CET / The Associate Questions And Answers
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Which is the equivalent to 100 microamps?
A. .1 milliamps
B. 1 milliamps
C. 10 milliamps
D. 10 Nanoamps - ANSWER 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 - ANSWER 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 - ANSWER 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 - ANSWER 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 - ANSWER 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 - ANSWER 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 - ANSWER 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 - ANSWER 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 - ANSWER 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 - ANSWER 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 - ANSWER B. Red, violet, brown, gold
One microfarad is equivalent to __________ picofarads.
A. 10
B. 1000
C. 100,000
D. 1,000,000 - ANSWER 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 - ANSWER 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 - ANSWER 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
- ANSWER 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 - ANSWER 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 - ANSWER A. Decrease
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Which is the equivalent to 100 microamps?
A. .1 milliamps
B. 1 milliamps
C. 10 milliamps
D. 10 Nanoamps - ANSWER 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 - ANSWER 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 - ANSWER 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 - ANSWER 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 - ANSWER 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 - ANSWER 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 - ANSWER 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 - ANSWER 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 - ANSWER 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 - ANSWER 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 - ANSWER B. Red, violet, brown, gold
One microfarad is equivalent to __________ picofarads.
A. 10
B. 1000
C. 100,000
D. 1,000,000 - ANSWER 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 - ANSWER 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 - ANSWER 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
- ANSWER 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 - ANSWER 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 - ANSWER A. Decrease
