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1The resonance effect occurs when the inductive and capacitive reactances are not equal.
A)True
B)False



2Tuning by means of the resonant effect provides a practical application of sensitivity.
A)True
B)False



3The frequency at which the opposite reactances are equal is the resonant frequency.
A)True
B)False



4The most common application of resonance in rf circuits is called oscillating.
A)True
B)False



5At higher frequencies, skin effect causes coil resistance to be higher than the coil's dc resistance alone.
A)True
B)False



6At resonance the resonant current is out of phase with the generator voltage.
A)True
B)False



7The advantage of a parallel resonant LC circuit is that Z is maximum only for an ac signal at the resonant frequency.
A)True
B)False



8In a parallel resonant circuit, the line current IT is maximum at the resonant frequency.
A)True
B)False



9A test instrument used to measure inductance or capacitance is the wattmeter.
A)True
B)False



10Capacitors used in tuned circuits generally have high Q because of their low .



11The width of the resonant band of frequencies centered around fr is called the .



12High Q results in bandwidth.



13Obtaining resonance at different frequencies by varying either L or C is called .



14The ability of an LC circuit to supply complete sine waves is called the effect.



15The is a numerical factor without any units, because it is a ratio of reactance to resistance and the ohms cancel.



16The of a resonant circuit can be considered a magnification factor that determines how much the voltage across L or C is increased by the resonant rise of current in a series circuit.



17The lower the Q, the the resonant response and the greater the bandwidth.



18What is used to indicate the quality, or figure of merit of a resonant circuit?
A)Σ
B)λ
C)Q
D)β



19What is the Q of a series circuit that is resonant at 1.0 MHz and develops 50 mV across a 250-μH L with a 2-mV input?
A)50
B)25
C)125
D)100



20The lower the Q
A)the more narrow the bandwidth
B)the sharper the resonance
C)the greater the bandwidth
D)the greater the selectivity



21What is a semiconductor device that varies in capacitance when its voltage is changed?
A)zener diode
B)tunnel diode
C)varactor diode
D)light-emitting diode



22What is a semiconductor device that varies in capacitance when its voltage is changed?
A)zener diode
B)tunnel diode
C)varactor diode
D)light-emitting diode



23In radio frequency circuits, the main application of resonance is
A)filtering
B)oscillating
C)tuning
D)coupling



24What causes the coil resistance to become higher than the coil's dc resistance at higher frequencies?
A)inductive reactance
B)capacitive reactance
C)magnetic effect
D)skin effect



25What is the result of plotting frequencies at and near the resonant frequency on a graph?
A)Bode plot
B)response curve
C)reactive curve
D)resonant plot







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