OBJECTIVES - OHM'S LAW 6.

Resistance opposes the flow of current at a circuit and is

measured in _________.

1. A voltage or current that is reversed at regular intervals iscalled a.) Farads b.) Joules c.) Ohms d.) Henrys
______ voltage or current.
7. Electrical power is a measure of _______.
I. Direct II. Steady State III. Sinusoidal
a.) Work wasted b.) Voltage
a.) I only b.) II only c.) III only d.) none of these
c.) Rated which work is performed d.) Total worker performed
2. The force which moves electrons from atom to atom througha
closed conducting path is called ____________.
8. The electric pressure of a circuit would be the ________.
a.) Flux b.) Resistance a.) Voltage b.) Amperage
c.) Resistance d.) Wattage
c.) Admittance d.) EMF
9. The voltage of a circuit is best defined as __________.
a.) The potential between two conductors.
3. A negatively charged body has ____________.
b.) The greatest difference of potential between two
a.) Excess of electrons b.) Excess of neutrons
conductors.
c.) Deficit of electrons d.) Deficit of neutrons
c.) The effective difference of potential betweentwo
conductors.
4. What is the formula to find watt hour? d.) The average RMS difference of potential between any
a.) ExTx1000 b.) IxExT two conductors.
c.) IxExT/1000 d.) ExTxØ/1000

10. Electrical current is measured in terms of _________.

5. The electromotive force required to cause a current to flow may a.) Electron pressure
be obtained ____.
b.) Electrons passing a point per second
I. Thermally II. Mechanically III. Chemically
c.) watts
a.) I only b.) I & III only d.) Resistance
c.) II & III only d.) I, II, & III
11. Voltage drop in a wire is _____. I. Ampacity will decrease
a.) The wire resistance times the voltage II. Voltage will drop
b.) A percentage of the applied voltage III. Wire will heat up
c.) A function of insulation
d.) Part of the load voltage a.) III only b.) I and II only
c.) II and III only d.) I and III only

12. The voltage lost across a portion of a circuit is called the

____. 17. Which of the following is not the force which moves
a.) Power loss electrons?
b.) Power factor
a.) EMF b.) Voltage c.) Potential d.) Current
c.) Voltage drop
d.) Apparent va
18. The current used for charging storage batteries is _______.
a.) Square-wave
13. Batteries supply ___ current.
b.) Direct
c.) Alternating
a.) Positive b.) Negative c.) Direct d.) Alternating
d.) Variable
14. An electron is ________.
19. The property of a circuit tending to prevent the flow of
a.) A neutron
current and at the same time causing energy to be converted
b.) An orbiting particle
c.) A proton into heat is referred to as ______.
d.) The smallest part of an atom with anegative charge a.) The inductance
15. The difference of electrical potential between two b.) The resistance
c.) The capacitance
conductors of a circuit is the:
d.) The reluctance
a.) Resistance b.) Amperage
c.) Voltage d.) Wattage
20. If a 120 volt incandescent light bulb is operating at a
voltage of 125 volts, the result will be _____.
16. When an electric current is forced through a wire that has
considerable resistance, the ____.
 a.) It may be enough to blow a fuse 26. The unit of measurement for electrical resistance to current is
b.) The bulb won’t be as bright the _____________.
c.) Shorter life of the bulb
a.) Watt b.) Ohm c.) Volt d.) Amp
d.) The wattage will be less than rated

21. Ohm’s law is ______. 27. Which of the following is a unit of electrical pressure?
a.) An equation for determining power a.) Watt b.) Ampere
b.) The relationship between voltage, current and power c.) Ohm d.) Volt
c.) The relation between voltage, current and resistance
d.) A measurement of wattage losses 28. In the american Wire Gauge, as the number of gauge wire
increases, the wire diameter ____________.
a.) increases b.) decreases
22. The heating element in a toaster has a _______.
c.) does not change d.) does changes
a.) Low resistance b.) High resistance
c.) High conductivity d.) None of these
29. What is the former name of the American Wire Gauge?
a.) NEMA b.) Westinghouse
23. The most heat is created when current flows through which of
c.) Brown and Sharpe d.) IEEE
the following?
a.) A 10 ohm condenser
30. What will happen to the resistance of a conductor when its
b.) A 10 ohm inductance coil
temperature is increased?
c.) A 10 ohm resistor
a.) It will increase b.) It remains
d.) Heat would be equal
costant
c.) It varies d.) It will decrease
24. The greater the number of free electrons the better the ____ of
a metal.
a.) Insulation value b.) Resistance 31. How do you call the electrons in the last orbit of an atom?
c.) Voltage drop d.) Conductivity a.) Bound electrons b.) Free electrons
c.) Valence electrons d.) Charged
25. The electric pressure or electromotive force is measured by the electrons
______.
a.) Volt b.) Electric meter
c.) Watt d.) Kilowatt
 d.) Less than the value of the smallest resistance

