Physics Review

1.
In general, a capacitor is acomponent that can

a. pass a dc current.
b. store an electric charge.
c. act as a bar magnet.
d. step up or step down an ac voltage.
2. The basic unit of capacitance is the

a. farad.
b. henry.
c. tesla.
d. ohm.
3.Which of the following factors affect the capacitance of a capacitor?

a. the area, A , of the plates.
b. the distance, d , between the plates.
c. the type of dielectric used.
d. all of the above.
4.How much charge in coulombs is stored by a 50-F capacitor with 20 V across its plates?
a. Q 100 C.
b. Q 2.5 C.
c. Q 1 mC.
d. Q 1 C.
5. A capacitor consists of
a. two insulators separated by a conductor.
b. a coil of wire wound on an iron core.
c. two conductors separated by an insulator.
d. none of the above.
6. A capacitance of 82,000 pF is the same as

a. 0.082 F.
b. 82 F.
c. 82 nF.
d. both a and c.
7.A 47-F capacitor has a stored charge of 2.35 mC. What is the voltage across the capacitor plates?
a. 50 V.
b. 110 V approx.
c. 5 V.
d. 100 V.
8. Which of the following types of capacitors typically has the highest leakage current?
a. plastic-fifi lm.
b. electrolytic.
c. mica.
d. air-variable.
9. One of the main applications of a capacitor is to

a. block ac and pass dc.
b. block both dc and ac.
c. block dc and pass ac.
d. pass both dc and ac.
10. When checked with an ohmmeter, a shorted capacitor will measure

a. infifi nite ohms.
b. zero ohms.
c. somewhere in the range of 1 to 10 M .
11. The equivalent capacitance, CEQ ,of a 10-F and a 40-F capacitor in series is
a. 50 F.
b. 125 F.
c. 8 F.//
d. 400 F
.
12. A 0.33-F capacitor is in parallel with a 0.15-F and a 220,000-pFcapacitor.What is the total capacitance, CT ?
a. 0.7 F.
b. 0.007 F.
c. 0.07 F.
d. 7 nF.
13. A 5-F capacitor, C1, and a 15-F capacitor, C2, are connected in series. If the charge stored in C1 equals 90
C, what is the voltage across the capacitor C2 ?
a. 18 V.
b. 12 V.
c. 9 V.
d. 6 V.
14. A plastic-fifi lm capacitor, whose coded value is 333M, measures 0.025 F when tested with a capacitor-inductor
analyzer. The measured capacitance is
a. well within tolerance.
b. barely within tolerance.
c. slightly out of tolerance.
d. right on the money.
15. Capacitors are never coded in

a. nanofarad units.
b. microfarad units.
c. picofarad units.
d. both b and c.
16. Which type of capacitor couldexplode if the polarity of voltage across its plates is incorrect?
a. air-variable.
b. mica.
c. ceramic disk.
d. aluminum electrolytic.
17. The voltage rating of a capacitor is not affected by
a. the area of the plates.
b. the distance between the plates.
c. the type of dielectric used.
d. both b and c.
18. The leakage resistance of a capacitor is typically represented as a(n)

a. resistance in series with the capacitor plates.
b. electric fifild between the capacitor plates.
c. resistance in parallel with the capacitor plates.
d. closed switch across the dielectric material.
19. A 2200-F capacitor with a voltage rating of 35 V is most likely a(n)

a. electrolytic capacitor.
b. air-variable capacitor.
c. mica capacitor.
d. paper capacitor.
20. A capacitor that can store 100C of charge with 10 V across its plates has a capacitance value of
a. 0.01 F.
b. 10 F.
c. 10 nF.
d. 100 mF.
21. Calculate the permissible capacitance range of a ceramic disk capacitor whose coded value is 0.068Z.
a. 0.0544 F to 0.1224 F.
b. 0.0136 F to 0.0816 F.
c. 0.0136 F to 0.1224 F.
d. 0.0544 pF to 0.1224 pF.
22. The equivalent series resistance (ESR) of a capacitor should ideally be

a. infifi nite.
b. as high as possible.
c. around 100 k .
d. zero.
23. The charge and discharge current of a capacitor fl flows
a. through the dielectric.
b. to and from the capacitor plates.
c. through the dielectric only until the capacitor is fully charged.
d. straight through the dielectric from one plate to the other.
24. Capacitance increases with

