REM A LVL 1, 2, & 3 Flashcards
When one of three series resistors is removed from a circuit and the circuit is reconnected, the current
A. increases by one-third
B. decreases by one-third
C. increases
D. decreases by the amount of current through the removed resistor
C. increases
Carbon-composition resistors:
A. Can handle lots of power.
B. Have capacitance or inductance along with resistance.
C. Work better for ac than for dc.
D. Are comparatively nonreactive.
D. Are comparatively nonreactive.
Good engineering practice usually requires that a series-parallel resistive network be made:
A. From resistors that are all the same
B. From a series combination of resistors in parallel
C. From resistors that are all very rugged
D. From a parallel combination of resistors in series
A. From resistors that are all the same
Two resistors are in parallel. Resistor A carries twice the current of resistor B, which means that:
A. the voltage across A is twice that across B
B. the voltage across B is twice that across A
C. A has half the resistance of B
D. B has half the resistance of A
C. A has half the resistance of B
A voltage across a series resistor circuit is proportional to?
A. The amount of time the circuit was on for
B. The power in the circuit
C. The value of the other resistances in the circuit
D. The value of the resistance itself
D. The value of the resistance itself
Red, red, red, gold indicates
A. 2.2 K ohms
B. 220 ohms
C. 22 ohms
D. 22 K ohms
A. 2.2 K ohms
In a mesh, the algebraic sum of all voltages and voltage drops is equal to zero.
A. Norton’s law
B. Kirchhoff’s first law
C. Superposition theorem
D. Kirchhoff’s second law
D. Kirchhoff’s second law
Mesh analysis is best used together with what circuit law?
A. VDT
B. CDT
C. KVL
D. KCL
C. KVL
The current flowing in the branches of a d.c. circuit may be determined using:
A. Kirchhoff’s laws
B. Faraday’s laws
C. Lenz’s law
D. Fleming’s left-hand rule
A. Kirchhoff’s laws
When applying KVL, a closed path is commonly referred to as
A. node
B. branch point
C. loop
D. principal node
C. loop
In a parallel circuit with a voltage source and several branch resistors, how is the total current related to the current in the branch resistors?
A. It decreases as more parallel resistors are
added to the circuit
B. It equals the average of the branch current
through each resistor
C. It is the sum of each resistors voltage drop
multiplied by the total number of resistors
D. It equals the sum of the branch current
through each resistor
D. It equals the sum of the branch current
through each resistor
Which of the following is also known as
the dual of Thevenin’s theorem?
A. Maximum power transfer theorem
B. Norton’s theorem
C. Superposition theorem
D. Millman’s theorem
B. Norton’s theorem
The primary method of analyzing a
circuit with two or more voltage sources
is usually
A. Kirchhoff’s law
B. Ohm’s law
C. Thevenin’s theorem
D. superposition
D. superposition
Norton’s theorem gives
A. an equivalent current source in parallel
with an equivalent impedance
B. an equivalent current source in series with
an equivalent impedance
C. an equivalent voltage source in parallel
with an equivalent impedance
A. an equivalent current source in parallel
with an equivalent impedance
A Thevenin equivalent circuit consists
of
A. a voltage source in series with a
resistance
B. two voltage sources and a resistance
C. a current source in parallel with a
resistance
A. a voltage source in series with a
resistance
The primary method of analyzing a
circuit with two or more voltage sources
is usually
A. superposition
B. Thevenin’s theorem
C. Kirchhoff’s law
A. superposition
Norton resistance is found by?
A. Shorting all voltage sources
B. Shorting all voltage sources and
opening all current sources
C. Opening all current sources
D. Opening all voltage sources and shorting
all current sources
B. Shorting all voltage sources and
opening all current sources
The Norton current is the ___
A. Open circuit and short circuit current
B. Open circuit current
C. Short circuit current
C. Short circuit current
Why would it be important to minimize
the mutual inductance between two
inductors?
