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King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals

Electrical Engineering Department
EE 204 Fundamentals of Electric Circuits
First Semester (181)
Exam II
11 November 2018
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6:00 PM – 7:30 PM

Name: KEY
ID:
Section:
Serial No.:

Instructors
Dr. BALGHONAIM ADIL (2, 3, 6,7)
Dr. A ZIDOURI(4)
Dr. SALIM IBRIR(5)
Dr. MOHAMMAD HASSAN (9)

Total

For each of the following (20 problems) circle the correct answer only
(no points are given if you select more than one choice for each
problem).
Good Luck!
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Q1

ic(t)
iL(t)
C 1H 1W

In the circuit shown above , the capacitance C is unknown . If the current through
the inductor is i (t) t2et 0 t 3. Then i (1) ( the capacitor current at t = 1
c
L
seconds ) is

(A) e1 A (B) e1 A (C) 2e1 A (D) 2e1 A (E)e1 A

Q2

10 V
v1 10 W v2 10 W v3 v4
+
  5W
30 V
 40 V
 Ix

For the circuit shown above , the current Ix is

(A) 2 A (B) 1A (C) 1 A (D) 2 A (E) 3A

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Q3
6W

45 A
4W

Ix
30 A 3W 2W

For the circuit shown above , the current Ix is

(A) 41 A (B) 42 A (C) 43 A (D) 44 A (E) 45 A
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Q4
1W

I4
30 V
1W

I1 I2
I3
10 A 1W 20 A 1W

For the circuit shown above , the supermesh equation is

(A) I2 + 2I3 + I4= 50 (B) 2I2 + I3 – I4= 40 (C) I2 + I3 – I4= 20
(D) 2I2 + 2I3 – 2I4= 30 (E) I2 + I3 = 20
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Q5-Q6-Q7
40 A

16 W 4W a RTH
a

 5W 
40 V
 RL VTH


b b
For the circuit shown above :

Q5 the load RL that will absorb maximum power is

(A) W (B) W (C) W (D) W (E) W

Q6 The Thevenin voltage VTH between a an b is

(A) 25 V (B) 30 V (C) 35 V (D) 40 V (E) 45 V

Q7 The maximum power absorbed by the load RL is

(A) 35 W (B) 55 W (C) 70 W (D) 80 W (E) 100 W
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Q8-Q9

For the circuit shown below find:

5W

1A v
2 1W

20 V +

+

5V
1W

Q8 The value of v2 in volts

(A) 6 V (B) 5 V (C) 4V (D) 3V (E) 2 V

Q9 The power in the 5Ω resistor in Watts

(A) 25 W (B) 45 W (C) 15 W (D) 50 W (E) 75 W

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Q10-Q11

For the circuit shown above

Q10 The value of v0 in volts

(A) 4 V (B) 20 V (C) 8 V (D) 12 V (E) 10 V

Q11 The power in the 5Ω resistor in Watts

(A) 10 W (B) 15 W (C) 20 W (D) 50 W (E) 30 W

Q12 For the circuit shown below :

the value of RLin Ω to get max power transfer from the circuit to the left of a-b:

(A) W (B) W (C) W (D) W (E) W
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Q13 Consider the circuit shown below. The voltage Vx due to the 1 A current
source (i.e, when the 1 A current source is acting alone) is equal to 𝑉𝑥′ = −3.87 V.
30 W

+ Vx 
10 W 15 W

1A
 20 W 3A
24 V
 20 W

Then, the voltages 𝑉′′𝑋 and 𝑉𝑋′′′ due to the 24V-source voltage and the 3A-current
sources, respectively, are

(A) 𝑉𝑋′′ = 4.645 V, 𝑉𝑋′′′ = −37.742, V.

(B) 𝑉𝑋′′ = −4.645 V, 𝑉𝑋′′′ = 20.156, V.
(C) 𝑉𝑋′′ = 4.645 V, 𝑉𝑋′′′ = −15.158, V
(D) 𝑉𝑋′′ = 2.836 V, 𝑉𝑋′′′ = 15.158 V.
(E) None of the above
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Q14 Consider the circuit shown in below

4W

6W
16 A 4W 8W
a + 1A
Vab
b

The voltage Vab is equal to
(A) 36 V (B) 36 V (C)  V (D) 28 V (E) 44 V

Q15 Consider the circuit and its equivalent shown below ,

The resistor 𝑅𝑁 and the current 𝐼𝑁 are

A) 𝐼𝑁 = 1 𝐴, 𝑅𝑁 = 20 Ω;
7
B) 𝐼𝑁 = 𝐴, 𝑅𝑁 = 22 Ω;
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5
C) 𝐼𝑁 = 𝐴, 𝑅𝑁 = 22 Ω;
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7
D) 𝐼𝑁 = 𝐴, 𝑅𝑁 = 20 Ω;
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E) None of the above.
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Q16 The equivalent inductor Leq between the terminals a and b is

(A) 20 mH (B) 40 mH (C) 10 mH (D) 15 mH (E) 25 mH

Q17 Consider the circuit shown below. The mesh-currents equations in matrix
form are as follows:

30 10 𝐼1 𝑉
[ ] [ ] = [ 𝑠]
0 1 𝐼2 𝐼𝑠

Then the resistor 𝑅1 is equal to

(A) 10 W (B) 30 W (C) 20 W (D) 15 W (E) None of the above
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Q18-Q19 Consider the circuit shown below

Q18 The energy stored in the inductor is

(A) 0 J (B) 1.0 J (C) 1.5 J (D) 2.0 J (E) 3.0 J

Q19 The energy stored in the capacitor is

(A) 0 J (B) 1.0 J (C) 1.5 J (D) 2.0 J (E) 3.0 J

Q20 Consider the capacitor circuit shown below where the values in Farad

The equivalent capacitor Ceq between the terminals is

(A) 2 F (B) 6 F (C) 5 F (D) 3 F (E) 4 F