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This section includes 553 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Engineering knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
1. |
A pulse waveform has a high time of 8 ms and a pulse width of 32 ms. The duty cycle is |
A. | 25% |
B. | 50% |
C. | 1% |
D. | 100% |
Answer» B. 50% | |
2. |
A sine wave with an rms value of 12 V is riding on a dc level of 18 V. The maximum value of the resulting waveform is |
A. | 6 V |
B. | 30 V |
C. | 35 V |
D. | 0 V |
Answer» D. 0 V | |
3. |
If the rms current through a 6.8 k |
A. | 5.44 V |
B. | 54.4 V |
C. | 7.07 V |
D. | 8 V |
Answer» C. 7.07 V | |
4. |
The average half-cycle value of a sine wave with a 40 V peak is |
A. | 25.48 V |
B. | 6.37 V |
C. | 14.14 V |
D. | 50.96 V |
Answer» B. 6.37 V | |
5. |
A square wave has a period of 60 |
A. | 5 kHz |
B. | 50 kHz |
C. | 500 kHz |
D. | 33.33 kHz |
Answer» C. 500 kHz | |
6. |
A 12 k |
A. | 45.6 V |
B. | 411.3 V |
C. | 0.411 V |
D. | 4.11 V |
Answer» E. | |
7. |
A 6 kHz sinusoidal voltage is applied to a series RC circuit. The frequency of the voltage across the resistor is |
A. | 0 Hz |
B. | 12 kHz |
C. | 6 kHz |
D. | 18 kHz |
Answer» D. 18 kHz | |
8. |
For a certain load, the true power is 150 W and the reactive power is 125 VAR. The apparent power is |
A. | 19.52 W |
B. | 195.2 W |
C. | 275 W |
D. | 25 W |
Answer» C. 275 W | |
9. |
What is the value of the hypotenuse of a right triangle whose sides are 12 and 18? |
A. | 4.24 |
B. | 3.46 |
C. | 2.16 |
D. | 21.63 |
Answer» E. | |
10. |
In a parallel RC circuit, there is 100 mA through the resistive branch and 100 mA through the capacitive branch. The total rms current is |
A. | 200 mA |
B. | 100 mA |
C. | 282 mA |
D. | 141 mA |
Answer» E. | |
11. |
A resistor and a capacitor are in series across a 20 V ac source. Circuit impedance is 4.33 k |
A. | 9.2 mA |
B. | 92 mA |
C. | 4.6 mA |
D. | 460 mA |
Answer» D. 460 mA | |
12. |
A 20 kHz pulse waveform consists of pulses that are 15 |
A. | is 1% |
B. | is 30% |
C. | is 100% |
D. | cannot be determined |
Answer» C. is 100% | |
13. |
When a sine wave has a frequency of 100 Hz in 12 s it goes through |
A. | 1/100 cycle |
B. | 12 cycles |
C. | 120 cycles |
D. | 1,200 cycles |
Answer» E. | |
14. |
A sawtooth wave has a period of 10 ms. Its frequency is |
A. | 10 Hz |
B. | 50 Hz |
C. | 100 Hz |
D. | 1,000 Hz |
Answer» D. 1,000 Hz | |
15. |
If the peak of a sine wave is 13 V, the peak-to-peak value is |
A. | 6.5 V |
B. | 13 V |
C. | 26 V |
D. | none of the above |
Answer» D. none of the above | |
16. |
A sinusoidal current has an rms value of 14 mA. The peak-to-peak value is |
A. | 45.12 mA |
B. | 16 mA |
C. | 39.6 mA |
D. | 22.6 mA |
Answer» D. 22.6 mA | |
17. |
In the complex plane, the number 4 + j3 is located in the |
A. | first quadrant |
B. | second quadrant |
C. | third quadrant |
D. | fourth quadrant |
Answer» B. second quadrant | |
18. |
When the frequency of the source voltage decreases, the impedance of a parallel RC circuit |
A. | increases |
B. | decreases |
C. | does not change |
D. | decreases to zero |
Answer» B. decreases | |
19. |
A certain series resonant circuit has a bandwidth of 2 kHz. If the existing coil is replaced with one having a higher value of Q, the bandwidth will |
A. | increase |
B. | remain the same |
C. | decrease |
D. | be less selective |
Answer» D. be less selective | |
20. |
A resonant circuit has a lower critical frequency of 7 kHz and an upper critical frequency of 13 kHz. The bandwidth of the circuit is |
A. | 7 kHz |
B. | 13 kHz |
C. | 20 kHz |
D. | 6 kHz |
Answer» E. | |
21. |
A 24 |
A. | 60 V |
B. | 660 V |
C. | 30 V |
D. | 300 V |
Answer» E. | |
22. |
If the resistance in parallel with a parallel resonant circuit is reduced, the bandwidth |
A. | disappears |
B. | becomes sharper |
C. | increases |
D. | decreases |
Answer» E. | |
23. |
A 90 |
A. | 9 mA |
B. | 90 mA |
C. | 13 mA |
D. | 130 mA |
Answer» E. | |
24. |
A 2 k |
A. | 84.5 mW |
B. | 845 mW |
C. | 13 mW |
D. | 130 mW |
Answer» B. 845 mW | |
25. |
When the frequency of the voltage applied to a series RC circuit is increased, the phase angle |
A. | increases |
B. | decreases |
C. | remains the same |
