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An advantage of full-wave bridge rectification In many cases, a PNP transistor can be A JFET circuit essentially never has:
is: replaced with an NPN device and the circuit A forward-biased P-N junction
It uses the whole transformer secondary for will do the same thing, provided that:
the entire ac input cycle The supply polarity is reversed When a JFET is pinched off:
dID/dEG is zero with no signal
In a supply designed to provide high power at A bipolar transistor has:
low voltage, the best rectifier design would Three semiconductor layers Trans conductance is the ratio of:
probably be: A change in drain current to a change in
Full wave, center-tap In the dual-diode model of an NPN transistor, gate voltage
the emitter corresponds to:
The part of a power supply immediately Either of the diode cathodes Characteristic curves for JFETs generally
preceding the regulator is: show:
The filter The current through a transistor depends on: Drain current as a function of drain voltage
More than one of the above
If a half-wave rectifier is used with 117-V rms A disadvantage of a MOS component is that:
ac (house mains), the average dc output With no signal input, a bipolar transistor would It is easily damaged by static electricity
voltage is about: have the least IC when:
52.7 V The E-B junction is reverse-biased The input impedance of a MOSFET:
Is extremely high
If a full-wave bridge circuit is used with a When a transistor is conducting as much as it
transformer whose secondary provides 50 V possibly can, it is said to be: An advantage of MOSFETs over JFETs is that
rms, the PIV across the diodes is about: In saturation MOSFETs can handle a wider range of gate
70 V In a common-emitter circuit, the gain voltages
bandwidth product is: The channel in a zero-biased JFET is
The principal disadvantage of a voltage The frequency at which the gain is 1 normally:
multiplier is: All the way open
Poor regulation The configuration most often used for
matching a high input impedance to a low When an enhancement-mode MOSFET is at
A transformer secondary provides 10 V rms to output impedance puts signal ground at: zero bias:
a voltage-doubler circuit. The dc output voltage The collector The drain current is zero with no signal
is about:
28 V The output is in phase with the input in a: An enhancement-mode MOSFET can be
More than one of the above recognized in schematic diagrams by:
The ripple frequency from a full-wave rectifier A broken vertical line inside the circle
is: The greatest possible amplification is obtained
twice that from a half-wave circuit in: In a source follower, which of the electrodes of
A common-emitter circuit the FET receives the input signal?
Which of the following would make the best The gate
filter for a power supply? The configuration noted for its stability in tadio-
A capacitor in parallel and a choke in series frequency power amplifiers is the: Which of the following circuits has its output
Common-base circuit 180 degrees out of phase with its input?
If you needed exceptionally good ripple filtering Common source
for a power supply, the best approach would In a common-base circuit, the output is taken
be to: from the: Which of the following circuits generally has
Use two capacitor/choke sections one after Collector the greatest gain?
the other Common source
The input signal to a transistor amplifier results
Voltage regulation can be accomplished by a in saturation during part of the cycle. This The decibel is a unit of:
Zener diode connected in: produces: Relative signal strength
Parallel with the filter output, reverse- Reduced efficiency
biased If a circuit has a voltage-amplification factor of
The gain of a transistor in a common-emitter 20, then voltage gain is:
A current surge takes place when a power circuit is 100 at a frequency of 1000 Hz. The 26 dB
supply is first turned on, because: gain is 70.7 at 335 kHz. The gain drops to 1 at
The filter capacitor(s) must be initially 210 MHz. The alpha cutoff is: A gain of -15 dB in a circuit means that:
charged 335 kHz The input signal is stronger than the output

Transient suppression minimizes the chance The current through the channel of a JFET is A device has a voltage gain of 23 dB. The
of: directly affected by all of the following except: input voltage is 3.3 V. the output voltage is:
Diode failure Transconductance 47 V

If a fuse blows, and it is replaced with one In an N-channel JFET, pinchoff occurs when A power gain of 44 dB is equivalent to an
having a lower current rating, there’s a good the gate bias is: output/input power ratio of:
chance that: Very negative 25,000
The fuse will blow out right away
The current consists mainly of holes when a A resistor between the base of an NPN bipolar
A fuse with a nothing but a straight wire inside JFET: transistor and the positive supply voltage is
is probably: Has a P-type channel used to:
A quick-break type Provide proper bias
A JFET might work better than a bipolar
Bleeder resistors are: transistor in: The capacitance values in an amplifier circuit
Connected in parallel with filter capacitors A radio receiver depend on:
The signal frequency
To service a power supply with which you are In a P-channel JFET:
not completely familiar, you should: The drain is negative relative to the source A class-A circuit would not work well as:
Leave it alone and have a professional A television transmitter PA
work on it A JFET is sometimes biased at or beyond
pinchoff in: In which of the following FET amplifier types
In a PNP circuit, the collector: A power amplifier does drain current flow for 50 percent of the
Is negative with respect to the emitter signal cycle?
