December 1970 Popular Electronics
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Wax nostalgic about and learn from the history of early electronics. See articles
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Popular Electronics,
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Here is a fairly simple quiz on AC circuit analysis. If you are not already comfortable with adding series and parallel circuits containing resistors, capacitors, and inductors, you will appreciate the simple formula presented that will keep the sweat level down ;-) . An even simpler form that solves explicitly for the four variables are as follows: VTotal = √ [(VL - VC)2 + VR2] VR = √ [(VT)2 - (VL - VC)2] VL = VC + √ [VT2 - VR2] VC = VL - √ [VT2 - VR2] OK, pick up your pencils... now. Quiz on AC Circuit Theory By Robert P. Balin Voltage measurements made in a series ac circuit seldom add up as simply as they do in a dc circuit. You may even find the voltage across a coil or capacitor to be greater than the supply voltage! Nevertheless, Ohm's Law and Kirchhoff's Law do apply, and careful measurements will show that the supply voltage and the various voltage drops around a series ac circuit are related in an unusual way: the square of the supply voltage is equal to the square of the difference between the voltage on the coil and the voltage on the capacitor, plus the square of the voltage on the resistor. This relationship, VTotal2 = (VL - VC)2 + VR2,can be used to find any unknown voltage if all others are known. In parallel ac circuits, the currents add up the same way as voltages do in a series ac circuit. Brush up on your ac theory and see if you can solve the missing voltage or current in the circuits below. Where necessary, the voltages and currents are related by the 3:4:5 ratio to provide easy, whole number answers. Only simple algebra is required. Vectors, phasors, and quadratic equations are not necessary to find the solutions. (See answers below)
See answers below.
Popular Electronics published many quizzes over the years
- some really simple and others not so simple. Robert Balin created many of the quizzes.
This is a listing of all I have posted thus far.
- A Baffling Quiz
- January 1968
- Electronics IQ Quiz
- May 1967
- Plug and Jack Quiz
- December 1967
- Electronic
Switching Quiz - October 1967
- Electronic
Angle Quiz - September 1967
- International
Electronics Quiz - July 1967
- Bridge Circuit
Quiz -December 1966
- Diode Function
Quiz - August 1965
- Diagram Quiz, August
1966
- TV Trouble Quiz,
July 1966
- Electronics History Quiz,
December 1965
- Scope-Trace Quiz,
March 1965
- Electronic
Circuit Analogy Quiz, April 1973
- Test
Your Knowledge of Semiconductors, August 1972
- Ganged Switching
Quiz, April 1972
- Lamp Brightness
Quiz, January 1969
- Lissajous Pattern Quiz, September 1963
- Electronic
Quizoo, October 1962
- Electronic Photo Album Quiz, March 1963
- Electronic Alphabet Quiz, May 1963
- Quiz: Resistive?
Inductive? or Capacitive?, October 1960
- Vector-Circuit Matching Quiz, June 1970
- Inductance
Quiz, September 1961
- RC Circuit
Quiz, June 1963
- Diode Quiz,
July 1961
- Electronic Curves Quiz, February 1963
- Electronic Numbers Quiz, December 1962
- Energy Conversion Quiz, April 1963
- Coil
Function Quiz, June 1962
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- Semiconductor
Quiz - February 1967
- Unknown Frequency
Quiz - September 1965
- Electronics
Metals Quiz - October 1964
- Electronics
Measurement Quiz - August 1967
- Meter-Reading Quiz,
June 1966
- Electronic
Geometry Quiz, January 1965
- Electronic
Factor Quiz, November 1966
- Electronics
Math Quiz, November 1965
- Series Circuit Quiz,
May 1966
- Electrochemistry
Quiz, March 1966
- Electronic Analogy
Quiz, November 1961
- Electronic
Coupling Quiz, August 1973
- Electronics Analogy Quiz, August 1960
- Audio Quiz,
April 1955
- Electronic
Unit Quiz, May 1962
-
Capacitor Circuit Quiz, June 1968
- Quiz on AC Circuit Theory, December 1970
- Magnetic Phenomena Quiz, February 1962
- Electronics Geography Quiz, April 1970
-
Electronic Menu Quiz, August 1963
- Electronic Noise Quiz, August 1962
- Electronic Current Quiz, October 1963
- Electronic Inventors Quiz, November 1963
- Resistor
Function Quiz, January 1962
- Electronic Measurement Quiz, January 1963
- Vacuum
Tube Quiz, February 1961
- Kool-Keeping Kwiz, June
1970
- Find the
Brightest Bulb Quiz, April 1960
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Circuit Quiz Answers 1. (10)2= (8)2 + (VR)2; VR = 6V 2. (20)2= (7+VC)2+ (12)2; VC = 9V 3. (24)2= (VL-6)2; VL = 30V 4. (15)2= (350-350)2+ (VR)2; VR = 15V 5. (VT)2= (15-3)2+ (16)2; VT = 20V 6. (50)2= (VL)2+ (12)2= (VC)2+ (12)2; VL = VC (VT)2= (VL-VC)2+ (12)2; VT = 12V 7. (IT)2= (6)2+ (8)2; IT = 10 mA. 8. (20)2= (16-IC)2+ (16)2; IC = 4 mA. 9. (IT)2= (17-13)2+ (3)2; IT = 5 mA. 10. (9)2= (40-4-IC)2; IC = 7 mA. Posted May 17, 2019 (original 6/21/2013) |