EE-Quiz 1: Electricity
Which of the following is not an example of an electrolytic solution? - Answer Pure water
Lightening is a discharge of _____. - Answer Static electricity
Charge q is 1 unit of distance away from the source charge S. Charge p is four times farther
away. The force exerted between S and p is _____ the force exerted between S and q. - Answer
One sixteenth
A substance that permits the flow of electrons is a(n) - Answer Conductor
The potential of electrons in a circuit can be increased by _____. - Answer The action of a
battery
Which of the following do not illustrate a complete circuit? - Answer A;C
The current supplied from a battery ___ current. - Answer Direct
Which of the following illustrates 2 resistors in a parallel circuit? - Answer A
The function of a circuit breaker is to _____. - Answer Stop a current that is flowing too fast
In the following circuit, the supplied voltage is 1.5 volts and the resistor value is 2 ohms. Use
Ohm's law to determine the current in the circuit. - Answer 0.75 amps
Unit of vertical resistance - Answer ohm
Unit of electromotive force or electrical potential - Answer Volt
Unit for measuring the strength of an electric current - Answer Ampere
Unit of electrical power - Answer Watt
A toaster with a power rating of 1,000 watts is plugged into a household voltage of 120 volts.
How much current runs through the toaster? - Answer 8.3 amps
Which of the following is not an example of an electrolytic solution? - Answer Pure water
Lightening is a discharge of _____. - Answer Static electricity
Charge q is 1 unit of distance away from the source charge S. Charge p is four times farther
away. The force exerted between S and p is _____ the force exerted between S and q. - Answer
One sixteenth
A substance that permits the flow of electrons is a(n) - Answer Conductor
The potential of electrons in a circuit can be increased by _____. - Answer The action of a
battery
Which of the following do not illustrate a complete circuit? - Answer A;C
The current supplied from a battery ___ current. - Answer Direct
Which of the following illustrates 2 resistors in a parallel circuit? - Answer A
The function of a circuit breaker is to _____. - Answer Stop a current that is flowing too fast
In the following circuit, the supplied voltage is 1.5 volts and the resistor value is 2 ohms. Use
Ohm's law to determine the current in the circuit. - Answer 0.75 amps
Unit of vertical resistance - Answer ohm
Unit of electromotive force or electrical potential - Answer Volt
Unit for measuring the strength of an electric current - Answer Ampere
Unit of electrical power - Answer Watt
A toaster with a power rating of 1,000 watts is plugged into a household voltage of 120 volts.
How much current runs through the toaster? - Answer 8.3 amps
