Radio,Television And Electronic Paper 2, WASSCE (SC), 2016

Question 5

(a)Table 3 shows electrical quantities and their units of measurement and symbols.

Copy and complete Table 3.

(b) Draw the circuit symbols of the following components:

  1. (i)variable resistor;
  2. (ii)electrolytic capacitor;
  3. (iii)inductor;
  4. (iv)fuse;
  5. (v)PN diode;
  6. (vi) NPN transistor.

Observation

  The expected answers were:

  1. (a) Electrical quantities and their units of measurement and symbols

Electrical quantity

Unit of measurement

Symbol

Resistance

Ohms

Ω

Voltage/Electromotive force/Potential difference

Volts

V

Current

Ampere

A

                 

(b) Circuit symbol of components

Many candidates confused the symbol of components for one another while a few others gave then correct symbol for their corresponding components.