ees 102 week 1 quiz

To determine wire size by gauge, the smaller the gauge number, the

• the lower the voltage it can handle

• the larger the wire

• the smaller the wire

• the less it cost

A circuit supplied with 110V carries 5 amps current. The resistance valve of the circuit would be

• 550 ohms

• 11 ohms

• 22 ohms

• 55 ohms

When one volt is used to move one amp through a circuit, the work accomplished is equal to

• one watt of power

• 100 watts of power

• 10 kilowatts

• 1 ohm

The following triangle represents

• Ohm's law

• Watt's law

• Pascal's law

• Newton's law

The resistance of a 100 W, 120V lamp is approximately

• 1 ohm

• 150 ohm

• 400 ohm

• 1200 ohm

In an electrical circuit, what happens to the current flowing through the wire if voltage is reduced to the half and resistance of the wire is doubled?

• four times

• double

• a quarter

• half

What is the basic unit of resistance?

• ohm

• volt

• watt

• amp

At constant voltage, double the resistance is equal to _____ the current.

• ¼

• ½

• double

• triple

In the final calculations of Ohm's Law, current is always expressed in

• amperes

• microamperes

• volts

• microvolts

The following triangle represents

• Ohm's law

• Watt's law

• Pascal's law

• Newton's law