Circuit Design Quiz

What is a resistor?

• A type of light bulb

• A building block of circuits

• A type of battery

• A kind of wire

What does voltage measure?

• The electrical potential difference

• The flow of current

• The amount of resistance

• The size of a circuit

What is current?

• The type of circuit

• The resistance in a circuit

• The amount of voltage

• The flow of electrical charge

What does resistance do?

• Decreases power

• Increases voltage

• Opposes the flow of current

• Helps current flow

What does Ohm's Law describe?

• The design process

• The speed of current

• The relationship between voltage, current, and resistance

• The types of circuits

What is a series circuit?

• A type of battery

• Components connected in multiple paths

• A kind of resistor

• Components connected in a single path

What is the first step in the circuit design process?

• Testing

• Simulation

• Specification

• Design

What do you do in the simulation step?

• Build a prototype

• Define the circuit function

• Test the design using computer simulations

• Choose components

What is voltage division?

• Calculating the power in a circuit

• Calculating the voltage across components

• Determining the current in a circuit

• Building a circuit

What is one application of circuits?

• Cooking food

• Powering computers

• Cleaning the house

• Growing plants