Excel Review Center

A disadvantage of mercury cells and batteries is that: They pollute the environment

Intensive Final Coaching (IFC)

A high tape-recorder motor speed is generally used for: Video An advantage of a magnetic disk, as compared with magnetic tape, for data storage and retrieval is that: Data can be stored and retrieved more quickly with disks than with tapes A bubble memory is best suited for: A large computer .An application in which an analog meter would almost always be preferred over a digital meter is: A signal-strength indicator in a radio receiver Which of the following statements is false? The current in a series dc circuit is divided up among the resistances The ohm is a unit of: Opposition to electrical current A wiring differs form a schematic diagram in that: A wiring diagram shows component values Which of the following is a good use, or place, for a wirewound resistor? To dissipate a large amount of dc power The number of protons in the nucleus of an element is the: Atomic number A hot-wire ammeter: Can measure ac as well as dc Which of the following units indicates the rate at which energy is expended? The watt Which of the following correctly states Ohms Law? Ohms equal volts divided by amperes The current going into a point in a dc circuit is always equal to the current: Flowing out of that point A loudness meter in a hi-fi system is generally calibrated in: Decibels A charged atom is known as: An ion A battery delivers 12 V to a bulb. The current in the bulb is 3A. What is the resistance of the bulb? 4 Peak values are always: Greater than or equal to average values A resistor has a value of 680 ohms, and a tolerance of plus or minus 5 percent. Which of the following values indicates a reject? 636 A primitive device for indicating the presence of an electric current is: A galvanometer A disadvantage of mercury cells is that they: Pollute the environment when discarded A battery supplies 6.0V to a bulb rated at 12 W. How much current does the bulb draw? 2.0 A

Q & A 2- Electronics
Of the following, which is not a common use of a resistor? Increasing the charge in a capacitor When a charge builds up without a flow of current, the charge is said to be: Static The sum of the voltages, going around a dc circuit, but not including the power supply, has: Equal value as, but opposite polarity from, the supply A watt hour meter measures: Energy Every chemical element has its own unique type of particle, called its: Atom An advantage of a magnetic disk over magnetic tape for data storage is that: Data storage and retrieval is faster on disk A 6-V battery is connected across a series combination of resistors. The resistance values are 1, 2, and 3. What is the current through the 2- resistor? 1A A material that has extremely high electrical resistance is known as: An insulator Primary cells: Cannot be recharged A rheostat: Is used in high-voltage and/or high-power dc circuits A voltage typical of a dry cell is: 1.5 V A geomagnetic storm: Can disrupt the earths magnetic field An advantage of an alkaline cell over a zinccarbon cell is that: An alkaline cell works at lower temperatures A battery delivers 12 V across a set of six 4- resistors in a series voltage-dividing combination. This provides six different voltages, differing by an increment of: 2V A unit of electrical charge quantity is the: Coulomb A unit of sound volume is: The decibel A 24-V battery is connected across a set of four resistors in parallel. Each resistor has a value of 32 ohms. What is the total power dissipated by the resistors? 72 W The main difference between a lantern battery and a transistor battery is: The lantern battery has more energy capacity NICAD batteries are most extensively used: In handheld radio transceivers A voltmeter should have: High internal resistance The purpose of a bleeder resistor is to: Protect people against the danger of electric shock

Which kind of battery should never be used until it dies? Nickel-cadmium The current from a solar panel is increased by: Connecting solar cells in parallel An interactive solar power system: Allows a homeowner to sell power to the utility The geomagnetic field: Is what makes a compass work Geomagnetic lines of flux: Are horizontal at the geomagnetic equator A material that can be permanently magnetized is generally said to be: Ferromagnetic The force between a magnet and a piece of ferromagnetic metal that has not been magnetized: Is never repulsive Magnetic flux can always be attributed to: Motion of charged particles Lines of magnetic flux are said to originate: At a north magnetic pole The magnetic flux around a straight, currentcarrying wire: Is strongest near the wire The gauss is a unit of: Magnetic flux density A unit of overall magnetic field quantity is the: Maxwell If a wire coil has 10 turns and carries 1.30 A of current, what is the magnetomotive force in ampere-turns? 5.0 If a wire coil has 100 turns and carries 1.30 A of current, what is the magnetomotive force in gilberts? 164 Which of the following is not generally possible in a geomagnetic field storm? Disruption of microwave radio links An ac electromagnet: Will attract pure, unmagnetized iron An advantage of an electromagnet over a permanent magnet is that: An electromagnet can be switched on and off A substance with high retentivity is best suited for making: A permanent magnet A relay is connected into a circuit so that a device gets a signal only when the relay coil carries current. The relay is probably: Normally open A device that reverse magnetic field polarity to keep a dc motor rotating is: A commutator