SERIES CIRCUIT 5. Four heaters, each having a resistance of 30 ohms, are connected
in series across a 600-volt train circuit. The current is ____ amperes.

1. A 3Ω, 6Ω, 9Ω and a 12Ω resistor are connected in series. The a.) 5
resistor that will consume the most power is the ___ ohm. b.) 17
c.) 20
a.) 3 Ω d.) 80
b.) 6 Ω
c.) 9 Ω
d.) 12 Ω 6. Two resistors of resistances 5 ohms and 7 ohms are
connected in series across a 60-volt source. What is the
power absorbed in the 5-ohm resistor?
2. In a series circuit ____ is common.
a.) Resistance a.) 50 Watts
b.) Current
c.) Voltage b.) 25 Watts
d.) Wattage
c.) 125 Watts

3. The sum of the voltage drop around a circuit is equal to the d.) 100 Watts
source voltage is _____.

a.) Kirchhoff’s Law 7.) A cell whose emf is 1.45V has an internal resistance of 4
b.) Ohm’s Law
c.) Nevins’s Theory
ohms. What current will flow if this cell is connected across a
d.) Faraday’s Law 1-ohm resistor?
a.) 0.4 A
4. When resistors are connected in series, the total resistance is
______. b.) 0.2A
a.) The sum of the individual resistance values c.) 0.5 A
b.) The equivalent of the smallest resistance value
c.) The equivalent of the largest resistance value d.) 0.3 A
8.) An electric iron draws 15A at 220 V. It is desired to reduced 12.) A dry cell has an internal resistance of 0.02 ohm and open
the current to 12 A by connecting a series rheostat. What is circuit voltage of 1.5 V. Calculate the power delivered to a
the resistance of the rheostat? resistor of 0.6-ohm resistance.
a.) 3.67 ohms b.) 4.55 ohms a.) 3.5 watts b.) 2.4 watts
c.) 5.12 ohms d.) 1.86 ohms c.) 2.0 watts d.) 3.8 watts

9.) The resistances of four rheostats are 10, 5, 7 and 3 ohms, 13.) If the individual resistances are 5, 10 and 15 ohms
which are connected in series to a battery, which produces a respectively. What potential must the battery supply to force a
potential difference of 75V across its terminals. Find the current of 0.50 A through the circuit?
current in each rheostat.
a.) 16A b.) 15A
a.) 10 A b.) 3 A c.) 10A d.) 8A
c.) 5 A d.) 7 A

14.) When 30 V is applied across two equal resistances in

10.) Three resistors R1, R2 and R3 are connected in series series, 10 mA of current flows. Find the value of each
across a 100-V source. If R2 opens, the resistance.
a.) voltage across R2 is 100V a.) 1.5kΩ b.) 3.0kΩ
b.) voltage across R1 is 100V c.) 150kΩ d.) 300kΩ
c.) total resistance decreases
d.) voltage across R2 is zero
15.) An oven takes11A at 220 V. It is desired to reduce the
11.) A dry cell has internal resistance of 0.02 ohm and a current to 10A. What resistance must be connected in series?
terminal voltage of 1.5 V on open circuit. What will be its
a.) 2 ohms b.) 22 ohms
terminal voltage if a 0.1-ohm resistance is connected across its c.) 20 ohms d.) 5 ohms
terminals?
a.) 1.25 V b.) 1.20 V
c.) 1.42 V d.) 1.15 V
16.) A 3 ohm resistor and a 6 ohm resistor are connected in 20.) An oven takes 15 A at 220 V. It is desired to reduce the
series across a dc supply. If the voltage drop across the 3-ohm current to 12 A. Find the resistor that must be connected in
resistor is 4 V, what is the voltage of the supply? series.
a.) 6 Volts b.) 8 Volts a.) 8.33 ohms b.) 4.63 ohms
c.) 18 Volts d.) 12 Volts c.) 6.33 ohms d.) 3.66 ohms

