Practice Test: Question Set - 01
1. When the resistor voltage in a series RL circuit becomes less than the inductor voltage, the phase angle
- (A) Increases
- (B) Decreases
- (C) Is
not affected
- (D) Cannot
be determined
2. If a load is purely inductive and the reactive power is 12 VAR, the apparent power is
- (A) 0
VA
- (B) 12
VA
- (C) 6 VA
- (D) 24
VA
3. A 470 Ω resistor and a coil with 125 Ω inductive reactance are in parallel. Both components are across a 15 V ac voltage source. Current through the inductor is
- (A) 152 mA
- (B) 32
mA
- (C) 12
mA
- (D) 120
mA
4. A power factor of 1 indicates a purely reactive circuit, and a power factor of 0 indicates a purely resistive circuit.
- (A) True
- (B) False
5. When the frequency is decreased, the impedance of a parallel RL circuit
- (A) Increases
- (B) Decreases
- (C) Remains
constant
- (D) Is
not a factor
6. In a parallel RL circuit, there are 3 A rms in the resistive branch and 3 A rms in the inductive branch. The total rms current is
- (A) 6 A
- (B) 424 mA
- (C) 4.24 A
- (D) 42.4 A
7. In an RL circuit, part of the power is resistive and part is reactive.
- (A) True
- (B) False
8. Which of the following power factors results in less energy loss in an RL circuit?
- (A) 1
- (B) 0.8
- (C) 0.4
- (D) 0.2
9. If the frequency is halved and the resistance is doubled, the impedance of a series RL circuit
- (A) Doubles
- (B) Halves
- (C) Remains
constant
- (D) Cannot
be determined without values
10. When the frequency of the voltage applied to a series RL circuit is decreased, the impedance decreases
- (A) True
- (B) False
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