Q1.

To increase the voltage output, several cells are connected in:

1. parallel 2. series-parallel
3. resonance 4. Series
Q2. What do the first three-color bands on a resistor indicate?
1. The resistance material 2. The power rating in watts
3. The value of the resistor in ohms 4. The resistance tolerance in percent
Q3. What does the fourth color band on a resistor mean?
1. The value of the resistor in ohms 2. The power rating in watts
3. The resistance material 4. The resistance tolerance in percent
Q4. What are the possible values of a 100 ohm resistor with a 10% tolerance?
1. 90 to 110 ohms 2. 90 to 100 ohms
3. 10 to 100 ohms 4. 80 to 120 ohms
Q5. Which tolerance rating would a high-quality resistor have?
1. 5% 2. 10%
3. 20% 4. 0.1%
Q6. A resistor is marked with the colours red, violet and yellow. This resistor has a value
of:
1. 274 Ohm 2. 72 k Ohm
3. 27 M Ohm 4. 270 k Ohm
Q7. If a voltmeter marked in volts is used to measure a 3500 millivolt potential, what
reading would it show?
1. 3.5 volts 2. 0.35 volt
3. 35 volts 4. 350 volts
Q8. What is the best conductor among the following materials?
1. carbon 2. silicon
3. aluminium 4. Copper
Q9. The most common material used to make a resistor is:
1. carbon 2. gold
3. mica 4. Lead
Q10. Which electrical circuit will have no current?
1. A short circuit 2. An open circuit
3. A complete circuit 4. A closed circuit
Q11. Current in an AC circuit goes through a complete cycle in 0.1 second. This means
the AC has a frequency of:
1. 10 Hz 2. 1 Hz
3. 100 Hz 4. 1000 Hz
Q12 What does a multimeter measure?
1. Resistance, capacitance & inductance 2. Voltage, current and resistance
3. Resistance and reactance 4. SWR and power
Q13. What is the basic unit of electrical power?
1. The ampere 2. The volt
3. The watt 4. The ohm
Q14. If a 12-volt battery supplies 0.25 ampere to a circuit, what is the circuit's
resistance?
1. 3 ohms 2. 48 ohms
3. 12 ohms 4. 0.25 ohm
Q15. The total resistance of four 68 ohm resistors wired in parallel is:
1. 12 ohms 2. 34 ohms
3. 272 ohms 4. 17 ohms
Q16. Zener diodes are used as:
1. current regulators 2. voltage regulators
3. RF detectors 4. AF detectors
Q17. In a semi-conductor diode, electrons flow from:
1. anode to cathode 2. cathode to grid
3. grid to anode 4. cathode to anode
Q18. The three leads from a PNP transistor are named:
1. drain, base and source 2. collector, emitter and base
3. collector, source and drain 4. gate, source and drain
Q19. Bipolar transistors usually have:
1. 2 leads 2. 3 leads
3. 1 lead 4. 4 leads
Q20. Efficiency of half wave rectifier is approx:
1. 33% 2. 41%
3. 66% 4. 75%