Cebu: JRT Bldg., Imus Avenue, Cebu City Tel. 2685989 90

Manila: 3rd & 4th Fl. CMFFI Building R. Papa St. Sampaloc Tel. 7365291

Excel Review Center

A dc electromagnet: Has constant polarity The rate at which charge carriers flow is measured in: Amperes In a 117-V utility circuit, the pk-pk voltage is: 331 V A 12-V battery is connected to a set of three resistors in series. The resistance values are 1, 2, and 3 ohms. What is the voltage across the 3- resistor? 6V Nine 90-ohm resistors are connected in a 3 x 3 series-parallel network. The total resistance is: 90 A device commonly used for remote switching of wire communications signals is: A relay NICAD memory: Does not occur very often A 100-W bulb burns for 100 hours. It has consumed: 10.0 kWh A material with high permeability: Concentrates magnetic lines of flux A chemical compound: Consists of two or more atoms A 6.00-V battery is connected to a parallel combination of two resistors, whose values are 8.00 and 12.0 . What is the power dissipated in the 8- resistor? 4.50 W The main problem with a bar-graph meter is that: It cant give a very precise reading Which of the following can vary with ac, but not with dc? Frequency The length of time between a point in one cycle and the same point in the next cycle of an ac wave is the: Period On a spectrum analyzer, a pure ac signal, having just one frequency component, would look like: A single pip The period of an ac wave is: Equal to 1 divided by the frequency The sixth harmonic of an ac wave whose period is 0.001 second has a frequency of: 6 kHz A degree of phase represents: 1/360 cycle Two waves have the same frequency but differ in phase by 1/20 cycle. The phase difference in degrees is: 18 A signal has a frequency of 1770 Hz. The angular frequency is: 11,120 radians per second A triangular wave: Has equal rise and decay rates Three-phase ac: Has three waves, all of the same magnitude

Intensive Final Coaching (IFC)

If two waves have the same frequency and the same amplitude, but opposite phase, the composite wave is: Zero If two waves have the same frequency and the same phase, the composite wave: Has a magnitude equal to the sum of the two originals In a 117-V utility circuit, the peak voltage is: 165 V In a perfect sine wave, the pk-pk value is: Twice the peak value If a 45-Vdc battery is connected in series with the 117-V utility mains, the peak voltages will be: +210 V and 120 V In the situation of question 16, the pk-pk voltage will be: 331 V Which one of the following does not affect the power output available from a particular ac generator? The type of natural energy source used If a 175-V dc source were connected in series with the utility mains from a standard wall outlet, the result would be: Pulsating dc An advantage of ac over dc in utility applications is: Ac is easier to transform from one voltage to another An inductor works by: Storing energy as a magnetic field Which of the following doe not affect the inductance of a coil? The diameter of the wire In a small inductance: Energy is stored and released quickly A ferromagnetic core is placed in an inductor mainly to: Increase the inductance Inductors in series, assuming there is no mutual inductance, combine: Like resistors in series Two inductors are connected in series, without mutual inductance. Their values are 33 mH and 55 mH. The net inductance of the combination is: 88 mH If the same two inductors (33 mH and 55 mH) are connected in parallel without mutual inductance, the combination will have a value of: 21 mH Three inductors are connected in series without mutual inductance. Their values are 4 nH, 140 H, and 5 H. For practical purposes, the net inductance will be very close to: 5H Suppose the three inductors mentioned above are connected in parallel without mutual inductance. The net inductance will be close to: 4 nH

