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ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS AND MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY

Total questions: 52

Worksheet time: 36mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the function of a resistor?

a)

Stop current flow

b)

Limit current flow

c)

Limit voltage

d)

To light up

2.

What does L.E.D stand for?

a)

Light Emitting Diode

b)

Let's Eat Doritos

c)

Long Everlasting Diode

d)

Light Emitting Device

3.

What component would we use to make a circuit more sensitive?

a)

LED

b)

Resistor

c)

Transistor

d)

Capacitor

4.

What is this?

a)

resistor

b)

battery

c)

diode

d)

capacitor

5.

How do you know which is the negative leg?

a)

Shorter leg is negative

b)

Shorter leg is positive

c)

Negative leg is different color

d)

Positive legs always have a + on them

6.

What does I.C. stand for?

a)

Inside Component

b)

Integrated Circuit

c)

Integrated Component

d)

Integral Circuit

7.

Functions of switch

a)

To produce light

b)

To complete and break an electric circuit

c)

To supply electrical energy

8.

Bulb function is

a)

connects and disconnects the electric circuit

b)

electrical energy source for an electric circuit

c)

lights up and produces light

9.

Relay

a)
b)
c)
d)
10.

INDUCTOR

a)
b)
c)
d)
11.

Which of these are metals?

a)

GOLD

b)

GLASS

c)

PLASTIC

12.

If a material is flexible it...

a)

can bend easily.

b)

can burn easily.

c)

can melt easily.

d)

can transport electricity easily.

13.

A material that allows heat to travel through it is

a)

An electrical conductor

b)

An electrical insulator

c)

A thermal conductor

d)

A thermal insulator

14.

A material that does not allow heat to travel is

a)

An electrical conductor

b)

An electrical insulator

c)

A thermal conductor

d)

A thermal insulator

15.

A material that allows electric to travel is

a)

An electrical conductor

b)

An electrical insulator

c)

A thermal conductor

d)

A thermal insulator

16.

If a material is a good conductor it...

a)

doesn't let water go through it.

b)

lets water go through it.

c)

doesn't transport heat and electricity through it.

d)

transports heat and electricity through it.

17.

Transparent and brittle

a)

METAL

b)

GLASS

c)

SPONGE

d)

PLASTIC

18.

Dull and an electrical insulator

a)

IRON

b)

GLASS

c)

WOOD

d)

PAPER

19.

Which one of these following objects can be classified as absorbent?

a)
b)
c)
d)
20.

which one of these following objects is magnetic?

a)
b)
c)
d)
21.

What two properties that make the material is suitable to be used as window glass?

a)

flexible

b)

strong

c)

transparent

d)

soft

22.

which are two objects of these following are possible to be made from rubber?

a)

rain coat

b)

rice laddle

c)

saucepan

d)

boots

23.

What is Ferrous metal

a)

Material that has good electrical resistance

b)

Metal that consists of Chromium

c)

Metal that has non magnetic properties

d)

Metal that has iron as a base metal

24.

Ceramics have good ability to withstand high temperatures without softening and deforming under

normal service conditions that’s why they are most widely used for?

a)

Electric insulators

b)

Water bottles

c)

Electric conductors

d)

Furnace lining

25.

Materials used for electric insulators must have a low degree of

a)

Thermal conductivity

b)

Hardness

c)

Electric conductivity

d)

Compressive strength

26.

Materials made by man using both organic and inorganic substances.

a)

Synthetic materials

b)

Optical materials

c)

Biomedical materials

d)

Natural materials

27.

A combination of at least two materials, one of which is a metal whose properties are different from its original form.

a)

Metalloid

b)

Ceramic

c)

Alloy

d)

Nanomaterial

28.

A collection of several strands of glass that are mixed with plastic to make it durable.

a)

Polymers

b)

Nylon

c)

Polystrene

d)

Fiberglass

29.

All engineering materials can be sorted into 4 main categories. What are these 4 main categories? Select all correct answers

a)

METALS

b)

POLYMERS

c)

CERAMICS

d)

COMPOSITES

e)

PLASTICS

30.

The most abundant metal on Earth (including extracted and in it's crust) is?

a)

ALUMINIUM

b)

IRON

c)

COPPER

d)

TITANIUM

31.

Steel is an alloy of?

a)

ALUMINIUM

b)

IRON

c)

LEAD

d)

COPPER

32.

Brass is an alloy of?

a)

COPPER

b)

NICKEL

c)

SILVER

d)

TIN

33.

What should we try to do with materials when we are finished with them?

a)

EAT THEM

b)

THROW THEM

c)

RECYCLE THEM

d)

BURN THEM

34.

DO YOU ENJOY THIS QUIZ?

a)

YUP!

b)

NO!

c)

MAY BE!

35.

Electric line is made of ________

a)

GOLD

b)

COPPER

c)

STEEL

d)

SILVER

36.

Name this component!

4 lines
37.

Name this symbol!

4 lines
38.

Name this symbol

4 lines
39.

DRAW A CAPACITOR SYMBOL

40.

DRAW AN INDUCTOR SYMBOL

41.

DRAW A RESISTOR SYMBOL

42.

What 3D shape is this?

a)

Cube

b)

Sphere

c)

Cone

d)

Cylinder

43.

What 3D shape are these marbles?

a)

Circle

b)

Sphere

c)

Triangle

d)

Square

44.

What is the name of this shape?

a)

triangle

b)

cylinder

c)

sphere

d)

cone

45.

Cylinder

a)

b)

c)

d)

46.

What is the length of the cables?

How (a)   are the cables?

47.

What is the depth of the swimming pool?

How (a)   is the swimming pool?

48.

What is the width of the table?

How (a)   is the table?

49.

What is the height of the Eiffel Tower?

How (a)   is the Eiffel Tower?

50.

How wide is it?

It's 2 metres in _______

a)

length

b)

width

c)

weight

d)

time

51.

What is the size of the tank?

It's 1.5 metres long by 1.5 metres wide by 4 metres deep.

So that's 9 ____ metres.

a)

square

b)

rectangular

c)

triangular

d)

cubic

52.

It measures 10 metres by 10 metres, so it's 100 ___________ metres.

a)

square

b)

cubic

c)

triangle

d)

rectangle