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- FCC General Exam Question Pool. Subelement 3BF.
- Circuit Components. 1 Question.
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- 3F 1.5 C
- What is the effect of an increase in ambient temperature
- on the resistance of a carbon resistor?
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- A. The resistance will increase by 20% for every 10
- degrees centigrade that the temperature increases.
- B. The resistance stays the same.
- C. The resistance change depends on the resistor's
- temperature coefficient rating.
- D. The resistance becomes time dependent.
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- 3F 2.6 D
- What type of capacitor is often used in power
- supplies to filter the rectified AC?
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- A. Disc ceramic.
- B. Vacuum variable.
- C. Mica.
- D. Electrolytic.
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- 3F 2.7 D
- What kind of capacitors is used in power supply
- circuits to filter transient voltage spikes
- across the transformer secondary winding.
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- A. High value.
- B. Trimmer.
- C. Vacuum variable.
- D. Supressor.
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- 3F 3.5 C
- How may inductors become Self-Resonant?
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- A. Through distributed electromagnetism.
- B. Through eddy currents.
- C. Through distributed capacitance.
- D. Through parasitic hysteresis.
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- 3F 4.1 A
- What circuit component can change 120 VAC to 400 VAC ?
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- A. A transformer.
- B. A capacitor.
- C. A Diode.
- D. An SCR.
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- 3F 4.2 B
- What is the source of energy connected to in a transformer?
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- A. To the secondary winding.
- B. To the primary winding.
- C. To the core.
- D. To the plates.
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- 3F 4.3 A
- When no load is attached to the secondary winding of a
- transformer, what is current in the primary winding called?
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- A. Magnetizing current.
- B. Direct current.
- C. Excitation current.
- D. Stabilizing current.
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- 3F 4.4 D
- In what terms are the Primary and Secondary windings
- of a power transformer usually specified?
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- A. Joules per Second.
- B. Peak Inverse Voltage.
- C. Coloumbs per Second
- D. Volts or Volt-Amperes.
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- 3F 5.1 C
- What is the PEAK INVERSE VOLTAGE rating
- of a power supply rectifier?
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- A. The highest transient voltage the diode will handle.
- B. 1.4 time the AC frequency?
- C. The maximum voltage to be applied
- in the non-conducting direction.
- D. 2.8 time the AC frequency.
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- 3F 5.2 B
- Why must silicon rectifier diodes be thermally protected?
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- A. Because of their proximity to the power transformer.
- B. Because they will be destroyed if they become too hot.
- C. Because of their susceptibility to transient voltages.
- D. Because of their use in high-voltage applications.
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- 3F 5.4 D
- What are the two major ratings for silicon diodes
- rectifiers of the type used in power supply curcuits
- which must not be exceeded?
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- A. Peak Load Impedance; Peak Voltage.
- B. Average Power; Average Voltage.
- C. Capacitive Reactance; Avalanche Voltage.
- D. Peak Inverse Voltage; Average Forward Current.
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- End of Subelement 3BF.
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