17.) An arc lamp takes 10 A at 50 V. Find the value of the 21.) Three resistances of 8.4 ohms, 6.8 ohms and 4.8 ohms are
resistance to be placed in series so that the lamps may burn connected in series across a 100-V source. What is the voltage
correctly from a 110-V supply. across the 6.8-ohm resistor?
a.) 5 ohms b.) 11 ohms a.) 28V b.) 34 V
c.) 6 ohms d.) 10 ohms c.) 24 V d.) 42 V

18.) Four resistances of 10, 4, 6 and 5 ohms are connected in 22.) Two 100-V incandescent lamps rated 60 W and 200 W are
series to a battery having a voltage across its terminals of 75 V. connected in series across a 200-V supply. What current will
The current is_________. flow through each lamp?
a.) 6 A b.) 3 A a.) 0.84 A b.) 0.92 A
c.) 4 A d.) 5 A c.) 0.72 A d.) 0.68 A

19.) In circuit three resistors of 10, 15 and 20 ohms are 23.) Two resistors 8 ohm and 12 ohms are connected in series
connected in series. Find the potential at the source if the across a 100-V source. What is the power absorbed in the 12-
current flowing is 4 A. ohm resistor?
a.) 90V b.) 180V a.) 200 W b.) 150 W
c.) 135 V d.) 45 V c.) 100 W d.) 300 W
24.) A battery whose internal resistance is 5 ohms is connected
to an external resistor of 10 ohms. The battery’s terminal
voltage is 15 V, what is the emf of the battery?
a.) 17.5 V b.) 25.0 V
c.) 22.5 V d.) 14.2 V

25.) A battery having a total emf of 7.5 volts and a total

internal resistance of 1.25 ohms. What external resistance will
send a current of 2A?
a.) 2.0 ohms b.) 1.0 ohm
c.) 1.75 ohms d.) 2.5 ohms

26.) The hot resistance of an incandescent lamp is 10 ohms

and rated voltage is 50 V. Find the series resistance required to
operate the lamp from an 80 V supply.
a.) 10 ohms b.) 8 ohms
c.) 6 ohms d.) 4 ohms

27.) The total voltage and amperage of four 0.5 A, 1.5 V cells
connected in series.
a.) 1.5 V, 0.5 A b.) 6 V, 0.5 A
c.) 1.5 V, 2 A d.) 6 V, 2 A
PARALLEL CIRCUIT 5.) The total resistance of four 10 ohm resistors in parallel is _____.

a.) 10 ohms b.) 2.5 ohms c.) 5 ohms d.) 4 ohms

1.) Electrical appliances are connected in parallel because it
________.
6.) The decimal equivalent of 9/16 is _____.
a.) Makes the operation of appliances independent of each other
b.) Results in reduced power loss
c.) Is a simple circuit
a.) 0.5625 b.) 0.675
d.) Draws less current c.) 0.875 d.) None of these

