ELEX (MASTERY EXAM 2)

Answer: A grainy or dull surface

1. The photoconductive effect in crystalline solids produce a 7. The general approach used by automated computer test
noticeable change in the _____ of the solid. equipment is:

a. resistance a. Display of logic analyzer signals

b. inductance b. Providing a standard stimulus to each portion of the computer
c. capacitance and verifying the response and repeating for all parts of the
d. specific gravity system under test
c. replacement of suspected faulty subsytems with known good
Answer: resistance ones
d. None of the choices
2. For a relay, the holding current is defined as:
Answer: Providing a standard stimulus to each portion of the
a. the maximum current required to operate relay computer and verifying the response and repeating for all parts of
b. the maximum current the relay contacts can handle the system under test
c. the minimum amount of relay coil current required to keep a
relay energized 8. The di/dt capability of a thyristor increases when the:
d. the minimum amount of relay coil current required to energize
a relay a. gate current is zero
b. gate current increases
Answer: the minimum amount of relay coil current required to c. anode to cathode voltage rating increases
keep a relay energized d. gate current decreases

3. In a UJT, intrinsic standoff ratio, η, is typically: Answer: gate current increases

a. 0.2 9. The output of a separately-excited AC generator running at a

b. 0.7 constant speed can be controlled by the ______.
c. 0.4
d. 0.99 a. exciter
b. armature
Answer: 0.7 c. amount of field current
d. brushes
4. Which of the following is a safety hazard of a 12-volt storage
battery? Answer: amount of field current

a. RF emissions from the battery 10. In an RC low-pass filter, output is taken across the ______.
b. Shorting the terminals can cause burns, fire, or an explosion
c. Touching both terminals with the hands can cause electric shock a. None of the choices
d. All of the choices b. resistor
c. inductor
Answer: Shorting the terminals can cause burns, fire, or an d. capacitor
explosion
Answer: capacitor
5. Which of the following statements is false? (Since this is an RC – capacitor)

a. For the same power, loads connected in delta have a higher line 11. In normal operation, a p-n-p collector connected in common-
voltage and a smaller line current than loads connected in star. base configuration has:
b. When using the two-wattmeter method of power measurement
the power factor is unity when the wattmeter readings are the a. the base at a higher potential than the emitter
same b. the collector at a higher potential then the emitter
c. The national standard phase sequence for a three-phase supply c. the collector at a lower potential then the emitter
is R, Y, B d. the emitter at a lower potential then the base
d. AC may be distributed using a single-phase system with two
wires, a three-phase system with three wires or a three-phase Answer: the collector at a lower potential then the emitter
system with four wires.
(n - p - n) (p - n - p)
Answer: For the same power, loads connected in delta have a E B C E B C
higher line voltage and a smaller line current than loads
connected in star. 12. The statement that magnetic field lines form closed loops is a
direct consequence of:
6. What is the characteristic appearance of a cold solder joint?
a. Ampere’s law
a. A greenish tint b. Faraday’s law
b. Dark black spots c. Gauss’ law for electricity
c. A bright or shiny surface d. Gauss’ law for magnetism
d. A grainy or dull surface
Answer: Gauss’ law for magnetism
a. DMM
13. In a series-wound generator running at constant speed, as the b. Logic probe
load current increases, the terminal voltage c. Continuity tester
d. VOM
a. Increases
b. None of the choices Answer: Logic Probe
c. Decreases
d. Stays the same 20. When the frequency of the oscillator in a series RLC circuit is
doubled:
Answer: Increases
(V = IR) Answer: the capacitive reactance is halved
(Trial and error)
14. A capacitor which is charged to V volts is discharged through a
resistor of R ohms. Which of the following statements is false? 21. A series connected C −R circuit is suddenly connected to a d.c.
source of V volts. Which of the statements is false?
a. The initial current flowing is V/R amperes
b. The time constant of the circuit is CR seconds a. The initial current flowing is given by V/R
c. The voltage drop across the resistor is equal to the capacitor b. The current grows exponentially
voltage c. The time constant of the circuit is given by CR
d. The current grows exponentially to a final value of V/R amperes d. The final value of the current is zero

Answer: The current grows exponentially to a final value of V/R Answer: The current grows exponentially
amperes
22. When the amplitude of the oscillator in a series RLC circuit is
15. When examining the frequency response curve of an RC low- doubled:
pass filer, it can be seen that the rate of roll-off well above the
cutoff frequency is _______. a. the voltage across the capacitor is halved
b. the current amplitude is doubled
a. Both 6 dB/octave and 20 dB/decade c. the capacitive reactance is halved
b. 6 dB/octave d. the impedance is doubled
c. 20 dB/decade
d. 6 dB/decade Answer: the current amplitude is doubled