Q & A 2- Electronics
Two inductors, each of 10 0 H, are in series. The coefficient of coupling is 0.40. The net inductance, if the coil fields reinforce each other, is: 280 H If the coil fields oppose in the foregoing seriesconnected arrangement, the net inductance is: 120 H Two inductors, having values of 44 mH and 88 mH, are connected in series with a coefficient of coupling equal to 1.0 (maximum possible mutual inductance). If their fields reinforce, the net inductance (to two significant digits) is: 260 mH If the fields in the previous situation oppose, the net inductance will be: 7.5 mH With permeability tuning, moving the core further into a solenoidal coil: Increases the inductance A significant advantage, in some situations, of a toroidal coil over a solenoid is: The magnetic flux in a toroid is practically all within the core A major feature of a pot-core winding is: large inductance in small volume As an inductor core material, air: Has excellent efficiency At a frequency of 400 Hz, the most likely form for an inductor would be: Toroidal At a frequency of 95 MHz, the best form for an inductor would be: Air-core A transmission-line inductor made from coaxial cable, having velocity factor of 0.66, and working at 450 MHz, would be shorter than: 11 cm Capacitance acts to store electrical energy as: An electric field As capacitor plate area increases, all other things being equal: The capacitance increases As the spacing between plates in a capacitor is made smaller, all other things being equal: The capacitance increases A material with a high dielectric constant: Acts to increase capacitance per unit volume A capacitance of 100pF is the same as: 0.0001 F A capacitance of 0.033 F is the same as: 33,000 pF Five 0.050- F capacitors are connected in parallel. The total capacitance is: 0.25 F If the same five capacitors are connected in series, the total capacitance will be: 0.010 F Two capacitors are in series. Their values are 47 pF and 33 pF. The composite value is 19 pF

Cebu: JRT Bldg., Imus Avenue, Cebu City Tel. 2685989 90

Manila: 3rd & 4th Fl. CMFFI Building R. Papa St. Sampaloc Tel. 7365291

Excel Review Center

Two capacitors are in parallel. Their values are 47 pF and 470 F. The combination capacitance is: 470 F Three capacitors are in parallel. Their values are 0.0200 F, 0.0500 F and 0.10000 F. The total capacitance is: 0.170 F Air works well as a dielectric mainly because it: Has low loss Which of the following is not a characteristic of mica capacitors? Small size A disk ceramic capacitor might have a value of: 100 pF A paper capacitor might have a value of: 0.01 F An air-variable capacitor might have a range of: 1 pF to 100 pF Which of the following types of capacitors is polarized? Electrolytic If a capacitor has a negative temperature coefficient: Its value decreases as the temperature rises A capacitor is rated at 33 pF, plus or minus 10 percent. Which of the following capacitances is outside the acceptable range? 37 pF A capacitor, rated at 330 pF, shows an actual value of 317 pF. How many percent off is its value? 3.9 Which of the following is not a general characteristic of an ac wave? Always has the same general appearance The derivative of a sine wave: Is a representation of the rate of change The derivative of sine wave: Is a representation of the rate of change You can add or subtract a certain number of degrees of phase to or from a wave, and end up with exactly the same wave again. This number is: 360 You can add or subtract a certain number of degrees of phase to or from a sine wave, and end up with an inverted (upside-down) representation of the original. This number is: 180 A wave has a frequency of 300 kHz. One complete cycle takes: 0.00000333 second If a wave has a frequency of 440 Hz, how long does it take for 10 degrees of phase? 0.0000631 second Two waves are in phase coincidence. One has a peak value of 3V and the other a peak value of 5V. The resultant will be: 8 V peak, in phase with the composites

Intensive Final Coaching (IFC)

