ELEX (MASTERY EXAM 1)

a. a shorted resistor
b. an open resistor
1. A network designed to pass signals with frequencies between c. a broken wire
two specified cut-off frequencies is called a ____ filter. d. both a broken wire and an open resistor

a. low-pass Answer: both a broken wire and an open resistor

b. high-pass
c. band-pass 8. Which of the following statements is true?
d. band-stop
a. a primary cell converts electrical energy into chemical energy
Answer: band-pass b. a positive electrode is termed the cathode
c. the capacity of a cell is measured in volts
2. In a motor, back emf serves to d. galvanizing iron helps to prevent corrosion

a. decrease the current in the armature Answer: Galvanizing iron helps to prevent corrosion
b. decrease the flux
c. increase the power from the field windings 9. In an RC differentiator, the output pulse closely resembles the
d. increase the power from the motor input when

Answer: decrease the current in the armature a. T is less than the pulse width
b. T is much less than the pulse width
3. The electron activation of a movable shaft is the basis for: c. T is much larger than the pulse width
d. T is equal to the pulse width
a. relays
b. Magnetic switches Answer: T is much larger than the pulse width
c. Circuit breaker
d. Solenoids 10. Pentavalent impurities:

Answer: Solenoids a. have three valency electrons

b. introduce holes when added to a semiconductor material
4. If you have an RC and an RL differentiator with equal time c. increase a condition of a semiconductor material
constants sitting side-by-side and you apply the same input pulse d. are introduced by adding aluminum atoms to a semiconductor
to both, material

a. the RC has the widest output pulse Answer: increase a condition of a semiconductor material
b. you can tell the difference by observing the output waveforms
c. the output of one is an increasing and the output of the other is 11. Iron losses in a transformer are due to:
a decreasing exponential
d. the RL has the most narrow spikes on the output a. Flux leakage
b. The resistance of the primary and secondary windings
Answer: you can tell the difference by observing the output c. Eddy currents only
waveforms d. Both eddy current and hysteresis losses

5. When one of four series resistors is removed from a circuit and Answer: Both eddy current and hysteresis losses
the circuit reconnected, the current
12. Which of the following is not a basic Boolean operation?
a. decreases by the amount of current through the removed
resistor a. FOR
b. increases b. NOT
c. quadruples c. AND
d. decreases by one-fourth d. OR

Answer: increases Answer: FOR

(By trial and error)
13. With surface-mount technology (SMT), the devices should:
6. The purpose of the commutator in a generator or motor is to
a. utilize transistor outline connections
a. change the direction of the current to the stator windings b. have parallel connecting pins
b. support the motor or generator shaft c. mount directly
c. provide the magnetic field for the motor or generator d. require holes and pads
d. change the direction of the current to the rotor as it spins
Answer: mount directly
Answer: change the direction of the current to the rotor as it spins
14. Which of the following statements is false?
7. When you connect an ammeter in a series resistive circuit and
turn on the source voltage, the ammeter reads zero. You should a. A transformer whose secondary current is greater than the
check for: primary current is a step-up transformer
b. In a single-phase transformer, the hysteresis loss is proportional Answer: Copper loss is reduced
to frequency
c. In an ideal transformer, the volts per turn are constant for a 22. Which of the following statements relating to operational
given value of primary voltage amplifiers is true?
d. In transformers, eddy current loss is reduced by laminating the
core Answer: It has a high open-loop voltage gain at low frequency, a
high input impedance and low output impedance
Answer: A transformer whose secondary current is greater than
the primary current is a step-up transformer 23. Which of the following series combination dissipates the most
power when connected across a 100 V source?
15. The commutative law of addition and multiplication indicates
that: a. Four 100 ohms resistors
b. Three 100 ohms resistors
Answer: the way we OR or AND two variables is unimportant c. Two 100 ohms resistors
because the result is the same d. One 100 ohms resistor

