Bulacan Polytechnic College

Pleasant Hill Subdivision, City of San Jose Del Monte Bulacan

Final Examinations

Instrumentation

Name: Instructor: Mrs. Clara Jane M. Caparas

Course: Date: Score:

I. Multiple Choice. Choose the best answer and write the letter of your choice before the numbered
item.

1. An alarm clock draws 0.5 A of current when connected to a 120 volt circuit. Calculate its resistance.
a. R = 240 ohms c. R= 120 ohms
b. R = 220 ohms d. R = 200 ohms
2. A subwoofer needs a household voltage of 110 V to push a current of 5.5 A through its coil. What is
the resistance of the subwoofer?
a. R = 30 ohms c. R =15 ohms
b. R = 20 ohms d. R =25 ohms
3. A walkman uses a standard 1.5 V battery. How much resistance is in the circuit if it uses a current of
0.01A?
a. R = 120 ohms c. R = 150 ohms
b. R = 100 ohms d. R = 250 ohms
4. If a toaster produces 12 ohms of resistance in a 120-volt circuit, what is the amount of current in the
circuit?
a. I = 10 Amp c. I = 12 Amp
b. I = 7 Amp d. I = 20 Amp
5. A 12 Volt car battery pushes charge through the headlight circuit resistance of 10 ohms. How much
current is passing through the circuit?
a. I = 1. 0 Amp c. I = 1.2 Amp
b. I = 1. 7 Amp d. I = 2.0 Amp
6. How much voltage would be necessary to generate 10 amps of current in a circuit that has 5 ohms of
resistance?
a.V = 25 ohms c. R = 50 ohms
b. I = 12 ohms d. I = 20 ohms
7. A circuit contains a 1.5 volt battery and a bulb with a resistance of 3 ohms. Calculate the current.
a. I = 0.5 Amp c. I = 2 Amp
b. I = 1.5 Amp d. I = 2.5 Amp
8. What current flows through a hair dryer plugged into a 120 Volt circuit if it has a resistance of 25
ohms?
a. I = 4.8 Amp c. I = 3.6 Amp
b. I = 2.5 Amp d. I = 1.75 Amp
9. An electric heater works by passing a current of 100 A though a coiled metal wire, making it red hot. If
the resistance of the wire is 1.1 ohms, what voltage must be applied to it?
a. V = 110 V c. I = 36 V
b. V = 120 V d. I = 120 V
10. A light bulb has a resistance of 5 ohms and a maximum current of 10 A. How much voltage can be
applied before the bulb will break?
a. R = 50 ohms c. I = 36 ohms
b. R = 25 ohms d. I = 30 ohms
11. What happens to the current in a circuit if a 1.5-volt battery is removed and is replaced by a 3-volt
battery?
a. I = R/3 c. I = 3R
b. I = 3/R d. I = 2/3 R
12. What happens to the current in a circuit if a 10Ω resistor is removed and replaced by a 20Ω resistor?
a. I = 20/V c. I = V/20
b. I = 2V d. I = V/2
13. Find the current through a 12-ohm resistive circuit when 24 volts is applied.
a. 2 A c. 1 A
b. 2. 5 A d. 1.2 A
14. Find the resistance of a circuit that draws 0.06 amperes with 12 volts applied.
a. R = 100 ohms c. R = 120 ohms
b. R= 200 ohms d.R = 250 ohms
15. Find the applied voltage of a circuit that draws 0.2 amperes through a 4800-ohm resistance.
a. I = 2.7 A c. I = 2 A
b. I = 2. 5 A d. I = 1.2 A
16. Find the applied voltage of a telephone circuit that draws 0.017amperes through a resistance of
15,000 ohms. 5. A 20-volt relay has a coil resistance of 200 ohms. How much current does it draw?
a. V = 255 V c. V = 210 V
b. V = 25 V d. V = 125 V
17. A series circuit has 1200-ohms of total resistance with 12 V as the power supply. What is the total
current of this circuit?
a. I = 0.04 A c. I = 0.01 A
b. I = 2. 5 A d. I = 0.027 A
18. What is the increase of current when 15 V is applied to 10000-ohm. rheostat, which is adjusted to
1000-ohm value?
a. I = 0.336 A c. I = 0.0135 A
b. I = 0.1745 A d. I = 0.0125 A
19. A transformer is connected to 120 volts. Find the current if the resistance is 480-ohms?
a. I = 0.75 A c. I = 0.25 A
b. I = 0.0175 A d. I = 1.2 A
20. A resistive load of 600-ohms is connected to a 24 V power supply. Find the current through the
resistor.
a. I = 0.02 A c. I = 0. 015 A
b. I = 0.03 A d. I = 0.04 A
21. A circuit consists of a 12 V battery connected across a single resistor. If the current in the circuit is 3
A, calculate the size of the resistor.
a. R = 2 ohms c. R = 3 ohms
b. R = 2.5 ohms d. R = 4 ohms
22. If a small appliance is rated at a current of 10 amps and a voltage of 120 volts, the power rating
would be ______ Watts. (P = I V )
a. P = 25 W c. P =1000 W
b. P = 200 W d. P =1200 W
23. If a blender is plugged into a 110 V outlet that supplies 2.7 A of current, what amount of power is
used by the blender?
a. P = 297 W c. P =107 W
b. P = 200 W d. P =100 W
24. If a clock expends 2 W of power from a 1.5 V battery, what amount of current is supplying the clock?
a. I = 2.0 A c. I =1.3 A
b. I = 2.3 A d. I =1.5 A
25. Tommy runs his juicer every morning. The juicer uses 90 W of Power and the current supplied is 4.5
A. How many volts are necessary to run the juicer?
a. V = 25 V c. V =20 V
b. V = 15 V d. V=12 V
26. Amanda’s hair dryer requires 11A of current from a 110 V outlet. How much power does it use?
a. P = 125 W c. P =1000 W
b. P = 200 W d. P =1210 W
27. A DC electric motor transforms 1.50 kW of electrical power into mechanical form. If the motor's
operating voltage is 300 volts, how much current does it "draw" when operating at full load (full power
output)?
a. I = 5 A c. I = 3 A
b. I = 2 A d. I = 4 A
28. Calculate the amount of power dissipated by this electric heating element, if the generator's output
voltage is 110 volts and the heater's resistance is 2.5 ohms: ( P = V2 / R ) Now, calculate the power
dissipated by the same heater if the generator's output voltage is doubled.

