EE101 EXAM QUESTIONS WITH ANSWER

Prepared by: Cesar G. Manalo, Jr.

Course Question ENUMERATION/IDENTIFICATION
Outcome # Instruction:
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Write your answer in essay form. You may support it with computations.

CO 1 1. (4 pts) Name two types of dependent energy sources in electrical circuits.

VCVS, VCCS, CCVS, CCCS.

CO 1 2. (2 pts) A type of element in an electric circuit that dissipates energy is called the
_resistor____.

CO 1 3. (2 pts) The equivalent resistance of a resistor in parallel to an open/disconnected element is

zero. (True/False) False

CO 1 4. (2 pts) A law of Kirchhoff’s which states that “the sum of the currents entering and leaving
a node is zero” is called _KCL.

Course Question PROBLEM SOLVING

Outcome # Instruction:
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1.) Final answers should be accurate within 2 decimal places.
2.) Box your final numerical answers.

CO 2, 3 1. (20 pts) An electrician wants to connect a 100 Ω incandescent bulb from a 100 V DC
source 2000 ft. away using multiple copper wires (𝝆 = 𝟏. 𝟕𝟐𝟑 × 𝟏𝟎−𝟖 Ω −
𝒎 @ 𝟐𝟎𝒐 𝐂, 𝑻𝒐 = −𝟐𝟑𝟒. 𝟓𝒐 𝐂) connected in parallel, with each wire having a diameter of
2.0 mm. (Fig. 1) Assuming a working temperature of 50ºC, find;

Fig. 1

a) (5 pts) The total resistance of the copper wires so that the voltage at the load side
(the bulb) will be at least 98 V DC.

𝐿𝑒𝑡,
𝑅𝑊50 = 𝑡𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛ce of wire at 50𝑜 𝐂

100
98 = 100 𝑉 ( )
100 + 𝑅𝑊50

𝑹𝑾𝟓𝟎 = 𝟐. 𝟎𝟒𝟎𝟖𝟏𝟔 𝒐𝒉𝒎𝒔

b) (10 pts)The minimum number of copper wires required in a). Round-up final
answer to nearest ones.
 Let,
𝑅𝑊20 = 𝑡𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛ce of wire at 20𝑜 𝐂
𝑛 = 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑛𝑢𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑙 𝑤𝑖𝑟𝑒𝑠

𝑅𝑊20 2.040816
=
20 + 234.5 50 + 234.5

𝑹𝑾𝟐𝟎 = 𝟏. 𝟖𝟐𝟓𝟔 𝒐𝒉𝒎𝒔

−8 4000
𝜌20 𝐿 1.723 × 10 (3.28084)
𝑅𝑊20 = = = 1.8256
𝐴 𝜋(0.002)2
𝑛× 4

𝑛 = 3.66

𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝒏 = 𝟒 𝒘𝒊𝒓𝒆𝒔

c) (5 pts) The power lost on the stranded copper wire in watts referred in a).

𝑽𝟐 𝟐𝟐
𝑷𝑳𝑶𝑺𝑻 = = = 𝟏. 𝟗𝟔 𝑾
𝑹 𝟐. 𝟎𝟒𝟎𝟖𝟏𝟔

CO 3 2. (10 pts) R = 100 Ω in the network shown in Fig. 2.

a) If an ohmmeter is connected across
terminals a & b, what would be
its reading?

By inspection,

𝟓𝑹 × 𝟎. 𝟓𝑹 𝟓
𝑹𝑬𝑸 = = 𝑹 = 𝟒𝟓. 𝟒𝟓 𝒐𝒉𝒎
𝟓𝑹 + 𝟎. 𝟓𝑹 𝟏𝟏

b) If a DC voltage of 10 V is applied at
terminals a & b and an ammeter
inserted on the path of the 2R
resistors, what would be the
ammeter reading?

𝟏𝟎
𝒂𝒎𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 = = 𝟎. 𝟎𝟐 𝑨 = 𝟐𝟎𝒎𝑨
𝟓𝑹
 Course Question PROBLEM SOLVING (continuation)
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CO 3, 4 3. (15 pts) The circuit in Fig. 3 is to control the

speed of a motor such that the motor draws
currents of 5A, 3A, and 1A when the switch
is at high, medium, and low positions. If the
motor can be modeled as a load resistance of
20 mΩ, determine the series dropping
resistances R1, R2, and R3.

Fig. 3

At high position,

5(𝑅3 + 0.02) = 6
𝑹𝟑 = 𝟏. 𝟏𝟖 𝒐𝒉𝒎𝒔

At medium position,

3(𝑅2 + 𝑅3 + 0.02) = 6
𝑹𝟐 = 𝟎. 𝟖 𝒐𝒉𝒎𝒔

At low position,

1(𝑅1 + 𝑅2 + 𝑅3 + 0.02) = 6
𝑹𝟏 = 𝟒 𝒐𝒉𝒎𝒔

CO 4 4. (20 pts) Find node voltages v1, v2, v3 and current io of the network shown in Fig. 4.

Fig. 4
 4(𝑣1 − 𝑣3 )
4𝑖𝑜 = = 0.4(𝑣1 − 𝑣3 )
10

At node v1;

𝑣1 − 15 𝑣1 − 𝑣2 𝑣1 − 𝑣3
+ + +3=0
20 5 10

7𝑣1 − 4𝑣2 − 2𝑣3 = −45 𝐸𝑄1

At node v2;

𝑣1 − 𝑣2 𝑣2 − 0.4(𝑣1 − 𝑣3 ) 𝑣2 − 𝑣3
− − =0
5 5 5

7𝑣1 − 15𝑣2 + 3𝑣3 = 0 𝐸𝑄2

At node v3;

𝑣2 − 𝑣3 𝑣1 − 𝑣3 𝑣3 + 10
+ − +3 = 0
5 10 15

3𝑣1 + 6𝑣2 − 11𝑣3 = −70 𝐸𝑄3

Solving the equations simultaneously;

𝒗𝟏 = −𝟕. 𝟏𝟗𝟐 𝑽
𝒗𝟐 = −𝟐. 𝟕𝟕𝟗 𝑽
𝒗𝟑 = 𝟐. 𝟖𝟖𝟔𝟓 𝑽
𝒊𝒐 = −𝟏. 𝟎 𝑨