DC Circuits 2 Exam
1. In the circuit shown below, what will be the resistor
needed at nodes ‘a’ and ‘b’ for maximum power
transfer at the load?
4. Three series resistors A, B and C are connected across
a 120 – V supply. If the resistor A = 50 ohms and the
voltage across resistor B = 40V. when the current is ½
A. what is the resistance in resistor C in ohms?
2. A barangay power station supplies 60 kW to a load
over 2500 ft, 100 mm², two – conductor copper feeder.
The resistance of which is 0.078 Ω per 1000 ft. The bus
bar voltage is maintained constant at 600 V.
Determine the maximum power which can be
transmitted.
5. Determine the Thevenin’s voltage across the
terminals and of the circuit shown below.
3. Two resistors x and y are connected in parallel.
Resistor x having a value of 6 ohms while resistor y
being adjustable over a wide range. The parallel
combination is then connected through a 2 – ohm line
resistor to a 120 V DC source.
6. Calculate the total resistance Rab in the circuit below.
7. The terminal voltage of a battery is 11.8 V when
delivering 20W of power to an external load resistor R.
If the battery has an emf of 15V, find the internal
resistance of the battery.
8. From the circuit below, obtain the node voltages V₁
and V₂.
9. From the circuit shown below, determine the power at
the 6-ohm resistor.
10. Find the currents in each loop. 14. Two equal resistors when connected in series across a
supply draws a total power of 20 watts. What is the
total power drawn when the two resistors are
connected in parallel across the same supply?
Answer:
15. What is the first step in Thevenin's theorem?
Answer: Open the load under the test
16. An ampere is how many abampere?
Answer: 0.1 A
17. The current in any branch of a network is that which
would result if an e.m.f. equal to the p.d. across a
break made in the branch, were introduced into the
branch, all other e.m.f.’s being removed and
represented by the internal resistances of the sources.
Answer: Thevenin`s theorem
18. What is the first step in Norton's theorem?
Answer: Short the load under test
19. Assuming a power source to have a fixed value of
internal impedance, maximum power will be
transferred to the load when:
Answer: The load impedance equals the internal
impedance of the source.
20. If a complex circuit is reduced to an equivalent circuit
consisting of a single voltage source in series with a
11. Under the conditions of maximum power transfer, a single resistor, this is an example of:
voltage source is delivering a power of 15 W to the Answer: Thevenin`s theorem
load. What is the power generated by the source? 21. The power transferred from a supply source to a load
is at its maximum when the resistance of the load is
_______ the internal resistance of the source.
Answer: equal to
22. If a complex circuit is reduced to an equivalent circuit
consisting of a single current source in parallel with a
single resistor, this is an example of:
Answer: Norton`s theorem
23. Besides a method of trial and error, which of the
following methods is employed for solution of
12. A load is connected to a network. At terminals to network problems in interconnected system?
which the load is connected, Rth = 10 Ω and Vth = 40 V. Answer: All of the choices
The maximum possible power supplied to the load is:
24. In any network made up of linear resistances and
containing more than one source of e.m.f., the
resultant current flowing in any branch is the algebraic
sum of the currents that would flow in that branch if
each source was considered separately. What is this
theorem?
Answer: Superposition theorem
13. In any closed loop in a network, the algebraic sum of
25. What is the efficiency for maximum power transfer?
the voltage drops (i.e. products of current and
Answer: 50%
resistance) taken around the loop is equal to the
resultant e.m.f. acting in that loop. This is known as:
Answer: Voltage law
