RESONANCE CIRCUIT condenser of 2 μF capacity.

To what
PROBLEMS frequency will the combination be resonant?
449.REE Board Exam October 2000 A. 110 Hz C. 105 Hz
A series circuit consists of a 20-ohm B. 108 Hz D. 100 Hz
resistance, a 150 mH inductance and an
unknown capacitance. The circuit is 454.REE Board Exam April 1995
supplied with a voltage v = 100 sin 377t. What capacitance must be placed in series
Find the value of capacitance at resonance. with an inductance of 0.05 Henry so that
A. 42 μF C. 34.65 μF at 100 Hz, the impedance becomes equal to
B. 47 μF D. 72.57 μF the ohmic resistance?
A. 50.7 μF C. 70.7 μF
450.REE Board Exam April 2001 B. 35.5 μF D. 87.0 μF
A 5 mH pure inductance is connected in
parallel with one microfarad capacitor. 455.EE Board Exam April 1989
What frequency will the circuit be A coil has a resistance of 50 ohms and a
antiresonance? reactance of 100 ohms, is shunted by a
A. 250 Hz C. 60 Hz capacitor, which has practically no losses
B. 2250 Hz D. 100 Hz in order that the voltage across the coil
be in phase with the total current supplied
451.EE Board Exam April 1993 to the parallel combination. What is the
Capacitor of 30-microfarad capacitance is impedance of the parallel combination under
in series with a coil across an 8,000 cycle the given condition?
supply. What inductance is required for A. 250 ohms C. 230 ohms
resonance? B. 200 ohms D. 220 ohms
A. 13.34 μH C. 13.19 μH
B. 10.45 μH D. 12.55 μH 456.EE Board Exam April 1983
A non-inductive resistor R is connected in
452.REE Board Exam October 1998 parallel with an inductive reactance of 10
One leg of a radio tuned circuit has a ohms. The combination is then connected in
capacitance of 1 x 10-9 F. It is tuned at series with a capacitive reactance of 5
200 kHz. What is the inductance of the ohms. Solve for R at which the power factor
other leg in Henry? of the given circuit would be unity.
A. 6.33 x 10-4 C. 8.25 x 10-5 A. 10 Ω C. 13 Ω
B. 20 x 10-3 D. 120 x 10-3 B. 12 Ω D. 11 Ω

453.EE Board Exam April 1988 457.EE Board Exam October 1982
A loud speaker whose inductance is 1.15 Two impedances Z1 = 15 + j20 and Z2 = 5 –
Henry is coupled to a power tube through a jXC are connected in parallel. Solve for

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the values of XC so that the total current 461.EE Board Exam April 1981
drawn by the combination will be in phase A resistor R is connected in parallel with
with any supply voltage V. a 20-ohm inductive reactive. The
A. 28.54 Ω C. 33.12 Ω combination is then connected in series
B. 30.43 Ω D. 29.55 Ω with a 5-ohm capacitive reactance. Solve
the value of R at which the power factor
458.EE Board Exam April 1985 of the resultant impedance is unity.
A resistance of 5 ohms is connected in A. 10.05 ohms C. 11.55 ohms
series with a capacitor of 442.1 μF. The B. 9.15 ohms D. 10.73 ohms
combination is then connected in parallel
with an inductance of 21.22 mH. Solve for 462.EE Board Exam October 1998
the frequency of the impressed voltage with A coil has a resistance of 50 ohms and a
which the inductive reactance is equal to reactance of 70 ohms. A capacitor is
the capacitive reactance in magnitude. connected in parallel to produce resonance.
A. 50 Hz C. 52 Hz The source voltage is 120 V. What is the
B. 51 Hz D. none of these power drawn by the circuit?
A. 162 W C. 132 W
459.EE Board Exam April 1989 B. 97 W D. 52 W
A coil has a resistance of 50 ohms and a
reactance of 100 ohms, is shunted by a 463.EE Board Exam April 1995
capacitor, which has practically no losses. A coil is supplied with 200 volts and takes
What must be the reactance of the capacitor a current (rms) of 2 amperes at 0.707
in order that the voltage across the coil lagging. The quality factor (Q) of the coil
is in phase with the total current supplied is
to the parallel combination? A. 25 C. 10
A. 120 ohms C. 125 ohms B. 1 D. 100
B. 127 ohms D. 132 ohms
464.EE Board Exam October 1998
460.EE Board Exam April 1982 In a series resonant RLC circuit, all of
Three impedances Za, Zb and Zc are the following statements are correct EXCEPT
connected in parallel. If at 60 Hz, Za = one. Which one is this?
j8, Zb = -j2 and Zc = 5 ohms, Solve for the A. The resonant frequency is dependent on
frequency at resonance. the resistance of the circuit.
A. 30 Hz C. 36 Hz B. The phase angle between the voltage
B. 34 Hz D. 28 Hz and the current vectors is zero.
C. The impedance is a minimum.
D. The current is a maximum.

