FINAL Flashcards
Capacitors and inductors dissipate energy like resistors. True or False
False
Capacitance is proportional to the space between the plates. True or False
False
Capacitance is proportional to the area of the plates. True or False
True
For ideal capacitors, when the voltage is not changing over time, there is still current flowing through the capacitor. True or False
False
A real capacitor tends to slowly lose the stored energy over time. True or False
True
A real capacitor has a parallel-model leakage resistance. True or False
True
An inductor dissipates energy. True or False
False
An inductor is a passive element. True or False
True
How does inductance change when the length increases? Increase or Decrease
Inductance decreases
How does inductance change when the area (A) increases? Increase or Decrease
Inductance increases
If the current through an inductor is constant, the inductor acts like an open circuit. True or False
False
If the current through an inductor is constant, the voltage across it is zero. True or False
True
Applying Kirchhoff’s laws to RC and RL circuits will result in. Differential or Algebraic Equations
Differential equations
Applying Kirchhoff’s laws to purely resistive circuits will result in. Differential or Algebraic Equations
Algebraic equations
In a source-free RC circuit, what happens to v(t) when time t increases?
v(t) decreases
