Physics 12: Unit 7 Questions.

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Unit 7: Electric Circuits
Multiple Choice Portion
1. The diagram below shows part of an electrical circuit. 4. A 12 V battery supplies a 5.0 A current to two light
bulbs as shown below.

What are the magnitude and direction of the current

The power output of one of the bulbs is P 1 = 24 W.
passing through resistor R 5 ?
What is the power output of the other bulb?
a. 6.0 A towards the left
a. 14 W
b. 12.0 A towards the left
b. 24 W
c. 2.0 A towards the right
c. 36 W
d. 8.0 A towards the right
d. 60 W
2. A 12 V battery is connected to a 60 Ω resistor. How
5. A student measures the current through the resistor R2
much charge will flow through the resistor in 20 s?
to be 3.0 A, as shown in the left-hand diagram.
a. 0.010 C
b. 0.20 C
c. 4.0 C
d. 48 C

3. A cell whose emf is 1.5 V and internal resistance is

0.60 Ω is charged by supplying a 0.50 A current in the When a wrench that has a small resistance is dropped
direction shown. on the circuit as shown, the current through R 2 is
reduced to 1.0 A. What is the current flowing through
the wrench? (Assume the supply voltage remains
constant.)
a. 1.0 A
b. 2.0 A
c. 5.0 A
d. 7.5 A

6. A battery whose emf is 6.0 V is connected to a 2.0 Ω

What is the terminal voltage of the cell while being resistor. The voltage drop across the 2.0 Ω resistor is
charged? 5.0 V. What is its internal resistance?
a. 0.30 V a. 0.40 Ω
b. 1.2 V
b. 1.7 Ω
c. 1.5 V
c. 2.4 Ω
d. 1.8 V
d. 2.5 Ω

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7. A voltmeter is connected across a 3.0 Ω resistor in the 10. What are the potential differences, V 1 and V 2 , in the
circuit shown below. circuit shown below?

Potential Difference V 1 Potential Difference V 2

a. 1.0 V 5.0 V
b. 1.0 V 6.0 V
What is the reading on the voltmeter? c. 5.0 V 1.0 V
a. 4.0 V d. 5.0 V 5.0 V
b. 6.0 V
c. 8.0 V 11. A 2.50 W device requires 1.20 V to operate properly. A
d. 12.0 V 1.45 V cell, with internal resistance r, is used to power
this device. What value of r enables the cell to provide
8. The total resistance between points X and Y is 14.0 Ω. 1.20 V to the device?
What is the value of R?

a. 0.120 Ω
a. 6. 0 Ω b. 0.145 Ω
b. 8. 3 Ω c. 0. 576 Ω
c. 10 Ω d. 0.841 Ω
d. 210 Ω
12. A flashlight contains two batteries in series with a bulb
9. The diagram below shows a circuit with four possible of resistance 12 Ω. Each battery has an emf of 1.5 V
meter locations. and an internal resistance of 0.26 Ω. What is the
potential difference across the bulb?
a. 0.12 V
b. 1.5 V
c. 2.9 V
d. 3.0 V

13. In the diagram below, which arrows represent the

direction of conventional current and electron flow?

In which locations should an ammeter and voltmeter be

connected to correctly measure the current through R 2
and the voltage drop across R 2 ?
CURRENT VOLTAGE DROP
THROUGH R2 ACROSS R 2
a. 2 1 CONVENTIONAL CURRENT ELECTRON FLOW
b. 2 3 a. x x
c. 4 1 b. x y
d. 4 3 c. y x
d. y y

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14. Find the current through the battery in the circuit 19. Which of the following relationships correctly applies
shown below. to the circuit shown below?

a. 0.33 A
b. 1.5 A
c. 2.0 A a. V0 = V 1 + V2 + V 3
d. 2.5 A b. V 0 + V 1 = V2 + V3
c. V 0 = V1 = V2= V3
d.
15. Calculate the power dissipated by the 8.0 Ω resistor in V 0-1 = V1-1 + V 2-1 + V3-1
the circuit below.
20. A 9.0 V battery was recharged with a current of 1.2 A
in 1.8 x 10 4 s. How much charge was transferred
during that time?
a. 1.1 x 10 1 C
b. 2.2 x 10 4 C
c. 1.6 x 10 5 C
d. 1.9 x 10 5 C
a. 4.5 W
b. 6.0 W 21. In the following circuit, what current is drawn from the
c. 10 W battery?
d. 41 W

