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B-004-06: Resistor colour codes, tolerances, temperature coefficient

B-004-06-01: How do you find a resistor's tolerance rating?

By reading the resistor's color code

By using Thevenin's theorem for resistors

By reading its Baudot code

By using a voltmeter



B-004-06-02: What do the first three-color bands on a resistor indicate?

The value of the resistor in ohms

The resistance material

The power rating in watts

The resistance tolerance in percent



B-004-06-03: What does the fourth color band on a resistor mean?

The resistance tolerance in percent

The value of the resistor in ohms

The power rating in watts

The resistance material



B-004-06-04: What are the possible values of a 100 ohm resistor with a 10% tolerance?

90 to 110 ohms

90 to 100 ohms

10 to 100 ohms

80 to 120 ohms



B-004-06-05: How do you find a resistor's value?

By using the resistor's color code

By using a voltmeter

By using Thevenin's theorem for resistors

By using the Baudot code



B-004-06-06: Which tolerance rating would a high-quality resistor have?

0.1%

5%

10%

20%



B-004-06-07: Which tolerance rating would a low-quality resistor have?

20%

0.1%

5%

10%



B-004-06-08: If a carbon resistor's temperature is increased, what will happen to the resistance?

It will change depending on the resistor's temperature coefficient rating

It will stay the same

It will become time dependent

It will increase by 20% for every 10 degrees centigrade



B-004-06-09: A gold band on a resistor indicates the tolerance is:

5%

20%

10%

1%



B-004-06-10: A resistor with a colour code of brown, black, and red, would have a value of:

1000 ohms

100 ohms

10 ohms

10 000 ohms



B-004-06-11: A resistor is marked with the colors red, violet and yellow. This resistor has a value of:

270 k

274

72 k

27 M





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