EE 201 Name___________________________________sec____________

Exam 1 – Feb. 26, 2016




Put your final answers on theses sheet. Attach any additional work sheets behind. You must
include your work to get full credit. You can use whatever analysis you like, but your work
should clear what method you are using. Don’t forget about units!!

Problem 1

For the circuit shown below, determine the value of IS so that the total power being delivered is
1 W.

R2 R5 R7

6 k! 4 k! 4 k!
R1 R3 IS R4 R6 R8
10 k! 16 k! 8 k! 8 k! 4 k!

IS = ______________________________________________

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Problem 2

For the circuit shown below, find iR2.

IS1 1 A IS2 0.5 A

R1 R3

10 ! 30 !
VS1 + R2 + VS2
10 V – 20 ! iR2
– 20 V

iR2 = __________________________________________

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Problem 3

For the circuit shown below, find the voltage across resistor R4.

IS2 0.2 A

R2 200 !

IS1 R1 R3 IS3
0.1 A 100 ! 300 ! 0.3 A
– vR4 +
R4 400 !

vR4 = _________________________________________________

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Problem 4

In the circuit below, find vR2.






VS2 5 V 

R1 R3 




+
–
1 k! 3 k! 

VS1 + + IS2
IS1 vR2 R2 R4 

10 V – 5 mA 2 k! 4 k! 5 mA 

– 




vR2 = ___________________________________________________ 

EE 201 exam formula sheet
General info: Node voltage:
dQ E 1. Identify nodes.
i= V = 2. Choose ground.
dt Q
3. Note any nodes with known voltages (due to voltage
Charge on an electron: 1.6x10–19 C sources).
Ohm’s law: vR = iRR 4. Identify resistor currents with directions.
5. Use KCL to relate currents at each node.
power
6. Use Ohm’s law to relate resistor current to node
dE voltages.
PR = =v·i
dt 7. Solve node voltage equations.
power dissipated in a resistor
v2 Mesh current:
PR = i2R R = R 1. Identify meshes.
R 2. Note any meshes with known currents (due to current
1 kW-hr = 3.6 x 106 joules sources).
3. Identify resistor voltages, with polarties.
Resistor combinations: 4. Use KVL to relate voltages around each mesh.
5. Use Ohm’s law to relate resistor voltages to node
Series voltages. (Be careful with directions!)
RS = R1 + R2 + R3 ... 6. Solve mesh current equations.
Parallel
RP 1 = R1 1 + R2 1 + R3 1 ... Superposition:
1. De-activate all sources except one. (Short voltage
Dividers: sources; open current sources.)
2. Solve for desired voltages and currents using
Voltage divider
 reductions, dividers, and transformations to obtain
Rn partial results. (Can use node-voltage & mesh-
vn = VS
R1 + R2 + R3 ... current, too.)
3. Repeat for each independent source.
Current divider
 4. Add all partial results to obtain total result for each
Rn 1 voltage and current.
in = IS
R1 1 + R2 1 + R3 1 ...

Source transformations

R1

VS + same as IS R1
–

VS = ISR1