CERTC - DAVAO WEEKLY EXAM 1 ELECS

Electronics Engineering
Instruction: Select the correct answer for each of the following d. None of the above
questions. Mark only one answer for each item by shading the box
corresponding to the letter of your choice on the answer sheet 13. In a series-connected string of holiday ornament bulbs, if one bulb
provided. gets shorted out, which of these is most likely?
A. All the other bulbs will go out.
Strictly no erasures allowed. Use pencil no. 1 only. B. The current in the string will go up.*
NOTE: Whenever you come across a caret (^) sign, it means C. The current in the string will go down.
D. The current in the string will stay the same.
exponentiation.
14. Let the inductance of the circuit is 16 H and a current of 6 ampere
flows through it. The energy stored will be
1. The electron in a hydrogen atom orbits the proton at a radius of 5.3
(A) 288 joules* (C) 144 joules
× 10−11 m. What is the proton’s electric field strength at the position
(B) 500 joules (D) 1563 joules
of the electron?
a. 5.12 × 1018 N/C* c. 6.12 × 1018 N/C
15. The coil inductance can be increased by
b. 7.12 × 1018 N/C d. 8.12 × 1018 N/C
(A) Using core material of high relative permeability*
(B) Reducing number of turns
2. An infinite number of charges, each equal to q, are placed along the
(C) Increasing core length
x-axis at x = 1, x = 2, x = 4, x = 8, etc. Find the potential and the
(D) The inductance of a coil cannot be increased
electric field at the point x = 0 due to the set of charges.
a. V = q/(2piεo), E = q/(3piεo)*
16. A magnetic field 10^4 A/m produces a magnetic induction of 4π
b. V = 2q/(piεo), E = q/(3piεo)
c. V = q/(piεo), E = q/(3piεo) weber/m2 in an iron rod. Compute the susceptibility.
d. V = q/(2piεo), E = q/(piεo) a. 626 b. 789 c. 881 d.999*

3. A spark is produced between two insulated surfaces, maintained at 17. Two point clusters of charge situated in free space placed on a line
a constant difference of 5 × 106 V. If the energy output is 10−5 J, that is called the x-axis. The first, with a positive charge of Q1 =
calculate the charge transferred. How many electrons have flowed? +8e, is at the origin. The second, with a negative charge of Q2 =
a. 2 × 10−12 C, 1.25 × 10^7* −4e, is to the right at a distance equal to 0.2m. What is the
b. 3 × 10−12 C, 1.25 × 10^7 magnitude of the force between them?
c. 2 × 10−12 C, 2.25 × 10^7
a. 1.8432 x 10^-25 N c. 2.4351 x 10^-25 N
d. 3 × 10−12 C, 3.25 × 10^7
b. -1.8432 x 10^-25 N* d. -2.4351 x 10^-25 N
4. The combined charge on two small spheres is +15μC. If each
18. A tiny ball of mass 0.6 g carries a charge of magnitude 8μC. It is
sphere is repelled by the other by a force of 5.4N when the spheres
are 30 cm apart, find the charges on the spheres. suspended by a thread in a downward electric field of intensity 300
a. 6 and 9 uC* c. 8 and 9 uC N/C. What is the tension in the thread if the charge on the ball is
b. 6 and 12 uC d. 4 and 9 uC positive?
a. 3.48 x 10^-3 N c. 8.28 x 10^-3 N*
5. A current of 2.88 A is flowing through a straight wire. What is the b. 2.4 x 10^-3 N d. 1.25 x 10^-3 N
strength of the magnetic field at a distance of 50.0 cm from the
wire? 19. An infinitely long, straight conductor carrying a current 100 amperes
a. 15.3 mT b. 1.15 uT* c. 3.2 mTd. 30.5 uT is located in air. Determine the flux density at a point 0.05 in away
from the conductor.
6. A capacitor is made with a polymeric dielectric having an e r of 2.26
a. 0.1 mT b. 1.3 mT c. 0.4 mT* d. 1.9 mT
and dielectric breakdown strength of 50kV/cm. The permittivity of
free space is 8.85pF/m. If the rectangular plates of the capacitor
20. The magnetic field at 40 cm from a long straight wire is 10^−6 T.
have a width of 20cm and a length of 40cm, then the maximum
electric charge in the capacitor is What current is carried by the wire?
a. 2 uC b. 4 uC C. 8 uC* D. 10 uC a. 1 A b. 2 A* c. 3 A d. 4 A

7. A straight wire of length 0.5 meter and carrying a current of 1.2 21. Five hundred turns of a wire are wound on a thin tube 1m long. If
ampere is placed in uniform magnetic field of induction 2 Tesla. The the wire carries a current of 5A, determine the field in the tube.
magnetic field is perpendicular to the length of the wire. The force a. 1.24 x 10^-3 T c. 5.67 x 10^-3 T
on the wire is? b. 3.14 x 10^-3 T* d. 7.01 x 10^-3 T
A. 2.4N B. 1.2N* C. 3.0 N D. 2.0 N
22. Calculate the p.d. across 2 μF in the following circuit
8. In paramagnetic materials
A. permanent magnetic dipoles exist but the interaction between
neighbouring dipoles is negligible*
B. permanent magnetic dipole do not exist
C. permanent magnetic dipoles exist and the interaction between
neighbouring dipoles is very strong
D. permanent magnetic dipole moment may or may not exist

9. Which filter has a maximally flat response? a. 12.3 V b. 38.18 V* c.4 4.26 V d. 22.81 V
A. Bessel C. Chebyshev
B. Butterworth* D. all of the above 23. A transformer is plugged into a 120 V rms source and has a primary
current of 300 mA rms. The secondary is providing 18 V across a
10. What effect does inductance have on steady direct current? 10 ohm load. What is the efficiency of the transformer?
A. opposes the change in current A. 88% B. 90%* C. 92% D. 95%
B. opposes the change in voltage
C. opposes the change in both voltage and current 24. Increasing the number of turns of wire on the secondary of a
D. no effect * transformer will
A. increase the secondary current
11. Two coupled coils have L1 = 0.6 H, L2 = 0.6 H and coupling B. decrease the secondary current*
coefficient = 0.25 Coil 2 has 800 turns. If current I1, in coil I is 6 sin C. have no effect on the secondary current
100t amps, then the voltage across coil 2 is D. increase the primary current
A. 90 cos l00t volts* C. 0.9 cos l00t volts
B. 9 cos l00t volts D. 0.09 cos l00t volts 25. What is the turns ratio of the transformer needed to match a 1
12. What is the purpose of notch filter?
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a. To block all frequencies that fall within its bandwidth*
b. To pass only limited range of frequencies irrespective of active A. 2.5:1 B. 0.4:1* C. 6.25:1 D. 16:1
filters
c. Both a & b

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