If you measure all the voltage drops and the source voltage in a series circuit and add them
together, taking into consideration the polarities, you will get a result equal to

52. There are six resistors in a given series circuit and each resistor has 5 V dropped across it. The
source voltage is

53. A series circuit consists of a 4.7 kΩ, a 5.6 kΩ and a 10kΩ resistor. The resistor that has the
most voltage across it is

54. Which of the following series combinations dissipates the most power when connected across a 100 V source?

55. The total power in a certain circuit is 1 W. Each of the five equal-value series resistors making up the circuit dissipates

56. When you connect an ammeter in a series resistive circuit and turn on the source voltage, the meter reads zero. You should check for

57. While checking out a series resistive circuit, you find that the current is higher than it should
be. You should look for

In a parallel circuit, each resistor has

When a 1.2 kΩ resistor and a 100 Ω resistor are connected in parallel, the total resistance is

A 330 Ω resistor, a 270 Ω resistor, and a 68 Ω resistor are all in parallel. The total resistance is
approximately

Eight resistors are in parallel. The two lowest-value resistors are both 1.0 kΩ. The total resistance

When an additional resistor is connected across an existing parallel circuit, the total resistance

If one of the resistors in a parallel circuit is removed, the total resistance

The currents into a node are along two paths. One current is 5 A and the other is 3 A. The total

The following resistors are in parallel across a voltage source: 390Ω, 560Ω, and 820Ω. The
resistor with the least current is

A sudden decrease in the total current into a parallel circuit may indicate

In a four-branch parallel circuit, there are 10 mA of current in each branch. If one of the branches opens, the current in each of the other three branches is

In a certain three-branch parallel circuit, R1 has 10 mA through it, R2 has 15 mA through it, and R3 has 20 mA through it. After measuring a total current of 35 mA, you can say that

. If there are a total of 100 mA into a parallel circuit consisting of three branches and two of the branch currents are 40 mA and 20 mA, the third branch current is

A complete short develops across one of five parallel resistors on a PC board. The most likely result is

The power dissipation in each of four parallel branches is 1 mW. The total power dissipation is

The total reactance of a series RLC circuit at resonance is

The phase angle of a series RLC circuit at resonance is

The impedance at the resonant frequency of a series RLC circuit with L = 15mH, C = 0.015 µF, and  = 80 Ω is

In a series RLC circuit that is operating below the resonant frequency, the current

If the value of C in a series RLC circuit is increased, the resonant frequency

In a certain series resonant circuit,  = 150 V,  = 150 V and   = 50 V The value of the source voltage is

A certain series resonant band-pass filter has a bandwidth of 1 kHz. If the existing coil is replaced with one having a lower value of Q, the bandwidth will

At frequencies below resonance in a parallel RLC circuit, the current

The total current into the L and C branches of a parallel circuit at resonance is ideally

To tune a parallel resonant circuit to a lower frequency, the capacitance should be

The resonant frequency of a parallel circuit is the same as a series circuit using the same components when

If the resistance in parallel with a parallel resonant filter is reduced, the bandwidth

In a diode, the two bias conditions are

The voltage across a forward-biased silicon diode is approximately

The process of converting ac to pulsating dc is called

The output frequency of a half-wave rectifier with a 60 Hz sinusoidal input is

The number of diodes used in a half-wave rectifier is

If a 75 V peak sine wave is applied to a half-wave rectifier, the peak inverse voltage across the diode is

The output frequency of a full-wave rectifier with a 60 Hz sinusoidal input is

Two types of full-wave rectifier are

When a diode in a center-tapped rectifier opens, the output is

During the positive half-cycle of the input voltage in a bridge rectifier,

The process of changing a half-wave or a full-wave rectified voltage to a constant dc voltage is called

The small variation in the output voltage of a dc power supply is called

The zener diode is designed to operate in

Zener diodes are sometimes used as

Varactor diodes are used as variable

LEDs are based on the principle of

In a photodiode, light produces

A 9 V battery is connected across a series combination of 68 Ω, 33 Ω, 100 Ω and 47 Ω resistors. The amount of current is

A series circuit consists of three resistors with values of 100 Ω, 220 Ω, and 330 Ω. The total resistance is

When one of four series resistors is removed from a circuit and the circuit reconnected, the current