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Electronics Basics

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  • Q1
    What was Geog Ohm known for?
    A Scottish inventor.
    A German who has an electrical law named after him.
    A French mathematician.
    A German inventor
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  • Q2
    What was Andre Marie Ampere known for?
    The founder of electromagnetism and has a unit of measurement named after him.
    Has an electric law named after him.
    Was convicted of robbing a bank.
    Started the Industrial Revolution.
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  • Q3
    Who was James Watt?
    Has a law named after him.
    Founding father of electromagnetism.
    A lawyer who wrote the Bill of Rights.
    Started the Industrial Revolution and has a unit of power named after him.
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  • Q4
    What is an Ohm?
    A safety device that stops the flow of electric current.
    A component that stores an electric charge.
    A coil of wire that is wrapped around a core.
    A measurement of the electrical resistance.
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  • Q5
    What is the definition of an amp?
    A unit of frequency equal to 1 cycle per second.
    A unit of heat measurement.
    Electricity in motion.
    Measurement of the flow of an electric current through a conductor.
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  • Q6
    What is the definition of current?
    Measures the flow of an electric current through a conductor
    An electromotive force.
    A unit of electric charge.
    Electricity in motion that is measured in Amps.
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  • Q7
    What is a capacitor?
    A device that explodes.
    A device used to store an electric charge.
    A device that glows.
    A device that reads your mind.
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  • Q8
    What is this?
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    A fuse.
    An LED.
    A transistor.
    A resistor.
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  • Q9
    What is this?
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    A transistor.
    A fuse.
    A resistor.
    An LED.
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  • Q10
    What is this?
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    A resistor.
    A transistor.
    An LED
    A fuse.
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  • Q11
    What is this?
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    An LED.
    A fuse.
    A resistor.
    A transistor.
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  • Q12
    What is this?
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    A capacitor.
    A resistor.
    A transistor.
    A fuse.
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  • Q13
    Is this circuit open or closed?
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    open
    closed
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  • Q14
    Is this circuit open or closed?
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    open
    closed
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  • Q15
    Are these resistors in series or parallel?
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    Parallel
    Series
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  • Q16
    Are these resistors in series or parallel?
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    Parallel
    Series
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  • Q17
    Batteries in parallel will run it for about twice as long.
    False
    True
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  • Q18
    What is this?
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    multimeter
    hookup wire
    wire stripper
    crimper
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  • Q19
    What is a multimeter used for?
    An instrument designed to cut wire for a project.
    An instrument designed to measure electric current, voltage, and usually resistance, typically over several ranges of value.
    An instrument designed to hook up wired from one project to another.
    An instrument designed to crimp wire to finish a project.
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  • Q20
    Do batteries in a series make an LED burn brighter or longer?
    brighter
    longer
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