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- FCC General Exam Question Pool. Subelement 3BE.
- Electrical Principals. 2 Questions.
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- 3E 1.1 C
- What is meant by the term IMPEDANCE?
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- A. The electrical charge stored in a Capacitor.
- B. The opposition to the flow of AC in a
- circuit containing only Capacitance
- C. The opposition to the flow of AC in a circuit.
- D. The force of repulsion presented to an
- electric field with the same charge.
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- 3E 1.2 C
- What is the opposition to the flow of AC in a circuit
- containing both resistance and reactance called?
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- A. Ohm.
- B. Joule.
- C. Impedance.
- D. Watt.
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- 3E 3.1 B
- What is meant by the term REACTANCE?
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- A. Opposition to DC caused by Resistors.
- B. Opposition to AC caused by Inductors and Capacitors.
- C. A property of ideal Resistors in AC circuits.
- D. A large spark produced at switch contacts
- when an Inductor is de-energized.
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- 3E 3.2 D
- What is the opposition to the flow
- of AC caused by Inductor called?
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- A. Resistance.
- B. Reluctance.
- C. Admittance.
- D. Reactance.
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- 3E 3.3 D
- What is the opposition to the flow
- of AC caused by Capacitor called?
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- A. Resistance.
- B. Reluctance.
- C. Admittance.
- D. Reactance.
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- 3E 3.4 D
- How does a coil react to AC?
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- A. As the frequency of the applied AC increases,
- the reactance decreases.
- B. As the amplitude of the applied AC increases,
- the reactance also increases.
- C. As the amplitude of the applied AC increases,
- the reactance decreases.
- D. As the frequency of the applied AC increases,
- the reactance also increases.
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- 3E 3.5 A
- How does a Capacitor react to AC?
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- A. As the frequency of the applied AC increases,
- the reactance decreases.
- B. As the frequency of the applied AC increases,
- the reactance increases.
- C. As the amplitude of the applied AC increases,
- the reactance also increases.
- D. As the amplitude of the applied AC increases,
- the reactance decreases.
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- 3E 6.1 A
- When will a power source deliver maximum output?
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- A. When the impedance of the load is equal
- to the impedance of the source.
- B. When the SWR has reached a maximum value.
- C. When the power supply fuse rating equals
- the primary winding current.
- D. When air wound transformers are used
- instead of iron core transformers.
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- 3E 6.2 D
- What is meant by IMPEDANCE MATCHING?
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- A. To make the load impedance much
- greater than the source impedance.
- B. To make the load impedance much
- less than the source impedance.
- C. To use a Balun at the antenna feed point.
- D. To make the load impedance equal
- to the source impedance.
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- 3E 6.3 D
- What occurs when the Impedance of an electrical load
- is equal to the internal impedance of the power source?
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- A. The source delivers minimum power to the load.
- B. There will be a high SWR condition.
- C. No current can flow through the circuit.
- D. The source delivers maximum power to the load.
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- 3E 6.4 A
- Why is IMPEDANCE MATCHING important in radio work?
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- A. So the source can deliver maximum power to the load.
- B. So the load can draw minimum power from the source.
- C. To ensure that there is less
- resistance than reactance in the circuit.
- D. To ensure that the resistance
- and reactance in the circuit are equal.
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- 3E 7.2 B
- What is the unit measurement of Reactance?
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- A. Mho.
- B. Ohm.
- C. Ampere.
- D. Siemen.
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- 3E 7.4 A
- What is the unit measurement of Impedance?
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- A. Ohm.
- B. Volt.
- C. Ampere.
- D. Watt.
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- 3E 10.1 A
- What is a BEL?
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- A. The basic unit used to describe a change in power levels.
- B. The basic unit used to describe a change in inductances.
- C. The basic unit used to describe a change in capacitances
- D. The basic unit used to describe a change in resistances.
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- 3E 10.2 A
- What is a DECIBEL.
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- A. A unit used to describe a change
- in power levels equal to 0.1 bel.
- B. A unit used to describe a change
- in power levels equal to 0.01 bel.
- C. A unit used to describe a change
- in power levels equal to 10 bels.