The gate of a JFET has: Class-B
High impedance

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Which of the following amplifier types produces A radio-frequency oscillator usually: In magnetic audio tape:
the least distortion of the signal waveform? Has most or all of its energy at a single The tracks are parallel to the edges
Class-A frequency
In magnetic video tape:
Which bipolar amplifier type has some A varactor diode: The video tracks are diagonal
distortion in the signal wave, with collector Is good for use in frequency synthesizers
current during most, but not all, of the cycle? An advantage of magnetic disks over magnetic
Class-AB2 A frequency synthesizer has: tape is:
Exceptional stability Disks allow faster data storage and
How can a class-B amplifier be made suitable retrieval
for hi-fi audio applications? A ferromagnetic-core coil is preferred for use in
By using two transistors in push-pull the tuned circuit of an RF oscillator: A typical audio recording tape thickness is:
No! Air-core coils work better in RF 1 mil
How can a class-C amplifier be made linear? oscillators
A class-C amplifier cannot be made linear Compact disks (CDs) are not generally for
If the load impedance for an oscillator is too recording:
Which of the following amplifier classes high: Via magnetic fields
generally needs the most driving power? It’s not a cause for worry; it can’t be too
Class-B high A reason CDs don’t wear out with repeated
playback is:
A graphic equalizer is a form of: The bipolar transistors or JFETs in a Nothing touches the disk
Tone control multivibrator are usually connected in:
A common-emitter or common-source One difference between a triode and an N-
An IMPATT diode: arrangement Channel FET is that:
Is used as a microwave oscillator Triodes need more voltage
A disadvantage of transformer coupling, as Acoustic feedback in a public-address system:
opposed to capacitive coupling, is that: Serves no useful purpose The control grid of a tube corresponds to the:
Transformers cost more Because of the small size of ICs compared Gate of an FET
with equivalent circuits made from discrete
A certain bipolar-transistor PA is 66 percent components: The intensity of the electron flow in a vacuum
efficient. The output power is 33 W. The dc Higher switching speeds are attainable tube depends on all of the following except:
collector power input is: The gate voltage
50 W Which of the following is not an advantage of
ICs over discrete components? Which type of tube maintains constant voltage
A broadband PA is: Greater power capability drop with changes in current?
