ASSOCIATE CET UPDATED 2026 EXAM SCRIPT QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔Of these choices, the display of a DMM would probably be: - ✔✔LCD
✔✔A disadvantage of LCD is: - ✔✔environmental temperature sensitivity
✔✔A series DC motor maintains a constant speed with changing loads? - ✔✔may be
damaged by excessive speed
✔✔Which motor maintains constant speed with changing loads? - ✔✔Shunt
✔✔A small power drill or electrics mixer would probably be powered by a/an ______
motor. - ✔✔series
✔✔The rotor in an induction motor is not connected to AC or DC power. - ✔✔True
✔✔0 dBm, when referring to audio signals means: - ✔✔decibels referenced to 1
milliwatt
✔✔If a class A differential amplifier is using only one of its two possible inputs, what will
the output signal shape be? - ✔✔exactly the same as the one input
✔✔voltage is: - ✔✔potential difference between two points
✔✔_______ is a term describing many op-amp circuits. - ✔✔Inverting
✔✔The gain of an op-amp is inversely related to band width as input frequency
increases. - ✔✔Always
✔✔The audio detector circuit in an AM radio most commonly is a: - ✔✔Diode
✔✔A differential amplifier with two identical in phase signals on the inputs will have an
output __________. - ✔✔of zero
✔✔A free running oscillator is also called a monostable multivibrator. - ✔✔false
✔✔A fuse which has its fusible wire wrapped around an insulator is: - ✔✔a slo-blo type
fuse
✔✔The power transformer in a power supply: - ✔✔might step voltages up or down
, ✔✔Which of the below would be considered "basic" components of a non switching
power supply? - ✔✔filter, rectifier, transformer
✔✔The average of a full sine wave rectified voltage is: - ✔✔.637 x peak
✔✔The ripple frequency for a half wave rectifier operating from 60 Hz electrical power
is: - ✔✔60 Hz
✔✔The effective voltage of a 100V peak to peak sine wave is: - ✔✔35.35
✔✔A pi filter is an inductor with: - ✔✔a capacitor at each end to common
✔✔An inductor opposes any change in: - ✔✔current
✔✔A capacitor opposes any change in: - ✔✔voltage
✔✔A capacitor will charge to what percent of full charge in one RC time? - ✔✔63.2
✔✔Moving one plate of a capacitor further away from the other will: - ✔✔decrease
capacitance
✔✔The fact than an inductor opposes any change in current is true of: - ✔✔AC and DC
signals
✔✔If you increase the value of a capacitor, the capacitive reactance will: - ✔✔decrease
✔✔In checking a capacitor to see if it is shorted, open or leaky, you would use the
________Ohm meter range. - ✔✔Highest
✔✔The capacitor in a power supply capacitive filter: - ✔✔is in parallel with the load
✔✔The time required to dicharge a capacitor depends on the _____________ across
its terminals. - ✔✔the combination of LRC
✔✔With a given filter type, pure filtering is easiest with: - ✔✔high frequencies
✔✔Using a resistor instead of an inductor in a power supply pi filter: - ✔✔all of the
above
✔✔A power supply whose output voltage does not change whether the load is light or
heavy, would have what percent of regulation? - ✔✔0
AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔Of these choices, the display of a DMM would probably be: - ✔✔LCD
✔✔A disadvantage of LCD is: - ✔✔environmental temperature sensitivity
✔✔A series DC motor maintains a constant speed with changing loads? - ✔✔may be
damaged by excessive speed
✔✔Which motor maintains constant speed with changing loads? - ✔✔Shunt
✔✔A small power drill or electrics mixer would probably be powered by a/an ______
motor. - ✔✔series
✔✔The rotor in an induction motor is not connected to AC or DC power. - ✔✔True
✔✔0 dBm, when referring to audio signals means: - ✔✔decibels referenced to 1
milliwatt
✔✔If a class A differential amplifier is using only one of its two possible inputs, what will
the output signal shape be? - ✔✔exactly the same as the one input
✔✔voltage is: - ✔✔potential difference between two points
✔✔_______ is a term describing many op-amp circuits. - ✔✔Inverting
✔✔The gain of an op-amp is inversely related to band width as input frequency
increases. - ✔✔Always
✔✔The audio detector circuit in an AM radio most commonly is a: - ✔✔Diode
✔✔A differential amplifier with two identical in phase signals on the inputs will have an
output __________. - ✔✔of zero
✔✔A free running oscillator is also called a monostable multivibrator. - ✔✔false
✔✔A fuse which has its fusible wire wrapped around an insulator is: - ✔✔a slo-blo type
fuse
✔✔The power transformer in a power supply: - ✔✔might step voltages up or down
, ✔✔Which of the below would be considered "basic" components of a non switching
power supply? - ✔✔filter, rectifier, transformer
✔✔The average of a full sine wave rectified voltage is: - ✔✔.637 x peak
✔✔The ripple frequency for a half wave rectifier operating from 60 Hz electrical power
is: - ✔✔60 Hz
✔✔The effective voltage of a 100V peak to peak sine wave is: - ✔✔35.35
✔✔A pi filter is an inductor with: - ✔✔a capacitor at each end to common
✔✔An inductor opposes any change in: - ✔✔current
✔✔A capacitor opposes any change in: - ✔✔voltage
✔✔A capacitor will charge to what percent of full charge in one RC time? - ✔✔63.2
✔✔Moving one plate of a capacitor further away from the other will: - ✔✔decrease
capacitance
✔✔The fact than an inductor opposes any change in current is true of: - ✔✔AC and DC
signals
✔✔If you increase the value of a capacitor, the capacitive reactance will: - ✔✔decrease
✔✔In checking a capacitor to see if it is shorted, open or leaky, you would use the
________Ohm meter range. - ✔✔Highest
✔✔The capacitor in a power supply capacitive filter: - ✔✔is in parallel with the load
✔✔The time required to dicharge a capacitor depends on the _____________ across
its terminals. - ✔✔the combination of LRC
✔✔With a given filter type, pure filtering is easiest with: - ✔✔high frequencies
✔✔Using a resistor instead of an inductor in a power supply pi filter: - ✔✔all of the
above
✔✔A power supply whose output voltage does not change whether the load is light or
heavy, would have what percent of regulation? - ✔✔0
