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G5C: Resistors, capacitors, and inductors in series and parallel; transformers

G5C01: What causes a voltage to appear across the secondary winding of a transformer when an AC voltage source is connected across its primary winding?

Mutual inductance

Capacitive coupling

Displacement current coupling

Mutual capacitance



G5C02: Where is the source of energy normally connected in a transformer?

To the primary winding

To the secondary winding

To the core

To the plates



G5C03: What is current in the primary winding of a transformer called if no load is attached to the secondary?

Magnetizing current

Direct current

Excitation current

Stabilizing current



G5C04: What is the total resistance of three 100-ohm resistors in parallel?

33.3 ohms

.30 ohms

.33 ohms

300 ohms



G5C05: What is the value of each resistor if three equal value resistors in parallel produce 50 ohms of resistance, and the same three resistors in series produce 450 ohms?

150 ohms

1500 ohms

90 ohms

175 ohms



G5C06: What is the voltage across a 500-turn secondary winding in a transformer if the 2250-turn primary is connected to 120 VAC?

26.7 volts

2370 volts

540 volts

5.9 volts



G5C07: What is the turns ratio of a transformer used to match an audio amplifier having a 600-ohm output impedance to a speaker having a 4-ohm impedance?

12.2 to 1

24.4 to 1

150 to 1

300 to 1



G5C08: What is the equivalent capacitance of two 5000 picofarad capacitors and one 750 picofarad capacitor connected in parallel?

10750 picofarads

576.9 picofarads

1733 picofarads

3583 picofarads



G5C09: What is the capacitance of three 100 microfarad capacitors connected in series?

33.3 microfarads

.30 microfarads

.33 microfarads

300 microfarads



G5C10: What is the inductance of three 10 millihenry inductors connected in parallel?

3.3 millihenrys

.30 Henrys

3.3 Henrys

30 millihenrys



G5C11: What is the inductance of a 20 millihenry inductor in series with a 50 millihenry inductor?

70 millihenrys

.07 millihenrys

14.3 millihenrys

1000 millihenrys



G5C12: What is the capacitance of a 20 microfarad capacitor in series with a 50 microfarad capacitor?

14.3 microfarads

.07 microfarads

70 microfarads

1000 microfarads



G5C13: What component should be added to a capacitor in a circuit to increase the circuit capacitance?

A capacitor in parallel

An inductor in series

A resistor in series

A capacitor in series



G5C14: What component should be added to an inductor in a circuit to increase the circuit inductance?

An inductor in series

A capacitor in series

A resistor in parallel

An inductor in parallel



G5C15: What is the total resistance of a 10 ohm, a 20 ohm, and a 50 ohm resistor in parallel?

5.9 ohms

0.17 ohms

10000 ohms

80 ohms



G5C16: What component should be added to an existing resistor in a circuit to increase circuit resistance?

A resistor in series

A resistor in parallel

A capacitor in series

A capacitor in parallel





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