Electric Circuit Analysis Worksheet

Academic Year - 2018

Please solve the following questions accordingly.
1. Determine the voltage in each of the following cases:
a. 10 J/C b. 5 J/2 C c. 100 J/25 C
2. How many coulombs pass a point in 0.1 s when the current is 1.5 A?
3. The charge flowing in a wire is plotted below. Sketch the corresponding current.

4. The current through an element is shown below. Determine the total charge that passed through the
element at: (𝑎) 𝑡 = 1𝑠 (𝑏) 𝑡 = 3𝑠 (𝑐) 𝑡 = 5𝑠

5. Determine the resistance and tolerance of each of the following 4-band resistors:
a. red, violet, orange, gold b. brown, gray, red, silver
6. Determine the color bands for each of the following 4-band resistors. Assume each has a 5% tolerance.
a. 4.7 Ω b. 270 Ω c. 5.1 MΩ
7. Through which resistor in Figure 1 is there always current, regardless of the position of the switches?

8. Find the power absorbed by each of the elements of the following circuit.

9. In Figure below, how much voltage does each meter indicate when the switch is in position 1? In position 2?

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10. What is the current in each circuit of the following Figures?

11. Find the equivalent resistance Rab in each circuit below.

a. b.

c. d.

e.
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12. What is the value of each resistor in Figure below?

13. Determine the total source voltage in each of the following circuits.

14. In the circuit below, determine the resistance of R4.

15. Find Vx and Vy in the following circuit

16. Determine IL in the following circuit

17. Determine the value of k that will result in vx being equal to zero in the circuit below.

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18. The source voltage in Figure below is 100 V. How much voltage does each of the meters read?

19. Determine the resistance R2, R3, and R4 in the following circuit.

20. Determine the current through RL in each of the following circuits.

21. A) Three light bulbs are connected in series to a 120-V source as shown below. Find the current I through the
bulbs. Each bulb is rated at 120 volts. How much power is each bulb absorbing? Do they generate much light?

B) If the three bulbs shown in the above figure are connected in parallel to the 120-V source, calculate the
current through each bulb.
22. Determine the current in each branch of the current dividers below;

23. Calculate VAB and I1 in the following circuit

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24. Determine the voltage at each node with respect to ground in Figure below.

25. The circuit in Fig. below is to control the speed of a motor such that the motor draws currents 5 A, 3 A,
and 1 A when the switch is at high, medium, and low positions, respectively. The motor can be modeled as
a load resistance of 20 mΩ. Determine the series dropping resistances and R1, R2, R3.

26. Determine the current through R4 in Figure below.

27. Calculate v and ix in the following circuit.

28. In the circuit shown below, determine vx and the power absorbed by the 12-Ω resistor.

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29. Find the currents I1 through I4 and the voltage vo in the circuit below.

30. Find the current in the 4-Ωresistor in the following circuit

31. What is the voltage V1 in the following circuit?

32. Find v1, v2, and v3 in the circuit below.

33. Apply mesh analysis to find i in Fig. below.

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34. Obtain values for all three mesh currents as labeled below.

35. Using the inspection method, write a set of mesh equations for the following circuits.

a. b.
36. (a) In the circuit below, calculate vo and io when vs=1V.
(b) Find vo and io when vs=10V.
(c) What are vo and io when each of the 1-Ω resistors is replaced by a 10-Ω resistor and vs=10V?

37. Use superposition to find vo in the circuit below.

38. Use superposition to find vo and io in the circuit below.

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39. Use superposition to find i in the circuit below. Calculate the power delivered to the 3-Ω resistor.

40. Using the superposition theorem, solve for the current through R3 in Figure below.

41. Determine the voltage from point A to point B in Figure below.

42. Obtain vo in the circuits below using source transformation.

a. b.
43. Using Thevenin’s theorem, determine the current through the load RLin the circuit blow.

44. Find the Thevenin and Norton equivalent with respect to terminals a-b in the circuits below.

a. b.
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 c. d.

e. f.

g. h.
45. Use Thévenin’s theorem to find Io in the following networks.

a. b.

c. d.
46. Use Thévenin’s theorem to find Vo in the following networks.

a. b.

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47. Use Norton’s theorem to find Io in the following networks.

a. b.

c. d.
48. Use Norton’s theorem to find Vo in the following networks.

a. b.
49. Using Norton’s theorem, find the voltage across R5 in Figure blow.

50. Determine the value of RL for maximum power in Figure below.

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51. What is the voltage across R3 in Figure below?

52. Use node analysis, loop analysis, or any other procedure to find all currents and the voltages at
each unknown node in Figure below.

53. The variable resistor R in Fig. below is adjusted until it absorbs the maximum power from the circuit.
(a) Calculate the value of R for maximum power.
(b) Determine the maximum power absorbed by R.

a. b. c.
54. Find the maximum power transferred to resistor R in the following circuit

55. For the following circuits, what resistor connected across terminals a-b will absorb maximum power
from the circuit? What is that power?

a. b.

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