Shifting the phase of an ac sine wave by 90 degrees is the same thing as: Moving it to the right or left by cycle A phase difference of 540 degrees would more often be spoken of as: Phase opposition Two sine waves are in phase opposition. Wave X has a peak amplitude of 4 V and wave Y has a peak amplitude of 4 V and wave Y has a peak amplitude of 8 V. The resultant has a peak amplitude of: 4 V, in phase with wave Y If wave X leads wave Y by 45 degreed of phase, then: Wave Y is 1/8 cycle ahead of wave X If the wave X lags wave Y by 1/3 cycle, then: Y is 120 degrees earlier than X In vector diagrams, length of the vector represents: Peak amplitude In vector diagrams, the angle between two vectors represents: Phase difference In vector diagrams, the distance from the center of the graph represents: Peak amplitude In vector diagrams, the progression of time is sometimes depicted as: Rotation counterclockwise As the number of turns in a coil increases, the current in the coil will eventually: Decrease to near zero As the number of turns in a coil increases, the reactance: Increases As the frequency of an ac wave gets lower, the value of XL for a particular coil: Decreases A coil has an inductance of 100 mH. What is the reactance at a frequency of 1000 hz? 628 A coil shows an inductive reactance of 200 at 500 Hz. What is its inductance? 63.7 mH A coil has an inductance of 400 H. Its reactance is 33 . What is the frequency? 13 kHz An inductor has XL = 555 at f = 132 kHz. What is L? 670 H A coil has L = 689 H at f = 990 kHz. What is XL? 4.28 k An inductor has L = 88 mH with XL = 100 . What is f? 181 Hz Each point in the RL plane: Corresponds to a unique combination of resistance and inductive reactance If the resistance R and the inductance reactance XL both vary from zero to unlimited values, but are always in the ratio 3:1, the points in the RL plane for all the resulting impedances will fall along: A ray of unlimited length

Q & A 2- Electronics
Each impedance R + jXL: Corresponds to a unique point in the RL plane Corresponds to a unique inductance reactance Corresponds to a unique resistance A vector is a quantity that has: Magnitude and direction In an RL circuit, as the ratio of inductive reactance to resistance, XL/R, decreases, the phase angle: Decreases In a purely reactive circuit, the phase angle is: 90 degrees If the inductive reactance is the same as the resistance in an RL circuit, the phase angle is: 45 degrees An RL circuit consists of a 100-H inductor and a 100- resistor. What is the phase angle at a frequency of 200 kHz? 51.5 degrees An RL circuit has an inductance of 88 mH. The resistance is 95 . What is the phase angle at 800 Hz? 78 degrees As the size of the plates in a capacitor increase, all other things being equal: The value of XC decreases negatively If the dielectric material between the plates of a capacitor is changed, all other things being equal: You cant say what happens to XC without more data As the frequency of a wave gets lower, all other things being equal, the value of XC for a capacitor: Increases negatively A capacitor has a value of 330 pF. What is its capacitive reactance at a frequency of 800 kHz? 603 A capacitor has a reactance of 4.50 at 377 Hz. What is its capacitance? 93.9 F A capacitor has a value of 47 F. Its reactance is 47 . What is the frequency? 72 Hz A capacitor has XC = - 8800 at f = 830 kHz. What is C? 21.8 F A capacitor has C = 166 pF at f = 400 kHz. What is XC? 2.4 k A capacitor has C = 4700 F and XC = - 33 . What is f? 1.0 Hz Each point in the RC plane: Corresponds to a unique combination of resistance and reactance If R increases in an RC circuit, but XC is always zero, then the vector in the RC plane will: Always point straight towards the right