Generally easy to use A gas-filled regulator
In which of the following devices would you be
A tuned PA must always be: least likely to find an integrated circuit as the In a tube with a directly heated cathode:
Adjusted for maximum power output main component? The filament serves as the cathode
A radio broadcast transmitter’s final
A loading control in a tuned PA: amplifier In a tube with a cold cathode:
Provides an impedance match between the There is no filament
bipolar transistor or FET and the load Which type of component is generally not
practical for fabrication in an IC? A screen grid enhances tube operation by:
Negative feedback in an amplifier: Inductors Decreasing the grid-to-plate capacitance
Reduces the gain
An op amp usually employs negative feedback A tube with three grids is called a:
Oscillation requires: to: Pentode
A stage with gain Control the gain
A tube type radio receiver:
A Colpitts oscillator can be recognized by: A channel carries several signals at once. Is bulky and heavy
A split capacitance in the tuned circuit Which type of IC might be used to select one
of the signals for reception? An advantage of a grounded-grid power
In an oscillator circuit, the feedback should be: A multiplexer/demultiplexer amplifier is:
Just enough to sustain oscillation Good stability
Which type of IC is used to determine whether
A tapped coil is used in a(n): voltage levels are the same or not? A heptode tube has:
Hartley oscillator A comparator Five grids

An RF choke: Which type of digital IC is least susceptible to The electron gun in a CRT is another name for
Passes dc but not RF noise? its:
Transistor-transistor logic Cathode
Ferromagnaetic coil cores are not generally
good for use in RF oscillators because: Which of the following is not an advantage of The electron beam in an electrostatic CRT is
Air-core coils have better thermal stability CMOS? bent by:
Ability to handle high power levels An electric field
An oscillator might fail to start for any of the
following reasons except: An absolute limit on IS component density is: The horizontal displacement on an
In-phase feedback The size of the semiconductor atoms oscilloscope CRT screen is usually measured
in:
An advantage of a crystal-controlled oscillator In a ROM: Time per unit division
over a VFO is: It’s easy to get data out, but hard to put it in
Low drift In a time-domain oscilloscope, the waveform to
In a RAM: be analyzed is usually applied to the:
The frequency at which a crystal oscillator It’s easy to get data out and put it in Vertical deflection plates or coils
functions is determined mainly by:
The thickness of the crystal Which of the following IC types must be A vidicon camera tube is noted for its:
physically removed from the circuit to have its Sensitivity
The different sounds of musical instruments memory contents changed?
are primarily the result of: EPROM In a magnetron, as the frequency is increased:
Differences in the waveshape The achievable power output decreases
A kilobyte is:
About 1,000 bytes

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The paths of the electrons in a magnetron are One megabyte is the same amount of data as: Which layer of the ionosphere absorbs radio
spirals, rather than straight lines, because of: 1024 K signals below about 7 MHz during the daylight
The longitudinal magnetic flux hours?
The Web would probably work fastest for a The D layer
A klystron is noted for its: user in New York at:
High achievable output power 2:00 A.M local time on a Tuesday The beta of a bipolar transistor is the:
Current amplification factor
In a multi-cavity klystron, the electrons: Image resolution can be specified in terms of:
Have variable speed Dot pitch Which type of component is impractical to
fabricate on a silicon chip?
The value of the decimal number 23 in binary A cluster is a unit of: An inductor
form is: Data on a hard drive
10111 The extent to which an oscillator maintains a
An example of a mass-storage device is a: constant frequency is called its:
The binary number 110001 represents the Hard drive Stability
digital number
49 Bits per second (bps) is a unit of: A Zener diode would most likely be used in:
Data speed A power supply regulating circuit
The fifth digit from the right in a binary number When the bias in an FET stops the flow of
carries a decimal value of: A platter is a: current, the condition is called:
16 Part of a hard dive Pinchoff

The largest possible decimal number that can Protocol ensures that: A vacuum tube might be found in:
be represented by six binary digits (bits) is: Computers can exchange data A high-power radio-frequency linear
63 amplifier
A packet is:
Which of the following voltage could normally A piece of a file sent over the Net The “brain” of a computer is the:
represent a 1 in positive logic? Microprocessor
+4 V A motherboard contains:
A microprocessor A disadvantage of a half-wave rectifier is the
Which of the following voltages might normally fact that:
represent a 1 in negative logic? Cross-referencing among Web pages can be The output is hard to filter
0V accomplished by means of:
Hypertext In a wireless system, noise always:
If X is low, what is the state of X AND Y? Degrades performance
Low The abbreviation FTP stands for:
File Transfer Protocol An amplifier has a dc collector power input of
If X is high, what is the state of X NAND Y? 300 W, and is 75.0 percent efficient. The signal
Low A modem contains: output power is:
An A/D converter 225 W
If X and Y are both high, what is the state of X
NOT Y? An asset of a dot-matrix printer is: When both N and P type semiconductors are
Low Low operating cost found in an IC, the technology is known as:
CMOS
If X is high and Y is low, what is the state of X Which of the following types of mass storage
NOT Y? provide the fastest access time? A common-base circuit is commonly employed
This logic statement makes no sense Flash memory as:
A radio-frequency power amplifier
A logic circuit has four inputs W, X, Y, and Z. Which of the following is a serial-access
How many possible input combinations are medium? Which of the following devices always uses an
there? Magnetic tape IC as one of its main active components?
