Technician exam question T5B01
Subelement T5, ELECTRICAL PRINCIPLES· Group T5B
T5B01
How many milliamperes is 1.5 amperes?
- A.0.0000015 milliamperes
- B.0.0015 milliamperes
- C.1500 milliamperes (correct answer)
- D.1,500,000 milliamperes
Why1.5 amperes equals 1,500 milliamperes. A milliampere is one-thousandth of an ampere, so 1.5 amperes equals 1.5 times 1000, or 1500 milliamperes, answer C. A and B shift the decimal point the wrong direction entirely, and D overshoots by a factor of a thousand.
Published 2026-08-28 · Last updated 2026-08-28 · Question text is verbatim from the 2026-2030 NCVEC Element 2 pool (public domain); the explanation above is original writing, see our methodology.