Test your basic knowledge |

Basic Electricity

Subject : engineering
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
  • If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
  • Match each statement with the correct term.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. What is the use of the electromagnet?






2. Which way is the current going in the circuit shown?(electron flow)






3. What instrument measures voltage?






4. What is the name for electrical resistance of insulation?






5. Given R=E / I and the following information - plug in the data and solve the problem for resistance. 1.5 volt walkman battery - 0.02 amps of current






6. The dry cell is what method for creating potential energy?






7. What is resistance in electrical terms?






8. What is power?






9. What does a third band of brown mean?






10. What is a type of capacitor?






11. What do junction boxes protect?






12. What is a common measure of wire diameter?






13. What type of circuit has two or more paths for current to follow?






14. What are the common units of measurement for round and square conductor cross - sections?






15. What do electrical charges need to cause a fire or explosion?






16. What is a property of inductors in electrical circuits?






17. What is another name for an inductor?






18. Which type of cell can be recharged?






19. Given E=I X R and the following information - plug in the data and solve the problem for voltage. 0.015 ohms - 800 amps of current






20. Why is the transformer important to AC electricity?

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /var/www/html/basicversity.com/show_quiz.php on line 183


21. What is a DC circuit characteristic?






22. The thermocouple uses which method for creating potential energy?






23. Identify the general blueprint symbol for inductors.






24. What are the two generic methods to eliminate static electricity from metal objects?






25. What is a wire classification?






26. What is dielectric strength?






27. What does static electricity do?






28. What is a characteristic of a fixed resistor?






29. Solve the equation: 35 volts / 0.70 amperes= ? ohms - to find resistance.






30. How many kinds of poles do magnets have?






31. What is a switch that operates by electricity?






32. Identify the blueprint symbol for capacitors.






33. Where does the thumb point in both Left-Hand Rules?






34. What type of circuit has one path of follow through a load?






35. What types of protective tapes are used?






36. What does resistance produce?






37. What is the term used when a magnetic field produced by coil 1 created a current in coil 2?






38. What is the purpose of resistors in electrical circuits?






39. What is the unit of measurement of resistance?






40. What is a common form used in conductors?






41. What makes electrons flow?






42. Which of the following is a type of resistor?






43. If the fourth color band is silver - this means the measured value of the resistance is what percent of the marked value?






44. What do we call the ability to do work?






45. When reading resistance color codes - what does the first band indicate?






46. What do we call the process of replacement of vapor above a liquid with a nonflammable gas?






47. Where do the fingers point in both Left-Hand Rules?






48. What is voltage?






49. What is a way to classify wires and cables?






50. How do you read resistor color codes?






Can you answer 50 questions in 15 minutes?



Let me suggest you:



Major Subjects



Tests & Exams


AP
CLEP
DSST
GRE
SAT
GMAT

Most popular tests