16 A digital computer
When computer data is sent over long-
Data sent along a single line, one bit after distance telephone circuits, the digital highs Which type of amplifier circuit provides the
another, is called: and lows are generally represented by: greatest efficiency?
Serial Audio tone Class C

If X = 1 and Y = 1, then X + YZ is: For animated graphics involving fast motion, ASCII is a form of:
Always 1 you should ideally use: Data transmission code
A noninterlaced monitor
If X = 0 and Y = 1, then x(Y + Z) is: The most stable type of oscillator circuit uses:
Always 0 A thermal printer might be the best of printer A quartz crystal
for:
An advantage of a J-K over an R-S flip-flop is Someone who travels a lot If the source-gate junction in an FET conducts:
that: It is a sign of improper bias
The J-K always has predictable outputs In a junction FET, the control electrode is
usually the: Image resolution is an important specification
In positive-edge triggering, the change of state Gate in:
occurs when: Computer monitors
The pulse level is going from low to high A diode can be used as a frequency multiplier
because of its: Signal-plus-noise-to-noise ratio (S + N / N) is
The inputs of an R-S flip-flop are known as: Nonlinearity often specified when starting a receiver’s:
Set and reset Sensitivity
Which of the following is an example of
When both inputs of R-S flip-flop are 0: wireless technology? In a reverse-biased semiconductor diode, the
The outputs stay as they are The Global Positioning System capacitance depends on:
The width of the depletion region
When both inputs of an R-S flip-flop are 1: A very brief high-voltage spike on an ac power
The resulting outputs can be absurd line is called: In a video recording tape, the image signal
A transient tracks are:
A frequency synthesizer makes use of: Diagonal with respect to the edges of the
A divider Which of the following is not characteristic of tape
an oscillator?
Negative feedback
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A simple power supply filter can be built with: In a step-up power transformer: Two 400-μH inductors are connected in series.
A capacitor in parallel with the dc output The secondary voltage is more than the There is no mutual inductance. The total
primary voltage inductance is:
Which of the following bipolar-transistor circuits 800 μH
can provide the most amplification? As the frequency of ac increases in a coil, the
Common emitter reactance: The current-carrying part of a field-effect
Gets larger positively transistor, analogous to a garden hose in
A platter is a part of a device known as: some ways, is called the:
A hard drive A beat-frequency oscillator is useful for: Channel
Detecting CW
AN example of a device that commonly In a rectifier diode, current flows for
oscillates is: A Colpitts circuit is a form of: approximately how much of the ac cycle
A Gunn diode Oscillator 180 degrees

In a PNP bipolar transistor: The high component density of integrated The reciprocal of the reactance is called:
The collector is negative relative to the circuits acts to: Susceptance
emitter Increase the operating speed
Another name for joules per second is:
In a cathode-ray tube (CRT), the term A utility meter generally measures: Watts
electrostatic deflection means that: Kilowatt hours
The beam is bent by an electric field In a pure inductance:
High voltages are better than low voltages for Current lags voltage by 90 degrees
Which type of modulation consists of one voice long-distance electric power transmission
sideband, with a suppressed carrier? because: A form of microwave electron tube is:
SSB The I2R losses are lower A Klystron.
Magnetic lines of flux are generally:
A type of electron tube useful for generating A component that discharges filter capacitors At right angles to the flow of current.
microwave energy is: after a power supply has been switched off is
A magnetron called: A class-A amplifier conducts during how much
A bleeder resistor of the input cycle?
In an AND gate, the output is high 360 degrees.
Only when all inputs are high An advantage of a laser printer over a dot-
matrix printer for computer applications is: An advantage of parallel data transfer over
A voltage-controlled oscillator makes use of: Superior image quality serial transfer is:
A varactor diode Higher speed.
