Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part 1. DC Circuits -- 1. Quantities and Units -- 1-1. Scientific and Engineering Notation -- 1-2. Units and Metric Prefixes -- 1-3. Metric Unit Conversions -- 1-4. Measured Numbers -- 1-5. Electrical Safety -- 2. Voltage, Current, and Resistance -- 2-1. Atoms -- 2-2. Electrical Charge -- 2-3. Voltage -- 2-4. Current -- 2-5. Resistance -- 2-6. Electric Circuit -- 2-7. Basic Circuit Measurements -- Application Assignment: Putting Your Knowledge to Work -- 3. Ohm's Law, Energy, and Power -- 3-1. Ohm's Law -- 3-2. Application of Ohm's Law -- 3-3. Energy and Power -- 3-4. Power in an Electric Circuit -- 3-5. Power Rating of Resistors -- 3-6. Energy Conversion and Voltage Drop in a Resistance -- 3-7. Power Supplies -- 3-8. Introduction to Troubleshooting -- Application Assignment: Putting Your Knowledge to Work -- 4. Series Circuits -- 4-1. Resistors in Series -- 4-2. Total Series Resistance -- 4-3. Current in a Series Circuit -- 4-4. Application of Ohm's Law -- 4-5. Voltage Sources in Series -- 4-6. Kirchhoff's Voltage Law -- 4-7. Voltage Dividers -- 4-8. Power in Series Circuits -- 4-9. Voltage Measurements -- 4-10. Troubleshooting -- Application Assignment: Putting Your Knowledge to Work -- 5. Parallel Circuits -- 5-1. Resistors in Parallel -- 5-2. Total parallel Resistance -- 5-3. Voltage in a Parallel Circuit -- 5-4. Application of Ohm's Law -- 5-5. Kirchhoff's Current Law -- 5-6. Current Dividers -- 5-7. Power in Parallel Circuits -- 5-8. Troubleshooting -- Application Assignment: Putting Your Knowledge to Work -- 6. Series-Parallel Circuits -- 6-1. Identifying Series-Parallel Relationships -- 6-2. Analysis of Series-Parallel Resistive Circuits -- 6-3. Voltage Dividers with Resistive Loads --

System requirements: Windows 2000 or XP, Macintosh OS 10.3 or 10.4.