Start learning →

FE Electrical and Computer Direct Current Circuits — practice questions

Explore 28 free Direct Current Circuits questions in FE Electrical and Computer Electrical Engineering. Open each question or exercise to read its content, reference answers and available explanation.

Practise Direct Current Circuits with Quill →

Direct Current Circuits questions and exercises with answers

Showing questions 1–28 of 28.

A student is told that electromotive force is not really a force at all. The term survives for reasons that are:Read the answer and worked solution →With no current flowing, the emf of a source equals the work done on the charge per unit:Read the answer and worked solution →Work in joules divided by charge in coulombs gives the unit of emf. That unit is the:Read the answer and worked solution →A technician puts a meter directly across a battery's two terminals. The reading is the battery's:Read the answer and worked solution →Because the internal resistance sits in series with the load, it affects the current delivered and the:Read the answer and worked solution →Resistors carry the same current one after another along a single path. They are connected in:Read the answer and worked solution →Car headlights, radio and other systems are wired so each gets the full source voltage and works independently. They are wired in:Read the answer and worked solution →Three resistors are rewired from parallel into series across the same battery. The equivalent resistance becomes:Read the answer and worked solution →The current a battery supplies to a network depends on that network's:Read the answer and worked solution →At any junction in a circuit, the current entering must equal the current leaving. That statement is Kirchhoff's:Read the answer and worked solution →Around any closed path in a circuit, the algebraic sum of potential changes must be:Read the answer and worked solution →An engineer needs to read the potential difference across a resistor. The meter is connected:Read the answer and worked solution →To read the current through a component, the ammeter must instead be connected:Read the answer and worked solution →Because the circuit current runs through it, an ammeter usually carries built-in protection in the form of a:Read the answer and worked solution →A circuit containing both resistance and capacitance is known as an:Read the answer and worked solution →Household wiring limits excessive currents using circuit breakers and:Read the answer and worked solution →Modern household and industrial wiring uses a system of three wires: live, ground and:Read the answer and worked solution →The neutral wire is tied to ground at the source and at the user, which forces it to sit at:Read the answer and worked solution →In electrical safety, the term ground refers to a large sink or source of:Read the answer and worked solution →A shock hazard is described as occurring when an electric current passes through:Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the circuit termsRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the safety devicesRead the answer and worked solution →Run the circuit gatesRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the circuit wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Series or parallelRead the answer and worked solution →Sort the circuit wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Circuits bingoRead the answer and worked solution →

Worked practice questions

A student is told that electromotive force is not really a force at all. The term survives for reasons that are:

  1. Historical
  2. Magnetic
  3. Chemical
  4. Numerical
Show answer and solution

Correct answer: A. Historical

1. The name is misleading. 2. Nothing about it is a force. 3. The reasons are historical. _Source: OpenStax University Physics Volume 2, Chapter 10, Direct-Current Circuits._

Open this question →

With no current flowing, the emf of a source equals the work done on the charge per unit:

  1. Second
  2. Charge
  3. Metre
  4. Kelvin
Show answer and solution

Correct answer: B. Charge

1. Work is divided by something. 2. The result is measured in volts. 3. It is per unit charge. _Source: OpenStax University Physics Volume 2, Chapter 10, Direct-Current Circuits._

Open this question →

Work in joules divided by charge in coulombs gives the unit of emf. That unit is the:

  1. The volt unit
  2. The watt unit
  3. The ampere
  4. The ohm unit
Show answer and solution

Correct answer: A. The volt unit

1. Joules per coulomb is the ratio. 2. It is the everyday unit of voltage. 3. It is the volt unit itself. _Source: OpenStax University Physics Volume 2, Chapter 10, Direct-Current Circuits._

Open this question →

How to practise

  1. Choose a Direct Current Circuits question and try to work out your answer.
  2. Open the question to check the correct answer and read its worked solution.
  3. Continue in the app for bite-sized lessons, explanations and review with Quill. You can start without creating an account.

More Electrical Engineering topics

CircuitsElectrical EngineeringPhysics