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465.EE Board Exam April 1994, October 470.ECE Board Exam November 1997
1993 What condition does resonance occurs in an
The current in RLC series circuit at electrical circuit?
resonance is A. When the power factor is at minimum
A. maximum C. minimum B. When the square root of the sum of the
B. zero D. infinity capacitive and inductive reactances is
to the resonant frequency
466.ECE Board Exam April 2001 C. When the inductive and capacitive
Ignoring the capacitive effects, what is reactances are equal
the impedance of a 100 mH coil (with an D. none of the above
internal resistance of 45 ohms) in parallel
with 4,700 ohms resistor at a frequency of 471.ECE Board Exam November 2001
500 Hz? What is the relationship between frequency
A. 317 ohms C. 5014 ohms and the value of XC?
B. 237 ohms D. 314 ohms A. frequency has no effect
B. XC varies directly with frequency
467.ECE Board Exam November 1996 C. XC varies inversely with frequency
____ frequency is reached when the D. XC varies indirectly with frequency
capacitive and inductive reactance in a
tuned circuit are equal. 472.ECE Board Exam April 2001
A. zero C. infinite When is the line current minimum in a
B. pulsating D. resonant parallel LC circuit?
A. at the broadcast frequency
468.ECE Board Exam November 1998 B. at the circuit frequency
Find the Q of a circuit when the resonant C. at the resonant frequency
frequency is 4.468 MHz, the inductance is D. at the highest frequency
47 microhenry and the resistance is 180
ohms parallel. 473.ECE Board Exam November 1999
A. 0.136 C. 0.00735 Find the half-power bandwidth of a parallel
B. 13.30 D. 7.35 resonant circuit which has a resonant
469.ECE Board Exam November 2000 frequency of 7.1 MHz and Q of 150.
In an “IDEAL” resonant circuit, what is the A. 16.5 kHz C. 21.1 kHz
relationship between the current and the B. 211 kHz D. 47.3 kHz
impedance?
A. current high, impedance low 474.ECE Board Exam November 1997
B. current low, impedance low It is the term for the phenomena which
C. current low, impedance high occurs in an electrical circuit when the
D. current high, impedance high inductive reactance balances with the

