Basic Electric & Electronics

Table of Contents

Unit 1 – Trainer Familiarization

Exercise 1 – Instrument Familiarization

Exercise 2 – F.A.C.E.T. Base Unit Familiarization

Exercise 3 – DC Board Familiarization

Unit 2 – Safety

Exercise 1 – Basic Safety Rules

Exercise 2 – Electrical Safety Rules

Unit 3 – Electronic Quantities

Exercise 1 – Circuit Voltages....................................................................................................18

Exercise 2 – Circuit Current......................................................................................................19

Exercise 3 – Circuit Resistance.................................................................................................20

Unit 4 – DC Power Sources.........................................................................................................23

Exercise 1 – Series and Parallel Battery Circuits......................................................................26

Exercise 2 – Series-Opposing DC Sources ...............................................................................28

Unit 5 – Switches and Switching Concepts................................................................................29

Exercise 1 – Identify Types of Switches...................................................................................31

Exercise 2 – Switching Concepts..............................................................................................33

Unit 6 – Ohm's Law .....................................................................................................................35

Exercise 1 – Ohm's Law - Circuit Resistance ...........................................................................38

Exercise 2 – Ohm's Law - Circuit Current................................................................................39

Exercise 3 – Ohm's Law - Circuit Voltage ...............................................................................40

Unit 7 – Series Resistive Circuits................................................................................................41

Exercise 1 – Resistance in a Series Resistive Circuit ...............................................................45

Exercise 2 – Current in a Series Resistive Circuit ....................................................................46

Exercise 3 – Voltage in a Series Resistive Circuit....................................................................47

Unit 8 – Parallel Resistive Circuits.............................................................................................49

Exercise 1 – Resistance in a Parallel Circuit.............................................................................52

Exercise 2 – Voltage/Current in a Parallel Circuit....................................................................53

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Unit 9 – Series/Parallel Resistive Circuits .................................................................................55

Exercise 1 – Resistance in a Series/Parallel Circuit..................................................................58

Exercise 2 – Voltage in a Series/Parallel Circuit ......................................................................59

Exercise 3 – Current in a Series/Parallel Circuit.......................................................................60

Unit 10 – Power in DC Circuits ..................................................................................................61

Exercise 1 – Power in a Series Resistive Circuit ......................................................................63

Exercise 2 – Power in a Parallel Resistive Circuit....................................................................64

Exercise 3 – Power in a Series/Parallel Circuit

Unit 11 – Potentiometers and Rheostats

Exercise 1 – The Rheostat

Exercise 2 – The Potentiometer

Unit 12 – Voltage and Cu