CH 25 Practice Questions
CH 25 Practice Questions
3. The net charge passing a given point in a given time is the definition of:
o the electric current
o the voltage
o the resistor
o the emf force
4. What is the current when a battery establishes 720 C of charge in a circuit in 5.00 s ?
o 144 A
o 3600 A
o 14.4
o 36
6. A resistor has a resistance of 10 ohms and is connected to a battery of 100 volts. What is the
current that passes through it?
o 10 A
o 0.1 A
o 1000 A
o 100 A
7. What is the length of a wire of copper with resistivity 1.72 × 10−8 Ωm and diameter of 1.3 mm,
if you know it is measured resistance is 0.141 Ω?
o 10.9 m
o 100.9 m
o 1.9 m
o 0.19 m
8. If the diameter of a wire with a circular cross section is halved, its resistance will
o increase by a factor of 4.
o increase by a factor of 2.
o decrease by a factor of 2.
o decrease by a factor of 4
9. In the circuit above what is the emf value if the resistance is 5 Ω and the current that passes
through the circuit is 7 A?
o 35 Volts
o 1.4 Volts
o 0.71 Volts
o 3.5 Volts
10. The circuit shown here has a voltage source of 20 V, with R1 and R2. What is the current that
passes through the circuit if the equivalent resistor is 10 ohms?
o 2A
o 0.5 A
o 200 A
o 20 A
11. Two resistors R1 = 10 Ω and R2 = 5Ω, are connected in series, the equivalent resistance is:
o 15 Ω
o 3.33 Ω
o 150 Ω
o 2.5 Ω
12. The circuit shown here has a voltage source of 12 V, with R1 = 5 ohms and R2 = 10 ohms. What
is current through R1?
o 2.4 Ω
o 1.2 Ω
o 60 Ω
o 120 Ω
13. Two resistors R1 = 10 Ω and R2 = 5Ω, are connected in parallel, the equivalent resistance is:
o 15 Ω
o 3.33 Ω
o 150 Ω
o 2.5 Ω
and ?
A. 7.7
B. 10
C. 56
D. 61
15. The equivalent resistance of the circuit shown is .
A. 11
B. 2.9
C. 4.1
D. 5.2
18. A circuit consists of a copper wire of length 10 m and radius 1 mm. The wire is connected to
a 10-V battery. An aluminum wire of length 5 m is connected to the same battery and dissipates
the same amount of power. What is the radius of the aluminum wire?
A. 0.91 mm
B. 0.84 mm
C. 1.12 mm
D. 0.45 mm
19. A particular wire has a diameter of 1.7 mm and length of 1.3 m. If 45 V is the potential drop
measured across the wire when 3.0 mA flow in it, what is the resistivity of the metal from which
it is made?
A. 1.0 10-7 m
B. 2.6 10-8 m
C. 4.4 10-6 m
D. 1.8 10-5 m
20. In the circuit shown, R1 = 9.00 , R2 = 14.0 , R3 = 2.50 , and i = 16.0 A. Find the Vemf?
i
emf
A. 10.53 V
B. 15.26V
C. 126.4V
D. 32.09 V
21. What is the current in the 5 resistor?
A. 3.3 A
B. 2.2 A
C. 330 A
D. 6.6 A