Year 9 Electricity Test Section Marks

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Name:
B /41
Section A: Multiple Choice. Circle the correct option. Total /51
1. A static charge can build up on an object because

a. Positive charges move into the object

b. Negative charges move into or out of the object
c. Positive and negative charges swap places within the object
d. Electricity moves some of the atoms out of the object

2. Like charges will

a. Repel
b. Attract
c. Repel or attract
d. Not repel or attract

3. A voltmeter will read correctly when it is attached

a. In parallel with a circuit component

b. In series with a circuit component
c. In series or parallel with a circuit component
d. So that its positive terminal is closest to the negative terminal of a battery

4. Ammeters read

a. Potential diDerence
b. Resistance
c. Current
d. Charge

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5. In which of the following circuits will the current through the battery equal 3 A ?

6. Which one of the circuits below is correctly connected to measure the current
through and the potential diDerence across the resistor?

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7. Ohm’s Law can be expressed as:

a. The ratio of current to resistance in an electrical component is always constant

b. The potential diDerence across a component will increase in proportion to the
current through it in a linear manner.

c. Voltage and current are constant in a circuit

d. Any component in a circuit that has a constant voltage dropped across it is
ohmic.

8. Which of the flowing circuits has all three of its resistors in parallel?

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 The following information applies to Questions 9 and 10

The voltage current characteristics of 4 devices are shown below

9. Which of the devices has the highest resistance when the current is 10 mA?

a. A
b. B
c. C
d. D

10. How many of the devices are ohmic?

a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4

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 End Of Section A

Section B: Short Answer Questions

Write your answers in the spaces provided
For questions worth multiple marks show your working.

Q.1 Use the provided resistance colour code to determine the resistance of each of
the resistors shown below.
(3 marks)

a. b. c.

Ra = W Rb = W Rc = kW

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Q.2 A negatively charged balloon is brought close to the head of a person with long
hair as shown in the diagram below.

a. Explain what will happen to the electrons in the person’s hair as the balloon
moves closer to the person.
(1 mark)

b. What you would expect to observe as the balloon moves closer to the hair?
(1 mark)

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Q.3 Fill in the blanks to make this statement correct.
(3 marks)

In order for an electric circuit to work properly it requires a

to supply energy. The circuit must be a loop and within

the circuit there must be a present to convert the energy

into other forms.

Q.4 List in order the three coloured bands that would be seen on a 450 kW resistor.
(2 marks)

Q.5 Draw a circuit that includes the following features:

(6 marks)
I. A battery connected in series with a globe and a 20 W resistor.
II. An ammeter that will read the current passing through the globe.
III. A voltmeter that will measure the voltage across the 20W resistor.

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Q.6 (13 marks)

A circuit is shown below. It has three branches X, Y & Z with an ammeter and a switch in
each branch. There is also an ammeter next to the 9 V battery and a switch S1._
9V

AT +
S1

X
n ch 3W 3W
Bra 3W
R2 AX +
SX R1 R3
Y
n ch 3W 3W
Bra
AY +
SY R4 R5
Z
n ch 3W
Bra AZ +
SZ R6

a. When switches S1 and SX are closed what are the readings on each of the
ammeters.
4 marks

AT = A AX = A AY = A AZ = A

b. When all switches are closed find the current that is in branches Y and Z.
4 marks

IY = A IZ = A

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c. With all the switched closed, a voltmeter is used to measure the potential
diDerence across each of the identical resistors R1, R4 and R6.

Circle the one true statement about the Voltage readings from the four below.
Where V1 is the potential reading from the voltmeter when it is measuring R1
and so on.
1 mark

I. V1 = V4 = V6

II. V1 = 2V4 = 3V6

III. 3V1 = 2V4 = V6

IV. V1 + V4 = V6

d. Explain your choice in part c.

2 marks

e. When S1 and SZ both remain closed explain what happens to the current in
branch Z if SX is being opened and closed?
2 marks

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Q.7 (12 marks)

Two students want to build an electrical circuit to record the voltage and current of an
unknown device. The unknown device is inside a black box and has two terminals for
conencting to the circuit circled.

a. Draw some lines on the above diagram that would represent wires showing how
you would connect the components together to make the required circuit and
successfully record the correct voltage and current.
4 marks

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The students recorded the following data for the unknown device.

Voltage Current
(V) (A)
0 0
1 0.5
2 0.9
3 1.2
4 1.4
5 1.5
6 1.6
7 1.62
8 1.64
9 1.66
10 1.68

b. Plot the data on the axes provided.

2 marks

c. Find the resistance of the unknown device when the current through it is 1.2 A ?
2 marks

d. Find the resistance of the unknown device when the voltage across it is 6 V ?
2 marks

e. Is the unknown device ohmic or non ohmic? Justify your answer.

2 marks

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