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Chapter 3
Review of V, I, and R
Voltage is the amount of energy per charge available to
move electrons from one point to another in a circuit.
Current is the rate of charge flow and is measured in
amperes.
V
I
R
115 V V
mV
A Ra n g e
Au to ra n g e 1s
To u c h /Ho ld 1s
10 A
V
40 m A C OM
Fuse d
I (m A )
10.0 V - 0 V
The reciprocal of the 8
conductance is the
4
resistance:
1 1
R 676 Ω 0
0 2 4 6 8 10
G 1.48 mS
V (V )
C u r r e n t (m A )
6.0
What is its 0
conductance? 0.37 mS 0 10
Voltage (V )
20 30
Current (mA)
6.0
resistance curve plots a
hyperbola. 4.0
2.0
P o w er S u p p ly
V A
+15 V
Gnd 5 V 2A - + - +
Troubleshooting ?
You may decide to start at the
middle of a circuit and work in
toward the failure. This approach is
called half-splitting.
Answers:
1. d 6. c
2. a 7. a
3. b 8. c
4. b 9. d
5. a 10. c