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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.
51. |
An inductor, a 1 k |
A. | 0 V |
B. | 6 V |
C. | 12 V |
D. | 4 V |
Answer» C. 12 V | |
52. |
A sine wave voltage is applied across an inductor. When the frequency of the voltage is decreased, the current |
A. | is increased |
B. | is decreased |
C. | does not change |
D. | momentarily goes to zero |
Answer» B. is decreased | |
53. |
An ohmmeter is connected across an inductor and the pointer indicates zero ohms. The inductor is |
A. | good |
B. | open |
C. | shorted |
D. | partly shorted |
Answer» D. partly shorted | |
54. |
A 240 |
A. | 0.240 mH inductor |
B. | 0.000240 mH inductor |
C. | 240 mH inductor |
D. | 240 H inductor |
Answer» B. 0.000240 mH inductor | |
55. |
A 2 mH, a 3.3 mH, and a 0.2 mH inductor are connected in series. The total inductance is |
A. | 55 mH |
B. | less than 0.2 mH |
C. | less than 5.5 mH |
D. | 5.5 mH |
Answer» E. | |
56. |
A 5 mH, a 4.3 mH, and a 0.6 mH inductor are connected in parallel. The total inductance is |
A. | 9.9 mH |
B. | greater than 5 mH |
C. | 9.9 mH or greater than 5 mH |
D. | less than 0.6 mH |
Answer» E. | |
57. |
The voltage across a coil when di/dt = 20 mA/ |
A. | 16 mV |
B. | 160 mV |
C. | 1.6 mV |
D. | 2.5 mV |
Answer» C. 1.6 mV | |
58. |
A series circuit has a 24 V source and a total resistance of 120 |
A. | 24 mA |
B. | 200 mA |
C. | 120 mA |
D. | 20 mA |
Answer» C. 120 mA | |
59. |
To measure the current out of the second resistor in a circuit consisting of four resistors, an ammeter can be placed |
A. | between the second and third resistors |
B. | at the negative terminal of the source |
C. | between the third and fourth resistors |
D. | at any point in the circuit |
Answer» E. | |
60. |
A 12 V battery is connected across a series combination of 68 |
A. | 326 mA |
B. | 16.3 mA |
C. | 32.6 mA |
D. | 163 mA |
Answer» D. 163 mA | |
61. |
A 12 k |
A. | 14 mA |
B. | 1.4 mA |
C. | 5 mA |
D. | 50 mA |
Answer» C. 5 mA | |
62. |
A 6 V battery output is divided down to obtain two output voltages. Three 2.2 k |
A. | 2 V, 4 V |
B. | 2 V, 2 V |
C. | 2 V, 6 V |
D. | 4 V, 6 V |
Answer» B. 2 V, 2 V | |
63. |
Two 3.3 k |
A. | 24 V |
B. | 12 V |
C. | 0 V |
D. | 6 V |
Answer» B. 12 V | |
64. |
Three 15 mH inductors are in series. The total inductance is |
A. | 15 mH |
B. | 30 mH |
C. | 45 mH |
D. | 5 mH |
Answer» D. 5 mH | |
65. |
A switch, a 220 |
A. | 91 mA |
B. | 78 mA |
C. | 57 mA |
D. | 400 mA |
Answer» C. 57 mA | |
66. |
When the current through an inductor is cut in half, the amount of energy stored in the electromagnetic field |
A. | is quartered |
B. | quadruples |
C. | doubles |
D. | does not change |
Answer» B. quadruples | |
67. |
The inductance of an iron-core coil decreases if |
A. | the number of turns is decreased |
B. | the iron core is removed |
C. | the length of the coil decreases |
D. | none of the above |
Answer» B. the iron core is removed | |
68. |
When a load resistance is removed from the output of a voltage divider circuit, the current drawn from the source |
A. | decreases |
B. | increases |
C. | remains the same |
D. | is cut off |
Answer» B. increases | |
69. |
The parallel combination of a 470 |
A. | 25% |
B. | 20% |
C. | 100% |
D. | 50% |
Answer» C. 100% | |
70. |
On which of the following voltage range settings will a voltmeter present the minimum load on a circuit? |
A. | 1 V |
B. | 50 V |
C. | 500 V |
D. | 1,000 V |
Answer» E. | |
71. |
A voltage divider consists of two 100 k |
A. | 0.57 V |
B. | 6 V |
C. | 12 V |
D. | 5.7 V |
Answer» E. | |
72. |
Three 680 |
A. | 69 mA |
B. | 230 mA |
C. | 23 mA |
D. | 690 mA |
Answer» C. 23 mA | |
73. |
There are five resistors in a given series circuit and each resistor has 6 V dropped across it. The source voltage |
A. | is 6 V |
B. | depends on the current flow |
C. | depends on the resistor values |
D. | is 30 V |
Answer» E. | |
74. |
Five resistors are connected in a series and there is a current of 3 A into the first resistor. The amount of current into the second resistor is |
A. | 3 A |
B. | 1 A |
C. | 4 A |
D. | 0.3 A |
Answer» B. 1 A | |
75. |
