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A. AC and DC
B. Monophase and threephase.
C. Normal and reverse.
D. High and low.
ANSWER: A
2 The conductivity is the inverse of
A. Impedance.
B. Conductance.
C. Resistivity.
D. Reactance.
ANSWER: C
3 Para mejorar el factor de potencia en un circuito inductivo, se necesita conectar:
A. Un banco de transformadores.
B. Un banco de condensadores.
C. Un banco de bobinas.
D. Un banco de resistencias.
ANSWER: B
4 What rules allow us to remember the relationship between the direction of the current and the magnetic field dire
A. Lenz's Law.
B. Rule of the left hand.
C. Corkscrew rule.
D. Biot Savart's Law.
ANSWER: B
5 What kinf of voltage can not be storage?
A. AC.
B. DC.
C.Random.
D. null.
ANSWER: A
6 Find power:
E= Volatge in volts
I= Current in amperes
R= Resistence in ohms
P= Power in watts
A. P = E / R
B. P = E x R
C. P = I x E
D. P = R x E
ANSWER: A
7 law ohm:
A. P = E / I
B. I = E x R
C. R = E / I
D. P = R x I
ANSWER: C
8 What is the color code for a 220 5% resistor?
A. Red, Red, Brown, Gold.
B. Red, Red, Black, Silver.
C. Red, Red, Black, Gold.
D. Red, Red, Brown, Silver.
ANSWER: A
9 What is the color code for a 1k ?
A. Brown, Red, Black.
B. Black, Red, Brown.
C. Red, Brown, Brown.
D. Brown, Black, Red.
ANSWER: D
10 What is the color code for a 10k ?
A. Red, Brown, red.
B. Brown, Black, Orange.
C. Black, Red, Red.
D. Orange, Black, Brown.
ANSWER: B
11 An atom's atomic number is determined by the number of:
A. Neutrons minus protons.
B. Protons.
C. Electrons.
D. Neutrons.
ANSWER: B
12 A voltage will influence current only if the circuit is:
A. Open.
B. Insulated.
C. Closed.
D. high resistense.
ANSWER: C
B.
C.
D.
