Bahir Dar Institute of Technology

Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Fundamentals of Electrical Eng. Lab (EEng-2056) Target Group: 2nd EED Regular
Final exam: Maximum Marks: 50% Date: April 2, 2022: Time Allowed: 3 Hrs

 any form of cheating will not be tolerated

Name: ______________________________________ ID No: _______________________

Part I: Chose the best answer from the given alternatives (1.5 pts. each)

1) Which of these colors is NOT used in the resistor color coding?

A) White B) Black C) Violet D) Pink E) Orange
2) The first two bands on the resistors are _____________________.
A) Two digits B) Decimal Multiplier C) Tolerance D) All may be possible depend on band
3) What is the tolerance of a 3-band resistor?
A) ±20% B) ±10% C) ±0.5% D) ±5% E) unknown
4) How to read color bands on Resistors?
A) Right to Left B) Left to Right C) From both sides D) All are correct
5) Two lamps 100W & 40W are connected in series across 230V ac source. Which one is true?
A) 40W lamp will glow brighter C) 40W lamp will fuse
B) 100W lamp will glow brighter D) Both lamps will glow equally bright E) B & C
6) Three identical resistors are first connected in series then in parallel. The resultant resistance of the first
combination to the second will be:
A ¿ 3×B ¿ 1/3×C ¿1 /9×D ¿ 9×E ¿ ¿
7) An electric current is the
A) random movements of electrons in a conductor
B) movement of free electrons prominently in one direction
C) pressure difference between two poles
D) the power that causes drift of electrons
8) To determine the polarity of the voltage drop across a resistor, it is necessary to know the
A) direction of current flowing through the resistor C) value of current
B) value of EMF in the circuit D) value of resistor
9) For a fixed supply voltage, the current flowing through a conductor will decrease when
A) Cross-sectional area of the conductor is increased and length of the conductor is decreased
B) Both Cross-sectional area and length of the conductor is increased
C) Both Cross-sectional area and length of the conductor is decreased
D) Cross-sectional area of the conductor is decreased and length of the conductor is increased
10) Kirchoff's first law is based on the principle of law of conservation of charge. True/False
 Part II: Show all the necessary steps

1) For the circuit shown in fig. 1 below, obtain the equivalent resistance at terminal a-b? [7pts.]

Fig.1
2) Find the value of g in the network given in fig.2 such that the power supplied by a 3A source is 20 W. [7
pts.]

Fig.2
3) Find the value of VS in the network shown in fig.3 below? [7 pts.]

Fig.3
4) Using superposition, find I in the circuit shown in fig. 4 below? [7 pts.]

Fig.4
5) Find [7 pts.]
i. The value of R such that the maximum power delivered to the load is 3mW, the voltage drops and
current flow through a load RL under these conditions.
ii. The maximum voltage drop and maximum current flows through the load RL
Good Luck!