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Parallel Circuit

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A circuit in which current divided in separate path or branches is called ______________.

a)

Series Circuit

b)

Series Parallel Circuit

c)

Parallel Circuit

d)

all are correct

2.

A common use of Parallel circuit is home wiring. 

a)

true

b)

false

3.

In the parallel circuit, total resistance is increase when more resistance are added. 

a)

true

b)

false

4.

The reciprocal of resistance is  ___________________.

a)

Conductance

b)

Inductance

c)

Capacitance

d)

a & b are correct

5.

In a Parallel circuit, the branch of lowest resistance has ___________ current.

a)

more

b)

less

6.

__________ states that the sum of all individual currents in a parallel circuit equals to the total current of main line.

a)

Ohm’s Law

b)

Kirchhoff’s voltage law (KVL)

c)

Kirchhoff’s current law (KCL)

d)

b & c are correct

7.

The formula of Total Parallel Resistance is _________________

a)

Rtotal = R1 × R2 / R1 + R2

b)

1 / Rtotal = 1 / R1 + 1 / R2

c)

Rtotal = R1 + R2

d)

a & b are correct

8.

In the parallel circuit, the individual current in any branch is equal to the total current. 

a)

true

b)

false

9.

In a parallel circuit, the smallest branch resistance will always dissipate the most power. 

a)

true

b)

false

10.

If one branch of parallel circuit is open then all the other branches have same current. 

a)

true

b)

false

11.

When one branch of parallel circuit is short then current in other branches is _______________.

Zero

Low

Infinite

a)

Maximum

b)

Zero

c)

Low

d)

Infinite

12.

How can we find the total resistance in a parallel circuit ?

a)

Ohm’s Law

b)

KCL

c)

KVL

d)

All are incorrect

13.

The total power in a parallel circuit is the _____________ of individual powers.

a)

Sum

b)

Minus

c)

Divide

d)

Multiply

14.

When parallel resistors are of three different values, which has the greatest power loss?

a)

The smallest resistance

b)

The largest resistance

c)

.They have the same power loss.

d)

.Voltage and resistance values are needed.

15.

The voltage across any branch of a parallel circuit:

a)

varies as the total current varies

b)

is inversely proportional to total circuit resistance

c)

.is equally applied to all branch conductances

d)

.is dropped in proportion to each branch resistance

16.

What happens to total resistance in a circuit with parallel resistors if one of them opens?

It increases.B.It halves.C.It remains the same.D.It decreases.

c)

It remains the same

d)

It decreases.

17.

Components that connect in parallel form:

a)

branches

b)

.open circuits

c)

short circuits

d)

a voltage divider

18.

Based on your answers to the above question, complete the following statement:

The overall or equivalent resistance of three resistors placed in parallel will be _____.

a)

greater than the resistance of the biggest R value of the three.

b)

less than the resistance of the smallest R value of the three.

c)

somewhere in between the smallest R and the biggest R value of the three.

d)

nonsense! No such generalization can be made. The results vary.

19.

Find the resistance of the following resistors connecting in parallel circuit.

a)

84

b)

85

c)

86

d)

87

20.
a)

15 ohms

b)

16 ohms

c)

17 ohms

d)

18 ohms