Lesson 6.2.1.4

6.2.1.4 Resistors Quiz: AQA Combined Science, Unit 19

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The 20 questions

  1. For an ohmic conductor at constant temperature, how is current related to potential difference?

    • Unrelated
    • Exponentially related
    • Directly proportional
    • Inversely proportional
  2. Which electrical component changes its resistance as current changes its temperature?

    • Filament lamp
    • Fixed resistor
    • Standard wire
    • Ohmic conductor
  3. How does the resistance of a filament lamp change as its temperature rises?

    • It becomes zero
    • It stays constant
    • It increases
    • It decreases
  4. Which component allows current in one direction only?

    • Diode
    • Resistor
    • Cell
    • Lamp
  5. What is the resistance of a diode when connected in the reverse direction?

    • Zero
    • Very high
    • Very low
    • Constant
  6. Which of these components has a resistance that is NOT constant?

    • Standard wire
    • Thermistor
    • Ohmic conductor
    • Fixed resistor
  7. What happens to the resistance of an ohmic conductor as current changes?

    • Increases
    • Stays constant
    • Drops to zero
    • Decreases
  8. How does the resistance of a thermistor behave as temperature increases?

    • Drops to zero
    • Increases
    • Decreases
    • Stays constant
  9. An ohmic resistor has 4 V across it and 0.2 A flowing. If the pd doubles to 8 V at constant temperature, what is the current?

    • 0.2 A
    • 0.8 A
    • 0.4 A
    • 0.1 A
  10. What current flows through a diode connected in reverse across a supply?

    • Maximum current
    • Negligible current
    • Double current
    • Alternating current
  11. What happens to the current in a filament lamp as its temperature increases?

    • Current increases
    • Current stays constant
    • Current decreases
    • Current stops completely
  12. What does a straight-line current-voltage graph passing through the origin indicate about a conductor?

    • Diode
    • Thermistor
    • Ohmic conductor
    • Filament lamp
  13. Why does a filament lamp's current rise more slowly as potential difference increases?

    • Power vanishes
    • Resistance drops
    • Temperature increases
    • Voltage decreases
  14. What property of a diode prevents current flowing in the reverse direction?

    • High voltage
    • Low temperature
    • High resistance
    • Zero resistance
  15. Which component does not have a constant resistance as current changes?

    • Constant wire
    • Fixed resistor
    • Filament lamp
    • Ohmic resistor
  16. How does a thermistor's resistance change as temperature increases?

    • Resistance increases
    • Resistance decreases
    • Resistance drops to zero
    • Resistance stays constant
  17. In how many directions can current normally flow through a standard diode?

    • One direction
    • Any direction
    • Two directions
    • Three directions
  18. What is the key characteristic of a diode's current-voltage behaviour?

    • Linear graph
    • Flows one way
    • Constant resistance
    • Ohmic response
  19. How does a filament lamp's resistance compare to an ohmic resistor at high currents?

    • Lamp is higher
    • Both are equal
    • Both are zero
    • Lamp is lower
  20. Which component has a resistance that decreases as light intensity increases?

    • Diode
    • Resistor
    • Thermistor
    • LDR

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