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 Chapter 27—Current and Resistance

MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. A rod of 2.0-m length and a square (2.0 mm ¥ 2.0 mm) cross section is made of a material with a
resistivity of 6.0 ¥ 10-8 W ¥m. If a potential difference of 0.50 V is placed across the ends of the rod, at
what rate is heat generated in the rod?
a. 3.0 W
b. 5.3 W
c. 8.3 W
p E t0
= =

8.3W =

d. 1.3 W
e. 17 W (R 4 (02) =
=

0.
=
ANS: C PTS: 2 DIF: Average

2. An electric device, which heats water by immersing a resistance wire in the water, generates 50 cal of
heat per second when an electric potential difference of 12 V is placed across its leads. What is the
resistance of the heater wire? (Note: 1 cal = 4.186 J)
a. 0.94 W
b. 0.81 W p-socalls -
Seal. 445=50x41865/s
c. 0.58 W v 12V =

d. 0.69 W
e. 1.5 W Pb =

R = =

=
11 =
0.69 i

ANS: D PTS: 2 DIF: Average

3. A light bulb is rated at 30 W when operated at 120 V. How much charge enters (and leaves) the light
bulb in 1.0 min?
a. 17 C
b. 15 C P iDV
c. 14 C
=

ESV
=

G =

b (0)
=

15)=
=

d. 13 C
e. 60 C
ANS: B PTS: 2 DIF: Average

4. What maximum power can be generated from an 18-V emf using any combination of a 6.0-W resistor
and a 9.0-W resistor?
a. 54 W
b. 71 W
c. 90 W Pmax=B+ 5)=
=

Yow
d. 80 W
e. 22 W
ANS: C PTS: 2 DIF: Average

5. An electric heater is constructed by applying a potential difference of 110 V across a wire with a
resistance of 5.0 W. What is the power rating of the heater?
a. 2.0 kW

GV 0)
b. 2.4 kW
c. 1.7 kW P =
=

24 =

d. 1.5 kW

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 e. 60 kW
ANS: B PTS: 2 DIF: Average

6. How much energy is dissipated as heat during a two-minute time interval by a 1.5-kW resistor which
has a constant 20-V potential difference across its leads?
a. 58 J
b. 46 J
c. 32 J pb ( Uz Pt (s 325
=

-
=
-
=
=

d. 72 J
e. 16 J
ANS: C PTS: 2 DIF: Average

7. A 4.0-W resistor has a current of 3.0 A in it for 5.0 min. How many electrons pass through the resistor
during this time interval?
a. 7.5 ¥ 1021
b. 5.6 ¥ 1021
c. 6.6 ¥ 1021
I 2 4!
=

-=
n =

It b5x60) =

5.61xe =

d. 8.4 ¥ 1021
e. 2.1 ¥ 1021

ANS: B PTS: 2 DIF: Average

8. If 5.0 ¥ 1021 electrons pass through a 20-W resistor in 10 min, what is the potential difference across
x 1.6xK-9
the resistor? ~electron
a. 21 V
b. 32 V I E
=

1V=IR= (ER= (Y) (20) 2TV =

c. 27 V
d. 37 V
e. 54 V
ANS: C PTS: 2 DIF: Average

9. How many electrons pass through a 20-W resistor in 10 min if there is a potential drop of 30 volts
across it?
a. 5.6 ¥ 1021
IE E
= n
t 0 5.6x
=
=
= =

b. 7.5 ¥ 1021
=
=

c. 9.4 ¥ 1021
d. 1.1 ¥ 1021
e. 3.8 ¥ 1021

ANS: A PTS: 2 DIF: Average

10. A wire (length = 2.0 m, diameter = 1.0 mm) has a resistance of 0.45W. What is the resistivity of the
material used to make the wire?
a. 5.6 ¥ 10-7 W ¥m
b. 1.2 ¥ 10-7 W ¥m
-7
c. 1.8 ¥ 10 W ¥m
R
q
- g
=

t Rry ((z))-ag
=
=

d. 2.3 ¥ 10-7 W ¥m 18x10- 2m

y
=

-7
e. 7.1 ¥ 10 W ¥m

ANS: C PTS: 2 DIF: Average

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 11. What is the resistance of a wire made of a material with a resistivity of 3.2 ¥ 10-8 W ¥m if its length is
2.5 m and its diameter is 0.50 mm?
a. 0.16 W
R
I F 2
b. 0.10 W
0.4-
=

