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WorksheetsMagnetic Circuits Quiz
Total questions: 47
Worksheet time: 24mins
What is the magnetic pressure that sets up or tends to set up magnetic flux in a magnetic circuit?
Magnetic reluctance
Magnetic resistance
Magnetomotive force (MMF)
Magnetic flux
The ability of a material to conduct magnetic lines of force through it is called:
Permeance
Permeability
Magnetic flux
Retentivity
The total number of magnetic lines of force in a magnetic circuit is referred to as:
Magnetic flux
Magnetic field
Magnetic density
Reluctance
The region around a magnet where its pole exhibits a force of attraction or repulsion is called:
Magnetic field
Magnetic circuit
Magnetic density
Magnetic reluctance
The force acting on a unit north pole (1 Wb) when placed at a point in the magnetic field is known as:
Magnetic resistance
Magnetic flux
Magnetic field density
Magnetic reluctance
The ease with which magnetic flux can be set up in a material is called:
Magnetic reluctance
Permeance
Retentivity
Magnetic flux density
The magnetic flux which does not follow the intended path in a magnetic circuit is called:
Leakage flux
Reluctance
Eddy current
Hysteresis
The property of a material analogous to resistivity in an electric circuit is called:
Reluctivity
Permeability
Magnetic flux
Hysteresis
The opposition offered to the magnetic flux by a magnetic circuit is called:
Resistance
Conductance
Reluctance
Permeance
The flux per unit area at right angles to flux at the point is called:
Magnetic flux
Magnetic field
Flux density
Reluctance
Faraday's Law of Electromagnetic Induction states that an EMF is induced in a circuit when:
A current flows through a conductor
The magnetic flux linking the circuit changes
The resistance of the circuit increases
A magnet is placed near a coil but not moved
Lenz's Law states that the direction of the induced current is such that it:
Enhances the cause producing it
Opposes the cause producing it
Has no effect on the magnetic field
Causes zero resistance in the circuit
The SI unit of magnetic flux is:
Tesla
Weber
Henry
Farad
The unit of magnetic field strength is:
Weber/meter
Ampere-turns per meter
Tesla
Henry
The property of a material to retain its magnetism after the removal of the magnetizing force is called:
Permeability
Retentivity
Reluctance
Conductance
The unit of inductance is:
Tesla
Henry
Weber
Ampere-turns
What determines the direction of induced current in electromagnetic induction?
Ohm's Law
Kirchhoff's Law
Lenz's Law
Coulomb's Law
The process of producing voltage by moving a conductor through a magnetic field is called:
Magnetic reluctance
Electromagnetic induction
Permeance
Magnetic flux
The phenomenon in which an EMF is induced in a coil due to a changing current in a neighboring coil is called:
Self-induction
Mutual induction
Magnetic reluctance
Eddy currents
Hysteresis loss in a magnetic material is due to:
Resistance of the material
Rapid reversal of magnetization
Leakage flux
Permeance of the material
Eddy currents are undesirable in:
Transformers
Motors
Generators
All of the above
Which law states that the induced EMF and current always oppose the cause producing them?
Faraday's Law
Newton's Law
Lenz's Law
Coulomb's Law
The number of turns and core length of an inductor are doubled. What happens to self-inductance?
Unaffected
Halved
Doubled
Quadrupled
The direction of induced EMF can be found by:
Fleming's Left-Hand Rule
Fleming's Right-Hand Rule
Ampere's Law
Biot-Savart Law
If the frequency of an alternating current is doubled, what happens to the inductive reactance of an inductor?
Unaffected
Halved
Doubled
Quadrupled
The phenomenon where a magnetic field is generated by a changing electric current is known as:
Electromagnetic induction
Magnetic permeability
Magnetic flux
Magnetic hysteresis
The measure of how well a material can be magnetized is referred to as:
Magnetic reluctance
Permeability
Magnetic susceptibility
Magnetic flux density
The ability of a material to retain its magnetism after the removal of the magnetizing force is called
Permeability
Retentivity
Reluctance
Conductance
What happens to the self-inductance of a coil if both the number of turns and the core length are doubled?
Remains unchanged
Remains unchanged
Doubles
Quadruples
The SI unit of magnetic permeability is:
Henry per meter
Weber per meter
Tesla per meter
Ampere per meter
What is the magnetic pressure that sets up magnetic flux in a circuit?
Magnetic resistance
Magnetomotive force (MMF)
Magnetic reluctance
Magnetic flux
Which of the following devices converts mechanical energy into electrical energy using electromagnetic induction?
Transformer
Motor
Generator
Inductor
The phenomenon of inducing an EMF in a coil due to a changing magnetic field in a nearby coil is called
Self-induction
Mutual induction
Hysteresis
Eddy currents
The total number of magnetic field lines passing through a surface is called:
Magnetic reluctance
Magnetic field strength
Magnetic flux
Permeability
Magnetic reluctance is analogous to what in an electrical circuit?
Resistance
Capacitance
Inductance
Conductance
What happens to the magnetic field strength if the current through a solenoid is doubled?
Reduces by half
Remains the same
Doubles
Quadruples
The property of a material that determines how easily it can be magnetized is called:
Retentivity
Permeability
Reluctance
Conductance
Which material has high permeability?
Copper
Iron
Aluminum
Wood
The opposition offered to the flow of magnetic flux in a magnetic circuit is called
Resistance
Conductance
Reluctance
Permeance
The change in flux required to induce 1V in a coil in one second is:
1 Weber
1 Tesla
1 Henry
1 Farad
Which law states that a changing magnetic field produces an electric field?
Faraday’s Law
Lenz’s Law
Coulomb’s Law
Gauss’s Law
The force acting on a unit north pole placed at a point in a magnetic field is called:
Magnetic resistance
Magnetic flux
Magnetic field density
Magnetic reluctance
What is leakage flux?
The flux that follows the intended path
The flux that does not follow the intended path
The flux within a closed-loop
The flux passing through a conductor
What is the unit of magnetic flux density?
Weber
Henry
Tesla
Ampere
What type of core material reduces eddy current losses in transformers?
Solid iron
Laminated iron
Copper
Aluminum
The flux per unit area at right angles to flux at the point is called:
Magnetic field strength
Magnetic permeability
Flux density
Reluctance
Hysteresis loss in a magnetic material occurs due to:
Resistance in the material
Reversal of magnetization
Conductance
Leakage flux
