Resistor Function Quiz
January 1962 Popular Electronics

January 1962 Popular Electronics

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Here is another electronics challenge for you to try - the "Resistor Function Quiz." It covers basic functions of resistors in various circuits. The quiz appeared in the January 1962 edition of Popular Electronics magazine, compliments of Robert P. Balin. I got 100%, just for the record - PhD not required, by the way. Having worked with tubes in the days of yore helps with figure B since it does not really have a direct transistor equivalent, but by process of elimination you can get it.

Resistor Function Quiz

By Robert P. Balin

Resistors find more uses in electronic equipment than any other component. See if you can match the functions of the resistors listed at right with the letters (A through I) representing their applications in the diagrams at left.

	1 Current limiting resistor ___
	2 Damping resistor ___
	3 Ballast resistor ___
	4 Filter resistor ___
	5 Self-bias resistor ___
	6 Isolation resistor ___
	7 Range resistor ___
	8 Parasitic suppressor ___
	9 Bleeder resistor ___

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.

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RF Cafe Quiz #72: RF Attenuators
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RF Cafe Quiz #70: Analog & RF Filter Basics
RF Cafe Quiz #69: RF Electronics Basics
RF Cafe Quiz #68: RF & Analog Company Mergers & Acquisitions in 2017
RF Cafe Quiz #67: RF & Microwave Company Name Change History
RF Cafe Quiz #66: Spectrum and Network Measurements
RF Cafe Quiz #65: Troubleshooting & Repairing Commercial Electrical Equipment
RF Cafe Quiz #64: Space-Time Adaptive Processing for Radar
RF Cafe Quiz #63: Envelope Tracking Power Amplifiers
RF Cafe Quiz #62: Stimson's Introduction to Airborne Radar
RF Cafe Quiz #61: Practical Microwave Circuits
RF Cafe Quiz #60: Ten Essential Skills for Electrical Engineers
RF Cafe Quiz #59: Microwave Circulator Design
RF Cafe Quiz #58: Microwave and Millimeter-Wave Electronic Packaging
RF Cafe Quiz #57: Frequency-Agile Antennas for Wireless Communications
RF Cafe Quiz #56: Tube Testers and Electron Tube Equipment
RF Cafe Quiz #55: Conquer Radio Frequency
RF Cafe Quiz #54: Microwave Mixer Technology and Applications
RF Cafe Quiz #53: Chipless RFID Reader Architecture
RF Cafe Quiz #52: RF and Microwave Power Amplifiers
RF Cafe Quiz #51: Antennas and Site Engineering for Mobile Radio Networks
RF Cafe Quiz #50: Microstrip Lines and Slotlines
RF Cafe Quiz #49: High-Frequency Integrated Circuits
RF Cafe Quiz #48: Introduction to Infrared and Electro-Optical Systems
RF Cafe Quiz #47: LCP for Microwave Packages and Modules
RF Cafe Quiz #46: RF, Microwave, and Millimeter-Wave Components
RF Cafe Quiz #45: Dielectric and Thermal Properties of Materials at Microwave Frequencies
RF Cafe Quiz #44: Monopulse Principles and Techniques
RF Cafe Quiz #43: Plasma Antennas
RF Cafe Quiz #42: The Micro-Doppler Effect in Radar
RF Cafe Quiz #41: Introduction to RF Design Using EM Simulators
RF Cafe Quiz #40: Introduction to Antenna Analysis Using EM Simulation
RF Cafe Quiz #39: Emerging Wireless Technologies and the Future Mobile Internet
RF Cafe Quiz #38: Klystrons, Traveling Wave Tubes, Magnetrons, Crossed-Field Amplifiers, and Gyrotrons
RF Cafe Quiz #37: Component Reliability for Electronic Systems
RF Cafe Quiz #36: Advanced RF MEMS
RF Cafe Quiz #35: Frequency Synthesizers: Concept to Product
RF Cafe Quiz #34: Multi-Gigabit Microwave and Millimeter-Wave Wireless Communications
RF Cafe Quiz #33: Battlespace Technologies: Network-Enabled Information Dominance
RF Cafe Quiz #32: Modern Communications Receiver Design and Technology
RF Cafe Quiz #31: Quantum Mechanics of Nanostructures
RF Cafe Quiz #30: OFDMA System Analysis and Design
RF Cafe Quiz #29: Cognitive Radar
RF Cafe Quiz #28: Human-Centered Information Fusion
RF Cafe Quiz #27: Remarkable Engineers
RF Cafe Quiz #26: Substrate Noise Coupling in Analog/RF Circuits
RF Cafe Quiz #25: Component Reliability for Electronic Systems
RF Cafe Quiz #24: Ultra Low Power Bioelectronics
RF Cafe Quiz #23: Digital Communications Basics
RF Cafe Quiz #22: Remember the Basics?
RF Cafe Quiz #21: Wireless Standards Knowledge
RF Cafe Quiz #20: Famous First Names
RF Cafe Quiz #19: Basic Circuit Theory
RF Cafe Quiz #18: Archaic Scientific Words & Definitions
RF Cafe Quiz #17: Inventors & Their Inventions
RF Cafe Quiz #16: Antennas
RF Cafe Quiz #15: Numerical Constants
RF Cafe Quiz #14: Oscillators
RF Cafe Quiz #13: General Knowledge
RF Cafe Quiz #12: Electronics Corporations Headquarters
RF Cafe Quiz #11: Famous Inventors & Scientists
RF Cafe Quiz #10: A Sampling of RF & Wireless Topics
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RF Cafe Quiz #5: Company Logo Recognition
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RF Cafe Quiz #3: General RF/Microwave Topics
RF Cafe Quiz #2: General RF Topics
RF Cafe Quiz #1: General RF Knowledge

