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Alternating Current and Voltage problems


  • 1. Two series resistors are connected to an ac source. If there are 7.5 V rms across one resistor and 4.2 V rms across the other, the peak source voltage is

  • Options
  • A. 16.54 V
  • B. 1.65 V
  • C. 10.60 V
  • D. 5.93 V
  • Discuss
  • 2. If the rms current through a 6.8 kΩ resistor is 8 mA, the rms voltage drop across the resistor is

  • Options
  • A. 5.44 V
  • B. 54.4 V
  • C. 7.07 V
  • D. 8 V
  • Discuss
  • 3. How many degrees are there in Π/3 rad?

  • Options
  • A. 6°
  • B. 60°
  • C. 180°
  • D. 27°
  • Discuss
  • 4. A waveform has a baseline of 3 V, a duty cycle of 20%, and an amplitude of 8 V. The average voltage value is

  • Options
  • A. 4 V
  • B. 4.6 V
  • C. 1.6 V
  • D. 11 V
  • Discuss
  • 5. A sawtooth wave has a period of 10 ms. Its frequency is

  • Options
  • A. 10 Hz
  • B. 50 Hz
  • C. 100 Hz
  • D. 1,000 Hz
  • Discuss
  • 6. When a sine wave has a frequency of 100 Hz in 12 s it goes through

  • Options
  • A. 1/100 cycle
  • B. 12 cycles
  • C. 120 cycles
  • D. 1,200 cycles
  • Discuss
  • 7. If the rms current through a 4.7 kΩ resistor is 4 mA, the peak voltage drop across the resistor is

  • Options
  • A. 4 V
  • B. 18.8 V
  • C. 26.6 V
  • D. 2.66 V
  • Discuss
  • 8. A 20 kHz pulse waveform consists of pulses that are 15 µs wide. The duty cycle

  • Options
  • A. is 1%
  • B. is 30%
  • C. is 100%
  • D. cannot be determined
  • Discuss
  • 9. If the rms voltage drop across a 15 kΩ resistor is 16 V, the peak current through the resistor is

  • Options
  • A. 15 mA
  • B. 1.5 mA
  • C. 10 mA
  • D. 1 mA
  • Discuss
  • 10. A signal with a 400 µs period has a frequency of

  • Options
  • A. 250 Hz
  • B. 2,500 Hz
  • C. 25,000 Hz
  • D. 400 Hz
  • Discuss

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