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Gibilisco: MCQ in Resistors - ECE Board Exam
Gibilisco: MCQ in Resistors - ECE Board Exam
Gibilisco: MCQ in Resistors - ECE Board Exam
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2. A transistor can be protected from needless overheating by:
A. Current-limiting resistors.
B. Bleeder resistors.
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3. Bleeder resistors:
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4. Carbon-composition resistors:
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5. The best place to use a wirewound resistor is:
A. In a radio-frequency amplifier.
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6. A metal-film resistor:
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7. A meter-sensitivity control in a test instrument would probably be:
B. A linear-taper potentiometer.
C. A logarithmic-taper potentiometer.
D. A wirewound resistor.
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8. A volume control in a stereo compact-disc player would probably be:
B. A linear-taper potentiometer.
C. A logarithmic-taper potentiometer.
D. A wirewound resistor.
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9. If a sound triples in actual power level, approximately what is the decibel increase?
A. 3 dB.
B. 5 dB.
C. 6 dB.
D. 9 dB.
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10. Suppose a sound changes in volume by _13 dB. If the original sound power is 1 W, what is the final sound power?
A. 13 W.
B. 77 mW.
C. 50 mW.
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11. The sound from a transistor radio is at a level of 50 dB. How many times the threshold of hearing is this, in terms of actual sound
power?
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A. 50.
B. 169.
C. 5,000.
D. 100,000.
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12. An advantage of a rheostat over a potentiometer is that:
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13. A resistor is specified as having a value of 68 Ω, but is measured with an ohmmeter as 63 Ω. The value is off by:
A. 7.4 percent.
B. 7.9 percent.
C. 5 percent.
D. 10 percent.
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14. Suppose a resistor is rated at 3.3 K Ω, plus or minus 5 percent. This means it can be expected to have a value between:
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15. A package of resistors is rated at 56 Ω, plus or minus 10 percent. You test them with an ohmmeter. Which of the following values
indicates a reject?
A. 50.0 Ω.
B. 53.0 Ω.
C. 59.7 Ω.
D. 61.1 Ω.
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16. A resistor has a value of 680 Ω, and you expect it will have to draw 1 mA maximum continuous current. What power rating is best
for this application?
A. 1/4 W.
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B. 1/2 W.
C. I W.
D. 2 W.
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17. Suppose a 1-K Ω resistor will dissipate 1.05 W, and you have many 1-W resistors of all common values. If there’s room for 20-
percent resistance error, the cheapest solution is to use:
D. One 1 K Ω, 1-W resistor, since manufacturers allow for a 10-percent margin of safety.
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18. Red, red, red, gold indicates a resistance of:
A. 22 Ω.
B. 220 Ω.
C. 2.2 K Ω.
D. 22 K Ω.
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19. The actual resistance of the above unit can be expected to vary by how much above or below the specified value?
A. 11 Ω.
B. 110 Ω.
C. 22 Ω.
D. 220 Ω.
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20. A resistor has three bands: gray, red, yellow. This unit can be expected to have a value within approximately what range?
A. 660 K Ω to 980 K Ω.
B. 740 K Ω to 900 K Ω.
C. 7.4 K Ω to 9.0 K Ω.
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