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General exam question G5A12

Subelement G5, ELECTRICAL PRINCIPLES· Group G5A

G5A12

What occurs in an LC circuit at resonance?

  • A.Current and voltage are equal
  • B.Resistance is cancelled
  • C.The circuit radiates all its energy in the form of radio waves
  • D.Inductive reactance and capacitive reactance cancel (correct answer)

WhyAt resonance in an LC circuit, inductive reactance and capacitive reactance cancel each other. At resonance, an LC circuit's inductive reactance and capacitive reactance are equal in magnitude but opposite in sign, so they cancel each other, leaving the circuit's behavior governed by whatever resistance remains, answer D. Current and voltage aren't necessarily equal to each other (they're different physical quantities with different units), resistance itself isn't cancelled, only reactance is, and an LC circuit at resonance doesn't inherently radiate all its stored energy as radio waves, so A, B, and C don't describe what actually happens.

Published 2026-08-28 · Last updated 2026-08-28 · Question text is verbatim from the 2023-2027 NCVEC Element 3 pool (public domain); the explanation above is original writing, see our methodology.

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