16. A coil of wire is placed in a changing magnetic field. If the Answer: One 100 ohms resistor
number of turns in the coil is increased, the voltage induced
across the coil will _____. 24. When the collector resistor in a CE amplifier is increased in
value, the voltage gain:
Answer: increase
a. Become erratic
17. A sudden decrease in a total current into a parallel circuit may b. Increases
indicate: c. Decreases
d. Is not affected
a. Either an open resistor or a drop in source voltage
b. A short Answer: Increase
c. An open resistor (NOTE: Av = Rc / Re)
d. A drop in source voltage
25. Why is an exclusive-NOR gate also called an equality gate?
Answer: Either an open resistor or a drop in source voltage
a. The output is false if the inputs are equal
18. The output voltage of balanced Wheatstone bridge is: b. None of the choices
c. The output is true if the inputs are equal
a. Equal to a source voltage d. The outputs is true if the inputs are opposite
b. Equal to zero
c. Dependent on all the of the resistor values in the bridge Answer: The output is true if the inputs are equal
d. Dependent on the value of the unknown resistor

Answer: Equal to zero 26. If you measure all the voltage drops and the source voltage in
a series circuit and add them together, taking into consideration
19. When the frequency of the source voltage is increased, the the polarities, you will get a result equal to:
impedance of a parallel RC circuit ____.
a. The total of the voltage drops
Answer: decreases b. Zero
(By trial and error) c. The source voltage
d. The total of the source voltage and the voltage drops
20. Which of the following statements is false?
Answer: Zero
a. The supply current is a minimum at resonance in a parallel (Kirchoff’s Voltage Law)
circuit
b. The Q factor at resonance in a parallel circuit is the voltage 27. In the crankshaft position sensor in the figure below, the
magnification induced voltage across the coils is caused by:
c. Improving power factor reduces the current flowing a system
d. The circuit impedance is a maximum at resonance in a parallel
circuit

Answer: The Q factor at resonance in a parallel circuit is the

voltage magnification
(In parallel, it is current magnification)

21. An advantage of an auto-transformer is that:

a. It reduces capacitance between turns

b. It gives a high step-up ratio
c Iron losses are reduced a. a tab passing through the magnetic field
d. Copper loss is reduced b. rotation of the disk
c. current in the coil
d. acceleration of the disk’s rotational speed 34. Which of the following statements is false? When two metal
electrodes are used in a simple cell, the one that is higher in the
Answer: a tab passing through the magnetic field electrochemical series:
28. A logic probe is placed on the output of a gate and the display
indicator is dim. A pulser is used on each of the input terminals, a. Acts as an anode
but the output indication does not change. What is wrong? b. Reacts most readily with oxygen
c. Tends to dissolve in the electrolyte
a. The output of the gate appears to be open d. Is always the negative electrode
b. The dim indication is the result of a bad ground connection on
the logic probe Answer: Act as an anode
c. The gate is a tristate device
d. The dim indication on the logic indicates that the supply voltage 35. A commutator is a device fitted to a generator. Its function is:
is probably low
a. To convert the ac generated into dc output
Answer: The output of the gate appears to be open b. To convey the current to and from the windings
c. To generate a direct current
29. If the flux per pole of a shunt-wound d.c. generator is d. To prevent sparking when the load changes
increased, and all other variables are kept the same, the speed:
Answer: To generate a direct current
a. Stays the same
b. Decreases 36. In a series RC circuit, 10 V rms is measured across the resistor
c. None of the choices and 10 V rms is also measured across the capacitor. The voltages
d. Increases are measured at a certain frequency. To make the resistor voltage
greater than the capacitor voltage, the frequency
Answer: Decrease
(Accept this one) a. is held constant
b. must be decreased
30. What is the advantage of using CMOS logic over TTL? c. has no effect
d. must be increased
a. It switches faster
b. Cost Answer: must be increased
c. It is larger (By trial and error)
d. It uses less power
37. Reluctance in magnetic circuit is analogous to ____ in an
Answer: It uses less power electric circuit.