Answer: Both 6 dB/octave and 20 dB/decade 23. The magnetic field lines due to an ordinary bar magnet:

16. A nickel-cadmium cell has an operating voltage of about ____ a. form closed curves
volts. b. are more numerous near the N pole than near the S pole
c. cross one another near the poles
a. 2.1 d. do not exist inside the magnet
b. 1.4
c. 1.5 Answer: form closed curves
d. 1.25
24. What is probably happening when an ohmmeter, connected
Answer: 1.25 across an unpowered circuit, initially indicates a low resistance
and then shows increasing resistance with time?
17. What is an L-network?
a. The circuit contains a large capacitor
a. A network consisting of an inductor and a capacitor b. The ohmmeter is defective
b. A network formed by joining two low pass filters c. The circuit contains a large inductor
c. A lossy network d. The circuit is a relaxation oscillator
d. A low power Wi-Fi RF network connection
Answer: The circuit contains a large capacitor
Answer: A network consisting of an inductor and a capacitor

18. An oscilloscope with the signal input grounded and the sweep 25. A long straight cylindrical shell caries current I parallel to its
internally triggered automatically, will display what on the face of axis and uniformly distributed over its cross-section. The
the screen? magnitude of the magnetic field is greatest:

a. A vertical line a. in hollow region near the inner surface of the shell
b. A blank screen b. at the inner surface of the shell
c. A horizontal line c. at the outer surface of the shell
d. A dot d. inside the shell near the middle

Answer: A horizontal line Answer: at the outer surface of the shell

19. Which of the following instruments would be best for checking 26. Which of the following statements is false?
a TTL logic circuit?
a. The field winding of a d.c. machine is housed in slots on the
armature. Answer: increase
b. A commutator is necessary as part of a d.c. generator to (accept)
produce unidirectional voltage at the terminals of the generator
c. The brushes of a d.c. machine is usually made of carbon and do 32. A p-type high-pass filter consists of:
not rotate with the armature a. None of the choices
d. A commutator is necessary as part of d.c. motor to keep the b. Series inductors and parallel capacitors
armature rotating in the same direction c. Series inductors and a parallel resistor
d. A series capacitor and parallel inductors
Answer: The field winding of a d.c. machine is housed in slots on
the armature. Answer: A series capacitor and parallel inductors

27. Skin effect is the phenomenon where: 33. In pure silicon, select which statements is true:

a. RF current flows in a thin layer of the conductor, closer to the a. Conduction is due to there being more electrons than holes
surface, as frequency decreases b. The electrons are the majority carriers
b. Thermal effects on the surface of the conductor decreases the c. The holes are the majority carriers
impedance d. The holes and electrons exist in equal number
c. Thermal effects on the surface of the conductor increase the
impedance Answer: The holes and electrons exist in equal number
d. RF current flows in a thin layer conductor, closer to the surface,
as frequency increases 34. Iron, rather than copper, is used in the core of transformers
because iron:
Answer: RF current flows in a thin layer conductor, closer to the
surface, as frequency increases a. Can withstand a higher temperature
b. Makes a good permanent magnet
28. A series connected C −R circuit is suddenly connected to a d.c. c. Has a very high permeability
source of V volts. Which of the statements is false? d. Has a greater resistivity

a. The capacitor voltage is equal to the voltage drop across the Answer: Has a very high permeability
resistor
b. The initial voltage drop across the resistor is IR, where I is the 35. What waveform would appear on the voltage outputs at the
steady-state current collectors of an astable multivibrator, common-emitter stage?
c. The initial capacitor voltage is zero
d. The voltage drop across the resistor decays exponentially a. Sine wave
b. Half-wave pulses
Answer: The capacitor voltage is equal to the voltage drop across c. Sawtooth wave
the resistor d. Square wave

29. The angular frequency of a certain RLC series circuit is ω₀. A Answer: Square wave
source of sinusoidal emf, with angular frequency ω, is inserted
into the circuit and w is varied while the amplitude of the source is 36. Which of the following precautions should be taken when
held constant. For which of the following values of ω is the measuring high voltages with a voltmeter?
amplitude of the current oscillations the greatest?
a. Ensure that the voltmeter and leads are rated for use at the
a. 2ω₀ voltages to be measured
b. ω₀/5 b. Ensure that the circuit is grounded through the voltmeter
c. ω₀/2 c. Ensure that the voltmeter is set to correct frequency
d. ω₀ d. Ensure that the voltmeter has very low impedance

