ASVAB Electronics Information Practice Test 578630 Results

Your Results Global Average
Questions 5 5
Correct 0 3.22
Score 0% 64%

Review

1 Use Ohm's Law to calculate the value of current in this circuit if voltage is 225 volts and resistance is 90 Ω.
81% Answer Correctly
4 A
2.5 A
3.75 A
1.25 A

Solution

Ohm's law specifies the relationship between voltage (V), current (I), and resistance (R) in an electrical circuit: V = IR.

Solved for current, I = \( \frac{V}{R} \) = \( \frac{225}{90} \) = 2.5 A


2

Voltage and current are __________ proportional.

66% Answer Correctly

inversely

not

directly

indirectly


Solution

Voltage (V) is the electrical potential difference between two points. Electrons will flow as current from areas of high potential (concentration of electrons) to areas of low potential. Voltage and current are directly proportional in that the higher the voltage applied to a conductor the higher the current that will result.


3

General current flow in a transistor is from __________ to __________.

51% Answer Correctly

base, collector

collector, base

collector, emitter

base, emitter


Solution

The transistor is the foundation of modern electronic devices. It is made entirely from semiconductor material (making it a solid state device) and can serve many different functions in a circuit including acting as a switch, amplifier, or current regulator. A transistor works by allowing a small amount of current applied at the base to control general current flow from collector to emitter through the transistor.


4

One of the lights on your Christmas tree burns out and this causes the rest of the lights connected to that strand to go dark. How are the lights in that strand connected?

74% Answer Correctly

series

perpendicular

parallel

series-parallel


Solution

Lights connected in series form a chain with each light connecting to adjacent lights via one wire. Therefore, if one of the lights burns out and breaks the series, none of the other lights will receive power and they'll go dark. Lights connected in parallel each connect to the positive and negative nodes of the power source and would not go dark if one of their neighbors burnt out.


5

In household electrical wiring, which color of insulation indicates the 'hot' wire?

50% Answer Correctly

red

green

white

black


Solution

In the NM cable used for wiring homes, each cable has three wires inside a sheath with each wire covered in a different color of insulation to indicate its type. The wire with the black insulation is the 'hot' wire, white is the neutral wire, and the ground wire is either covered in green insulation or left bare.