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AMT: General Oral & Practical ExamGuide Questions With Correct Answers
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,What constitutes a capacitor? - Answers:Two conductors separated by an insulator.
What is the purpose of a capacitor? - Answers:It stores electrical energy in electrostatic fields.
Does a capacitor in an AC circuit cause the current to lead or lag the voltage? - Answers:It
causes the current to lead the voltage.
What is the basic unit of capacitance? - Answers:The ferad.
Why should electrolytic capacitors not be used in an AC circuit? - Answers:They are polarized.
An electrolytic capacitor will pass current of one polarity, but will block current of the opposite
polarity.
What is meant by inductance? - Answers:The ability to store electrical energy in electromagnetic
fields.
What is the basic unit of inductance? - Answers:The henry.
What is an example of an inductor used in a magneto? - Answers:The coil.
Does an inductor in an AC circuit cause the current to lead or lag the voltage? - Answers:It
causes the current to lag behind the voltage.
How can you find the polarity of an electromagnet? - Answers:Hold the electromagnet in your
left hand with your fingers encircling the coil in the direction electrons flow (from negative to
positive). Your thumb will point to the north pole of the electromagnet.
What is meant by impedance? - Answers:The total opposition to the flow of alternating current.
It is the vector sum of resistance capacitive reactance, and inductive reactance.
In what units is impedance measured? - Answers:In ohms.
,What are five sources of electrical energy? - Answers:Magnetism, chemical energy, light, heat,
and pressure.
What is the basic unit of power in a DC circuit? - Answers:The watt.
What is meant by a kilowatt? - Answers:1,000 watts.
What is meant by a megawatt? - Answers:1,000,000 watts.
What is the formula for power in a DC circuit? - Answers:Power = Voltage times current (P = E
x I)
What is the relationship between mechanical and electrical power? - Answers:1 horsepower =
746 watts
What is meant by true power in an AC circuit? - Answers:The product of the circuit voltage and
the current that is in phase with this voltage.
In what units is true power expressed? - Answers:In watts.
What is meant by apparent power in an AC circuit? - Answers:The product of the circuit voltage
and the circuit current.
In what units is apparent power expressed? - Answers:In volt-amps.
What is meant by the reactive power in an AC circuit? - Answers:The power consumed in the
inductive and capacitive reactances in an AC circuit. Reactive power is also called wattless
power.
, In what units is reactive power expressed? - Answers:In volt-amps reactive (VAR), or kilovolt-
amps reactive (KVAR).
What is meant by power factor in an AC circuit? - Answers:The ratio of true power to apparent
power. It is also the ratio of circuit resistance to circuit impedance.
Which law of electricity is the most important for an aircraft mechanic to know? -
Answers:Ohm's law.
What are the elements of Ohm's law? - Answers:Voltage E, current I, and resistance R (volts,
amps, and ohms).
What is voltage? - Answers:Electrical pressure.
What is the basic unit of voltage? - Answers:The volt.
What instrument is used to measure voltage? - Answers:A voltmeter.
To measure voltage, is a voltmeter placed in series or in parallel with the source of voltage? -
Answers:In parallel.
What is electrical current? - Answers:The flow of electrons in a circuit.
What is the basic unit of current flow? - Answers:The ampere (amp).
What part of an amp is a milliamp? - Answers:One thousandth (0.001) of an amp.
What instrument is used to measure current flow? - Answers:An ammeter.
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