a. P = 2560 W c. P =2360 W
b. P = 2006 W d. P =19360 W
29. Two lamps , each having a resistance of 3 ohms connected in series. What current will flow if a
voltage source of 5 V is connected at input.
a. I = 0.833 A c. P =0. 2336 A
b. I = 0.083 A d. I = 0.987 A
30. How much resistance does a heavy duty fshlight have if it has a current of 25 mA flowing through it
and is being powered by four 1.5 V cells?
a. R = 0. 15 ohms c. R = 100 ohms
b. R = 25 ohms d. R = 200 ohms

II. Evaluate the following.

Key Answers:

I. Multiple Choice.

1. a 16. a
2. b 17. c
3.c 18. c
4. a 19. c
5. b 20. d
6. c 21. d
7. a 22. d
8. a 23. a
9. a 24. b
10. a 25. c
11.b 26. d
12. c 27. a
13. a 28. d
14. b 29. a
15. c 30. d

II. Evaluate.
Table of Specifications :

Topic/Competencies Criteria Total

Ohms Law Multiple Choice 30

Resistors Connection Evaluate 15

a.Series
b. Parallel
c. Series Parallel
Power Formula Evaluate 35
a.Series
b. Parallel
c. Series Parallel
Total 80

Prepared by:

CLARA JANE M. CAPARAS

Instructor