A circuit where the voltage is the same across all components and equal to the supplied voltage is a ... circuit.

A circuit where the voltage is the same across all components and equal to the supplied voltage is a ... circuit.

• A. Complex
• B. Parallel
• C. Series
• D. Series-parallel

Answer: (B)

When every component experiences the same voltage as the source, each component is connected directly across the same two nodes. That configuration is a parallel circuit. In parallel, the full supply voltage appears across every branch, and current divides among the branches. By contrast, in a series arrangement the same current flows through all components and the total supply voltage is shared (split) among them, so individual components don’t usually have the full source voltage. A mixed series–parallel circuit has some parts in series and some in parallel, so not all components typically see the full supply voltage. So the described condition points to a parallel circuit.

When every component experiences the same voltage as the source, each component is connected directly across the same two nodes. That configuration is a parallel circuit. In parallel, the full supply voltage appears across every branch, and current divides among the branches. By contrast, in a series arrangement the same current flows through all components and the total supply voltage is shared (split) among them, so individual components don’t usually have the full source voltage. A mixed series–parallel circuit has some parts in series and some in parallel, so not all components typically see the full supply voltage. So the described condition points to a parallel circuit.