EE B 122 BASIC ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING

DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONICS

ENGINEERING

QUESTION BANK

SUBJECT NAME & CODE: EE B 122 – BASIC ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONICS ENGG.

YEAR / SEM : I / II
UNIT – I

ELECTRICAL CIRCUITS AND MEASUREMENTS

PART – A (2 MARKS)

1. State Ohm’s law and its limitation.

2. State Kirchhoff’s voltage law & Current law

3. Determine the resistance required to limit the current from a 15 V battery to 1.5 mA?

4. Two resistances of 4 Ω and 6 Ω are connected in parallel across 10 V battery. Determine the
current through 6 Ω resistance.
5. Name the essential torques required for the proper operation of indicating instrument.

6. Define an ideal voltage source and ideal current source

7. Explain how voltage source with a source resistance can be converted into an equivalent current
source.

8. Define R.M.S value.

9. State the advantages of sinusoidal alternating quantity.

10. Define phase sequence

11. Define balanced load in a three phase circuit.

12. List any two advantages of 3-phase system over 1-phase system.

13. Mention the two types of MI instruments.

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14. List any three types of indicating instruments.

15. List the major components of a single phase induction type energy meter.

16. Compare moving coil and moving iron instruments based on any two salient features.

17. Mention the advantages of Induction type energy meter.

18. When a resistor is placed across a 415 V supply the current is 36 A. Determine the value of the
resistor that must be placed in parallel to increase the load to 40 A.

19. Mention the errors in Moving iron instruments.

20. Mention the advantages of electromechanical measuring instruments.

PART – B

1. (a) State and explain Kirchoff’s law. (4)

(b) Explain the working of a Dynamometer wattmeter with a neat sketch. (10)

2. (a) Explain any one type of MI instruments. (10)

(b) Explain the working principle of PMMC instruments. (10)

3. Explain the construction and principle of operation of single phase energy meter. (10)

4. (a) A series circuit has R=10Ω, L=50mH, and C=100µF and is supplied with 200V,50Hz. Find (i)
Impedance (ii) current (iii) power (iv) power factor (v) voltage drop across the each element.
(6)

(b) Derive the equation for equivalent resistance of number of resistors connected in parallel. (6)

5. Find the current through each branch by network reduction technique. (10)

6. In the circuit shown, determine the current through the 2 ohm resistor and the total current
delivered by the battery. Use Kirchhoff’s laws.
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(16)

7. (a) In the network shown below, find the current delivered by the battery. (10)

(b) Discuss about voltage and current division principles. (6)

8. Using the node voltage analysis, find the node voltages and currents in 4 ohms and 16 ohms
resistances of figure. (10)

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UNIT – II

ELECTRICAL MACHINES

PART – A (2 MARKS)

1. Sketch the circuit diagram for separately exited DC generators.

2. State the applications of shunt and compound DC generators.
3. A 220 V dc motor has an armature resistance of 0.5 Ω. The full load armature current is 20 A.
Find the induced emf.
4. Mention the significance of back emf.
5. An 8 pole, lap wound armature rotated at 350 rpm is required to generate 260 V. The useful
flux/pole is 0.05 Wb. If the armature has 120 slots , calculate the number of conductors per slot.
6. State the function of commutator in DC machines?
7. Distinguish between shunt and series field coil construction.
8. Mention the types of transformers based on construction and supply voltage.
9. Define voltage transformation ratio.
10. List the types of single phase induction motors.
11. Mention the applications of dc motor.
12. Distinguish between core and shell type transformers.
13. Define branch and node in an electrical circuit.
14. In a single phase transformer, Np = 350 turns, Ns = 1050 turns, Ep = 400 V. Find Es.
15. List the applications of single phase induction motor.
16. State why single phase induction motor is not self-starting.
17. Mention the applications of single phase transformers.
18. Mention the difference between core and shell type transformers.
19. Name the methods adopted to make the single phase induction motor self-start.
20. State the purpose of yoke in a DC machine.

PART – B

1. Explain the construction and principle of operation of a DC generator with neat sketch. (10)

2. (a) Derive the equation for induced EMF of a DC machine. (6)

(b) Derive the torque equation of DC motor. (6)

3. Describe the construction details of transformer and also explain the principle of operation. (10)

4. (a) Derive the EMF equation of a transformer. (6)

(b) Explain the principle of operation of DC Motor. (6)

5. Explain the construction and principle of operation of single phase induction motor. (10)

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6. A transformer with 40 turns on the high voltage winding is used to step down the voltage from
240V to 120V. Find the number of turns in the low voltage winding. (6)

7. A 4 pole, wave wound generator having 40 slots and 10 conductors placed per slot. The flux per
pole is 0.02 wb. Calculate the generated emf when the generator is drive at 1200 rpm. (10)

8. A 25kw, 250V, dc shunt generator has armature and field resistances of 0.06ohm and 100 ohm
respectively. Determine the total armature power developed when working (1) as a generator
delivering 25 kw output and (2) as a motor taking 25kw. (10)
9. Explain the construction and principle of operation of split phase induction motor. (10)

UNIT – III

SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES AND APPLICATIONS

PART – A (2 MARKS)

1. Define Avalanche breakdown.

2. Define Peak Inverse Voltage.
3. Define zener effect.
4. Define early effect in transistors.
5. Define current amplification factor for CE configuration in transistors.
6. State the biasing conditions for a transistor to operate as an amplifier.
7. Mention the applications of zener diode.
8. Compare PN junction diode and zener diode.
9. Define cut-off region and saturation region.
10. Define operating point.
11. Define doping.
12. Define depletion region in PN junction.
13. Give the other names of depletion region.
14. Define barrier potential.
15. Define meant by biasing a PN junction.
16. Define the types of biasing a PN junction.
17. Define Zener breakdown.
18. Mention the applications of BJT.
19. State the different modes of operation of transistor operation.
20. Mention few applications of PN junction diode.

