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Pretest 7: Basic Electricity

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

It is a difference in electric potential energy in joule/coulomb.

a)

circuit

b)

current

c)

resistance

d)

voltage

2.

What is the SI unit of voltage?

a)

ampere

b)

ohm

c)

volt

d)

watt

3.

It is the number of charges passing through a wire per unit time.

a)

current

b)

power

c)

resistance

d)

voltage

4.

What is the SI unit of current?

a)

ampere

b)

ohm

c)

volt

d)

watt

5.

It is the opposition to the flow of electric charges as they travel through a conducting wire.

a)

circuit

b)

current

c)

resistance

d)

voltage

6.

What is the SI unit of resistance?

a)

ampere

b)

ohm

c)

volt

d)

watt

7.

Which of the following is the correct statement of Ohm’s Law?

a)

When current increases in a circuit, voltage increases and resistance increases.

b)

When current increases in a circuit, voltage decreases and resistance increases.

c)

When current increases in a circuit, voltage increases while resistance remains constant.

d)

When current decreases in a circuit, voltage decreases and resistance increases.

8.

It supplies energy in an electric circuit.

a)

load

b)

switch

c)

voltage source

d)

conducting wire

9.

It converts electrical energy into different forms of energy such as light, heat, or sound in an electric circuit.

a)

load

b)

switch

c)

voltage source

d)

conducting wire

10.

According to Ohm’s law, across a resistor with constant resistance, what happens to the current across it when the voltage applied is halved?

a)

halved

b)

doubled

c)

quadrupled

d)

remains the same

11.

Consider a simple electric circuit with a voltage source of 20.0 V which has a current of 0.500 A. What is the resistance of the load?

a)

20.0 ohms

b)

30.0 ohms

c)

40.0 ohms

d)

50.0 ohms

12.

A laptop power charger has an output of 5.00 volts and has a resistance of 800 ohms. What is the current output of the charger?

a)

6.25 mA

b)

50.0 mA

c)

75.0 mA

d)

80.0 mA

13.

A LED TV power adaptor has a 2-mA output and resistance of 900 ohms. What is the voltage output of the adaptor?

a)

2 volts

b)

4 volts

c)

6 volts

d)

8 volts

14.

A motorcycle starter motor needs 40.0 A to operate with a resistance of 0.150 ohms. What is the needed voltage to start the motor?

a)

5.00 V

b)

6.00 V

c)

7.00 V

d)

8.00 V

15.

A water heater has a resistance of 22 Ω connected to a 220-V voltage source. What is the needed current to operate the heater?

a)

5 A

b)

7 A

c)

8 A

d)

10 A