Description : What advantage does a shunt motor have over a series motor?
Last Answer : It maintains a constant speed under varying loads.
Description : What is the main disadvantage of a series motor?
Last Answer : It must have a load connected to avoid damage from excess speed.
Description : What main advantage does a bridge rectifier have over a conventional full-wave rectifier?
Last Answer : The bridge rectifier can produce twice the voltage with the same size transformer.
Last Answer : The bridge rectifier can produce double the voltage with the same size transformer.
Description : What is the main advantage of using a time-domain reflectometer (tdr) to test a transmission line?
Last Answer : Tdr will indicate the nature of and the distance to or location of any faults.
Description : What is the main advantage of radiotelegraph communications?
Last Answer : Reliability.
Description : What is the main advantage of the rotating field alternator?
Last Answer : Output voltage is taken directly from the armature (not through brushes or slip rings).
Description : What is the main disadvantage of series generators?
Last Answer : Output voltage varies as the load varies
Description : What is an advantage of using a resistance soldering iron when soldering wire to a connector?
Last Answer : The soldering tips are hot only during the brief period of soldering the connection, thus minimizing the chance of burning the wire insulation or connector inserts.
Description : What is a major advantage of the crimped terminal over the soldered terminal?
Last Answer : Requires relatively little operator skill to install.
Description : What advantage does a half adder have over a quarter adder?
Last Answer : The half adder generates a carry.
Description : What is the advantage of designing a limited bandwidth into a servo amplifier?
Last Answer : Unwanted noise-generated frequencies are rejected
Description : What is the advantage of using a closed-servo loop to control load velocity?
Last Answer : The closed-servo loop can regulate load speed under changing conditions.
Description : What is the primary advantage of power-amplifier transmitters over keyed-oscillator transmitters?
Last Answer : Frequency stability.
Description : What is the advantage of using in-line wattmeters over output power meters?
Last Answer : Most in-line wattmeters are capable of measuring both forward and reflected power.
Description : For power measurements, what advantage does an electronic wattmeter have over an electrodynamic wattmeter?
Last Answer : Electronic wattmeters are capable of measuring high-fequency signals.
Description : What is the chief advantage of the air coaxial line?
Last Answer : The ability to minimize radiation losses.
Description : What is the primary advantage of the shielded pair?
Last Answer : The conductors are balanced to ground.
Description : What is the great advantage of computers over typewriters?
Last Answer : Correcting errors.
Description : What is the primary advantage of bulk-effect devices over normal pn-junction semiconductors?
Last Answer : Larger microwave power outputs.
Description : What is the primary advantage of hybrid circuits?
Last Answer : Circuit flexibility
Description : The ability to place more components in a given space is an advantage of the __
Last Answer : Cordwood module.
Description : What is a major advantage of modular construction?
Last Answer : Rapid repair of systems and improved efficiency
Description : What is the advantage of single-sideband (ssb) transmission over AM transmission?
Last Answer : The same amount of intelligence can be transmitted with one sixth of the output power with less than one-half the bandwidth.
Description : What is the advantage of directly heated cathodes?
Last Answer : They reach operating temperatures quickly.
Description : Why is direct accessing of data a big advantage over the sequential accessing of data?
Last Answer : It gives us fast, immediate access to specific data without having to examine each and every record from the beginning.
Description : What is the primary advantage of a ratio detector?
Last Answer : Suppresses amplitude noise without limiter stages.
Description : What is the advantage of using a battery test set versus a voltmeter to test batteries?
Last Answer : A battery test set will test batteries under load conditions.
Description : What is the major advantage of a transistor over a tube?
Last Answer : Rugged design.
Description : What is one advantage of an out-of-circuit meter when it is compared with an in-circuit meter?
Last Answer : Out-of-circuit meters can be used on more than one electrical or electronic device.
Description : What is the primary advantage of the electrodynamometer type meter over the D’Arsonval-type meter?
Last Answer : The electrodynamometer-type meter can be used to measure both ac and dc currents.
Description : What advantage is gained by using pole pieces with curved faces in the D’Arsonval meter movement?
Last Answer : Two-position and three-position.
Description : What is the primary advantage of using a current probe?
Last Answer : Current probes enable you to perform current measurements without disconnecting wires. Current probes are clamped around the insulated wire.
Description : What is the advantage of adding parasitic elements to a Yagi array?
Last Answer : Increased gain.
Description : What is an advantage of using horizontal polarization at high frequencies?
Last Answer : Less interference is experienced by man-made noise sources
Description : . What is the primary advantage of an fsk transmission system?
Last Answer : Resistance to noise interference.
Description : What is the primary advantage of pulse-modulation systems?
Last Answer : . Low susceptibility to noise.
Description : What, if any, noise susceptibility advantage exists for pulse-amplitude modulation over analog amplitude modulation?
Last Answer : Both are susceptible to noise and interference
Description : In a capacitor start single-phase induction motor, the capacitor is connected (A) in series with main winding. (B) in series with auxiliary winding. (C) in series with both the windings. (D) in parallel with auxiliary winding.
Last Answer : Ans: B To make single phase motor self start. We split the phases at 90 degree. Hence, motor behaves like a two phase motor.
Description : What is the condition of the diode in a series limiter when an output is developed? In a parallel limiter?
Last Answer : Conducting, cutoff.
Description : How can a series-positive limiter be modified to limit unwanted negative portions of the input signal?
Last Answer : Biasing.
Description : Which portion of a sine-wave input is retained in the output of a series-negative limiter?
Last Answer : Positive.
Description : Which portion of a sine-wave input is retained in the output of a series-positive limiter?
Last Answer : Negative.
Description : What is the arrangement of both series and shunt components called?
Last Answer : Combination peaking.
Description : What determines whether these components are considered series or shunt?
Last Answer : . The relationship of the components to the output-signal path.
Description : In a series-RLC circuit, what is the condition of the circuit if there is high impedance, low current, and low reactance voltages
Last Answer : Nonresonant (circuit is either above or below resonance)
Description : Is an ammeter connected in series or in parallel with the circuit under test?
Last Answer : . In series.
Description : If inductance increases in a series LR circuit, what happens to true power?
Last Answer : It decreases.