ELECTRONICS MASTERY 1

Problems:

1. What is the flux density when the flux is 5.5 µWb and the cross-sectional area is 6 × 10–3 m2?
A. 91.7 µT B. 917 µT* C. 91 T D. 9.7 T

2. What is the reluctance of a material that has a length of 0.07 m, a cross-sectional area of 0.014 m2, and a permeability of
4,500 µWb/At × m?
A. 1111 At/Wb* B. 111 At/Wb C. 11 At/Wb D. 1 At/Wb

3. A capacitor and a resistor are connected in series to a sine wave generator. The frequency is set so that the capacitive
reactance is equal to the resistance and, thus, an equal amount of voltage appears across each component. If the
frequency is increased
A. VR > VC* B. VC > VR C. VR = VC D. VR and VC = 0

4. A 4.7 MΩ resistor is in series with a 0.015 µF capacitor. The combination is across a 12 V source. How long does it take
the capacitor to fully charge?
A. 35 ms B. 352 ms* C. 3.5 s D. 70.5 ms

5. Two 10 H inductors are in parallel and the parallel combination is in series with a third 10 H inductor. What is the
approximate total reactance when a voltage with a frequency of 7 kHz is applied across the circuit terminals?
A. 219 kΩ B. 66 kΩ C. 660 kΩ* D. 1.3 MΩ

6. An inductor, a 1 kΩ resistor, and a switch are connected in series across a 6 V battery. At the instant the switch is closed,
the inductor voltage is
A. 0 V B. 6 V* C. 12 V D. 4 V

7. A switch, a 220 Ω resistor, and a 60 mH inductor are in series across a 20 V battery. What is the current through the
inductor two time constants after the switch is closed?
A. 91 mA B. 78 mA* C. 57 mA D. 400 mA

8. A certain series circuit consists of a 1/8 W resistor, a 1/4 W resistor, and a 1/2 W resistor. The total resistance is 1200 Ω.
If each resistor is operating in the circuit at its maximum power dissipation, total current flow is
A. 27 mA* B. 2.7 mA C. 19 mA D. 190 mA

9. A certain voltage divider consists of two 12 kΩ resistors in series. Which of the following load resistors will have the most
effect on the output voltage?
A. 1 MΩ B. 24 kΩ C. 18 kΩ D. 12 kΩ*

10. The parallel combination of a 6.8 kΩ resistor and a 10 kΩ resistor is in series with the parallel combination of a 2.2
kΩ resistor and a 1 kΩ resistor. A 100 V source is connected across the circuit. The resistor(s) with the greatest voltage
drop is (are)
A. 6.8 kΩ B. 2.2 kΩ C. 6.8 kΩ and 10 kΩ* D. 2.2 kΩ and 1 kΩ

11. What is the voltage drop across R1?

A. 850 mV B. 7.82 V* C. 9.18 V D. 918 mV

12. In a series RL circuit, 12 V rms is measured across the resistor, and 14 V rms is measured across the inductor. The peak
value of the source voltage is
A. 18.4 V B. 26.0 V* C. 2 V D. 20 V
13. A 470 Ω resistor and a 0.2 µF capacitor are in parallel across a 2.5 kHz ac source. The admittance, Y, in rectangular form,
is
A. 212 Ω B. 2.12 mS + j3.14 mS* C. 3.14 mS + j2.12 mS D. 318.3 Ω

14. A 15 Ω resistor, a 220 µH 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

15. A 24 Ω resistor, an inductor with a reactance of 120 Ω, and a capacitor with a reactance of 120 Ω 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*

16. A square waveform, as shown in the following figure, is applied across 1 mH ideal inductor. The current through the
inductor is a wave of peak amplitude.

A. Triangular, 0.5 A* B. Square, 1 A C. Spikes, infinite D. None of these

17. For the circuit in the following figure, the value of ix is

A. 0.144 mA* B. 0.512 mA C. 0.234 mA D. 0.381 mA

18. An RL integrator and an RC differentiator can act as what types of filters, respectively?
A. low-pass, low-pass B. low-pass, high-pass* C. high-pass, high-pass D. high-pass, low-pass

19. What would these meter readings indicate about the circuit in the given circuit?
Meter Readings: I = 7.6 mA, V = 12 V

A. R1 is open. B. R2 is open.* C. The fuse is open. D. The circuit is operating normally.

20. The resistance of a conductor of diameter d and length l is R Ω. If the diameter of the conductor is halved and its length is
doubled, the resistance will be
A. R Ω B. 2R Ω C. 4R Ω D. 8R Ω*

21. A metal resistor has resistance of 10 ohm at 0°C and 11 ohms at 160°C, the temperature
coefficient is
A. 0.00625 / °C
B. 0.0625 /°C
 C. 0.000625 /°C*
D. 0.625 /°C

22. In series RLC circuit what is the power factor just below the resonance frequency?
A. lagging B. leading* C. unity D. zero

23. Two wires A and B of the same material and length l and 2l have radius r and 2r respectively. The ratio of their specific
resistance will be
A. 1:1* B. 1:2 C. 1:4 D. 1:8