Cebu: JRT Bldg., Imus Avenue, Cebu City Tel. 2685989 90

Manila: 3rd & 4th Fl. CMFFI Building R. Papa St. Sampaloc Tel. 7365291

Excel Review Center

If R increases in an RC circuit, but the capacitance and the frequency are nonzero and constant, then the vector in the RC plane will: Get longer and rotate counterclockwise Each impedance R jXC: Represents a unique combination of resistance and reactance In an RC circuit, as the ratio of capacitive reactance to resistance, - XC/R, gets closer to zero, the phase angle: Gets closer to 0 degrees In a purely resistive circuit, the phase angle is: 0 degrees If the ratio of XC/R is 1, the phase angle is: 45 degrees An RC circuit consists of a 150-pF capacitor and a 330- resistor in series. What is the phase angle at a frequency of 1.34 MHz? 67.4 degrees An RC circuit has a capacitance of 0.015 F. The resistance is 52. What is the phase angle at 90 kHz? 66 degrees The square of an imaginary number: Can never be positive A complex number: Has a real part and an imaginary part What is the sum of 3 + j7 and 3 j7? 0 + j0 What is ( 5 + j7) (4 j5)? 9 + j12 What is the product ( 4 j7 ) ( 6 j2 )? 38 j34 What is the magnitude of the vector 18 j24? 30 The impedance vector 5 + j0 represents: A pure resistance The impedance vector 0 j22 represents: A pure capacitance What is the absolute-value impedance of 3.0 j6.0? Z = 6.7 What is the absolute-value impedance of 50 j235? Z = 240 If the center conductor of a coaxial cable is made to have smaller diameter, all other things being equal, what will happen to the Zo of the transmission line? It will increase If a device is said to have an impedance of Z = 100 , this would most often mean that: R + jX = 100 + j0 A capacitor has a value of 0.050 F at 665 kHz. What is the capacitive susceptance? j0.209 An inductor has a value of 44 mH at 60 Hz. What is the inductive susceptance? j0.060 Susceptance and conductance add to form: Admittance

Intensive Final Coaching (IFC)

Absolute-value impedance is equal to the square root of: R2 + X2 Inductive susceptance is measured in: Siemens Capacitive susceptance is: Positive and imaginary Which of the following is false? Characteristic impedance is complex In general, the greater the absolute value of the impedance in a circuit: The less the flow of alternating current A coil and capacitor are connected in series. The inductive reactance is 250 , and the capacitive reactance is 300 . What is the net impedance vector, R + jX? 0 j50 A coil of 25.0 H and capacitor of 100 pF are connected in series. The frequency is 5.00 MHz. What is the impedance vector, R + jX? 0 + j467 A resistor of 150 , a coil with reactance 100 and a capacitor with reactance - 200 are connected in series. What is the complex impedance R + jX? 150 j100 A resistor of 330 , a coil of 1.00 H and a capacitor of 200 pF are in series. What is R + jX at 10.0 MHz? 330 j16.8 A coil has an inductance of 3.00 H and a resistance of 10.0 in its winding. A capacitor of 100 pF is in series with this coil. What is R + jX at 10.0 MHz? 10 + j29.2 A coil has reactance of 4.00 . What is the admittance vector, G + jB, assuming nothing else is in the circuit? 0 j0.25 What will happen to the susceptance of a capacitor if the frequency is doubled, all other things being equal? It will double A coil and capacitor are in parallel, with jBL = j0.05 and jBC = j0.03. What is the admittance vector, assuming that nothing is in series or parallel with these components? 0 j0.02 A coil, resistor and capacitor are in parallel. The resistance is 1 ; the capacitive susceptance is 1.0 siemens; the inductive susceptance is -1.0 siemens. Then the frequency is cut to half its former value. What will be the admittance vector, G + jB, at the new frequency? 1 j1.5 A coil of 3.50 H and a capacitor of 47.0 pF are in parallel. The frequency is 9.55 MHz. There is nothing else in series or parallel with these components. What is the admittance vector? 0 j0.00194 A vector pointing southeast in the GB plane would indicate: Conductance and inductive susceptance

