Technician exam question T5B06
Subelement T5, ELECTRICAL PRINCIPLES· Group T5B
T5B06
Which is equal to 3000 milliamperes?
- A.0.003 amperes
- B.0.3 amperes
- C.3,000,000 amperes
- D.3 amperes (correct answer)
Why3000 milliamperes is equal to 3 amperes. A milliampere is one-thousandth of an ampere, so 3000 milliamperes equals 3000 divided by 1000, or 3 amperes, answer D. A and B shift the decimal the wrong way, and C is off by a factor of a million.
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.