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1. Materials in which there is no current when voltage is applied are called
(a) filters (b) conductors
(c) insulators (d) semiconductors
2. Potential difference is another term for
(a) energy (b) voltage
(c) distance of an electron from the nucleus (d) charge
3. Which one of the following is not a type of energy source?
(a) battery (b) solar cell
(c) generator (d) potentiometer
4. Which one of the following is not a possible condition in an electric circuit?
(a) voltage and no current (b) current and no voltage
(c) voltage and current (d) no voltage and no current
5. Electrical current is defined as
(a) free electrons (b) the rate of flow of free electrons
(c) the energy required to move electrons (d) the charge on free electrons
6. There is no current in a circuit when
(a) a switch is closed (b) a switch is open
(c) there is no voltage (d) answers (a) and (c)
(e) answers (b) and (c)
7. The primary purpose of a resistor is to
(a) increase current (b) limit current
(c) produce heat (d) resist current change
8. Ohm's law states that
(a) current equals voltage times resistance (b) voltage equals current times resistance
(c) resistance equals current divided by voltage (d) voltage equals current squared times resistance
9. When the voltage across a resistor is doubled, the current will
(a) triple (b) halve
(c) double (d) not change
10. When 10 V are applied across a 20 resistor, the current is
(a) 10 A (b) 0.5 A
(c) 200 A (d) 2 A
11. When there are 10 mA of current through 1.0 k resistor, the voltage across the resistor is
(a) 100 V (b) 0.1 V
(c) 10 kV (d) 10 V
12. If 20 V are applied across a resistor and there are 6.06 mA of current, the resistance is
(a) 3.3 k (b) 33 k
(c) 330 k (d) 3.03 k
13. How much resistance is required to limit the current from a 10 V battery to 1 mA?
(a) 100 (b) 1.0 k
(c) 10 (d) 10 k
14. An electric heater draws 2.5 A from a 110 V source. The resistance of the heating element is
(a) 275 (b) 22.7 m
(c) 44 (d) 440
15. The current through a flashlight bulb is 20 mA and the total battery voltage is 4.5 V. The resistance of the bulb is
(a) 90 (b) 225
(c) 4.44 (d) 45
16. If the current through a fixed resistor goes from 10 mA to 12 mA. The power in the resistor
(a) increases (b) decreases
(c) stays the same
17. If the voltage across a fixed resistor goes from 10 V to 7 V, the power in the resistor
(a) increases (b) decreases
(c) stays the same
18. A variable resistor has 5 V across it. If you reduce the resistance, the power in the resistor
(a) increases (b) decreases
(c) stays the same
19. If the voltage across a resistor increases from 5 V to 10 V and the current increases from 1 mA to 2 mA, the power
(a) increases (b) decreases
(c) stays the same
20. Five equal-value resistors are connected in series and there is a current of 2 mA into the first resistor. The amount of current out
of the second resistor is
(a) equal to 2 mA (b) less than 2 mA
(c) greater than 2 mA

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21. To measure the current out of the third resistor in a circuit consisting of four series resistors, an ammeter can be placed
(a) between the third and fourth resistors (b) between the second and third resistors
(c) at the positive terminal of the source (d) at any point in the circuit
22. When a third resistor is connected in series with two series resistors, the total resistance
(a) remains the same (b) increases
(c) decreases (d) increases by one-third
23. When one of four series resistors is removed from a circuit and the circuit reconnected. The current
(a) decreases by the amount of current through the removed resistor
(b) decreases by one-fourth
(c) quadruples
(d) increases
24. A series circuit consists of three resistors with values of 100 , 220 , and 330 . The total resistance is
(a) less than 100 (b) the average of the values
(c) 550 (d) 650
25. A 9 V battery is connected across a series combination of 68 , 33 , 100 , and 47 resistors. The amount of current is
(a) 36.3 mA (b) 27.6 A
(c) 22.3 mA (d) 363 mA
26. While putting four 1.5 V batteries in a flashlight, you accidentally put one of them in backward. The voltage across the bulb will
be
(a) 6 V (b) 3 V
(c) 4.5 V (d) 0 V
27. If you measure all the voltage drops and the source voltage in a series circuit and add them together, taking into consideration
the polarities, you will get a result equal to
(a) the source voltage (b) the total of the voltage drops
(c) zero (d) the total of the source voltage and the voltage drops
28. There are six resistors in a given series circuit and each resistor has 5 V dropped across it. The source voltage is
(a) 5 V (b) 30 V
(c) dependent on the resistor values (d) dependent on the current
29. A series circuit consists of a 4.7 k, a 5.6k, and a 10 k resistor. The resistor that has the most voltage across it is
(a) the 4.7 k (b) the 5.6 k
(c) the 10 k (d) impossible to determine from the given information
30. Which of the following series combinations dissipates the most power when connected across a 100 V source?
(a) One 100 resistor (b) Two 100 resistors
(c) Three 100 resistors (d) Four 100 resistors
31. When you connect an ammeter in a series-resistive circuit and turn on the source voltage, the meter reads zero. You should
check for
(a) a broken wire (b) a shorted resistor
(c) an open resistor (d) answers (a) and (c)
32. While checking for a series-resistive circuit, you find that the current is higher than it should be. You should look for
(a) an open circuit (b) a short
(c) a low resistor value (d) answers (b) and (c)
33. In a parallel circuit, each resistor has
(a) the same current (b) the same voltage
(c) the same power (d) all of the above
34. When a 1.2 k resistor and a 100 resistor are connected in parallel. The total resistance is
(a) greater than 1.2 k (b) greater than 100 but less than 1.2 k
(c) less than 100 but greater than 90 (d) less than 90
35. A 330 resistor, a 270 resistor, and a 68 resistor are all in parallel. The total resistance is approximately
(a) 668 (b) 47
(c) 68 (d) 22
36. Eight resistors are in parallel. The two lowest-value resistors are both 1.0 k. The total resistance
(a) is less than 8 k (b) is greater than 1.0 k
(c) is less than 1.0 k (d) is less than 500
37. When an additional resistor is connected across an existing parallel circuit, the total resistance
(a) decreases (b) increases
(c) remains the same (d) increases by the value of the added resistor
38. If one of the resistors in a parallel circuit is removed, the total resistance
(a) decreases by the value of the removed resistor (b) remains the same
(c) increases (d) doubles