2.) Which of the following is not true? 7.) If a low resistance is connected in parallel with a higher
resistance, the combined resistance is _______.
a.) Equal currents flow in the branches of parallel circuits.
b.) The total resistance of a parallel circuit is less than the smallest a.) Higher or lower than the low resistance depending on the size of
resistor in the circuit. the higher resistance.
c.) The total current in a parallel circuit is the sum of the branch b.) Always less than the low resistance
currents. c.) Always more than the higher resistance
d.) In a parallel circuit, there is more than one path for the current d.) The total would be the low and high added together
flow.
8.) When three equal resistors are connected in parallel, the total
3.) A 3Ω, 6Ω, 9Ω and a 12Ω resistor are connected in parallel. The resistance is ______.
resistor that will consume the most power is the ___ ohm.
a.) Equal to the resistance of each
a.) 3 Ω b.) 6 Ω b.) Less than anyone resistor
c.) 9 Ω d.) 12 Ω c.) Greater than any one resistance
d.) None of these
4.) If two equal resistance conductors are connected in parallel, the
resistance of the two conductors is equal to ______. 9.) Two resistances of 8 and 10 ohms respectively are
a.) The resistance of one conductor connected in parallel and take a total current of 9A. What is
b.) Twice the resistance of one conductor the current flowing in the 8-ohm resistance?
c.) One-half the resistance of one conductor
d.) The resistance of both conductors a.) 5 A b.) 4 A
c.) 6 A d.) 3 A
10.) Two resistors of 5 and 10 ohms respectively are connected 15.) If three resistors of 175 ohms, 75 ohms, and 17 ohms,
in parallel. If the total current to the branch is 24 A, find the respectively are connected in parallel. The combined resistance will
be,
current in the 5-ohm resistance?
a.) Between 175 ohms and 75 ohms
a.) 16 A b.) 15 A b.) between 75 ohms and 17 ohms
c.) 10 A d.) 8 A c.) less than 17 ohms
d.) greater than 175 ohms
11.) Three 9-ohm resistors are connected in parallel across a 24-V
source. The total power taken by the circuit is 16.) The resistance of a circuit containing 1 ohm, 2 ohms and 3 ohms
in parallel is_______.
a.) 120 W b.) 240 W
c.) 192 W d.) 190 W a.) 6 ohms b.) 5.45 ohms
c.) 0.545 ohm d.) 4.5 ohms
12.) A 6-ohm resistor is connected in parallel with another resistor
R. If the equivalent resistance of the combination is 3 ohms, how 17.) A resistance of 6 ohms is connected in parallel with a 3-ohm
much is R? resistance. Both resistances are then connected In series with an 8-
ohm resistance. If the supply is a 220 V source, what is the current
a.) 6 ohms b.) 4 ohms through the 6 ohm resistance?
c.) 5 ohms d.) 3 ohms
a.) 7.12 A b.) 7.5 A
13.) A current of 10A divides between tw0 branches in parallel, one c.) 7.42 A d.) 7.33 A
having a resistance of 4 ohms and the other 6 ohms. How much is
the current in the 4-ohm resistance? 18.) Two incandescent lamps of 100 W, 200 V are connected in
parallel across a 200-V supply. The total resistances will be_____.
a.) 6 A b.) 4 A
c.) 7 A d.) 3 A a.) 800 ohms b.) 200 ohms
c.) 400 ohms d.) 600 ohms
14.) The total voltage and amperage of four 0.5 A, 1.5 V cells
connected in parallel is 19.) Three resistors of 10, 12 and “x” ohms, respectively are
connected in parallel across a constant current source of 8 A.
a.) 1.5 V, 2 A b.) 1.5 V, 0.5 A Determine “x” if this resistor draws 2.5 A.
c.) 6 V, 0.5 A d.) 6 V, 2 A
a.) 10 ohms b.) 12 ohms
c.) 13 ohms d.) 11 ohms
20.) Three resistors of 10, 15 and 20 ohms each connected in
parallel. What is the total conductance?

a.) 0.217 mhos b.) 3.41 mhos

c.) 4.62 mhos d.) 0.52 mhos

21.) A 5-ohm resistance is connected in parallel with a 10-ohm

resistance. Another set, a 6-ohm and an 8-ohm resistances are also
connected in parallel. The two sets are connected in series. What is
the equivalent resistance?

a.) 6.76 ohms b.) 9.25 ohms

c.) 14.4 ohms d.) 21.2 ohms

22.) If 18 resistances, each of a value of 36 ohms, are connected in

parallel, then the total resistance is______.

a.) 36 ohms b.) 2 ohms

c.) 648 ohms d.) 54 ohms

23.) What resistance must be connected in parallel with a 1.0- ohm

resistance to give an equivalent resistance of 0.2 ohm?

a.) 0.75 ohm b.) 0.25 ohm

c.) 1.20 ohm d.) 0.50 ohm