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0654.P4.3.01 — Draw and interpret circuit diagrams 2 Draw and interpret circuit diagrams containing cells, batteries, power supplies, containing generators: past paper questions

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0654/32 · October/November 2025 · Q9a(i)[2]
Draw a circuit diagram to show a doorbell connected in series with a switch and a battery. Use the circuit symbol , , for the doorbell.
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0654/32 · October/November 2025 · Q12c(i)[1]
State the name of the component in the circuit that causes a current to flow in the circuit.
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0654/32 · October/November 2025 · Q12c(ii)[2]
The current in each lamp is 4 A. State the current at point X in the circuit. Choose from the values below. 0 A 2 A 4 A 8 A Explain your answer. current at X = A explanation
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0654/32 · October/November 2025 · Q12c(iii)[1]
State one reason why the headlamps in the car are connected in parallel rather than in series.
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0654/43 · October/November 2024 · Q3a(i)[2]
Complete Fig. 3.1. (i)
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0654/21 · May/June 2019 · Q36[1]
What is component X?
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Draw and interpret circuit diagrams 2 Draw and interpret circuit diagrams containing cells, batteries, power supplies, containing generators and light-emitting switches, resistors (fixed and variable), diodes (LEDs), and know how these heaters, lamps, motors, ammeters, voltmeters components behave in the circuit and fuses, and know how these components behave in the circuit
Know that the current at every point in a series circuit is the same
Know how to construct and use series and parallel circuits
Calculate the combined resistance of two or 7 Recall and use in calculations, the fact that: more resistors in series (a) . the sum of the currents entering a junction in a parallel circuit is equal to the sum of the currents that leave the junction (b) . the total p.d. across the components in a series circuit is equal to the sum of the individual p.d.s across each component (c) . the p.d. across each branch of a parallel arrangement of components is the p.d. across the whole arrangement
Know the advantages of connecting lamps in parallel in a circuit
Know that, for a parallel circuit, the current from the source is larger than the current in each branch
Know that the combined resistance of two 8 Calculate the combined resistance of two resistors in parallel is less than that of either resistors in parallel resistor by itself

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