24. Four resistances 80 Ω, 50 Ω, 25 Ω and R are connected in parallel. The current through 25 Ω resistance is 4 A. Total
current of the supply is 10 A. The value of R will be
A. 66.66 Ω B. 40.25 Ω C. 36.36 Ω* D. 76.56 Ω
25.
What is the magnetomotive force in a 150-turn coil of wire with 2 A flowing through it?
A. 13.33 mAt B. 300 At* C. 75 At D. 152 At

26. How much energy is stored if 6.24 x 1018 electrons are stored in 4 volts?
A. 4 joules* B. 1.56 x 10^18 electrons C. 1.56 coulombs D. 2.496 x 10^19 electrons

27. How many joules of energy will a 10 W lamp dissipate in one minute?
A. 10 joules B. 60 joules C. 600 joules* D. 3600 joules

28. In the given circuit, what will the voltage be across R3 25 µs after the switch is moved to position 2?

A. 2.88 V B. 5.9 V* C. 8.34 V D. 14 V

29. In the given circuit, what is RUNK equal to if RV must be adjusted to 1,232 Ω in order to balance the bridge?

A. 220 Ω *
B. 6,899 Ω
C. 1,232 Ω
D. More information is needed in order to find RUNK.
30. Referring to the given figure, determine ZTH as seen by RL if R1 is changed to 3.3 k Ω.

A. 1488∠–70.7° Ω B. 3859 ∠–31.2° Ω C. 5180 ∠–50.5° Ω D. 1828∠–50.2° Ω *

Conceptual Questions:

1. The internal resistance of a practical voltage source is considered to be connected in

A. series*
B. parallel
C. either parallel or series
D. none of the above

2. Whenever current is supplied by a source its terminal voltage

A. increases
B. decreases*
C. remains constant
D. increases exponentially

3. To neglect a voltage source, the terminals across the source are

A. open circuited
B. short circuited*
C. replaced by some resistance
D. replaced by inductor

4. KCL works on the principle of which of the following

A. Law of conservation of charge*
B. Law of conservation of energy
C. both
D. None of these

5. If a resistor and a capacitor are connected to form series R - C circuit across a voltage
source. If frequency of voltage source increases
A. the current increases*
B. the current decreases
C. the current remain unaltered
D. the current decreases abruptly

6. The right hand rule for determining the direction of the induced EMF was introduced by
A. Faraday
B. Lenz
C. Fleming*
D. Maxwell

7. Whenever the magnetic flux changes with respect to an electric conductor or a coil, an
EMF is induced in the conductor is Faraday’s
A. first law*
 B. second law
C. third law
D. fourth law

8. Which of the following represents ohm’s law

A. V = RI
B. J = σE
C. I = GV
D. All of the above*

9. According to Coulomb’s law, the force of attraction or repulsion, between to electrical

charges is
A. directly proportional to the square of the distance between them.
B. inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them.
C. inversely proportional to the distance between them.*
D. directly proportional to the distance between them.

10. Conductor is varying and field is fixed then emf will induces. This principle is called
A. dynamically induced emf*
B. static induced emf
C. both A and B
D. none of the above

11. Which of the following is not the same as watt?

A. joule/sec
B. amperes/volt*
C. amperes x volts
D. ( amperes )2 x ohm

12. The unit of electrical conductivity is

A. mho / metre*
B. mho / sq. m
C. ohm / metre
D. ohm / sq. m.

13. Production of heat due to current is related by which law

A. Ohm's law
B. Joule's law*
C. Kelvin's law
D. Maxwell's law

14. Resistivity of a wire depends on

A. length
B. material*
C. cross section area
D. none of the above

15. Instantaneous power in inductor is proportional to the

A. product of the instantaneous current and rate of change of current.*
B. square of instantaneous current.
C. square of the rate of change of current.
D. temperature of the inductor.

16. Rms value is defined based on which of the following?

A. Heating effect*
 B. Charge transfer
C. Current
D. Voltage

17. If two point charges are denoted by + Q and - Q and distance between this charges is
d, then the dipole moment P equal to
A. Q^2 × d
B. Q × d*
C. Q / d^2
D. Q^2 / d

18. The voltage induced in an inductor is represented as,

A. product of its inductance and current through it.
B. ratio of its inductance to current through it.
C. ratio of current through it to its inductance.
D. product of its inductance and rate of change of current through it.*

19. When we use super node technique

A. current source branch is common for two meshes.
B. ideal voltage source is connected between two non reference nodes.*
C. ideal voltage source is connected between non reference node and reference.
D. All of the above.

20. If a pure inductor is connected across the ac source, the average power taken by the inductor is
A. a few watt.
B. 100 watt.
C. zero watt.*
D. maximum power.

21. Voltage magnification will occur in which of the following case?

A. Series resonance*
B. Parallel resonance
C. Both
D. None of the above

22. In RLC series circuit, at resonance condition the value of current is

A. Maximum*
B. Minimum
C. Zero
D. None of the above

23. Time constant is the time taken for response to rise -------of maximum value?
A. 100%
B. 90%
C. 63.2%*
D. 68.3%