***** NOVICE CLASS STUDY GUIDE [ ELECTRICAL PRINCIPLES ] *****
QUESTION NUMBER 1
YOUR RECEIVER DIAL IS CALIBRATED IN MEGAHERTZ AND SHOWS A SIGNAL AT 1200 MHZ. AT WHAT FREQUENCY WOULD A DIAL CALIBRATED IN GIGAHERTZ SHOW THE SIGNAL ?
QUESTION NUMBER 2
YOUR RECEIVER DIAL IS CALIBRATED IN KILOHERTZ AND SHOWS A SIGNAL AT 7125 KHZ. AT WHAT FREQUENCY WOULD A DIAL CALIBRATED IN MEGAHERTZ SHOW THE SIGNAL ?
QUESTION NUMBER 3
YOUR RECEIVER DIAL IS CALIBRATED IN GIGAHERTZ AND SHOWS A SIGNAL AT 1.2 GHZ. AT WHAT FREQUENCY WOULD A DIAL CALIBRATED IN MEGAHERTZ SHOW THE SAME SIGNAL ?
QUESTION NUMBER 4
YOUR RECEIVER DIAL IS CALIBRATED IN MEGAHERTZ AND SHOWS A SIGNAL AT 3.525 MHZ. AT WHAT FREQUENCY WOULD A DIAL CALIBRATED IN KILOHERTZ SHOW THE SIGNAL ?
QUESTION NUMBER 5
YOUR RECEIVER DIAL IS CALIBRATED IN KILOHERTZ AND SHOWS A SIGNAL AT 3725 KHZ. AT WHAT FREQUENCY WOULD A DIAL CALIBRATED IN HERTZ SHOW THE SAME SIGNAL?
QUESTION NUMBER 6
HOW LONG [IN METERS] IS AN ANTENNA THAT IS 400 CENTIMETERS LONG ?
QUESTION NUMBER 7
WHAT READING WILL BE DISPLAYED ON A METER CALIBRATED IN AMPERES WHEN IT IS BEING USED TO MEASURE A 3000-MILLIAMPERE CURRENT ?
QUESTION NUMBER 8
WHAT READING WILL BE DISPLAYED ON A METER CALIBRATED IN VOLTS WHEN IT IS BEING USED TO MEASURE 3500-MILLIVOLTS POTENTIAL ?
QUESTION NUMBER 9
HOW MANY FARADS IS 500,000 MICROFARADS ?
QUESTION NUMBER 10
HOW MANY MICROFARADS IS 1,000,000 PICOFARADS ?
QUESTION NUMBER 11
WHAT IS THE TERM USED TO DESCRIBE THE FLOW OF ELECTRONS IN AN ELECTRIC CIRCUIT ?
QUESTION NUMBER 12
WHAT IS THE BASIC UNIT OF ELECTRIC CURRENT ?
QUESTION NUMBER 13
WHAT SUPPLIES THE FORCE THAT WILL CAUSE ELECTRONS TO FLOW THROUGH A CIRCUIT ?
QUESTION NUMBER 14
THE PRESSURE IN A WATER PIPE IS COMPARABLE TO WHAT FORCE IN AN ELECTRICAL CURRENT ?
QUESTION NUMBER 15
AN ELECTRIC CIRCUIT MUST CONNECT TO TWO TERMINALS OF A VOLTAGE SOURCE. WHAT ARE THESE TWO TERMINALS CALLED ?
QUESTION NUMBER 16
WHAT IS THE BASIC UNIT OF VOLTAGE ?
QUESTION NUMBER 17
LIST AT LEAST THREE GOOD ELECTRICAL CONDUCTORS ?
QUESTION NUMBER 18
LIST AT LEAST FOUR GOOD ELECTRICAL INSULATORS ?
QUESTION NUMBER 19
THERE IS A LIMIT TO THE ELECTRIC CURRENT THAT CAN PASS THROUGH ANY MATERIAL. WHAT IS THIS CURRENT LIMITING CALLED ?
QUESTION NUMBER 20
WHAT IS AN ELECTRICAL COMPONENT CALLED THAT OPPOSES ELECTRON MOVEMENT THROUGH A CIRCUIT ?
