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• If a calculator display was "0.00263," what would this answer be in percent?
• A 33 kΩ resistor with a 20% tolerance checks out as ok with which of the following ohmmeter readings?
• A wire with a smaller cross-sectional area will produce:
• With Ohm's law, no change in resistance means that current and voltage will be:
• One problem with mechanically variable resistors is noticeable in audio circuits as:
• A 2% 55 kΩ resistor would have a color coding of green, green, black, red, red.
• 4 amperes will flow through a 10 Ω resistor if 20 volts are placed across the resistor.
• The resistive track of a rheostat or potentiometer can be classified as having either a linear or tapered resistance.
• Carbon composition resistors are the most common and the least expensive type of fixed-value resistor.
• The maximum potential a material can withstand without rupture is called breakdown voltage.

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