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capacitive reactance. A. 14.5 MHz C. 1.33 kHz
A. reactive equilibrium B. 1.33 MHz D. 14.5 kHz
B. resonance
C. reactive quiescence 480.ECE Board Exam November 2001
D. high Q ____ refers to reactive power.
A. power consumed in circuit Q
475.ECE Board Exam April 1998 B. power consumed in wire resistance in
What is the resonant frequency of a circuit an inductor
when L of 25 microhenrys and C of 10 C. wattles, non-productive power
picofarads are in parallel? D. power lost because of capacitor
A. 68.7 kHz C. 68.7 MHz leakage
B. 10.1 kHz D. 10.1 MHz
481.ECE Board Exam November 1998
476.ECE March 1996 How do you call the nature of a circuit
What is the effect in terms of bandwidth during series resonance?
when the Q of a single-tuned stage is A. unstable C. resistive
doubled? B. capacitive D. inductive
A. halved C. doubled
B. the same D. four times 482.ECE Board Exam April 1999
What is the resonant frequency of a circuit
477.ECE Board Exam November 1999 when L is 200 microhenrys and C is 10
If you need an LC circuit to be resonant picofarads are in series?
at 2,500 Hz and use a 150 mH coil, what A. 7.96 MHz C. 3.56 MHz
should the capacitance value be? B. 6 MHz D. 7.96 kHz
A. 0.015 μF C. 27 μF
B. 0.15 μF D. 0.027 μF 483.ECE Board Exam April 2000
In a series resonant LC circuit, what is
478.ECE Board Exam April 1999 the impedance at resonant frequency?
What is the resonant frequency of a circuit A. Infinity
when L is 40 microhenrys and C is 6 B. Determined solely by the dc resistance
picofarads are in series? C. The maximum impedance value
A. 6.63 MHz C. 6.63 kHz D. Zero
B. 10.3 MHZ D. 10.3 kHz
484.ECE Board Exam April 1999
479.ECE Board Exam April 1998 What is the characteristic of the current
What is the resonant frequency of a circuit flow in a parallel R-L-C circuit at
when L of 3 microhenrys and C of 40 resonance?
picofarads are in series? A. The current circulating in the parallel

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elements is dc 488.ECE Board Exam November 1996
B. The current circulating in the parallel The _____ the Q of a circuit, the narrower
elements is zero is its bandwidth.
C. The current circulating in the parallel A. Lower C. Higher
elements is at a maximum B. Broader D. Selective
D. The current circulating in the parallel
elements is at a minimum 489.ECE Board Exam March 1996
Find the half-power bandwidth of a resonant
485.ECE Board Exam March 1996 circuit which has a resonant frequency of
What is the responsible for the phenomenon 1.8 MHz and a Q of 95.
when voltages across reactances in series A. 58.7 kHz C. 189 Hz
can often be larger than the voltage B. 18.9 kHz D. 1.89 kHz
applied to them?
A. Capacitance C. Conductance 490.ECE Board Exam November 1998
B. Resistance D. Resonance What is the resonant frequency of a circuit
when L is 5 microhenrys and C is 9
486.ECE Board Exam March 1996 picofarads are in series?
Term used for resonance in an electrical A. 23.7 kHz C. 23.7 MHz
circuit. B. 3.54 kHz D. 3.54 MHz
A. The frequency at which power factor is
at a minimum 491.ECE Board Exam April 1998
B. The frequency at which capacitive Find the half-power bandwidth of a parallel
reactance equals inductive reactances resonant circuit which has a resonant
C. The highest frequency that will pass frequency of 3.6 MHz and a Q of 218.
current A. 58.7 kHz C. 16.5 kHz
D. The lowest frequency that will pass B. 606 kHz D. 47.3 kHz
current
492.ECE Board Exam November 1998
487.ECE Board Exam November 1998 What is the resonant frequency of a circuit
Ignoring any effects of dc resistance, what when L is 3 microhenrys and C is 40
is the total reactance of a 250 mH coil in picofarads are in parallel?
series with a 4.7 μF capacitor at a signal A. 14.5 kHz C. 14.5 MHz
frequency of 1000 Hz? B. 13.1 kHz D. 13.1 MHz
A. 1604 Ω C. 1536 Ω
B. 35 Ω D. 1570 Ω 493.ECE Board Exam November 1998
What is the resonant frequency of a circuit
when L is 15 microhenry and C is 5
picofarads are in series?

