Electrical Circuits Quiz

What are the two types of connection which binds electrical devices in a circuit?

• Series - Parallel

• Open - Closed

• Chain - Cyclic

• Current - Voltage

When you remove a bulb from a three-bulb circuit, and the other two bulbs go off, then the bulbs must have been connected in.

• Parallel

• Series

• Open

• Closed

Two resistors (R1=50 Ω and R2=500Ω) are connected in parallel. What is the resistance of the two resistors together?

• 75 Ω

• 55 Ω

• 65 Ω

• 45 Ω

This component within a circuit that limits the flow of charge.

• Capacitor

• Capacitance

• Resistor

• Resistance

Which of the following quantity remains in parallel circuit?

• Current and voltage

• current

• voltage

Which statement describes current in a series circuit?

• It stays the same throughout.

• It splits up across each component.

• It increases.

What happens to the voltage in a parallel circuit?

• It splits up across each component.

• It splits across the branches.

• It stays the same throughout.

In a parallel circuit, if one of the bulbs blew out, the other bulb would not be able to light up. This statement is ________.

• True

• False

• Neither true nor false