Ramon Magsaysay Technological University

Iba, Zambales

PHYSICS III: ELECTRICITY, MAGNETISM AND OPTICS

MIDTERM EXAMINATION

Name: Date:
I. Identify the following. Write your answer on the space provided before the number. STICTLY NO ERASURE
1. According to KVL, the algebraic sum of all IR drops and emf in any closed loop of a
network is always
2. Voltage divider rule is only applicable in connection of resistors.
3. Current Divider rule is only applicable in connection of resistors.
4. In American wire gauge as the number gage increase the wire diameter?
5. The German physicist who developed Kirchhoffs Law. (Full name)

II. Solve the following problems WITH COMPLETE SOLUTION.

1. An immersion heater must increase the temperature of 1.5 kg of water from 10C to 50C in
10 minutes while operating at 110V. Assume specific heat of water is 4.186 KJ/kg-C. What is the
required resistance of the heater? 28.9
2. Determine the energy used by the element of an electric fire of resistance 20 when a current
of 10A flows through it and if the fire is on for 6 hours in kiloJoules (kJ). 43,200kJ
3. A one-meter rod of 2cm diameter is drawn until its resistance is 100 times the initial
resistance. Its length afterward is? 100m
4. Find the equivalent resistance between terminals a and b of the network
shown. 2
5. For the given network, use Maxwell mesh to determine the current
supplied by the 10 V. 1.5A
6. Use Kirchhoffs law to determine the current through 4 ohm resistance.
3.6A
7. Calculate the equivalent resistance in the circuit. 153.33