=
= =

c. 1.28 W
d. 0.41 W
e. 0.81 W

ANS: D PTS: 3 DIF: Challenging

12. A rod (length = 80 cm) with a rectangular cross section (1.5 mm ¥ 2.0 mm) has a resistance of 0.20 W.
What is the resistivity of the material used to make the rod?
a. 6.0 ¥ 10-7 W ¥m
b. 3.8 ¥ 10-7 W ¥m
c. 7.5 ¥ 10-7 W ¥m
gx =

xxw)
=

7.5x52m =

d. 3.0 ¥ 10-7 W ¥m
e. 4.8 ¥ 10-7 W ¥m

ANS: C PTS: 2 DIF: Average

13. Most telephone cables are made of copper wire of either 24 or 26 gauge. If the resistance of 24-gauge
wire is 137 W/mile and the resistance of 26-gauge wire is 220 W/mile, what is the ratio of the diameter
of 24-gauge wire to that of 26-gauge wire?
a. 1.6
b. 1.3 =
137 /mile=
-124 =----
c. 0.62
d. 0.79
e. 0.88 B
220-2/mile=
=

-120) i ===
-> =

1.3

ANS: B PTS: 3 DIF: Challenging

14. If a mile of 24-gauge copper wire has a resistance of 0.14 kW and the resistivity of copper is 1.7 ¥ 10-8
W ¥m, what is the diameter of the wire? (1 mile = 1.6 km)
a. 0.40 mm
R
b. 0.50 mm
2
A
ezπ))=4 - d
m (1600
=
=
-

= =

c. 0.63 mm
d. 0.80 mm
e. 0.25 mm 4.9x54 a =

ANS: B PTS: 3 DIF: Challenging

15. A conductor of radius r, length and resistivity r has resistance R. What is the new resistance if it is
stretched to 4 times its original length?
a. Ai Hriz, Af=iE)--YAf=Ai
If 4Li
=

R
At =
b.
R
Vi Vf=

rp volume
same
stay Ri=/
c. R Hri24=Arf- (44)
d. 4R R
I =16=
=

e. 16R ri 2rf
=

-r Ei =

ANS: E PTS: 2 DIF: Average

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 16. A small bulb is rated at 7.5 W when operated at 125 V. Its resistance (in ohms) is
a. 0.45.

pf 25
b. 7.5. -0R 2083
=
=

c. 17.
=
=

d. 940.
e. 2 100.
ANS: E PTS: 2 DIF: Average

17. A small bulb is rated at 7.50 W when operated at 125 V. The tungsten filament has a temperature
coefficient of resistivity a = 4.50 ¥ 10-3 / °C. When the filament is hot and glowing, its temperature is
seven times room temperature (20 °C). What is the resistance of the filament (in ohms) at room
temperature?
a. 234
b. 1 350
R b
= 2083 =

c. 2 080
d. 4 530 R
e. 5 630
RoC1 +x(7 To-5)) -- Ro
=
=

F4to)"itios" 1352.8

ANS: A PTS: 3 DIF: Challenging

18. The temperature coefficient of resistivity of iron is 5.0 ¥ 10-3 / °C; that of carbon is -0.50 ¥ 10-3 / °C.
When an iron wire and a carbon rod, each having the same 10 W resistance at 20°C, are cooled from
that temperature to -80°C, the new ratio of the resistance of the carbon rod to the resistance of the iron
wire at the lower temperature is
a. -0.10.

