LEARNING ASSESSMENT IN GENERAL PHYSICS 2

Activity 1: How much do you understand?

Direction: Read each of the following questions/statements and write the letter of the correct answer
using uppercase letters on the space provided before the item number.

1. Wet skin is said to have much less resistance than dry skin. This explains that the water is a/an
____________.
a. Conductor c. semiconductor
b. Insulator d. superconductor
2. If you multiply ampere by volts, the answer will be in units of
a. resistance c. current
b. work d. power
3. According to Ohm’s law, what must be greater to maintain the same current in a conductor with
more resistance?
a. voltage c. temperature
b. current d. cross-sectional area
4. A parallel circuit has
a. wires that are lined up side by side
b. separate pathways for the current to flow through
c. the same current flowing through one resistance after another
d. none of the above
5. Four identical resistors are first connected in parallel and then in series. The resultant resistance
of the first combination to the second will be
a. 1/16 times c. 4 times
b. ¼ times d. 16 times

Activity 2: How well can you perform?

Direction: Solve the problem below. Be guided by the scoring rubric that follows.

1. Find the equivalent resistance for the circuit diagram below.

Rubric:

5 - Displays complete solution and correct answer with step-by-step presentation of the
equation/s and substitutions of values
4 - Displays solution and correct answer but lacks a few steps in the presentation of the
equation/s and substitution of values
3 - Displays very minimal solution with correct answer
2 – Displays only the correct answer
1 – Wrong answer

Present your answer here: