NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

FaCULTY OF INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY

DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING

TEE1103 – Electrical Engineering Circuit Analysis

Tutorial Questions 2

(All resistances are in Ohms, currents in Amps and voltages in Volts unless specifically stated.)

1. For the circuit in figure 1,

a) Find the total resistance as seen by the 6V source, current, and voltage drops across each resistor
b) Verify Kirchoff’s Voltage Law around the closed loop
c) Find the power dissipated by each resistor
d) If resistors are available with wattage ratings of ½, 1 and 2W, find the minimum wattage rating for each
resistor in the circuit
20 10 2 1

+
6V 5 E R
+ 25

Figure 1 Figure 2

2. Given that the current flowing is 2A and the power dissipated by R is 21W, find the unknown quantities in circuit in
figure 2

3. There are 8 Christmas lights connected in a series circuit.

a) Sketch the circuit diagram to represent the lights
b) If the set is connected to a 120V source, what is the current through the bulbs if each bulb has an internal
resistance of 28.5Ω?
c) Determine the power delivered to each bulb
d) Calculate the voltage drop across each bulb
e) What happens if one bulb burns, that is opens? Hence what is the disadvantage of a series circuit?

4. Using the voltage driver rule, find voltage across the 4Ω resistor in figure 3a and across the series the series
combination of 1.5Ω, 0.6Ω and 0.9Ω resistors in figure 3b.
2.5 1.5
20 10 4
+
+ 0.36 0.6
80 6
0.5 0.9
Figure 3a Figure 3b

5. Find the unknown quantities given the information in figure 4,

3

+ +
200V 6 20V 4 8 8 4
R
 Figure 4 Figure 5

6. Find the total conductance, total resistance, total current and current in each resistor for the circuit in figure 5,

7. For the circuit in figure 6, find current in each resistor

20A
5A
8A
R1 R2

+
9A
R3 50V 50 1k 3k 10k

Figure 6 Figure 7

8. For the circuit in figure 7,

a) Find the total conductance and total resistance
b) Find total current and current in each branch
c) Verify Kirchoff’s Current Law at the nodes
d) Find the power dissipated by each resistor
e) If resistors are available with wattage ratings of ½, 1 and 2W, find the minimum wattage rating for each
resistor in the circuit

9. A portion of a residential service to a home consists of ten 60W bulbs, a 400W washer and a 360W TV connected in
parallel. The service supply is 120V.
a) Sketch a circuit representation of the service. Assume the loads can be modeled as resistive loads.
b) Determine the current through each parallel branch of the network
c) Calculate the current drawn from the 120V source. Will a 20A breaker connected at the service supply point
trip?
d) What is the total resistance of the network?
e) Determine the power supplied by the 120V source. How does it compare to the total power of the loads?

10. Using the current divider rule, calculate I1, I2 and current in each resistor for the network in figure 8.

6A I1 I2
6 2µA

9µA

6 3 9 R
9 7 I1

I2
12 I3

Figure 8 Figure 9

11. Find the unknown quantities in the circuits of figure 9

12. Find the internal resistance of a battery that has a no-load output voltage of 60V and supplies a current of 2A to a load
of 28Ω. What is the voltage regulation?

13. For the network of fig 10:

a) Calculate RT.
 b) Determine I and I1.
c) Find V3.
I1
12

I
6
+
+
12
64 V3

RT -

Fig 10

14. For the network in Fig 11:

a) What are the currents I and I1?
b) Find the polarity and voltage drop across each resistor.
c) What are the currents I3 and I4?
d) What is the power delivered to the 5 resistor?
e) Find the voltage Vab.

I3
2 5

a I
I1 6
+ +
1 Vab
15
I4
b

Fig 11.

15. Fr the network in Fig 12:

a) Calculate I.
b) Find voltage V4.
c) Find the voltage Vab, across points a and b.
d)
2

+
4
+ 10 16
V4
200 a
b
-
16

Fig 12.
16. For the network of Fig 13:
a) Determine the current I1.
b) Calculate the currents I2 and I3.
c) Determine the voltage levels VA and VB.

20V
E

a
1k
I1 b
16

VA I3

3k 6k
4

+ c
VB
14
I3 I2 16

10
4 12k 12k 12k

I6

d
Fig 13. Fig 14.

17. For the network of Fig 14:

a) Find Vab, Vbc, Vcd using the voltage divider rule.
b) Find the currents I3 and I6.
c) Find the power to each 12k resistor.

18. For the network of fig 15:

a) Find the current I and I6.
b) Find the voltages V1 and V2.
c) Find the power delivered to the 6k resistor.

9k

6k I6
I
+
+ V5 -
+ 12k
V1 12k 3k
28 10.4k

-
 Fig 15.

19. For the series-parallel configuration of Fig 16:

a) find the current I.
b) Find the currents I1, I3 and I8.
c) Find the power delivered to the 21 resistor.
3

I3

21
4 12 19
27
12 8 I8
+
I1 16
I

Fig 16.

20. for the ladder network of Fig 17:

a) find the current I.
b) Find the current I7.
c) Determine the voltages V3, V5, and V7.
d) Calculate the power delivered to R7 and compare it to the power delivered by the 240V supply.
R1 R4 R6
3 2 1

I7
I
+ + +
+
240 V3 R3 V5 R5 V7 R7
4 6 2
- - -
R2
5

Fig 17.

21. for the ladder network of Fig 18:

a) determine RT.
b) Calculate I.
c) Find I8.
R1 R3 R6
4 4 4

+
2 R2 R4 R7
RT 2 2 2

R5 R8 I8
1 1
 Fig 18.

22. For the multiple ladder configuration of Fig 19:

a) Determine I.
b) Calculate I4.
c) Find I6.
d) Find I10.

R8 R7 R10 I10
12 2 1

I
R9 R12
12 + R11 2
12 2

R1 R3 R5
3 1 6

I4 I6
R2 R4 R6
6 10 4

Fig 19