The admittance of a parallel RLC circuit is found to be the _____ sum of conductance and susceptances.
Aalgebraic
Barithmetic
Cvector
Dphasor
#82
A series-parallel combination of identical resistors will
Aincrease the power rating compared with one resistor alone
Bincrease the voltage rating compared with one resistor alone
Creduce the voltage rating compared with resistor alone
Dresult in an expensive circuit
#83
The _____ of an alternating current is defined as the fractional part of a period or cycle through which the quantity has advanced from selected origin.
Aphase
Bfrequency
Camplitude
Dwaveform
#84
Which of the following has a positive temperature coefficient?
Amica
Bmanganin
Csilicon
Dcarbon
#85
The ratio of the flux density to the electric field intensity in the dielectric is called
Apermittivity
Bfield intensity
Cpermeability
Delasticity
#86
It is impossible to change the voltage across a capacitor instantly, as this would produce _____ current.
Ainfinite
Bzero
Clow
Dhigh
#87
Which of the following is not a factor affecting capacitance of a basic capacitor?
Aarea of plates
Bnumber of plates
Cdistance between plates
Ddielectric material used
#88
When voltage is applied across a ceramic dielectric the electrostatic field produced is 50 times greater than air dielectric. The dielectric constant of ceramic therefore is
A50
B100
C16.67
D5
#89
The reason why alternating current can induce voltage is
Ait has a high peak value
Bit has a stronger magnetic field than direct current
Cit has a constant magnetic field
Dit has a varying magnetic field
#90
When two unequal values of resistors are connected in parallel across a dc source, greater current flows through the
Ahigher resistance
Blower resistance
Chigher wattage resistance
Dlower wattage resistance
#91
A real current source has
Ainfinite internal resistance
Bzero internal resistance
Clarge internal resistance
Dsmall internal resistance
#92
What is the cross-sectional area of a conductor whose diameter is 0.001 inch?
Aone micron
Bone angstrom
Cone steradian
Done circular mil
#93
Which of the following describes the action of a capacitor?
Astores electrical energy
Bopposes changes in current flow
Ccreates a dc resistance
Dconverts ac to dc
#94
High resistance values are a consequence of the _____ of the film.
Athickness
Blength
Cthinness
Darea
#95
For parallel capacitors, total charge is
Athe sum of individual charges
Bequal to the charge of either capacitors
Cequal to the product of the charges
Dthe quotient of the charges
#96
Which waveform in which the rms value and the mean value are equal?
Asquare wave
Btriangular wave
Csine wave
Dsawtooth
#97
In a series circuit with unequal resistances
Athe highest R has the highest V
Bthe lowest R has the highest V
Cthe lowest R has the highest I
Dthe highest R has the highest I
#98
A rheostat is a form of
Avariable resistor
Bvariable capacitor
Cpotentiometer
Dthermocouple
#99
Metal tin becomes superconductor at approximately
A6 K
B3.7 K
C5 K
D4.7 K
#100
In a complex resistance-reactance plane, Xl is represented