ASSOCIATE CET LATEST 2026 EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔Which type of circuit has the same voltage across each component?
A. Parallel
B. Series-parallel
C. Series
D. Combination - ✔✔A. Parallel
✔✔Total power in a series circuit is determined by the:
A. Source voltage times the current
B. Total voltage applied
to the circuit
C. Current flowing through the switch
D. Average wattage rating of each resistor - ✔✔A. Source voltage times the current
✔✔Which is the equivalent to 100 microamps?
A. .1 milliamps
B. 1 milliamps
C. 10 milliamps
D. 10 Nanoamps - ✔✔A. .1 milliamps
✔✔A resistor __________.
A. Stores an electric charge
B. Is measured in coulombs
C. In a circuit causes a voltage drop from one end to the other
D. Is dependent on lines of force - ✔✔C. In a circuit causes a voltage drop from one end
to the other
✔✔1 kΩ is the same as __________.
A. 1 thousand ohms
B. 1 thousandth of an ohm
C. 10−² ohms
D. 10000 ohms - ✔✔A. 1 thousand ohms
✔✔A circuit has one 500 ohm resistor in series with three 500 ohm resistors that are
connected in parallel with each other. The total resistance would be ____________.
A. 666 ohms
B. 167.7 ohms
,C. 750 ohms
D. 1000 ohms - ✔✔A. 666 ohms
✔✔The voltage rating of a capacitor ___________.
A. Must be factored into the resistance formula
B. Relates to the maximum voltage that should be applied to it
C. Indicates the maximum current the capacitor can allow
D. Is the same as the power factor - ✔✔B. Relates to the maximum voltage that should
be applied to it
✔✔Calculating the total capacitance of several capacitors connected in parallel
__________.
A. Is not necessary as they are not used this way
B. Causes a need to consider inductance factors
C. Is done by adding each of the capacitance values
D. Is the same as the power factor - ✔✔C. Is done by adding each of the capacitance
values
✔✔Ferrite __________.
A. Is a capacitor dielectric
B. Is a common inductor core material
C. Is the most common resistor coating
D. Causes faulty saturation of the inductors - ✔✔B. Is a common inductor core material
✔✔The term Henry refers to __________.
A. The inductive property of a coil
B. The inventor of inductors
C. Reactance of LR circuits
D. Resonant frequency of the tank circuits - ✔✔A. The inductive property of a coil
✔✔A certain transformer has 250 turns in the primary windings and 1250 turns in the
secondary winding. The turns ratio is __________.
A. 0.2
B. 2.5
C. 5
D. 0.5 - ✔✔C. 5
✔✔When the turns ratio of a transformer is 10 and the primary AC voltage is 8V, the
secondary voltage is __________.
,A. 80 Volts
B. 0.8 Volts
C. 8 Volts
D. 64 Volts - ✔✔A. 80 Volts
✔✔Which of these color code patterns is found on a 270Ω 5% resistance?
A. Red, violet, brown, silver
B. Red, violet, brown, gold
C. Red, violet, black, silver
D. Red, brown, black, silver - ✔✔B. Red, violet, brown, gold
✔✔One microfarad is equivalent to __________ picofarads.
A. 10
B. 1000
C. 100,000
D. 1,000,000 - ✔✔D. 1,000,000
✔✔The capacitance of a capacitor with 10μC of electric charge and 100V across its
plates is __________.
A. 0.1μF
B. 10μF
C. 1000μF
D. 10⁷μF - ✔✔A. 0.1μF
✔✔Total impedance in a series circuit is found by:
A. Adding up all the series existence in reactance values
B. Subtracting all the inductive reactance from all the capacitive reactance's and adding
the resistors values
C. Finding the net reactance and the net resistance, square each separately, add them
together and then find the square root of the sum
D. Divide the applied voltage by the addition of all the circuit components individual
currents - ✔✔C. Finding the net reactance and the net resistance, square each
separately, add them together and then find the square root of the sum
✔✔In a series AC circuit with a resistor, inductor and capacitor, each with the same
resistance of reactance, a voltmeter measuring each individual voltage drop would find:
A. The voltage equal to each other
B. The reactance voltage of the capacitor or the inductor would be greater than the
resistance voltage measurement
, C. The resistance voltage would be higher than the voltage across the inductor or the
capacitor
D. The supply voltage would be measured across the resistor and the voltage across
the capacitor and across the inductor would measure 0V - ✔✔A. The voltage equal to
each other
✔✔Which if the following is not characteristic of a series circuit?
A. Circuit components have a division of the supply voltage
B. All components share one current
C. Energy is shared by reactive devices
D. There is a different level of current in the reactive components than in the resistive
components - ✔✔D. There is a different level of current in the reactive components than
in the resistive components
✔✔In an AC circuit, as the applied voltage frequency changes upward, the inductive
reactance in the circuit will:
A. Decrease
B. Increase
C. Stay the same
D. Either increase or decrease - ✔✔A. Decrease
✔✔A 50KHz AC voltage is applied to a 10mH inductor, its reactance at this frequency
is:
A. 3140 ohms
B. 300 ohms
C. 3100 ohms
D. 500 ohms - ✔✔A. 3140 ohms
✔✔A .1μF capacitor in a circuit with frequency of 100 KHz applied has a reactance of:
A. 1.59 ohms
B. 15.9 ohms
C. 159 ohms
D. 15.9 kohms - ✔✔B. 15.9 ohms
✔✔In a series circuit when the inductive reactances equal the capacitor reactances the
circuit has __________ impedance.
A. Maximum
B. Double the inductor's
C. Minimum
D. No - ✔✔C. Minimum
ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔Which type of circuit has the same voltage across each component?
