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ENGG 325 - Electric Circuits and Systems Midterm Examination

This document is the midterm examination for ENGG 325 - Electric Circuits and Systems given on Monday, October 26, 2009 from 6:30-8:00 PM. It contains 4 questions assessing students' abilities to analyze circuits using mesh currents, node voltages, Thévenin's theorem, and superposition. The exam is worth a total of 50 marks and counts for 25% of the final grade. Students are instructed to show their work and use the spaces provided to show calculations.

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ENGG 325 - Electric Circuits and Systems Midterm Examination

This document is the midterm examination for ENGG 325 - Electric Circuits and Systems given on Monday, October 26, 2009 from 6:30-8:00 PM. It contains 4 questions assessing students' abilities to analyze circuits using mesh currents, node voltages, Thévenin's theorem, and superposition. The exam is worth a total of 50 marks and counts for 25% of the final grade. Students are instructed to show their work and use the spaces provided to show calculations.

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Name: Lecture Section:

L01 - Pouyan (Yani) Jazayeri


L02 - Norm Bartley
L03 - Anis Haque
L04 - Martin Mintchev

ENGG 325 - Electric Circuits and Systems


Midterm Examination
Monday, October 26, 2009
Time: 6:30 - 8:00 PM

Instructions:

• Time allowed is 90 minutes.

• The examination is closed-book.

• Only calculators sanctioned by the Schulich School of Engineering are permitted in


the examination.

• The maximum number of marks is 50, as indicated; please attempt all questions. The
midterm examination counts 25% toward the final grade.

• Please use a pen or heavy pencil to ensure legibility.

• Please answer questions in the spaces provided; if space is insufficient, please use
the back of the pages.

• Please show your work; where appropriate, marks will be awarded for proper and
well-reasoned explanations.
ENGG 325 M IDTERM E XAMINATION (FALL 2009) PAGE 2 OF 9

UCID:

1. Consider the circuit in Fig. Q1.

(a) Determine the three mesh currents. [8 marks.]


(b) Using your answers to part (a), determine all the node voltages. [4 marks.]

v2
ix

4Ω 2Ω

10 Ω
v1 v3 8Ω

+
48 V _ 3ix

Fig. Q1. Find mesh currents and use them to find node voltages.

[12 marks total.]


ENGG 325 M IDTERM E XAMINATION (FALL 2009) PAGE 3 OF 9

(Question 1, additional workspace ...)


ENGG 325 M IDTERM E XAMINATION (FALL 2009) PAGE 4 OF 9

2. Consider the circuit in Fig. Q2.

(a) Choose a reference node, and then find all of the node voltages. [9 marks.]
(b) Find the power in the 100 V voltage source, indicating if it is absorbed or sup-
plied.
[3 marks.]

50 Ω + vx _

10 Ω
+
10 Ω _ 50 V

+
100 V _ 40 Ω

0.2 v x 2A

Fig. Q2. Find the node voltages, power in the 100 V source.

[12 marks total.]


ENGG 325 M IDTERM E XAMINATION (FALL 2009) PAGE 5 OF 9

(Question 2, additional workspace ...)


ENGG 325 M IDTERM E XAMINATION (FALL 2009) PAGE 6 OF 9

3. Consider the circuit shown in Fig. Q3.

(a) Determine the Thévenin equivalent circuit to the left of the terminals x and y.
[11 marks.]
(b) Predict iL if a resistor RL and voltage source vL are placed between the termi-
nals x and y as shown, where RL = 1000 Ω and vL = 100 V.
[2 marks.]

0.1 i x
x
ix + +
iL
20 Ω 10 Ω vx
-1 V RL
_
10 Ω vxy
+
_

+
_ vL
40 Ω
2 vx
_
+
_

y for part (b)


Fig. Q3. Determine the Thévenin equivalent circuit; find iL for the given RL and vL .

[13 marks total.]


ENGG 325 M IDTERM E XAMINATION (FALL 2009) PAGE 7 OF 9

(Question 3, additional workspace ...)


ENGG 325 M IDTERM E XAMINATION (FALL 2009) PAGE 8 OF 9

4. For the circuit given in Fig. Q4, find vx using the principle of superposition.
[13 marks.]

vx _
+

30 Ω 10 Ω 20 Ω

+ +
66V _ 60 Ω 8A 30 Ω 70 V _

Fig. Q4. Find vx by superposition.


ENGG 325 M IDTERM E XAMINATION (FALL 2009) PAGE 9 OF 9

(Question 4, additional workspace ...)

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