Red Seal Electrician Practice
DC circuitsQuestion 330 of 1506

When you redraw a tangled circuit to find series and parallel groups, where do you start tracing?

  1. At the smallest resistor in the whole circuit
  2. At the load that is farthest from the battery
  3. At one battery terminal, in the loop nearest the battery
  4. At the circuit ground, working toward the battery
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Correct answer: At one battery terminal, in the loop nearest the battery

Trace the closest loop first, then add loops around the parts already drawn.

Source: Troubleshooting Motors and Controls (Dickson-Self), 2.2: Redrawing Complex Circuits

Practice dc circuits

Questions last reviewed: 18 October 2026