1. What is the term used to express the amount of electrical A. 73.14 V C. 73.

14 V
energy stored in an electrostatic field? B. 68.3 V D. 0 V *
A. volts C. coulombs
B. watts D. joules * 17. What is the phase relationship between two voltage waves
that differ in phase by 360° ?
2. Find the permittivity of a material with relative permittivity A. They are out of phase with each other
equal to 2.76. B. They are partly out of phase with each other
A. 4.22 x 10^-11 F/m C. 4.22 x 10^11 F/m C. They are in phase with each other*
B. 2.44 x 10^11 F/m D. 2.44 x 10^-11 F/m * D. They are partly in phase with each other

3. What is the lagging effect between the magnetizing force 18. A resistive and a capacitive load of equal magnitude is
applied and the flux density? connected in series, determine the phase difference between
A. hysteresis * C. reluctance the voltage and the current.
B. permeance D. eddy current A. current leads the voltage by 45 degrees *
B. current lags the voltage by 45 degrees
4. What is the law that determines polarity of an induced C. current leads the voltage by 90 degrees
voltage? D. current lags the voltage by 90 degrees
A. Norton’s law C. Lenz’s law *
B. Thevenin’s law D. Faraday’s law 19. A parallel RL circuit with R = 60 ohms and XL = 40 ohms has
a total impedance of
5. Where do you classify ALNICO as a material? A. 24.3 ohms C. 28.3 ohms
A. ferromagnetic * C. diamagnetic B. 33.3 ohms* D. 38.3 ohms
B. paramagnetic D. non-magnetic
20. At series resonance _____.
6. ______ is one factor that does not affect resistance. A. circuit impedance is very large
A. cross sectional area C. mass * B. circuit power factor is minimum
B. resistivity D. length C. voltage across L or C is zero
D. circuit power factor is unity *
7. An isotope
A. is electrically neutral 21. A 250-pF capacitor is in series with a 1-Megaohm resistor
B. has positive electric charge with a source voltage of 100V. The capacitor voltage will
C. has negative electric charge have a steady-state value of 100V after
D. can have either a positive or negative charge * A. 250 us C. 1000 us
B. 630 us D. 1.25 ms *
8. Resistors with high value usually have lower wattage ratings
because of 22. The arc across a switch when it opens an RL circuit is a
A. varying current C. bigger size result of the
B. lower current * D. high current A. long time constants
B. large self-induced voltage across the inductor *
9. A 33 kilo ohms resistor is connected in series with a parallel C. low resistance of the open switch
combination made up of a 56 kilo ohm resistor and a 7.8 kilo D. surge resistance
ohm resistor. What is the total combined resistance of these
three resistors? 23. In a parallel AC circuit, if the supply frequency is more than
A. 63769 ohms C. 95800 ohms the resonant frequency, then the circuit is _____.
B. 49069 ohms D. 39067 ohms * A. resistive C. capacitive *
B. inductive D. none of these
10. Other factors remaining constant, what would be the effect
on the current flow in a given circuit if the applied potential 24. A series resonant LC circuit is placed across the load, it acts
were doubled? as:
A. it would be double * A. low pass filter C. band pass filter
B. it would remain the same B. high pass filter D. band stop filter *
C. it would be increase 4 times
D. it would be reduced by ½ 25. The breakdown voltage of a junction diode will _____.
A. increase as operating temperature rises
11. Where does the charge of a standard electronic capacitor B. increase exponentially as operating temperature rises
stored? C. decrease as operating temperature rises *
A. air C. one of the terminals D. not change as operating temperature rises
B. plates * D. terminals
26. What type of material is formed when trivalent material is
12. Find the Thevenin’s impedance equivalent across R2 of a doped with silicon or germanium?
linear close circuit having a 10 volt supply in series with two A. N type C. PN type
resistors (R1 = 50 ohms and R2 = 20 ohms). B. N and P type D. P type *
A. 400 ohms C. 14 ohms *
B. 40 ohms D. 4 kilo ohms 27. If the lower resistor that provides fixed bias to a voltage
divider bias will short, the effect is
13. What do you expect when you use one 10 kilo ohms, 1 watt A. saturation C. it becomes class C
resistor instead of two 20 kilo ohms, 1 watt resistors in B. cut-off * D. it becomes class B
parallel?
A. provide more power 28. The impedance of the a common base as seen at the input
B. provide lighter current is
C. provide less power * A. maximum C. moderate
D. provide wider tolerance B. minimum * D. 1 ohm

