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WAEC Applied Electricity syllabus

The WAEC Applied Electricity syllabus has 20 examinable topics, listed in full below. This is the same breakdown Handbook uses to track which topics you have mastered and which are still costing you marks.

All 20 topics on the WAEC Applied Electricity syllabus

  1. 01A.C. quantities
  2. 02Capacitors
  3. 03Concept of Electric field
  4. 04Cooling of transformers
  5. 05Diode
  6. 06Earthing
  7. 07Fundamentals of magnetism
  8. 08General Workshop Safety
  9. 09Generating station
  10. 10Logic gates
  11. 11Losses and temperature rise in transformers
  12. 12Modulation
  13. 13Ohm’s law and Kirchhoff’s laws
  14. 14Power and energy
  15. 15Power supply units
  16. 16Principles of operation of a transformer
  17. 17Self and Mutual Induction
  18. 18Structure of matter
  19. 19Thermionic emission
  20. 20Transistor

Frequently asked questions

How many topics are on the WAEC Applied Electricity syllabus?
20 topics. All of them are listed on this page.
What is the first topic on the WAEC Applied Electricity syllabus?
The syllabus opens with A.C. quantities. The full ordered list of all 20 topics appears above.
Is the WAEC Applied Electricity syllabus free to view on Handbook?
Yes. The full topic list is free to read with no account. A Handbook subscription adds timed practice questions and topic-level progress tracking against the same syllabus.

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