- D. A unit used to describe a change
- in power levels equal to 100 bels.
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- 3E 10.3 D
- Under ideal conditions, a barely detectable
- change in loudness is approximately how many dB?
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- A. 12 dB.
- B. 6 dB.
- C. 3 dB.
- D. 1 dB.
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- 3E 10.4 B
- A two times increase in power results in a change of how may dB?
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- A. Multiplying the original power by 2
- gives a new power that is 1 dB higher.
- B. Multiplying the original power by 2
- gives a new power that is 3 dB higher.
- C. Multiplying the original power by 2
- gives a new power that is 6 dB higher.
- D. Multiplying the original power by 2
- gives a new power that is 12 dB higher.
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- 3E 10.5 D
- An increase of 6 dB results from
- raising the power by how may times?
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- A. Multiply the original power by 1.5 to get the new power.
- B. Multiply the original power by 2 to get the new power.
- C. Multiply the original power by 3 to get the new power.
- D. Multiply the original power by 4 to get the new power.
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- 3E 10.6 B
- A decrease of 3 dB results from
- lowering the power by how may times?
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- A. Divide the original power by 1.5 to get the new power.
- B. Divide the original power by 2 to get the new power.
- C. Divide the original power by 3 to get the new power.
- D. Divide the original power by 4 to get the new power.
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- 3E 10.7 C
- A signal strength report is "10dB over S9". If the
- transmitter power is reduce from 1500 Watts to 150
- watts, what should be the new signal strength report?
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- A. S5
- B. S7
- C. S9
- D. S9 plus 5dB
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- 3E 10.8 D
- A signal strength report is "20dB over S9". If the
- transmitter power is reduce from 1500 Watts to 150
- watts, what should be the new signal strength report?
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- A. S5
- B. S7
- C. S9
- D. S9 plus 10dB
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- 3E 10.9 C
- A signal strength report is "20dB over S9". If the
- transmitter power is reduce from 1500 Watts to 15
- watts, what should be the new signal strength report?
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- A. S5
- B. S7
- C. S9
- D. S9 plus 5dB
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- 3E 12.1 D
- If a 1.0 ampere current source is connected
- to two parallel connected 10 ohm Resistors,
- how much current passes through each Resistor?
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- A. 10 amperes.
- B. 2 amperes.
- C. 1 ampere.
- D. 0.5 ampere.
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- 3E 12.3 B
- In a parallel circuit with a voltage source and
- several branch Resistors, what relationship does
- the total current have to the branch currents?
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- A. The total equals the average of
- the branch current in each Resistor.
- B. The total equals the sum of the
- branch currents in each Resistor.
- C. The total decreases as more parallel
- Resistors are added to the circuit.
- D. The total is calculated by adding the voltage
- drops across each Resistor and multiplying the
- sum by the total number of all circuit Resistors.
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- 3E 13.1 B
- How many Watts of electrical power are being dissipated
- when a 400 VDC power source supplies an 800 Ohm load?
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- A. 0.5 Watt is dissipated.
- B. 200 Watts are dissipated.
- C. 400 Watts are dissipated.
- D. 320,000 Watts are dissipated.
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- 3E 13.2 D
- How many Watts of electrical power are being consumed
- by a 12 VDC pilot light which dwaws 0.2 Amperes?
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- A. 60 watts.
- B. 24 watts.
- C. 6 watts.
- D. 2.4 watts.
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- 3E 13.3 A
- How many Watts are being dissipated when
- 7.0 miliamperes flows through 1.25 Kilohms?
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- A. Approximately 61 milliwatts.
- B. Approximately 39 milliwatts.
- C. Approximately 11 milliwatts.
- D. Approximately 9 milliwatts.
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- 3E 14.1 C
- How is the total resistance calculated
- calculated for several Resistors in series?
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- A. The total resistance must be divided by the number of
- Resistors to ensure accurate measurement of resistance.
- B. The total resistance is always the lowest-rated resistance.
- C. The total resistance is found by adding
- the individual resistances together.
- D. The tolerance of each Resistor must be raised
- proportionally to the number of Resistors.