14. What happens to the resistance of copper wire when its 29. The following are donor materials except
temperature is raised? A. phosporous C. arsenic
A. decrease C. steady B. gallium* D. antimony
B. increase * D. zero
30. The conventional current flow is
15. An inductor has an inductance of 1 Henry if an EMF of 1 Volt A. hole flow* C. electron flow
is induced in the inductor when the current through the B. current flow D. overflow
inductor is changing at rate of
A. 1 Ampere per second* C. 1 Ohm per second 31. What circuit is the op-amp counterpart of a common-
B. 1 Volt per second D. 1 Joule per second collector amplifier?
16. If the maximum voltage is 115 volts, what is the average
voltage in one cycle? A. The inverting amplifier.
B. The noninverting amplifier. 40. DC biasing is used to establish a steady level of transistor
C. The voltage follower.* current. This is called the _____.
D. All of the above. A.Operating coordinates
B.Threshold point
32. Which of the following statements is true? C.Range of operation
A. A noninverting amplifier has higher voltage gain than an D.DC operating point *
inverting amplifier with equal value
components.* When the insulator is compared to the semiconductor, (a)
B. For high-frequency operation, an extremely low slew rate is which one requires the least energy to move an electron and
desirable. (b) from which point in the energy level does the electron
C. The input impedance of an inverting amplifier is typically leave in its travel to the conduction band?
higher than that of its op-amp. A. (a) Semiconductor (b) Valence band *
D. The ideal input impedance of an op amp is low. B. (a) Insulator (b) Valence band
C. (a) Semiconductor (b) Forbidden band
33. Which of the following decreases when a negative D. (a) Insulator (b) Forbidden band
feedback path is connected to an op-amp?
A. Bandwidth Insulation resistance can best be defined as the ability of an
B. Voltage gain * insulating material to resist what action?
C. Current gain A. Electrostatic stress
D. Slew Rate B. Current leakage *
C. Breakdown by voltage
34. A 3-input summing amplifier has an Rf to Ri ratio of 3:1. D. External factors acting upon the conductor
All input resistors are of equal value. What type of
amplifier is this? Volt-Coulomb is a unit of
A. An averaging amplifier * A. Power C. Force
B. A digital-to-analog converter B. Energy* D. Field
C. A general-class amplifier
D. An instrumentation amplifier Work equal to 136.0 joules is expended in moving 8.5 X10^18
electrons between two points in an electric circuit. What
35. Which of the following statements is true? potential difference does this establish between the two
A. The compliance of an amplifier is its maximum peak-to- points?
peak output current. A. 100V * C.
B. Each transistor in a class AB amplifier conducts for slightly 85.36V
more than 180° of the amplifier input cycle.* B. 90V D.
C. The primary advantage of class B operation is the fact that 75.63V
two transistors are used in each amplifier.
D. none of the above In an RC circuit, the capacitor charges to 20V at the end of 5
time constant. What is the voltage across the resistor at 3
36. Of the four amplifiers listed below, which has the lowest time constant of the discharging cycle?
maximum efficiency rating? A. 0.99V * C. 20 V
A. The class C amplifier B. 19 V D. 0.03
B. The class AB amplifier V
C. The transformer-coupled class A amplifier *
D. The class B amplifier One problem produced when an inductive circuit is opened is
A. vibration C. arcing
37. Which of the following is used to establish an ac ground *
at the emitter of the transistor in a CE amplifier? B. smooth contact D. Lenz
A. A coupling capacitor law