QUESTION NUMBER 21
WHAT IS THE BASIC UNIT OF RESISTANCE ?
QUESTION NUMBER 22
WHAT ELECTRICAL PRINCIPLE RELATES VOLTAGE, CURRENT AND RESISTANCE IN AN ELECTRIC CIRCUIT ?
QUESTION NUMBER 23
THERE IS A 2-AMP CURRENT THROUGH A 50-OHM RESISTOR. WHAT IS THE APPLIED VOLTAGE ?
QUESTION NUMBER 24
IF 200 VOLTS IS APPLIED TO A 100-OHM RESISTOR, WHAT IS THE CURRENT THROUGH THE RESISTOR ?
QUESTION NUMBER 25
THERE IS A 3-AMP CURRENT THROUGH A RESISTOR AND WE KNOW THAT THE APPLIED VOLTAGE IS 90 VOLTS. WHAT IS THE VALUE OF THE RESISTOR ?
QUESTION NUMBER 26
WHAT IS THE TERM USED TO DESCRIBE THE ABILITY TO DO WORK ?
QUESTION NUMBER 27
WHAT IS CONVERTED TO HEAT AND LIGHT IN AN ELECTRIC LIGHT BULB ?
QUESTION NUMBER 28
WHAT TERM IS USED TO DESCRIBE THE RATE OF ENERGY CONSUMPTION ?
QUESTION NUMBER 29
YOU HAVE TWO LAMPS WITH DIFFERENT WATTAGE LIGHT BULBS IN THEM. HOW CAN YOU DETERMINE WHICH BULB USES ELECTRICAL ENERGY FASTER ?
QUESTION NUMBER 30
WHAT IS THE BASIC UNIT OF ELECTRICAL POWER ?
QUESTION NUMBER 31
WHAT IS THE TERM FOR AN ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT IN WHICH THERE CAN BE NO CURRENT ?
QUESTION NUMBER 32
WHAT IS THE TERM FOR A FAILURE IN AN ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT THAT CAUSES EXCESSIVELY HIGH CURRENT ?
QUESTION NUMBER 33
WHAT IS THE TERM USED TO DESCRIBE A CURRENT THAT FLOWS ONLY IN ONE DIRECTION ?
QUESTION NUMBER 34
WHAT IS THE TERM USED TO DESCRIBE A CURRENT THAT FLOWS FIRST IN ONE DIRECTION, THEN IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION, OVER AND OVER ?
QUESTION NUMBER 35
WHAT IS THE TERM FOR THE NUMBER OF COMPLETE CYCLES OF AN ALTERNATING WAVEFORM THAT OCCUR IN ONE SECOND ?
QUESTION NUMBER 36
A CERTAIN (AC) SIGNAL MAKES 2000 COMPLETE CYCLES IN ONE SECOND. WHAT PROPERTY OF THE SIGNAL DOES THIS NUMBER DESCRIBE ?
QUESTION NUMBER 37
WHAT IS THE BASIC UNIT OF FREQUENCY ?
QUESTION NUMBER 38
WHAT RANGE OF FREQUENCIES ARE USUALLY CALLED AUDIO FREQUENCIES ?
QUESTION NUMBER 39
A SIGNAL AT 725 HZ IS IN WHAT FREQUENCY RANGE ?
QUESTION NUMBER 40
WHY DO WE CALL SIGNALS IN THE RANGE 20 HZ TO 20,000 HZ AUDIO FREQUENCIES ?
QUESTION NUMBER 41
SIGNALS ABOVE WHAT FREQUENCY ARE USUALLY CALLED RADIO-FREQUENCY SIGNALS ?
QUESTION NUMBER 42
A SIGNAL AT 7125 KHZ IS IN WHAT FREQUENCY RANGE ?
QUESTION NUMBER 43
WHAT IS THE TERM FOR THE DISTANCE AN (AC) SIGNAL TRAVELS DURING ONE COMPLETE CYCLE ?
QUESTION NUMBER 44
IN THE TIME IT TAKES A CERTAIN RADIO SIGNAL TO PASS YOUR ANTENNA, THE LEADING EDGE OF THE WAVE TRAVELS 12 METERS. WHAT PROPERTY OF THE SIGNAL DOES THIS NUMBER REFER TO ?