Conduction Flashcards
What is the term used to identify an AC voltage that would cause the same heating in a resistor as a corresponding value of DC voltage?
Root Mean Square (RMS)
What happens to reactive power in a circuit that has both inductors and capacitors?
It alternates between magnetic and electric fields and is not dissipated.
Halving the cross-sectional area of a conductor will:
Double the resistance
Which of the following groups is correct for listing common materials in order of descending conductivity?
Silver, copper, aluminum, iron, and lead.
How do vou compute true power (power dissipated in the circuit) in a circuit where AC voltage and current are out of phase?
• Multiply apparent power times the power factor
Assuming a power source to have a fixed value of internal resistance, maximum power will be transferred to the load when:
The load impedance equals the internal impedance of the source.