B
b. +1.9.
c. +2.1. (t-Ti))
=

+2.1 -
-

d. -10. Ru(1 +x( Tu)) -

e. +10.
ANS: C PTS: 3 DIF: Challenging

19. A nichrome wire and an aluminum wire, each with the same initial resistance, have the same change in
resistance when heated separately. (rAl = 2.82 ¥ 10-8 W ¥m; aAl = 3.9 ¥ 10-3 / °C; rnichrome = 1.50 ¥ 10-6
W ¥m; anichrome = 0.40 ¥ 10-3 / °C.) The ratio of the temperature change of the nichrome wire to the
temperature change of the aluminum wire is
a. 0.019.

int gateto-
b. 0.10.
c. 0.18.
d. 9.8.
e. 53.
he
ANS: D PTS: 2 DIF: Average

20. The electron density in copper is 8.49 ¥ 1028 electrons/m3. The electron charge is e = -1.60 ¥ 10-19 C.
When a 1.00 A current is present in a copper wire with a 0.40 cm 2 cross-section, the electron drift
velocity, in m/s, with direction defined relative to the current density, is
a. -1.84 ¥ 10-6.
b. +1.84 ¥ 10-6. Farg
nqVaA =

c. -1.84.
d. -5.43 ¥ 105.
stonoxy-1.84x186
va-nt my
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 e. +5.43 ¥ 105.

ANS: A PTS: 2 DIF: Average

21. In the Drude model of electrical conduction, the current density is directly proportional to
a. the average time interval between successive collisions.
b. the number of charge carriers per unit volume.
c. the square of the electron charge.
d. the electric field present in the wire.
e. the product of all four quantities listed above.
ANS: E PTS: 1 DIF: Easy

22. In the Drude model of electrical conduction, the current density is NOT directly proportional to
a. the average time interval between successive collisions.
b. the number of charge carriers per unit volume.
c. the square of the electron charge.
d. the electric field present in the wire.
e. the resistivity of the wire.
ANS: E PTS: 1 DIF: Easy

23. A conductor of radius r, length and resistivity r has resistance R. It is melted down and formed into a
new conductor, also cylindrical, with one fourth the length of the original conductor. The resistance of
the new conductor is
Ac Hr H(2r)=4H
=

a. =

V. k2
R Az 4A1
=

b.
HrL= Hrit Ri
2
=

R
c. R
-ri*
d. 4R
e. 16R
rz 2r,
=
R ITo =

ANS: A PTS: 2 DIF: Average

24. Light bulb A is rated at 60 W and light bulb B is rated at 100 W. Both are designed to operate at 110 V.
Which statement is correct?
a. The 60 W bulb has a greater resistance and greater current than the 100 W bulb.
b. The 60 W bulb has a greater resistance and smaller current than the 100 W bulb.
P iA =

=
c. The 60 W bulb has a smaller resistance and smaller current than the 100 W bulb. PA PB
d. The 60 W bulb has a smaller resistance and greater current than the 100 W bulb.
e. We need to know the resistivities of the filaments to answer this question. iA [ IB

ANS: B PTS: 3 DIF: Challenging RADRB

25. Jadeen says that you can increase the resistance of a copper wire by hammering the wire to make it
narrower and longer. Arnell says that you can increase its resistance by heating the wire. Which one, if
either, is correct, and why?
a. Arnell, because the conductivity of the wire increases when it is heated.
b. Arnell, because the conductivity of the wire decreases when it is heated.
c. Jadeen, because the conductivity of a wire is directly proportional to its area and inversely
proportional to its length.
d. Jadeen, because the conductivity of a copper wire does not increase when it is hammered.
e. Both are correct because (b) and (d) are both correct.