PART – B

1. Derive the expression for RMS voltage & current, average DC voltage & current and ripple factor
for half wave rectifier.(10)

2. Describe the working of a PN junction diode with neat diagrams. Also explain its V-I
characteristics. (10)

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3. Define a Zener diode. Explain the operation of Zener diode and draw its characteristics.(10)

4. Derive the expression for RMS voltage, current and ripple factor for full wave rectifier.(10)
5. Explain the operation of half wave rectifier with neat sketch and derive the necessary expression.
(10)

6. Explain the operation of centre tapped full wave rectifier with neat diagram. (10)
7. Explain with a neat diagram how the input and output characteristics of a CE configuration can
be obtained. (10)

8. Explain the input and output characteristics of CC configuration. (10)

9. Explain the working of the CB configuration of a BJT. (10)

10. Explain in detail about the elementary treatment of small signal CE amplifier. (10)
11. Explain with neat diagram the construction and operation of a PNP transistor. (10)
12. Explain with neat diagram the construction and operation of a NPN transistor. (10)
13. Compare the performance of a transistor in three different configurations. (10)
14. Sketch the circuit of a simple transistor amplifier and explain the function of the components. (6)
15. Explain the operation of full wave rectifier with neat sketch and derive the necessary expression.
(10)

UNIT – IV

DIGITAL ELECTRONICS

PART – A (2 MARKS)

1. Define a Logic gate.

2. Give the classification of logic families.

3. Which gates are called as the universal gates. Define its advantages.

4. Convert the binary fraction 0.101 into decimal equivalent.

5. Define Flip flop.

6. Mention the different types of flip-flop.

7. Simplify ( using Boolean laws.

8. Mention the basic properties of boolean algebra.

9. Find the following binary difference:

10. 1011010 - 0101110

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11. An active high S-R latch has a '1' on the S-input and '0' on the 'R' input. Specify the state of the
latch.

12. Mention the types of Analog to Digital Converter.

13. Convert 7F8H into decimal.

14. Convert (634)8 into binary

15. Mention the types of D/A converters.

16. Write the truth table of Exclusive-OR gate.

17. Draw the symbol of OR gate and write its truth table.

18. Realize 'D' flip-flop using NAND gates.

19. Express the following binary numbers in its equivalent decimal numbers.
(i) 10.01
(ii) 101.11

20. Define decade counter.

21. Draw the symbol of AND gate and write its truth table.

PART – B

1. Draw and explain the operation of AND, OR, NOT, EX-OR gates with suitable truth table.
(10)

2. Define universal gates. Explain their principle of working with necessary truth table.(10)

3. Design a half adder and implement it using logic gates. (10)

4. Design a full adder and implement it using logic gates. (10)

5. Draw the logic diagram of a 4-bit binary ripple counter and explain its working. (10)
6. Explain with the neat sketch the working of Binary Ladder Network for Digital to Analog
conversion. (10)
7. Explain the operation of RS flip-flop and clocked RS flip-flop. (10)
8. Explain the operation of successive approximation type ADC with a neat sketch. (10)
9. Explain the working of JK flip-flop with its logic diagram. (10)
10. Draw a logic circuit to implement the function and
simplify the function and draw its logic circuit. (10)

11. Write short notes on registers and counters.

12. Explain the working of T flip-flop with its logic diagram. (6)
13. Explain the working of D flip-flop with its logic diagram. (6)
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14. Realize the given expression using only NAND gates and inverters:

(6)
15. Reduce the following expressions using Boolean algebra postulates:
(6)
(6)
16. Explain with the neat sketch the working of Binary weighted resistor Digital to Analog converter.
(10)
17. From R-2R network, explain the working principle of 8 bit DAC. Derive its resolution.(10)
18. Explain the categorization and functioning of shift registers. (10)

UNIT – V

FUNDAMENTALS OF COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING

PART – A (2 MARKS)

1. Differentiate analog and digital signals.

2. Define modulation.

3. Define total internal reflection.

4. Define the types of modulation.

5. Compare amplitude modulation and frequency modulation.

6. Define Modulation index for frequency modulation

7. Define Modulation index for amplitude modulation

8. List few applications of microwave communication.

9. Sketch the block diagram of FM receiver.

10. State the basic function of communication satellite.

11. As related to amplitude modulation define over modulation, under modulation and 100%
modulation.

12. Explain how the interference is reduced in the communication channel.

13. List few applications of satellite communication.

14. Define optical fiber.

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15. Explain why are AM systems preferred in broadcasting than FM systems.

16. Define the various standards used in TV transmission systems.

17. Mention the advantages of optical fiber communication.

18. List the various types of Microwave antennas.

PART – B

1. Explain amplitude modulation. Obtain the mathematical representation of amplitude modulated

wave. (10)

2. Write detailed notes on microwave communication. (6)

3. Write short notes on satellite communication system. (6)

4. Draw the block diagram of radio broadcasting and reception system and explain the function of
each block. (10)

5. Draw the circuit diagram of balanced modulator and explain its operation. (6)

6. With a neat block diagram, explain the principle of operation of FAX. (6)

7. With the help of suitable block diagram, explain the various functional blocks of TV transmitter.
(10)
8. Draw and explain the functional block diagram of Monochrome TV receiver. (10)
9. Explain briefly about optical fiber communication systems with a block diagram. (10)
10. Explain the principle of Frequency modulation. (10)

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