Q & A 2- Electronics
A resistor of 0.0044 siemens, a capacitor whose susceptance is 0.035 siemens, and a coil whose susceptance is - 0.011 siemens are all connected in parallel. The admittance vector is: 0.0044 + j0.024 A resistor of 100 , a coil of 4.50H and a capacitor of 220 pF are in parallel. What is the admittance vector at 6.50 MHz? 0.010 + j0.00354 The admittance for a circuit, G + jB, is 0.02 + j0.20. What is the impedance, R + jX? 0.495 j4.95 A resistor of 51.0, an inductor of 22.0H and a capacitor of 150 pF are in parallel. The frequency is 1.00 MHz. What is the complex impedance, R + jX? 46.2 + j14.9 A series circuit has 99.0 of resistance and 88.0 of inductive reactance. An ac rms voltage of 117V is applied to this series network. What is the current? 0.866 A What is the voltage across the reactance in the above example? 78.0 V A parallel circuit has 10 ohms of resistance and 15 of reactance. An ac rms voltage of 20 V is applied across it. What is the total current? 2.40 A What is the current through the resistance in the above example? 2.00 A The power in a reactance is: Imaginary power Which of the following is not an example of true power? Power in a capacitor The apparent power in a circuit is 100 watts, and the imaginary power is 40 watts. The true power is: 92 watts Power factor is equal to: True power divided by apparent power A circuit has a resistance of 300 and an inductance of 13.5 H in series at 10.0 MHz. What is the power factor? 0.334 A series circuit has Z = 88.4 , with R = 50.0 . What is PF? 56.6 percent A series circuit has R = 53.5 and X = 75.5 . What is PF? 57.8 percent Phase angle is equal to: Arctan X/R A wattmeter shows 220 watts of VA power in a circuit. There is a resistance of 50 in series with a capacitive reactance of - 20 . What is the true power? 204 watts A wattmeter shows 57 watts of VA power in a circuit. The resistance is known to be 50 , and true power is known to be 40 watts. What is the absolute-value impedance? 71

Cebu: JRT Bldg., Imus Avenue, Cebu City Tel. 2685989 90

Manila: 3rd & 4th Fl. CMFFI Building R. Papa St. Sampaloc Tel. 7365291

Excel Review Center

Which of the following is the most important consideration in a transmission line? Minimizing the loss Which of the following does not increase the loss in a transmission line? Reducing the power output of the source A problem that standing waves can cause is: Feed line overheating Excessive power loss Inaccuracy in power measurement A coil and capacitor are in series. The inductance is 88 mH and the capacitance is 1000 pF. What is the resonant frequency? 17 kHz A coil and capacitor are in parallel, with L = 10.0 H and C = 10 pF. What is f o? 15.9 MHz A series-resonant circuit is to be made for 14.1 MHz. A coil of 13.5 H is available. What size capacitor is needed? 9.45 pF A parallel-resonant circuit is to be made for 21.3 MHz. A capacitor of 22.0 pF is available. What size coil is needed? 2.54 H A 1/4 wave line section is made for 21.1 MHz, using cable with a velocity factor of 0.800. How many meters long is it? 2.84 m The fourth harmonic of 800 kHz is: 3.20 MHz How long is a 1/2 wave dipole for 3.60 MHz? 130 feet In a step-up transformer: The primary voltage is less than the secondary voltage The capacitance between the primary and the secondary windings of a transformer can be minimized by: Placing the windings on opposite sides of a toroidal core. A transformer steps a voltage down from 117 V to 6.00 V. What is its primary-to-secondary turns ratio? 19.5:1 A step-up transformer has a primary-tosecondary of 1:5.00. If 117 V rms appears at the primary, what is the rms voltage across the secondary? 585 V A transformer has a secondary-to-primary turns ratio of 0.167. This transformer is: A step-down unit Which of the following is false, concerning air cores versus ferromagnetic cores? Air concentrates the magnetic lines of flux Eddy currents cause: An increase in core loss A transformer has 117 V rms across its primary and 234 V rms across its secondary. If this unit is reversed, assuming it can be done without damaging the windings, what will be the voltage at the output? 58.5 V The shell method of transformer winding: Provides maximum coupling

Intensive Final Coaching (IFC)

