COLTON ASVAB TEST QUESTIONS WITH 100% CORRECT
ANSWERS
1) what does the abbreviation AC stand for?
a. additional charge
b. alternating coil
c. alternating current
d. ampere current -- Correct Answer ✔✔ c. alternating current
2) Which of the following allows the telecommunications industry to transmit the
greatest volume of data at the fastest speed?
a. copper wire
b. optical fiber
c. wireless router
d. aluminum wire -- Correct Answer ✔✔ b. optical fiber
3) the phrase "open circuit" means
a. loose wires
b. disconnected
c. fully charged
d. current can flow free -- Correct Answer ✔✔ d. current can flow
free
4) In a closed circuit, when a short power cord is replaced with a long power cord,
which of the following increases?
a. voltage
b. insulation
c. resistance
, d. conductivity -- Correct Answer ✔✔ c. resistance
5) A switch starts or stops the flow of electric current in a circuit by means of its
a. probes
b. contacts
c. resistors
d. insulators -- Correct Answer ✔✔ b. contacts
6) Very small electric currents are measured in units called
a. kilovolts
b. microwatts
c. milliamperes
d. electron volts -- Correct Answer ✔✔ c. milliamperes
7) Which of the following can be measured using the ohmmeter function on the
multimeter?
a. current
b. voltage
c. resistance
d. capacitance -- Correct Answer ✔✔ c. resistance
8) when a light bulb has burned out it will
a. ground out the circuit
b. quickly drain the battery
c. behave like a short circuit
d. Behave like an open circuit -- Correct Answer ✔✔ d. Behave like
an open circuit
9) which of the following are classes of resistors
a. high and low
b. static and fixed
, c. fixed and variable
d. alternating and direct -- Correct Answer ✔✔ c. fixed and variable
10) what does the term "AWG" represent
a. American western gear
b. American wire gauge
c. ampere watt gauge
d. ammeter wire guide -- Correct Answer ✔✔ b. American wire
gauge
11) home outlets are connected to a panel box with separate circuits. these outlets
are connected in
a. series
b. polarity
c. parallel
d. combination -- Correct Answer ✔✔ d. combination
12) an electrician uses a transformer to
a. redirect electrical current
b. shut down electrical current
c. increase or reduce electrical current -- Correct Answer ✔✔ c.
increase or reduce electrical current
13) the symbol related to "OHMS" in a formula is
a. V
b. A
c. R
d. W -- Correct Answer ✔✔ a. V
14) the most likely source of oil in an engine cylinder is a
ANSWERS
1) what does the abbreviation AC stand for?
a. additional charge
b. alternating coil
c. alternating current
d. ampere current -- Correct Answer ✔✔ c. alternating current
2) Which of the following allows the telecommunications industry to transmit the
greatest volume of data at the fastest speed?
a. copper wire
b. optical fiber
c. wireless router
d. aluminum wire -- Correct Answer ✔✔ b. optical fiber
3) the phrase "open circuit" means
a. loose wires
b. disconnected
c. fully charged
d. current can flow free -- Correct Answer ✔✔ d. current can flow
free
4) In a closed circuit, when a short power cord is replaced with a long power cord,
which of the following increases?
a. voltage
b. insulation
c. resistance
, d. conductivity -- Correct Answer ✔✔ c. resistance
5) A switch starts or stops the flow of electric current in a circuit by means of its
a. probes
b. contacts
c. resistors
d. insulators -- Correct Answer ✔✔ b. contacts
6) Very small electric currents are measured in units called
a. kilovolts
b. microwatts
c. milliamperes
d. electron volts -- Correct Answer ✔✔ c. milliamperes
7) Which of the following can be measured using the ohmmeter function on the
multimeter?
a. current
b. voltage
c. resistance
d. capacitance -- Correct Answer ✔✔ c. resistance
8) when a light bulb has burned out it will
a. ground out the circuit
b. quickly drain the battery
c. behave like a short circuit
d. Behave like an open circuit -- Correct Answer ✔✔ d. Behave like
an open circuit
9) which of the following are classes of resistors
a. high and low
b. static and fixed
, c. fixed and variable
d. alternating and direct -- Correct Answer ✔✔ c. fixed and variable
10) what does the term "AWG" represent
a. American western gear
b. American wire gauge
c. ampere watt gauge
d. ammeter wire guide -- Correct Answer ✔✔ b. American wire
gauge
11) home outlets are connected to a panel box with separate circuits. these outlets
are connected in
a. series
b. polarity
c. parallel
d. combination -- Correct Answer ✔✔ d. combination
12) an electrician uses a transformer to
a. redirect electrical current
b. shut down electrical current
c. increase or reduce electrical current -- Correct Answer ✔✔ c.
increase or reduce electrical current
13) the symbol related to "OHMS" in a formula is
a. V
b. A
c. R
d. W -- Correct Answer ✔✔ a. V
14) the most likely source of oil in an engine cylinder is a