16. Which of the following correctly states Kirchhoff’s

first rule or junction rule?
a. The magnitude of the current in each wire leaving
a junction is always equal.
b. In a complete circuit, the current leaving the a. 1.3 A
battery must be lost in the circuit. b. 1.7 A
c. The sum of the currents leaving the junction is c. 2.0 A
equal to the sum of the currents entering the d. 5.0 A
junction.
d. The sum of the currents leaving the junction is less 22. How should an ammeter and a voltmeter be correctly
than the sum of the currents entering the junction. placed in a circuit?
AMMETER VOLTMETER
17. A 12 V battery is connected to a 20 Ω resistor. How a. In Parallel In Parallel
much charge flows through the battery in 3.5 s ? b. In Parallel In Series
a. 2.7 x 10 -8 C c. In Series In Parallel
b. 0.60 C d. In Series In Series
c. 2.1 C
d. 25 C 23. What is the voltage, V, of the power supply shown in
the circuit?
18. A 660 W electric heater is designed to operate from a
120 V source. If the source voltage drops to 80.0 V,
what will be the power dissipated by the same heater?
(Assume the resistance of the heater is constant.)
a. 73.3 W
b. 293 W
c. 440 W
d. 660 W a. 24 V
b. 52 V
c. 72 V
d. 96 V

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24. What is the emf of the battery shown?
27. Calculate the current through the 6.0 Ω resistor in the
circuit shown.

a. 2.0 V
b. 8.0 V
c. 10 V
d. 12 V a. 1.1 A
b. 2.0 A
25. What current flows through the 11.0 Ω resistor? c. 4.0 A
d. 6.7 A

28. In the following circuit, determine the value of resistor

R.

a. 0.21 A
b. 0.27 A
c. 0.93 A
d. 1.2 A a. 3.2 Ω
b. 5.2 Ω
26. Which of the following correctly shows the direction of c. 9.0 Ω
conventional current and electron flow? d. 23 Ω

29. A battery provides 3.20 W of power to an external

resistance. What power is dissipated as heat by the
a. internal resistance within the battery?

b. a. 0.19 W
b. 3.4 W
c. 3.6 W
d. 60 W

c.

d.

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Written
1. a) Find the current in the 8.0 Ω bulb shown below.

b) (i) The 3.0 Ω bulb is removed from the circuit so that only 3 bulbs remain. The 8.0 Ω bulb will now: check one
o be dimmer.
o be brighter.
o remain the same.
ii. Using principles of electrical circuits, explain your answer to b(i).

2. What is the power dissipated in the 9.0 Ω resistor in the following circuit?

3. A battery with an emf of 12.0 V and an internal resistance r is connected to a circuit as shown below.

If the current through the 6.0 Ω resistor is 1.8 A , what is the internal resistance r ?

4. In the circuit shown below, determine the current through the 5. 0 Ω resistor.

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5. Consider the circuit shown in the diagram below.

a. What is the total resistance of the circuit?

b. What is the current through the 100 Ω resistor?
c. What is the power dissipated in the 100 Ω resistor?

Answer Key:
Part 1: Multiple Choice
1. A 7. B 13. B 19. A 25. A
2. C 8. C 14. B 20. B 26. C
3. D 9. B 15. A 21. C 27. B
4. C 10. C 16. C 22. C 28. B
5. C 11. A 17. C 23. C 29. A
6. A 12. C 18. B 24. D

Part 2: Written Response

1a. 1/R = 1/18 + 1/9.0 + 1/3.0 = 9/18 Therefore Rp = 2.0 Ω

RT = 2.0 Ω + 8.0 Ω = 10.0 Ω
I = V / R = 30 / 10.0 = 3.0 A

1b Dimmer
c. With fewer bulbs in the parallel combination, the overall resistance of the circuit will be greater. The total current flow
from the battery will now be smaller. Since the total current must flow through the 8.0 Ω resistor, it will be dimmer.

2. 1/ Rparallel = 1/18.0 + 1/9.0 Rparallel = 6.0 Ω

Rtotal = 20 Ω
Itotal = V / R = 36 / 20 = 1.8 A
V 9.0 Ω = 36 -(14)(1.8) = 10.8 V
P 9.0 Ω = V2 / R = 10.82 / 9.0 = 13 W

3. V6 = V T = (1.8)(6.0) = 10.8 V
I10 = V10 / R = 10.8 / 10 = 1.08 A
IT = 1.8 + 1.08 = 2.88 A
VT = Emf – Ir → 10.8 = 12 – (2.88)r → r = 0.42 Ω

4. 1/ Rparallel = 1/20 + 1/15 → Rparallel = 8.57 Ω

RT= R7 + Rparallel → RT = 15.57 Ω
IT = VT / RT = 9.0 V / 15.57 = 0.578 A
V7 = IR7 = 0.578 (7) = 4.05 V
Net V across parallel branch 4.95 V
So I = V / R = 4.95 / 15 = 0.33 A

5a. 1/R1 = 1/68 + 1/220 → R1 = 51.9 Ω

1/R2 = 1/33 + 1/470 → R2 = 30.8 Ω
RT = 51.9 + 100 + 30.8 = 182.7 Ω

b. I circuit = I100 = V /RT = 6.0 V / 182.7 Ω = 3.3 x10-2 A

c. P100 = I2 * R = (0.0328A) 2 * 100 = 0.11 W

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