The output electrode of a bipolar transistor is
A device that converts ultrasound into usually the: One way to keep interelectrode capacitance to
electrical signals by taking advantage of the Collector a minimum is to:
properties of a crystalline or ceramic Keep wire leads short.
substance is: The schematic symbol for an op amp is:
A piezoelectric transducer A triangle One advantage of ac (compared with dc) as a
source of utility power is that:
An amplifier has an output signal voltage that For a given value of capacitance, as the It can be easily stepped up or down in
is 35 times the input signal voltage. This is a frequency goes down, the reactance: voltage.
gain of: Gets more and more negative
31 dB An element of matter:
In a 360-Hz wave, degree of phase represents: Has a unique number of protons.
In an exclusive OR gate, the output is high: 7.72 microseconds
Only when the inputs have opposite logic A transformer quadruples the ac voltage. The
states A device that converts visible light into dc is: primary-to-secondary impedance ratio is
A photovoltaic cell therefore:
A ratio detector is a circuit for demodulating: 1:16.
FM A communicationc circuit in which either
operator can interrupt the other at any time is Frequency multiplication is possible with a
In a radio-frequency power amplifier using a called: semiconductor diode because the diode is:
vacuum tube, stability is enhanced by Full duplex Nonlinear.
grounding the:
Control grid A circuit has a battery of 3.0 V and a bulb with An ammeter measures:
a resistance of 12.0 ohms. The current through Current.
The World Wide Web is: the bulb is:
Part of the Internet 250 mA A good type of resistor to use in a radio
amplifier is:
Boolean algebra is: A small 9-V battery might be used to provide Carbon composition
A useful tool in digital logic circuit design power to:
An electronic calculator Of the following, which does not denote a type
A voltage-doubler power supply is best for use of capacitor?
in: In an AM voice signal, the audio information is: Ferrite
Circuits that need low current at high Contained in sidebands
voltage A logic circuit has an output 0 when the input is
The oscillating frequency of a quartz crystal 1, and vice versa. This is:
An optoisolator consists of can be varied slightly by: A NOT gate
An LED and a photodiode Placing a small variable capacitor across
the crystal A type of FM detector that has its limiter built in
When a semiconductor is reverse-biased with is:
a large enough voltage, it will conduct. This is When several resistances are connected in A ratio detector.
because of: series:
Avalanche effect The current is the same through each one Which of the following materials is/are
commonly used as a semiconductor?
Synchronizing pulses in a video signal: In a power supply, resistors are sometimes Gallium arsenide.
Keep the image from “tearing” or “rolling”* connected in series with the diodes in order to:
Protect the diodes against surge currents In an NPN bipolar transistor circuit:
In an enhancement-mode MOSFET: The dc collector voltage is positive.
The channel does not conduct with zero In a purely resistive impedance, there is:
gate bias Zero reactance
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A simple power supply filter can be made A resistor has a positive temperature In a parallel combination of light bulbs, if one
using: coefficient of 1.00 percent per degree C. If its bulb socket totally shorts out:
A capacitor in parallel with the rectifier value is 100 ohms at 20 degrees C, what is its The circuit had better have a fuse or a
output. value at 25 degrees C? circuit breaker.
105 ohms.
If an ac impedance is a pure resistance, then: A common lab multimeter cannot measure:
The reactance is zero A memory that can be easily accessed, but not Frequency.
written over, is called
Three resistances are in parallel, with values of ROM. In a P-channel JFET:
100, 200, and 300 ohms. The current through The majority carriers are holes.
the 200-ohm resistor is 500 mA. What is the The capacitance between two parallel sheets
voltage across the whole combination? of metal is: If you place a bar of iron inside a cylindrical
100 V. Inversely proportional to the distance coil of wire, and then run dc through the wire,
between them. you have:
As the frequency of an alternating current An electromagnet.
decreases toward zero (dc), the reactance of a The forward base bias in a transistor is
capacitor: increased until the collector current levels off. Admittance is a quantity expressing:
Becomes large negatively. This condition is: Ease with which a circuit passes ac.
Saturation.
