric burns

• electric shock