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Electric power - Quiz
Contributed by: Abbott
  • 1. What is the SI unit of electric power?
A) Watt
B) Volt
C) Joule
D) Ampere
  • 2. How is a watt defined?
A) One coulomb per second
B) One joule per coulomb
C) One joule per second
D) One volt per ampere
  • 3. What is a gigawatt equivalent to?
A) A million watts
B) A trillion watts
C) A billion watts
D) A thousand watts
  • 4. What letter is used to represent electric power?
A) W
B) V
C) I
D) P
  • 5. Which of the following is a source of electric power besides generators?
A) Electric batteries
B) Electrical grids
C) Transmission lines
D) Electrical components
  • 6. What is the formula for electric power (P) in relation to voltage (V) and current (I)?
A) P = I / V
B) P = V × I
C) P = V / I
D) P = V + I
  • 7. What does the variable W represent in the power equation?
A) Wattage
B) Work in joules
C) Voltage in volts
D) Water flow
  • 8. In circuits, what are the actual mobile charge carriers?
A) Protons
B) Positrons
C) Neutrons
D) Electrons
  • 9. What is the direction of conventional current defined as?
A) The direction that electrons flow
B) The direction of gravity
C) The direction that positive charge flows
D) The direction of magnetic flux
  • 10. What does a flow of positive charge in one direction represent regarding negative charge?
A) A faster flow of negative charge in the same direction
B) An equal flow of negative charge in the opposite direction
C) No movement of negative charge
D) An equal flow of negative charge in the same direction
  • 11. How is electric power generally described in common parlance?
A) The mass of electrical components
B) The speed of light
C) Production and delivery of electrical energy
D) The chemical reaction in batteries
  • 12. What is the colloquial term for 'electric power in watts'?
A) Voltage
B) Charge
C) Wattage
D) Current
  • 13. What are three common applications of electric power mentioned in the text?
A) Gravity, force or friction
B) Cooling, freezing or condensing
C) Motion, light or heat
D) Sound, pressure or volume
  • 14. What is a megawatt?
A) A thousand watts
B) A million watts
C) A hundred watts
D) A billion watts
  • 15. How is voltage between two terminals defined?
A) Work required to move a unit charge against the electric field
B) The time taken to complete a circuit
C) The number of watts produced
D) The rate of electron flow
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