The rate of change in a quantity is called the: In a common-emitter bipolar-transistor circuit:
Derivative. An advantage of a LEO communications The emitter is at signal ground.
satellite system over a geostationary
The axis of the geomagnetic field: communications satellite is the fact that: In a certain resistance-capacitance (RC)
Is slanted with respect to the rotational Large, high-gain antennas are not required. circuit, the current leads the voltage by 45
axis. degrees. The resistance is 50 ohms. The
What is an advantage of digital signal capacitive reactance is:
One of the main shortcomings of MOSFETs is processing (DSP)? - 50 ohms.
that they: Improved signal-to-noise ratio.
Are easily damaged by static electricity. Enhanced fidelity. The VA power is equal to the true power only
Improved intelligibility. when:
Resistivity of wire can be specified in: Relative immunity to atmospheric noise. A circuit has no reactance.
Ohms per meter.
A dc voltage-divider network is made using: The ac in the utility mains is usually:
A complementary-metal-oxide-semiconductor Resistors. Sinusoidal
(CMOS) IC:
Employs N-channel and P-channel FETs on The electron volt is a unit of: The output of a circuit is 20 V and the input is
a single chip. Energy. 5.0 V. This is a gain of:
12 dB.
A piano sounds different than a saxophone, A transformer has a primary-to-secondary
even if the notes are at the same frequency, turns ratio of 10:1. The input is 120 V rms ac. An example of a device that converts electrical
because of a difference in: The output is: energy into visible radiant energy is:
Waveform. 12 Vrms ac. A light-emitting diode.

Inductances in parallel, assuming there is no Wave X leads wave Y by 270 degrees. This A resistor of 100 ohms carries 333 mA dc. The
mutual inductance, add up like: would be better expressed by saying that: power dissipated by that resistor is:
Resistances in parallel. Wave X lags wave Y by 90 degrees. 11.1 W

A reactance modulator produces: Which type of amplifier circuit has the The data in a volatile computer memory:
FM. transistor or FET biased exactly at cutoff or Vanishes if power is removed
pinchoff when there is no signal input?
Antenna efficiency is: Class-B. Circuit measurement is used for what
Usually more important in transmitting purpose?
systems than in receiving systems. Weather satellites generally send images by: To determine the reason a circuit is not
Facsimile
functioning properly
In a parallel-resonant LC circuit, the
impedance is: An audio oscillator that uses two amplifiers in
High and resistive. cascade, with positive feedback from the An in-circuit meter is used for what purpose?
output of the second stage to the input of the To monitor circuit operation
In a resistance/inductance (RL) series circuit: first stage, is known as a:
Current lags voltage by less than 90 Multivibrator. Out-of-circuit meters have which of the
degrees. following advantages over in circuit meters?
The main factor that limits the frequency at
They can be used on more than one device
In three-phase ac, the difference in phase which a P-N junction will rectify is the:
between any two waves is: Junction capacitance.
120 degrees. The d'Arsonval meter movement is based on
The henry is a: which of the following principles?
Electrostatic forces can be measured to Very large unit. Magnet moving-coil
directly indicate:
Voltage. A diode that can be used as a variable Current through a meter results in the pointer.
capacitance is a:
Varactor. In d'Arsonval meter movement, what force
A circuit has a complex impedance of 9 + j12.
The absolute-value impedance is: produces this deflection?
15 ohms. Elements can join together to form: The interaction of magnetic fields
Compounds.
Three resistors, each of 30 ohms, are The hairsprings in a d'Arsonval meter
connected in parallel. The net resistance is: The rms value for an ac wave is also movement perform which of the following
10 ohms. sometimes called the:
functions?
Effective value.
They make electrical connections to the
The logical statement X + Y = Y + X depicts:
The commutative property. The gigabyte is a unit commonly used as a meter movement
measure of:
A cell that can be recharged, and therefore Data storage capacity.
used again and again, is called:
A secondary cell.
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What device allows a d'Arsonval meter Safety precautions should be observed prior to What area of an ohmmeter scale should be
movement to measure ac by converting ac to connecting an ammeter into a circuit. used when a measurement is taken?
pulsating dc? Switch to the highest range. Observe Mid-scale portion *
A rectifier * proper dc polarity. Deenergize the circuit
Ohmmeters are classified by type. What are
What is meant by the term "meter damping"? What electrical property is measured by a the two types of ohmmeters?
