1.

If the rms voltage drop across a 15 k resistor is 16 V, the peak current

through the resistor is
A. 15 mA

B. 1.5 mA

C. 10 mA

D. 1 mA

Irms=Vrms/R
Irms=16/15000=.00106
Im? So Irms=.707Im So Im =Irms/.707 =.00106/.707=.001508=1.5mA

2. The conductive loop on the rotor of a simple two-pole, single-phase generator rotates at a rate
of 400 rps. The frequency of the induced output voltage is
A. 40 Hz

B. 100 Hz

C. 400 Hz

D. indeterminable
Answer: Option C

3. How many degrees are there in /3 rad?

A. 6°

B. 60°

C. 180°

D. 27°
180/3=60°

Answer: Option B

4. To produce an 800 Hz sine wave, a four-pole generator must be operated at

A. 200 rps

B. 400 rps

C. 800 rps D:1600 rps

Answer: Option B
5. One sine wave has a positive-going zero crossing at 15° and another sine wave has a
positive-going zero crossing at 55°. The phase angle between the two waveforms is
A. 0°

B. 45°

C. 40°

D. none of the above

Answer: Option C
6. If the rms current through a 4.7 k resistor is 4 mA, the peak voltage drop across the
resistor is
A. 4V

B. 18.8 V

C. 26.6 V

D. 2.66 V
Answer: Option C
Vrms=Irms R
4.7k into 4mA=18.8
Vm=Vrms/.707=18.8/.707=26.59=26.6

7. A pulse waveform has a high time of 8 ms and a pulse width of 32 ms. The duty cycle is
A. 25%

B. 50%

C. 1%

D. 100%
Answer: Option A

8. A 20 kHz pulse waveform consists of pulses that are 15 s wide. The duty cycle
A. is 1%

B. is 30%

C. is 100%

D. cannot be determined
Answer: Option B

9. If the peak of a sine wave is 13 V, the peak-to-peak value is

A. 6.5 V

B. 13 V

C. 26 V
 D. none of the above
Answer: Option C

10. A sinusoidal current has an rms value of 14 mA. The peak-to-peak value is
A. 45.12 mA

B. 16 mA

C. 39.6 mA

D. 22.6 mA
Answer: Option C
11. A signal with a 400 s period has a frequency of
A. 250 Hz

B. 2,500 Hz

C. 25,000 Hz

D. 400 Hz
Answer: Option B

12. A sine wave of 15 kHz is changing at a faster rate than a sine wave with a frequency of
A. 25 kHz

B. 12 kHz

C. 18 kHz

D. 1.3 MHz
Answer: Option B

13. The average value of a 12 V peak sine wave over one complete cycle is
A. 0V

B. 1.27 V

C. 7.64 V

D. 6.37 V
Answer: Option A

14. When a sine wave has a frequency of 100 Hz in 12 s it goes through

A. 1/100 cycle

B. 12 cycles

C. 120 cycles
 D. 1,200 cycles
Answer: Option D
F=1/T = FT =1 =100*12=1200 cycles

15. A sawtooth wave has a period of 10 ms. Its frequency is

A. 10 Hz

B. 50 Hz

C. 100 Hz

D. 1,000 Hz
Answer: Option C
As above 14
16. Two series resistors are connected to an ac source. If there are 7.5 V rms across one
resistor and 4.2 V rms across the other, the peak source voltage is
A. 16.54 V

B. 1.65 V

C. 10.60 V

D. 5.93 V
Answer: Option A

17. If a sine wave goes through 10 cycles in 20 s, the period is

A. 20 s

B. 4 s

C. 2 s

D. 100 s
Answer: Option C

18. A square wave has a period of 60 s. The first odd harmonic is

A. 5 kHz

B. 50 kHz

C. 500 kHz

D. 33.33 kHz
Answer: Option B

19. Sine wave A has a positive-going zero crossing at 45°. Sine wave B has a positive-going
zero crossing at 60°. Which of the following statements is true?
 A. Wave A leads wave B by 15°.

B. Wave A lags wave B by 15°.

C. Wave A leads wave B by 105°.

D. Wave A lags wave B by 105°.

Answer: Option A

20. A phasor represents

A. the magnitude and a quantity direction

B. the width of a quantity

C. the phase angle

D. the magnitude of a quantity

Answer: Option A
21. A sine wave with a period of 4 ms is changing at a faster rate than a sine wave with a period
of
A. 0.0045 s

B. 2 ms

C. 1.5 ms

D. 3,000 s
Answer: Option A

22. A waveform has a baseline of 3 V, a duty cycle of 20%, and an amplitude of 8 V. The
average voltage value is
A. 4V

B. 4.6 V

C. 1.6 V

D. 11 V
Answer: Option A

23. A sine wave with an rms value of 12 V is riding on a dc level of 18 V. The maximum value of
the resulting waveform is
A. 6V

B. 30 V

C. 35 V

D. 0 V
Answer: Option C
24. If the rms current through a 6.8 k resistor is 8 mA, the rms voltage drop across the resistor
is
A. 5.44 V

B. 54.4 V

C. 7.07 V

D. 8 V
Answer: Option B Vrms=IrmsR

25. The average half-cycle value of a sine wave with a 40 V peak is

A. 25.48 V B: 6.37 V C:14.14 V D: 50.96 v Ans: A
1. The duty cycle of a pulse waveform with a pulse width of 10 µs and a period of 100 µs is
25%. False

2. The angular position of a phasor represents the angle of the sine wave with respect to a
reference. True

3. The designation rms means repetitions measured per second. False

4. The unit of frequency is the hertz. True

5. Average value of a sine wave is 0.707 times the peak value. False
6. The length of a phasor represents the amplitude. True

7. A ramp is the type of waveform characterized by a non-linear increase or decrease in voltage

or current. False

8. The instantaneous value is the voltage or current value of a waveform at its peak. False

9. Duty cycle is the characteristic of a pulse waveform that indicates the high time versus the
low time. False
10. Periodic is characterized by a repetition at fixed time
intervals. True
11. Amplitude is the maximum value of a voltage or
current. True

12. A 1 kHz signal has a period of 1 ms. True 4,7,8,10,12,16,17,18,21,22,23,25