Do you know your capacitors

What is the unit of capacitance?

• volts

• henry

• farad

• Tesla

3. What is the formula for capacitance?

• 3. C = I*R

• 3. C = Q/V

• 3. C = I*V

• C = Q*V

4. What is the dielectric material used in capacitors?

• 4. Conductor

• 4. Metal

• 4. Insulator

• 4. Semiconductor

What is the dielectric constant of air?

• 0

• 1

• 40

• 80

What is the dielectric constant of water?

• 0

• 1

• 40

• 80

What is the dielectric constant of a vacuum?

• 0

• 1

• 20

• 40

What is the formula for the time constant of a capacitor?

• 1/2 V*R

• 1/2 C*R

• R*C

• R/C

What is capacitance?

• the ability of a material to store kinetic energy

• the ability of a material to generate magnetic energy

• the ability of a material to store electric
  charge

• the ability of a material to generate kinetic energy

What is the effective capacitance of a circuit with these 3 capacitors in parallel?
4 µF, 2 µF, and 6 µF are connected in

• 6 µF

• 10 µF

• 8 µF

• 12 µF

What does the 'time constant' of an RC circuit mean?

• The time it takes for the capacitor to fully charge.

• The time it takes for the capacitor to fully discharge.

• The time it takes for the voltage across the capacitor to reach 63.2% of its maximum value

• The time it takes for the voltage across the capacitor to reach 36.8% of its maximum value