SERIES PARALLEL CIRCUITS QUIZ

A 12 k resistor, a 15 k resistor, and a 22 k resistor are in series with two 10 k resistors that are in parallel. The source voltage is 75 V. Current through the 15 k resistor is approximately

5 mA

14 mA

1.4 mA

50 mA

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A voltage divider consists of two 100 k resistors and a 12 V source. What will the output voltage be if a load resistor of 1 M is connected to the output?

0.57 V

5.7 V

12 V

6 V

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The parallel combination of a 6.8 k resistor and a 10 k resistor is in series with the parallel combination of a 2.2 k resistor and a 1 k resistor. A 100 V source is connected across the circuit. The resistor(s) with the greatest voltage drop is (are)

2.2 k

2.2 k and 1 k

6.8 k and 10 k

6.8 k

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Three 10 k resistors are connected in series. A 20 k resistor is connected in parallel across one of the 10 k resistors. The voltage source is 24 V. The total current in the circuit is

900 A

800 A

90 mA

9 mA

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When a load resistance is removed from the output of a voltage divider circuit, the current drawn from the source

is cut off

decreases

increases

remains the same

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A balanced Wheatstone bridge consists of an RV of 3,500 , an R2 of 200 , and an R3 of 680 . The value of RUNK is

1029

680

200

880

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A 6 V battery output is divided down to obtain two output voltages. Three 2.2 k resistors are used to provide the two taps. The two output voltages are

2 V, 4 V

4 V, 6 V

2 V, 6 V

2 V, 2 V

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A certain Wheatstone bridge has the following resistor values: R1 = 10 k, R2 = 720 , and R4 = 2.4 k. The unknown resistance is

3000

300

24

2.4

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Two 1.2 k resistors are in series and this series combination is in parallel with a 3.3 k resistor. The total resistance is

138

5700

880

1389

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The parallel combination of a 470 resistor and a 1.5 k resistor is in series with the parallel combination of five 1 k resistors. The source voltage is 50 V. The percentage of the load current through any single 1 k resistor is

100%

20%

50%

25%

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