Lesson 1.1

Question 1

What is a generator?

Answer 1

A bunch of magnets moving around a wire to create electricity

Question 2

Should you ever disable a safety device?

Answer 2

No

Question 3

What should you check before handling wires?

Answer 3

The voltmeter

Question 4

What should you do with damaged tools?

Answer 4

Label them and don’t use them

Question 5

What does P.A.S.S. stand for?

Answer 5

Pull, aim, squeeze, sweep

Question 6

What type of fire extinguisher is for electrical fires?

Answer 6

Type C

Question 7

What is a short circuit?

Answer 7

When a negative pathway touches a positive pathway

Question 8

What are components?

Answer 8

Simple electronic devices that affect the electrons in a circuit

Question 9

What is a breadboard?

Answer 9

Reusable platform for prototyping circuits temporarily

Question 10

What’s the difference between GND and DGND?

Answer 10

GND is normal ground while DGND has perfect zero volts

Question 11

What is electricity?

Answer 11

The study and use of moving particles

Question 12

What is current?

Answer 12

The flow of electrons

Question 13

What is voltage?

Answer 13

The electrical force causing current to flow through circuit

Question 14

What does a valve do?

Answer 14

Allows a fluid to move in one direction

Question 15

What is a resistor?

Answer 15

A component made of material that opposes the flow of electrons

Question 16

What is direct current?

Answer 16

Electrons move in one direction

Question 17

What is voltage?

Answer 17

Electrical potential

Question 18

What is a capacitor?

Answer 18

Two pieces of metal you charge to different potentials

Question 19

Resistance and current are __________ proportional.

Answer 19

Inversely

Question 20

Voltage and current are ____________ proportional.

Answer 20

Directly

Question 21

What is the formula for Ohm’s Law?

Answer 21

I = V/R