Practice Problems for Final Exam

Q1.

The voltage across a resistor is VR = 120 V and its current is IR= 55.0 mA.
Calculate the
resistors resistance R. Calculate the power absorbed by the resistor P R = VRIR.
Solution

Two resistors, R1= 560 and R2= 1.50 k are to be combined in series or in
parallel.
(a)
Calculate the series equivalent resistance and sketch the connection.
(b)
Calculate the parallel equivalent resistance and sketch the connection.
Solution
(a)
Series
Q2.

(b)

Parallel

Q3.
(a)
(b)

For the following DC circuit:

Set up the node voltage equation and the mesh current equations;
Find Vx using either method.

Solution
(a)
Node voltage equation:

Mesh current equations:

(b)

Method 1:

Method 2:

Rearrange:

Q4.

(a)
(b)

DC Motor: A dc motor has a permanent-magnet field. Its armature resistance is

Ra = 1.20 . When the terminal voltage of 100 V is applied to the armature, the
motor runs at a speed of m0 = 200 rad/s with no load on the shaft: Ia0 = 0.750 A.
T = Km Ia and Vg = Km m.
Calculate T0, the torque at no load.
Calculate the speed and the torque corresponding to armature current of I a =
8.50 A.

Solution

Ra
+
Va=100V
-

(a)

No load:

(b)

With a load:

Q5.
(a)

Ia
+
Vg
-

AC Generator and Motor.

A synchronous generator has 4 poles and runs at a shaft speed of 500 rev/min.
Calculate the frequency f [in Hz] of the generated voltage.
(b)
An induction motor with 4 poles is supplied electrical power from the generator.
The motor slip s = 0.050. Calculate the motor shaft speed.
Solution
(a)

(b)

4 f
4 f

Np
Poles

m 1 s s
Q6.

An AC source supplies a load of P = 100 kW having a power factor of 0.90

lagging at a voltage of 480 V.
(a)
Calculate the load apparent power S in kVA and reactive power Q in kVAr.
(b)
Sketch the power triangle.
(c)
Calculate the load current in A.
Solution
(a)
Apparent power S and reactive power Q

(b)

Power Triangle

(c)

Load current

Q7.

A single-phase transformer has voltage ratings of 7200:480 V, and

supplies an AC secondary current of 100 A at rated secondary voltage of
480V. Calculate the voltage and current on the primary side. Use ideal
transformer theory.
Solution
Ideal transformer:

Let n=Np/Ns, Ep=V1, Es=V2, Ip=I1, Is=I2

Sinusoidal (AC) Steady State: A series RLC circuit has R = 25.0 , XL = 75.0
, and XC= 100.0 .
(a)
Find the total impedance of the circuit.
(b)
If the phasor voltage of the source is Vs = 240 V rms, calculate the phasor
current I assuming its phase angle is zero.
(c)
Sketch the voltage phasor diagram.
Solution
(a)
Impedance:
Q8.

Z R j X L XC
Z
R 2 X L X C
2

(b)

(c)

Vs
Z

Voltage phasor diagram:

d. Find the resonant frequency for the circuit.

e. State the meaning of Quality Factor, Q, and find it for this circuit.

Q9.
An RC and an RL circuit are shown below:
(a) Find the time constant associated with each.
(b) Show how the current in the two circuits behave relative to the voltage.
(c) Explain how these results can be used to find the waveform associated with a
stream of successive input square pulses for a digital information sequence.