31. In normal operation an n-p-n transistor connected in common- a. voltage

base configuration has: b. current
c. resistance
a. The emitter at a lower potential than the base d. power
b. The collector at a lower potential at a base
c. The collector at a lower potential than the emitter Answer: resistance
d. The base at a lower potential then the emitter
38. When an IC has two rows of parallel connecting pins, the
Answer: The emitter at a lower potential than the base device is referred to as a:

a. TSSOP
32. A TTL totem-pole circuit is designed so that the output b. CMOS
transistors: c. DIP
d. QFP
a. provide phase splitting
b. are never on together Answer: DIP
c. provide voltage regulation
d. are always on together 39. The slip speed of an induction motor:

Answer: are never on together a. is 100 per cent until the rotor moves and then falls to a low
value
33. In a photodiode, light produces ___________. b. is zero until the rotor moves and then rises to 100 percent
c. is zero until the rotor moves and then rises slightly
a. electroluminescence d. is 100 percent until the rotor moves and then falls to a low
b. forward current value
c. dark current
d. reverse current Answer: is 100 per cent until the rotor moves and then falls to a
low value
Answer: reverse current
40. The resonant frequency of parallel circuit is the same as a
series circuit using the same components when:
a. None of the choices
b. The Q is very low Answer: using Boolean algebra
c. There is no resistance
d. The Q is very high 46. In a class A amplifier, the output signal is _____.

Answer: The Q is very high a. smaller in amplitude than the input

b. clipped
41. A logic circuit that provides a HIGH output if one input or the c. the same shape as the input
other input, but not both, is HIGH, is a(n): d. distorted

a. NAND gate Answer: the same as the input

b. OR gate
c. Ex-OR gate 47. When checking out a series resistive circuit, you find that the
d. Ex-NOR gate current is higher that it should be. You should look for:

Answer: Ex-OR gate a. a low resistive value

b. an open circuit
42. In the figure below, a voltmeter connected across R_L reads c. a short
zero. Most probably: d. both a short and a low resistive value

Answer: bot a short and a low resistive value

48. The speed of a d.c. motor may be increased by:

a. Increasing the filed current

b. Increasing the armature current
c. Decreasing the applied voltage
d. Decreasing the filed current

Answer: Decreasing the filed current

a. the base collector junction of the transistor has gone open
circuit 49. Which of the following choices meets the minimum
b. RL has open-circuited requirement needed to create specialized waveforms that are
c. the Vcc supply battery is flat used in digital control and sequencing circuits?
d. None of the choices
a. Basic gates, a clock oscillator, and a De Morgan pulse generator
Answer: the base collector junction of the transistor has gone b. Basic gates, a clock resistor, and a Johnson shift counter
open circuit c. Basic gates, a clock oscillator, a repetitive waveform generator,
and a Johnson shift counter
43. What is the difference between a 7400 and a 7411 IC? d. Basic gates, a clock oscillator, and a repetitive waveform
generator
a. 7400 has four two-input AND gates; 7411 has three three-input
NAND gates Answer: Basic gates, a clock oscillator, and a repetitive waveform
b. 7400 has four four-input AND gates; 7411 has three three-input generator
NAND gates
c. 7400 has four two-input NAND gates; 7411 has three three- 50. The total resistance of the figure below can be found with
input AND gates
d. 7400 has two four-input NAND gates; 7411 has three three-
input AND gates

Answer: 7400 has four two-input NAND gates; 7411 has three
three-input AND gates
which of the following formulas?
44. Atoms within a semiconductor crystal are held together by:

a. Atomic glue
b. Subatomic particles
c. Covalent bonds
d. The valence bond

Answer: Covalent bonds

Answer: (R₁ + R₂) || (R₃ + R₄ + R₅)
45. The systematic reduction of logic circuits is accomplished by:

a. using a truth table

b. symbolic reduction
c. using Boolean algebra
d. TTL logic