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E5 Electrical Principles Flashcards

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E5A01 (A) What can cause the voltage across reactances in series to be larger than the voltage applied to them?

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A. Resonance

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E5A02 (C) What is resonance in an electrical circuit?

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C. The frequency at which the capacitive reactance equals the inductive reactance

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E5A03 (D) What is the magnitude of the impedance of a series RLC circuit at resonance?

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D. Approximately equal to circuit resistance

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E5A04 (A) What is the magnitude of the impedance of a circuit with a resistor, an inductor and a capacitor all in parallel, at resonance?

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A. Approximately equal to circuit resistance

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E5A05 (B) What is the magnitude of the current at the input of a series RLC circuit as the frequency goes through resonance?

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B. Maximum

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E5A06 (B) What is the magnitude of the circulating current within the components of a parallel LC circuit at resonance?

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B. It is at a maximum

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E5A07 (A) What is the magnitude of the current at the input of a parallel RLC circuit at resonance?

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A. Minimum

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E5A08 (C) What is the phase relationship between the current through and the voltage across a series resonant circuit at resonance?

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C. The voltage and current are in phase

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E5A09 (C) How is the Q of an RLC parallel resonant circuit calculated?

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C. Resistance divided by the reactance of either the inductance or capacitance

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E5A10 (A) How is the Q of an RLC series resonant circuit calculated?

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A. Reactance of either the inductance or capacitance divided by the resistance

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E5A11 (C) What is the half-power bandwidth of a parallel resonant circuit that has a resonant frequency of 7.1 MHz and a Q of 150?

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C. 47.3 kHz

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E5A12 (C) What is the half-power bandwidth of a parallel resonant circuit that has a resonant frequency of 3.7 MHz and a Q of 118?

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C. 31.4 kHz

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E5A13 (C) What is an effect of increasing Q in a resonant circuit?

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C. Internal voltages and circulating currents increase

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E5A14 (C) What is the resonant frequency of a series RLC circuit if R is 22 ohms, L is 50 microhenrys and C is 40 picofarads?

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C. 3.56 MHz

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E5A15 (A) Which of the following can increase Q for inductors and capacitors?

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A. Lower losses

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E5A16 (D) What is the resonant frequency of a parallel RLC circuit if R is 33 ohms, L is 50 microhenrys and C is 10 picofarads?

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D. 7.12 MHz

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E5A17 (A) What is the result of increasing the Q of an impedance-matching circuit?

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A. Matching bandwidth is decreased

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E5B01 (B) What is the term for the time required for the capacitor in an RC circuit to be charged to 63.2% of the applied voltage?

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B. One time constant

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E5B02 (D) What is the term for the time it takes for a charged capacitor in an RC circuit to discharge to 36.8% of its initial voltage?

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D. One time constant

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E5B03 (B) What happens to the phase angle of a reactance when it is converted to a susceptance?

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B. The sign is reversed

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E5B04 (D) What is the time constant of a circuit having two 220 microfarad capacitors and two 1 megohm resistors, all in parallel?

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D. 220 seconds

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E5B05 (D) What happens to the magnitude of a reactance when it is converted to a susceptance?

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D. The magnitude of the susceptance is the reciprocal of the magnitude of the reactance

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E5B06 (C) What is susceptance?

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C. The inverse of reactance

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E5B07 (C) What is the phase angle between the voltage across and the current through a series RLC circuit if XC is 500 ohms, R is 1 kilohm, and XL is 250 ohms?

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C. 14.0 degrees with the voltage lagging the current

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E5B08 (A) What is the phase angle between the voltage across and the current through a series RLC circuit if XC is 100 ohms, R is 100 ohms, and XL is 75 ohms?

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A. 14 degrees with the voltage lagging the current

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E5B09 (D) What is the relationship between the current through a capacitor and the voltage across a capacitor?

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D. Current leads voltage by 90 degrees

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E5B10 (A) What is the relationship between the current through an inductor and the voltage across an inductor?

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A. Voltage leads current by 90 degrees

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E5B11 (B) What is the phase angle between the voltage across and the current through a series RLC circuit if XC is 25 ohms, R is 100 ohms, and XL is 50 ohms?

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B. 14 degrees with the voltage leading the current

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E5B12 (A) What is admittance?

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A. The inverse of impedance

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E5B13 (D) What letter is commonly used to represent susceptance?

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E5C01 (A) Which of the following represents a capacitive reactance in rectangular notation?

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E5C02 (C) How are impedances described in polar coordinates?

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C. By phase angle and amplitude

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E5C03 (C) Which of the following represents an inductive reactance in polar coordinates?

