To produce an 800 Hz sine wave, a four-pole generator must be operated at
A. 200 rps
B. 400 rps
C. 800 rps
D. 1,600 rps
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Sine wave A has a positive-going zero crossing at 45°. Sine wave B has a positive-going zero crossing at 60°. Which of the following statements is true?
A. Wave A leads wave B by 15°
B. Wave A lags wave B by 15°
C. Wave A leads wave B by 105°
D. Wave A lags wave B by 105°
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A ramp is the type of waveform characterized by a non-linear increase or decrease in voltage or current.
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Amplitude is the maximum value of a voltage or current.
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The average half-cycle value of a sine wave with a 40 V peak is
A. 25.48 V
B. 6.37 V
C. 14.14 V
D. 50.96 V
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A sine wave of 15 kHz is changing at a faster rate than a sine wave with a frequency of
A. 25 kHz
B. 12 kHz
C. 18 kHz
D. 1.3 MHz
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When a sine wave has a frequency of 100 Hz in 12 s it goes through
A. 100 1 cycle
B. 12 cycles
C. 120 cycles
D. 1,200 cycles
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If a sine wave goes through 10 cycles in 20 µs, the period is
A. 20 µs
B. 4 µs
C. 2 µs
D. 100 µs
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A phasor represents
A. The magnitude and a quantity direction
B. The width of a quantity
C. The phase angle
D. The magnitude of a quantity
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A waveform has a baseline of 3 V, a duty cycle of 20%, and an amplitude of 8 V. The average voltage value is
A. 4 V
B. 4.6 V
C. 1.6 V
D. 11 V
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Two series resistors are connected to an ac source. If there are 7.5 V rms across one resistor and 4.2 V rms across the other, the peak source voltage is
A. 16.54 V
B. 1.65 V
C. 10.60 V
D. 5.93 V
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A 1 kHz signal has a period of 1 ms.
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A sine wave with a period of 4 ms is changing at a faster rate than a sine wave with a period of
A. 0.0045 s
B. 2 ms
C. 1.5 ms
D. 3,000 µs
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The instantaneous value is the voltage or current value of a waveform at its peak.
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A signal with a 400 µs period has a frequency of
A. 250 Hz
B. 2,500 Hz
C. 25,000 Hz
D. 400 Hz
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A sinusoidal current has an rms value of 14 mA. The peak-to-peak value is
A. 45.12 mA
B. 16 mA
C. 39.6 mA
D. 22.6 mA
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If the peak of a sine wave is 13 V, the peak-to-peak value is
A. 6.5 V
B. 13 V
C. 26 V
D. None of the above
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The conductive loop on the rotor of a simple two-pole, single-phase generator rotates at a rate of 400 rps. The frequency of the induced output voltage is
A. 40 Hz
B. 100 Hz
C. 400 Hz
D. Indeterminable
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A sine wave with an rms value of 12 V is riding on a dc level of 18 V. The maximum value of the resulting waveform is
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Average value of a sine wave is 0.707 times the peak value.
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