Automotive Electrical Terms Exam
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AWG - ✔✔American Wire Gauge - standard thickness sizing of wire
Blade Fuse - ✔✔flat spade type end fuse
Capacitor - ✔✔device that stores electricity due to current surges
Cartridge Fuse - ✔✔round barrel shaped fuse used in older cars
Ceramic fuse - ✔✔Ceramic with a metal strip on the outside - foreign car
Circuit - ✔✔Continuous path from on pole to the other
Circuit Breaker - ✔✔trips when overloaded but can be reset
Closed-Circuit (Open) - ✔✔completed path for electron flow (incomplete path)
Conductor - ✔✔allows the flow of electrons
continuity - ✔✔found in a completed circuit
Dielectric - ✔✔an insulating material
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, Electromagnetism - ✔✔pertaining to or exhibiting magnetism produced by electric
charge in motion
Fixed Value Resistors - ✔✔designed to have only one rating, which should not change
Flux Density - ✔✔the number of flux lines per square centimeter
Flux Field - ✔✔the magnetic field formed by magnetic lines of force
Fusible Link - ✔✔a type of wire that is designed to melt to open a circuit if the draw
becomes too large
Ganged - ✔✔a type of switch designed to control numerous circuits
Ground Wire - ✔✔wire or metal mounting that serves as the contact to the chassis
Grounding - ✔✔using the chassis as a negative wire
High-Tension Cable - ✔✔carries high voltage from the ignition coil to the spark plug
In-Line Fuse - ✔✔fuse located in the wire of the circuit
Insulator - ✔✔a material that resists the flow of electrons
Magnet - ✔✔and body with the property of attracting iron or steel
Maxi-Fuse - ✔✔larger in size and able to handle higher current flows
MPMT - ✔✔muti-pole muti throw
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Questions and Answers 100% Pass
AWG - ✔✔American Wire Gauge - standard thickness sizing of wire
Blade Fuse - ✔✔flat spade type end fuse
Capacitor - ✔✔device that stores electricity due to current surges
Cartridge Fuse - ✔✔round barrel shaped fuse used in older cars
Ceramic fuse - ✔✔Ceramic with a metal strip on the outside - foreign car
Circuit - ✔✔Continuous path from on pole to the other
Circuit Breaker - ✔✔trips when overloaded but can be reset
Closed-Circuit (Open) - ✔✔completed path for electron flow (incomplete path)
Conductor - ✔✔allows the flow of electrons
continuity - ✔✔found in a completed circuit
Dielectric - ✔✔an insulating material
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, Electromagnetism - ✔✔pertaining to or exhibiting magnetism produced by electric
charge in motion
Fixed Value Resistors - ✔✔designed to have only one rating, which should not change
Flux Density - ✔✔the number of flux lines per square centimeter
Flux Field - ✔✔the magnetic field formed by magnetic lines of force
Fusible Link - ✔✔a type of wire that is designed to melt to open a circuit if the draw
becomes too large
Ganged - ✔✔a type of switch designed to control numerous circuits
Ground Wire - ✔✔wire or metal mounting that serves as the contact to the chassis
Grounding - ✔✔using the chassis as a negative wire
High-Tension Cable - ✔✔carries high voltage from the ignition coil to the spark plug
In-Line Fuse - ✔✔fuse located in the wire of the circuit
Insulator - ✔✔a material that resists the flow of electrons
Magnet - ✔✔and body with the property of attracting iron or steel
Maxi-Fuse - ✔✔larger in size and able to handle higher current flows
MPMT - ✔✔muti-pole muti throw
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