Practice Quiz 6

1) The resistivity of a 100 m long copper wire is 1.72 10-8 m. If the cross sectional area of the wire is 6 10-6
m2, what is its resistance?
A) 0.3
B) 3
C) 30
D) 300
Answer: A
2) The length of a certain wire is doubled and at the same time its radius is reduced by a factor of 2. What is the
change in the resistance of this wire?
A) It is doubled.
B) It is quadrupled.
C) It increases by a factor of 6.
D) It increases by a factor of 8.
Answer: D
3) The length of a certain wire is halved while the radius is doubled. What is the change in the resistance of this
wire?
A) It stays the same.
B) It is reduced by a factor of 2.
C) It is reduced by a factor of 8.
D) It is quadrupled.
Answer: C
4) A 100-W light bulb is connected to a 110-V source. What is the resistance of this bulb?
A) 100
B) 8.00 10-3
C) 121
D) 242
Answer: C

5) A 100 V DC signal is applied to four resistors as shown in Figure 1. The values of the resistors are 20 , 40 ,
60 , and 80 . What is the voltage across the 40 resistor?
A) 20 V
B) 40 V
C) 60 V
D) 80 V
Answer: A

6) Three resistors of values 2 , 6 and 12 are connected across a DC voltage source as shown in Figure -2. If
the total current through the circuit is 2.0 A, what is the applied voltage?
A) 6.0 V
B) 2.0 V
C) 2.7 V
D) 1.5 V
Answer: C

7) Three 2.0- resistors are connected across the sides of an equilateral triangle ABC as shown in Figure 3. What is
the equivalent resistance between any two points, AB, BC, or AC, of this circuit?
A) 2.0
B) 6.0
C) 4.3
D) 1.3
Answer: D

8) Identify the junction nodes in the circuit shown in Figure 4.

A) A and B
B) D and E
C) A and E
D) C and F
Answer: D

9) Which of the following equations represents a Kirchhoff's voltage rule for the circuit shown above?
A) -6 V + 2 V - (6)i3 = 0 V
B) +4 V - (8)i2 - (12)i1 = 0 V
C) -(8)i2 + 4 V + 6 V + (12)i1 = 0 V
D) +6 V - (12)i1 - (8)i2 + 4 V = 0 V
Answer: D
87) A capacitor C is connected in series with a resistor R across a battery and an open switch. If a second capacitor
of capacitance 2C is connected in parallel to the first, the time constant of the new RC circuit will be
A) the same as before.
B) twice as large as before.
C) three times a large as before.
D) one-half as large as before.
Answer: C