Series Parallel Circuits – Exercise – 1

11. A 6 V battery output is divided down to obtain two output voltages. Three 2.2 kΩ resistors are used to provide the two taps. The two output voltages are ________.

(a) 2 V, 4 V
(b) 2 V, 2 V
(c) 2 V, 6 V
(d) 4 V, 6 V

12. A voltage divider consists of two 100 kΩ resistors and a 12 V source. What will the output voltage be if a load resistor of 1 MΩ is connected to the output?

(a) 0.57 V
(b) 6 V
(c) 12 V
(d) 5.7 V

13. A certain circuit is composed of two parallel resistors. The total resistance is 1,403 Ω. One of the resistors is 2 kΩ. The other resistor value is ________.

(a) 1,403 Ω
(b) 4.7 kΩ
(c) 2 kΩ
(d) 3,403 Ω

14. In a certain five-step R/2R ladder network, the smallest resistor value is 1 kΩ. The largest value is ________.

(a) indeterminable
(b) 2 kΩ
(c) 10 kΩ
(d) 20 kΩ

15. When a load resistance is removed from the output of a voltage divider circuit, the current drawn from the source ________.

(a) decreases
(b) increases
(c) remains the same
(d) is cut off

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