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A. 2.12 kHz C. 18.4 kHz when L is 50 microhenrys and C is 10
B. 18.4 MHz D. 2.12 MHz picofarads are in parallel?
A. 3.18 kHz C. 7.12 MHz
494.ECE Board Exam November 1998 B. 3.18 MHz D. 7.12 kHz
What is the resonant frequency of a circuit
when L is 2 microhenry and C is 15 499.ECE Board Exam November 1999
picofarads are in series? What is the cause of a minimum Q on a
A. 29.1 MHz C. 29.1 kHz single-tuned LC circuit?
B. 5.31 MHz D. 5.31 kHz A. Decreased shunt resistor
B. Decreased capacitance
495.ECE Board Exam April 1998 C. Increased shunt resistor
Characteristic of the current flow in a D. Decreased series resistor
series R-L-C circuit at resonance
A. it is zero 500.ECE Board Exam November 1998
B. it is dc ____ is another term for quality factor or
C. it is at a maximum Q of the resonant circuit.
D. it is at a minimum A. Noise factor C. White noise
B. Noise figure D. Figure of merit
496.ECE Board Exam April 2001
What is the term for the number of times 501.ECE Board Exam November 2000
per second that a tank circuit energy is What is the biggest advantage of using
stored in the inductor of capacitor? crystals in resonant circuits?
A. Non-resonant frequency A. less fragile
B. Broadcast frequency B. cost
C. Circuit frequency C. size
D. Resonant frequency D. greater accuracy and stability

497.ECE Board Exam November 1995 502.ECE Board Exam April 2001
An LC circuit resonates at 2000 kHz, and What is the impedance of a crystal at its
has a Q of 100. Find the lower and upper resonant frequency when it is used in the
cut-off frequencies. parallel mode?
A. 1950 kHz, 2050 kHz A. 70 percent C. minimum
B. 1990 kHz, 2010 kHz B. 50 percent D. maximum
C. 1980 kHz, 2020 kHz
D. 1900 kHz, 2100 kHz 503.ECE Board Exam April 1998
_____ is a parallel LC circuit.
498.ECE Board Exam November 1998 A. Hartley circuit
What is the resonant frequency of a circuit B. Static circuit

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C. Tank circuit C. maximum in both the circuits
D. Parallel resisting circuit D. minimum in both the circuits

504.There will ____ be a frequency, called 510.A series resonant circuit is capacitive
the ____frequency at which ____. at f = 100 Hz. The circuit will be inductive
A. sometimes, natural; XL = XC somewhere at
B. always, natural; R = 0 A. f = 100 Hz
C. always, resonant; XL = XC B. f > 100 Hz
D. sometimes, resonant; R = 0 C. f = 100 Hz by increasing the value of
the resistance
505.The formula for the resonant frequency D. none of these
is f = ____.
A. √LC C. 1/√LC 511.At a frequency less than the resonant
B. 2π√LC D. 𝟏/𝟐𝛑√𝐋𝐂 frequency
A. series circuit is capacitive and
506.For a series RLC circuit, a circuit at parallel circuit is inductive
resonance the current amplitude is ____ for B. series circuit is inductive and
a fixed voltage amplitude and the power parallel circuit is capacitive
factor is ____. C. both circuits are inductive
A. minimum, zero C. maximum, zero D. both circuits are capacitive
B. minimum, unity D. maximum, unity
512.In series as well as parallel resonant
507.In an RLC circuit, the impedance at circuits, increasing the value of
resonance is resistance would lead to
A. maximum C. infinity A. increase in the bandwidth of both the
B. minimum D. zero circuits
B. decrease in the bandwidth of both the
508.The current in RLC series circuit, i.e., circuits
at resonance is C. increase in bandwidth in series
A. maximum C. infinity circuit and decrease in parallel circuit
B. minimum D. zero D. decrease in bandwidth in series
circuit and increase in parallel circuit
509.In RLC circuits, the current at
resonance is 513.The value of current at resonance in a
A. the maximum in series circuit and series RLC circuit is affected by the value
minimum in parallel circuit of
B. maximum in parallel circuit and A. R C. C
minimum in series circuit B. L D. all of these

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514.In resonant circuits, the power factor B. f =
1
D. f =
1
2𝜋√𝐿𝐶− 𝑅2 𝐿𝐶− 𝐶2𝑅2
at resonance is 2𝜋√ 2

