How do you connect circuits?

Tomorrow I have a lab exam. It can be about pH scales, acids, bases, and salts, or magnets. I'm fine with all the other topics, but I am not sure about the circuits exam. How would you connect a voltmeter and ammeter to both a series and parallel circuit? (The way we did this in cl was with alligator clips and a power pack. Also, our resistors were these little blocks with wires sticking out.)