Chemistry
Electrical Units
Ohm's Law
Code
Safety
100
An element with 1 to 3 electrons in its outer most shell.
What is a conductor
100
Unit of measurement similar to flow in a water piping system.
What is current
100
The base formula for Ohm's Law
What is E=IR
100
The article of the code that describes how the code is written and where the code is applied.
What is Article 90 - Introduction
100
The act of electrical current flowing through a persons body
What is shock
200
A positively charged sub-atomic particle of an atom.
What is a proton
200
The unit of resistance is abbreviated with this Greek symbol.
What is Omega
200
The formula used to determine the resistance of a circuit when the voltage and current are known.
What is R=E/I
200
The term the code assigns to electrical inspectors
What is Authority Having Jurisdiction (AHJ)
200
Death that has occurred as the result of current flowing through the body.
What is electrocution
300
This term describes matter that is combined into it's elements simplest chemical combination.
What is a molecule
300
Often referred to as a potential difference or voltage and is the origin of the letter E in Ohm's Law
What is Electro Motive Force
300
This formula will produce an answer in watts when the voltage and current of a circuit are known.
What is P=EI
300
The chapter of the code which the codeology method calls the build chapter.
What is Chapter 3
300
This device protects electrical circuits from fires due to breaks in the conductor.
What is an Arch-Fault Circuit Interrupter (AFCI)
400
Another name for the outer orbit of electrons in an atom
What is the valence shell
400
The number of electrons that passes one point in one second when the circuit is drawing 1 amp of current.
What is 6.25x10^18
400
This unit describes the amount of work done by the circuit
What is Watt
400
The chapter where requirements for the installation of electrical systems in a hospital are found.
What is Chapter 5 - Special Occupancies
400
Device used to protect personnel from electrical shock
What is Ground Fault Protective Device (GFCI)
500
According to this, like charges repel each other and unlike charges attract each other.
What is The Law of Electrical Charges
500
Unit used by utilities to measure the amount of electricity used by the customer.
What is kWh
500
The formula used to find voltage when the resistance and power of an electrical circuit are known.
What is sqrt of P*R
500
The term that describes a conductor that connects the electrical service with the ground rods
What is grounding electrode conductor
500
Chemical that was often used as a cooling oil in transformers and lighting ballasts.
What is Ploychlorinated biphenyls PCB's