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 ANS: E PTS: 1 DIF: Easy

26. Jadeen says that you can increase the resistance of a copper wire by hammering the wire to make it
narrower and longer. Arnell says that you can increase its resistance by heating the wire. Which one, if
either, is correct, and why?
a. Arnell, because the resistivity of the wire increases when it is heated.
b. Arnell, because the resistivity of the wire decreases when it is heated.
c. Jadeen, because the resistivity of a wire is inversely proportional to its area and directly
proportional to its length.
d. Jadeen, because the resistivity of a copper wire does not decrease when it is hammered.
e. Both are correct because (a) and (d) are both correct.
ANS: E PTS: 1 DIF: Easy

27. A cook plugs a 500 W crockpot and a 1 000 W kettle into a 240 V power supply, all operating on direct
current. When we compare the two, we find that
P I2 =

a. Icrockpot < Ikettle and Rcrockpot < Rkettle.

b. Icrockpot < Ikettle and Rcrockpot > Rkettle.
c. Icrockpot = Ikettle and Rcrockpot = Rkettle.
Icran=(=1.44 Iketth 2.0 =

d. Icrockpot > Ikettle and Rcrockpot < Rkettle. Ikettele> Icrocket

e. Icrockpot > Ikettle and Rcrockpot > Rkettle. Rrettle Rcrous (inverse relationship) -> R E
=

ANS: B PTS: 2 DIF: Average

28. To increase the current density in a wire of length and diameter D, you can
a. decrease the potential difference between the two ends of the wire.
b. increase the potential difference between the two ends of the wire.
c. decrease the magnitude of the electric field in the wire.
d. heat the wire to a higher temperature.
e. combine both (b) and (d).
ANS: B PTS: 1 DIF: Easy

29. A high-resistance material is used as an insulator between the conductors of a length of coaxial cable.
The resistance material, which forms a hollow tube, has an inner radius a and an outer radius b, and the
insulator provides a resistance R between the conductors. If a second insulator, made of the same
material and having the same length, is made with double both the inner radius and the outer radius of
the first, what resistance would it provide between the conductors?
a. R
b. 2 R
c. 4 R
d. (ln2)R
e. R/(ln2)
ANS: A PTS: 3 DIF: Challenging

PROBLEM

30. What is the resistance of 1 000 m of 4-mm diameter copper wire?

(rCu = 1.7 ¥ 10-8 W ¥m)

ANS:
1.35 ohm

R =

2 = 135
=

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 PTS: 2 DIF: Average

31. A high-voltage transmission line carries 1 000 A at 700 kV for a distance of 100 miles. If the resistance
per length in the wire is 0.5 W/mile, what is the power loss due to resistive losses?

ANS: R 100 mile so

=
-

50 MW
p TY (1000(50) 50MW
= =
=

PTS: 2 DIF: Average

32. The heating coil of a hot water heater has a resistance of 20 ohms and operates at 210 V. If electrical
energy costs 5.5 cents per kW-hr, what does it cost to raise the 200 kg of water in the tank from 15°C
to 80°C? (The specific heat of water is 4 186 J/kg°C)
a mc1T (2000) (4186)(80-15) 5.44N1885, 1kW 3.6x1055
=

=
=

ANS:
=

83 cents
cost-scentsyx. hzg=83 cents
PTS: 2 DIF: Average

33. A copper cable is to be designed to carry a current of 300 A with a power loss of only 2.0 watts per
meter. What is the required radius of the copper cable? (The resistivity of copper is 1.7 ¥ 10-8 W ¥m.)

ANS:
1.6 cm
pI p =
-

=E
=
=
Tr
ar-
=

PTS: 2 DIF: Average 0.616m

=>

34. An aluminum wire of cross-sectional area 4.0 mm 2 is carrying a current of 8.0 A. The density of
aluminum is 2.7 g/cm3, and its molar mass is 27 g. Assuming one free electron per aluminum atom,
what is the drift speed of the electrons in this wire?

ANS:
Van
PTS: 2 DIF: Average

1) Na Gm =

m 0.1mo)/cm2
=
=

(aluminum moles
per
volumeit

2) N
md.
=

atoms=6.02x18atems/am
Ima
3)n 6.02x1823atem
=

-
= 6.82x10/cm

y n =

2xeme= 6.02xelm

Va =
=
21x10/s
=

C6.02x84 (.6x9 (4x10-

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