CETa LATEST 2026 EXAM COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔Which is the equivalent to 100 microamps?
a. .1 milliamps
b. 1 milliamps
c. 10 milliamps
d. 10 nanoamps - ✔✔a. .1 milliamps
✔✔A resistor _______.
a. stores an electric charge
b. is measured in coulombs
c. in a circuit causes a voltage drop from one end of the resistor to the other end
d. is dependent on lines of force - ✔✔c. in a circuit causes a voltage drop from one end
of the resistor to the other end
✔✔1 kΩ is the same as __________.
a. 1 thousand ohms
b. 1 thousandth of an ohm
c. 10⁻² ohms
d. 10000 ohms - ✔✔a. 1 thousand ohms
✔✔A resistor has color bands orange, red and brown. It is _____.
a. 232 ohms
b. 3.2 megohms
c. 2.3 kohms
d. 320 ohms - ✔✔d. 320 ohms
✔✔A circuit has one 500 ohm resistor in series with three 500 ohm resistors that are
connected in parallel with each other. The total resistance would be ______.
a. 666 ohms
b. 167.7 ohms
c. 750 ohms
d. 1000 ohms - ✔✔a. 666 ohms
✔✔The voltage rating of a capacitor _______.
a. must be factored into the reactance formula
b. relates to the maximum voltage that should be applied to it
c. is done by adding each of the capacitance can allow
, d. is the same as the power factor - ✔✔b. relates to the maximum voltage that should
be applied to it
✔✔Calculating the total capacitance of several capacitors connected in parallel
___________.
a. is not necessary as they are not used this way
b. causes a need to consider inductance factors
c. is done by adding each of the capacitance values
d. is the same as the power factor - ✔✔c. is done by adding each of the capacitance
values
✔✔Ferrite _________.
a. is a capacitor dielectric
b. is a common inductor core material
c. is the most common resistor coating
d. causes faulty saturation of inductors - ✔✔b. is a common inductor core material
✔✔The term Henry refers to ________.
a. the inductive property of a coil
b. the inventor of inductors
c. reactance of LR circuits
d. resonant frequency of tank circuits - ✔✔a. the inductive property of a coil
✔✔A certain transformer has 250 turns in the primary winding and 1250 turns in the
secondary winding. The turns ratio is ______.
a. 0.2
b. 2.5
c. 5
d. 0.5 - ✔✔a. 0.2
✔✔When the turns ratio of a transformer is 10 and the primary AC voltage is 8V, the
secondary voltage is ______.
a. 80 volts
b. 0.8 volts
c. 8 volts
d. 64 volts - ✔✔b. 0.8 volts
✔✔Which of these color code patterns is found on a 270Ω 5% resistor?
a. Red, violet, brown, silver
AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔Which is the equivalent to 100 microamps?
a. .1 milliamps
b. 1 milliamps
c. 10 milliamps
d. 10 nanoamps - ✔✔a. .1 milliamps
✔✔A resistor _______.
a. stores an electric charge
b. is measured in coulombs
c. in a circuit causes a voltage drop from one end of the resistor to the other end
d. is dependent on lines of force - ✔✔c. in a circuit causes a voltage drop from one end
of the resistor to the other end
✔✔1 kΩ is the same as __________.
a. 1 thousand ohms
b. 1 thousandth of an ohm
c. 10⁻² ohms
d. 10000 ohms - ✔✔a. 1 thousand ohms
✔✔A resistor has color bands orange, red and brown. It is _____.
a. 232 ohms
b. 3.2 megohms
c. 2.3 kohms
d. 320 ohms - ✔✔d. 320 ohms
✔✔A circuit has one 500 ohm resistor in series with three 500 ohm resistors that are
connected in parallel with each other. The total resistance would be ______.
a. 666 ohms
b. 167.7 ohms
c. 750 ohms
d. 1000 ohms - ✔✔a. 666 ohms
✔✔The voltage rating of a capacitor _______.
a. must be factored into the reactance formula
b. relates to the maximum voltage that should be applied to it
c. is done by adding each of the capacitance can allow
, d. is the same as the power factor - ✔✔b. relates to the maximum voltage that should
be applied to it
✔✔Calculating the total capacitance of several capacitors connected in parallel
___________.
a. is not necessary as they are not used this way
b. causes a need to consider inductance factors
c. is done by adding each of the capacitance values
d. is the same as the power factor - ✔✔c. is done by adding each of the capacitance
values
✔✔Ferrite _________.
a. is a capacitor dielectric
b. is a common inductor core material
c. is the most common resistor coating
d. causes faulty saturation of inductors - ✔✔b. is a common inductor core material
✔✔The term Henry refers to ________.
a. the inductive property of a coil
b. the inventor of inductors
c. reactance of LR circuits
d. resonant frequency of tank circuits - ✔✔a. the inductive property of a coil
✔✔A certain transformer has 250 turns in the primary winding and 1250 turns in the
secondary winding. The turns ratio is ______.
a. 0.2
b. 2.5
c. 5
d. 0.5 - ✔✔a. 0.2
✔✔When the turns ratio of a transformer is 10 and the primary AC voltage is 8V, the
secondary voltage is ______.
a. 80 volts
b. 0.8 volts
c. 8 volts
d. 64 volts - ✔✔b. 0.8 volts
✔✔Which of these color code patterns is found on a 270Ω 5% resistor?
a. Red, violet, brown, silver
