RC EXAM ELECTRONICS
1.) The figure shows the motion of electrons in a
wire that is near the N pole of a magnet. The
wire will be pushed:
ANS:upwards
2.) To apply the superposition theorem, all
components must be ______
ANS: both linear and bilateral.
3.) In potentiometer terminal identification
system, what color represents “always the
clockwise element limit”?
ANS: Green
4.) The resistance of a wire is 'R' ohm. If it is
melted and stretched to 'n' times its original
length, what will be its new resistance?
ANS: n²R₁
5.) What class of ceramic capacitors are stable
temperature-compensating capacitors that
have essentially linear characteristics with
properties independent of frequency over the
normal range?
ANS: Class I
6.) The fact that the sum of the individual branch
currents equals the total current in a parallel
circuit is the basis for _____.
ANS: Kirchhoff`s current law.
7.) Dissipation factor is defined as the ratio of the
energy dissipated to the energy stored in the
dielectric. For what dissipation factor value,
where it is considered equal to the power
factor of the dielectric?
ANS: Less than 0.1
8.) A magnet moves inside a coil. Consider the
following factors:
I.    Strength of the magnet
II.   Number of turns in the coil
III.  Speed at which the magnet moves
Which can affect the emf induced in the coil?
ANS: I, and II, III
9.) Find the magnetic field strength and the
magnetomotive force needed to produce a flux
density of 0.33 T in an air-gap of length 15 mm.
ANS: 3939 AT
10.)A 400 mm length of conductor carrying a
current of 25 A is situated at right-angles to a
magnetic field between two poles of an electric
motor. The poles have a circular cross-section.
If the force exerted on the conductor is 80 N
and the total flux between the pole faces is
1.27 mWb, determine the diameter of a pole
face.
ANS: 14.2 mm
11.)What is the relation of the electrical resistivity
of ferrites to metals?
ANS: Ferrites have resistivities typically 10⁶ times that
of metals.
12.)A conductor moves with a velocity of 20 m/s at
an angle of 90° to a magnetic field produced
between two square-faced poles of side length
2.5 cm. If the flux on the pole face is 60 mWb,
find the magnitude of the induced e.m.f. in
each case.
ANS: 48 V
13.)For the magnetic circuit shown below, find the
current I in the coil needed to produce a flux of
0.45 mWb in the air-gap.  The silicon iron
magnetic circuit has a uniform cross-sectional
area of 3 cm² and its magnetizing force is 3500
A/m.
ANS: 0.83 A
14.)What is a small capacitance formed by twisting
together two insulated wires?
ANS: Gimmick capacitance
15.)For a 1/8 watt resistor, what is the maximum
allowable change in resistance for a 1000-hour
rated load life test?
ANS: 12 %
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16.)An uncharged capacitor of 0.01 F is charged 23.)An iron ring 30 cm mean diameter is made of
first by a current of 2 mA for 30 seconds and square of iron of 2 cm × 2 cm cross-section and
then by a current of 4 mA for 30 seconds. Find is uniformly wound with 400 turns of wire of 2
the final voltage in it. mm² cross-section. Calculate the value of the
self-inductance of the coil. Assume μ_r = 800.
ANS: 18 V
ANS: 68.3 mH
17.)An air capacitor has two parallel plates 10 cm²
in area and 0.5 cm apart. When a dielectric slab 24.)What is the atomic radius of copper atom?
of area 10 cm² and thickness 0.4 cm was
ANS: 1.17 Angstroms
inserted between the plates, one of the plates
has to be moved by 0.4 cm to restore the 25.)A magnetic circuit with a single air gap is
capacitance. What is the dielectric constant of shown in the figure below. The core
the slab? dimensions are: Cross-sectional area Ac = 1.8 ×
10¯³ m², Mean core length lc = 0.6 m, Gap
ANS: 5
length g = 2.3 x 10¯³ m, N = 83 turns. Assume
18.)Which of the following is not an industry that the core is of infinite permeability and
standard in color coding potentiometer neglect the effects of fringing fields at the air
terminals for identification? gap and leakage flux. Calculate the reluctance
of the air-gap Rg for a current i = 1.5 A.
ANS: Blue
ANS: 1.017 x 10⁶ A/Wb
19.)Wattage rating is the maximum power that the
resistor can dissipate assuming which of the
following factors?

ANS: All of the choices

20.)Which of the following capacitor terminology

refers to the ratio by which the capacitance is
increased when another dielectric replaces a
vacuum between two electrodes?

ANS: All of the choices

21.)The motion of ion charges in a liquid or gas is

called ______. 

ANS: ionization current

22.)Two coils A and B each having 1200 turns are

placed near each other. When coil B is open-
circuited and coil A carries a current of 5 A, the
flux produced by coil A is 0.2 Wb and 30% of
this flux links with all the turns of coil B.
Determine the voltage induced in coil B on
open-circuit when the current in the coil A is
changing at the rate of 2 A/s.

ANS: 28.8 V
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1.) When multiplying complex numbers in polar
form, _____.

ANS: multiply the magnitudes and add the phase

angles

2.) Given P_max = 14 mW for each diode,

determine the maximum current rating of each
diode (using the approximate equivalent
model).

ANS: 20 Ma

3.) An electric field strength created by charge Q is

measured to be 40 N/C at a distance of 0.2 m
from the center of the charge. What is the new
field strength when the distance from the
center of Q is changed to 0.4 m away with
twice the charge of Q? 

ANS: 20 N/C

4.)