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15.  True or false?  Electricity is a form of energy that users can purchase it at one point in time and use it at another point in time, similar to gasoline and propane.

36.  True or false?  Most electric customers receive their electricity from the distribution system level.

17.  Name five energy resources used to generate electricity.

47.  True or false?  A transformer is a static device that transfers electrical energy from one circuit to another by chemical reaction.

16.  What percentage of the total energy consumed in the United States is electricity?

25.  True or false?  In the Commonwealth of Virginia, residential customers pay less of electricity (cents/kWh) than do commercial customers and industrial customers.

3. True or False?  British Thermal Units (BTUs) are an engineering unit of power.

24.  True or false?  The Commonwealth of Virginia generates a surplus of electricity that is exported to neighboring states.

A nurse is caring for a postoperative client who is alert but confused and attempts to remove their IV line. The surgeon arrives to obtain consent for an emergent reoperation. Based on ethical practice, what should the nurse do?

42.  True of false?  In power systems a “Bus” refers to a centralized current-carrying connection point that electrically ties together two or more electrical lines or circuits.