SEMESTER EXAM 1 EE 302 5 October 2010

(16030, 16035, 16040)

PLEASE ATTEMPT ALL PROBLEMS AND SHOW ALL WORK!
WRITE YOUR EXAM SOLUTIONS IN THE BLUE BOOK PROVIDED WITH THE EXAM.
No class notes, books, homework assignments, or other materials are allowed. You may use a
calculator for the exam.

1. [20 points total] Answer each of the questions below clearly and concisely. Each part should require
a few sentences at most.
(a) Explain why power is the product of electric current and voltage.
(b) Explain why KVL can be considered to be a consequence of conservation of energy.
(c) Explain why it is always possible to transform a realistic current source to a realistic voltage
source, and vice versa.
(d) Explain why one cannot connect two different ideal current sources in series.

2. [20 points total]
(a) Calculate the power dissipated in the
2 resistor in the circuit at right:



(b) Calculate the power dissipated in the
2 resistor in the circuit at right:





3. [20 points total] Calculate the voltage drop across the 8 resistor encircled by the grey dashed line in
the circuit immediately below:


4. [20 points total] Consider the circuit immediately below, in which the 12V voltage source
corresponds to a battery that can provide a total charge of 10Ah before being exhausted:

(a) Calculate the power supplied to each 10 resistor while the battery is still operating.
(b) Calculate the length of time the battery can provide power to these resistors, assuming the battery
supplies the necessary electric current until it is exhausted.
(c) Suppose an additional 7.5 resistor is added in parallel to the 10 resistors, as shown
immediately below. Calculate:
(i) the power supplied to each 10 resistor while the battery is still operating, and
(ii) the length of time the battery can provide power to these resistors, assuming the battery
supplies the necessary electric current until it is exhausted.


5. [20 points total] Compute the equivalent resistance R
eq
of the arrangement of resistors shown
immediately below. Your result should be expressed in terms of the resistance R of each resistor
below.

0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
0 4 8 12 16 20 24 28 32 36 40 44 48 52 56 60 64 68 72 76 80 84 88 92 96 100
N
u
m
b
e
r
Exam Score
EE 302 Semester Exam 1 results - Fall 2010
Mean = 47.1 Median = 47 Standard deviation = 19.1 Range = 4-87