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Direct Current Review

Total questions: 39

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is Static Electricity?

a)

Electricity in motion

b)

A buildup of electrical charge on an object's surface

c)

Electrons in a closed circuit

d)

An invisible magnetic force

2.

What best describes Dynamic Electricity?

a)

Energy stored in a battery

b)

Static electricity on rubber

c)

Electricity in motion or current flow

d)

The ability to do work

3.

What occurs between opposite electrical charges?

a)

They collide

b)

They repel

c)

They attract

d)

They stay neutral

4.

What is the result of interaction between like electrical charges?

a)

Repulsive forces

b)

Magnetic forces

c)

Attraction

d)

Ionization

5.

Which term refers to a force field around a charged object?

a)

Magnetic field

b)

Electromagnetic field

c)

Electrostatic field

d)

Electrical grid

6.

What is the ability of a material to attract certain metals?

a)

Conductance

b)

Magnetism

c)

Resistance

d)

Retentivity

7.

What is Retentivity in magnetism?

a)

The ability to attract metals

b)

The resistance to magnetism

c)

The ability to retain magnetism

d)

The flow of electrons

8.

Which current model assumes flow from positive to negative?

a)

Electron flow

b)

Ionic flow

c)

Current loop

d)

Conventional flow

9.

Which current model reflects actual electron movement(From Negative to Positive)?

a)

Static flow

b)

Electron flow

c)

Conventional flow

d)

Charge reversal

10.

What law expresses the relationship E = IR?

a)

Watt's Law

b)

Kirchhoff's Law

c)

Coulomb's Law

d)

Ohm's Law

11.

What causes electrons to move through a conductor?

a)

Resistance

b)

Electromotive Force

c)

Voltage drop

d)

Magnetism

12.

What is the flow of electrons through a conductor?

a)

Voltage

b)

Resistance

c)

Current

d)

Power

13.

Which term defines the ability to do work?

a)

Voltage

b)

Current

c)

Energy

d)

Power

14.

What is the rate of using or converting energy called?

a)

Current

b)

Energy

c)

Power

d)

Resistance

15.

Which of the following affects conductor resistance?

a)

Shape

b)

Color

c)

Material, Length, Area, Temperature

d)

Speed

16.

What variable resistance device is used to control current?

a)

Rheostat

b)

Potentiometer

c)

Switch

d)

Circuit breaker

17.

What variable resistance device is used to control voltage?

a)

Rheostat

b)

Potentiometer

c)

Thermistor

d)

Fuse

18.

What resistor changes with temperature?

a)

Thermistor

b)

Potentiometer

c)

Rheostat

d)

Free electron

19.

What component varies resistance with light exposure?

a)

Thermistor

b)

Fuse

c)

Photoconductive cell

d)

Capacitor

20.

Which component melts to protect a circuit?

a)

Resistor

b)

Circuit breaker

c)

Fuse

d)

Capacitor

21.

Which component resets to protect circuits?

a)

Fuse

b)

Circuit breaker

c)

Resistor

d)

Thermistor

22.

What component allows an over current for a short period of time before opening the circuit(used near power supplies)?

a)

Fuse

b)

Circuit breaker

c)

Rheostat

d)

Current limiter

23.

What defines the number of circuits a switch can control?

a)

Throw

b)

Pole

c)

Range

d)

Phase

24.

What defines the number of positions a switch can connect?

a)

Pole

b)

Throw

c)

Sweep

d)

Span

25.

What is used to open or close a circuit?

a)

Resistor

b)

Switch

c)

Transistor

d)

Relay

26.

What current flows in only one direction?

a)

Alternating

b)

Inverted

c)

Pulsed

d)

Direct Current (DC)

27.

Which circuit type has components in a single path?

a)

Series

b)

Parallel

c)

Loop

d)

Matrix

28.

Which circuit type splits current among branches?

a)

Series

b)

Parallel

29.

What law says total current into a junction equals total out?

a)

Voltage Law

b)

Kirchhoff's Current Law

c)

Ohm's Law

d)

Flow Law

30.

What law says total voltage in a loop equals zero?

a)

Kirchhoff’s Voltage Law

b)

Coulomb’s Law

c)

Ohm’s Law

d)

Loop Law

31.

What term describes voltage loss across a component?

a)

Voltage gain

b)

Potential energy

c)

Voltage drop

d)

EMF

32.

What does the letter P represent in electrical formulas?

a)

Pressure

b)

Power

c)

Potential

33.

What is the unit of measurement for Power (P)?

a)

Volts (V)

b)

Watts (W)

c)

Amperes (A)

34.

What does the letter I represent in electrical formulas?

a)

Intensity

b)

Impedance

c)

Current

35.

What is the unit of measurement for Current (I)?

a)

Volts (V)

b)

Watts (W)

c)

Amperes (A)

36.

What does the letter R represent in electrical formulas?

a)

Reactance

b)

Resistance

c)

Range

37.

What is the unit of measurement for Resistance (R)?

a)

Watts (W)

b)

Volts (V)

c)

Ohms (Ω)

38.

What does the letter E represent in electrical formulas?

a)

Electrons

b)

Energy

c)

Voltage

39.

What is the unit of measurement for Voltage (E)?

a)

Volts (V)

b)

Amperes (A)

c)

Joules (J)