Deck 5: Series Circuits

Question 1

According to the general voltage divider formula, the voltage drop across any particular resistance is equal to the total circuit current ____ the value of that resistor.

A) plus
B) minus
C) times
D) divided by

Answer 1

C

Question 2

____________________ is the force that pushes the electrons through a resistance.

Answer 2

Voltage

Question 3

____ are used to provide different voltages between certain points of a circuit.

A) Voltage multipliers
B) Voltage adders
C) Voltage dividers
D) Resistance adders

Answer 3

C

Question 4

The total amount of resistance to current flow in a series circuit is equal to the sum of the ____ in that circuit.

A) amperages
B) resistances
C) voltages
D) wattages

Question 5

A ____________________ circuit is a circuit that has only one path for the current to flow.

Question 6

In voltage divider circuits, ____ is often used to provide a common reference point to produce voltages that are above or below ground.

A) amperage
B) ground
C) resistance
D) power

Question 7

Given the voltage and the resistance, the amount of current flow in a circuit can be determined by using ____________________.

Question 8

In which of the following types of circuits can the total power of the circuit be determined by adding the power dissipation of all the parts of the circuit?

A) series
B) parallel
C) combination
D) all of the above

Question 9

_________________________ can be determined by observing the direction of current flow through the circuit.

Question 10

If a series circuit has three resistors and two amps flow through each resistor, the total amperage for the circuit is ____ amps.

A) 0
B) 2
C) 4
D) 8

Question 11

In a series circuit, the sum of the voltage drops equals the ____________________.

Question 12

The ground point that is made by physically driving an object, such as a ground rod, into the ground is called a(n) ____________________ ground.

Question 13

In a series circuit, the sum of all the voltage drops across all the resistors must be equal to the ____________________ applied to the circuit.

Question 14

In a series circuit, the ____ is the same at any point in the circuit.

A) amperage
B) resistance
C) voltage
D) wattage

Question 15

In a series circuit, the total power used in a circuit is equal to the sum of the ____________________ used by all the parts of the circuit.

Question 16

A point used as a common connection point for other parts of a circuit, but is not actually driven into the ground is called a(n) ____________________ ground.

Question 17

Using Ohm's law, it would take ____________________ volts to push 4 amps of current through 20 ohms of resistance.

Question 18

____ indicates the amount of voltage necessary to push the current through the limiting element.

A) Voltage polarity
B) Voltage drop
C) Series resistance
D) Resistance adds

Question 19

The definition of _________________________ is that the total resistance of a circuit can be found by adding the values of all the resistors in that circuit.

Question 20

The amount of voltage required to push the electrons through the circuit is determined by the amount of ____.

A) amperage
B) resistance
C) wattage
D) a and b

Question 21

A series circuit contains four resistors and the total resistance of the circuit is 420 ohms. Three of the resistors have values of 70 ohms, 80 ohms, and 150 ohms. The value of the fourth resistor is ____________________ ohms.

Question 22

A series circuit has individual resistor values of 200 ohms, 150 ohms, 50 ohms, and 75 ohms. The total resistance of the circuit is ____________________ ohms.

Question 23

A ____________________ ground voltage is negative with respect to ground.

Question 24

A series circuit has five resistors and the total voltage applied to the circuit is 120 volts. Four of the resistors have voltage drops of 35 volts, 25 volts, 30 volts, and 20 volts. The voltage drop of the fifth resistor is ____________________ volts.

Question 25

An above ground voltage is a voltage that is ____________________ with respect to ground.