General Oral (Jeppesen) Basic Electricity

Question 1

One kilowatt is equal to how many watts?

Answer 1

1,000 watts.

Question 2

What law describes the most fundamental or basic relationships in an electrical circuit?

Answer 2

Ohm’s law.

Question 3

What are the three elements of Ohm’s law?

Answer 3

Voltage, current and resistance.

Question 4

How would you write Ohm’s law as an equation?

Answer 4

E = I x R, R = E ÷ I, I = E ÷ R.

Question 5

If the resistance in a DC circuit remains the same but the voltage doubles, what happens to the amount of current flowing in the circuit?

Answer 5

It also doubles.

Question 6

In DC circuits, what unit measures power?

Answer 6

Watts.

Question 7

What three elements are required to form an electrical circuit?

Answer 7

A source of electrical energy, a load or resistance to use the electricity, and wires or conductors to connect the source to the load.

Question 8

DC circuits can take one of three forms or types. What are they?

Answer 8

Series, parallel and complex ( or series-parallel ).

Question 9

A 24-volt lead-acid battery has how many cells?

Answer 9

Twelve.

Question 10

A fully charged lead-acid battery has a specific gravity that varies between what two values?

Answer 10

1.275 and 1.300

Question 11

You must apply a correction to the specific gravity reading of the electrolyte of a lead-acid battery when the temperature is outside of what two values?

Answer 11

Whenever the temperature is less than 70°F or more than 90°F.

Question 12

What is the reason for having separate facilities for storing and servicing nickel-cadmium and lead-acid batteries?

Answer 12

The electrolyte in the two types of batteries is chemically opposite and the fumes from one type can contaminate the electrolyte of the other type.

Question 13

The state of charge of a nickel-cadmium battery cannot be determined by measuring the specific gravity of the electrolyte for what reason?

Answer 13

There is no significant change in the specific gravity of the electrolyte as the battery is charged or discharged.

Question 14

What is the principal advantage of AC current over DC current?

Answer 14

Power can be transmitted over long distances more efficiently and with smaller wires because the voltage can be easily increased or decreased by a transformer.

Question 15

What are the three causes of opposition to current flow in an AC circuit?

Answer 15

Resistance, inductive reactance and capcitive reactance.

Question 16

Define inductance.

Answer 16

An induced voltage which is opposite in direction to the applied voltage.

Question 17

What component creates capacitance in AC circuits?

Answer 17

A capacitor.

Question 18

How does a capacitor store electricity?

Answer 18

The energy is stored in the form of an electrostatic charge or field that exists between two conductors separated by an insulator.

Question 19

What property of an AC circuit is defined by the term “impedance”

Answer 19

The total opposition to current flow.

Question 20

What are two reasons that might cause a nickel-cadmium battery to fail to deliver its rated capacity?

Answer 20

Faulty cells or cell imbalance.

Question 21

What electrical values are measured by a typical multimeter?

Answer 21

Voltage, current and resistance.