Solar Panel CH 3: Understanding Electricity Basics Quiz

Amperage is the rate of flow of the electrons.

• True

• False

An ammeter is an instrument that measures a precise amount of voltage.

• True

• False

Opposition to electron flow is called resistance.

• True

• False

Voltmeters are used to determine the amount of resistance to the earth when the resistance to earth through a grounding electrode is unknown.

• True

• False

Nonlinear loads are load types where the load impedance is not constant.

• True

• False

____________________ is the speed at which the current reverses direction in an alternating current circuit.

• Frequency.

• Voltage.

• Resistance.

• Capacitance.

____________________ cause distortion of the voltage and current AC waveforms.

• Harmonics.

• Transformers.

• Resistors.

• Capacitors.

Electricity is the flow of ____________________ through a circuit.

• electrons.

• protons.

• neutrons.

• photons.

The rate at which an electrical load uses electrical energy or the rate at which electrical energy is produced is called _____________________.

• power

• voltage

• current

• resistance

In ____________________ current systems the current flows in one direction only.

• direct

• alternating

• oscillating

• reversing