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Series Parallel

The document contains 22 multiple choice questions about electrical circuit analysis concepts such as voltage dividers, series and parallel resistors, Wheatstone bridges, and internal resistance of voltmeters. The questions cover topics like calculating total resistance, determining output voltages of voltage dividers, identifying which resistor will drop the most voltage, and calculating current.

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Series Parallel

The document contains 22 multiple choice questions about electrical circuit analysis concepts such as voltage dividers, series and parallel resistors, Wheatstone bridges, and internal resistance of voltmeters. The questions cover topics like calculating total resistance, determining output voltages of voltage dividers, identifying which resistor will drop the most voltage, and calculating current.

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Mary Morse
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1.

The internal resistance of a 20,000 ohm/volt voltmeter set on its 5 V range


is
A. 20,000
B.
100,000
C. 200,000
D. 1,000,000
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2.
Two 1.2 k resistors are in series and this series combination is in
parallel with a 3.3 k resistor. The total resistance is
A. 138
B. 1,389
C. 5,700
D. 880
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3.
The output of a certain voltage divider is 12 V with no load. When a load
is connected, the output voltage
A.
decreases
B. increases
C. remains the same
D. becomes zero
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4.
A certain voltage divider consists of two 12 k resistors in series. Which
of the following load resistors will have the most effect on the output
voltage?
A. 1 M
B. 24 k
C. 18 k
D.
12 k
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5.
A voltage divider consists of two 68 k resistors and a 24 V source. The
unknown output voltage is
A.
12 V
B. 24 V
C. 0 V
D. 6 V

. 6.
Three 10 k resistors are connected in series. A 20 k resistor is
connected in parallel across one of the 10 k resistors. The voltage
source is 24 V. The total current in the circuit is
A.
900 A
B. 9 mA
C. 90 mA
D. 800 A
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7.
A certain voltage divider consists of three 1 k resistors in series. Which
of the following load resistors will have the least effect on the output
voltage?
A. 1 M
B. 100 k
C. 1 k
D. 330
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8.
The parallel combination of a 470 resistor and a 1.5 k resistor is in
series with the parallel combination of five 1 k resistors. The source
voltage is 50 V. The percentage of the load current through any single 1
k resistor is
A. 25% B.
20%
C. 100% D. 50%
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9.
A certain Wheatstone bridge has the following resistor values: R
1
= 10 k
, R
2
= 720 , and R
4
= 2.4 k . The unknown resistance is
A. 24
B. 2.4
C. 300
D.
3,000
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10.
On which of the following voltage range settings will a voltmeter present
the minimum load on a circuit?
A. 1 V
B. 50 V
C. 500 V
D.
1,000 V

11.
The internal resistance of a 30,000 ohm/volt voltmeter set on its 50 V
range is
A. 15,000
B. 150,000
C.
1,500,000
D. 15,000,000
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12.
The parallel combination of a 6.8 k resistor and a 10 k resistor is in
series with the parallel combination of a 2.2 k resistor and a 1 k
resistor. A 100 V source is connected across the circuit. The
resistor(s) with the greatest voltage drop is (are)
A. 6.8 k
B. 2.2 k
C. 6.8 k and 10 k
D. 2.2 k and 1 k
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13.
When a load resistance is removed from the output of a voltage divider
circuit, the current drawn from the source
A. decreases
B. increases
C. remains the same
D. is cut off
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14.
A certain circuit is composed of two parallel resistors. The total
resistance is 1,403 . One of the resistors is 2 k . The other resistor
value is
A. 1,403
B. 4.7 k
C. 2 k
D. 3,403
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15.
The parallel combination of a 470 resistor and a 680 resistor is in
series with the parallel combination of four 2 k resistors. The total
resistance is
A. 1,650
B. 1,078
C. 77.8
D.
778

16. A 12 k resistor, a 15 k resistor, and a 22 k resistor are in series
with two 10 k resistors that are in parallel. The source voltage is 75 V.
Current through the 15 k resistor is approximately
A. 14 mA
B. 1.4 mA
C. 5 mA
D. 50 mA
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17.
A 6 V battery output is divided down to obtain two output voltages.
Three 2.2 k resistors are used to provide the two taps. The two output
voltages are
A.
2 V, 4 V
B. 2 V, 2 V
C. 2 V, 6 V
D. 4 V, 6 V
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18.
Two 3.3 k resistors are in series and this series combination is in
parallel with a 4.7 k resistor. The voltage across one of the 3.3 k
resistors is 12 V. The voltage across the 4.7 k resistor is
A.
24 V
B. 12 V
C. 0 V
D. 6 V
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19.
A balanced Wheatstone bridge consists of an R
V
of 3,500 , an R
2
of
200 , and anR
3
of 680 . The value of R
UNK
is
A. 680
B. 1,029
C. 200
D. 880
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20.
In a certain five-step R/2R ladder network, the smallest resistor value is
1 k . The largest value is
A. indeterminable
B. 2 k
C. 10 k
D. 20 k
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21.
A voltage divider consists of two 100 k resistors and a 12 V source.
What will the output voltage be if a load resistor of 1 M is connected to
the output?
A. 0.57 V
B. 6 V
C. 12 V
D.
5.7 V
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22.
The parallel combination of a 470 resistor and a 1.2 k resistor is in
series with the parallel combination of three 3 k resistors. A 200 V
source is connected across the circuit. The resistor with the most current
has a value of
A. 470 or 1.2 k
B. 3 k
C.
470
D. 1.2 k
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