Worksheet for fundamental of electrical engineering

1. A bar of silicon is 4 cm long with a circular cross section. If the resistance of the bar is at room
temperature, what is the cross-sectional radius of the bar?

2. A calculator with an internal 4.5 V battery draws 0.5 mW when fully functional.

a. What is the current demand from the supply?

b. If the calculator is rated to operate 550 h on the same battery, what is the ampere-hour
rating of the battery?

3. A 12 Ω resistor is connected across a 12 V battery.

a. How many joules of energy will it dissipate in 2 min?

b. If the resistor is left connected for 4 min instead of 2 min, will the energy have used
increase? Will the power dissipation level increase?
4. An electric motor used in an elevator system has an efficiency of 88%. If the input voltage is
240 V, what is the input current when the motor is delivering 16 hp?

5. A piece of resistance wire has a resistance 16 ohm. Its diameter is doubled. What will be the
new" R"?

6. Find the total resistance RT for configuration in Figure below.

a. b.
7. The total resistance for configuration of Figure is specified. Find the unknown resistance level.

8. Find the equivalent resistance in the circuit of Figure.

9. For the network of Figure below, find:

a. The voltage V.
b. The current I2.
c. The current Is.
d. The power to the 12 kΩ resistor.
10. For network on the Figure, determine the unknown currents.

11. If all the resistors of the cube in Figure are 10, what is the total resistance? (Hint: Make some
basic assumptions about current division through the cube.)

12. Obtain the equivalent resistance in each of the circuits of Figure. In (b), all resistors have a
value of 30.

13. Given the voltage divider supply in Figure:

a. Determine the supply voltage E.
b. Find the load resistors and
c. Determine the voltage divider resistors R1, R2, and R3.
14. For each network in Figure below determine:
a. The current I.
b. The source voltage E.
c. The unknown resistance.
d. The voltage across each element.

a. b.

15. Find i1 and i4 in the circuit in Figure

15. Based on the measurements of Figure, determine whether the network is operating correctly.
If not, determine why.

16. Find the currents through and the voltage in the circuit of Figure

17. For the network in Figure.

a. Find the currents I1 and Is.

b. Find the voltages Vs and V3.

18.

a. Using branch-current analysis, find the current through the 9.1 kΩ resistor in Figure.

b. Using the results of part (a), determine the voltage Va.

19. For the network in Figure, reduce the network to a single current source, and determine the
voltage V1.

20. Find Io in the circuit of Figure.

21. Using nodal analysis, find current in the circuit of Figure.

22. Determine the node voltages in the circuit in Figure. using nodal analysis.

23. Use noda analysis and MATLAB to find in the circuit of Figure.

24. Using nodal analysis, find and in the circuit of Figure.

25. For the bridge network in Figure, find using mesh analysis.

26.
a. Write the mesh equations for the network of Figure using the mesh analysis.
 b. Use determinants to determine the mesh currents.

c. Find the voltages Va and Vb.

d. Determine the voltage Vab.

27. Write the nodal equations for the network of Figure, find the nodal voltages. Then calculate
the current through the 4 Ω resistor.

28. Design the network in Figure. such that I2 = 2I1 and I3 = 2I2.
29. Using supper-mesh technique find i1 and i2