Search:                        
Please support my efforts by ADVERTISING!
Serving a Pleasing Blend of Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow™

Vintage Magazines

Electronics World
Popular Electronics
Radio & TV News
QST | Pop Science
Popular Mechanics
Radio-Craft
Radio-Electronics
Short Wave Craft
Electronics | OFA
Saturday Eve Post
Electronics Illustrated

Formulas | Data

Electronics | RF
Mathematics
Mechanics
Physics

Calvin & Phineas

Archive | Sitemap
kmblatt83@aol.com

Resources

Radar | AI
Cogitations
RF Museum
Videos | Pics |
Things | Logos
Radio Datashts
WJ Tech Notes
Day in History

Entertainment

Crosswords
Humor | Podcasts
Quotes | Quizzes
Tech Comics

Parts | Services

1000s of Listings

About RF Cafe
Software: RF Cascade Workbook | RF Symbols for Office | RF Symbols & Stencils for Visio | Espresso Workbook
Exodus Advanced Communications Best in Class RF Amplifier SSPAs - RF Cafe Website

Capacitor Function Quiz
March 1962 Popular Electronics

March 1962 Popular Electronics

March 1962 Popular Electronics Cover - RF Cafe WebsiteTable of Contents

Wax nostalgic about and learn from the history of early electronics. See articles from Popular Electronics, published October 1954 - April 1985. All copyrights are hereby acknowledged.

This Capacitor Function Quiz appeared in the March 1962 issue of Popular Electronics magazine. You can mentally substitute semiconductor diodes and transistors in place of the vacuum tubes is needed to figure out what role the capacitor plays in the circuits. Many of the configurations and function names are unfamiliar in today's design environment, but with some imagination you can probably figure out most of them. That said, I won't embarrass myself by telling you what my score was.

Capacitor Function Quiz

Capacitor Function Quiz, March 1962 Popular Electronics - RF Cafe WebsiteBy Robert P. Balin

 

A "mainstay" of electronics, the capacitor is often identified by the function it performs. Can you match capacitor "C" in the circuits below with the functions listed on the right?
  1. Coupling ______
  2. Bypass ______
  3. Filter ______
  4. Trimmer ______
  5. Decoupling ______
  6. Sweep-forming ______
  7. Buffer ______
  8. Padder ______
  9. Neutralizing ______

 

 

See answers below.

Quizzes from vintage electronics magazines such as Popular Electronics, Electronics-World, QST, Radio-Electronics, and Radio News were published over the years - some really simple and others not so simple. Robert P. Balin created most of the quizzes for Popular Electronics. This is a listing of all I have posted thus far.

RF Cafe Quizzes

Vintage Electronics Magazine Quizzes

Vintage Electronics Magazine Quizzes

 

 

Capacitor Function Answers

1  E
2  G
3  F
4  A
5  I
6  C
7  B
8  H
9  D

 

 

Posted March 1, 2022
Modular Components - RF Cafe Website

About the RF Cafe™ Website ©1996-2026

Kirt Blattenberger - RF Cafe WebmasterRF Cafe began life in 1996 as "RF Tools" in an AOL screen name web space totaling 2 MB. Its primary purpose was to provide me with ready access to commonly needed formulas and reference material while performing my work as an RF system and circuit design engineer. The World Wide Web (Internet) was largely an unknown entity at the time and bandwidth was a scarce commodity. Dial-up modems blazed along at 14.4 kbps while tying up your telephone line, and a lady's voice announced "You've Got Mail" when a new message arrived...

Webmaster: Kirt Blattenberger  |     BSEE - KB3UON - AMA92498  |  USAF Radar Technician

All trademarks, copyrights, patents, and other rights of ownership to images and text used on the RF Cafe website are hereby acknowledged.

My Hobby Website: AirplanesAndRockets.com  | My Daughter's Website: EquineKingdom
Please Support My Advertisers!
Transcat | Axiom Test Equipment - RF Cafe Website
Aegis Power | Centric RF | RFCT
Empower RF | Reactel | SF Circuits
Alliance Test | Isotec
Temwell RF Components - RF Cafe Website

RF Electronic Stencils Symbols Visio Shapes Office

Maury Microwave / Boonton SGX1000 Signal Generator - RF Cafe Website		 ConductRF VIDA67 RF Cables - RF Cafe Website

everythingRF RF Engineering Resources Database - RF Cafe Website

Johanson Dielectrics EMI Filters - RF Cafe Website

Please Support RF Cafe by purchasing my ridiculously low-priced products, all of which I created.

RF Cascade Workbook for Excel

RF & Electronics Symbols for Visio

RF & Electronics Symbols for Office

RF & Electronics Stencils for Visio

RF Workbench

These Are Available for Free

Espresso Engineering Workbook™

Smith Chart™ for Excel