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- 3E 14.2 D
- What is the total resistance of two equal,
- parallel connected Resistors?
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- A. Twice the sum of either resistance?
- B. The sum of the two resistances.
- C. The total resistance cannot be determined
- without knowing the exact resistances.
- D. Half the resistance of either Resistor.
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- 3E 14.3 A
- What is the total inductance of two equal,
- parallel connected Inductors?
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- A. Half the inductance of either Inductor,
- assuming no mutual inductance.
- B. Twice the inductance of either Inductor,
- assuming no mutual inductance.
- C. The sum of the two Inductances,
- assuming no mutual inductance.
- D. The total inductance cannot be determined
- without knowing the exact inductances.
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- 3E 14.4 B
- What is the total capacitance of two equal,
- parallel connected Capacitors?
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- A. Half the capacitance of either Capacitor.
- B. Twice the capacitance of either Capacitor.
- C. The value of either Capacitor.
- D. The total capacitance cannot be determined
- without knowing the exact capacitances.
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- 3E 14.5 B
- What is the total resistance of two equal,
- series connected Resistors?
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- A. Half the resistance of either Resistor.
- B. Twice the resistance of either Resistor.
- C. The value of either Resistor.
- D. The total resistance cannot be determined
- without knowing the exact resistances.
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- 3E 14.6 B
- What is the total inductance of two equal,
- series connected Inductors?
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- A. Half the inductance of either Inductor,
- assuming no mutual coupling.
- B. Twice the inductance of either Inductor,
- assuming no mutual coupling.
- C. The value of either Inductor, assuming no mutual coupling.
- D. The total inductance cannot be determined
- without knowing the exact inductances.
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- 3E 14.7 A
- What is the total capacitance of two equal,
- series connected Capacitors?
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- A. Half the capacitance of either Capacitor.
- B. Twice the capacitance of either Capacitor.
- C. The value of either Capacitor.
- D. The total capacitance cannot be determined
- without knowing the exact capacitances.
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- 3E 15.1 C
- What is the voltage across a 500 turn secondary winding in a
- transformer when the 2250 turn primary is connected to 117 VAC?
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- A. 2369 volts.
- B. 526.5 volts
- C. 26 volts
- D. 5.8 volts
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- 3E 15.2 A
- What is the turns ratio of a transformer to match an
- audio amplifier having an output impedance of 200 ohms
- to a speaker having a load impedance of 10 ohms?
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- A. 4.47 to 1.
- B. 14.14 to 1.
- C. 20 to 1.
- D. 400 to 1.
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- 3E 15.3 A
- What is the turns ratio of a transformer to match an
- audio amplifier having an output impedance of 600 ohms
- to a speaker having a load impedance of 4 ohms?
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- A. 12.2 to 1.
- B. 24.4 to 1.
- C. 150 to 1.
- D. 300 to 1.
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- 3E 15.4 D
- What is the impedance of a speaker which requires a
- transformer with a turns ratio of 24 to 1 to match an
- audio amplifier having an output impedance of 2000 Ohms?
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- A. 576 ohms.
- B. 83.3 ohms.
- C. 7.0 ohms.
- D. 3.5 ohms.
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- 3E 16.1 B
- What is the voltage that would produce the same amount of
- heat over time in a resistive element as would an applied
- sine wave ac voltage?
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- A. A DC voltage equal to the
- Peak To Peak value of the AC voltage.
- B. A DC voltage equal to the RMS value of the AC voltage.
- C. A DC voltage equal to the Average value of the AC voltage.
- D. A DC voltage equal to the Peak value of the AC voltage.
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- 3E 16.2 D
- What is the peak-to-peak voltage of a sine wave
- which has an RMS voltage of 117 volts?
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- A. 82.7 volts.
- B. 165.5 volts.
- C. 183.9 volts.
- D. 330.9 volts.
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- 3E 16.3 B
- A sine wave of 17 Volts Peak is
- equivalent to how many Volts RMS?
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- A. 8.5 volts.
- B. 12 volts.
- C. 24 volts.
- D. 34 volts.
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