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CIRCUIT COMPONENTS · - Resistors; capacitors; inductors; rectifiers; solid-state diodes and transistors; vacuum tubes; batteries

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What is an advantage of batteries with low internal resistance?

  1. ALong life
  2. BHigh discharge current
  3. CHigh voltage
  4. DRapid recharge
Why A battery behaves like an ideal voltage source in series with its internal resistance, so terminal voltage = EMF minus I times R(internal). The smaller that internal resistance, the less the voltage sags and the less energy is wasted heating the cell when heavy current is drawn. That means a low-resistance cell can deliver large currents, which is why starting and high-power transmit applications call for them.
Watch out Rapid recharge is the closest trap, since charge current also passes through the internal resistance, but the pool credits the discharge side; internal resistance does not set cell voltage (chemistry does) or by itself determine service life.
Low internal R means low voltage sag under load, so it can dump big current.
Resistance is what holds current back, so low resistance lets more current out. Pick the answer with current in it.
HamSandwich explanation, first draft. The question and answers are the NCVEC text.
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The rest of G6A

  1. G6A01 What is the minimum allowable discharge voltage for maximum life of a standard 12-volt lead-acid battery?
  2. G6A02 What is an advantage of batteries with low internal resistance?
  3. G6A03 What is the approximate forward threshold voltage of a germanium diode?
  4. G6A04 Which of the following is characteristic of an electrolytic capacitor?
  5. G6A05 What is the approximate forward threshold voltage of a silicon junction diode?
  6. G6A06 Why should wire-wound resistors not be used in RF circuits?
  7. G6A07 What are the operating points for a bipolar transistor used as a switch?
  8. G6A08 Which of the following is characteristic of low voltage ceramic capacitors?
  9. G6A09 Which of the following describes MOSFET construction?
  10. G6A10 Which element of a vacuum tube regulates the flow of electrons between cathode and plate?
  11. G6A11 What happens when an inductor is operated above its self-resonant frequency?
  12. G6A12 What is the primary purpose of a screen grid in a vacuum tube?
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