Electrical Engineering - Series Circuits

Exercise : Series Circuits - General Questions
6.
When one of three series resistors is removed from a circuit and the circuit is reconnected, the current
increases
increases by one-third
decreases by one-third
decreases by the amount of current through the removed resistor
Answer: Option
Explanation:
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7.
The total power in a certain circuit is 12 W. Each of the four equal-value series resistors making up the circuit dissipates
12 W
48 W
3 W
8 W
Answer: Option
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8.
The following resistors (one each) are connected in a series circuit: 470 , 680 , 1 k, and 1.2 k. The voltage source is 20 V. Current through the 680 resistor is approximately
60 mA
30 mA
6 mA
300 mA
Answer: Option
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9.
A series circuit consists of a 4.7 k, a 12 k, and a 2.2 k resistor. The resistor that has the most voltage drop is
the 12 k
the 2.2 k
the 4.7 k
impossible to determine from the given information
Answer: Option
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10.
All the voltage drops and the source voltage added together in a series circuit is equal to
the total of the voltage drops
the source voltage
zero
the total of the source voltage and the voltage drops
Answer: Option
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