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Question #201Radio Theory and Communication Principles
How many milliamperes is the same as 1.5 amperes?
- 15 milliamperes
- 150 milliamperes
- 1500 milliamperes ✓ Correct answer
- 15000 mill amperes
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Question #202Radio Theory and Communication Principles
What is another way to specify the frequency of a radio signal that is oscillating at 1,500,000 Hertz?
- 1500 kHz ✓ Correct answer
- 1500 MHz
- 15 GHz
- 150 kHz
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Question #203Radio Theory and Communication Principles
How many volts are equal to one kilovolt?
- One one-thousandth of a volt
- one hundred volts
- one thousand volts ✓ Correct answer
- one million volts
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Question #204Radio Theory and Communication Principles
How many volts are equal to one microvolt?
- one one-millionth of a volt ✓ Correct answer
- one million volts
- one thousand kilovolts
- one one-thousandth of a volt
Explanation: One microvolt is 10⁻⁶ volt, or one-millionth of a volt.
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Question #205Basic Electricity and Electronics
How many watts does a hand-held transceiver put out if the output power is 500 mill watts?
- 0.02 watts
- 0.5 watts ✓ Correct answer
- 5 watts
- 50 watts
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Question #206Basic Electricity and Electronics
What will happen to the resistance if the temperature of a carbon resistor is increased?
- It will increase by 20% for every 10 degrees centigrade
- It will stay the same
- It will change depending on the resistor's temperature coefficient rating ✓ Correct answer
- It will become time dependent
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Question #207Basic Electricity and Electronics
What type of capacitor is often used in power-supply circuits to filter the rectified AC?
- Disc ceramic
- Vacuum variable
- Mica
- Electrolytic ✓ Correct answer
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Question #208Basic Electricity and Electronics
Which of the following is the primary advantage of ceramic capacitors?
- Tight tolerance
- High stability
- High capacitance for given volume
- Comparatively low cost ✓ Correct answer
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Question #209Basic Electricity and Electronics
Which of the following is an advantage of an electrolytic capacitor?
- Tight tolerance
- Non-polarized
- High capacitance for given volume ✓ Correct answer
- Inexpensive RF capacitor
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Question #210Basic Electricity and Electronics
Which of the following is one effect of lead inductance in a capacitor used at VHF and above?
- Effective capacitance may be reduced ✓ Correct answer
- Voltage rating may be reduced
- ESR may be reduced
- The polarity of the capacitor might become reversed
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Question #211Basic Electricity and Electronics
What is the main disadvantage of using a conventional wire-wound resistor in a resonant circuit?
- The resistor's tolerance value would not be adequate for such a circuit
- The resistor's inductance could detune the circuit ✓ Correct answer
- The resistor could overheat
- The resistor's internal capacitance would detune the circuit
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Question #212Basic Electricity and Electronics
What is an advantage of using a ferrite core with a toroidal inductor?
- Large values of inductance may be obtained
- The magnetic properties of the core may be optimized for a specific range of frequencies
- Most of the magnetic field is contained in the core
- All of these choices are correct ✓ Correct answer
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Question #213Basic Electricity and Electronics
How should two solenoid inductors be placed so as to minimize their mutual inductance?
- In line with their winding axis
- With their winding axes parallel to each other
- With their winding axes at right angles to each another ✓ Correct answer
- Within the same shielded enclosure
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Question #214Basic Electricity and Electronics
Why might it be important to minimize the mutual inductance between two inductors?
- To increase the energy transfer between both circuits
- To reduce or eliminate unwanted coupling ✓ Correct answer
- To reduce conducted emissions
- To increase the self-resonant frequency of both inductors
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Question #215Basic Electricity and Electronics
What is an effect of inter-turn capacitance in an inductor?
- The magnetic field may become inverted
- The inductor may become self resonant at some frequencies ✓ Correct answer
- The permeability will increase
- The voltage rating may be exceeded
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Question #216Basic Electricity and Electronics
What is the common name for a capacitor connected across a transformer secondary that is used to absorb transient voltage spikes?
- Clipper capacitor
- Trimmer capacitor
- Feedback capacitor
- Suppressor capacitor ✓ Correct answer
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Question #217Basic Electricity and Electronics
What is the common name for an inductor used to help smooth the DC output from the rectifier in a conventional power supply?
- Back EMF choke
- Repulsion coil
- Charging inductor
- Filter choke ✓ Correct answer
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Question #218Radio Theory and Communication Principles
What type of component is a thermistor?
- A resistor that is resistant to changes in value with temperature variations
- A device having a controlled change in resistance with temperature variations ✓ Correct answer
- A special type of transistor for use at very cold temperatures
- A capacitor that changes value with temperature
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Question #219Basic Electricity and Electronics
What is the peak-inverse-voltage rating of a rectifier?
- The maximum voltage the rectifier will handle in the conducting direction
- 1.4 times the AC frequency
- The maximum voltage the rectifier will handle in the non-conducting direction ✓ Correct answer
- 2.8 times the AC frequency
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Question #220Basic Electricity and Electronics
What are the two major ratings that must not be exceeded for silicon-diode rectifiers?
- Peak inverse voltage; average forward current ✓ Correct answer
- Average power; average voltage
- Capacitive reactance; avalanche voltage
- Peak load impedance; peak voltage
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