A. Parallel
B. Series-parallel
C. Series
D. Combination - ✔✔A. Parallel
✔✔Total power in a series circuit is determined by the:
A. Source voltage times the current
B. Total voltage applied
to the circuit
C. Current flowing through the switch
D. Average wattage rating of each resistor - ✔✔A. Source voltage times the current
✔✔Which is the equivalent to 100 microamps?
A. .1 milliamps
B. 1 milliamps
C. 10 milliamps
D. 10 Nanoamps - ✔✔A. .1 milliamps
✔✔A resistor __________.
A. Stores an electric charge
B. Is measured in coulombs
C. In a circuit causes a voltage drop from one end to the other
D. Is dependent on lines of force - ✔✔C. In a circuit causes a voltage drop from one end
to the other
✔✔1 kΩ is the same as __________.
A. 1 thousand ohms
B. 1 thousandth of an ohm
C. 10−² ohms
D. 10000 ohms - ✔✔A. 1 thousand ohms
✔✔A circuit has one 500 ohm resistor in series with three 500 ohm resistors that are
connected in parallel with each other. The total resistance would be ____________.
A. 666 ohms
B. 167.7 ohms
,C. 750 ohms
D. 1000 ohms - ✔✔A. 666 ohms
✔✔The voltage rating of a capacitor ___________.
A. Must be factored into the resistance formula
B. Relates to the maximum voltage that should be applied to it
C. Indicates the maximum current the capacitor can allow
D. Is the same as the power factor - ✔✔B. Relates to the maximum voltage that should
be applied to it
✔✔Calculating the total capacitance of several capacitors connected in parallel
__________.
A. Is not necessary as they are not used this way
B. Causes a need to consider inductance factors
C. Is done by adding each of the capacitance values
D. Is the same as the power factor - ✔✔C. Is done by adding each of the capacitance
values
✔✔Ferrite __________.
A. Is a capacitor dielectric
B. Is a common inductor core material
C. Is the most common resistor coating
D. Causes faulty saturation of the inductors - ✔✔B. Is a common inductor core material
✔✔The term Henry refers to __________.
A. The inductive property of a coil
B. The inventor of inductors
C. Reactance of LR circuits
D. Resonant frequency of the tank circuits - ✔✔A. The inductive property of a coil
✔✔A certain transformer has 250 turns in the primary windings and 1250 turns in the
secondary winding. The turns ratio is __________.
A. 0.2
B. 2.5
C. 5
D. 0.5 - ✔✔C. 5
✔✔When the turns ratio of a transformer is 10 and the primary AC voltage is 8V, the
secondary voltage is __________.
,A. 80 Volts
B. 0.8 Volts
C. 8 Volts
D. 64 Volts - ✔✔A. 80 Volts
✔✔Which of these color code patterns is found on a 270Ω 5% resistance?
A. Red, violet, brown, silver
B. Red, violet, brown, gold
C. Red, violet, black, silver
D. Red, brown, black, silver - ✔✔B. Red, violet, brown, gold
✔✔One microfarad is equivalent to __________ picofarads.
A. 10
B. 1000
C. 100,000
D. 1,000,000 - ✔✔D. 1,000,000
✔✔The capacitance of a capacitor with 10μC of electric charge and 100V across its
plates is __________.
A. 0.1μF
B. 10μF
C. 1000μF
D. 10⁷μF - ✔✔A. 0.1μF
✔✔Total impedance in a series circuit is found by:
A. Adding up all the series existence in reactance values
B. Subtracting all the inductive reactance from all the capacitive reactance's and adding
the resistors values
C. Finding the net reactance and the net resistance, square each separately, add them
together and then find the square root of the sum
D. Divide the applied voltage by the addition of all the circuit components individual
currents - ✔✔C. Finding the net reactance and the net resistance, square each
separately, add them together and then find the square root of the sum
✔✔In a series AC circuit with a resistor, inductor and capacitor, each with the same
resistance of reactance, a voltmeter measuring each individual voltage drop would find:
A. The voltage equal to each other
B. The reactance voltage of the capacitor or the inductor would be greater than the
resistance voltage measurement
, C. The resistance voltage would be higher than the voltage across the inductor or the
capacitor
D. The supply voltage would be measured across the resistor and the voltage across
the capacitor and across the inductor would measure 0V - ✔✔A. The voltage equal to
each other
✔✔Which if the following is not characteristic of a series circuit?
A. Circuit components have a division of the supply voltage
B. All components share one current
C. Energy is shared by reactive devices
D. There is a different level of current in the reactive components than in the resistive
components - ✔✔D. There is a different level of current in the reactive components than
in the resistive components
✔✔In an AC circuit, as the applied voltage frequency changes upward, the inductive
reactance in the circuit will:
A. Decrease
B. Increase
C. Stay the same
D. Either increase or decrease - ✔✔A. Decrease
✔✔A 50KHz AC voltage is applied to a 10mH inductor, its reactance at this frequency
is:
A. 3140 ohms
B. 300 ohms
C. 3100 ohms
D. 500 ohms - ✔✔A. 3140 ohms
✔✔A .1μF capacitor in a circuit with frequency of 100 KHz applied has a reactance of:
A. 1.59 ohms
B. 15.9 ohms
C. 159 ohms
D. 15.9 kohms - ✔✔B. 15.9 ohms
✔✔In a series circuit when the inductive reactances equal the capacitor reactances the
circuit has __________ impedance.
A. Maximum
B. Double the inductor's
C. Minimum
D. No - ✔✔C. Minimum
