CAPACITORS, and INDUCTORS

CONNECTED IN SERIES and PARALLEL

1. Capacitor is an electric device which is used to store

electrical energy. (I, II, III, and IV)

2. Which of the following electrical equipment is

occasionally connected across the relay contacts to
minimize arcing? Capacitors

3. What is the resistance reading of a shorted

capacitor? 0 ohms

4. What is the resistance reading of a good capacitor?

0-infinity ohms

5. The capacitor stores the electricity in the shape of

static charge

6. Capacitor commonly used in circuits that have a

combination of D.C and A.C voltages. Electrolytic
capacitor

7. In a radio, gang condenser is a type of variable

capacitor.

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8. Which one of the following types capacitor is a
polarized type and used to filter D.C components?
Electrolytic.

9. The current will lag the voltage when capacitance is

present in the circuit.

10. The capacitance of a capacitor is NOT affected by

thickness of plates.

11. The energy stored in an electrostatic field of a

capacitor is given as 1/2CV2 joules

12. The capacitance can be obtained by using

capacitors

13. The capacitors are named according to the dielectric

used.

14. A capacitor consist of two conductors separated by

an insulator.

15. If a charged capacitor is short circuited then a spark

will produce.

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 16. To calculate the quantity of energy
stored by a capacitor multiply the voltage across the
capacitor terminals by its half capacitance.
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17. Electrolytic capacitors are generally manufactured in

high capacity.

18. Capacitance increases with larger plate area and

smaller distance between plates.

19. The capacitance of a capacitor and the capacity of a

condenser is proportional to area of its plates.

20. The energy stored in a capacitor E is given by all of

the following relations EXCEPT: E=QCV/2

21. The capacitor used in power factor correction is

normally rated in kVar.

22. Capacitors designed to be used in places where a

high dielectric breakdown voltage is important. Mica
capacitors

23. At D.C steady state, a capacitor acts like open

circuit

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24. The terminal side of the capacitor that is banded
with a dark line around it is the cathode.

25. A shorted capacitor can be checked by substitution.

26. The equivalent capacity of the combination in series

decreases with the increasing of the capacitors in
series.

27. Capacitors are used in series to provide a higher

working voltage rating for the combination.

28. The capacitors in series have the same charge.

29. When capacitors are connected in series across a

voltage source, the series capacitors serve as a
voltage divider.

30. Which of the following statements is correct

regarding condensers of different values connected
in series? The condenser with the lowest
capacitance has the biggest share of the total
voltage
31. The equivalent capacity of two capacitors in series
combination is given as Ceq = C1 * C2/C1 + C2.

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32. The equivalent capacitance of two capacitors in
series is 2.4µF. If one of the capacitors has a
capacitance of 4µF, what is the capacitance of the
other? 6 µF

33. What is the equivalent capacitance of

two series capacitors rated 4 and 6 µF respectively?
2.4µF

34. The capacitor of 5, 10 and 15 microfarads

respectively are connected in series across a
100-V supply. Solve for the voltage across the
15 microfarads capacitor. 18.182V

35. Three capacitors having capacitance of 4, 6 and

8µF respectively are connected in series. Find the
equivalent resistance of the combination. 1.846 µF

36. When the circuit’s total capacitance is equal to the

sum of the individual capacitances, the capacitors
are connected in parallel.

37. In case of parallel combination, the

equivalent capacity of two capacitors is given as
Ceq = C1 + C2

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38. When two capacitors are placed in parallel, the
breakdown voltage rating of the combination is
equal to the smaller of the two breakdown voltage
ratings.

39. Two capacitors connected in parallel across a 250 V

main have charges of 3,000 and 5,000 µC,
respectively. Find the total capacitance of the
combination. 32µF

40. If three equal resistances are connected in parallel,

the equivalent capacitance of the combination will
be one-third the value of the resistor.

41. If four capacitors 16 µF each are connected in

parallel their resultant capacity will be 64µF.

42. For a series RC circuit, the circuit power

R
cos ∅= (cos ∅)
factor is 1 2
2
( )
√ R + ωC

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43. For a series RC circuit, the vector current lags the
vector voltage by an angle greater than zero but less
than 90˚.

44. The time constant of an RC circuit is given by 0.7.

45. The capacitive reactance of 100 µF capacitor is

31.83 Ω at 50 c/s. What will be its capacitive
reactance at 100 c/s? 15.92Ω

46. A capacitive reactance of 48 ohms at 60 Hz shall

mean a capacitance of 55.26 µF.

