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RC Circuits problems
1. In a parallel
RC
circuit, there is 100 mA through the resistive branch and 100 mA through the capacitive branch. The total rms current is
Options
A. 200 mA
B. 100 mA
C. 282 mA
D. 141 mA
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Correct Answer: 141 mA
2. A positive angle of 30° is equivalent to a negative angle of
Options
A. ?30°
B. ?330°
C. ?60°
D. ?180°
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Correct Answer: ?330°
3. In the complex plane, the number 4 +
j
3 is located in the
Options
A. first quadrant
B. second quadrant
C. third quadrant
D. fourth quadrant
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Correct Answer: first quadrant
4. A 12 kΩ resistor is in series with a 0.02 µF capacitor across a 1.2 kHz ac source. If the current is expressed in polar form as
I
= 0.3∠0° mA, what is the source voltage expressed in polar form?
Options
A. 45.6 V
B. 411.3 V
C. 0.411 V
D. 4.11 V
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Correct Answer: 4.11 V
5. Point +4 on the complex plane is
Options
A. 4 units above the origin on the
j
axis
B. 4 units below the origin on the
j
axis
C. 4 units right of the origin on the real axis
D. 4 units left of the origin on the real axis
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Correct Answer: 4 units right of the origin on the real axis
6. An ac circuit consists of a resistor and a capacitor. To increase the phase angle above 45°, the following condition must exist:
Options
A.
R
=
X
C
B.
R
>
X
C
C.
R
<
X
C
D.
R
= 5
X
C
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Correct Answer:
R
<
X
C
7. A 2 kΩ resistor and a 0.002 µF capacitor are in series across an ac source. Current in the circuit is 6.50 mA. The true power is
Options
A. 84.5 mW
B. 845 mW
C. 13 mW
D. 130 mW
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Correct Answer: 84.5 mW
8. When the frequency of the source voltage decreases, the impedance of a parallel
RC
circuit
Options
A. increases
B. decreases
C. does not change
D. decreases to zero
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Correct Answer: increases
9. A 470 Ω resistor and a 0.2 µF capacitor are in parallel across a 2.5 kHz ac source. The admittance,
Y
, in rectangular form, is
Options
A. 212 Ω
B. 2.12 mS +
j
3.14 mS
C. 3.14 mS +
j
2.12 mS
D. 318.3 Ω
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Correct Answer: 2.12 mS +
j
3.14 mS
10. In a series
RC
circuit, 12 V
(rms)
is measured across the resistor and 15 V
(rms)
is measured across the capacitor. The rms source voltage is
Options
A. 3 V
B. 27 V
C. 19.2 V
D. 1.9 V
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Correct Answer: 19.2 V
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