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- Question
Components designed to oppose the flow of current are called:
Options- A. insulators
- B. conductors
- C. resistors
- D. heat exchangers
- Correct Answer
- resistors
- 1. How many connections does a potentiometer have?
Options- A. 1
- B. 2
- C. 3
- D. 4 Discuss
- 2. How many basic types of resistors exist?
Options- A. 1
- B. 2
- C. 3
- D. 4 Discuss
- 3. The six basic forms of energy are:
Options- A. light, sun, magnetic, chemical, electrical, and mechanical
- B. electrical, mechanical, light, heat, magnetic, and chemical
- C. electrical, mechanical, sun, heat, chemical, and light
- D. potential, sun, light, chemical, electrical, and mechanical Discuss
- 4. With Ohm's law, if voltage increases and resistance stays the same:
Options- A. current remains the same
- B. power decreases
- C. current increases
- D. resistance decreases Discuss
- 5. How many ohms of resistance allows a current of 720 µA to flow when 3.6 kV is applied?
Options- A. 200 nΩ
- B. 5 kΩ
- C. 200 kΩ
- D. 5 MΩ Discuss
- 6. With 1 mA of current, what wattage rating should a 470 ohm resistor have?
Options- A. 1/4 watt
- B. 1/2 watt
- C. 1 watt
- D. 2 watts Discuss
- 7. If a variable resistor's resistance varies in a nonuniform manner as the shaft is moved, it is considered to be:
Options- A. linear
- B. defective
- C. not wirewound
- D. tapered Discuss
- 8. Resistor tolerance is either printed on the component, or is provided by:
Options- A. keyed containers
- B. size
- C. color code
- D. ohmmeter reading Discuss
- 9. A conductor's cross-sectional area in circular mils for
inch is:
Options- A. 500 cmils
- B. 100,000 cmils
- C. 1,000,000 cmils
- D. 500,000,000 cmils Discuss
- 10. What type of resistors have a tolerance rating of 5% or greater?
Options- A. precision
- B. SIP
- C. general-purpose
- D. wirewound Discuss
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Correct Answer: 3
Explanation:
A potentiometer uses three connections, as opposed to a rheostat, which only employs two. Having three connections allows the potentiometer to vary voltage. Both the potentiometer and the rheostat are classified as variable resistors.
Correct Answer: 2
Correct Answer: electrical, mechanical, light, heat, magnetic, and chemical
Correct Answer: current increases
Correct Answer: 5 MΩ
Correct Answer: 1/4 watt
Correct Answer: tapered
Correct Answer: color code
Correct Answer: 1,000,000 cmils
Correct Answer: general-purpose
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