a. larger plate area and greater distance between the plates.
b. smaller plate area and greater distance between the plates.
c. larger plate area and less distance between the plates.
d. higher values of applied voltage.
25. Two 0.02-F, 500-V capacitors in series have an equivalent capacitance and breakdown voltage rating of
a. 0.04 F, 1 kV.
b. 0.01 F, 250 V.
c. 0.01 F, 500 V.
d. 0.01 F, 1 kV.
1. The capacitive reactance, XC, of a capacitor is
a. inversely proportional to frequency.
b. unaffected by frequency.
c. directly proportional to frequency.
d. directly proportional to capacitance.
2. The charge and discharge current of a capacitor flfl ows

a. through the dielectric.
b. only when a dc voltage is applied.
c. to and from the plates.
d. both a and b.
3. For direct current (dc), a capacitor acts like a(n)

a. closed switch.
b. open.
c. short.
d. small resistance.
4. At the same frequency, a larger capacitance provides

a. more charge and discharge current.
b. less charge and discharge current.
c. less capacitive reactance, XC .
d. both a and c.
5. How much is the capacitance,C, of a capacitor that draws 4.8 mA of current from a 12-Vac generator?
The frequency of the ac generator is 636.6 Hz.
a. 0.01 F.
b. 0.1 F.
c. 0.001 F.
d. 100 pF.
6. At what frequency does a 0.015- F capacitor have an XC value of 2 k ?

a. 5.3 MHz.
b. 5.3 Hz.
c. 5.3 kHz.
d. 106 kHz.
7. What is the capacitive reactance, XC, of a 330-pF capacitor at a frequency of 1 MHz?

a. 482 .
b. 48.2 .
c. 1 k .
d. 482 M .
8. What is the instantaneous value of charging current, iC, of a 10-F capacitor if the voltage across the capacitor
plates changes at the rate of 250 V per second?
a. 250 A.
b. 2.5 A.
c. 2.5 A.
d. 2.5 mA.
9. For a capacitor, the charge and discharge current, iC,
a. lags the capacitor voltage, vC , by a phase angle of 90 .
b. leads the capacitor voltage, vC , by a phase angle of 90 .
c. is in phase with the capacitor voltage, vC .
10. Two 1-k XC values in series have a total capacitive reactance of

a. 1.414 k .
b. 500 .
c. 2 k .
d. 707 .
11. Two 5-k XC values in parallel have an equivalent capacitive reactance of

a. 7.07 k .
b. 2.5 k .
c. 10 k .
d. 3.53 k .
12. For any capacitor,

a. the stored charge increases with more capacitor voltage.
b. the charge and discharge currents are in opposite directions.
c. iC leads vC by 90 .
d. all of the above.
13. The unit of capacitive reactance, XC, is the
a. ohm.
b. farad.
c. hertz.
d. radian.
14. The main difference between resistance, R, and capacitive reactance, XC, is that
a. XC is the same for both dc and ac, whereas R depends on frequency.
b. R is the same for both dc and ac, whereas XC depends on frequency.
c. R is measured in ohms and XC is measured in farads.
15. A very common use for a capacitor is to

a. block any dc voltage but provide very little opposition to an ac
voltage.
b. block both dc and ac voltages.
c. pass both dc and ac voltages.

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1.

In general, a capacitor is acomponent that can

2. The basic unit of capacitance is the

3.Which of the following factors affect the capacitance of a capacitor?

6. A capacitance of 82,000 pF is the same as

9. One of the main applications of a capacitor is to

10. When checked with an ohmmeter, a shorted capacitor will measure

15. Capacitors are never coded in

18. The leakage resistance of a capacitor is typically represented as a(n)

19. A 2200-F capacitor with a voltage rating of 35 V is most likely a(n)

22. The equivalent series resistance (ESR) of a capacitor should ideally be

24. Capacitance increases with

2. The charge and discharge current of a capacitor flfl ows

3. For direct current (dc), a capacitor acts like a(n)

4. At the same frequency, a larger capacitance provides

6. At what frequency does a 0.015- F capacitor have an XC value of 2 k ?

7. What is the capacitive reactance, XC, of a 330-pF capacitor at a frequency of 1 MHz?

10. Two 1-k XC values in series have a total capacitive reactance of

11. Two 5-k XC values in parallel have an equivalent capacitive reactance of

12. For any capacitor,

15. A very common use for a capacitor is to

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