47. Determine the reactance of a 50 µF capacitor at 6

Hz. 530.5Ω

48. A 50 µF capacitor has a reactance of 53.05 ohms at

a frequency of 60 Hz..

49. 100 V, 60 Hz A.C source is connected

across a 100 µF capacitor. How much is the
current through the capacitor? 3.8 A

50. A capacitor used on a 230 V A.C supply should

have a peak voltage rating of 325 V..

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51. A 0.4 µF capacitor has a charge of 20 µC. How
much is the voltage across it? 50V

52. A 100 µF pure capacitor will dissipate at 250 V, 50

c/s 0 watts.

53. A constant current of 2-µA charges a 50-µF

capacitor. How much charge is accumulated after 20
seconds? 40µC

54. How much charge is stored in a 2 µF capacitor

connected across a 50-V supply? 100 µC

55. An inductor works by storing electrical

energy in the form of magnetic energy

56. Inductance in a circuit delays the change in current.

57. The property of a coil that tends to oppose any

change of current through it is called Inductance.

58. Which of the following is a bilateral circuit element

used to resonate with capacitors? All of these

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59. XL is/are the letter(s) used to indicate inductive
reactance.

60. XC is/are the letter(s) used to indicate capacitive

reactance in a circuit.

61. What is the power factor of an RL circuit supplied

with a D.C source? Unity

62. XL, XC, and R each in its own branch-circuit will flow
in three directions.

63. The simplest circuit representation of dielectric.

Parallel combination of resistor and a capacitor

64. The amount of inductance in an inductor is

dependent on number of wire wraps (turns of coil),
Coil Area, Coil Length, Core material or all of these.

65. The higher the self-inductance of a coil, the longer

the delay in establishing steady current through it.

66. If frequency is constant, the inductive reactance of a

circuit will remain constant regardless of voltage or
current change.

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67. Which of the following does NOT affect the
inductance of a coil? N/A

68. Which of the following is a basic requirement for

inducing an emf in a coil of wire? There should be a
charge in flux linking the coil

69. Three 6-mH inductors are connected in series. What

is their equivalent inductance? 18-mH

70. Two inductors of 6 and L Henry’s are connected

across its other. Neglecting the effect of mutual
capacitance, what is the value of L if the total
inductance of the combination is 2 H? L=3 or none
of these

71. Two coils are connected across a 100 V D.C supply

and take a total current of 2A. If one coil dissipates
80W, how much is the current carried by the second
coil? 1.2A or none of these

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72. If an additional resistance is added to a series RL
circuit, the overall power factor of the circuit will
increase.

73. In series combination of R and L leads V.

74. A series RL circuit has a resistance of 3 ohms and

an inductive reactance of 4 ohms. If connected
across a 100-V source, how much is the current
drawn? 14.28 A

75. A 10- ohm resistor, a 2-H inductor and 25-

microfarad capacitor are connected in series. What
current will be drawn if the circuit is connected
across a 200-V, 60-cps supply? 0.30 A

76. An RLC circuit has a resonance frequency of 160

kHz and a Qfactor of 100. Its band width is 1.6kHz

77. An A.C circuit has a resistance of 4Ω and a

reactance of 3Ω. What is the impedance? 5 Ω

78. An A.C circuit has impedance of 4.47 ohms. If the

circuit resistance is 2 ohms, what is the reactance of
the circuit? 4 Ω

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79. An AC voltage of 200 V at 50 Hz is applied to a coil
which draws 5 amp and dissipates 1 000 watts. The
resistance and impedance of the coil respectively
are R=40 Ω ; z=40 Ω.

80. An ideal coil of inductance 10 mH carries a constant

current of 2 A. How much energy is stored in the
coil? 0.02J

81. A coil has 100 turns. A current of 10 amps is passed

through the coil. The coil develops 1000 ampere-
turn.

82. An inductor has a reactance of 10,000 ohms at 10

kHz. What is its reactance at 2 kHz? 2000Ω

83. A 10-mH inductor has a reactance of

3.77Ω
at 60 Hz.

84. A circuit has a capacitance of 35 microfarad and an

inductance of 0.2 H. Calculate the resonant
frequency of the circuit. 60 Hz

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85. A coil having a resistance of 8 ohms and an
inductance of 0.2 H are connected in series with a
50 µF capacitor. At what frequency does resonance
occur? 50 Hz

86. A trimmer capacitor is connected in parallel with a

variable capacitor to change the capacity range.

87. The capacity of four-microfarad capacitor in series

with six-microfarad capacitor is none of these.

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