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B-005-01: Metric prefixes - pico, micro, milli, centi, kilo, mega, giga

B-005-01-01: If a dial marked in megahertz shows a reading of 3.525 MHz, what would it show if it were marked in kilohertz?

3525 kHz

35.25 kHz

3 525 000 kHz

0.003525 kHz



B-005-01-02: If an ammeter marked in amperes is used to measure a 3000 milliampere current, what reading would it show?

3 amperes

0.003 ampere

0.3 ampere

3 000 000 amperes



B-005-01-03: If a voltmeter marked in volts is used to measure a 3500 millivolt potential, what reading would it show?

3.5 volts

0.35 volt

35 volts

350 volts



B-005-01-04: How many microfarads is 1 000 000 picofarads?

1 microfarad

1 000 000 000 microfarads

1000 microfarads

0.001 microfarad



B-005-01-05: If you have a hand-held transceiver which puts out 500 milliwatts, how many watts would this be?

0.5

5

50

0.02



B-005-01-06: A kilohm is:

1000 ohms

0.1 ohm

0.001 ohm

10 ohms



B-005-01-07: 6.6 kilovolts is equal to:

6600 volts

660 volts

66 volts

66 000 volts



B-005-01-08: A current of one quarter ampere may be written as:

250 milliamperes

0.5 amperes

0.25 milliampere

250 microampere



B-005-01-09: How many millivolts are equivalent to two volts?

2 000

0.000002

2 000 000

0.002



B-005-01-10: One megahertz is equal to:

1 000 kHz

100 kHz

0.001 Hz

10 Hz



B-005-01-11: An inductance of 10 000 microhenrys may be stated correctly as:

10 millihenrys

100 millihenrys

10 henrys

1 000 henrys





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