Skills and Trades

Resistors connected in parallel are used as current dividers.

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Potentiometers are connected using only two of their terminals.

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It is hard to manufacture a resistor with an exact number of ohms of resistance.

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Current flow through a resistor produces heat.

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Carbon-composition resistors are manufactured to closer tolerances than film types.

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Why does running too many appliances on one circuit cause a fuse to blow or a circuit breaker to trip off?

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Which of these is a variable resistor that is used to vary the level of an AC or DC voltage?

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Which of these has a deposited resistive element that is scribed in a spiral fashion of the resistor?

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Which band of the five-band precision resistor color code designates the multiplier?

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What value and tolerance does a precision resistor have if its color bands (listed in order 1-5) are ...

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Two resistors R1 and R2 give a combined resistance of 4.5 ohms when connected in series and 1 ohm ...

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The total resistance for the circuit shown is:

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The total resistance for the circuit shown is:

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The resistor shown would be rated for a resistance value of ________ and a tolerance of ________.

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The resistor shown would be rated for a resistance value of ________ and a tolerance of ________.

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The resistance between the outside terminals of a linear potentiometer is measured and found to be ...

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The product of the voltage across a resistor multiplied by the current through the resistor should ...

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The color code (bands 1 to 4) for a 2-W, 10- resistor with a tolerance of 10 percent would be:

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The color code (bands 1 to 4) for a -W, 5.6- resistor with a tolerance of 10 percent would be:

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Resistance wire is designed primarily to convert electricity energy into:

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Generally speaking, the higher the wattage rating of a resistor:

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For the circuit shown the value of the voltage E3 would be:

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For the circuit shown the value of the voltage E1 would be:

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For the circuit shown the value of the current I1 would be:

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A voltage divider is formed by connecting a 6-k resistor and a 2-k resistor in series across a 20-V ...

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