GBARC Amateur Radio Quiz
Test your knowledge of
Inductors, Capacitors, Reactance and Resonance
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  An electric current passing through a wire will produce around the conductor:
 

      The unit used to indicate the value of inductance is the:

     The effect of inductance in a coil is to:

     An inductance of 10,000 microhenries may be stated correctly as:


Two 12 millihenry chokes are wired in parallel. The total inductance is:

The ability to store electrical energy in an electrostatic field is called:

The fixed plates in a variable capacitor are called the:


The material which separates the plates of a capacotor is called the:

A 0.01 uF capacitor is formed from 2 metal plates separated by air. The capacitor could be changed to 0.02 uF by:

Which of the following factors most affect capacitance:

Three 15 picofarad capacitors are wired in parallel. The capacitance of the combination is:
 

      Three 15 microfarad capacitors are wired in series. The total capacitance of this arrangement is:

     Both capacitors and inductors can oppose alternating current (AC). This opposition to AC is reffered to as:

     The reactance of capacitors increases as:


Z is the abbreviation for:

The unit of measure of impedance is:

Parallel tuned circuits offer:

In inductance, AC may be opposed by both the resistance of the winding wire and reactance due to inductive effect. The term which includes resistance and reactance is:

Resonance is the condition that exists when:

Resonance is an electrical property used to describe:



 

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