An example of Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) is the one sometimes feels after walking across carpeting and touching a metal doorknobSelect one:a. Trueb. False

ESD can cause different types of damage to unprotected Electrostatic discharge sensitive deviseSelect one:a. Changes in basic characteristicsb. Degradation of performancec. Catastrophic failuresd. All of the above

Electrostatic discharges when surfaces of different material at deferent electrical potential came into contactSelect one:a. Trueb. False

Static dissipative materials will allow a charge to be drained to groundSelect one:a. In a slow and controlled mannerb. Rapidly, creating an ESD eventc. Only when the relative humidity is below 30 percentd. Too slowly to be effective for ESD control

Based on your experiments with the John Travoltage simulation (PhET), select the best answer:When a very small amount of negative charge is built up on John's body, _____ static discharge occurs when his finger gets close to the metal doorknob. Group of answer choicesa largea reverseno

Explain why we sometimes experience an "electric shock" when we touch the metal railings inside a shopping mall.