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2021-Spring - Midterm Exam

The document is the midterm exam for EE-251 Basic Electrical Engineering. It contains 5 questions regarding circuit analysis techniques. Question 1 asks to find the equivalent resistance Rab for a given circuit. Question 2 asks to calculate the power supplied or absorbed by each element in another circuit. Question 3 uses nodal and mesh analysis to solve for voltages and currents. Question 4 uses superposition to find the voltage and current across a resistor in a circuit with multiple sources. Question 5 obtains Thevenin and Norton equivalents for a given circuit and calculates maximum power transfer between the equivalent circuit and a load resistance.

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2021-Spring - Midterm Exam

The document is the midterm exam for EE-251 Basic Electrical Engineering. It contains 5 questions regarding circuit analysis techniques. Question 1 asks to find the equivalent resistance Rab for a given circuit. Question 2 asks to calculate the power supplied or absorbed by each element in another circuit. Question 3 uses nodal and mesh analysis to solve for voltages and currents. Question 4 uses superposition to find the voltage and current across a resistor in a circuit with multiple sources. Question 5 obtains Thevenin and Norton equivalents for a given circuit and calculates maximum power transfer between the equivalent circuit and a load resistance.

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THUR. March.

,15
2021
EE-251 Basic Electrical Engineering
10:30 AM– 12:00PM SPRING’2021 - Midterm Exam
Student Name: ID No. Section
Instructor Name:
Max. Marks Q1 (8) Q2 (12) Q3 (14) Q4 (12) Q5 (14) Total (60)
Obtained
Marks
QUESTION 1.
Obtain the equivalent resistance Rab for the circuit in Fig.1

Fig.1
Solution:
R1=8//8=4 ohms
R2=12//12=6 ohms
R3=R1+R2=4+6=10 ohms
Rab=10//R3=10//10=5 ohms
QUESTION 2.
Calculate the power supplied or absorbed by each element in Fig.2 and check the
sum of the total power is zero
Fig.2

QUESTION 3.
i. In the circuit of Fig.3, using Nodal Analysis, find the voltages V3 and V4.
Fig.3

ii. For the same circuit of fig.3, using Mesh Analysis, find the currents I1 and
I3 .

QUESTION 4. Use the superposition principle for the circuit of Fig.4 to


find the voltage VR across the 3.3k resistor and the current through it
Fig.4

Solution

Step 1: Remove the 8V power supply from the original circuit, such that the new circuit becomes as
the following and then measure voltage across resistor.

Here 3.3K and 2K are in parallel, therefore resultant resistance will be 1.245K.

Using voltage divider rule voltage across 1.245K will be

VR’= [1.245/(1.245+4.7)]*5 = 1.047V


I’= 1.047/3300=0.3 mA
Step 2: Remove the 5V power supply from the original circuit such that the new circuit becomes as
the following and then measure voltage across resistor.

Step 2: Remove the 5V power supply from the original circuit such that the new circuit becomes as
the following and then measure voltage across resistor.

Here 3.3K and 4.7K are in parallel, therefore resultant resistance will be 1.938K.
Using voltage divider rule voltage across 1.938K will be

VR’’= [1.938/(1.938+2)]*8 = 3.9377V


I’’= 3.9377/3300=12mA

Therefore voltage drop across 3.3K resistor is V1+V2 =


1.047+3.9377=4.9847

Therefore I=I’+I’’= 0.3+12=12.3mA

QUESTION 5. For the circuit shown in the figure 5,


(14 m)

Fig.6
i. Obtain the Thevenin equivalent circuit at terminals a-b. (4 m)

ii. Find the Norton equivalent circuit with respect to terminals a-b. (4 m)

iii. Find the value of the load resistance RL to be connected between the
terminals a-b for maximum power transfer. (3 m)

iv. Calculate this maximum power . (3 m)

Solution:
(a) Turn off the 24-V voltage source and 2-A current source:

RTh = {(3 + 2 + 5) ǁ 4} + 1
10×4
= +1
10+4
= 3.86 

Transform the 2-A current source:


Applying KVL gives:
-24 + i(3 + 4 + 5 + 2) + 10 = 0
14i = 14 or i=1A
VTh = 4i = 4 V

Thevenin equivalent circuit:

(b) Norton equivalent circuit:

(a) RL = RTh = 3.86 

2
𝑉𝑇ℎ 42
(b) Pmax = = = 1.04
4𝑅𝑇ℎ 4×3.86
W
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