D. | becomes erratic |
Answer» C. remains the same | |
26. |
In a series RC circuit, when the frequency and the resistance are halved, the impedance |
A. | doubles |
B. | is halved |
C. | is reduced to one-fourth |
D. | cannot be determined without values |
Answer» E. | |
27. |
What is the angular difference between +j4 and j4? |
A. | 30 |
B. | 90 |
C. | 180 |
D. | 270 |
Answer» D. 270 | |
28. |
Find I1. 4I1 + 4I2 = 26I1 + 7I2 = 4 |
A. | 0.5 A |
B. | 50 mA |
C. | 0.5 A |
D. | 50 mA |
Answer» D. 50 mA | |
29. |
Using the mesh current method, find the branch current, IR1, in the above figure. |
A. | 115 mA |
B. | 12.5 mA |
C. | 12.5 A |
D. | 135 mA |
Answer» B. 12.5 mA | |
30. |
In assigning the direction of branch currents, |
A. | the directions are critical |
B. | the directions are not critical |
C. | they must point into a node |
D. | they must point out of a node |
Answer» C. they must point into a node | |
31. |
A waveform has a baseline of 3 V, a duty cycle of 20%, and an amplitude of 8 V. The average voltage value is |
A. | 4 V |
B. | 4.6 V |
C. | 1.6 V |
D. | 11 V |
Answer» B. 4.6 V | |
32. |
A signal with a 400 |
A. | 250 Hz |
B. | 2,500 Hz |
C. | 25,000 Hz |
D. | 400 Hz |
Answer» C. 25,000 Hz | |
33. |
What is the voltage drop across R1? |
A. | 850 mV |
B. | 7.82 V |
C. | 9.18 V |
D. | 918 mV |
Answer» C. 9.18 V | |
34. |
In the complex plane, the number 14 j5 is located in the |
A. | first quadrant |
B. | second quadrant |
C. | third quadrant |
D. | fourth quadrant |
Answer» E. | |
35. |
A 15 |
A. | 138 MHz |
B. | 10,866 Hz |
C. | 1,907 Hz |
D. | 138 kHz |
Answer» C. 1,907 Hz | |
36. |
A 12 |
A. | 28.1 Hz |
B. | 281 Hz |
C. | 2,810 Hz |
D. | 10 kHz |
Answer» C. 2,810 Hz | |
37. |
A positive angle of 30 is equivalent to a negative angle of |
A. | 30 |
B. | 330 |
C. | 60 |
D. | 180 |
Answer» C. 60 | |
38. |
In a series RC circuit, 12 V(rms) is measured across the resistor and 15 V(rms) is measured across the capacitor. The rms source voltage is |
A. | 3 V |
B. | 27 V |
C. | 19.2 V |
D. | 1.9 V |
Answer» D. 1.9 V | |
39. |
How many degrees are there in |
A. | 6 |
B. | 60 |
C. | 180 |
D. | 27 |
Answer» C. 180 | |
40. |
One sine wave has a positive-going zero crossing at 15 and another sine wave has a positive-going zero crossing at 55 . The phase angle between the two waveforms is |
A. | 0 |
B. | 45 |
C. | 40 |
D. | none of the above |
Answer» D. none of the above | |
41. |
To produce an 800 Hz sine wave, a four-pole generator must be operated at |
A. | 200 rps |
B. | 400 rps |
C. | 800 rps |
D. | 1,600 rps |
Answer» C. 800 rps | |
42. |
Find I2. 4I1 + 4I2 = 26I1 + 7I2 = 4 |
A. | 1 A |
B. | 1 A |
C. | 100 mA |
D. | 100 mA |
Answer» B. 1 A | |
43. |
The winding resistance of a coil can be increased by |
A. | increasing the number of turns |
B. | using a thinner wire |
C. | changing the core material |
D. | increasing the number of turns or using thinner wire |
Answer» E. | |
44. |
What is the current through R2? |
A. | 177 mA |
B. | 250 mA |
C. | 500 mA |
D. | 125 mA |
Answer» B. 250 mA | |
45. |
The expansion method for evaluating determinants is |
A. | better than any other method |
B. | good for only one determinant |
C. | more flexible than the cofactor method |
D. | good for second- and third-order determinants |
Answer» E. | |
46. |
The first row of a certain determinant has the numbers 10 and 6. The second row has the numbers 3 and 5. The value of this determinant is |
A. | 18 |
B. | 50 |
C. | 32 |
D. | 32 |
Answer» D. 32 | |
47. |
What is the voltage drop across R3? |
A. | 112 mV |
B. | 11.25 V |
C. | 180 mV |
D. | 1.80 V |
Answer» D. 1.80 V | |
48. |
The branch current method uses |
A. | Kirchhoff's voltage and current laws |
B. | Thevenin's theorem and Ohm's law |
C. | Kirchhoff's current law and Ohm's law |
D. | the superposition theorem and Thevenin's theorem |
Answer» B. Thevenin's theorem and Ohm's law | |
49. |
The current through a 120 mH coil is changing at a rate of 150 mA/s. The voltage induced across the coil is |
A. | 1.8 mV |
B. | 18 mV |
C. | 180 mV |
D. | 1.25 mV |
Answer» C. 180 mV | |
50. |
Two inductors, L1 and L2, are in parallel. L1 has a value of 25 |
A. | 87 mA |
B. | 870 mA |
C. | 87 A |
D. | 337 mA |
Answer» C. 87 A | |