E5F  Circuit Q; reactive power; power factor

 

E5F01 (A)

What is the Q of a parallel R-L-C circuit if the resonant frequency is 14.128 MHz, L is 2.7 microhenrys and R is 18 kilohms?

A.  75.1

B.  7.51

C.  71.5

D.  0.013

 

E5F02 (C)

What is the Q of a parallel R-L-C circuit if the resonant frequency is 4.468 MHz, L is 47 microhenrys and R is 180 ohms?

A.  0.00735

B.  7.35

C.  0.136

D.  13.3

 

E5F03 (D)

What is the Q of a parallel R-L-C circuit if the resonant frequency is 7.125 MHz, L is 8.2 microhenrys and R is 1 kilohm?

A.  36.8

B.  0.273

C.  0.368

D.  2.73

 

E5F04 (B)

What is the Q of a parallel R-L-C circuit if the resonant frequency is 7.125 MHz, L is 12.6 microhenrys and R is 22 kilohms?

A.  22.1

B.  39

C.  25.6

D.  0.0256

 

E5F05 (D)

What is the Q of a parallel R-L-C circuit if the resonant frequency is 3.625 MHz, L is 42 microhenrys and R is 220 ohms?

A.  23

B.  0.00435

C.  4.35

D.  0.23

 

E5F06 (C)

Why is a resistor often included in a parallel resonant circuit?

A.  To increase the Q and decrease the skin effect

B.  To decrease the Q and increase the resonant frequency

C.  To decrease the Q and increase the bandwidth

D.  To increase the Q and decrease the bandwidth

 

E5F07 (D)

What is the term for an out-of-phase, nonproductive power associated with inductors and capacitors?

A.  Effective power

B.  True power

C.  Peak envelope power

D.  Reactive power

 

E5F08 (B)

In a circuit that has both inductors and capacitors, what happens to reactive power?

A.  It is dissipated as heat in the circuit

B.  It goes back and forth between magnetic and electric fields, but is not dissipated

C.  It is dissipated as kinetic energy in the circuit

D.  It is dissipated in the formation of inductive and capacitive fields

 

E5F09 (A)

In a circuit where the AC voltage and current are out of phase, how can the true power be determined?

A.  By multiplying the apparent power times the power factor

B.  By subtracting the apparent power from the power factor

C.  By dividing the apparent power by the power factor

D.  By multiplying the RMS voltage times the RMS current

 

E5F10 (C)

What is the power factor of an R-L circuit having a 60 degree phase angle between the voltage and the current?

A.  1.414

B.  0.866

C.  0.5

D.  1.73

 

E5F11 (B)

How many watts are consumed in a circuit having a power factor of 0.2 if the input is 100-V AC at 4 amperes?

A.  400 watts

B.  80 watts

C.  2000 watts

D.  50 watts

 

E5F12 (A)

Why would the power used in a circuit be less than the product of the magnitudes of the AC voltage and current?

A.  Because there is a phase angle greater than zero between the current and voltage

B.  Because there are only resistances in the circuit

C.  Because there are no reactances in the circuit

D.  Because there is a phase angle equal to zero between the current and voltage


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