Electric Circuits
Designing an experiment to determine the effect of alloy composition on resistivity in metals requires rigorous controls; which factors must be accounted for to ensure data accuracy?
Use different alloy types available commercially following standardized testing methodologies assuming production variables are negligible.
Replicate samples with consistent proportions of main constituents passed through identical production processes under homogeneous temperature conditions followed by precision-instrumented resistance measurements.
Test samples collected after subjecting to various heat treatments anticipating chemical composition remains stable throughout.
Conduct basic visual inspections followed by Ohm's law calculations neglecting microstructural differences induced by composition variations.
If the length of a wire is tripled while its radius and the material remain constant, how does the resistance of the wire change?
The resistance remains the same.
The resistance decreases by a factor of three.
The resistance increases by a factor of nine.
The resistance triples.
Which unit is used to measure electrical resistance?
Coulomb (C)
Volt (V)
Ampere (A)
Ohm (Ω)
If you double the length of a wire while keeping other factors constant, what happens to its resistance?
The resistance halves.
The resistance quadruples.
The resistance doubles.
The resistance remains unchanged.
How would you design an experiment to test the impact of temperature on the resistivity of a semiconductor, accounting for the intrinsic carrier concentration increase at higher temperatures?
Compare resistivity at room temperature to that at boiling point without controlling environmental conditions or accounting for possible impurities in the material.
Observe changes in current with varying temperatures while keeping voltage constant, disregarding semiconductor properties like band gap energy.
Measure resistivity at various temperatures, ensuring constant dimensions and contact resistance, while considering error from thermal expansion and voltmeter sensitivity.
Record resistance changes under different light intensities, assuming that temperature remains constant without actual temperature measurements.
If the length of a wire is doubled while its cross-sectional area and material remain unchanged, what happens to its resistance?
It halves.
It remains unchanged.
It doubles.
It quadruples.
What electrical quantity does Ohm’s law () determine how changes in?
Current
Voltage and Current
Voltage
Resistance

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What is the equation that relates resistance (R) to resistivity (ρ), length (L), and cross-sectional area (A)?
Consider two otherwise identical wires made of different materials used in series connection, how would the overall resistance change with the introduction of a semiconductor into the circuit compared to the original setup with metal wires?
The combined resistance decreases as now the semiconductor between the wires allows much higher current to pass through more easily than before.
The total resistance stays the same with the addition of the semiconductor not significantly impacting the behavior of the parallel electrical network.
The potential resistance drops significantly in direct proportion to the quantity of charge carriers available within the semiconductor material.
The initial resistance increases due to the presence of a semiconductor with a larger band gap and decreased electron mobility.
If the length of a cylindrical copper wire is tripled while its radius is halved, by what factor does the resistance of the wire change?
It remains unchanged.
It decreases by a factor of 6.
It increases by a factor of 6.
It increases by a factor of 12.