Course 1 – Quiz 3

1. What is the most important first foundational topic when attempting to understand why loads of the past acted differently in past electrical environments versus loads of today’s challenging & complex electrical environments? Select all that apply:

2. With respect to a load’s electrical characteristics, what is significantly different from linear & non-linear loads (non-solid state) used in past electrical environments versus non-linear electronic (solid-state) loads today?

3. Regarding the shape of the current that loads of the past drew versus the shape of the current that today’s load draw, select to characteristics which differed between them. Select all that apply:

4. When loads of the past were powered by past customer building electrical systems, they were:

5. When today’s loads are powered by customer building electrical systems, they were:

6. Non-linear (solid-state) electronic loads were used in the past prior to 1970?

7. What is the stimulus when powering a load?

8. What is the response when powering a load?

9. Which voltage & current graph illustrates a non-liner load?

10. Resistance is defined as: Select all that apply:

11. Impedance is defined as

12. What are the three types of linear loads found in past residential electrical environments?