Answer: ω₀ Answer: Ensure that the voltmeter and leads are rated for use at
the voltages to be measured
30. The magnetic field surrounding a solenoid is:
37. Which of the following statements is false?
a. like that a permanent magnet
b. unable to develop north and south poles a. A shunt-wound motor is essentially a constant-speed machine
c. unlike that of a permanent magnet b. A shunt-wound motor must be permanently connected to its
d. one without magnetic flux lines load
c. A series-wound motor has a large starting torque
Answer: like that a permanent magnet d. The speed of a series-wound motor drops considerably when
load is applied
31. If the secondary current in a step-down transformer increases,
the primary current will ____. Answer: A shunt-wound motor must be permanently connected
to its load
a. not change
b. increase 38. Which of the following statements is false about when a
c. drop a little germanium p-n junction diode is forward biased:
d. decrease
a. The positive material of the battery is connected to the p-type
material a. To display the data on an XY chart
b. The thickness or width of the depletion layer is reduced b. To graphically represent the AC and Dc component
c. Current starts to flow in an appreciable amount when the c. To show reactance which is present
applied voltage is about 600 mV d. The plot shows the magnitude and phase angle
d. The curve representing the current flow is exponential
Answer: The plot shows the magnitude and phase angle
Answer: Current starts to flow in an appreciable amount when the 46. What is the purpose of a coupling capacitor?
applied voltage is about 600 mV
a. It block the direct current and passes alternating current
39. An RLC circuit has a sinusoidal source of emf. The average rate b. It decreases the resonant frequency of the circuit
at which the source supplies energy is 5 nW. This must also be: c. It blocks alternating current and passes direct current
d. It increases the resonant frequency of the circuit
a. The average rate at which energy is stored in the inductor
b. Twice the average rate at which energy us stored in the Answer: It block the direct current and passes alternating current
capacitor
c. The average rate at which energy is stored in the capacitor
d. The average rate at which energy is dissipated in the resistor 47. What determines the visible color radiated by an LED
junction?
Answer: The average rate at which energy is dissipated in the
resistor a. The color of a lens in an eyepiece
b. The amount of voltage across the device
40. In an SCR, anode current flows over a narrow region near the c. The materials used to construct the device
gate during ______. d. The amount of current through the device

a. rise time tr and spread time tp Answer: The materials used to construct the device
b. about 10 μsec
c. delay time d 48. When a pulsating dc voltage is applied as an input to the
d. more than μsec primary of a transformer, the output from the secondary contains:

Answer: about 10 μsec a. a stepped up or down version of pulsating dc voltage

b. None of the choices
41. What is the voltage range considered to be a valid logic high c. only the steady dc component of the input signal
input in a TTL device operating at 5.0 volts? d. only the ac component of the input signal

a. 5.2 to 34.8 volts Answer: only the ac component of the input signal
b. 2.0 to 5.5 volts
c. 1.0 to 1.5 volts 49. Why is a pull-up resistor needed when connecting TTL logic to
d. 1.5 to 3.0 volts CMOS logic?

Answer: 2.0 to 5.5 volts a. To decrease the output HIGH voltage

b. To increase the output LOW voltage
42. Which of the following types of solder is best for radio and c. To decrease the output LOW voltage
electronic use? d. To increase the output HIGH voltage

a. Aluminum solder Answer: To increase the output HIGH voltage

b. Acid-core solder
c. Rosin-core solder 50. A resistor an inductor and a capacitor are connected in parallel
d. Silver solder to a sinusoidal source of emf. Which of the following is true?

Answer: Rosin-core solder a. The potential difference across the capacitor branch leads the
potential difference across the inductor branch by one-fourth of a
43. According to Gauss’ law for magnetism, magnetic field lines: cycle
b. The currents in all branches are in phase
a. form closed loops c. The potential differences across all branches are in phase
b. start at both north and south poles and end at infinity d. The current in the capacitor branch leads the current the
c. start at north poles and end at south poles inductor branch by one-fourth of a cycle
d. start at south poles and end at north poles
Answer: The potential differences across all branches are in phase
Answer: form closed loops

44. In normal operation, the junctions of an n-p-n transistor are:

Answer: base emitter forward biased and base collector reverse

biased

45. Using the polar coordinate system, what visual representation

would you get of a voltage in a sinewave circuit?