Which of these core types, in general, is best if you need a winding inductance of 1.5 H? Ferromagnetic pot core An advantage of a toroid core over a solenoid core is: The toroid confines the magnetic flux High voltage is used in long-distance power transmission because: The I2R losses are lower In a household circuit, the 234-V power has: Three phases In a transformer, a center tap would probably be found in: The balanced winding An autotransformer: Has one tapped winding A transformer has a primary-to-secondary turns ratio of 2.00:1. The input impedance is 300 resistive. What is the output impedance? 75 A resistive input impedance of 50 must be matched to a resistive output impedance of 450 . The primary-to-secondary turns ratio of the transformer must 1:3.00 A quarter-wave matching section has a characteristic impedance of 75.0 . The input impedance is 50.0 resistive. What is the resistive output impedance? 113 A resistive impedance of 75 must be matched to a resistive impedance of 300 . A quarter-wave section would need: Zo = 150 If there is reactance at the output of an impedance transformer: There will be an impedance mismatch, no matter what the turns ratio of the transformer A series circuit has a resistance of 100 and a capacitive reactance of -200 . The complex impedance is: E. 100 j200 Mutual inductance causes the net value of a set of coils to: Vary, depending on the extent and phase of mutual coupling A sine wave has a peak value of 30.0 V. Its rms value is: 21.2 V Four capacitors are connected in parallel. Their values are 100 pF each. The net capacitance is: 400 pF A transformer has a primary-to-secondary turns ratio of exactly 8.88:1. The input voltage is 234 V rms. The output voltage is: 26.4 V rms In a series RL circuit, as the resistance becomes small compared with the reactance, the angle of lag approaches: 90 degrees A transmission line carries 3.50 A of ac current and 150 V ac. The true power in the line is: Meaningless; true power is dissipated, not transmitted

Q & A 2- Electronics
In parallel configuration, susceptances: Simply add up A wave has a frequency of 200 kHz. How many degrees of phase change occur in a microsecond (a millionth of a second)? 72 degrees At a frequency of 2.55MHz, a 330-pF capacitor has a reactance of: -189 A transformer has a step-up turns ratio of 1:3.16. The output impedance is 499 purely resistive. The input impedance is: 50.0 A complex impedance is represented by 34 j23. The absolute-value impedance is: 41 A coil has an inductance of 750 H. The inductive reactance at 100 kHz is: 471 Two waves are 180 degreed out of phase. This is a difference of: 1/2 cycle If R denotes resistance and Z denotes absolute-value impedance, R/Z is the: Power factor Two complex impedances are in series. One is 30 + j50 and the other is 50 j30. The net impedance is: 80 + j20 Two inductors, having values of 140 H and 1.50 mH, are connected in series. The net inductance is: 1.64 mH Which of the following types of capacitor is polarized? Electrolytic A toroidal-core coil: Is essentially self-shielding The efficiency of a generator: Is equal to output power divided by driving power Admittance is: A measure of the ease with which a circuit passes ac The absolute-value impedance Z of a parallel RLC circuit, where R is the resistance and X is the net reactance, is found according to the formula: Z2 = RX/(R2 + X2) Complex numbers are used to represent impedance because: They provide a way to represent what happens in resistance-reactance circuits Which of the following does not affect the capacitance of a capacitor? The frequency (within reason) The zero-degree phase point in an ac sine wave is usually considered to be the instant at which the amplitude is: Zero and positive-going The inductance of a coil can be continuously varied by: Varying the net core permeability Power factor is defined as the ratio of: True power to VA power

