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Question #361Basic Electricity and Electronics
What is the color code for a 220ohm 5% resistor?
- Red, Red, Brown, Gold ✓ Correct answer
- Orange, Orange, Black, Gold
- Red, Red, Black, Gold
- Red, Red, Brown, Silver
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Question #362Radio Theory and Communication Principles
In a receiver, which stage rectifies the IF signal?
- Mixer
- Frequency converter
- Detector ✓ Correct answer
- Loud speaker
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Question #363Basic Electricity and Electronics
The quality factor of R-L-C circuit will increase if
- R increases ✓ Correct answer
- R decreases
- Impedance increases
- voltage increases
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Question #364Radio Theory and Communication Principles
Which material opposes the movement of free electrons?
- Conductor
- Insulator ✓ Correct answer
- Semiconductor
- Element
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Question #365Basic Electricity and Electronics
A basic electric circuit is made up of what components?
- A load, a resistor, and a conductive path for current
- A voltage source, a load, and a conductive path for current ✓ Correct answer
- A voltage source, a conductive path for current, and a battery
- A conductive path for current, a battery, and a copper wire
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Question #366Radio Equipment, Measurements and Safety
An ammeter is used to measure
- voltage
- current ✓ Correct answer
- resistance
- All the above
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Question #367Basic Electricity and Electronics
If an electrical system is compared to a fluid system, the electrical current corresponds to the:
- pressure
- pump
- water wheel
- water flow ✓ Correct answer
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Question #368Radio Theory and Communication Principles
Components that connect in parallel form:
- branches ✓ Correct answer
- open circuits
- short circuits
- a voltage divider
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Question #369Basic Electricity and Electronics
Kirchhoff's current law for parallel circuits states that the:
- sum of all branch voltages equals zero
- total circuit resistance is less than the smallest branch resistor
- sum of currents into a junction is equal to the difference of all the branch currents.
- sum of the total currents flowing out of a junction equals the sum of the total currents flowing into that junction ✓ Correct answer
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Question #370Basic Electricity and Electronics
What is the total resistance of four 1 k parallel-connected resistors?
- 200 ohms
- 250 ohms ✓ Correct answer
- 400 ohms
- 4 kilo ohms
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Question #371Basic Electricity and Electronics
What is the total opposition to current in a series RC circuit called?
- impedance ✓ Correct answer
- inductance
- reactance
- resistance
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Question #372Basic Electricity and Electronics
A capacitor is constructed of two parallel:
- conductors ✓ Correct answer
- semiconductors
- inductors
- dielectrics
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Question #373Basic Electricity and Electronics
The material used between the plates of a capacitor is called its:
- insulation material
- dielectric material ✓ Correct answer
- separation material
- plate-divider material
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Question #374Basic Electricity and Electronics
In a power supply diagram, which block indicates a smooth dc output?
- transformer
- filter ✓ Correct answer
- rectifier
- regulator
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Question #375Basic Electricity and Electronics
A filtered full-wave rectifier voltage has a smaller ripple than does a half-wave rectifier voltage for the same load resistance and capacitor values because:
- there is a shorter time between peaks ✓ Correct answer
- there is a longer time between peaks
- the larger the ripple, the better the filtering action
- none of the above
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Question #376Basic Electricity and Electronics
The voltage where current may start to flow in a reverse-biased pn junction is called the….
- breakdown voltage ✓ Correct answer
- barrier potential
- forward voltage
- biasing voltage
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Question #377Basic Electricity and Electronics
In a power supply diagram, which block indicates a pulsating dc output?
- transformer
- filter
- rectifier ✓ Correct answer
- regulator
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Question #378Basic Electricity and Electronics
Which of the following circuits would require the least amount of filtering?
- A half-wave rectifier
- A full-wave rectifier
- A bridge rectifier
- A full-wave rectifier and a bridge rectifier. ✓ Correct answer
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Question #379Radio Theory and Communication Principles
The unit for frequency is the
- hertz ✓ Correct answer
- ampere
- watt
- second
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Question #380Basic Electricity and Electronics
What is the kilowatt-hour consumption of a 40 W lamp if it remains on for 1750 h?
- 43.75
- 70 ✓ Correct answer
- 43,750
- 70,000
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