All the voltage drops and the source voltage added together in a series circuit is equal to |
A. | the total of the voltage drops |
B. | the source voltage |
C. | zero |
D. | the total of the source voltage and the voltage drops |
Answer» D. the total of the source voltage and the voltage drops | |
76. |
Two 1.5 V cells are connected series opposing across two 100 |
A. | 15 mA |
B. | 5 mA |
C. | 2 mA |
D. | 0 A |
Answer» E. | |
77. |
Two 6 V batteries are connected series aiding across two 1.2 k |
A. | 5 mA |
B. | 10 mA |
C. | 0 A |
D. | 2.5 mA |
Answer» B. 10 mA | |
78. |
When one of three series resistors is removed from a circuit and the circuit is reconnected, the current |
A. | increases |
B. | increases by one-third |
C. | decreases by one-third |
D. | decreases by the amount of current through the removed resistor |
Answer» B. increases by one-third | |
79. |
The total power in a certain circuit is 12 W. Each of the four equal-value series resistors making up the circuit dissipates |
A. | 12 W |
B. | 48 W |
C. | 3 W |
D. | 8 W |
Answer» D. 8 W | |
80. |
You are measuring the current in a circuit that is operated on an 18 V battery. The ammeter reads 40 mA. Later you notice the current has dropped to 20 mA. How much has the voltage changed? |
A. | 9 V |
B. | 900 mV |
C. | 0 V |
D. | 18 V |
Answer» B. 900 mV | |
81. |
If you wish to increase the amount of current in a resistor from 120 mA to 160 mA by changing the 24 V source, what should the new voltage setting be? |
A. | 8 V |
B. | 320 V |
C. | 3.2 V |
D. | 32 V |
Answer» E. | |
82. |
When there is 12 mA of current through a 1.2 k |
A. | 14.4 V |
B. | 1.4 V |
C. | 100 V |
D. | 10 V |
Answer» B. 1.4 V | |
83. |
A resistance of 3.3 M |
A. | 15.1 A |
B. | 151 A |
C. | 66 mA |
D. | 660 mA |
Answer» C. 66 mA | |
84. |
What is the voltage source for a circuit carrying 2 A of current through a 36 |
A. | 1.8 V |
B. | 18 V |
C. | 7.2 V |
D. | 72 V |
Answer» E. | |
85. |
A voltage divider consists of two 68 k |
A. | 12 V |
B. | 24 V |
C. | 0 V |
D. | 6 V |
Answer» B. 24 V | |
86. |
Resistance is measured in |
A. | henries |
B. | ohms |
C. | hertz |
D. | watts |
Answer» C. hertz | |
87. |
A string of five series resistors is connected across a 6 V battery. Zero voltage is measured across all resistors except R3. The voltage across R3 is |
A. | 0 V |
B. | 1.2 V |
C. | 6 V |
D. | 0.6 V |
Answer» D. 0.6 V | |
88. |
The formula to find I when the values of V and R are known is |
A. | <i>I = VR</i> |
B. | <i>I = R/V</i> |
C. | <i>V = IR</i> |
D. | <i>I = V/R</i> |
Answer» E. | |
89. |
Approximately how many milliamperes of current flow through a circuit with a 40 V source and 6.8 k |
A. | 27.2 mA |
B. | 59 mA |
C. | 5.9 mA |
D. | 590 mA |
Answer» D. 590 mA | |
90. |
Voltage is measured in |
A. | volts |
B. | farads |
C. | watts |
D. | ohms |
Answer» B. farads | |
91. |
The number 0.0003 multiplied by 10-3 is |
A. | 0.0000003 |
B. | 0.0003 |
C. | 3 |
D. | 3,000 |
Answer» B. 0.0003 | |
92. |
Current is measured in |
A. | watts |
B. | volts |
C. | henries |
D. | amperes |
Answer» E. | |
93. |
Which of the following is not an electrical quantity? |
A. | voltage |
B. | current |
C. | distance |
D. | power |
Answer» D. power | |
94. |
Seven thousand volts can be expressed as |
A. | 7 kV |
B. | 7 MV |
C. | 7 mV |
D. | either 7 kV or 7 mV |
Answer» B. 7 MV | |
95. |
The number 4.4 106 ohms expressed using a metric prefix is |
A. | 4 k |
B. | 4.4 k |
C. | 4 M |
D. | 4.4 M |
Answer» E. | |
96. |
The number of microamperes in 2 milliamperes is |
A. | 2 A |
B. | 20 A |
C. | 200 A |
D. | 2,000 A |
Answer» E. | |
97. |
The number of millivolts in 0.06 kilovolts is |
A. | 600 V |
B. | 6,000 mV |
C. | 60,000 mV |
D. | 600,000 mV |
Answer» D. 600,000 mV | |
98. |
Eighteen thousand watts is the same as |
A. | 18 mW |
B. | 18 MW |
C. | 18 kW |
D. | 18 W |
Answer» D. 18 W | |
99. |
The number 3.2 10 5 A expressed using a metric prefix is |
A. | 32 A |
B. | 3.3 A |
C. | 320 mA |
D. | 3,200 mA |
Answer» B. 3.3 A | |
100. |
How much current is produced by a voltage of 18 kV across a 15 k |
A. | 1.2 A |
B. | 12 A |
C. | 120 mA |
D. | 12 mA |
Answer» B. 12 A | |