Electric Circuits
What is electric current primarily defined as?
The voltage in a circuit.
The flow of electric charge through a conductor.
The resistance of a material to the flow of charge.
The energy used by electrons as they move.
A copper wire has a charge carrier density of . If each charge carrier has a charge of , and the drift velocity is , what is the current flowing through a wire with a cross-sectional area of ?
2.72 A
0.272 A
27.2 A
0.0272 A
A wire carries a current . If the number of charge carriers per unit volume () is doubled, the charge of each carrier () is halved, the drift velocity () remains the same, and the cross-sectional area () is doubled, what is the new current in terms of the original current ?
I' = I
I' = 2I
I' = 4I
I' = 0.5I
A cylindrical wire has a radius that varies along its length according to the function , where and are constants, and is the distance along the wire. If the charge carrier density , charge , and drift velocity are constant, what is the expression for the current at position ?
A copper wire has a charge carrier density of and each electron has a charge of . If the drift velocity of the electrons is , what is the current density in the wire?
A cylindrical conductor has a non-uniform current density given by , where is a constant and is the distance from the axis of the cylinder. If the radius of the cylinder is , what is the total current flowing through the conductor?
A cylindrical conductor of radius has a current density given by , where is a constant. What is the total current through the conductor?

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A long cylindrical wire of radius has a current density that varies as , where is a constant. Find the total current flowing through the wire.
What is the direction of conventional current?
Opposite to the direction of electron flow.
In the same direction as electron flow.
Perpendicular to the direction of electron flow.
Random, with no defined direction.
In a circuit segment, electrons are observed to be moving from point B to point A. Which of the following statements is true regarding the conventional current?
The conventional current flows from A to B.
The conventional current flows from B to A.
There is no conventional current in this segment.
The conventional current direction cannot be determined.