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C. A positive phase angle

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E5C04 (D) Which of the following represents a capacitive reactance in polar coordinates?

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D. A negative phase angle

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E5C05 (C) What is the name of the diagram used to show the phase relationship between impedances at a given frequency?

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C. Phasor diagram

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E5C06 (B) What does the impedance 50–j25 represent?

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B. 50 ohms resistance in series with 25 ohms capacitive reactance

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E5C07 (B) What is a vector?

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B. A quantity with both magnitude and an angular component

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E5C08 (D) What coordinate system is often used to display the phase angle of a circuit containing resistance, inductive and/or capacitive reactance?

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D. Polar coordinates

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E5C09 (A) When using rectangular coordinates to graph the impedance of a circuit, what does the horizontal axis represent?

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A. Resistive component

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E5C10 (B) When using rectangular coordinates to graph the impedance of a circuit, what does the vertical axis represent?

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B. Reactive component

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E5C11 (C) What do the two numbers that are used to define a point on a graph using rectangular coordinates represent?

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C. The coordinate values along the horizontal and vertical axes

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E5C12 (D) If you plot the impedance of a circuit using the rectangular coordinate system and find the impedance point falls on the right side of the graph on the horizontal axis, what do you know about the circuit?

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D. It is equivalent to a pure resistance

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E5C13 (D) What coordinate system is often used to display the resistive, inductive, and/or capacitive reactance components of impedance?

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D. Rectangular coordinates

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E5C14 (B) Which point on Figure E5-2 best represents the impedance of a series circuit consisting of a 400 ohm resistor and a 38 picofarad capacitor at 14 MHz?

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B. Point 4

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E5C15 (B) Which point in Figure E5-2 best represents the impedance of a series circuit consisting of a 300 ohm resistor and an 18 microhenry inductor at 3.505 MHz?

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B. Point 3

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E5C16 (A) Which point on Figure E5-2 best represents the impedance of a series circuit consisting of a 300 ohm resistor and a 19 picofarad capacitor at 21.200 MHz?

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A. Point 1

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E5C17 (D) Which point on Figure E5-2 best represents the impedance of a series circuit consisting of a 300 ohm resistor, a 0.64-microhenry inductor and an 85-picofarad capacitor at 24.900 MHz?

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D. Point 8

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E5D01 (A) What is the result of skin effect?

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A. As frequency increases, RF current flows in a thinner layer of the conductor, closer to the surface

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E5D02 (B) Why is it important to keep lead lengths short for components used in circuits for VHF and above?

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B. To avoid unwanted inductive reactance

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E5D03 (D) What is microstrip?

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D. Precision printed circuit conductors above a ground plane that provide constant impedance interconnects at microwave frequencies

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E5D04 (B) Why are short connections necessary at microwave frequencies?

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B. To reduce phase shift along the connection

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E5D05 (A) Which parasitic characteristic increases with conductor length?

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A. Inductance

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E5D06 (D) In what direction is the magnetic field oriented about a conductor in relation to the direction of electron flow?

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D. In a direction determined by the left-hand rule

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E5D07 (D) What determines the strength of the magnetic field around a conductor?

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D. The amount of current flowing through the conductor

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E5D08 (B) What type of energy is stored in an electromagnetic or electrostatic field?

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B. Potential energy

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E5D09 (B) What happens to reactive power in an AC circuit that has both ideal inductors and ideal capacitors?

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B. It is repeatedly exchanged between the associated magnetic and electric fields, but is not dissipated

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E5D10 (A) How can the true power be determined in an AC circuit where the voltage and current are out of phase?

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A. By multiplying the apparent power times the power factor

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E5D11 (C) What is the power factor of an R-L circuit having a 60 degree phase angle between the voltage and the current?

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E5D12 (B) How many watts are consumed in a circuit having a power factor of 0.2 if the input is 100-VAC at 4 amperes?

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B. 80 watts

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E5D13 (B) How much power is consumed in a circuit consisting of a 100 ohm resistor in series with a 100 ohm inductive reactance drawing 1 ampere?

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B. 100 Watts

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E5D14 (A) What is reactive power?

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A. Wattless, nonproductive power

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E5D15 (D) What is the power factor of an R-L circuit having a 45 degree phase angle between the voltage and the current?

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E5D16 (C) What is the power factor of an R-L circuit having a 30 degree phase angle between the voltage and the current?

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E5D17 (D) How many watts are consumed in a circuit having a power factor of 0.6 if the input is 200VAC at 5 amperes?

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D. 600 watts

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E5D18 (B) How many watts are consumed in a circuit having a power factor of 0.71 if the apparent power is 500VA?

Ham Extra 2016-2020 (10 decks)

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