TPC ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM
ACTUAL EXAM SOLVED QUESTIONS
COMPLETE PREPARATION RESOURCE
●● Law of Conservation of Charge
Answer: states that charge can be transferred from one object to another
but cannot be created or destroyed
●● electric field
Answer: the space around a charged object in which another charged
object experiences an electric force
●● conductor
Answer: A material that allows heat and electricity to pass through it.
●● electric current
Answer: The continuous flow of electric charges through a material
●● potential difference
Answer: the difference in electrical charge between two points in a
circuit expressed in volts
, ●● voltage difference
Answer: related to the force that causes electric charges to flow;
measured in volts
●● Voltage
Answer: The difference in electrical potential energy between two places
in a circuit.
●● electric circuit
Answer: a complete, unbroken path through which electric charges can
flow
●● switch
Answer: A device for making, breaking, or changing the connections in
an electrical circuit.
●● load (in a circuit)
Answer: an electrical component or portion of a circuit that consumes
(active) electric power
●● Resistor
Answer: An electrical device that resists the flow of electrical current
ACTUAL EXAM SOLVED QUESTIONS
COMPLETE PREPARATION RESOURCE
●● Law of Conservation of Charge
Answer: states that charge can be transferred from one object to another
but cannot be created or destroyed
●● electric field
Answer: the space around a charged object in which another charged
object experiences an electric force
●● conductor
Answer: A material that allows heat and electricity to pass through it.
●● electric current
Answer: The continuous flow of electric charges through a material
●● potential difference
Answer: the difference in electrical charge between two points in a
circuit expressed in volts
, ●● voltage difference
Answer: related to the force that causes electric charges to flow;
measured in volts
●● Voltage
Answer: The difference in electrical potential energy between two places
in a circuit.
●● electric circuit
Answer: a complete, unbroken path through which electric charges can
flow
●● switch
Answer: A device for making, breaking, or changing the connections in
an electrical circuit.
●● load (in a circuit)
Answer: an electrical component or portion of a circuit that consumes
(active) electric power
●● Resistor
Answer: An electrical device that resists the flow of electrical current