AC 2 EXAM

1. What is the average value of a half-wave rectified

sinusoidal curve with maximum value of 20 V?

2. Determine the effective value of v(t) = 150 + 100 sin

ωt.
6. What is the complex expression for a given voltage
equation, v = 311 cos (ωt – 15°)?

7. A series RL circuit has L = 0.02 H and an impedance

of 17.85 Ω. When a sinusoidal voltage is applied, the
3. The effective voltage across a circuit element is 100
current lags the voltage by 63.5°. What is the value
+ j50 V and the effective current through the
of the angular frequency?
element is 4 + j3 A. Calculate the reactive power
taken by the element.

4. A resistor and an inductor are connected in series

with a voltage source. If the voltage across the coil
is 10 sin 377t V and the current flowing thru the
8. A circuit makes power available at a pair of
resistor is 2 cos (377t - 80°) A, what is the
terminals. The open circuit voltage across the
resistance?
terminals in 5 V and the impedance looking into the
terminals is 500 – j500 Ω. What is the apparent
power than can be drawn from the circuit?

5. A series RL circuit has L = 2 mH and an impedance

of 15 Ω. When a sinusoidal voltage is applied, the
current lags the voltage by 45°. What is the value of
the angular frequency
9. A wire carries a current, i = 3 cos 314t A. What is the 13. As the number of turns in a coil increases, the
average current over 6 s? reactance ______.
Answer: increases

14. Each point in the RL plane:

Answer:
Corresponds to a unique combination of resistance
and inductive reactance

15. As the size of the plates in a capacitor increase, all

other things being equal:
Answer: The value of Xc decreases negatively

16. Which of the following effects are generally less for

an alternating current than for a direct current?
10. Find the average voltage in a resistance R = 10
Answer: Chemical effects
ohms if the current in series form is i = 10 sin ωt + 5
sin 3ωt + 2 sin 5ωt A.
17. Each impedance R – jXc:
Answer: Represents a unique combination of
resistance and reactance

18. If R increases in an RC circuit, but the capacitance

and the frequency are nonzero and constant, then
the vector in the RC plane will:
Answer: Get longer and rotate counterclockwise

11. The ohmic resistance of a coil is measured to be 5 19. If the dielectric material between the plates of a
Ω. A 115 V is impressed on the coil and the current is capacitor is changed, all other things being equal:
taken as 7.6 A. Determine the inductance of the Answer: You can`t say what happens to Xc without
circuit. more data

20. As the number of turns in a coil increases, the

current in the coil will eventually _____.
Answer: decrease to near zero

21. As the frequency of an ac wave gets lower, the value

of X_L for a particular coil _____.
Answer: decreases
22. In an RC circuit, as the ratio of capacitive reactance
to resistance, - Xc/R, gets closer to zero, the phase
angle
Answer: gets closer to 0 degrees

23. Each point in the RC plane:

Answer: Corresponds to a unique combination of
resistance and reactance

24. If R increases in an RC circuit, but Xc is always zero,

12. An impedance draws a current i = 10 cos (ωt – 45°) A
then the vector in the RC plane will:
from a v = 220 sin ωt V. What is the apparent power?
Answer: Always point straight towards the right

25. As the frequency of a wave gets lower, all other

things being equal, the value of Xc for a capacitor
______.
Answer: increases negatively