Electrical Circuits

231. What is the specific resistance of a pure silicon?

  1. 55 Ω-mm
  2. 55 Ω-m
  3. 55 Ω -cm
  4. 55 kΩ-m

Correct answer: (C)
55 Ω -cm

232. What is the temperature coefficient of the resistance Eureka?

  1. Infinity
  2. Negative
  3. Almost zero
  4. Positive

Correct answer: (C)
Almost zero

233. What is the time constant for L of 240 mH in series with R of 20 Ω ?

  1. 12 ms
  2. 4.8 s
  3. 83.3 s
  4. 12 s

Correct answer: (A)
12 ms

234. What is the total capacitance of 10 capacitors, each of 20 μF in series?

  1. 200 μF
  2. 2 μF
  3. 100 μF
  4. 0.5 μF

Correct answer: (B)
2 μF

235. What is the total effective capacitance of two 0.25 μF capacitors connected in series?

  1. 0.125 μF
  2. 1.25 μF
  3. 0.50 μF
  4. 2.5 if

Correct answer: (A)
0.125 μF

236. What is the total resistance of a two equal valued resistors in series?

  1. The difference of both
  2. The product of both
  3. Twice as one
  4. The sum of their reciprocals

Correct answer: (C)
Twice as one

237. What is the value of a carbon composition resistor with the following color code: Brown, white, orange, red

  1. 190 n; 10 %
  2. 19 k Ω ; 2 %
  3. 19 kn; 20 %
  4. 1.9 kn; 2 %

Correct answer: (B)
19 k Ω ; 2 %

238. What maximum voltage can be applied across the capacitor for very short period of time?

  1. Working voltage
  2. Surge voltage
  3. Stray voltage
  4. Peak voltage

Correct answer: (B)
Surge voltage

239. What rating of a resistor determines its ability to absorb heat?

  1. Wattage
  2. Ohmic
  3. Current
  4. Voltage

Correct answer: (A)
Wattage

240. What refers to such work at very low temperatures, near absolute zero?

  1. Cryogenics
  2. Superconductivity
  3. Subsonic
  4. Thermionic

Correct answer: (A)
Cryogenics

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