ANSWER: B
14 Primary batteries, unlike secondary batteries, may be:
A. Charged once.
B. Used once.
C. Recharged over and over.
D. Stored indefinitely.
ANSWER: B
15 The negative and positive charge symbols are assigned (in that order) to the
A. Proton and electron
B. Electron and proton
C. Atom and nucleus
D. Electron and element
ANSWER: B
16 A voltmeter is used
A. To measure current.
B. In series with the circuit.
C. In parallel with the circuit.
D. To measure coulombs.
ANSWER: C
17 If the current in a circuit equals 0 A, it is likely that the
A. Voltage is too high.
B. Resistance is too low.
C. Circuit has a short.
D. Circuit is open.
ANSWER: D
18 Current equals
A. Coulombs / time
B. Coulombs x time
C. Voltage / time
D. Voltage x time
ANSWER: A
A. 15 A
B. 10.61 A
C. 7.5 A
D. 14.14 A
ANSWER: B
31 A cycloconverter can be
A. step down.
B. step up.
C. step down or step up.
D. none of the above.
ANSWER: C
32 Holding current for an SCR is best described as
A. the minimum current required for turn-off.
B. The current required before an SCR will turn on.
C. The amount of current required to maintain conduction.
D. The gate current required to maintain conduction.
ANSWER: C
33 A zero-level detector is a
A. Comparator with a sine-wave output.
B. Comparator with a trip point referenced to zero.
C. Peak detector.
D. Limiter.
ANSWER: B
34 A digital-to-analog converter is an application of the
A. Scaling adder.
B. Voltage-to-current converter.
C. Noninverting amplifier.
D. Adjustable bandwidth circuit.
ANSWER: A
35 The output voltage of a typical thermocouple is
A. Less than 100 Mv.
B. Greater than 1 V.
C. Thermocouples vary resistance, not voltage.
D. None of the above.
ANSWER: A
36 The resistivity of copper is
A. 9.9
B. 10.7
C. 16.7
D. 17.0
ANSWER: B
37 The terminals of a power BJT are called
ANSWER: A
45 A surge voltage
A. has very high magnitude and very long duration.
B. has very high magnitude and very small duration.
C. has very high magnitude and very small duration and can be positive or negative.
D. can be only positive.
ANSWER: B
46 In thermal ohm's law, temperature and power loss are analogous to
A. V and I respectively of ohm's law.
B. I and V respectively of ohm's law.
C. R and V respectively of ohm's law.
D. I and R respectively of ohm's law.
ANSWER: B
47 If the resistance in a circuit with constant voltage increases, the current will
A. Increase.
B. Decrease.
C. Stay the same.
D. Not enough information.
ANSWER: B
48 What is the power in the given circuit?
A. 3.6 W
B. 35 W
C. 175 W
D. 245 W
ANSWER: B
49 What is the kilowatt-hour consumption of a 40 W lamp if it remains on for 1750 h?
A. 43.75
B. 43750
C. 70
D. 70000
ANSWER: C
50 A damaged resistor
A. May appear burned.
B. May have an increased resistance value.
C. May be checked with an ohmmeter.
D. All of the above.
ANSWER: D
51 Power supplies differ from batteries in that
A. Power supply output voltages are ac and not dc.
B. Power supply voltages are not stable.
C. Power supplies are low-current devices.
D. None of the above.
ANSWER: D
52 If voltage across a resistance doubles
A. The current is halved.
B. The resistance doubles.
C. The current is unchanged.
D. None of the above.
ANSWER: D
53 What is the power in the given circuit?
A. 32 W
B. 80 W
C. 500 W
D. 16 Kw
ANSWER: A
54 Ohm's law describes the mathematical relationship between
A. Ohms, kilohms, and megohms.
B. Resistor size and resistor value.
C. Resistance, voltage, and current.
D. None of the above.
ANSWER: C
55 Energy is defined as the ability to
A. Produce heat.
B. Produce light.
C. Produce sound.
D. All of the above.
ANSWER: D
56 What electromotive force would cause 20 A of current to flow through a 500 resistor?
A. 0.04 V
B. 2.5 V
C. 25.0 V
D. 10,000 V
ANSWER: D
57 The rate at which work is performed is called
A. Current.
B. Power.
C. Energy.
D. Voltage.
ANSWER: B
58 A battery's capacity to deliver power is measured in
A. kWh
B. Wh
C. Ah
D. Vh
ANSWER: C
59 Power supplies are regulated to prevent the output voltage from changing due to changes in the
A. Line voltage.
B. Supply load.
C. Frequency.
D. Both line voltage and supply load.
ANSWER: D
60 If current through a resistance is halved
A. The resistance is halved.
B. The voltage is halved.
C. The voltage doubles.
D. None of the above.
ANSWER: B
61 The voltage drop across a resistor is simply a difference of potential across that resistor.
A. True.
B. False
ANSWER: A
76 The ability of a material to maintain a magnetized state (without the presence of a magnetizing force) is called re
A. True.
B. False.
ANSWER: A
77 The Hall voltage is the voltage created by a conductor moving through a magnetic field.
A. True.
B. False.
ANSWER: B
78 The ability of a material to maintain a magnetized state (without the presence of a magnetizing force) is called hy
A. True.
B. False.
ANSWER: B
79 The operation of an electrical generator relies on electromagnetic induction.
A. True.
B. False.
ANSWER: A
80 When does maximum power transfer happen from the source to the load?
A. When the source resistance is greater than the load resistance.
B. When the source resistance is less than the load resistance.
C. When there is negligible source resistance.
D. When the source resistance equals the load resistance.
ANSWER: D
81 A transformer is plugged into a 120 V rms source and has a primary current of 300 mA rms. The secondary is pro
A. 88%
B. 92%
C. 90%
D. 95%
ANSWER: C
82 Increasing the number of turns of wire on the secondary of a transformer will
A. Increase the secondary current.
B. Decrease the secondary current.
C.Have no effect on the secondary current.