A. To reduce unwanted coupling between
circuits
B. To reduce conducted emissions
C. To increase the energy transfer between
circuits
A. To reduce unwanted coupling between
circuits
A series connected C -R circuit is
suddenly connected to a d.c. source of
V volts. Which of the statements is
false?
A. The initial voltage drop across the resistor
is IR, where I is the steady-state current
B. The capacitor voltage is equal to the
voltage drop across the resistor
C. The voltage drop across the resistor
decays exponentially
D. The initial capacitor voltage is zero
B. The capacitor voltage is equal to the
voltage drop across the resistor
A material with a high dielectric
constant:
A. Acts to increase capacitance per unit
volume
B. Has no effect on capacitance
C. Causes a capacitor to become polarized
A. Acts to increase capacitance per unit
volume
Inductors in series, assuming there is no
mutual inductance, combine:
A. Like resistors in series
B. In a way unlike any other type of
component
C. Like resistors in parallel
A. Like resistors in series
The capacitance of a capacitor is the
ratio
A. Charge to potential difference between
plates
B. Potential difference between plates to
thickness of dielectric
C. Potential difference between plates to
plate spacing
A. Charge to potential difference between
plates
The effect of inductance occurs in an
electrical circuit when:
A. none of these choices
B. the current is changing
C. the flux is changing
D. the resistance is changing
B. the current is changing
If you have light bulbs marked 40 watts,60 watts and 100 watts, which one will use electrical energy the fastest?
A. The 60 watt bulb
B. The 40 watt bulb
C. The 100 watt bulb
C. The 100 watt bulb
In a series-connected string of holiday
ornament bulbs, if one bulb gets
shorted out, which of these is most
likely?
A. The current in the string will stay the same.
B. All the other bulbs will go out.
C. The current in the string will go up.
C. The current in the string will go up.
If you measure all the voltage drops and the source voltage in a series circuit and add them together, taking into
consideration the polarities, you will get
a result equal to
A. the source voltage
B. the total of the source voltage and the
voltage drops
C. zero
C. zero
Electrical current is measured in which
of the following units?
A. Ohms
B. Amperes
C. Volts
B. Amperes
What must be known in order to calculate the energy used by an electrical appliance?
A. current and time of operation
B. power and time of operation
C. current and resistance
B. power and time of operation
How is the current in a DC circuit calculated when the voltage and resistance are known?
A. Current equals voltage divided by
resistance
B. Current equals power divided by voltage
C. Current equals resistance multiplied by voltage
D. Current equals resistance divided by
voltage
A. Current equals voltage divided by
resistance
What is the basic unit of electrical
power?
A. The ampere
B. The watt
C. The volt
D. The ohm
B. The watt
The effect of connecting an additional
parallel load to an electrical supply
source is to increase the
A. resistance of the load
B. p.d. across the load
C. current taken from the source
D. voltage of the source
C. current taken from the source
What is the zero-voltage switch used
for?
A. To control low-voltage circuits
B. To reduce radiation of high frequencies
during turn-on of a high current to a
load
C. For extremely low-voltage applications
D. To provide power to a circuit when power
is lost
B. To reduce radiation of high frequencies
during turn-on of a high current to a
load
Which of the following statements is
false?
A. Current is at a maximum at resonance in
an a.c. circuit
B. Apparent power÷True power gives
power factor
C. The product of r.m.s. current and voltage
gives the apparent power in an a.c. circuit
B. Apparent power÷True power gives
power factor
A series connected C -R circuit is
suddenly connected to a d.c. source of
V volts. Which of the statements is
false?
A. The time constant of the circuit is given by
CR
B. The final value of the current is zero
C. The current grows exponentially
C. The current grows exponentially
Which of the following is a reason not to
use wire-wound resistors in an RF
circuit?
A. The resistor’s tolerance value would not be
adequate for such a circuit
B. The resistor’s inductance could make
circuit performance unpredictable
C. The resistor could overheat
D. The resistor’s internal capacitance would
detune the circuit
B. The resistor’s inductance could make
circuit performance unpredictable