Capacitor/Capacitance Lab Quiz

When the plate area of a capacitor increases, __________

• the capacitance increases

• the capacitance decreases

• the capacitance is unaffected

• the voltage it can withstand increases

What effect will be on the capacitance of a capacitor when the area of the parallel plate capacitor is decreased?

• it will increase

• it will decrease

• there will be no effect

• it will initially increase and then decrease

Which one of the following statement is correct with regards to the material of electrical insulators?

• They contain no electron

• They are crystals

• Electrons do not flow easily through them

• they have more number of electrons than protons of their surface

The capacitance of a parallel plate capacitor depends on the following except? 

• The insulating material or dielectric between them.

• charge of the conducting plates

• area of the conducting plates

• distance of separation between the conducting plates

In the capacitor, the dielectric can be made out of all sorts of _______ materials ang the plates are made of a _______ materials.

• conductive, insulating

• conductive, conductive

• insulating, conductive

• insulating, insulating