1. Which quantity must be the same for each component in any 7.

7. How long must a 100-watt light bulb be used in order to

series circuit? dissipate 1,000 joules of electrical energy?
1) power 3) current 1) 10 s 3) 1,000 s
2) resistance 4) voltage 2) 100 s 4) 100,000 s

2. A student needs a 4-ohm resistor to complete a circuit. Only 8. If 60. electrons pass a given point in a conductor in one
a large quantity of 1-ohm resistors are available. Which of second, the current in this conductor is
the following should be done to complete the circuit? 1) 2.7 × 10–21 A 3) 1.6 × 10–20 A
–19
1) Connect four 1-ohm resistors in parallel. 2) 1.6 × 10 A 4) 9.6 × 10–18 A
2) Connect only two 1-ohm resistors in parallel.
3) Connect two of the 1-ohm resistors in series and two in 9. In the circuit represented by the diagram below, what is the
parallel. reading of voltmeter V?
4) Connect four 1-ohm resistors in series.

3. A 10.-ohm resistor and a 20.-ohm resistor are connected in

series to a voltage source. When the current through the 10.-
ohm resistor is 2.0 amperes, what is the current through the
20.-ohm resistor?
1) 1.0 A 3) 0.50 A
2) 2.0 A 4) 4.0 A

4. What is the total resistance of the circuit segment shown in 1) 20. V 3) 30. V
the diagram below? 2) 2.0 V 4) 40. V

10. In a flashlight, a battery provides a total of 3.0 volts to a

bulb. If the flashlight bulb has an operating resistance of 5.0
ohms, the current through the bulb is
1) 1.7 A 3) 0.60 A
2) 0.30 A 4) 1.5 A

11. What is the current in the circuit represented in the diagram

below?

1) 1.0 Þ 3) 3.0 Þ
2) 9.0 Þ 4) 27 Þ

5. Two identical resistors connected in series have an

equivalent resistance of 4 ohms. The same two resistors,
when connected in parallel, have an equivalent resistance of
1) 1 Þ 3) 8 Þ 1) 1 A 3) 3 A
2) 2 Þ 4) 4 Þ 2) 2 A 4) 6 A

6. A complete circuit is left on for several minutes, causing the

connecting copper wire to become hot. As the temperature
of the wire increases, the electrical resistance of the wire
1) decreases 3) remains the same
2) increases
12. Ammeters A1, A2 and A3 are placed in a circuit as shown 16. The diagram below shows a
below. resistor of 5 ohms and a
resistor of 10 ohms
connected in parallel in a
circuit. What is the total
resistance of the circuit?

1) less than 5 ohms 3) 15 ohms

What is the reading on ammeter A3? 2) 5 ohms 4) greater than 15 ohms
1) 1.0 A 3) 3.0 A
2) 2.0 A 4) 5.0 A 17. A 12-volt battery is connected to resistors R1 and R2 as
shown in the diagram below. If the reading of voltmeter V1
13. In the circuit diagram shown below, what is the current is 8 volts, what is the reading of voltmeter V2?
through the 4.0-ohm resistor?

1) 1.0 ampere 3) 3.0 amperes

2) 0.33 ampere 4) 48 amperes

14. In the circuit shown at the right, the potential difference

across the 4.0-ohm resistor is 1) 20. volts 3) 8 volts
2) 12 volts 4) 4 volts

18. While operating at 120 volts, an electric toaster has a

resistance of 15 ohms. The power used by the toaster is
1) 8.0 W 3) 960 W
2) 120 W 4) 1,800 W

19. What is the resistance at 20.ºC of a 2.0-meter length of

tungsten wire with a cross-sectional area of
7.9 × 10–7 meter2?
1) 5.7 × 10–1 Þ 3) 7.1 × 10–2 Þ
2) 1.4 × 10 Þ –1
4) 4.0 × 10–2 Þ

1) 6.0 volts 3) 3.0 volts 20. When three 30-ohm resistors are connected in parallel
2) 2.0 volts 4) 12 volts across a 9-volt source, the total current is
1) 0.10 A 3) 0.45 A
15. The resistance of a 60.-watt lightbulb operated at 120 volts 2) 0.30 A 4) 0.90 A
is approximately
1) 720 Þ 3) 120 Þ 21. A lamp operates at 10 volts and draws a current of .5
2) 240 Þ 4) 60. Þ ampere for 60 seconds. What power is developed by the
lamp?
1) 5 watts 3) 300 watts
2) 30 watts 4) 600 watts
22. Which circuit diagram below correctly shows the connection 25. A copper wire of length L and cross-sectional area A has
of ammeter A and voltmeter V to measure the current resistance R. A second copper wire at the same temperature
through and potential difference across resistor R? has a length of 2L and a cross-sectional area of 12A. What is
1) the resistance of the second copper wire?
1) 2R
2) 4R
3) R
4) 1 R
2

2) 26. What is the total electrical energy used by a 1500-watt hair

dryer operating for 6.0 minutes?
1) 4.2 J 3) 9.0 ×0 J
2) 250 J 4) 5.4 ×0 J

27. Three ammeters are located near junction P in a direct

current circuit as shown in the diagram below.
3)

4)

If ammeter Al reads 3 amperes and ammeter A2 reads 4

amperes, then what does ammeter A3 read?
1) 5 A 3) 3 A
2) 7 A 4) 8 A

28. A piece of wire has a resistance of 8 ohms. A second piece

23. As the number of resistors in a parallel circuit is increased, of wire of the same composition, diameter, and temperature,
what happens to the equivalent resistance of the circuit and but one-half as long as the first wire, has a resistance of
total current in the circuit? 1) 8  3) 16 
1) Both equivalent resistance and total current decrease. 2) 2  4) 4 
2) Equivalent resistance decreases and total current
increases. 29. A copper wire has a resistance of 200 ohms. A second
3) Both equivalent resistance and total current increase. copper wire with twice the cross-sectional area and the same
4) Equivalent resistance increases and total current length would have a resistance of
decreases. 1) 50 3) 200
2) 100 4) 400
24. The current through a lightbulb is 2.0 amperes. How many
coulombs of electric charge pass through the lightbulb in
one minute?
1) 60. C 3) 120 C
2) 2.0 C 4) 240 C
30. A copper wire is part of a complete circuit through which 31. A potential difference of 12 volts is applied across a circuit
current flows. Which graph best represents the relationship which has a 4.0-ohm resistance. What is the magnitude of
between the wire's length and its resistance? the current in the circuit?
1) 1) 0.33 A 3) 3.0 A
2) 48 A 4) 4.0 A

32. A charge of 5.0 coulombs moves through a circuit in 0.50

second. The current in the circuit is
1) 7.0 A 3) 2.5 A
2) 5.0 A 4) 10. A

33. The graph at the right shows how

the voltage and current are related
2) in a simple electric circuit. For any
point on the line, what does the ratio
of V to I represent?

1) power in watts 3) charge in coulombs

2) resistance in ohms 4) work in joules
3)

4)
Reference Tables
 Answer Key
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1. 3 30. 3

2. 4 31. 3

3. 2 32. 4

4. 1 33. 2

5. 1

6. 2

7. 1

8. 4

9. 4

10. 3

11. 1

12. 1

13. 3

14. 4

15. 2

16. 1

17. 4

18. 3

19. 2

20. 4

21. 1

22. 2

23. 2

24. 3

25. 2

26. 4

27. 2

28. 4

29. 2