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39. One current into a junction is 500 mA and the other current into the same junction is 300 mA. The total current out of the
junction is
(a) 200 mA (b) unknown
(c) 800 mA (d) the larger of the two
40. The following resistors are in parallel across a voltage source: 390 , 560 , and 820 . The resistor with the least current is
(a) 390 (b) 560
(c) 820 (d) impossible to determine without knowing the voltage
41. A sudden decrease in the total current into a parallel circuit may indicate
(a) a short (b) an open resistor
(c) a drop in source voltage (d) either (b) or (c)
42. In a four-branch parallel circuit, there are 10 mA of current in each branch. If one of the branches opens, the current in each of
the other three branches is
(a) 13.3 mA (b) 10 mA
(c) 0 A (d) 30 mA
43. If there are a total of 100 mA into a parallel circuit consisting of three branches and two of the branch currents are 40 mA and 20
mA, the third branch current is
(a) 60 mA (b) 20 mA
(c) 160 mA (d) 40 mA
44. Two 1.0 k resistors are in series and this series combination is in parallel with a 2.2 k resistor. The voltage across one of the
1.0 k resistors is 6 V. The voltage across the 2.2 k resistor is
(a) 6 V (b) 3 V
(c) 12 V (d) 13.2 V
45. The parallel combination of a 330 resistor and a 470 resistor is in series with the parallel combination of four 1.0 k
resistors. A 100 V source is connected across the circuit. The resistor with the most current has a value of
(a) 1.0 k (b) 330
(c) 470
46. Thevenin's theorem converts a circuit to an equivalent form consisting of
(a) a current source and a series resistance (b) a voltage source and a parallel resistance
(c) a voltage source and a series resistance (d) a current source and a parallel resistance
47. The Thevenin equivalent voltage for a given circuit is found by
(a) shorting the output terminals (b) opening the output terminals
(c) shorting the voltage source (d) removing the voltage source and replacing it with a short
48. A certain circuit produces 15 V across its open output terminals, and when a 10 k load is connected across its output terminals,
it produces 12 V. The Thevenin equivalent for this circuit is
(a) 15 V in series with 10 k (b) 12 V in series with 10 k
(c) 12 V in series with 2.5 k (d) 15 V in series with 2.5 k
49. Maximum power is transferred from a source to a load when
(a) the load resistance is very large (b) the load resistance is very small
(c) the load resistance is twice the source resistance (d) the load resistance equals the source resistance
50. In assigning the direction of branch currents,
(a) the directions are critical (b) they must all be in the same direction
(c) they must all point into a node (d) the directions are not critical
51. The branch current method uses
(a) Ohm's law and Kirchhoff's voltage law
(b) Kirchhoff's voltage and current laws
(c) the superposition theorem and Kirchhoff's current law
(d) Thevenin's theorem and Kirchhoff's voltage law
52. The loop current method is based on
(a) Kirchhoff's current law (b) Ohm's law
(c) the superposition theorem (d) Kirchhoff's voltage law
53. The node voltage method is based on
(a) Kirchhoff's current law (b) Ohm's law
(c) the superposition theorem (d) Kirchhoff's voltage law
54. In the node voltage method,
(a) currents are assigned at each node
(b) currents are assigned at the reference node
(c) the current directions are arbitrary
(d) currents are assigned only at the nodes where the voltage is unknown
(e) both answers (c) and (d)
55. Generally, the node voltage method results in
(a) more equations than the loop current method (b) fewer equations than the loop current method
(c) the same number of equations as the loop current method

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