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1. In a 20 Vac series RC circuit, if 20 V is measured across the resistor and 40 V is measured across the capacitor, the applied voltage is:

A. B. C. D. A

45 V 50 V 55 V 60 V

2.

Select the equation below that represents the relationship between charge, capacitance, and voltage for a capacitor.

A. B. C.

Q = CV C = QV

D. A

V = IR

3.

When is a capacitor fully charged?

A. when the voltage across its plates is plates B. C. D. B of the voltage from ground to one of its

when the current through the capacitor is the same as when the capacitor is discharged when the voltage across the plates is 0.707 of the input voltage when the current through the capacitor is directly proportional to the area of the plates

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4.

What is the reactive power in the given circuit?

A. B. C. D. C

0 VAR 691 VAR

44.23 mVAR 1.45 kVAR

5.

What is the angle theta value for a 5.6 a 1.1 kHz, 5 Vac source?

F capacitor and a 50-ohm resistor in series with

A. B. C. D.

27.3 degrees 62.7 degrees 27.3 degrees 62.7 degrees

6.

When a 4.7 reactance?

F capacitor is connected to a 1 kHz source, what is its capacitive

A. B. C. D. C

4.7 ohms 29.5 ohms 34 ohms 213 ohms

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7. What is the total capacitance?

A. B. C. D. B

1F 12 F 0.615 F 8F

8.

What is this circuit?

A. B. C. D. B

bandpass filter high-pass filter low-pass filter differentiator

9.

After which time constant can a capacitor be considered to be fully charged?

A. C.

first fifth

B. D.

third seventh

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C

10.

You could increase the time constant of an RC circuit by

A. B. C. D.

adding a resistor in parallel with the circuit resistance adding a capacitor in parallel with the circuit capacitance increasing the amplitude of the input voltage exchanging the position of the resistor and capacitor in the circuit

11.

A capacitor's rate of charge is considered:

A. B. C. D. D

magnetic a current block linear exponential

12.

A resistor and an output capacitor form a series circuit with a square wave applied. The circuit is:

A. B. C. D. A

an integrator a differentiator a multiplier a divider

13.

If an open capacitor is checked with an ohmmeter, the needle will:

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A. B. C. D. B

stay on zero stay on infinity move from zero to infinity move from infinity to zero

14.

What is the circuit's total current?

A. B. C. D. A

4.57 mA 9.327 mA 11.570 mA 13.830 mA

15.

As a capacitor is being charged, current flowing into the capacitor will:

A. B. C. D.

increase decrease remain the same cannot tell

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