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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 resistor is 8 mA, the rms voltage drop across the resistor is

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 s. The first odd harmonic is

A. 5 kHz
B. 50 kHz
C. 500 kHz
D. 33.33 kHz
Answer» C. 500 kHz
6.

A 12 k resistor is in series with a 0.02 F capacitor across a 1.2 kHz ac source. If the current is expressed in polar form as I = 0.30 mA, what is the source voltage expressed in polar form?

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. Current flow in the circuit is

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 s wide. The duty cycle

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 resistor, an inductor with a reactance of 120 , and a capacitor with a reactance of 120 are in series across a 60 V source. The circuit is at resonance. The voltage across the inductor is

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 resistor, a coil with 30 of reactance, and a capacitor with 50 of reactance are in series across a 12 V ac source. The current through the resistor is

A. 9 mA
B. 90 mA
C. 13 mA
D. 130 mA
Answer» E.
24.

A 2 k resistor and a 0.002 F capacitor are in series across an ac source. Current in the circuit is 6.50 mA. The true power is

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 = 2
6I1 + 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 s period has a frequency of

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 resistor, a 220 H coil, and a 60 pF capacitor are in series across an ac source. What is the bandwidth of the circuit?

A. 138 MHz
B. 10,866 Hz
C. 1,907 Hz
D. 138 kHz
Answer» C. 1,907 Hz
36.

A 12 resistor, a 40 F capacitor, and an 8 mH coil are in series across an ac source. The resonant frequency is

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 /3 rad?

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 = 2
6I1 + 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 H and L2 a value of 50 H. The parallel combination is in series with L3, a 20 H coil. The entire combination is across an ac source of 60 Vrms at 300 kHz. The total rms current is

A. 87 mA
B. 870 mA
C. 87 A
D. 337 mA
Answer» C. 87 A