Smoothing the oscillations of the pointer * voltmeter? Series and shunt *
Voltage *
Which of the following methods is used to What is the most obvious differences in the
dampen a meter? A voltmeter should be connected in an two types of ohmmeters?
Incorporate an airtight chamber containing electrical circuit in what manner? The scales of the meters *
a van * In parallel with the load *
Which of the following safety precautions
A d'Arsonval meter movement reacts to which A voltmeter has an effect on the circuit being should be observed when an ohmmeter is
of the following values of voltage? measured; what is this effect called? used?
Average * Loading * Always start with the highest scale of the
meter; Deenergize the circuit before
What value of ac is indicated by a meter To keep the effect of a voltmeter on a circuit to connecting the meter; Observe proper
scale? a minimum, the internal resistance of the polarity
Effective * voltmeter must have which of the following
relationships to the circuit load? Meggers (megohmmeters) are used to
Which of the following meter movements will Higher than * measure which of the following quantities?
measure either ac or dc without the use of a High resistance *
rectifier? Types of meters can be made from a current
Electrodynamic * sensitive meter movement? When a megger is used to check the insulation
Ammeter, Ohmmeter, Voltmeter of a wire, which of the following indications
What electrical property is reacted to by the should be considered normal?
electrodynamic, d'Arsonval, moving vane, and A voltmeter has a high sensitivity when it has ∞*
thermocouple meter movements? which of the following characteristics?
Current * High ratio of internal resistance to full-scale Which of the following safety precautions
deflection indication * should be observed when a megger is used?
What electrical property is measured by an Do not touch the meter leads when a
ammeter? Which of the following configurations extends measurement is being taken *
Current * the range of a voltmeter?
A resistor in series with the meter A multimeter can be used to measure which of
How are ammeters connected in an electrical movement * the following electrical properties?
circuit? Voltage, Current, Resistance
In series with the load * What voltmeter range should be used for initial
measurements? The function switch on a multimeter does NOT
How does an ammeter affect the circuit being The highest * perform which of the following functions?
measured? Determination of the proper scale*
It acts as a resistances in series and lowers The electrostatic meter movement reacts to
the circuit current * which of the following electrical properties? One of the problems encountered in building a
Voltage * multimeter is that the meter movement gives
How is the effect that an ammeter produces in different readings for the same values of ac
a circuit kept to a minimum? What electrical property is measured with an and dc. Which of the following features of a
By ensuring that the meter resistance is ohmmeter? multimeter will solve this problem?
low compared to circuit resistance * Resistance Separate scales for ac and dc *

The ammeter with the greatest sensitivity has Electrostatic meter movements are used to Why is there a mirror on the face of a
which of the following characteristics? measure which of the following current/voltage multimeter?
The lowest amount of current for full-scale values? To aid in reducing parallax error *
deflection indication * High voltage *
If the mirror on the face of a multimeter is used
Ammeters measure various ranges through Which of the following safety precautions properly, where will the image of the pointer
the addition of which of the following should be observed when a voltmeter is used? appear?
components? Deenergize the circuit before connecting Hidden behind the pointer *
Shunt resistors in parallel with the meter the meter *
movement * Which of the following safety precautions does
An ohmmeter is used to check for which of the NOT apply to a multimeter?
What range of an ammeter should you use for following conditions? Never apply power to the circuit when
an initial measurement? Continuity * measuring voltage with the meter *
The highest range * How should an ohmmeter be connected in an
electrical circuit? If a multimeter has no OFF position, and it is
What portion of the ammeter scale should be In parallel with the load * returned to storage, on which of the following
used to take a final reading? positions should the meter be set?
The mid-scale portion * An ohmmeter can measure different ranges Ac; highest voltage range *
because of the use of which of the following
When, if ever, can you use a dc ammeter to components? When the current in a conductor is measured
measure ac values? Range resistors * without the conductor being disconnected,
Never * which of the following meters could be used?
Hook-on voltameter *

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