DC Circuits
What is the same in all parts of a series circuit?
Voltage
Current
Resistance
Power
What is the relationship between voltage, current, and resistance as described by Ohm's Law?
Voltage is directly proportional to current and inversely proportional to resistance.
Voltage is directly proportional to resistance and inversely proportional to current.
Current is directly proportional to resistance and inversely proportional to voltage.
Resistance is directly proportional to both voltage and current.
Two resistors, 4 and 6 , are in series with a 12V battery. What is the total current in the circuit?
0.5 A
1.2 A
2 A
3 A
What is the same across all components in a parallel circuit?
Current
Voltage
Resistance
Power
Two resistors, 10 and 20 , are in parallel with a 10V source. What is the total current supplied by the source?
0.5 A
1 A
1.5 A
2 A
A circuit has a voltage of 9V and a resistance of 3 . What is the current?
27 A
3 A
12 A
0.33 A
Three resistors, 2 , 4 , and 6 , are in series with a battery. If the power dissipated by the 4- resistor is 16W, what is the voltage of the battery?
12 V
24 V
36 V
48 V

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If the voltage across a resistor is doubled, what happens to the power dissipated by the resistor?
It remains the same.
It doubles.
It quadruples.
It halves.
A 100- resistor is connected to a 10V source for 2 minutes. How much energy is dissipated by the resistor?
12 J
20 J
120 J
1200 J
A battery with an internal resistance of 1 is connected to a 5- resistor. If the battery's emf is 12V, what is the actual voltage across the 5- resistor?
12 V
10 V
2 V
6 V