Cebu: JRT Bldg., Imus Avenue, Cebu City Tel. 2685989 90

Manila: 3rd & 4th Fl. CMFFI Building R. Papa St. Sampaloc Tel. 7365291

Excel Review Center

A 50- feed line needs to be matched to an antenna with a purely resistive impedance of 200 . A quarter-wave matching section should have: Zo = 100 The vector 40 + j30 represents: 40 resistance and 30 inductive reactance In a series RC circuit w here R = 300 and XC = -30 : The current leads the voltage by a few degrees In a step-down transformer: The primary voltage is greater than the secondary voltage A capacitor of 470 pF is in parallel with an inductor of 4.44 H. What is the resonant frequency? 3.49 MHz A sine wave contains energy at: Just one frequency Inductive susceptance is: Negative imaginary The rate of change (derivative) of a sine wave is itself a wave, that: Leads the original wave by 90 degrees of phase True power is equal to: Vector difference of VA and reactive power Three capacitors are connected in series. Their values are 47 F, 68 F and 100 F. The total capacitance is: 22 F The reactance of a section of transmission line depends on all of the following except: The current in the line When confronted with a parallel RLC circuit and you need to find the complex impedance: Find the net conductance and susceptance, then convert to resistance and reactance, and add these to get R + jX If two sine waves have the same frequency and the same amplitude, but they cancel out, the phase difference is: 180 degrees A series circuit has a resistance of 50 and a capacitive reactance of - 37. The phase angle is: 37 degrees A 200- resistor is in series with a coil and capacitor; XL = 200 and XC = -100 . The complex impedance is: 200 + j100 The characteristic impedance of a transmission line: Depends on the construction of the line The period of a wave is 2 x 10-8 second. The frequency is: 50 MHz A capacitor with a negative temperature coefficient: Has increasing capacitance as temperature goes down

Intensive Final Coaching (IFC)

Three coils are connected in parallel. Each has an inductance of 300 H. There is no mutual inductance. The net inductance is: 100 H An inductor shows 100 of reactance at 30.0 MHz. What is its inductance? 0.531 H The term semiconductor arises from: Variable conductive properties of some materials. Which of the following is not an advantage of semiconductor devices over vacuum tubes? Ability to withstand high voltages. The most common semiconductor among the following substances is: Silicon GaAs is a(n): Compound A disadvantage of gallium-arsenide devices is that: It is expensive to produce Selenium works especially well in: Photocells Of the following, which material allows the lowest forward voltage drop in a diode? Germanium A CMOS integrated circuit: Is susceptible to damage by static The purpose of doping is to: Give a semiconductor material certain properties A semiconductor material is made into N type by: Adding a donor impurity Which of the following does not result from adding an acceptor impurity? The substance has an electron surplus In a P-type material, electrons are: Minority carriers Holes flow from: Plus to minus When a P-N junction does not conduct, it is: Reverse biased Holes flow the opposite way from electrons because: Charge carriers are passed from atom to atom If an electron has a charge of -1 unit, a hole has: A charge of +1 unit When a P-N junction is reverse-biased, the capacitance depends on all of the following except: The frequency If the reverse bias exceeds the avalanche voltage in a P-N junction: The junction will conduct current Avalanche voltage is routinely exceeded when a P-N junction acts as a: Voltage regulator

Q & A 2- Electronics
An unimportant factor concerning the frequency at which a P-N junction will work effectively is: The reverse current When a diode is forward-biased, the anode: Is positive relative to the cathode A crystal set: Requires no battery A diode detector: Is employed in some radio receivers If the output wave in a circuit has the same shape as the input wave, then: The circuit is linear The two input frequencies of a mixer circuit are 3.522 MHz and 3.977 MHz. Which of the following frequencies might be used at the output? 455 kHz A time-domain display might be found in: An oscilloscope Zener voltage is also known as: Avalanche voltage The forward break over voltage of a silicon diode is: About 0.6 V A diode audio limiter circuit: Can cause objectionable signal distortion The capacitance of a varactor varies with: Reverse voltage The purpose of the I layer in a PIN diode is to: Minimize the diode capacitance Which of these diode types might be found in the oscillator circuit of a microwave radio transmitter? An IMPATT diode A Gunnplexer can be used as a: Communication device The most likely place you would find an LED would be: In a digital frequency display Coherent radiation is produced by a: Laser diode You want a circuit to be stable with a variety of amplifier impedance conditions. You might consider a coupler using: An optoisolator The power from a solar panel depends on all of the following except: The operating frequency of the panel Emission of energy in an IRED is caused by: Electron energy-level changes A photodiode, when not used as a photovoltaic cell, has: Reverse bias The output of a rectifier is: Pulsating dc Which of the following might not be needed in a power supply? All of the above are generally needed Which of the following appliances, which would need the biggest transformer? A TV broadcast transmitter

Cebu: JRT Bldg., Imus Avenue, Cebu City Tel. 2685989 90

Manila: 3rd & 4th Fl. CMFFI Building R. Papa St. Sampaloc Tel. 7365291