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AUTONOMOUS II SEMESTER UG DEGREE INTERNAL EXAMINATIONS

COURSE CODE AND NAME : 18EC2202 CIRCUITS AND NETWORKS
QUESTION BANK WITH ANSWERS
UNIT-1: BASIC CIRCUITS ANALYSIS

S.No PART A
1 State Ohm’s Law.
The potential difference across any two ends of a conductor is directly proportional to the
current flowing between the two ends provided the temperature of the conductor remains
constant.

2 Mention the disadvantages of Ohm’s Law.

It does not apply to all non metallic conductors
It also does not apply to non linear devices such as zener diode, vacuum tubes etc.
It is true for metal conductors at constant temperature. If the temperature changes the law is
not applicable.
3 State Kirchoff’s current law.
KCL states that the algebraic sum of currents in node is zero.
4 State Kirchoff’s voltage law.
KVL states that the algebraic sum of voltages in a closed path is zero
5 What are linear and nonlinear elements?
Linear element shows the linear characteristics of voltage Vs current.
Nonlinear element the current passing through it does not change linearity with the linear
change in applied voltage at a particular frequency.
6 What are the classifications of Circuit elements?
Active element
Passive element
Lumped and distributed elements
Bilateral and unilateral elements

7 What are active and passive elements?

If a circuit element has the capability of enhancing the energy level of a signal passing
through it is called an active element.
Passive elements do not have any intrinsic means of signal boosting.
8 What are unilateral and bilateral elements?
If the magnitude of the current passing through an element is affected due to change in the
polarity of the applied voltage is called unilateral elements. If the current magnitude remains
the same even if the applied EMFs polarity is changed is called bilateral elements.
9 Compare series and parallel circuit.
S.No series circuit parallel circuit
 The reciprocal of the total effective
The total effective resistance is the
resistance is the sum of the reciprocals of
1 sum of the individual resistance
individual resistance
Reff=R1+R2+……R n
1/Reff= 1/R1+1/R2+….1/R n
More than one path for the current to
2 Only one path for the current flow
flow
The voltage across each resistance
The voltage is divided across each
issame which will be equal to the input
3 resistance according to the value of
voltage.
resistance.
The current flowing through all The current flowing through each
4 theresistances will be the same and resistance is different.
equal to the total current
10 Differentiate dependent and independent sources?
The electrical energy supplied by dependent sources a source of electrical energy.
The electrical energy supplied by independent source does not depend on another
electrical source. They convert some energy in to electrical form.
11 State voltage division rule.
Voltage across a resistor in series circuit is equal to the total voltage across the series
elements multiplied by the value of that resistor divided by the total resistance of the series
elements.
12 State current division rule.
The current in any branch is equal to the ratio of the opposite parallel branch
resistances to the total resistance value, multiplied by the total current in the circuit.
13 Define super mesh.
A supermesh results when two meshes have a current
source( with or w/o a series resistor) in common

14. Define super node.

A supernode is formed when a voltage source connects two
extraordinary nodes
15. What is a planar circuit?
A circuit is said to be planar if it can be drawn on a plane surface with no wires crossing
each other.
Eg: Non planar circuit

Eg: planar circuit

16 A 10 Ω resistor is connected across a 12 V battery. Find out the current flowing through the
resistor?
Sol:
V =IR
I =V/R
=12/10
=1.2 A
17 For the circuit shown in figure determine the unknown voltage drop V1.
 Sol:

18 Six light bulbs are connected in parallel across 110V.Each bulb is rated at 75 W.How much
current flows through each bulb and what is the total current?
Sol:
P=VI
Voltage across each bulb is 110 V
So current through each bulb is I=75/110=0.68 A
Total current=0.68X6=4.09A
19 The following voltage drops are measured across each of the resistors in series 5.5V,7.2V
and 12.3 V.What is the value of the source voltage to which theseresistors are connected.If a
fourth resistor is added to the circuit with a source voltage of 30V,what should be the drop
across the fourth resistor?
Sol:
According to KVL,Voltage drop =Voltage rise
ie,Voltage across source =voltage across sink
Source voltage =5.5+7.2+12.3=25 V
New source =30V
So voltage drop across fourth resistor= 30 - (5.5+7.2+12.3) = 5V
20 Define form factor and peak factor.

Peak Factor is defined as the ratio of maximum value to the R.M.S value of an alternating
quantity. The alternating quantities can be voltage or current. The maximum value is the
peak value or the crest value or the amplitude of the voltage or current. Mathematically, it is
expressed as

The ratio of the root mean square value to the average value of an alternating quantity
(current or voltage) is called Form Factor. The average of all the instantaneous values of
current and voltage over one complete cycle is known as the average value of the alternating
quantities. Mathematically, it is expressed as
S.No PART B
1 Determine the current delivered by the source in the given circuit.

Sol:
2 Determine the mesh current I1 in the circuit shown in the figure.

Sol:
 Sol:

3 Write the mesh equations for the circuit shown in figure.

Sol:
4 Determine the voltages at each node for the circuit shown in figure.

Sol:
5 .Determine the power dissipated by 5Ω resistor in the given circuit.

Sol:
6 In the network shown in figure determine Va and Vb

Sol:
7. In the circuit shown what are the values of R1 and R2, when the current flowing through R1 is
1 A and R2 is 5A?What is the value of R2 when the current flowing through R1 is zero.

Sol:
 20.Find the power delivered by the 5A
8. For the circuit shown write the mesh equations using inspection method.
9. Write the mesh equations for the circuit shown in the figure and determine the
 currents I1,I2 and I3

Sol:

S.No PART-C
1 Determine the current flowing in the circuit and the voltage across each resistor.

Sol:
2 Find the voltage across A and B in the given circuit.

Sol:
3 Using source transformation,find the power delivered by the 50V voltage source in
the circuit shown in figure.

Sol:
4 Find the form factor and peak factor of the halfwave rectified sine wave shown in
figure.

Sol:

Vm
Peak factor =
Vrms
Vm
=
Vm/2
= 2
5 For the given circuit find the total resistance.

Sol:
RT=150Ω