D. Increase the primary current.
ANSWER: B
83 What is the secondary voltage in the given circuit?
ANSWER: D
108 How many connections does a potentiometer have?
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
ANSWER: C
AC
109 In both induction and synchronous ac motors
A. The operating speed is very steady.
B. The stator magnetic field is stationary.
C. The stator magnetic field rotates.
D. The "squirrel cage" forms the rotor.
ANSWER: C
110 Most practical alternators generate electricity from
A. A coil rotating within a magnetic field.
B. A magnetic field rotating around fixed windings.
C. A permanent magnet rotating within a varying electromagnetic field.
D. None of the above.
ANSWER: B
111 A half-cycle average voltage of 12 V is equal to what rms voltage?
A. 13.33 V
B. 8.48 V
C. 18.84 V
D. 7.64 V
ANSWER: A
112 What is the instantaneous peak voltage at 250 on a 6 V peak sine wave?
A. +5.64 V
B. 5.64 V
C. +26.13 V
D. 26.13 V
ANSWER: B
113 A rectangular wave that has a duty cycle of 50% could be called a
A. "c" wave.
B. Sawtooth wave.
C. Square wave.
D. Triangular wave.
ANSWER: C
114 The effective value of a sine wave is equal to
116 What is the average voltage when a rectangular wave's base line voltage is 20 V, its peak-to-peak voltage is 50 V,
A. 26 V
B. 30 V
C. 40 V
D. 45 V
ANSWER: B
117 All periodic frequencies are derived by combining higher frequency sine waves called harmonics.
A. True
B. False
ANSWER: A
118 What are the two main applications for ac?
A. Direct, pulsating.
B. Electric, magnetic.
C. Power, information
D. Static, dynamic.
ANSWER: C
119 The distance that a signal's energy can travel in the time it takes for one cycle to occur is called the signal's:
A. Amplitude.
B. Frequency.
C. Wavelength.
D. Period.
ANSWER: C
120 If current varies periodically from zero to a maximum, back to zero, and then repeats, the signal is:
A. Direct.
B. Alternating.
C. Pulsating.
D. Repetitive.
ANSWER: C
ANSWER: D
134 What is the peak-to-peak current value when an ammeter measures a 20 mA value?
A. 14 mA
B. 28 mA
C. 40 mA
D. 57 mA
ANSWER: D
135 A sine wave has:
A. Four quadrants.
B. Two alternations.
C. One period.
D. All of the above.
ANSWER: D
136 What is the peak-to peak voltage of a 56 Vrms ac voltage?
A. 158 V
B. 164 V
C. 82 V
D. 79 V
ANSWER: A
137 What is the period of a 16 MHz sine wave?
A. 196 ns
B. 62.5 ns
C. 31.25 ns
D. 19.9 ns
ANSWER: B
138 Derived units are obtained from various combinations of
A. Electrical quantities.
B. Fundamental units.
C. Metric prefixes.
D. International standards.
ANSWER: B
139 Which of the following metric prefixes could replace 10?
A. Nano.
B. Mega.
C. Kilo.
D. Micro.
ANSWER: A
140 7200 mV is the same as
A. 7.2 V
B. 7.2 V
C. 7,200,000 V
D. 0.0072 V
ANSWER: B
141 The difference between scientific and engineering notation is
A. Powers of ten representation.
B. Single vs. multiple digits before decimal point.
C. Groupings of multiples of three digits.
D. All of the above.
ANSWER: D
142 The unit for frequency is the
A. Hertz.
B. Ampere.
C. Watt.
D. Second.
ANSWER: A
143 Pico is what relation to micro?
A . One-tenth.