A. zero C. 1
B. 0.5 D. 0.707 518.The frequency at which maximum voltage
occurs across the capacitance in RLC series
515.Which of the following statements is circuits is
true for a series RLC circuit tuned at A. f =
1
C. f =
1
2𝜋√𝐿𝐶 𝐶 2 𝑅2
resonant frequency? 2𝜋√𝐿𝐶− 2

A. the voltage across C > applied voltage B. f =

1
D. f =
1
1 𝑅2 𝐿𝐶− 𝐶2𝑅2
B. the voltage across L > applied voltage 2𝜋√𝐿𝐶− 2 2𝜋√
𝐿 2

C. the voltage across L and C > applied

voltage 519.If f1 and f2 are half power frequencies
D. the voltage across L and C = applied and f0 be resonance frequency, the
voltage selectivity of RLC series circuit is given
by
516.At anti-resonance for the given circuit, 𝑓2 − 𝑓0 𝑓2 − 𝑓1
A. C.
the frequency is given by 𝑓1 − 𝑓0 𝑓1 − 𝑓0

𝑓2 − 𝑓0 𝑓2 − 𝑓0
B. D.
𝑓0 2𝑓0

520.To a series RLC circuit, a voltage of

10 V is applied. If Q of the coil at
resonant frequency is 20, the voltage
1 𝐿−𝐶𝑅12 across the inductor at resonant frequency
A. f = √
2𝜋√𝐿𝐶 𝐿− 𝐶𝑅22
will be
1 𝐿−𝐶𝑅12 A. 200 V C. 75 V
B. f = √
√𝐿𝐶 𝐿− 𝐶𝑅22
B. 100 V D. 50 V
1 𝐶−𝐿𝑅12
C. f = √
2𝜋√𝐿𝐶 𝐶− 𝐿𝑅22
521.The currents flowing in L and C at
1 𝐿−𝐶𝑅12 parallel resonance are
D. f = √
2𝜋√𝐿𝐶 𝐶− 𝐶𝑅22
A. zero C. infinite
B. equal D. different
517.The frequency at which maximum voltage
522.The exact natural frequency of free
occurs the inductance in RLC series
oscillation in an oscillatory circuit with
circuits is
capacitance of 0.055 μF, inductance 2 μH
1 1
A. f = C. f = and resistance 1 ohm will be
2𝜋√𝐿𝐶 𝐶2 𝑅2
2𝜋√𝐿𝐶− 2
A. 478 kHz C. 272 kHz
B. 337 kHz D. 192 kHz

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523.A coil with large distributed 530.An R-L-C circuit has a resonance
capacitance has a frequency of 160 kHz and a Q-factor of 100.
A. low resistance Its bandwidth is
B. low Q A. 1.6 kHz C. 16 MHz
C. low resonant frequency B. 0.625 kHz D. none of the above
D. high resonant frequency
531.In a parallel resonant circuit there
524.In a series R-L-C circuit, resonance is practically no difference between the
occurs when condition for unity power factor and the
A. R = XL - XC C. XL = 10 XC or more condition for maximum impedance so long as
B. XL = XC D. net X > R Q is
A. very small of the order of 5
525.The p.f. of a series R-L-C circuit at B. small of the order of 20
its half-power point is C. large of the order of 1000
A. unity C. leading D. none of these
B. lagging D. either B and C
532.A parallel AC circuit in resonance will
526.A resonance curve for a series circuit A. act like a resistor of low value
is a plot of frequency versus ____. B. have a high impedance
A. voltage C. current C. have current in each section equal to
B. impedance D. reactance the line current
D. have a high voltage developed across
527.At half-power points of a resonance each inductive and capacitive section
curve, the current is ____ times the
maximum current. 533.A parallel resonant circuit can be used
A. 2 C. √𝟐 A. to amplify certain frequencies
B. 1/√2 D. ½ B. to reject a small band of frequencies
C. as a high impedance
528.Higher the Q of a series circuit, D. both B and C
A. greater its bandwidth
B. sharper its resonance 534.The Q-factor of a 2-branched parallel
C. broader its resonance curve circuit is given by the ratio
D. narrower its pass band A. Ic/IL C. I/IL
B. I/Ic D. L/C
529.As the Q-factor of a circuit ____, its
selectivity becomes ____. 535.Like a resonant R-L-C, a parallel
A. increases, better C. decreases, better resonant circuit also
B. increases, worse D. decreases,narrower A. has a power factor of unity