B. A bypass capacitor *
C. A decoupling capacitor A coil has an mmf of 600At and reluctance of 2x10^6 At/Wb.
D. A filter capacitor Find the total flux in uWb.
A. 3x10^-4 C. 0.3
38. In an input-output configuration for feedback, shunt- B. 30 D. 300 *
series means
A. voltage derive, voltage feed A resistor has a potential difference of 50.0V across its
B. voltage derive, current feed terminals and 120.0C of charge per minute passes a fixed
C. current derive, voltage feed point. Under these conditions at what rate is electric energy
D. current derive, current feed * converted to heat?
A. 100 joules per second * C. 6000
39. The main purpose of an instrumentation amplifier is joules per second
_____. B. 10 joules per second D. 60
A.To compare input signals. joules per second
B.To amplify small signals that are riding on large common
mode voltages. * A circuit contains 100 ohms resistance and 100 ohms
C.To reject unwanted signals. capacitive reactance and 64 ohms inductive reactance. The
D.To trim small signals that are riding on large common mode impedance is:
voltages. A. 141.42 angle -45 C.
106.282 angle -18 *
B. 100 angle 0 D. C. (a) Attracts them to the negative charges (b) Distorts their
141.42 angle -90 orbits
D. (a) Attracts them to the positive charges (b) Distorts their
A color television set rated at 75W is operated from 7:00 p.m. orbits*
to 11:30 p.m. What total energy does this represent in
megajoules? 19. A phenomenon that occurs when an electric current
A. 1.215 Mj * C. 93.75 moving through a conductor is exposed to an external
Mj magnetic field applied at a right angle, in which an electric
B. 337.5 Mj D. 37.5 potential develops in the conductor at a right angle to both
Mj the direction of current and the magnetic field.
A. thermionic effect
Electrical energy is converted to heat at the rate of 7.56kJ/min B. left hand rule for coils
in a resistor which has 270 C/min C. left hand rule for current carrying conductors
passing through. What is the voltage difference across the D. hall effect*
resistor terminals?
A. 35.7 mV C. 2.04 20. The electric flux through any closed surface is
MV proportional to the enclosed electric charge.
B. 28 V * D. 37.5 A. Coulomb’s law
mV B. Gauss’ law*
C. Tesla’s law
The maximum voltage output from a voltage divider: D. Oersted’s law
A. Is a fraction of the power supply voltage
B. Depends on the total resistance
C. Is equal to the supply voltage *
D. Depends on the ratio of resistances

Wire wound resistors are used in high power application

because
A. they can handle high voltage
B. they come with higher resistance values and larger physical
size
C. they are designed with lower resistances and larger
physical size*

A diamagnetic material has a permeability slightly less than 1

such as
A. aluminum
B. manganese
C. copper *
D. nickel

Bar magnets should be stored in pairs to

A. to provide a complete path for magnetic flux*
B. to minimize storage space
C. to increase magnetizing force
D. both B and C

What is the direction of the magnetic field around a vertical

conductor when (a) the current flows upward and (b) the
current flows downward?
A. (a) counterclockwise (b) clockwise
B. (a) clockwise (b) clockwise
C. (a) clockwise (b) counterclockwise*
D. (a) counterclockwise (b) counterclockwise

A coil L1 produces 80uWb of magnetic flux. Of this total flux,

60 uWb are linked with L2. Find the coefficient of coupling
between L1 and L2.
A. 1.33 C. 0.75*
B. 4.8 X 10^-9 D. 0.48

Electrostatic fields have what effect on (a) electrons, and (b)

bound electrons?
A. (a) Attracts them to the negative charges (b) Frees them
from their orbits
B. (a) Attracts them to the positive charges (b) Frees them
from their orbits