50 RME Problems For Basic Electricity and Ohms Law2
50 RME Problems For Basic Electricity and Ohms Law2
50 RME Problems For Basic Electricity and Ohms Law2
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. A 6-volt lead-acid battery has an internal resistance of 0.01 ohm. How much current will flow if the battery has a
short circuit?
a. 60A b. 600A c. infinity d. zero
4. A voltage source of 20V is applied across the terminals of a 2.5-ohm rheostat. Calculate the power dissipated
in the rheostat?
a. 160W b. 100W c. 150W d. 180W
6. Two resistors of resistances 5 ohms and 7 ohms are connected in series across a 60-volt source. What is the
power absorbed in the 5-ohm resistor?
a. 50 watts b. 25 watts c. 125 watts d. 100 watts
9. An electric iron takes 3 ½ amps. If the heating element has a resistance of 40 ohms, what is its power
consumption?
a. 0.45 kW b. 0.49 kW c. 0.35 kW d. 0.51 kW
11. Two resistances of 8 and 10 ohms respectively are connected in parallel and take a total current of 9 A. What is
the current flowing in the 8-ohm resistance?
a. 5 A b. 4 A c. 6 A d. 3 A
12. What is the resistance must be connected across a 4-ohm resistor in order to give an equivalent resistance of 3
ohms?
a. 10 ohms b. 8 ohms c. 12 ohms d. None of these
16. A measuring instrument used to measure the diameter of circular wires in mills.
a. Micrometer b. Millimeter c. Wire gauge d. Milliammeter
18. A 400 MCM cable has 37 strands. What is the diameter if each strand in mills?
a. 10.81 b. 1081 c. 104 d. 108
19. The copper field coils of a motor was measured at 21 oC and found to have a resistance of 68 ohms. After the
motor has run for a given time, the resistance is found to be 90 ohms. What is the hot temperature of the
winding?
a. 106.36oC b. 166.30oC c. 103.66oC d. None of these
20. A secondary cell is charged with a constant current of 10 A for 10 hours. How much charge is accumulated?
a. 100 coulombs b. 360,000 coulombs c. 100,000 coulombs d. 60,000 coulombs
21. A cell whose emf is 1.45 V has an internal resistance of 4 ohms. What current will flow if this cell is connected
across a 1 – ohms resistor?
a. 0.4 A b. 0.2 A c. 0.5 A d. 0.3 A
22. What is the diameter of a copper wire having a cross sectional area of 3,969 CM?
a. 1.6 mm b. 7.8 mills c. 0.6 inch d. None of these
23. When n equal resistors are connected in series to a source of emf E volts, each having a resistance of R ohms,
which of the following statements is true?
a. The voltage drop across one of the resistor is equal to E/n
b. The equivalent resistance of the circuit is equal to nR
c. The current through each of the resistor is the same
d. All of these
25. A small light bulb with a resistance of 1000 ohms is connected across a 120-V line. What is the current through
the bulb?
a. 1.2 A b. 0.12 A c. 0.012 A d. 12 A
26. Practically all batteries have a nominal rating based on the ____ hour rate of discharge.
a. 8 b. 24 c. 16 d. 12
29. A 200-V lamp has a hot resistance of 400 ohms. The power rating in watts of the lamp is
a. 100 W b. 200 W c. 600 W d. 250 W
30. A battery is charged at 15 A for 10 hours. If the charging voltage is 120 V, what is the charging cost at 1.00 per
kW-hr?
a. 15 pesos b. 18 pesos c. 12 pesos d. 20 pesos
31. How much current is produced by a 60-V source connected across a 12-k resistance?
a. 5 A b. 7.2 A c. 20 mA d. 5 mA
32. If 18 resistances, each of a value of 36 ohms, are connected in parallel, then the total resistance is
a. 36 ohms b. 2 ohms c. 648 ohms d. 54 ohms
33. A wire whose resistance is r ohms is being cut into four equal parts. If these parts are to be connected in
parallel, how much is the equivalent resistance in ohms?
a. r/12 b. r/16 c. r/8 d. r/4
38. What is the resistance that must be connected in parallel with a 1.0-ohm resistance to give an equivalent
resistance of 0.2 ohm?
a. 0.75 ohm b. 0.25 ohm c. 1.20 ohm d. 0.50 ohm
39. When a battery is discharged in use, its voltage is _____ the theoretical voltage.
a. 86.73 b. 96 c. 63.78 d. 73.86
40. A water heater takes 2.5 A at 230 V. What is its hot resistance?
a. 20 W b. 980 W c. 500 W d. 200 W
41. An electric iron draws 15 A at 220 V. It is desired to reduced the current to 12 A by connecting a series
rheostat. What is the resistance of the rheostat?
a. 3.66 ohms b. 4.55 ohms c. 5.12 ohms d. 1.86 ohms
43. Blue is assigned to what digit value in the resistance color code?
a. 5 b. 6 c. 7 d. 4
44. Three 120-ohm resistor are connected in series-parallel. The equivalent resistance of the combination is ____.
a. 360 ohms b. 80 ohms c. 180 ohms d. 40 ohms
45. A 25-W incandescent bulb rated at 120 V and operated on a 120 V line has burnt out and has to be replaced as
soon as possible. There are several lamps available but not of the same rating. Which of the bulbs below
should be used to approximate the power consumption of the busted bulb?
a. 20 watts, 110 volts b. 100 watts, 240 volts
c. 50 watts, 240 volts d. 75 watts, 220 volts
46. A resistor of 3 ohms is connected in parallel with one of 2-ohm resistance. If the combination is connected in
series with a 4-ohm resistor, what is the equivalent resistance of the whole combination of three resistors?
a. 6.4 ohms b. 5.8 ohms c. 4.5 ohms d. 5.2 ohms
48. A resistance of 4 0hms is connected in series to a parallel connection of two 8-ohm resistance. The total
resistance is
a. 6 ohms b. 20 ohms c. 8 ohms d. 12 ohms
50. A resistor of 4-ohm resistance is connected in parallel with a series combination of two resistors, 3-ohm and 1-
ohm respectively. What is the equivalent resistance of the whole combination?
a. 8 ohms b. 3 ohms c. 5 ohms d. None of these
SUBMIT THIS TEST QUESTION SET TOGETHER WITH THE ANSWER SHEET TO YOUR WATCHERS.
BRINGING THE TEST QUESTION SET OUT OF THE ROOM WILL BE A GROUND FOR DISCIPLINARY
ACTION.
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