Name:_______________________________________ Date:_____________

Engineering Electricity Review

1. Please build the circuit shown below. Use a light bulb for the resistor.

a. Calculate the resistance of the

bulb. Show all of your work.

b. Please measure and record:

The voltage of the battery.
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The voltage across each bulb. _____________

The current BEFORE the bulbs. _____________

The current AFTER the bulbs. ______________

2. Please connect two bulbs and a battery in PARALLEL.

a. DRAW the circuit diagram.

b. Please measure and record:

The voltage of the battery. _____________

The voltage across each bulb. ____________

The current BEFORE the bulbs. ____________

The current AFTER the bulbs. _____________

3. What is the difference between AC electricity and DC electricity? Use

learningcircuits.co.uk to classify the different types devices that use
each in the first section.

Conductors and Insulators

 4. The diagram below shows a circuit with three resistors.

At which points should the two leads of a voltmeter be placed to measure the
voltage across R1?

5. The diagram below shows a typical household electrical light circuit.

What is the most likely function of the component marked X in this circuit?

6. A homeowner uses an extension cord to provide power to exterior

holiday lights. A strand of holiday lights consists of 100 light bulbs
wired in parallel. What will have the greatest effect on the resistance
of the extension cord?

7. Some basic electrical components found on motherboards and video

cards of personal computers are listed below.

diode

battery

resistor

fuse
a. Select three of the electrical components in the list. Describe the basic
function of each component in an electrical circuit of a personal
computer.

b. Draw a circuit diagram that uses a battery, a switch, and two resistors.
Make sure that in your diagram current always passes through one
resistor, but only passes through both resistors when the switch is
closed. Be sure to label each component.

8. Calculate the resistance of a light bulb that has 0.5 A of current from a
120 V source.

9. Calculate the voltage of a battery that allows 0.001 A of current

through a resistance of 1000 .

10. Calculate how much current a 9 V battery has in pair of electric

socks with a 90 heating element.