B. One-hundredth.
C. One-thousandth.
D. One-millionth.
ANSWER: D
144 When parallel resistors are of three different values, which has the greatest power loss?
A. The smallest resistance.
B. The largest resistance.
C. They have the same power loss.
D. Voltage and resistance values are needed.
ANSWER: A
145 The voltage across any branch of a parallel circuit:
A. Varies as the total current varies.
B. Is inversely proportional to total circuit resistance.
C. Is equally applied to all branch conductances.
D. Is dropped in proportion to each branch resistance.
ANSWER: C
146 What happens to total resistance in a circuit with parallel resistors if one of them opens?
A. It increases.
B. It halves.
C. It remains the same.
D. It decreases.
ANSWER: A
147 Components that connect in parallel form:
A. Branches.
B. Open circuits.
C. Short circuits.
C. A voltage divider.
ANSWER: A
148 A parallel circuit differs from a series circuit in that a parallel circuit has:
A. No path for current flow.
B. Fewer paths for current flow.
C. One path for current flow.
D. More than one path for current flow.
ANSWER: D
149 If two parallel-connected resistors dissipate 6 watts and 10 watts of power, then what is the total power loss?
A. 3.75 watts
B. 4 watts
C. 16 watts
D. 60 watts
ANSWER: C
150 What does LED stand for?
A. Light Emitting Display.
B. Low Energy Display.
C. Light Emitting Diode.
D. Light Emitting Detector.
ANSWER: C
151 Connecting a lead from the negative to the positive of a battery will produce:
A. A high resistance circuit.
B. A short circuit.
C. A low current path.
D. An open circuit.
ANSWER: B
152 What is the approximate characteristic voltage that develops across a red LED?
A. 1.7v
B. 3.4v
C. 0.6v
D. 5v
ANSWER: A
C. 0.01A
D. 0.1A
ANSWER: A
160 A DC voltage:
A. Rises and falls.
B. Is a sinewave.
C. Remains constant.
D. Is an audio waveform.
ANSWER: C
161 The tolerance bands: gold; silver; brown, represent:
A. 10%, 5%, 1%
B. 5%, 10%, 2%
C. 5%, 10%, 1%
D. 10%, 5%, 2%
ANSWER: C
162 Arrange these in ascending order: n, p, u
A. p, u, n
B. n, u, p
C. p, n, u
ANSWER: C
163 The number "104" on a capacitor indicates:
A. 0.1u
B. 100n
C. 1n
D. 10n
ANSWER: A
164 A path between two or more points along which an electrical current can be carried is called a:
A. Network.
B. Relay.
C. Circuit.
D. Loop.
ANSWER: C
165 The frequency of the second harmonic of 60 Hz is:
A. 30 Hz.
B. 60 Hz.
C. 120 Hz.
D. 180 Hz.
ANSWER: C
169 It takes 30 minutes to complete a reaction at 150 K. Which of the following is an estimate of the time required to
A. Less than 15 minutes.
B. 15 Minutes.
C. 60 Minutes.
D. More than 60 minutes.
ANSWER: A
170 Energy is the capability or ability to:
A. Do work.
B. Cause gravity.
C. Destroy charge.
D. Increase time.
ANSWER: A
171 Compared to an effective voltage of 120 VAC, the average heat energy out of a resistor is the same for a voltage o
A. True
B. False
ANSWER: A
172 What are the characteristics of a coaxial cable?
A. It has twisted pairs with a shield.
B. It has a center conductor covered with an insulator, then braided or solid outer conductor and then insulation.
C. It has heavier insulation than most cables.
D. It is vulnerable to high frequency interference.
ANSWER: B
173 What is the power factor?
A. Ratio of true power to apparent power.
B. Beak power times .707
C. Sin of the phase difference between E and I.
D. Cos of the phase angle between true power and apparent power.
ANSWER: A
174 A power system is providing 200 VAC at 25 A. The phase angle between current and voltage is 25. What is the
A. 2,113 W
B. 4,531 W
C. 5,517 W
D. 11,831 W
ANSWER: B
175 Which of the following is one of the functions performed by a diode?
A. Filter.
B. Amplifier.
C. Rectifier.
D. Inverter.
ANSWER: C
176 What is the peak voltage of a sine wave that measures 220 VAC rms?
A. 155 V
B. 169 V
C. 311 V
D. 440 V
ANSWER: C
177 As the efficiency of a device DECREASES, which of the following will INCREASE?
A. Power output.
B. Amplifier gain.
C. Heat output.
D. Output impedance.
ANSWER: C
178 The frequency of a signal is INVERSELY proportional to which of the following:
A. Period.
B. Amplitude.
C. Phase.
D. Power.
ANSWER: A
179 One coulomb-per-second is equal to one:
A. Watt.
B. Joule.
C. Volt.
D. Ampere.
ANSWER: D
180 Which of the following is represented by the symbol XL?
A. Impedance of a load.
B. Reactance of a coil.
C. Resonant frequency of a filter.
C. Output level of a source.
ANSWER: B
181 What is KVA?
A. Apparent power.
B. Kilo Vatios.
C. Kilo Volt.
D. Power.
ANSWER: A
182 What is ATS?
A. Autonomous transference source.
B. Language of programing.
C. Automatic transfer switch.
D. Automatic switch supply.
ANSWER: C
183 What is AC?
A. Alternating Current.
B. Aleatory current.
C. After current.
D. Always current.
ANSWER: A
184 What is the symbol ?
A. Ohm.
B. Volt.
C. Infinity
D. Undeterminate.
ANSWER: A
185 What is UPS?
A. Uninterruptible power source.
B. Uninterruptible power supply.
C. Unstable power supply.
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