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B. offers minimum impedance 540.Consider the following statements:
C. draws maximum current In a network of resonance:
D. magnifies current 1. the admittance is maximum
2. the power factor is unity irrespective
536.At resonant frequency an R-L-C circuit of the network
draws maximum current due to the reason 3. the Q of a series RLC resonant circuit
that is independent of R
A. the difference between capacitive Of these statements
reactance and inductive reactance A. 1 and 3 are correct
B. the impedance is more than resistance B. 1 and 2 are correct
C. the voltage across the capacitor C. 2 and 3 are correct
equals the applied voltage D. 1 alone is correct
D. the power factor is less than unity
541.A circuit with a resistor, inductor and
537.Consider the following statements with capacitor in series is resonant at f0 Hz.
respect to a series R-L-C circuit under If all the component values are now doubled
resonance condition: the new resonant frequency is
1. All the applied voltage appears across R. A. 2f0 C. f0/4
2. There is no voltage across either L or C. B. still f0 D. f0/2
3. The voltage across L and C is equal and

equal to their maximum values. 542.If the resonant frequency of the

Of these statement circuit shown in Fig. 1 is 1 kHz, the
A. 1 alone is correct resonant frequency of the circuit shown in
B. 2 alone is correct
C. 1 and 3 are correct
D. 1 and 2 are correct

538.A series R-L-C circuit will have unity

power factor if operated at a frequency of
A. 1/LC C. 1/ω2LC
A. 4 kHz C. 0.5 kHz
B. 1/ω√LC D. 𝟏/𝟐𝛑√𝐋𝐂
B. 2 kHz D. 0.25 kHz

539.A series resonant circuit implies

543.In the circuit shown in the given
A. zero pf and maximum current
figure, the magnitude of VL and VC are twice
B. unity pf and maximum current
that of VR. The inductance of the coil is
C. unity pf and minimum current
D. zero pf and minimum current

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 547.The resonant frequency of the given
series circuit is

A. 2.14 mH C. 31.8 mH 1 1
A. 𝐻𝑧 C. 𝐻𝑧
2𝜋√3 4𝜋√2
B. 5.30 mH D. 1.32 mH 1 1
B. 𝐻𝑧 D. 𝐻𝑧
4𝜋√3 𝜋√2

544.In a series RLC circuit at resonance,

548.In a series R-L-C circuit, the maximum
the magnitude of voltage developed across
voltage across the capacitor occurs at a
the capacitor
frequency
A. is always zero
A. double the resonant frequency
B. can never be greater than the input
B. equal to the resonant frequency
voltage
C. √2 times the resonant frequency
C. can be greater than the input voltage
D. below the resonant frequency
however it is 90° out of phase with the
input voltage
549.For a series RLC circuit, the power
D. can be greater than the input voltage
factor at the lower power frequency is
and is in phase with the input voltage
A. 0.5 lagging C. unity
B. 0.5 leading D. 0.707 leading
545.A coil having a resistance of 5 Ω and
inductance of 0.1 H is connected in series
with a capacitor of capacitance 50 μF. A
constant alternating voltage of 200 V is
applied to the circuit. The voltage across
the coil at resonance is
A. 200 volts C. 1,800 volts
B. 1,788 volts D. 2,000 volts

546.A series R-L-C circuit, excited by a

100 V variable frequency supply, has a
resistance of 10 Ω and an inductive
reactance of 50 Ω at 100 Hz. If the
resonance frequency is 500 Hz, what is the
voltage across the capacitor at resonance?
A. 100 V C. 2,500 V
B. 500 V D. 5,000 V

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