Exam 17: Capacitance

When the circuit's total capacitance is equal to the sum of the individual capacitances, the capacitors are connected in

When one coulomb is stored in the dielectric with a potential difference of one volt, the capacitance is one farad.

Film capacitors are very temperature-stable and are therefore used frequently in circuits that require very stable capacitance values.

Components made to provide a specified amount of capacitance are called

Capacitors are used in ______________ to provide a higher working voltage rating for the combination.

Capacitance is the ability of a dielectric to hold or store an electric charge.

What is the ability of a dielectric to withstand a potential difference without arcing across the insulator?

When determining the capacitance and tolerance of a mica capacitor, if the tolerance colored dot is gold, what is the tolerance of the capacitor?

Any charge or discharge current flows through the conducting wires to the plates but not through the dielectric.

A ______________ meter is a piece of test equipment specifically designed to measure the capacitance value of capacitors.

Some variable capacitors use mica, ceramic, or plastic film as the dielectric and are often called ______________ capacitors.

In the automobile industry capacitors are commonly called

The electric energy stored in a dielectric is

A capacitor can store the amount of charge necessary to provide a potential difference ______________ to the charging voltage.

Electrolytic capacitors use molecular-thin oxide film as the dielectric, resulting in large capacitance in little space.

If a capacitor-inductor analyzer is not available, a capacitor can be tested with a(n)

Trimmer capacitors have values

If a(n) ______________ capacitor is connected with the incorrect polarity, it may become hot and explode.

Which of the following is not a leakage path through which a capacitor might discharge?

A ______________ capacitor is equivalent to a partial short circuit where the dielectric gradually loses its insulating properties.