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Magnetic Phenomena Quiz, February 1962 Popular Electronics
Electronics Geography Quiz, April 1970 Popular Electronics
Electronic Menu Quiz, August 1963 Popular Electronics
Electronic Noise Quiz, August 1962 Popular Electronics
Electronic Current Quiz, October 1963 Popular Electronics
Electronic Inventors Quiz, November 1963 Popular Electronics
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Electronic Measurement Quiz, January 1963 Popular Electronics
Electronic Coupling Quiz, August 1973 Popular Electronics
Electronics Analogy Quiz, August 1960 Popular Electronics
Audio Quiz, April 1955 Popular Electronics
Electronic Unit Quiz, May 1962 Popular Electronics
Capacitor Circuit Quiz, June 1968 Popular Electronics
Meter-Reading Quiz, June 1966 Popular Electronics
Electronic Geometry Quiz, Jan 1965 Popular Electronics
Electronic Factor Quiz, November 1966 Popular Electronics
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Series Circuit Quiz, May 1966 Popular Electronics
Electrochemistry Quiz, Mar 1966 Popular Electronics
Biz Quiz: Test Your Sales Ability - April 1947 Radio News
Electronic Analogy Quiz, Nov 1961 Popular Electronics
Diode Quiz, July 1961 Popular Electronics
Electronic Curves Quiz, Feb 1963 Popular Electronics
Electronic Numbers Quiz, Dec 1962 Popular Electronics
Energy Conversion Quiz, April 1963 Popular Electronics
Coil Function Quiz, June 1962 Popular Electronics
Co-Inventors Quiz - January 1965 Electronics World
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Polarity Quiz - March 1968 Popular Electronics
Television I.Q. Quiz - Oct 1948 Radio & Television News
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Semiconductor Quiz - Feb 1967 Popular Electronics
Unknown Frequency Quiz - September 1965 Popular Electronics
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Inductance Quiz, September 1961 Popular Electronics
RC Circuit Quiz, June 1963 Popular Electronics

LCR Circuits Quiz - November 1969 Electronics World
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Amplifier Quiz Part 1 - February 1964 Popular Electronics
Three Letter Quiz - January 1964 Popular Electronics
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Electronic Sticklers - February 1959 Popular Electronics
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Transformer Quiz - April 1962 Popular Electronics
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Resistor Quiz Answers

1 D

2 C

3 E

4 H

5 A

6 I

7 G

8 B

9 F

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